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Posts from the ‘Self Help’ Category

Prepare for Unexpected Parties by Amortizing Occasions

Anyone who’s read my Plan, knows that the first step is to take inventory and find if there’s an area showing a tendency to over stock. In any surplus, some items linger past their expiration date, and that’s money wasted. Then the Plan’s guiding principle is to draw-up a weekly menu, use it to compile a complete shopping list and not deviate in the market–no impulse buying. Of course, I offer directions and outline incentives to make the Plan work.  Sill, the question might be asked if the concept of provisioning for events in advance isn’t a contradiction. My answer is that it’s actually an extension, only a slightly different application of the same rules.

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Tips and Tricks to Cope With Rising Food Prices

Well, Here we are in the New Year!

I don’t know about you, but no matter how much I buy into the holiday spirit of greeting a fresh new year, on January 2nd  my mood is always more Monday morning reality check on the work week, than Friday afternoon anticipation of the weekend. This year I felt justified because January 2nd WAS a Monday.

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