Eating at home for a month -- and loving it

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Posted Oct 03 2007, 12:57 AM by Karen Datko

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Filed under: family, groceries, budgeting, children, food prices

One family with savings in mind accomplished what it didn't think it could: Mom and Dad and the kids ate every meal at home for a month. (They did pick up a rotisserie chicken one night after Mom forgot to put a roast in the crock pot.) The trick, she says, is getting the kids to agree and not giving in to temptation.

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Thanks for the mentiion! Not eating out was really much easier than I thought it would be!

Lynnae @ Being Frugal (Posted 10.03.07 11:05 AM ) Report Abuse

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