It’s Frugal Friday! The time when we take a few moments to focus on tips and hints for frugal living.
When summer comes, it’s a great time to do some cleaning, and in our house, cleaning involves a lot of organization too! Sorting through papers, keeping what we need, getting rid of things we don’t need…it feels so much better to get things more organized.
The same is true for frugal living: the more organized you can be, the easier it is to stick to your frugal living goals. That’s why I’m so excited to share these free printable resources with you. We’ve talked many times about how meal planning can help you stick to your grocery budget. There are several printables for meal planning, along with a weekly grocery expense tracker, inventory lists, and more. You can pin this post to keep them handy for future reference, or you can find them all the time by hovering over “Frugal Living” in the menu bar above, then hover over Shoestring Meal Planning and select “Meal Planning FREE Printables” from the drop-down menu.
I hope you find these resources useful to you–I find that having things like this posted where I can see them and update them as needed helps me stay on track and be successful with my frugal living goals. Let us know what you think!
My Fast Five Meals
Pantry inventory list
Freezer inventory list
Grocery expense tracker
Grocery shopping list
One month dinner plan
Meal idea sheet
Weekly meal plan
Weekly meal plan shopping list
This week’s meal plan
Family’s favorite meals
If you’re just joining the Frugal Friday series, check out these other posts:
- Tracking Your Spending
- Creating a Budget
- Making Frugal Choices
- Fighting Spending Envy
- Could You Cut the Cable?
- Saving on Food Expenses
- Schedule to Save (keeping track of due dates to avoid fees & penalties)
- Staying Organized with Holiday Shopping & Rebates
- Frugal Lovin’ (Love & money, plus date night on a Shoestring Budget)
- Waste Not, Want Not (buying what you’ll use, and using what you buy)
- Frugal Fashion
- Frugal Beauty
- Frugal Cooking tip: Prep Once, Eat Twice!
- Budget Check-Up
- Plan ahead for Christmas
- Creating an Emergency Fund
- Getting by on a Single Income
- Reducing Fixed Expenses
- Free Printable Frugal Living Resources (meal planners, expense trackers, and more!)
- Saving on Gasoline
- Tips for Tax Time
- Healthy Eating on a Budget
- Frugal Living with Kids
- Frugal Fitness
- Contentment
- Save with Second-Hand
Megan has been frugal most of her life, but has been really honing her frugal skills as the chief home economist for her family of six, surviving and thriving on a single (teacher’s!) income. If she can do it, you can too!
