10+ Ways My Family Taught Me To Live Well On a Budget

PomeroySays
7 min readOct 3, 2024

I think my love of saving money started with my grandmother and mother. I remember as a little kid I would ask my mom “Why are you cutting out those coupons?” She would respond that she was saving our family money by cutting down on our grocery bill every month.

I started cutting out coupons at the age of 10. Plus I sent in rebates and cut out upc’s to send in for those free toys that were advertised on the cereal boxes.

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I wish they would put prizes in cereal boxes again!

My grandma Esther was also a coupon clipper, but she also saved money by growing their own vegetables, hunting in their woods, and crocheting…

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