Saving money with frugal living tips — 5 things to make at home for debt free living, from diy cleaners to homemade cleaner swaps. We’re Julia & Aaron, The Canny Couple — a debt-free family in rural Southwest Virginia living dirt cheap on purpose. In this video I’m sharing the 5 things we actually make…
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We paid off $250,000 in debt as a one-income family in rural Virginia. In this video, we’re sharing the 6 biggest money mistakes in our frugal living and saving money journey that cost us the most. We’re Julia and Aaron, the Canny Couple — a debt-free family living on one income in rural Southwest Virginia.…
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Frugal living, saving money, and grocery savings got our grocery bill from $600 to $240/mo — real debt-free living tips for families. When our daughter was born, everything changed — including my grocery bill. It jumped to over $600 a month before I got serious and started rebuilding how we shop. Right now we’re averaging…
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Saving money doesn’t always take startup cash — these $0 side hustles funded our early frugal living and debt-free journey, one odd job at a time. Before The Canny Couple, we were just two broke kids figuring out how to start a side hustle with nothing but time and stuff we already owned. Julia scrubbed…
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Saving money, frugal living, and grocery savings — helping my Gram cook $39.28 of Food City deals into convenient no-oven dinners. This is the first video in a new monthly series. My mom’s passion was cooking, and she gave that gift to my Gram — but now we’re both learning new ways to make it…
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Boring money habits saved us thousands of dollars a year — no hacks, no gimmicks, just frugal living and saving money on autopilot. We’re a debt free living family walking through 10 everyday habits that quietly cut our spending, from a $140/month backpack habit to one that’s saved us $1,200+ a year for a decade.…
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Frugal living storage tips that are saving money on groceries one weird habit at a time — real grocery savings, no extreme couponing required. In this video, I share five slightly eccentric habits that actually double the shelf life of our produce, cheese, and berries — and keep hundreds of dollars out of the trash…
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Saving money with a subscription audit helped us reclaim $1,355 — here’s every frugal living cut we made on one normal income. We thought we were already a frugal family. We bulk cook, make our own cleaners, and keep a tight budget — but when we sat down and audited every automated subscription, we found…
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Frugal living grocery haul for our family of 3 — saving money and debt free living on a real budget with practical grocery savings every month.Welcome to our July Grocery Haul! In this video, I’m breaking down our full monthly grocery total for our family of 3. We shop weekly deals at a mix of…
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Saving money with frugal living starts in your pantry — 8 pantry challenge jar meals for grocery savings that are shelf-stable, grab-and-go, and most are under $2. We’re a family of 3 with a $350 monthly grocery budget. These meals in jars are how we stretch every dollar without a grocery run — and every…
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