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3 Tried-and-True Tips for a Frugal Family

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You can find lightly used clothes and toys at garage sales or thrift stores to save as much as 90 percent off retail, according to LivingOnADime.com, a site dedicated to frugal living. Another great item to buy used is your car. ©2009-11 Saving Cents with Sense ™, a website of Saving Sense Media LLC. Hire Students.

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10 Tips to Create the Perfect Nursery on a Budget

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Many secondhand sites and consignment stores sell expensive, barely-used baby convertible cribs for a fraction of the cost compared to a department store or boutique. Buy a dated, smooth-gliding rocker at a garage sale for next to nothing and customize it with several yards of fabric and a staple gun. Hang Picture Frames.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

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years with no car (and two small kids!). Vanilla cupcakes I stored all my equipment in a dishpan in my dorm room. I fell in love with pursuing a car-free life. years without a car, and our kids were 4 & 14 months when we moved there. Today, we’re meeting a reader who has managed to live for 2.5 We lived for 2.5