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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I started reading The Frugal Girl back in 2010 when Kristen’s kids were still itty bitty. Besides dealing with my sudden unemployment when my oldest child was a toddler, I was hoping to figure out a way to extend my time at home with him. The post Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest appeared first on The Frugal Girl.

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She lost both of her jobs in the course of a month, and they consequently couldn’t meet the mortgage payments on their almost new home as a result. ” The survey released in 2010 indicated: “Average annual expenditures per consumer unit1 fell 2.0 percent in 2010 following a decrease of 2.8 billion in March.