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Meet a Reader | Maria in Florida

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been reading The Frugal Girl since retiring in 2015 and look forward to the blog every week. After retiring early in 2015, we intensified our savings efforts even more because we retired before the eligibility age for Social Security. Joaquin, our sweet, trusted, good-looking companion lives with us rent-free.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

We ending up buying our current home in 2015, when local prices and interest rates were significantly lower. While we were still renting an apartment, I researched areas with lower property taxes, scouted out my ideal neighborhoods, and waited for a smaller, less expensive house to come on the market. Childhood joy.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

The manual was a 2016 Impreza with 98k miles, and the automatic was a 2015 Subaru Crosstrek with 66k miles, for any car enthusiasts. So, I sold the car to a friend for $12k in less than six months of owning it, and then went back to the same dealer and bought almost the same car, except in automatic for $18k.