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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

Family Balance Sheet

We will be challenging ourselves to resist buying retail and instead choose thrift by borrowing, buying second hand, or making do with what we already have. I’ve joined over 40 other bloggers to help us all make 2015 the best year ever! How to Set and Keep Goals to Make This the Best Year Ever | Jen @ Girl in Garage.

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

But then I look in the drawers and realize I just bought 12 pairs of pants when only 5 would do. It’s not a big splurge, but I take my kids at home out to McDonald’s for lunch once a week. (I’ve I’ve been doing it for 28 years now?) He got his roofing urges out when he build our garage last year though!)

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Today a poor person in America probably has access to electricity, telephones, food, indoor plumbing, central heat and public transportation. We had a coal stove at home, but my brother and my shared bedroom was just a few feet from the stove. Plus, it can be really inconvenient to “make do or do without!”

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