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Avoid These Financial Mistakes with Your Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Agree on the values and expectations you want your children to have in the area of personal finance and consistently teach and enforce those between the two of you (and clue in any significant others in your family such as aunts, uncles, grandparents and etc). Derailing them with sudden windfalls. Money Tips'

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Is ‘Going Green’ Killing Our Economy?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There were at least two major paper mills in the town and provided a great way for people to make a living, especially for those without a college education. Many of my cousins, aunts and uncles worked for these paper mills. As the demand for paper has decreased, so have the jobs. Reducing our consumption helps save money.

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Four Things I Learned When I Became a Grandparent

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My Aunt and Uncle used to take each of their grandchildren on a trip when they reached the ripe old age of 8. Then I look forward at the next 10 years and am amazed that he’ll be almost grown and out of college by then. That first grandchild is so exciting. Your kid is having a kid! It connects you to the future.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

I got into minimalist content in high school, and somehow found Dave Ramey through there just before I went to college. My college education. The interim dean introduced me to the internship at that college that led to my current career. In college, I made the decision to stop wearing makeup (for a variety of reasons).

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When I was newly married (right out of college), I used to sit with my neighbor friend and pour over the paper catalogs that came to dream about all of the neat stuff I wanted to own some day. My Aunt and Uncle (now in their 90’s) held a ‘living estate sale’ about 20 years ago.

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Publix Weekly Deals (3/3-3/9)

The Coupon Game

BOGO DEALS: Aunt Jemima Waffles , Frozen, 10-ct, 12.3-oz College Inn Broth , 32-oz ctn, BOGO $2.49 Uncle Ben's Rice , Boil-in-Bag: Enriched Long Grain or Brown Whole Grain; or Fast Cooking: Brown Whole Grain or Converted, 14 or 15.8-oz oz box, BOGO $2.39 2) -$1/2 from Healthy Beginnings Booklet (MFR Q) (Pay $2.53/2) 4 or $10.39/6)

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Giant Coupon Matchups 3/1/15 – Frozen Food Month!

For the Mommas

3/1/15 (SS 01/18/15) Aunt Jemima Pancakes, French Toast, or Waffles, 12.5-18oz: 18oz: $2.00 $1/1 Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles printable $1/2 Aunt Jemima Pancakes or Waffles printable $1/2 Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles or Pancakes printable $1/1 Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles, Pancakes or French Toast, exp.