The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

My first memory of helping was around 2 years old; I kept a ledger of expenses at 8 years old, which reflected priorities early (books & leather boots) & so it goes. Two “small” ones come to mind- my first car & first motorcycle-owned for a while, did a few small repairs & sold for what I paid.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

Type in ‘sewing’ into your search engine and you will get a tremendous number of results, all the way from companies selling sewing machines, patterns, and material, to blogs, class offerings, books, magazines, videos and events! Time saved alone is worth the small effort you expend in learning how to make these repairs.

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I pointed out the multitude of new blogs related to saving money, being frugal, getting debt under control and learning about finances. I wish we’d thought of writing a book or something on it because we sure lived the life! ” I’ll call the composite person Peggy – to personify the group.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

Garage sales – need I say more? I ,myself, knocked the price of a satellite repair call down to zero by just asking WHY I would have to pay when it is their equipment that has malfunctioned through no fault of my own. The lady ahead of me in the line at Walmart mentioned that the frozen pretzels she was buying were $3.00

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