Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 27, 2011

It goes without saying that taking the most direct route to work is most cost-effective, fuel-wise… but planning your commute to enable timely stops to the market or to pay bills on your way to or from work can save money as well. Know Your Strengths… and Weaknesses. Your wallet will thank you for it! The Buddy System. Share your tips here!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

We will be away at the time the risk is the highest so we are working on getting our furniture in our basement propped up on blocks as well as running dehumidifiers. We have been saving for our vacation to Asia since last year and we have been successful at this. Sustainable Life Blog shares with us tips on how to repair our credit.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2016

I’m busy raising my daughters with my 50-something husband, managing our small business, and writing my blog. We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. It’s taking forever for us to accomplish the step we’re on (paying off our non-mortgage debt), but we keep plugging away.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 17, 2018

Our kids spent their first week of summer vacation at the beach with their Girl Scouts troop. For many years on the blog, I wrote extensively about my garden. I followed the Square Foot Gardening technique and it served me well for many years. We want to be debt free. Date night! My Downsized Garden.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 7, 2011

Well, it’s official. We have decided where we are going for our vacation in April- ASIA. As usual there were a ton of great reads floating around the blogosphere written by my pals in the Yakezie network as well as some other personal finance bloggers. Reducing Debt. It will put me at 27 countries which is AWESOME!!

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 2, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? In total I estimate I paid off round $40,000 worth of debt, though depressingly a fair chunk of that was just interest.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Being self-employed, we have a higher starter fund on hand and when we pay off our non-mortgage debt, we will save to at least 6 months expenses and maybe even more. 25 – Start a blog.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

For the Mommas

JANUARY 11, 2011

I see it on frugal blogs all the time. “I If there is money left in your budget at the end of the pay period, move it to savings as well. I know a lot of people move this money into a separate vacation or fun money savings account. I save it until the end of every month and apply it to our debt. I spent $3.02 1. .**).

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

I enjoy blogging and biking, and I usually cycle between 15 and 20 miles a day indoors when I’m not getting out to hit a bike trail. My mom cut coupons and sewed her own clothes and mine, as well. We paid an excavator (to dig the hole for the foundation), a well driller and a cabinet maker (for our kitchen and bathroom cabinets).

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 10, 2012

These days, if you spend any time on most personal finance blogs, one of the author’s main goals in life is spending less money on stuff and more money travelling. I want to use up all my holidays from work, as well as going on some random weekend road trips. One of my personal goals in 2012 is to travel more.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Brian and me at the Sears Tower Having our first child just one month after our first wedding anniversary was NOT in the plan, but so far it’s worked out well! The Frugal Girl is one of the few blogs whose URL I have memorized, so I’ve never missed an entry! Do you have any tips for frugal travel or vacations?

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Olivia. She blogs about living a fabuLESS life at Snyders Tell All. I also blog at Snyders Tell All. We are both planners and despise wasting money on debt/interest, which is what led us to pay off our mortgage as soon as we could! How much debt did you pay off?

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

Multi-pronged answer here: historically it was hard-wired in my DNA as a necessity but also being a good steward of what we’re blessed with & being able to give/help others; having enough for emergency funds was always a high priority as well. Do you have any tips for frugal travel or vacations?

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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. For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. Well here are some.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2011

Well yesterday, my book finished half way through the walk so I decided to turn on some tunes. Well let me tell you, I was grooving out. Not Made of Money tells us how we can save for our vacation ahead of time. Well Heeled shares with us how she is taking a crack at minimalism. Reducing Debt. Going Frugal.

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January Emergency Fund Personal Finance Finance 124

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2014

Welcome to Debt Free Stories. She paid off $41,587 in debt in 14 months! She blogs at Happy Healthy Mommy. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? What inspired you to get debt free? I was inspired to get debt free for 2 main reasons: 1. We wanted to enter into marriage debt free. (He

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