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Prairie Eco-Thrifter Was Included in Many Carnivals Over the Past Few Weeks

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Penniless Parenting hosted the Festival of FrugalityLife Stages Edition and included YFS’ post, Thrifty Ways to Save on Travel. Step Away from the Mall included my post, How to Have Fun on a Budget in the Financial Simplicity Carnival as did Afford Anything who hosted the Totally Money Carnival #56.

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Meet a Reader | M from the PNW

The Frugal Girl

Being open to learning to do something yourself can be very helpful to living a more frugal life. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl? I want it to be what they want to wear within our budget! We took out an 80/20 adjustable rate, interest-only mortgage in 2005 to buy a house at the very top of our budget.

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Make Your Own Board Game

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Toothpaste Millionaire is a juvenile level book that has many lessons to teach. One of the lessons in the book on which I will focus is that starting your own business can be lucrative and that all business ideas start by observing and solving a problem. Little did I know I was entering a whole new genre of hobbyists.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year. I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) Yup, I’m a voracious reader.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Personal Finance by the Book tells us how negotiating can put us on top. Going Frugal. Fabulously Broke shares with us tips on how we can combat frugal fatigue. Yes it can get tiring living the frugal life if you don’t have the right approach. I like the idea of helping them out with setting up a budget.

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