The Frugal Girl

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Want to save money? Let go of the need for matching

The Frugal Girl

If things don’t need to match, you are more able to take whatever comes along that’s in your budget. But if you can let go of the need to match things, a lot of frugal possibilities open up, especially in the free/second-hand markets. Let’s run through some examples!

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

but can use our money to enjoy life now and meet our family’s needs while still being responsible for the future 5.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

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One of the moves we made, out to Seattle, the only way we could make our budget work AND have me be home with our young kids, was to not own a vehicle at all. I’m not – I’m more of a spender, and struggled with budgeting as a young adult. We made a lot of Steak Diane that night.) We lived for 2.5 Yes to both!

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

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My kids both have chronic medical issues that are costly & require much budgeting. The hardest-it gets really old being on a tight budget sometimes, even looking at the end game or the why. Now-I’m a single parent who works part-time, cares for my elder mother, homeschools & runs a farm. This means funds are tight.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

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But now that I’ve progressed in my practice these 5 years, and have the room in my budget, I have a $130 mat, a few sets of nice yoga clothes, and $2500 teacher training. I started simply doing free Youtube classes with a Walmart mat. I even cleaned the studio for 6 months in exchange for free classes!

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

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I track expenses, monitor our budget and handle all of our investments. As an introvert, I’m much better with numbers than people, so most things related to finances come pretty easily to me. The banking experience helped, and I educated myself on investing as a young adult. Spreadsheets are my friends.

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

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He is also thrifty and is much better at budgeting than I. Home repairs, construction, electrical, auto repair, technology – he’ll try anything after suitable research of YouTube and other resources. I should have known he was special as he asked for a set of “Time-Life” home repair books when he was in college.