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Put Your Budget on a Diet: Saving Money by Living Medium

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

“How to Live Large and Have Fun”, “How to Spend Millions on Credit and Never Pay a Dime”, “Live Large and On Charge…Cards”, “Living High on the Hog: The Art of Budget Busting”…these are all titles of fictitious books, but they might as well be bestsellers. You have to understand that downsizing doesn’t mean going without. Buy Store Brands.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

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 wear jean-type stuff on the bottom, black on top, and add interest/color with accessories like earrings or a duster (long cardigan). We made a lot of Steak Diane that night.)