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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

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Before we get to the list, if you haven’t started planning for Christmas, I offer this FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget Excel Worksheet to my email subscribers. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways of budgeting for Christmas gifts. My mom makes and sells Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls. Tips, baby!

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

Now I’m living on the small acreage that I was raised on (which is now smack dab in the middle of town & 2 miles from work) with my mom & my two kids, 15 & 8. We teamwork together to homeschool-I was homeschooled until nursing school, and I am privileged to be teaching my kids & have my mom assist on the days I work.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

Before we get to the list, if you haven’t started planning for Christmas, here’s my FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget Excel Worksheet to help you get started. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways about budgeting for Christmas gifts. My mom makes and sells Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls.

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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

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” Stanley wrote about Susan, a wife and mother who handled all of the financial tasks in her home, from budgeting to making investment decisions. Even though I was helping my husband from home part-time with his business, I still felt like I wasn’t contributing to our finances and that drove me crazy.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

He wants to retire early so he can do more woodworking, electronic fixing, and maybe work at a winery or brewery part-time. My dad taught my mom how to drive manual, my uncle taught my aunt, my fiancé even taught his ex how to drive manual. Our dog I don’t plan to fully retire, either. I haven’t decided yet.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter. Spreadsheets are my friends.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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When you have tracked, analyzed, and cut your budget to bare bones, there is only one other way to find extra money to put towards debt and that is to make more money. Brian’s wife took on a part-time job to increase their income to throw at their debt. Brian and his wife used excel to create a budget spreadsheet.

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