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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

I do a lot of our cooking from scratch which takes a lot of my time! Additionally, it’s really important to us to have money to give to our kids so we save for that reason too. For example, we’re very accustomed to buying anything we can second-hand at thrift stores, Craigslist, or Facebook Marketplace.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Try freezer cooking. Here are my freezer cooking tips and recipes. When we’re crazy busy and the family is demanding that they be fed, I always have the ingredients for spaghetti on hand. Plan your gift giving for the year using my FREE Gift Spending excel spreadsheet. Here are a few ideas: Meal Plan.