The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I made some foolish choices shortly after graduating college, burning through my savings and running up credit card bills. I think of the period of my life right after college my “quarter life crisis,” which included a series of money mistakes. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

An August 2013 issue of Daily Finance, in an article entitled Credit Card Debt Falling But Still Very High reported: “According to data from the Federal Reserve, as of July 2013, the average indebted household in the U.S. When I worked for TWA, and traveled a lot on business, I signed up for every airline and hotel rewards card available.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

’ Financial Planning Ashley presents Should I Get Married with Debt? KT presents In Debt Consider Paying Cash for Your Purchases posted at Personal Finance Journey , saying, “Are you in debt besides the mortgage? Do you have thousands of dollars worth of student loan debt and/or credit card debt?

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For the Mommas

JANUARY 19, 2016

Get Rid of Debt. If you are one of the many people who have a little or a lot of debt accumulated through credit cards or other ways, use this opportunity to pay some of it back. Paying off your debt now will lighten your load in the future and reduce money paid by you in the long term due to reduced interest on your loans.

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For the Mommas

JANUARY 20, 2016

You may have gotten your first card in college, before you had any salary at all but just in time for that upcoming spring break trip: clothes, gas money, hotel…and then, one month later… BOOM! More purchases equals more spent money equals more credit card debt. If you do spend that much, can you pay off the debt?

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Mise en place for a recipe Even in college, when I was living in a dorm, and had a dining hall meal plan that meant I could get whatever I wanted whenever I wanted it, I still cooked and baked. I was in 4th grade, and had 2 younger siblings when they began their debt-repayment journey.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. Between camping and hoteling it over the years, we’ve managed to check off a LOT of items on our bucket list – including camping in every one of the 48 contiguous United States. That’s not right.

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