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5 Ways The Library Can Help You Save Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Your local library is a wonderful resource when it comes to saving money, and it is one that many people do not even know about. Take the time, now, to Google your local library if you do not know where it is already. If you have just found your library or if you haven’t visited yours in a while, you should schedule some time to visit.

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19 Awesome Freebies Things for College Students

Coupons Do Work

I remember, not that long ago (I graduated from college in 2004) that being in college is great but the cost is expensive. I remember learning something about saving money on books I want to share with you : the library has copies and you can check them out.And teachers have extra copies. An AMAZING and beautiful country).and

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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are going on to college in the fall, don’t let summer roll by without doing some preparation work to help you avoid typical college fail points. Talk to any alumni you may know (hint parents, cousins, that kid that went off to college last year) to see what they know about it. Read up on what colleges may offer.

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How I Saved Thousands of Dollars on College Textbooks

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I was in college for five and a half years for a four year program prior to graduating, and I paid my way through the whole thing. There are some books that you might want keep afterward for reference, but in all honesty it’s unlikely that you will use them once you’ve graduated from college. Which I did want to do.

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Five Frugal Things | with some tiny things

The Frugal Girl

Our library only had it in an ebook version (boo) and copies weren’t cheap on eBay, so I added it to my Amazon cart. I resisted college Chick Fil A again This week I have two all-day simulation labs (where we take care of fake patients in the lab) and they are right next to the Chick-fil-A. We’ll see how long my fix holds!

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I’m 47, married, and living amongst the cornfields in a college town in the Midwest U.S. I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. Another big win would be taking advantage of our great public library system. Enjoying some outdoor time.

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Five Frugal Things | on a Monday!

The Frugal Girl

Sooo, I popped into the school library and printed all of those for free. I mean, obviously, I pay for this privilege because it’s rolled into my college tuition. I printed papers at school I needed to print out a bunch of pages of an OB lab packet, plus other homework, plus some forms (med card forms, blank concept maps, etc).

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