Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Even when eating out on the cheap, we were still spending hundreds of dollars on food. Then, about four years ago, I found out that I as well as two of our children have food intolerances including some biggies, like dairy and gluten. What’s your favorite way to save when vacationing with your family?

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Travel Family Hotel Making 196

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 21, 2015

Be willing to sacrifice- there are things we had to do that made us look weird: home school, skip eating out as much with family, doing my own hair & nails, getting a wardrobe from the thrift store and forgoing paper towels. This post is linked to Thrifty Thursday at Living Well, Spending Less and The Thrifty Couple.

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Debt Debt Free Las Vegas Finance 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

Cut your s pending , BUT still live well: No one wants to read, “ cut your spending “, because what they hear is live like a miser. This first group of ideas is about cutting back–but still living well–AND putting that money not spent into your emergency savings. 23 – Flip your thrifty finds.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Stop Spending, BUT still live well: 1 – Declare a “Needs Only” month. How much can you save just by cutting out non-essential spending? Challenge yourself to question your purchases and spending through out the month and see how much you can save. 19 – Shop thrifty for you clothing needs.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The topic was ‘ What did today’s millionaires do to be thrifty before they earned their millions?” Me: What do you think of the mass move towards thriftiness in today’s twenty and thirty-something crowd? Me: What else do you recall doing to be thrifty? Peggy: Well, we did everything ourselves.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

However, we could use a year of extra thriftiness to find any extra funds to accelerate the $10k. What We Won’t Give Up: My motto has always been “living well on less” and now it will be “living well on (even) less”. The Guidelines for 2018: 1. Be Exceptionally Frugal. Non-necessities might take a back seat–for this year.

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Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We dramatically reduced our spending by cutting our cable TV and landline , shopping thrifty, eating out less often , and lowering our grocery bill. Fast Forward to 2016: In reality 2016 went fairly well, but we had some unexpected business expenses. We made a lot of changes since 2013.

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