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Living a Frugal Life: Exploring Staycations

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If you’re trying to save money, pay down debt, or both, then you might want to consider skipping your family’s usual summer trip and plan staycations instead. Staycations are inexpensive activities that your family can do at home, or locally, that you can all enjoy without running up an expensive vacation tab. Game and Movie Day.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter Was Included in Many Carnivals Over the Past Few Weeks

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Penniless Parenting hosted the Festival of FrugalityLife Stages Edition and included YFS’ post, Thrifty Ways to Save on Travel. Many thanks to Young Adult Finances who hosted the Yakezie Carnival – Mardi Gras Edition and included my post, African Safaris, Gorilla Treks and Blogcation.

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3 Important Lessons in Living Frugally, But Not Too Frugally

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Guest Post Author Bio: David Bakke enjoys living frugally in Atlanta and frequently shares his best financial tips and experiences on Money Crashers , an online resource ranked as one of the top personal finance blogs online. In fact, it’s easy to lose money in an attempt to be frugal. Losing Valuable Time.

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How Can Thriftiness Become a Debt Relief Option?

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Ways to help you achieve a thrift life. You’ll be surprised to know that there are several ways you can manage to lead a frugal life without even giving it a lot of thought. If it’s a team effort along with your spouse and kids, life can really be a bed of roses. Family Contribution.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

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We get a visual picture every month of where are finances are and what we have spent our money on. I knew his determination and focus was something to remember, but I never thought of it in relation to finances. Personal Finance by the Book tells us how negotiating can put us on top. Going Frugal. Managing Money.

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Meet a Reader | M from the PNW

The Frugal Girl

Being open to learning to do something yourself can be very helpful to living a more frugal life. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl? When my husband finished his apprenticeship program we wanted to start a family and so we had to make some real changes to the way we were living to survive on one income.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

He married the love of his life almost two years ago, so now we have a daughter-in-law, too. We consider her our “bonus kid” and our family is extremely close. Although my parents never specifically taught me about finances, they lived a frugal life by necessity. Our son is 29 and biological. Go figure.