The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We bought our house in March 2009, during some of the worst of the recession and the housing bubble bursting. That would have been just fine, except I also decided I wanted to buy a fancy car and go out to nice meals a bunch with my boyfriend at the time. We make regular trips to visit family, but don’t really do any other traveling.

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California Cars Car College 172

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 15, 2012

My family has a crawl space downstairs, a pantry upstairs, and a freezer in the garage. However, right now we don’t grind down wheat to use in our regular meals. Every so often, we have a “food storage” week, in which our meals are based on food storage items nearing expiration.

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Storage Building Home Bank 229

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 10, 2017

When the Great Recession began in 2008/2009, my boss at the time (a Vice President of the company) and her spouse consulted their financial adviser to see what they should do. They asked him what would likely cause us to come out of recession. The world wide recession made us all (either of necessity or by choice) a bit more frugal.

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Spendthrift Economical Consumer Recession 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 4, 2011

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. By feeding our family of four at home for 20 years we saved $168,768. per meal per person for one meal a day for 20 years. This post was written by Marie. . 262,032 Food Preparation.

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Home and Garden Cars Car Re-use 198