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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I live in the Midwest with my family. I’ve been teaching part time for over 25 years. I like to bake and read, and I spend time chauffeuring kids to activities and games. This was a time I had been thinking about not teaching anymore and staying home, so I was looking for new ideas to be thrifty.

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The Final Day of 31 Days to Find $1000 ~ How Did You Do?

Family Balance Sheet

Day 4: Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job. Day 17: Find FREE or Low Cost Family Entertainment. Day 18: I had a yard sale and didn’t have much time to get online. This post is linked to Thrifty Thursday. I would LOVE to hear about your success in October, so please let us know in the comments.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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? I cut the family’s hair.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. It sounds dreadful, but it is possible to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable. 17 – Find a part-time job.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Read 11 Simple Menu Planning Tips to learn how to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable.

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How I’m Inherently Frugal

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I am thrilled to be joining the Prairie EcoThrifter family. The Single Saver is a website dedicated to helping singles and small families save money with easy to implement money saving tips. And for fun, I study new ways to save money in my life (yeah, seriously, I find that fun… ), garden, and spend time with my wonderful pets.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

Family Balance Sheet

.” To get through that time, we crafted our Debt Freedom Plan , based on Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps, but tailored to meet our own needs and self-employed lifestyle. It turns out this was the best decision for our family. Celebrate with an epic family trip. My husband and I were on the same page. Destination TBD!

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