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Living a Frugal Life: Exploring Staycations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As an alternative, head over to Walmart, Target, or another large retailer and pick a Slip ‘n Slide, or make your own , and buy some water guns or water balloons. Game and Movie Day. After your done playing games for the day, make a huge bowel of popcorn and spend the rest of the night watching movies.

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Make Your Own Board Game

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Is it about movies, business, science, math or something else? When I finally get the board design the way I want it for Money Camp, I will draw it up in Paint or maybe in a free open source product called InkScape and then take it up to a local printer and have it printed out to the size I want (I’m hoping I can use Walmart for this).

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Although my parents never specifically taught me about finances, they lived a frugal life by necessity. What’s the easiest/hardest part of being frugal? The hardest part of being frugal for me is resisting the appeal of a good restaurant meal. I learned to save money by watching my parents. (I We saved $105.00