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Ways to Save Money on a Tight Budget

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My niece goes to Goodwill and buys what I can only describe as bags of junk, and she makes a full-time income selling it on eBay. My son has been doing this for about a year now and averages a few hundred dollars a week. Pack your lunch, and focus on inexpensive meals like sandwiches and leftovers. I do this ALL the time!

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Top 5 Tips On How To Save Money

Saving Everyday

I do this several times a year and always save a little on my monthly expenses. I recently canceled my internet through AT&T, and my son added me to his T-Mobile account. Make a double batch and pack up the leftovers for lunches throughout the week, which brings me to my next point. Cut cable or find an alternative.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

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My husband is an extremely hard worker as he works and goes to school full time. Here I was, leaning against his $20,000 truck, while my $15,000 car is sitting in the drive way of our $150,000 house, and through all this our 8 month old son was sleeping in his $400 crib, and I didn’t have $20 bucks of my own money to get gas.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I’m fifty years old, married almost 25 years, with four sons of various ages ranging from all grown up to still-working-on-it. ? For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). I make bone broth now!

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

My degree is in mechanical engineering, but I’m just starting a transition to nursing – before I got pregnant with my son, I was working as a nursing assistant while my husband finished grad school, and planning to go on to nursing school. They had me, and then my mom decided to go back to school full-time and get a PhD.