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Five Frugal Things | bare minimum haircut

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been faithfully packing my lunches My building at the college has an in-house Chick Fil A, and in my two years of attending classes there, I’ve managed to not buy food there at all. Hopefully the new one I ordered will serve me well for a while. I’m glad to have healthier ends again.

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Six Ways to Reuse Your Plastic Grocery Bags

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Lunch Bags Plastic grocery bags also make great lunch bags for your kids or for you. Clothing Bags If you donate clothing to your local thrift stores , then these bags can help you out. Many times, people use trash bags to transport used clothing, but grocery bags will work as well.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Cut your s pending , BUT still live well: No one wants to read, “ cut your spending “, because what they hear is live like a miser. This first group of ideas is about cutting back–but still living well–AND putting that money not spent into your emergency savings. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Stop Spending, BUT still live well: 1 – Declare a “Needs Only” month. 5 – Brown bag your lunch. Not enough time in the morning to make breakfast AND pack a lunch, one word: leftovers! I’m always amazed by the amount store tags I see on clothing and household item at thrift stores.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

Family Balance Sheet

Choose Thrift First. I have made a pact with myself that if I don’t already own something that I need, I will either: make do with what I have, find said item at a thrift store, borrow, or forget about it. So those new boots I want will have to wait, and besides I have two pairs that will get me through another winter.

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Work With What You've Got

I love the colors and I think the accessories were really well matched. I thrifted this blouse last Friday on my lunch break for two bucks. Tags: etsy Target skirts Love Erin Designs self-made ruche Thrifted. But it felt like a great outfit that someone else would wear and not so much something I would wear.

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P.E.P. for the Week of January 24-28, 2010- Adjustment Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Well, I signed up for 2 of the 3 I need to complete which are to take place this weekend and one other weekend in February. Well, plans have had to change. Sustainable Personal Finance tells us how they make healthy lunches from home and save. Being Frugal tells us how we can rock the thrift stores. Going Frugal.

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