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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

What’s your best frugal win? I just wanted to get away and I moved my 401K money to the advisor they referred me to. Fancy restaurant food. I’d send some to my nieces to help with their college expenses and would donate half to our local food pantry. We bought our house as a short sale in 2008.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. Kyle presents Enter to Win our April iPad Mania Giveaway! I have finally listed many of the financial resources, firms, services, and products that I personally use and recommend.

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ramsay presents Borrowing From Your 401k. Among the many benefits afforded to many 401k participants is the ability to borrow funds from the account for personal purposes. Dana presents 5 Frugal Ways To Beat Food Price Inflation. Kevin presents Canada’s Conservatives Win 2011 Election and Harper Wins a Majority Government.