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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

We bought our house as a short sale in 2008. I just wanted to get away and I moved my 401K money to the advisor they referred me to. Now I like that she has some leftover/easier nights sprinkled in as it matches our life more closely. We also love travel and plan on doing much more of that when we retire.

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10 Reasons You’re Broke

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Instead of investing your money in education or your 401K, your money goes to clothes, gadgets, big screen TV’s or alcohol. You go weekend e-baying, garage-saling or to the flea markets. What you have leftover is how much you can spend. You spend your money on the wrong stuff. You have bad money habits.

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