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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

At age 12, I started saving up my allowance and babysitting money to buy Christmas gifts for other children who were less fortunate. We ending up buying our current home in 2015, when local prices and interest rates were significantly lower. helping out 7. It’s now up to $11 per loaf! I quickly became a daily reader.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

Also, you can slice the bread up before freezing it; that makes it very easy to grab just a slice or two. In a self-defrosting freezer, though, I’d try to eat it up more quickly than that. The rooms look just like real hospital rooms, with IV poles, oxygen set up at the head of the hospital bed, and so on.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

Tell us a little about yourself I’m a married mother of two teenage boys (18 and 16) who grew up in the country near a small town in Iowa. When my gym closed during the pandemic I bought three expensive kettlebells so I could keep up with my workouts. Growing up we tended to be a paycheck-to-paycheck family.

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I loved the article, so I started hitting up your archives. Growing up in a large family, we had enough, but with the specter of inflation and bad job market (gotta love the 70’s and 80’s) , there was definitely a feeling of needing to make sure you had a cushion. How did you get interested in saving money?

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Kroger: Dove Hair Care ONLY $2.69 Each Thru 7/4

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Each Thru 7/4. Thru 7/4, Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo 12 fl oz is priced at $3.69 Kroger Deal Thru 7/4. Buy (1) Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo 12 fl oz $3.69 Buy (1) Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo 12 fl oz $3.69 on any ONE (1) pack of Energizer® Batteries up to 20 ct. Kroger: Dove Hair Care ONLY $2.69

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

Two “small” ones come to mind- my first car & first motorcycle-owned for a while, did a few small repairs & sold for what I paid. Electronics/beauty products/new furniture or household items (I’m using things left by my grandparents & living in their house, have done some changes & repairs but free/thrift is excellent).

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Giant: FREE Late July Potato Chips Thru 7/23!

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