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5 Ways College Students Can Stretch a Dollar

Saving Cents With Sense

Here’s an understatement — college is expensive. According to the College Board, the average student at a public university spends more than $22,200 every year between tuition and other costs. Just like studying and beer, fashion matters at college. Thrift stores, on the other hand, offer affordable, stylish clothing.

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$60 Worth of College Apparel for $30

Saving Cents With Sense

Have a favorite college or university you want to show your support for? Check out this deal for a $60 College Apparel Voucher Only $30. They have some really cute baby and kid clothing, too. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. All rights reserved.

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Friday Links – Too Swamped Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are new to PET or haven’t gotten a chance to read all the articles in the past, here are few archives you might enjoy. PET Archives: How to make your own clothes. What You Need to Know About Student Loans As education becomes more and more expensive, many students must take out student loans to pay for college.

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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In Huffington Post article Boomers Give New Meaning To Spoiling The Grandkids author Linda Stern reported: “Roughly 36 percent of the grandparents surveyed by AARP said “spoiling (grand)children by buying them too much” was a part of a grandparent’s financial role.”. Boomers are becoming grandparents by the second.

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Repair, Don’t Replace

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Remember when trade schools abounded and more folks went to them than to college? The AARP article Fix What’s Broken, For Less claims that there are multiple repair cafes in the USA now, including some in New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Detroit and elsewhere. Those classes taught usable skills.

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A Green and Frugal Funeral

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Sayward was just a teen, but she took charge of preparing her mother’s body for burial – instructing her sisters to help her wash her mom’s body, clean the clothing to bury her in and sew a pillow to put under her head. The college town of Lawrence, KS has a cemetery with a dedicated green section.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been a years-long reader of Frugalwoods, and I think that a Frugal Girl article on piano playing popped up as a recommendation based on my membership in the Frugalwoods Facebook page. I got into minimalist content in high school, and somehow found Dave Ramey through there just before I went to college. My college education.