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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

By exercising at home instead of paying gym fees we saved $600 per year for 17 years ($10,200). 262,032 Food Preparation. By feeding our family of four at home for 20 years we saved $168,768. After the kid’s left home hubby and I saved another $84,384. 40,720 Home Repair. 91,404 Entertainment.

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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. This was a time I had been thinking about not teaching anymore and staying home, so I was looking for new ideas to be thrifty. I should have known he was special as he asked for a set of “Time-Life” home repair books when he was in college.