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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. We were so poor that we re-used coffee grounds to make more coffee! is based on a Billshrink.com article – Dining on a budget. 40,720 Home Repair. This post was written by Marie. .

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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.