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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

I don’t know how I heard about Katy’s blog first! Over time, our homestead will be a frugal “win”, although it certainly isn’t at the beginning! Certainly, we’ll never be able to beat Walmart prices but our quality isn’t Walmart level either so that makes sense!

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Choose Thrift First | February Meeting

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In 2015 I’m challenging myself to rethink purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. She hasn’t flown in 20 years and probably won’t fly again for sometime, so she didn’t’ want to buy a carry-on suit case.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build your emergency fund. You will be so thankful later. 2 – Decide where to put the money.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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Most of them are related to our small business, my husband’s chiropractic office, but last January I got a bee in my bonnet about debt…thank you, Dave Ramsey. I don’t want to wait years. These will continue as long as I can find people don’t mind being open and transparent about their debt free story.

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