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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been teaching part time for over 25 years. I like to bake and read, and I spend time chauffeuring kids to activities and games. I volunteer at my kids’ school at lunch time and other events. He is also thrifty and is much better at budgeting than I. Here’s MB: 1.

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The Final Day of 31 Days to Find $1000 ~ How Did You Do?

Family Balance Sheet

Day 4: Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job. Day 15: Skip the AM Drive-Thru and Eat Breakfast at Home. Day 18: I had a yard sale and didn’t have much time to get online. Day 29: Eat Dinner at Home & SAVE! This post is linked to Thrifty Thursday. Day 2: Have a Yard Sale. Day 6: Found Cash Update.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The topic was ‘ What did today’s millionaires do to be thrifty before they earned their millions?” Me: What do you think of the mass move towards thriftiness in today’s twenty and thirty-something crowd? Me: What else do you recall doing to be thrifty? Peggy: Oh yes!

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Sustainable Living Traits To Pass On To Your Children

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You will want to oversee their purchases, especially when it comes buy items online, but let them actively find ways to stretch their allowance or part-time wages by purchasing things used, such as clothes, books, furniture, and even bikes and cars. And vice versa!) Stress the importance of saving and staying away from debt.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

4 – Skip the AM drive-thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive-thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. 6 – Eat dinner at home. Dinner time can be stressful for everyone. 17 – Find a part-time job.

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How I’m Inherently Frugal

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Outside of my blogging life, I work full time as a magazine editor/designer for a large national company and I also teach part-time at a local University. And for fun, I study new ways to save money in my life (yeah, seriously, I find that fun… ), garden, and spend time with my wonderful pets. I Am A Homebody.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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4 – Skip the AM drive thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. Not enough time in the morning to make breakfast AND pack a lunch, one word: leftovers! 6 – Eat dinner at home.