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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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When my husband hung a smart TV in the sunroom back in April, we started spending more time in the room–even our teenage daughters started hanging out with us. 2 – We opened up high-interest savings accounts and earned $250 in interest. In total, we have made $250 in interest since April. Ask and ye shall receive!

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Revenge Spending and Other Married Money Tricks

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Better to talk through the whys and wheretofors of your revenge spends to get to the bottom of the cause than to drain your bank accounts or wreck your credit with the spends. It can start simply with an offer to balance the checkbook or simplify the finances by consolidating everything (into their account). Grabbing control.

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How I Organize My Paper Files and Filing Cabinet

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Although, I don't bother keeping month end statements any more, because our banks have that information on line for the last 5 years. Major Category: Insurance - My sub-files are Auto, Health, Health Savings Account, Home-Owners, Life. Major Category: Education - I keep a folder for each daughter.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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I’m busy raising my daughters with my 50-something husband, managing our small business, and writing my blog. ” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results. Almost 70% of Generation X have less than $1000 in personal savings account. *.

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Disney Trip Cost, Breakdown & How I Paid For It

Saving Everyday

This is the first year I started a Disney/vacation savings account of $25 a week. My daughter will need her car while working at Disney, so we’ll be driving two cars on the way down. My advice is to not add this to your online banking. Seeing it any time you login to your account would be a constant reminder.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. He married the love of his life almost two years ago, so now we have a daughter-in-law, too. We lived off my salary and banked Alan’s even before we were married so that we could build our own house (literally), paying cash as we went.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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errand every two weeks to stop by the bank, but the benefits far. friends or family to save on housing costs, and we put a little bit from. each check into a savings account. had a small amount already saved for a tiny vacation. bank account and we BOTH know what is there so we can BOTH use it wisely.

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