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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Failure to be smart about credit. High school grads today have seen parents using credit cards (or maybe even their cell phones) to charge everything from gas to groceries to online purchases. In their minds, part of the college experience is being an (almost) adult, which in turn means access to credit.

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Delayed Gratification: A Strategy to Curb Over-Spending and Secure A Sound Financial Future

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Over-spending has become a way of life, cheered on by financial institutions and credit card companies, who want us to spend up big so they can earn ever more interest, at our expense. Easy access to credit has helped to make this process so easy; we don’t even need to have the cash. I would love to hear your story.

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Shape Magazine Subscription for $3.99

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Designed to help women get their life in shape, each issue explores diet, fitness, beauty and how living healthy gives you the tools to enjoy a better life. HOT* Have you gotten the FREE $25 Credit to Vault yet? This magazine subscription isn’t just about body building, it’s about self-image building.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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I’ll continue to offer additional money saving tips, ideas, strategies and recipes like I always have, but I have some new themes that I will be starting next week. In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. How We Saved. Photo Credit: 2015.

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