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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

Clark, our cat, the day after we brought him home from the shelter. For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). The most embarrassing money mistake I’ve made was purchasing a home.

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Meet a Reader | M from the PNW

The Frugal Girl

Luckily, not poor enough to wreck our lives, but basically we lived paycheck to paycheck—our philosophy was “As long as the bills are paid, spend it all.” I’m thankful we had to learn how to cut back—how ridiculous was it to have dual full-time incomes/no kids and not save a cent?!