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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

Back when I was engaged and living on my own for the first time (I lived with my parents while in grad school to save on rent), I went to the library a lot and found a copy of the Tightwad Gazette. What’s your best frugal win? The other frugal win was we have been able to purchase two vehicles outright, with no loans.

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11 Ways To Make Personal Travel More Sustainable And Less Polluting

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Buy A Bike Exercise combined with clean air and free transportation makes riding a bike a win-win for everyone. Rent A Bike Not near home but still want to explore the area? Why not rent a bike for a few hours? Most major cities now have bike rentals available by the hour, which sure beats renting a car for the day.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage. I enjoy playing the game and I like to win. What’s your best frugal win? My personal best frugal win was marrying a guy who can and will fix almost anything. Made me proud!

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Monopoly 80th Anniversary Game ONLY $10.98 (Reg $21.99)

For the Mommas

You better keep an eye on your money, because you never know when the dice will land you with a massive rent bill to pay. You’ve got to buy, sell and negotiate to win at this 80th anniversary version of Monopoly! Get more such hot deals here.

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Free Kindle Books: The Obituary Society, 13 Free Baby Crochet Patterns & More

For the Mommas

When Lila Moore inherits her grandfather’s house, she finds herself in a small Midwestern town where margarine is never an acceptable substitution for butter, a coveted family recipe can serve as currency, and the friend who will take your darkest secrets to the grave will still never give you the secret to her prize-winning begonias.

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Keeping it Simple: Strategies for Financial Security

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Simple finances work for you rather than against you, so it’s a win-win. All you need is a list of expenses, both fixed (rent, loan repayments) and variable (food, clothes, fuel), and a list of all sources of income. This means that you put off getting things organized and putting things off never works, as we all know too well!

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Want to Travel the World for Free? Then Do This.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Don’t forget to enter to win an iPad 3 here at PET. This is a great opportunity to live rent-free in another part of the country or across the world. These positions often come with attractive packages that include rent, health benefits and travel expenses. This is where the opportunity to house sit comes in.

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