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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

My first memory of helping was around 2 years old; I kept a ledger of expenses at 8 years old, which reflected priorities early (books & leather boots) & so it goes. Used bookstores, fair trade products, and locally sourced food/baskets/pottery are favorites, in addition to monthly outings with my kids. Heavens, no.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I wish we’d thought of writing a book or something on it because we sure lived the life! We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. We saved and saved and saved. I wasn’t quite so good on that one!

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