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How to be a Frugal Family

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Cooperation is an important key to successful budgeting. Examine Your Budget and Look For Loopholes Loopholes are those unnecessary expenses that are a waste of funds. Limit eating out and the activities that are outside your budget such as expensive movies and far away vacations. Creating a Budget is Easy.

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3 Easy Ways to Save Money on Food While at Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Coffee Instead of spending $4 on coffee from the shop on the first floor, you should consider bringing coffee from home. Every once in a while, it’s fine to run to your local burger joint for lunch, but you can save money by bringing your lunch from home on a regular basis. Frugal Food Tips Have you been looking at your budget lately?

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18 Ways to Eat Organic and Healthy on the Cheap

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Did you know that you can eat a healthy, organic diet on a tight budget? As a frugal shopper myself, I have seen how it can be done. Today I am going to share with 4 rules we live by when it comes to eating healthy as well as 18 different foods you can eat organically that will be healthy and won’t drain your wallet.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. 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. Peggy: Oh yes!

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