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Topic: 5 Frugal Living Tips To Saving Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

From slowly paying off a mortgage, to paying for train travel or a car purchase, borrowing money for these types of items can be expensive. By cutting down on eating out or ordering in food and instead buy the ingredients to make the same meal, whilst it is more effort to cook, this will save you huge sums of money in the long run.

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5 Frugal Living Tips To Saving Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

From slowly paying off a mortgage, to paying for train travel or a car purchase, borrowing money for these types of items can be expensive. By cutting down on eating out or ordering in food and instead buy the ingredients to make the same meal, whilst it is more effort to cook, this will save you huge sums of money in the long run.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

Another, very important frugal win, my very frugal husband who’s a natural saver and set us up for success by buying his first house (a foreclosed property) at 28. We splurge on travel, celebrations and presents for our kids. I dread the day we need to buy a new vehicle. What’s your biggest splurge?

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Everyday Changes that Save Money & Help our Planet + a $25 GIANT FOOD STORES Gift Card Giveaway

Family Balance Sheet

Buying a coffee is a guilty splurge for me, but to be honest, the particular coffee shop brand that I love is sold in grocery stores, like Giant. Brew your coffee at home and take it along with you in a travel mug. Rather than purchasing new, check to see if you can borrow from a friend, barter, or buy second hand.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

We bought a used pop-up several years ago and it was one of the best decisions for our family We absolutely adore camping, and we’d like to upgrade to a travel trailer. We don’t travel extensively, but we do like to get away. Save for a camper upgrade. We’d like to start saving for it in 2018, if possible.