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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

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January 2021 was a month of extremes in my family’s finances. I started donating plasma in January!!! I put down half the money and financed the other half. I like to think that buying a pre-owned vehicle is the best possible scenario. That’s our January finances in a nutshell, how was our month?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hello and welcome to the 316th Carnival of Personal Finance- Family Edition. Nicole from Nicole and Maggie: Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured tells her story about giving Self Serving Donations. Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site asks What is Your Financial Plan B? If we make effort we will succeed.

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Wait, Don’t Buy That Yet!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There are still more ‘me’ gifts I’d like to buy, but I’ve managed to hold off so far. However, in reviewing the best things to wait to buy on various sites, I find that cameras are one of those items. I learned late in life that there are best times to buy certain things. All things Christmas.

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Three Ways to Give to Charities Even If You Don’t Have Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Yet, when people in the community come to ask for donations for the needy, the narrator’s mother does not hesitate to give away some of her few remaining canned goods. Yet, how can you continue to donate to charity if you don’t have enough money yourself, or if you have enough, but nothing extra to spare? Donate Your Time.

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Giving: Does It Always Have To Be About The Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Whether you are asked to donate to charity , or whether your cousin needs a little help with his finances, we often get hung up on whether or not we have enough cash to help out. Donate items : Since my son is an only child, his clothing doesn’t get a lot of heavy use. We usually send him home with the leftovers.

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Cool Things I Read This Week

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance # 297 [link] #. Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Canadian Finance Carnival # 24 [link] #. Former NFL Player Commits Suicide, Donates Brain to Science [link] Gosh! RT @ Green_Panda Handling Your Finances – What is Being Frugal?

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Identify Your Money Motivations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Why do you spend money on the things that you buy? A spender likes to enjoy what money can buy, and to give to others. Do you want to donate to charity and make the world a better place? Before you spend your money, stop and ask yourself these questions: Why am I buying this? What do you actually want to use money for?