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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, and parks. Many local towns, libraries, malls, and fire halls host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and balls, and go play some tennis. Keep your eyes and ears open for local activities.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. At age 12, I started saving up my allowance and babysitting money to buy Christmas gifts for other children who were less fortunate. I was determined to buy a house that was less than we could afford.

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Summer Fun Guide 2019

Family Balance Sheet

Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, parks. Local towns, libraries, malls and fire halls also host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and balls, and go play some tennis. Keep your eyes and ears open for local activities.

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Frugal Fun

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There are endless things that you can buy with money, but if you look around you will find that there are many ways to have fun without spending much at all. Free/discount museum day (If you are a BofA customer, check out their free museum pass program.) We usually buy food though so it’s not that free.

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Free or Inexpensive Holiday Activities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” In Regina , you can take a horse drawn wagon ride through Edwardian Gardens, visit the Amedee Forget Museum and participate in Victorian type festivities like cookie decorating and caroling. Local library events & performances. Regina public library has numerous holiday related activities in December.

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20 Fun & Budget-Friendly Summer Activities

Family Balance Sheet

Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and go play some tennis. Local towns, libraries, malls and fire halls also host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Sure you can buy ice cream, but this is a fun and delicious activity for the littles. Visit a local museum. Hit the tennis courts. Play miniature golf.

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The Easiest Ways to Save Money on Household Expenses

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Don’t buy anything that is not on the list unless you forgot something truly important. It is always costlier than eating at home, and it makes you fat, no matter whether you are buying a quick snack at a fast food restaurant, vending machine or a convenience store. That’s impulse shopping and most of us do that. Do the same for books.