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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

I can remember quite a few years in college and grad school when my part-time jobs juuuuust barely covered my expenses (and sometimes not even that!) 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.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. In my free time I enjoy canning and preserving food (well, I enjoy the results of it, ha!), The easiest part is that it comes pretty naturally to me.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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It’s also very easy to reduce your grocery spending just by planning your meals. However, there are ways to put a good meal on the table without relying on restaurants for saving your sanity. Related Reading: Make meal planning a priority. This time-saving technique will save you money and your sanity.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals. Here are a few ideas: Meal Plan. This time-saving technique will save you money and your sanity. Keep your pantry stocked with your go-to meals. 15 – Find a part-time job. There are online sites that will buy books.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. 1 – Meal plan! When I make a weekly meal plan, it saves us money because. and plan meals based off of that. Then for the other meals needed I see. what is on sale and plan meals based on those ingredients. Then for the other meals needed I see.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. We tried to avoid these things by packing our lunch, cooking meals at home, and shopping with a list to avoid overspending and wasting money. Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt? We live in New York.

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Eat to Lose Weight

Saving Cents With Sense

Now as a mom of 3 going back to graduate school and working part time, I knew that I needed to be able to healthy but it also needed to be EASY. Planning was essential for meals because I knew that if I got tired and hungry it would be so easy to continue to snack or grab non-nutritious filler foods. Key to Healthy Eating.