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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Research the store’s return policy for unused purchases without a receipt if you don’t have it. 19 – Shop thrifty for you clothing needs. I am very picky about what I buy second hand, and I still find brand new or hardly worn clothing. 22 – Flip your thrifty finds.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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We’ve been researching what we want in the trailer and we want to pay cash. However, we could use a year of extra thriftiness to find any extra funds to accelerate the $10k. We’d like to start saving for it in 2018, if possible. If not, we’ll start saving in 2019. The Guidelines for 2018: 1. Be Exceptionally Frugal.