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Are You Letting Your Luxuries Become Needs?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It allows loved ones to contact us, and it can be useful when you are in an emergency situation. For years, I was just fine with a cheap prepaid cell phone. It’s certainly more expensive than sticking with the cheap prepaid cell phone. The phone is a link to the outside world. I feel like I *must* have it.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

To get the best contractor to re-roof your house, you have to negotiate. They wanted all new furniture for their home so they shopped around to find the store they wanted to use. Crystal (owner of Budgeting in the Fun Stuff) wrote about how she annually contacts her cable/internet supplier to get reductions in her bill – step by step.