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Put Your Budget on a Diet: Saving Money by Living Medium

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When you are spending more than you actually make a month, you need to downsize your appetite, your desire for flashy clothes, your shoe collection, your car collection, and your attitude. It doesn’t mean that you have to wear sack cloth and douse yourself in ashes every morning. Buy Store Brands. Used Doesn’t Mean Abused.

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Working Moms on a Budget: 5 Tips for Thrifty Business Fashion

Saving Cents With Sense

They are always growing out of clothes and shoes, and it feels like your clothing money is quickly siphoned away. Thrift Shopping. With your wardrobe in mind, start with thrift stores. Thrift stores are not the dusty, smelly places of the past. Smart Shopping with Coupons. Shop at the End of Seasons.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

But now that I’ve progressed in my practice these 5 years, and have the room in my budget, I have a $130 mat, a few sets of nice yoga clothes, and $2500 teacher training. I even cleaned the studio for 6 months in exchange for free classes! What’s one thing you aren’t remotely tempted to splurge on?