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Credit Card Rules You Should Live By

For the Mommas

You may have gotten your first card in college, before you had any salary at all but just in time for that upcoming spring break trip: clothes, gas money, hotel…and then, one month later… BOOM! More purchases equals more spent money equals more credit card debt. If you do spend that much, can you pay off the debt?

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

My mom cut coupons and sewed her own clothes and mine, as well. Between camping and hoteling it over the years, we’ve managed to check off a LOT of items on our bucket list – including camping in every one of the 48 contiguous United States. He diligently maintained our car and our house, doing all the work himself.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

I use my hands WAY too much for nail polish to last more than a day, and I vastly prefer a kind of “uniform” over having to make decisions about my clothes every single morning (that sounds exhausting!). I was in 4th grade, and had 2 younger siblings when they began their debt-repayment journey.