Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 10, 2017

Why shouldn’t we take that overseas vacation, buy that luxury condo at the lake, get new clothes every change of season, have that spiffy new car? Cryder George Loewenstein titled “Tightwads and Spendthrifts” which found that: “Consumers often behave differently than they would ideally like to behave.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2014

If one of you is a spendthrift and one is a saver, financial feuding will be a given unless the two of you can find a way that is agreeable to both of you to manage your disparate financial personalities. Of course, the spendthrift isn’t let off easily. Almost always, the lie comes out.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

But, I can’t believe people are making big bucks telling other people how to control their spendthrift ways, or sharing how to shave a few cents off a grocery bill. We mowed the grass, made our clothes, cleaned house, cooked , and fixed broken stuff. We didn’t have a clothes dryer. I cut the family’s hair.

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