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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you find yourself hitting the drive-thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. We gave up cable many years ago , but realize now we simply traded one cable bill into TOO many subscriptions. 17 – Find a part-time job. This is an area that I also need to review.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

Now-I’m a single parent who works part-time, cares for my elder mother, homeschools & runs a farm. Used bookstores, fair trade products, and locally sourced food/baskets/pottery are favorites, in addition to monthly outings with my kids. What’s the easiest/hardest part of being frugal? Heavens, no.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I remember that we re-used our coffee grounds. Coffee was pretty expense (relative to our income) and we were addicted to the caffeine even then. Me: What do you mean, re-used your coffee grounds? Me: Wasn’t that second round of brewed coffee pretty weak? Me: What else do you recall doing to be thrifty?

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