The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

When my daddy passed last January, I inherited all the heavy farm labor responsibilities- I never knew I could have impressive muscles😊 It feels like I’ve been going to a homesteading college this year, it’s a love/hate relationship. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Limiting waste is what really drives most of the habits I have that would qualify as “frugal” – reducing/eliminating food waste, returning unneeded items, pursuing refunds, checking on warranties, repairing things, etc. For me, being in the kitchen and making food for people is an act of love.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

If you don’t have enough money to put food on the table, you are going to do something about it. As baby grows, we might turn back into fiendish savers – trying to get that retirement fund or college fund built up. But, in college, I spent my summer earnings – on clothes, on a used car and on school activities.

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Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

Diet Foods: Healthy Choice, South Beach, Lean Cuisine, Special K, Kashi, Smart Start, 100-Calorie Packs, oatmeal and diet aids (shakes, weight scales, diet cookbooks, exercise equipment and weights). National Canned Food Month: Canned fruit, vegetables, pie fillings, soups, meats: tuna, chicken, salmon. Lucky Charm Month!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

You go weekend e-baying, garage-saling or to the flea markets. Put some money aside for savings and food. Related posts: How to Graduate College Without Being Broke. If you think you need it, attend shopoholics anonymous. You have bad money habits. You have pizza every Friday night. What are some good habits you can do?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

We especially need essential stuff, like food, water, shelter, heat, clothing, defensive and offensive protection. Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes. Humans need stuff. We need stuff to survive.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

The College Investor: Start Automatic Investing in 2012 – How you can automate your investing in 2012 the easy way. Discussing how it is easier to eat healthy when you have food stamps but once that is gone or you have “graduated” from the program, you can no longer eat as well. Read away my friends. Penge Snak!:

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