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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I was intensely irritated to have to buy a skirt and a head covering to visit a relative’s church (all the women there dress conservatively and veil their heads, and I didn’t want to be disrespectful). Even if we don’t end up using all the food we buy, it’s cheaper than eating out.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You didn’t start eating until everyone was served and seated. Men opened doors for women, women said thank you to them. There were no day care centers – women stayed home and raised the kids. There wasn’t a restaurant on every corner and people didn’t eat out much. People dressed up.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

Family Balance Sheet

We’ll live in a dorm (which fits us perfectly but we know sounds terrible to others) in our own apartment while I (Krista) work in student development providing mentoring/counseling/student discipline to the 150 women in the dorm and Jon will work right across the street as the assistant director of admissions.

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