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Friday’s Freebies: Gluten Free Recipes, Memorial Day Coloring Pages and More

Saving Cents With Sense

How To Grow Plants by Margaret Phillips. Frugal Cooking for Simple Living by Michael Holtby. Amy Butler Sewing Patterns. Good Eating’s Gluten Free Recipes by Chicago Tribune. $1 1 Per Pound Grocery Shopping by Mary Frances Pickett. The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World for Kids by Elaine Donato. Natural Skin RX Sample.

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How to Learn Frugal Tricks in a New Town

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Cook all of our meals from scratch at home. Then, the man in line behind me chimed in on the different ways he uses the card to grow his rewards points to save up to $1.00 3 Vital Tips You Need to Start a Frugal Lifestyle How to Be a Frugal Shopper How To Be a Frugal Family Should You Learn To Sew? Have my husband dye my hair.

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How to Exercise your Brain

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I can feel my fear slipping away as I grow in confidence every day.” Creative activities like painting, sewing, cooking, craft and woodwork help to keep your brain active and give you a sense of personal satisfaction at the same time. Would you believe that meditation is also exercise for your brain?

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Being Environmentally Friendly Saves Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

So instead of menu planning, buying what we need and eating it, we are buying what we feel like, cooking too much and throwing away the rest instead of eating the leftovers. If we all planned our meals properly, ate proper portion sizes instead of cooking thinking our stomachs are the size of Texas, only cook what we can or will eat.

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Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia

The Frugal Girl

Luckily, my little is starting to enjoy some of these activities – like picking the peaches from our tree, grocery shopping, baking/cooking, and gardening and I love spending time with her doing these activities too! It’s food that we have that I’ve cooked or otherwise acquired ? What’s the easiest/hardest part of being frugal?

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

When my brother and I were growing up, our parents didn’t have much discretionary income. My mom cut coupons and sewed her own clothes and mine, as well. The fact that neither one of us likes to cook and neither one of us is particularly good at it might have had something to do with it, too. Just sayin’… 7.

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Toys R Us Black Friday Ad Listing 2013

For the Mommas

My First Cook In Kitchen: $19.99 (save $15) My First Smart Pad Library: $14.99 (50% off) My Little Pony, Hello Kitty, or NERF Walkie Talkies: $9.99 (50% off) My Size Barbie: $29.99 (50% off) NERF Dart Tag: $24.99. Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Temple Run: $5 The Home Depot Big Builders Workshop: $69.99

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