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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

learning to give by having them donate last years clothing. I love to shop garage sales. By paying college tuition at the state university with a cash back rewards credit card (and then paying the balance off before any interest charges came due!!), Use your card for the other purchases you make as well.

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The Frugal Girl

A family picture with my parents His degree took 5 years, and during those 8 years of essentially being a 1-income couple with kids after 10 years of being a 2-income couple with no kids, they’d racked up $30k in credit card debt because they didn’t adjust their spending to their change in circumstances.