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How We Frugal-ed in July 2022

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Over the years, I have found money through rebates, refunds, and online sales. ” So I immediately logged into my account and sure enough, $100 was deposited into each of my daughters’ accounts. However, once we paid off all of that debt, I started playing the credit card game. Show me the Money!

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Where I found money in February

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Over the years, I have found money through rebates, refunds, online sales, and even the ground. I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. This trip was a reward for our years of paying off six figures of debt , and we were going to pack a lot into our week. Ibotta: $24.75.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

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I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. The first few years after graduating, I racked up a large credit card debt and bought a new SUV that cost approximately the same as my annual salary. We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. helping out 7.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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I love her passion for helping others along their debt free journey. Krystal & Josh’s Debt Free Story. works in outbound sales, and I teach part-time. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? It took us four years, but we paid off over $80,000 of debt! We are debt.

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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

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Found money can be found from various sources, such as rebates, refunds, online sales, or even the ground. We received a $300 reimbursement from our Aflac supplemental policy for an injury my daughter sustained at volleyball in the fall. And we paid off six figures of business debt before, we will pay off this car loan too.

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US Presidents and Personal Finance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I wonder if that could be part of our national debt problem. Even so his surviving daughter had to live off charity. He ended up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and only salvaged his estate by selling (after his death) his civil war memoirs. Grant also did poorly in personal finance. He earned 1.57

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Chit Chat: 06.17.18

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In fact, my husband said to me on Saturday morning as we headed out the door for a morning of yard saling, “I had a really good week!” On Saturday morning before the kids got home, we hit 3 neighborhood yard sales, another activity that we love to do together, but don’t get a chance to do very often.