The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I’m a 53-year-old mother of 2 (grown) and grandmother of 4. My daughter lives in California and we talk regularly. How did you get interested in saving money? I remember a shirt that I loved wearing with a caption about saving energy by turning off lights. What is the “why” for saving?

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I live just outside of Richmond, VA with my husband, 18-year-old twin daughters, and our two dogs. The focus was on saving money and resources and living in an eco-conscious way. How did you get interested in saving money? What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? Here’s Beth: 1.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Many years later, one of her daughter’s husbands helped her apply for it – just a few years before her death in her 80’s. Knowing about and utilizing this pension would have made my Mother-in-law’s life somewhat easier while she was growing up in that deceased Veteran’s household.

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Frugal Luxuries

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

being the son of a Swedish/American mother and a long ~ time foodie himself.is Little did I realize that doing so was to shift the paradigm of my long held belief that it was my grandmother who was responsible for all of the usual. quite versed in multitudes of unusual eats ( Lutfisk anyone ???). and unusua l. tea and sugar !

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For the Mommas

AUGUST 10, 2014

Lured by the promise of “real” freedom and a new town to call their own, sharecroppers Ezekial Harban and his three daughters leave behind remnants of slavery in the war-torn south and set off for Nicodemus, Kansas. Many head back home, but Ezekial and his daughters are determined to build a new life in the stark territory.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

How did you get interested in saving money? Back when I was engaged and living on my own for the first time (I lived with my parents while in grad school to save on rent), I went to the library a lot and found a copy of the Tightwad Gazette. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? Maybe four years?

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Coupons Do Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

I am a single mother of two and I was thinking, since we are hardly home due to kids after school activities… and when the kids are home, they play / do homework / read… tv is the last thing on all of our minds. My point is, to save and budget is great but you have to have an organized plan. Everything is online now.

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