Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2014

Students now more than ever are graduating into a life of student loan payments, debt, and economic uncertainty. Here are some great reasons why you should try to graduate without debt: Job Freedom. When you are saddled with debt, you have to make choices based on paying back that debt. Debt is a Waste of Money.

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Debt Debt Free Graduation Student 217

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 11, 2020

Pre-coronavirus, we didn’t think twice about shaking a stranger’s hand, using the ATM keypad, or going to the grocery store without donning a hazmat suit. A layoff or a drop of business happened in the past, but a global economic shut down from a deadly virus? I have been using it ever since.

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Budgeting Budget Family Debt 246

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 4, 2011

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. We were so poor that we re-used coffee grounds to make more coffee! 262,032 Food Preparation. Based on that, we saved $222 dollars a year on a $500 a month food budget for 40 years for a total of $8,880.

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Home and Garden Cars Car Re-use 198

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 6, 2012

Budgeting and Economics. It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. ” FG presents A Tale of Two Brothers posted at Financial God , saying, “One of my favourite books is ‘Economics in One Lesson’, by Henry Hazlitt.

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Money Finance Personal Finance Real Estate 133

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 14, 2011

And one of the best ways to do it is to use a 529 plan.&#. posted at FIRE Finance , saying, “We decided to optimize our grocery expenses and pull the strings on our food budget even tighter. Kim McGrigg presents Small ways to save big on major purchases – Money Management posted at Blogging for Change.

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Frugal Movies Finance Bills 150

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

We’re meeting an Arkansas reader today and initially, I thought she was the first one! Tell us a little about yourself Greetings from the NW corner of Arkansas, where I was born (around 40+ years ago) and raised. We use the eggs, harvest meat & if I can’t get out to hunt venison we’ve had friends give us meat.

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Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 179