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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

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. Pack what you can!

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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I’m ashamed to say it, but there was a period in my life where I stopped baking cookies. If you’ve ever eaten homemade cookies before, you’ve probably tasted the Toll House recipe. Do you want to be debt free? It’s not that I lost my taste for the sweet, chewy goodies. It’s not because I’m too manly to bake.

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