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Friday Links – Long Weekend Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Check them out: Good Reads From The Blogosphere: When you’re aggressively trying to pay down debt, you may feel that you’ve done all you can to curb your expenses, but have you really? Don’t miss Melissa’s post at My Personal Finance Journey if you Think You’re Sacrificing to Pay Down Debt?

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P.E.P. for the Week of January 24-28, 2010- Adjustment Edition

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Sustainable Personal Finance tells us how they make healthy lunches from home and save. Being Frugal tells us how we can rock the thrift stores. Canadian Personal Finance Blog shares with us statistics on the inflation of gas and how hybrid options are needed. Reducing Debt. Going Frugal. How about you?

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Sustainable Living Traits To Pass On To Your Children

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Make it be known that that that there is nothing wrong in purchasing second-hand items from thrift stores, yard sales, or via classified ads or even online via places like eBay or Craigslist. Stress the importance of saving and staying away from debt.

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Living a Frugal Life: Exploring Staycations

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If you’re trying to save money, pay down debt, or both, then you might want to consider skipping your family’s usual summer trip and plan staycations instead. You can often find board games that are inexpensive at thrift s tores , although it is a good idea to check them to make sure all the pieces are there before you buy one.

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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My word was REDUCE: Non-mortgage debt to zero. There were hits and misses on this list, and many are things that I will continue to work on, but let’s recap: 1 – Reduce non-mortgage debt to zero. We’ve been working since 2013 to pay off a boat load of non-mortgage debt. clutter/stuff that we don’t need.