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5 Ways College Students Can Stretch a Dollar

Saving Cents With Sense

Thrift Store Style. Thrift stores, on the other hand, offer affordable, stylish clothing. Many shoppers are now turning to thrift stores to find fashionable items. You can also get 10 percent off at food chains like Burger King, Dairy Queen and Domino’s. Dining Hall. All rights reserved.

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4 Ways to Save Money as a New Mom

Couponing 101

Plus, there’s a big bonus: many retailers will give you an additional discount on any items on your gift registry that weren’t purchased. Babies grow quickly, so you might find perfectly good baby clothes that were barely used at a thrift shop. Plus, some recalled car seats might slip through into thrift stores.

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Grocery Chopping: Cut Down Your Grocery Bill Without Using Coupons and $500 Giveaway

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

While eating less is certainly an option, it shouldn’t have to be, not when there is plenty of food to go around. Large store chains typically offer their shoppers the ability to bring in ads from competitors and buy those advertised products for those discounted prices right in their store. Dare to Compare.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There were no discount brokers. Food/shopping. Fast food was rare. Most food at the grocery store came from the USA. The only discount store was the 5 and dime aka ‘the dime store’ It did not sell food (except 1 penny candies). There were no garage door openers. Go Frugal'

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One Month of Spending Zero

Couponing 101

We took an inventory of the food we have on hand and it is SHOCKING how much we truly have when we dig all the way to the back! While it gets repetitive to eat the same thing over, and over, and OVER, I am reminded that I should be thankful to not only have food on our table each night, but to have an abundance of food at that!

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Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia

The Frugal Girl

My mother was loving and worked so hard to provide for us, but it was frequently a struggle to get food, keep heat on, and other necessities. things on Buy Nothing first and then thrift stores or Facebook marketplace, so I found a good play kitchen on marketplace when my little wanted one. Out of necessity originally.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

Family Balance Sheet

She offered to do people’s taxes, or get their bookkeeping organized in exchange for a discount on her rent, or car repairs. The interviewees also found that cutting their food spending freed up quite a bit of money to apply towards debt. Olivia shops the ads and sales at affordable stores to plan her menu.

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