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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

Clark, our cat, the day after we brought him home from the shelter. 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. This only happened after we stopped owning homes and became renters.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Limiting waste is what really drives most of the habits I have that would qualify as “frugal” – reducing/eliminating food waste, returning unneeded items, pursuing refunds, checking on warranties, repairing things, etc. We made a lot of Steak Diane that night.) I fell in love with pursuing a car-free life.