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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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And when dining out, at least follow these 15 Smart Tips to Save Money When Eating Out. We gave up cable many years ago , but realize now we simply traded one cable bill into TOO many subscriptions. Another friend sells her homemade artisan bread and another friend sells hand-sewn dolls at craft fairs.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

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We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Eating out or going to a movie were once a year events. We especially never put anything consumable (like gas, food, eating out, movies and etc) on a credit card.

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