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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

When we’re crazy busy and the family is demanding that they be fed, I always have the ingredients for spaghetti on hand. And when dining out, at least follow these 15 Smart Tips to Save Money When Eating Out. Now go through the list and really ask yourself if you use or need all of it. Pretty nails and toes?

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. 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. Peggy: Oh yes!

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