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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

What’s your best frugal win? Best frugal win: I guess two, one is learning to cut hair, as I’ve mentioned before in my comments here. The other frugal win was we have been able to purchase two vehicles outright, with no loans. And art supplies: I like to paint and draw, so every now and then I splash out.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

Family Balance Sheet

That observation brought back the flood of stories she and my grandfather told about coming to the US from Cuba with no money and starting over in their late 30s. How they sacrificed to win financially. And I cut back on lifestyle – cooking food at home, taking the bus to work vs driving and paying for parking, etc.