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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

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. We rent now and are much happier. People are surprised that we are in our fifties and renting, but it works for us.

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Realistic Ways to Save Money Each Month

Saving Everyday

I vividly remember him saving his change all year and having us kids roll it for vacation. We got $20 each for doing it, and that was our vacation spending money. It was rarely just handed out. Our store has a LOT of overstock from Target. For one-time projects, consider renting. We literally just did this.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

Family Balance Sheet

4 – I stopped going to Target. myself from myself and stopped going out to shop and peruse and just “pick. because we aren’t eating out. While we said no to eating out and going to the movies all the time, we. were not about to give up a summer vacation! We take out a small amount.

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