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Used Furniture – Re-purpose, Recycle, Re-use.

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But there are ways to save – consider used furniture. While most folks consider wood and metal used furniture to be quite restorable, many turn their noses up at re-using fabric covered items. You can also find older, quality items at used furniture stores. How to make used furniture usable.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

Today we’re meeting a reader who is an artist, a homeschooler, a boy-mom, and a renter by choice. Tell us a little about yourself I’m Karen A. We also like to have enough means to travel and visit family and friends, so being frugal in some areas helps us be generous in others. Hello, everyone! Here’s Karen: 1.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

We’re meeting an Arkansas reader today and initially, I thought she was the first one! Tell us a little about yourself Greetings from the NW corner of Arkansas, where I was born (around 40+ years ago) and raised. We use the eggs, harvest meat & if I can’t get out to hunt venison we’ve had friends give us meat.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

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It’s Time to Re-Stock for Emergencies. I will re-stock the pantry and re-fill the water jugs we keep. Although useful when needed, these to me are somewhat extreme and we won’t go so far as to execute them unless our country’s situation degrades considerably. In the end, I will do a bit of both.

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4 Reasons to Graduate Debt-Free

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Students now more than ever are graduating into a life of student loan payments, debt, and economic uncertainty. It’s not impossible to graduate without student loans, even if you don’t have any parental help. With student debt, you’re still paying that tuition – just after you’ve already graduated.

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Scarcity – The Good and the Bad

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” Scarcity drives economics and business. In business and economics, if you have something in abundance that others consider scarce, you stand to move ahead and make a profit, but if your service or product is offered by a multitude of others you have to find other ways to get ahead. Now they are free on the internet.

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Festival of Frugality #271- 10 Movies, 10 Lessons Edition

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And one of the best ways to do it is to use a 529 plan.&#. Kristia presents Save Money On Groceries Without Using Coupons | Kitchen Economics Link Up posted at Family Balance Sheet , saying, “You don’t have to be an extreme couponer to save money on groceries.&#. Here’s how…&#.

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