The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It has been amazing for our finances and my mental health. Luckily, my little is starting to enjoy some of these activities – like picking the peaches from our tree, grocery shopping, baking/cooking, and gardening and I love spending time with her doing these activities too! What’s your best frugal win?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Instead of investing your money in education or your 401K, your money goes to clothes, gadgets, big screen TV’s or alcohol. If you make $50,000 a year after taxes and spend $60,000 a year, your finances are going backward. You shop to release stress, to be someone else, to escape. Not pretend our finances are fine.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

It reminds me to go grocery shopping if I see that many of the items are checked off. Karen has been a lifelong Money Saving Enthusiast with an MS in Education. In her spare time, Karen enjoys travel, photography, and reading finance books. Jessica checked off items she used. She also work as a tutor and freelance writer.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

“The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates a sense of order, trains forethought, and so broadens the mind.” Munger so aptly puts it, learning how to save money fast is an education in and of itself. ” – T.T. Munger As T.T.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

Grocery shopping wisely – We shop at affordable stores, shop the ads/sales, and menu plan. It’s important to be on the same page as your spouse about finances. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? For the first few years of our marriage, Ryan handled the finances.

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