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What Do You Tolerate to Save Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We all put up with things that irritate us, sometimes due to general inertia, other times to save the cost of fixing. How much do you tolerate to save money? I love that ice maker and making ice every day is a royal pain. It does however, reportedly save on the electric bill. Money Tips'

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Financial Success: It’s Not Always About Your Income

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s not about a higher income; it’s about what you do with your money. We knew we wanted to save for retirement, and that we wanted to keep giving to charity. This means that after we take care of retirement and emergency fund contributions, and after everything else is taken care of, we have enough to do what we like.

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Put the savings you made at the grocery with coupons into the savings account. My spouse was exceptionally persistent in putting every $20 birthday check into our savings account, year after year after year. We don’t panic because we know we can make do with out the investment money. Keep saving.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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I’ll continue to offer additional money saving tips, ideas, strategies and recipes like I always have, but I have some new themes that I will be starting next week. In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. How We Saved. How We Live.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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2 – Save $10k in a savings account, specifically earmarked for medical expenses. We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. Save for a camper upgrade. If not, we’ll start saving in 2019.