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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

Manual cars are generally cheaper than automatic and have better gas mileage because they are lighter weight). So, I lost $2k on the sale and ended up with a more expensive car in the long run. This is recent. Last year I bought a manual car for $14k in cash, thinking I would learn to drive manual. I guess automatic cars LOL.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) I’m Mary, and it’s a pleasure to participate in Kristen’s Meet a Reader series. Our son is 29 and biological. I ran the numbers.