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What Are You Giving Up to Save Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Is it really worth it to give up whole foods (not the store, the actual foods) to save money? I think about FinCon for example, the conference for personal finance bloggers I attended last weekend in New Orleans. Sometimes the things we have to give up to put an extra few bucks in the bank account aren’t really worth it.

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Teaching Kids The Power Of Giving This Holiday Season

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Your true purpose as a parent is to give your kids lessons in life that will help them to function when they enter the world as adults. But you also have to give them a sense of social responsibility and some measure of compassion for their fellow man. Do they know the power of giving? So, what do you teach your kids?

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Three Ways to Give to Charities Even If You Don’t Have Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Yet, when people in the community come to ask for donations for the needy, the narrator’s mother does not hesitate to give away some of her few remaining canned goods. If you earn 2,699 Swagbucks, you can redeem it for a $25 Lands End gift card, for example. So, how do you give to charities? At first.

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How do you handle tipping?

The Frugal Girl

For example, I visited Panera last week when my refrigerator was out. I know I’ve heard the argument that goes like, “Tipping ensures that people are motivated to give you good service.” I don’t usually tip when it’s a self-serve experience In Bee’s Panera example, I would not feel obligated to tip.

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WIS, WWA | Black Friday

The Frugal Girl

For example, you can buy a $50 Bath and Body Works gift card for $40. Obviously, you could give the gift card as a gift, but you could also use it as you buy Christmas gifts. What did you have for dinner this week? P.S. After I published this post, I saw that Amazon has a page of gift card offers for various brands.

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Healthy Habits - Why Diets Fail

Motherhood Moments

For example, consume fewer calories than you need, and you will burn fat and lose weight, but consume more than you need, and you will gain weight. You don’t even have to give up your favorite foods. For example, the paleo diet excludes all processed foods, while keto severely limits your carb intake.

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Let’s answer some google searches!

The Frugal Girl

Here’s a recent example from a text conversation with Sonia, where I’m in blue: Anyway. For example, an extrovert might be very happy if you planned a surprise get-together, whereas an introvert might be horrified at that prospect. They give what THEY think the other person should like.