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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

I was born frugal, into a super frugal family. Used bookstores, fair trade products, and locally sourced food/baskets/pottery are favorites, in addition to monthly outings with my kids. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. How did you get interested in saving money? Heavens, no.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. I cut the family’s hair. Me: What kinds of frugality did you practice while you were earning your millions? We changed our own oil and rotated our own tires.

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