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Meet a Reader | Megan from California

The Frugal Girl

When I got my first job in high school, my parents said I had to save a percentage of every paycheck. I made some foolish choices shortly after graduating college, burning through my savings and running up credit card bills. We bought our house in March 2009, during some of the worst of the recession and the housing bubble bursting.