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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Instead, be creative with your current resources, so that you don’t feel the sacrifice. We gave up cable many years ago , but realize now we simply traded one cable bill into TOO many subscriptions. I’m always amazed by the amount store tags I see on clothing and household item at thrift stores. What is your craft?

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

Used bookstores, fair trade products, and locally sourced food/baskets/pottery are favorites, in addition to monthly outings with my kids. In my first year of marriage, I listened to unwise counsel & spent money willy-nilly, the stuff just disappeared like water. Do I know where it went? Heavens, no.

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