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Five Frugal Things | also, I PASSED

The Frugal Girl

First up: I passed all of my competency tests yesterday, first try. The two professors who watched me said that I did a great a job and that they could tell I’d gone to a bunch of the optional open labs (and that’s true; I did sign up for tons of those). On to frugal things!

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Five Frugal (mostly tiny) Things

The Frugal Girl

Mostly tiny things this week! I got an annual symphony pass So, after my little $10 symphony evening the other week, it occurred to me that other nearby city symphonies might also have a student program. I love Tchaikovsky! I made granola Routine and boring? And here’s how I sell books on eBay.

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Meet a Reader | Ginger from Texas

The Frugal Girl

I sent Ginger the Meet a Reader information a while ago, but as she says, life happened, so she had a bit of a delay in (e)mailing in her answers. But I never mind a delay! I’m a 53-year-old mother of 2 (grown) and grandmother of 4. I’ve been divorced (unmarried) for 15 years. Here’s Ginger!

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Five (small) Frugal Things

The Frugal Girl

I don’t have time for anything very impressive right now! Except maybe this: I am most definitely going to pass all of my first semester classes. And passing classes is a huge financial win.) I spent $0 and got $5 It’s cheating a little to say it that way. I filled up my gas tank for $3.09/gallon

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Thankful Thursday | goodbye, clouds!

The Frugal Girl

This week, I am thankful: that there’s lots of sun in the forecast coming up It was so gloomy out all day yesterday, I was feeling a little bit blue. But I looked ahead in the forecast and there are LOTS of sunny days coming up. that my office has a window When I moved in here, I purposely put my desk right by the window.

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Don’t be a Buy-It-New Snob

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I was for awhile. After 10 years of not having enough money to buy new things, I found my dream job and started getting high pay. I swore I’d never buy used junk again… but now I’ve changed my mind. I hate waste and I see it all the time. That is what this is.

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How to Save Money Visiting Yellowstone National Park

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

From Mammoth Springs at the North end around to the sometimes frightening drop offs and vistas on the east side by Tower and Roosevelt to Lake Yellowstone, West Thumb, Old Faithful, Norris and on, there are a multitude of dazzling scenes, tons of wildlife and many things to do. but there are some things you can do to trim expenses.