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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

Visiting family in Florida, we enjoy no-cost activities like visiting their beautiful beaches! As our family and household income grew, my husband and I made it a goal to put more money aside for emergencies, retirement, college, home improvements, etc. The more kids I could “adopt”, the better!

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

That did teach us a lesson about home ownership: that it was something we were taught was a mark of being an adult, but really, when you “own” a home, unless you’ve paid off the mortgage, the bank is your landlord and you’re just renting. We went hiking at Turkey Creek in Florida.

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