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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

We’re meeting an Arkansas reader today and initially, I thought she was the first one! We have significant food restrictions so sourcing our own is helpful health-wise & cost-effective too. So I have watched the cost of living skyrocket in the last 20 years but wages haven’t caught up yet. Here’s Jennifer. ?

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. My family loves watching movies and tv series together, and having regular game nights. Visiting a local reindeer ranch with a reindeer who also doesn’t care about trends The hardest part of being frugal for my family is food!

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Meet a Reader | Lina from Germany

The Frugal Girl

Meet a Reader is back! Somehow, I was watching a video of Korean YouTuber Maangchi making something she called a frugal Korean dish, which made me think that I probably should look for more frugal recipes to save money on expensive ingredients. The post Meet a Reader | Lina from Germany appeared first on The Frugal Girl.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

I’m Mary, and it’s a pleasure to participate in Kristen’s Meet a Reader series. I learned to save money by watching my parents. (I I enjoy good food even though I don’t like to cook it – maybe especially because I don’t like to cook it. The food you will actually eat is what is worth buying!

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Today, we’re meeting a reader who has managed to live for 2.5 Limiting waste is what really drives most of the habits I have that would qualify as “frugal” – reducing/eliminating food waste, returning unneeded items, pursuing refunds, checking on warranties, repairing things, etc.

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Meet a Reader | Beth from VA

The Frugal Girl

Today we’re meeting a reader who’s been here since 2009 (!!) pantry shelves my husband made She’d grown up very poor and she could not stand waste of any kind, especially food. The post Meet a Reader | Beth from VA appeared first on The Frugal Girl. Here’s Beth: 1. Tell us a little about yourself.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. We still allotted a lot of money for food, but we were careful not to go too far over budget. We do meet every month to go over expenses and needs. When something unexpected comes up we have another budget meeting. Daniel does all the day-to-day finances.

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