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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. We were so poor that we re-used coffee grounds to make more coffee! 262,032 Food Preparation. Based on that, we saved $222 dollars a year on a $500 a month food budget for 40 years for a total of $8,880.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

When we’re crazy busy and the family is demanding that they be fed, I always have the ingredients for spaghetti on hand. Now go through the list and really ask yourself if you use or need all of it. If you’re not using it, cancel it today and redirect that monthly money into your emergency savings.

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(Exercising) The Art of Frugality

Frugal Luxuries

It is the careful use of goods and resources. Each of us possesses the ability to exercise it. In fact, it was Terri's long-standing "Frugal Fridays", "Thrifty Thursday" and " Frugal Week " posts that have inspired me to create my own ongoing accountability list by way of this and future posts celebrating the Art of Frugality. (Of

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The topic was ‘ What did today’s millionaires do to be thrifty before they earned their millions?” Me: What do you think of the mass move towards thriftiness in today’s twenty and thirty-something crowd? I remember that we re-used our coffee grounds. Me: What do you mean, re-used your coffee grounds?

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