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Two abandoned-house nightstand rehabs

The Frugal Girl

I sanded it down in my dad’s garage. I didn’t have a pressing need for it, so I really could not find the motivation to do something with it. The post Two abandoned-house nightstand rehabs appeared first on The Frugal Girl. I tackled one of these last year, to serve as a nightstand in Lisey’s room.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

Be Exceptionally Frugal. I don’t want to use the term extreme frugality, because that sounds absolutely horrible. I want to go through our basement, closets, and garage to look for unused items that we can sell. We’d like to start saving for it in 2018, if possible. If not, we’ll start saving in 2019.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Frugal Confessions : A Great Site to Sign up for Email Offers – Learn about this great tool to hone your frugal skills like I do! Those are all great ideas, but one company is taking it a step further to help motivate us. Turn off the lights. Lower the thermostat in the winter. Buy an energy efficient water heater.