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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

Family Balance Sheet

My husband is an extremely hard worker as he works and goes to school full time. One evening my husband came home from work and mentioned that he forget to get gas in his truck on the way home. So I offered to take his truck to the gas station and get him some gas so he could get to work in the morning.

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Factors to Consider When Accepting a Job

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

However, based on what I needed at the time, that just wasn’t enough. The social work position was full-time and offered health and dental insurance. I would have the position for 3 months and then, if they liked me, they would hire me on full-time. The cost of gas 10 years ago was way less than it is now.

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Buying Online vs In-Store | When You Save The Most Money

Saving Cents With Sense

50 savings really save you money after you factor time, tax, and of course gas mileage? Below is a chart that I created with examples of 4 different makes of cars with their listed Miles Per Gallon and the calculated cost of gas per mile for each car. gas (from scenario above). Does that extra $.50 16 cost per mile). .

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Saving Money on Food While On the Road

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Well, as much as somebody who works full time is ever able to be. I don’t want to have a full meal every time my stomach grumbles, so to avoid the cost and caloric implications of café and gas station snacks, I pack my own in my suitcase and throw a few in my purse when I leave my hotel.

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Save Money with Geothermal Heat

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The heat found in the earth beneath your home is completely free, completely reliable, it will never run out and it takes no harmful natural gas or oil to extract it. With gas and electricity prices spiraling, consumers are looking for ways of saving money. The heat is there, you just need a system to pump it out. The source of the.

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report card freebies 2016 – Free Stuff when School ends

Coupons Do Work

Tesoro Gas Stations – Tesoro Gallons for Grades. Allstate -offers Good Grades Discount for full time students under the age of 25 with high grade. Nationwide -has student discount for full-time high school or college students between the age of 16-24 that maintain a minimum B average. They can save up to 20%.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

My biggest financial regret is the amount of money we spent on restaurant meals from the time we were married and both working full time to when we had kids. He says we were busy building the house and our careers and it was money well spent because it freed up our time. Alan doesn’t share that regret. I ran the numbers.