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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

riding lawn mowers, garage door openers and many, many more things we take for granted today. Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. There were no garage door openers. There was no internet.

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20 Tips for Frugal Living

For the Mommas

Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Go to the library. Instead of buying books, check them out of the library. Magazines and newspapers are all available online now. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference. Frugal gifting.

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How To Tuesday: Extreme Couponing (Part 1)

Saving With Shellie

While I think the shopping trips featured on the show are a little over-the-top, you can still be Extreme Couponer without having a garage full of salad dressing. Parade Magazine – Occasionally you’ll find a random coupon or two inside Parade Magazine in your Sunday paper. Or go to your local library.

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Sharing Goods to Reduce Consumption and Cut Waste

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Everywhere you look, television, billboards, the Internet, magazines, newspapers and radios try to tell us what we need to buy and consume in order to be happy. One of them kept it at their house in the garage, but each time there was a snow storm they each got their chance to use it, taking turns doing both of their driveways.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. It might be cheap, but it’ll sit in my garage for the next few months till I started that project that’s on my mind. Readers can find out more about Richard at his website, Frugality Magazine.

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