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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Her Dad died, and she continued to live with her Mom. Mom continued to support her she too died. While continuing to live a relatively frugal lifestyle, she continued to live off of Mom (through her inheritance). Although friends tried to help by offering part time employment, she was unable to keep a paying job.

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The Very Best of Small Town America… for Roadtrips

Saving Cents With Sense

Guest post by: Gloria is a stay-at-home mom and part-time fashion blogger. More posts you may enjoy: 9 Ways to Save on Gas at the Pump. Don’t be surprised if you’re tempted to look up real estate listings and start looking at schools while you’re there. Small towns are the next big thing, you know.

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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Current job postings for full-time and part-time opportunities. High school grads today have seen parents using credit cards (or maybe even their cell phones) to charge everything from gas to groceries to online purchases. Mom and Dad aren’t there to say NO to something that might harm you. Resumé critiques.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

He wants to retire early so he can do more woodworking, electronic fixing, and maybe work at a winery or brewery part-time. Manual cars are generally cheaper than automatic and have better gas mileage because they are lighter weight). Our dog I don’t plan to fully retire, either. I haven’t decided yet.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter. I ran the numbers.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. We especially never put anything consumable (like gas, food, eating out, movies and etc) on a credit card. I worked a part time job the weekends he wasn’t working.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

Family Balance Sheet

Brian’s wife took on a part-time job to increase their income to throw at their debt. And it saves on gas too.” Tracy, a single mom, paid off $41,587 in debt in 14 months. He also sold rights to software that he developed. Tracy put her sales commissions and tax returns towards debt.

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