The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. While we were still renting an apartment, I researched areas with lower property taxes, scouted out my ideal neighborhoods, and waited for a smaller, less expensive house to come on the market.

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Kids and Family Home and Garden Money Frugal 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 6, 2014

The sales tax, plus the ongoing higher property tax and insurance are really turning him off – and the van does fine if we drive it locally or just for a few hours to the lake. We will rent a car once we get to my grandson’s house and leave our car parked in my son’s driveway. Use your discounts.

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Rental Car Cars Car Rent 167

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Our son is 29 and biological. Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) Alan and I, by choice, bought land in an area with low property taxes.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 181