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Featured Reader Profiles

Read about how other Frugal Living readers live, and pick up some new money-saving tips in the process.

Featured Reader: Sharon, GA

Sharon talks auction bargains, credit card rewards and early mortgage payoffs.

Featured Reader: Denise, MD

Denise reveals her favorite source for bargain clothing, groceries and more.

Featured Reader: Nancy, MA

Nancy shares simple ways to save on utilities.

Featured Reader: Sarah, LA

Sarah reflects on how dumpster diving, home-cooked meals and good health insurance save her money.

Featured Reader: Jan, SC

Jan tells how she saves with change jars, recycling and consigning.

Featured Reader: Donna, MO

Donna shares her best tips for buying in bulk, shopping at auctions and saving electricity.

Featured Reader: Dee, SC

Dee tells how Angel Food Ministries and Walmart help her save.

Featured Reader: Sue, IN

Sue tells how she gets everything from kitchen cabinets to firewood for free.

Featured Reader: Adriana, FL

Adriana talks swap parties and saving change.

Featured Reader: Anna, MO

Anna shares her best advice on getting free food and saving on laundry.

Featured Reader: Cynthia, IL

Cynthia talks dumpster diving, frugal dates and going carless.

Featured Reader: Clyde, TN

Clyde shares how he saves on his water bill and his phone bill.

Featured Reader: Cynthia, SC

Cynthia offers up great ideas for free entertainment and talks life without credit cards.

Featured Reader: Beth, PA

Beth talks couponing, stockpiling and free iPod downloads.

Featured Reader: Rhea, AZ

Rhea from Arizona reveals how she paid off her mortgage early and how she gets stores to pay her to shop.

Featured Reader: Kimberly, GA

Kimberly from Georgia shares her best ideas for cheap entertaining and grocery savings.

Featured Reader: Brenda, Alberta, CA

Brenda tells how Canadians can get more coupons and talks about making the most of senior discounts.

Featured Reader: James, IL

James talks Internet bargains, homemade laundry detergent and free entertainment.

Featured Reader: Lynn, CO

Lynn shares her best tips for avoiding shopping temptation.

Featured Reader: Rachel, WA

Rachel from Washington shares her secret source for cheap organic shampoo and toiletries.

Featured Reader: Frank, NC

Frank from North Carolina shares tips on cutting energy bills and shopping for the best deals.

Featured Reader: Anna, MA

Anna from Massachusetts shares her tips for shopping less and buying just what she needs.

Featured Reader: Julie, IL

Julie from Illinois talks thrift store bargains and penny pinching.

Featured Reader: Melissa, IN

Melissa from Indiana shares her tips for finding bargains at auctions and flea markets.

Featured Reader: Carolyn, AR

Carolyn from Arkansas shares her tricks for stretching groceries and cutting down on time in the kitchen.

Featured Reader: Sheila, NY

Sheila from New York shares a clever use for junk mail, and tells how she saves on postage.

Featured Reader: Julianne, VA

Julianne dishes on how she cuts costs by curb shopping and shopping online.

Featured Reader: Beverly, CA

Beverly from California tells how she saves money by using things up and shopping from home.

Featured Reader: Dayna, MO

Dayna from Missouri reveals her favorite bargain sources and tells how the envelope system helps her family.

Featured Reader: Lynn, TN

Lynn from Tennessee talks yard sale bargains and change jars.

Featured Reader: Jennifer, MD

Jennifer from Maryland shares her tips for stretching what she has.

Featured Reader: Rebecca, NC

Rebecca from North Carolina dishes on her knack for turning trash into treasure.

Featured Reader: Vickie, IL

Vickie from Illinois shares her strategies for getting more coupons and cheaper groceries.

Featured Reader: Susan, NY

Susan from New York shares her tips for finding cheap clothes and grocery bargains.

Featured Reader: Sonja, LA

Sonja from Louisiana reveals how she saves money by shopping second-hand and preparing her own foods.

Featured Reader: Molly, KY

Molly tells how she saves money by eating simply and minimizing trips to the store.

Featured Reader: Karen, MN

Karen from Minnesota shares her tips for finding freebies and appliances that last.

Featured Reader: Betty, AR

Betty from Arkansas shares her budget-stretching prowess.

Featured Reader: Ellen, CA

Ellen shares some of her best bargain-hunting tips.

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Featured Reader: Faith, SC

Faith from South Carolina shares her best money-saving tips.

Featured Reader: Sharon, KY

Sharon reveals her best cost-cutting strategies.

Featured Reader: Sue, WA

Sue from Washington shares her frugal know-how.

Featured Reader: Christine, KS

Christine from Kansas shares her best money-saving tips.

Featured Reader: Bev, KS

Bev reveals her two biggest bargains and her best grocery-savings tip.

Featured Reader: Pat MA

Pat talks avoiding food waste, cooking from scratch and water conservation.

Featured Reader: Joyce, TN

Joyce tells how she saves money by accepting others discards and using up her leftovers.

Featured Reader: Brenda, BC

Brenda shares a great tip for cutting your grocery spending, and reveals her favorite source for cheap work clothes.

Featured Reader: Lisa, AZ

Lisa from Arizona talks keeping Christmas simple and dumpster diving.

Featured Reader: Jamie, NC

Jamie reveals how she got a nearly-new car for half price, and tells she saves on her utility bills.
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