Well you know what they say, "mother knows best." Perhaps this is even more true when you have a mom who grew up during the Great Depression. Read these great tips from freeshipping.org's Go Frugal Blog on the lessons one writer learned from her thrifty mom. Children of the Great Depression never heard of "reduce, reuse, and recycle," much less frugal living. The mantra of the 1930s and 1940s was "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!" The thrift borne of those years left it's stamp...
Well you know what they say, "mother knows best." Perhaps this is even more true when you have a mom who grew up during the Great Depression. Read these great tips from freeshipping.org's Go Frugal Blog on the lessons one writer learned from her thrifty mom. Children of the Great Depression never heard of "reduce, reuse, and recycle," much less frugal living. The mantra of the 1930s and 1940s was "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!" The thrift borne of those years left it's stamp...
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