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[quote=Anonymous]We get a scholarship, but also:
1. Live in an apartment in a working class, urban neighborhood
2. Drive old cars or use public transit
3. Shop at thrift stores first, Walmart or Target second, Amazon orOverstock third, and other stores only when there's a sale/coupon
4. We use or do as much free stuff as possible. My kids hear a ton of live music in the warm months, we borrow library books. We do see movies in the summer once a week maybe, but we go to a matinee and sneak in our own snacks.
5. We don't do memberships unless someone gives it to us. 
6. Other than a yearly trim, my younger kid and don't visit salons. I trim my partner's hair at home.
7. Christmas is a religious holiday and not a gift-giving extravaganza for us. We do simple gifts. Often things that are practical (new bike) and sometimes we blatantly regift to each other.
8. My kids know that I prioritize health and education. They seldom ask for frivolous things just because their friends have it. We replace things when they are worn out or outgrown not just last year's fashion or scuffed up sports equipment. 
9. We don't go to Disney or Chuck E Cheese or anything else designed to suck money out of us. My kids have been to the Caribbean, Canada, Europe, etc. [/quote]

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