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Collecting – Tips for Fun and Profit

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When I was a kid, I shook my head at my Aunt. Here are my tips on collecting for fun and profit – from the niece of a collector, the wife of another and a former antique booth businesswoman. My Aunt used to keep her house cooler than was comfortable for her – to protect the antique marble top Victorian furniture she had.

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8 Simple Tips to Cut Wedding Expenses

Couponing 101

These 8 easy tips can help you save money on your big day! Do you have an aunt who is a great baker? You may also like: How to Host a Bridal Shower on a Budget. The post 8 Simple Tips to Cut Wedding Expenses appeared first on Couponing 101. Weddings can be memorable, unique, and romantic without breaking the bank.

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Thanksgiving Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

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She also roasts the turkey and makes the gravy and the stuffing, but my aunts, uncles, and cousins all bring a dish and/or dessert to round out the meal. I may not host Thanksgiving, but every year, I take advantage of my grocery store’s FREE turkey promotion and I roast a turkey with all the trimmings for my own family.

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Basic Home Decorating Tips That Will Make Your Home Look Great

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She’s not an interior designer, but I think she may have been in a past life. She poured a lot of time and effort into decorating her own home and gives a lot of tips to her co-workers and friends who ask for advice. This may seem obvious, but it’s something that was constantly coming up. Out of Sight, Out of Mind.

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How to Talk Estate Plan and Last Wishes with Your Sibling?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We are both in our sixties now and have been through the deaths of both Mom and Dad, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and more. Live is for the living – as my late Aunt used to say. Why worry about this when it may not even come to pass. Money Tips' #476805823 / gettyimages.com. Ignore it, maybe I will die first!

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Avoid These Financial Mistakes with Your Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Agree on the values and expectations you want your children to have in the area of personal finance and consistently teach and enforce those between the two of you (and clue in any significant others in your family such as aunts, uncles, grandparents and etc). Money may mean power or control or misery or any number of other things to you.

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Top Life Expenses

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For some, but not all, depending on how long you live, your luck in the gene pool, how healthy you keep yourself and where you live, you may spend some big bucks in your later years. Actually this may be bad news as I believe a lot of folks never go home from the nursing home. Money Tips' Senior living/nursing home care.