Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 15, 2015
Years ago, Mom introduced me to the idea of going to garage sales. People sell the darnedest things at their garage sales. Garage sales take time, you have to hit quite a few before you find the item you want or need. I look for the neighborhood sales, which are usually either in spring or fall.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 24, 2011
The picnic basket on the bottom was passed on from my Mom, and I treasure it. The picnic basket in the middle was an estate sale find and the little one on top.came from a garage sale. I painted it and added some fun baskets to it for organizing as well.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 23, 2017
In the book, “Young Bucks – How to raise a future millionaire” author Troy Dunn claims that the greatest gift you can ever give your child is the ‘gift of want’ Unless a child wants something badly enough, they won’t spend the time and energy to try to figure out a way to go get it.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Books, trendy clothes, dorm stuff, maybe a car, a computer and more are all on the hunt list. We leave the nest – move out of Mom and Dad’s well stocked home. Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 22, 2014
I took at least three trunks full of “stuff” to Goodwill, I had a garage sale, and I sold things online. For instance, the minimalist mom limits her wardrobe to items that are black, white, gray, and black and white so everything mixes and matches. Three years ago, before we moved to our current home, I decluttered.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
We were poor, Mom and Dad lived every day showing us what it meant to ‘make it do’ and we often ‘did without’ Here are my thoughts on frugal ways to make things do. Instead of paying for television programming, view free TV or cheap movies on Netflix (or maybe even read a real book!).
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 3, 2013
Although Mom didn’t sew much (she did mend), she made sure I took Home Ec in high school. Type in ‘sewing’ into your search engine and you will get a tremendous number of results, all the way from companies selling sewing machines, patterns, and material, to blogs, class offerings, books, magazines, videos and events!
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