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.

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Making Recession College 401K 124

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 24, 2011

I painted it and added some fun baskets to it for organizing as well. The picnic basket in the middle was an estate sale find and the little one on top.came from a garage sale. Do you see the Baker's Rack in the picture too? The picnic basket on the bottom was passed on from my Mom, and I treasure it.

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Swap Organic Organization Homemade 138

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

She blogs about books at [link]. Daniel can work anywhere there is an internet connection and the kids can homeschool anywhere, but we didn’t have the money to buy the plane tickets or book AirBnB apartments. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living?

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

Between her two books and her new Netflix show that premiered at the beginning of the year, I’ve definitely been inspired to tidy up around the house! I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating. Also, if you have any ideas to add let me know.

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Money Consignment Shops Garage Sale Office Supplies 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 11, 2014

They have books, they have talked to experts, they know the way an authentic object should look, feel, weigh and the marks it should have. I actually found a collectors book identifying various helmets, their markings and the companies that made them as well as the year made. Others may be appraisers or TV show stars as well!

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Collectibles Repairs Aunt Garage 170

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. And then, well, like a weed that just won’t stop growing, the stuff started piling up again. Three years ago, before we moved to our current home, I decluttered. Boy, did I declutter. We loved the feeling.

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Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

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.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 23, 2013

I already had saved up a box full of wine bottles, in hopes of selling them at my next garage sale, so we didn’t have any cash outlay for those. The bottles were green and I needed a color that would blend with the bottle as well as one I could use with black and white photos.

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Making Paper Wine Friends And Family Sale 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

There have been countless times I have seen nearly new, decorator pieces being sold for pennies on the dollar at garage sales because the homeowner decided to re-decorate. If you maintain it by changing the oil, rotating the tires and keeping it clean you are well on your way to having a serviceable car for years.

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Making Do Making Green And Frugal Friends And Family Sale 219

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

I love to shop garage sales. Use your card for the other purchases you make as well. College students have the option of renting books now. There are multiple online sites that let students rent, buy used or sell books. Learn to love hand me downs from relatives. What a deal. Know Where to Get the Money.

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College Money Personal Finance Student 192

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 13, 2016

Last week I visited a garage sale. This is a biggie while you are on vacation (you won’t get back this way, buy it now) or at a sale event (such as a garage sale or estate sale or auction). They offered a book to be sold only to shareholders at 2015 annual meeting. Reciprocity.

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Buy Buying Coke Garage Sale 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

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! I believe that your opportunity cost would be too great as well. Sewing takes time.

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 8, 2012

I find that even though my son’s birthday is so close to the holidays, it actually works out quite well, financially. I purchased a few packages of silver and lime green balloons for less than $1 each and some ribbon for $2 that we used to decorate with as well as for playing some of the games. Talk about perfect timing!

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Birthday Son Cupcakes Clearance 107

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 6, 2016

I’m always on the look out for investment books I haven’t yet read. I pick up a lot of them at garage sales for 25 cents to a $1. Also, my spouse and I are both buy and hold investors, so the selling part didn’t clique well with us. My copy has a copyright date of 2008. What is the best way to invest?

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401K Money Emergency Fund Goals 100

Saving Cents With Sense

AUGUST 21, 2011

Chicken Soup for the Soul – 2 Book Set $10. Chicken Soup for the Soul – 2 Book Set $10. Maybe you have been wanting to have a garage sale but have not wanted to go through the hassle of setting up and tearing down. Well now you can post your items here and watch the sale with minimal effort?

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Old Navy Sale Halloween Friends And Family Sale 55

Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 30, 2015

Whether you are browsing at a local thrift shop, flea market, garage sale, or just perusing your own garage or basement, we all seem to have an abundance of them! Press concert tickets, the receipt from a special dinner, as well as a snap shot in a frame and display as an instant memory keeper. A vanity tray!

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Painting Garage Inexpensive Frugal Lives 40

For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

You can end up well ahead in the long run. Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Instead of buying books, check them out of the library. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference. Go to the library. Frugal gifting. Drink water.

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Frugal Lives Frugal Living Frugal Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 49

Couponing 101

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

One of my most prized possessions is my original Pictionary board game that I found at a garage sale for $2. It doesn’t matter if you can’t draw well — that just makes it even better and more hilarious! Pictionary (3+ players). Pictionary never gets old for me. This is a tried and true favorite in our family!

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Games Family Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family 59

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

My first memory of helping was around 2 years old; I kept a ledger of expenses at 8 years old, which reflected priorities early (books & leather boots) & so it goes. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. Sports/extracurriculars were funded by Mom cleaning houses/church.

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Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 181

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I wish we’d thought of writing a book or something on it because we sure lived the life! Peggy: Well, probably some of the same ones being espoused now (maybe our kids did pick up on some of our examples!). Peggy: Well, we did everything ourselves. Taking a vacation – well, we only went on 3 trips in our 15 years.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Couponing 101

JUNE 4, 2015

Pictionary (3+ players) One of my most prized possessions is my original Pictionary board game that I found at a garage sale for $2. It doesn’t matter if you can’t draw well — that just makes it even better and more hilarious! Pictionary never gets old for me. This is a tried and true favorite in our family!

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Games Family Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The road to becoming a millionaire is becoming fairly well documented and traveled. interviews with mega millionaires and billionaires by Forbes and The Business Insiders take on Robert Jorden’s book “How They Did It”. Do You Know a Millionaire Garage Sale-er? millionaires in the US alone.

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Identity Theft Garage Sale Europe Parenting 230

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

Discussing how it is easier to eat healthy when you have food stamps but once that is gone or you have “graduated” from the program, you can no longer eat as well. – I try not to judge a book by i’s cover because usually the cover very seldom reveals what is written inside of the book. Penge Snak!:

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220