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Why Buying Green Is Not Always Eco-Friendly.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The greenwashing of our retail world knows no bounds, as major corporations jump on the green bandwagon and market products that most of us aren’t interested in, nevermind even need. If you do not need an item, you definitely don’t need a green version of it. Yes, we can buy more eco-friendly products when we need them.

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Should YOU Buy a Boat?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although we live in the Midwest US, every weekend (and weekday during summer months) we see folks in their pickups hauling boats on trailers. There are boat shows, boats at Cabella’s, boat manufacturers and lots of people whose main recreation is ‘going to the lake’ My growing up family were definitely land lubbers.

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WIS, WWA | Well, now I know

The Frugal Girl

What I Spent This week was definitely one of adjustment! I’ve been out of school for the last two semesters, so I’d gotten kind of used to my carefree life. ? (Ok, Because I was definitely doing some fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants things this week. Ok, well, not entirely carefree. But relatively speaking, yes.)

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Foods You Need to Buy Organic, and Foods You Don’t

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My grandmother, who turned 102 earlier this year, remembers when “organic” wasn’t even a word used when talking about food. While I try to buy as much organic produce and meat as I can, sometimes it’s just not feasible whether it be because of price or availability. But back to the “organic” issue at hand.

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Want to save money? Let go of the need for matching

The Frugal Girl

I suppose matching sets are rather common, though; I mean, you buy sets of dishes and sets of silverware. You buy 12 of the same placemats, and 6 of the same bath towels. My silverware collection is similarly mixed-up, because I have some from the Buy Nothing Group and some from the abandoned house. Do the lamps match?

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Using One Natural Cleaner To Clean Everything

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most households in this country probably have about 10 different bottles of cleaning products designed for different purposes – the toilet, the shower, the kitchen, the furniture – you name it and some company out there is making a product that they want you to buy. Go ahead, I’ll wait. I bet it works!

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Planning How to Buy a House

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Lenders will use your credit score and credit history to work out how much of a risk it may be to approve you for a mortgage so you can help your cause by making sure that your credit report is in order. Buying a house is a serious decision and it should not be taken lightly or rushed in to. Look at your credit score.

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