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How to Make a Two Dollar Seventy Five Cent Centerpiece

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. 2010′s The rise of cell phones and smart phones. We decided to re-label 10 empty wine bottles using a picture of an historical event for each decade of her life.

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Learn to Negotiate Better Prices

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The lady ahead of me in the line at Walmart mentioned that the frozen pretzels she was buying were $3.00 Garage sales – need I say more? If on the phone or web, make a statement like ‘ouch’ that substitutes for the above. less over at Hen House and the checkout clerk knocked $3.00 off the price.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Things like… how much time they need to allow weather considerations planning a route what to do in a biking emergency (like when my daughter got a flat tire on the way home from school one day, and had to walk her bike to the library to call me because she doesn’t have a phone). Hosting garage sales & reselling items.