Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 17, 2013

I’m guilty as well. At garage sales, are you attracted to those still usable but slightly defective items that no one else wants? Members would learn how to fix the items or watch other volunteers who are handy and know how.”. Many of us throw the broken or outdated item out. I wish he was still around.

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Repairs San Francisco Radios Garage 214

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 15, 2012

Well, you know the saying… ask and ye shall receive! I have found that garage sales , flea markets , estate sales or Mom/Grandma’s basement are the best places to score a great deal on used canning jars. Canning lids are extremely cheap and well worth the investment to purchase new.

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Canning Cheap Garage Sale Garage 185

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Use those as well. Shop garage sales and thrift stores and estate sales. Christmas decorations, wrap, bows and ribbon all are continuous offerings at pretty much every garage sale, thrift store or estate sale I’ve ever shopped. If you have old maps you no longer need, use them. Go Green'

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Thrifty Christmas Gifts Thrift Stores 174

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

One of those something’s is probably going to be finding a way to never be in that situation again – which means you will learn to start saving, some how, some time. Those affected by our recent Great Recession have had the benefits of saving reinforced as well. Included here is peer pressure.

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Making Recession College 401K 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2011

Now that I think back, that probably provided the neighbors with quite a bit of entertainment as well. We never calculated his return on time and postage, but I’m pretty sure he was well into a hole on it. I’ve always loved going to sales – garage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter.

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Money Making Garage Sale Contest 173

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

Time saved alone is worth the small effort you expend in learning how to make these repairs. Learning how to do alterations could land you a job in a bridal salon or formal wear store. If you own a material store, you want someone on staff that understands the customers – someone who knows how to sew! Sewing is an art.

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Learn how to remove spots and do it as soon as the clothing gets dirty. 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. You Tube can show you how to do most everything these days.

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Making Do Making Green And Frugal Friends And Family Sale 219

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 19, 2014

Many of the other items I needed like cloth diapers and clothes for the baby in bigger sizes I bought from garage sales. The article specifies that Garlick did not buy any birthday or Christmas presents for her children, but I’m sure that they got items from well-meaning relatives. We Love to Spend Money on Our Children.

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Friends And Family Sale Clothing and Accessories Kids and Family Clothes 176

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. Still, when we moved into our new home, my husband and marveled at how comfortable it felt without extra stuff everywhere. Seriously, how does this happen? Boy, did I declutter. We loved the feeling.

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Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Just bare twigs in a large vase, with old ornaments tied to them can be pretty as well. We live on the edge of the prairie and prairie grasses grow well here. They kind of look like the ones for sale at Curious Country Creations. Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales.

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Holiday Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Christmas 202

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. For years Daniel did the finances all by himself and Amanda would stay in the allotted budget amounts, but it didn’t work well for us. We learned how to keep our living expenses low so we can spend more on travel.

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2013

Here are four things I wish we had known how to check on before we bought. We were required to hook up to the sewer if the property came within 100 feet of it (by the way, you pay for the line from your house to the sewer line as well). Garage sales make a good excuse to get into the area without it seeming weird or awkward.

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Real Estate Home Buy Buying 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

In spite of the expense, some of the newer furniture is much less well made than older pieces. Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. Our home furnishings include many cherished family heirlooms, such as an iron bed my folks bought at a sale, or the hand carved bed frame purchased by my great-grandfather.

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Re-use Used Furniture Furniture Recycle 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 11, 2014

I actually found a collectors book identifying various helmets, their markings and the companies that made them as well as the year made. Whatever you collect, know how to recognize possible originals. That same person may troll neighborhood garage sales and offer to cart away anything left after the sale for free.

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Collectibles Repairs Aunt Garage 170

Saving Cents With Sense

AUGUST 21, 2011

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Old Navy Sale Halloween Friends And Family Sale 55

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2012

Not only will renovations provide pleasure and function to you, but they could increase the sale value of your home a bit. Know what you want to do and plan it out well ahead of time. The How-To of Savings. Here are a few tips on saving money while doing renovations. Plan ahead. Want to redo your kitchen? Craigs list.

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Renovation Home Real Estate Re-use 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Have you a well loved chair that needs a bit of TLC? Maybe it is just something you found at a sale that doesn’t quite match your decor. Well, maybe so but then again, you might want to think twice about it. After poking around on You Tube, looking at how-to videos on re-upholstery, I decided that, hey, I could do this.

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Sewing Machines Furniture Re-use Arm and Hammer 100

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. If you don’t know how to do it, search online. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference. Do it yourself. YouTube is full of instructional videos.

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Frugal Lives Frugal Living Frugal Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 49

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Each new property adds both debt and income as well as future equity. In the meantime, you are beating the pavement looking for good value real estate, breaking your back to ensure the property is well kept, scouring the world for exceptional renters and dealing with all of the day to day and periodic operational issues of owning property.

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Making Real Estate Garage Sale Debt 229

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

Multi-pronged answer here: historically it was hard-wired in my DNA as a necessity but also being a good steward of what we’re blessed with & being able to give/help others; having enough for emergency funds was always a high priority as well. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing.

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Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 180

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Brian and me at the Sears Tower Having our first child just one month after our first wedding anniversary was NOT in the plan, but so far it’s worked out well! I learned how to cook and bake at a very young age, and I’ve always enjoyed kitchen work as both creative pursuit and scientific inquiry. I have two! Yes to both!

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 190

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

But, I can’t believe people are making big bucks telling other people how to control their spendthrift ways, or sharing how to shave a few cents off a grocery bill. Peggy: Well, probably some of the same ones being espoused now (maybe our kids did pick up on some of our examples!). Well here are some.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The road to becoming a millionaire is becoming fairly well documented and traveled. Could You Explain How to Become a Billionaire? I like to think that I could explain to someone just starting out – how they could get to be a millionaire, but I don’t know the path to becoming a billionaire.

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Identity Theft Garage Sale Europe Parenting 230

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

This is not something I want to see, so today I have a few videos for you that will dispell credit card myths, teach you how to use them properly, how to keep them safe, and how to make sure you should be getting credit in the first place. Some of the most oft repeated tips are how to reduce your energy bill. Penge Snak!:

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220