Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

We do put up decorations (ones I buy at garage sales or thrift stores and reuse each year). This idea serves well for the younger crew. Once the kids left home, we ended up with zero trick or treaters at our house on a state highway. No kids = no money on candy = no candy wrappers in the landfill. Tip # 2 Recycle/reuse costumes.

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Halloween Green Reuse Garage 138

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 3, 2014

Another source of clutter with kids is gifts that well-meaning friends and relatives give. I have a soft spot for good sales, whether they be at the local retail store (I bought way too many Gymboree shirts for my daughter when they were on sale for $3.99) or at a garage sale. After all, it’s so cheap.

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Garage Sale Garage Daughter Friends And Family Sale 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I also found that mimicking my old living room layout in my new apartment helped me adjust as well. How to Fall Asleep and Sleep Well I started having trouble sleeping when I was 14. 10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during.

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Garage Sale Garage Work Office Supplies 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 12, 2011

Making some decisions now about what you will and won’t do during the holidays will allow you to set up a budget as well as talk to any affected family members or friends (and even business contacts) so that you can set their expectations. If you garage sale, look for those decorations!

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July Christmas Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 162

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 10, 2013

If you are like most parents, you want to raise your children well – to develop their mental and physical aspects completely. Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson. Most people know that music education helps grow children’s brains.

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Music Musical Instruments Budgeting Budget 185

Koupon Karen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Researching and booking a reputable Tucson long distance moving company , like Coleman Worldwide Moving, well in advance can also save you from last-minute scrambles and ensure you get the best rates and services suited to your specific needs. Consider hosting a garage sale or listing items online to sell.

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Home Tucson Furniture Friends And Family Sale 52

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.

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Thrifty Christmas Gifts Thrift Stores 174

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Sometimes, as we shop we see things we would like to own and decide to treat ourselves with a gift or two as well. So, hey, I guess I can take the tax reduction next year as well as this! However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales. I know I do. In fact, I did today!

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Buy Buying Consignment Shops TVs 223

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

Those affected by our recent Great Recession have had the benefits of saving reinforced as well. As a young mom, I saved like mad – going to garage sales, thrift stores and accepting hand me downs on toys and clothing. Included here is peer pressure.

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Making Recession College 401K 124

Couponing 101

JULY 9, 2011

Alicia loves to bargain shop wherever she goes…the grocery store, the craft store, restaurants, garage sales, and online stores. Stretch Your Dollar&# for coupon and deal updates as well as her shopping adventures! She also loves scrapbooking, makeup and shoes. You can follow Alicia’s Facebook page: “Mrs.

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Garage Sale Garage Work At Home Son 77

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? What happens when your favorite pair of leather boots starts to lose it’s soul? Many of us throw the broken or outdated item out. Few try to repair or get it repaired.

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Repairs San Francisco Radios Garage 214

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

Couponing 101

APRIL 14, 2019

You can check out garage sales as well if you don’t have any old pots and pans. If you’re doing a remodel on your house or for some reason have an old sink laying around, you can turn it into a sand and water table ! Music Wall. Via Pre K and K Sharing?. I love this idea and can’t wait to try it! Outdoor Chalkboard.

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Backyard Kids Pottery Barn Outdoors 74

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

Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! If you don’t have shoe boxes laying around, Amazon has some easy storage solutions as well that are much more in my budget! Use shoeboxes for storage. Make your own keepsake boxes.

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Money Making Consignment Shops Garage Sale 60

Couponing 101

JUNE 12, 2019

The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! If you don’t have shoe boxes laying around, Amazon has some easy storage solutions as well that are much more in my budget! Use shoeboxes for storage. Make your own keepsake boxes.

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Money Making Consignment Shops Garage Sale 55

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 28, 2014

We’ve used this for about 6 weeks now, and we’ve been pleasantly surprised with how economical it is as well as how good it works. I happened upon some old canning Mason jars at a garage sale, and now we use those for everything–making iced tea in the summer, putting leftover soup in, holding our homemade laundry detergent.

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Saving Money Simple Money Friends And Family Sale 191

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

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. Starting the life independent. You get stuff. We rent a shelter (usually), and it is bare!

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

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. 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

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

APRIL 27, 2011

Well, guess what; you can. You no longer have to go to garage sales and flea markets to pick up these items. Wouldn’t it be great if you could have a positive impact on the world around you and save some money at the same time? Secondhand products are often just as effective and as attractive as brand new items.

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Saving Money Green Money Bulk 157

Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! If you don’t have shoe boxes laying around, Amazon has some easy storage solutions as well that are much more in my budget! Use shoeboxes for storage. Make your own keepsake boxes.

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Money Consignment Shops Garage Sale Office Supplies 40

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). Reciprocity. Knowing that a deal won’t be available later is often an incentive to buy. Illusion of demand.

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Buy Buying Coke Garage Sale 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2013

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). Visit your county offices to find information about zoning regulations as well as where and when the zoning committee meets. Walk the neighborhood to get a feel for it.

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Real Estate Home Buy Buying 202

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

APRIL 3, 2013

I believe that your opportunity cost would be too great as well. Today it is much less expensive to buy your clothes, even if you buy brand new and certainly if you shop some of the chic re-sale shops or even the thrift stores. Of course you will also have ongoing costs such as thread, patterns and material as well.

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201

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. I used several boxes of baking soda to help sanitize and deodorize them as well. There another product called Krammer’s Best Antique Improver that also works well.

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Re-use Used Furniture Furniture Recycle 100

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. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt. It was like selling an asset that has value.

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

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. That same person may troll neighborhood garage sales and offer to cart away anything left after the sale for free. Others may be appraisers or TV show stars as well!

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Collectibles Repairs Aunt Garage 170

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Have you ever shopped at neighborhood garage sales? Well, I had to research this one as I’ve lived in the same home for 26 years now and have only changed out the paint once (repairing all those holes the kids put in the walls with their dart boards!) How often do people redo their rooms?

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Home Money Home and Garden Painting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 12, 2011

We can negotiate to get a good price on an item in a garage sale, or we can negotiate to close a million dollar deal. Also, if the other party needs some time to think as well, don’t rush them. Negotiating can be done in almost any area of our life. Additional Negotiation Tips. Use Silence – Silence can be a powerful tool.

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Communications Garage Sale Tools Better Life 200

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

I love to shop garage sales. Use your card for the other purchases you make as well. Your child can live there and you pay yourself the dorm fees or apartment rental plus, your child can line up roommates and you can get rental money from them as well. Learn to love hand me downs from relatives. What a deal.

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College Money Personal Finance Student 192

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. Here are a few tips on saving money while doing renovations. Plan ahead. Want to redo your kitchen? Internet sites offering goods for trade. Craigs list.

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Renovation Home Real Estate Re-use 189

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