Couponing 101

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Luckily, with remote work and work-from-home jobs growing so rapidly these days, there are plenty of great side hustles for stay-at-home parents. If you love watching your child learn and grow, you might also enjoy teaching others! Sure, you may be saving on daycare costs, but sometimes it would be nice to bring in a little extra cash.

Parenting 104

Parenting At Home Home Work From Home 104

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Instead of buying new ones each spring, I pull these into the garage (it is heated and has windows). Get Growing Go Frugal' The Mother Nature Network site claims that the: “spider plant battles benzene, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and xylene, a solvent used in the leather, rubber and printing industries.”.

Money 210

Money Plants Home and Garden Painting 210

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 15, 2012

Never try to use non-canning jars to preserve your food – doing so could lead to dangerous (invisible) bacteria growing in your food. 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 185

Canning Cheap Garage Sale Garage 185

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. Babies grow so quickly that their babies only wore some outfits for a time or two before they outgrew them, so the clothes looked like new. We Love to Spend Money on Our Children. Yet, I know I am in the minority.

Friends And Family Sale 176

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

I thought it would be fun to have a board game that reinforces thoughts on starting and growing a business. I knew I wanted players to have to make certain decisions that would lead to the start up and growing of the business. I will probably use an old garage sale board game as the base, and just glue the printed game mat to it.

Games 100

Games Making Garage Sale Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Things that can cause injury or harm, things that if left unattended will grow worse. The garage is detached but also bermed along that same back wall. There is a breezeway/porch between the house and the garage. For me, having a non-functioning dishwasher was intolerable. Where not to tolerate broken.

Saving Money 162

Saving Money Money Saving Emergency Fund 162

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Daniel is a WordPress plugin developer at grow development and blogs at [link]. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. Daniel is continuing to grow his business. We are Daniel and Amanda Espinoza. We have 3 children who are 7, 5, and 3 in age. Amanda currently homeschools their three kids.

Debt 245

Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

As baby grows, we might turn back into fiendish savers – trying to get that retirement fund or college fund built up. As a young mom, I saved like mad – going to garage sales, thrift stores and accepting hand me downs on toys and clothing. The things that give us pleasure vary by temperament. Time of life.

Making 124

Making Recession College 401K 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I cut down a small cedar tree (which grow like weeds on our 6 acres) each year, put it in a tree stand on the porch and put white twinkle lights on it. We live on the edge of the prairie and prairie grasses grow well here. Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. These make nice gifts too.

Holiday 202

Holiday Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Christmas 202

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. Unfortunately, this isn’t my first time. Three years ago, before we moved to our current home, I decluttered.

Home 189

Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes. Maybe you put it at the curb, hoping someone will take it and use it – or you sell it at a garage sale or some other used stuff venue. As fast as you get rid of stuff, new stuff appears.

Cycle 113

Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 15, 2012

My family has a crawl space downstairs, a pantry upstairs, and a freezer in the garage. I remember helping my mother prepare corn and peas for the freezer while growing up. For many, this means that you need to look at the space in your home. If you have a root cellar or basement, the process can be made easier.

Storage 229

Storage Building Home Bank 229

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 26, 2016

You can only cut so much from a budget, so to fill in our shortfall, we’ll need to also earn extra income by growing our small business and growing my blog income. I want to go through our basement, closets, and garage to look for unused items that we can sell. Apply any Found Money to Debt.

Financial Goals 100

Financial Goals Goals 2016 Debt 100

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). Grow apple trees and honey bees. Reciprocity. Knowing that a deal won’t be available later is often an incentive to buy.

Buy 100

Buy Buying Coke Garage Sale 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Smart money moves for your business Grow your small business with tailored insights, recommendations, and expert content. Podcasting will require an initial investment in some audio equipment and editing software, but once you get started, you’ll be able to grow as fast as you can talk, produce, and of course market your podcast.

Real Estate 52

Real Estate Re-use Podcasts Work 52

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 4, 2015

Today, my husband and I can’t park a car in our garage because it is filled with 5 bikes, 2 scooters, 2 wagons, and a big wheel. Share how you were inspired to be who you are today, and join the growing community of @PrudentialBYC #womeninspired. We are on a path that will not always be easy, but the rewards will be awesome.

Goals 100

Goals Debt Renovation Daughter 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 6, 2016

I pick up a lot of them at garage sales for 25 cents to a $1. Digging into this formula investment technique (which is similar to dollar cost averaging), led me to the re-discovery of multiple other types of formulas and techniques which are supposed to help us make our money grow. My copy has a copyright date of 2008.

401K 100

401K Money Emergency Fund Goals 100

Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 8, 2013

Kids grow out of them so fast that buying them new really is a waste. You can find lightly used clothes and toys at garage sales or thrift stores to save as much as 90 percent off retail, according to LivingOnADime.com, a site dedicated to frugal living. Here is a rundown of three easy ways to save money, and a lot of it.

Frugal 75

Frugal Family Student Thrift Stores 75

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

Growing up in America in the fifties and sixties, I seldom saw negotiation in action. Garage sales – need I say more? The sellers grow weary of everyone asking ‘Can you do a little better on this item?”. We should convince ourselves that it is OK and that it doesn’t make us look cheap or bad. No Good Role Models.

Haggle 202

Haggle Haggling Price Discount 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. My daybed mattresses were previously used by a young girl, in her growing up bedroom, then stored by the parents for years. But there are ways to save – consider used furniture. Ways to save on furniture. The sun bakes out. They smelled musty and perfumy.

Re-use 100

Re-use Used Furniture Furniture Recycle 100

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 19, 2013

Your baby’s nursery should be a calm, yet stimulating room where your little one can grow, learn and explore. Buy a dated, smooth-gliding rocker at a garage sale for next to nothing and customize it with several yards of fabric and a staple gun. When your child outgrows diapers you can continue using the dresser for her clothing.

Budgeting 94

Budgeting Budget Painting Hardware 94

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Meanwhile you are putting in long hours, continuing education, research and etc to grow it to a sell-able entity. Garage Sale Results Well, the last two weekends of ours have been busy to say the least. We hosted two garage sales in. You must persist in living below your means to stay out of debt and save. The Spectrum Group.

Making 229

Making Real Estate Garage Sale Debt 229

Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 10, 2015

10:15 AM – Intro to Garage Band Workshop. Get more information here. :: Lowe’s Build and Grow. See It Grow Gardening Kit. Most Bass Pro Shops have the same activities, but be sure and check your local store here before you head out. :: Guitar Center. Saturday, April 11th {no age restrictions for free music lessons}.

Activism 40

Activism Cheap Pottery Barn Kids and Family 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 26, 2014

You can often by these cheap at garage sales. There is a growing trend for “ family cloth ” which is reusable cloth to replace toilet paper. There’s also a growing market for reusable feminine hygiene items including cloth menstrual pads and reusable cups. Or you can make them yourself.

Saving Money 242

Saving Money Green Money Paper Towels 242

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

We also grow a large garden & lots of flowers, fruit trees & a 100-year-old grapevine. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. We have sheep, an old goat, chickens, guineas, dogs & cats. This year I was so pleased to have frozen tons of veg/fruit & made jam/juice from the grapes.

Arkansas 180

Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 1, 2014

In it she reminisces about growing up poor in the Great Smokey mountains in East Tennessee. But I never felt poor growing up. One of their uncles played a joke on them and told them that they could ‘grow’ a pony. I ended up freeze drying them in the garage! It is her autobiography. Poverty is relative.

St. Louis 176

St. Louis Plumbing Flowers and Plants Kids and Family 176

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 8, 2014

Here are things that most in my generation would now consider a need, but that most of our parents didn’t have when we boomers were growing up in their households. Two car garages. With the two income household came the need for more than one set of wheels and consequently the desire for multiple garages. Air conditioning.

Phones 204

Phones Parenting Kids and Family Credit Cards 204

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

He was happy to lend it as he said that it was just sitting gathering dust in his garage; he had bought it for a single project and never used it again. Many people think that paying to use someone else’s equipment is wasted money but I now think about the wasted money sitting around all those garages and tool sheds.

Swap 218

Swap Saving Money Money Tools 218

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Growing up in a large family, we had enough, but with the specter of inflation and bad job market (gotta love the 70’s and 80’s) , there was definitely a feeling of needing to make sure you had a cushion. (I He got his roofing urges out when he build our garage last year though!) In my area, housing is cheap.

Kids and Family 188

Kids and Family Money Home and Garden Frugal 188

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 4, 2013

When I was growing up, two of my neighbors shared a snowblower each winter. One of them kept it at their house in the garage, but each time there was a snow storm they each got their chance to use it, taking turns doing both of their driveways.

Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 212

Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions Kids and Family Camping Equipment Television 212

Nicoles Nickels

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The Five Pack Collection makes it easy for kids to grow their revolting gang of Trashies™. Product Name: Dub Garage Beat Makerz. Purchase Information: www.trashpack.com. Product Price: $5.99. Disgustingly bright new orange trash cans help kids discover the new Trash Pack Collection. Each plush sold separately. Fun ride, fun tunes!

Gifts 95

Gifts Holiday 2012 Games 95

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 27, 2012

How to mitigate: Buy a clothes rack or two, or string a line in your basement or unused garage. I line dried clothes for years – while growing up and in the early years of my marriage. Unless you live in a location that is sunny year round, your line drying is apt to be an indoor event most of the year. My experience.

Clothes 264

Clothes Clothing Washer and Dryer Dryers 264

Saving Everyday

APRIL 16, 2024

I’ve learned from watching my son grow his small handyman business that people forget and need to be reminded of things that need to be done. When my son needed extra money, some of the jobs I would give him were cleaning the garage, straightening the attic, picking up the yard (including the dog stuff), and washing the cars.

Money 52

Money Making Kids Kids and Family 52

Saving Cents With Sense

MAY 7, 2015

10:15 AM – Intro to Garage Band. Get more information here. :: Lowe’s Build and Grow. Most Bass Pro Shops have the same workshops, but be sure and check your local store here for times and details before you head out. :: Guitar Center. Saturday, May 9th {no age restrictions for free music lessons}.

Family 40

Family Cheap Kids and Family Museum 40

For the Mommas

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

10:05 am EST: Melissa & Doug Service Station Parking Garage. 5:05 pm EST: Melissa & Doug Nesting, Sorting Garages and Cars. 6:35 pm EST: Radio Flyer Grow ‘N Go Flyer. Prime Early Access Deal. 10:05 am EST: Melissa & Doug Vehicles Jumbo Knob Puzzle. Prime Early Access Deal. Prime Early Access Deal.

Girls 40

Girls Disney Toys 2015 40

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

You can only cut so much from a budget, so to increase our cash flow, we’ll need to earn extra income by growing our small business and growing my blog. I want to go through our basement, closets, and garage to look for unused items that we can sell. Apply any Found Money to our Goals. I’ll apply that money to the debt.

Financial Goals 113

Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

And Instagram and TikTok have become huge platforms for those looking to grow a following and promote products. You could also consider growing an email list to draw attention to your blog or otherwise direct people to products and services that they might want. Lawnmowers? Power tools? Mechanics tools and tool box?

Money 52

Money Making Real Estate Rent 52