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The Christmas Gift Exchange Game

Family Balance Sheet

Family budgets can get strained this time of year, and this pressure to make other family members happy ends up making some people really stressed. And I may or may not have taken a coveted Chick-fil-A gift card from my grandmother! Thrift store finds. Of course, you can also make up your own crazy rules too.

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I Wanna Be Desperate, I Wanna Be Desolate…I Wanna Be Depressed, Over You

Work With What You've Got

My great grandmother (my grandfather’s mother on my dad’s side) made the cardigan for my Grandmama when she was a young bride. And they make their own potato chips with three dipping sauces. Sweater, Vintage Dress, Vintage Tights, hand me down Knee socks, Target Boots, Matisse Bag, Steven by Steve Madden Necklace, Thrifted.

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Am I Frugal – or Cheap?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There is a lovely thrift store not far from my neighborhood that receives donations from the folks in the local golfing gated community. Make my own utility products. Some folks (including my own Grandmother) make their own soaps, lotions, cleaners and more. I like to take care of mine.

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In My Room

Work With What You've Got

I paid 2 bucks for that at a thrift store. This lamp makes everything faintly pink. The only thing I need to do now is to hang some blackout curtains in the windows, and find a place for a couple more pictures from my Grandmothers house (laying there on that blue dresser, which my sister gave me. I'd have paid 20. I love that.