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Living a Frugal Life: Exploring Staycations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For more creative options, find a national park instead, because many offer low cost tours and other activities. You can often find board games that are inexpensive at thrift s tores , although it is a good idea to check them to make sure all the pieces are there before you buy one. Be Treasure Hunters. Does your area have museums?

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Should You Learn To Sew?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The pay was low to boot! As a hobby. 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. Perhaps something that gave you a marketable skill instead of a hobby skill? til 11 P.M til 12 at night”. Why learn to sew?

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Put Yourself on the Path of Happiness for the Holiday Season

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Resource: Holiday Help Salvation Army - they have the Angel Giving Tree program (with JCPenney) to help give Christmas gifts to low-income children and senior citizens and the Red Kettle program which gives FREE dinners at Christmas. Give away a dollar in front of the thrift store. Resource: Free Job retraining programs .

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