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Save Money: Buy These 7 Items Used

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

While we do frequent the library, there are some books that we like to re-read, and owning them is a practical solution. We have several movies and TV shows bought used (I’m still trying to convince my husband that straight up streaming and digital copies are the way to go). Entertainment. What about Buying New?

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Cameras had to have actual film and pictures had to be developed after the whole roll of film was ‘exposed’ Research was done at a library using the Dewey decimal system, not a search engine. You researched in the library and wrote to the state’s to get information to plan a trip. TV shows stopped at midnight.

Growing 180
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One Month of Spending Zero

Couponing 101

We also will continue our weekly library visits for free reading material, audiobooks, and even movies/TV shows on DVD to borrow. Sell Stuff I have a bin in our closet that I collect items we no longer need and when the bin is full, I either sell the items or deliver them to the thrift store. It was a win-win!