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Choose Thrift First – April Meeting

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My cousin’s mother’s husband’s uncle’s wife’s sister on Facebook brought bed bugs into her house when she bought a used sofa off of Craigslist… shudder, the story still makes me itch and I think we’ll be buying a new sofa. My mother recently borrowed some luggage from us for a plane trip.

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Choose Thrift First | February Meeting

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I made one trip to my favorite thrift store during their dollar days sale. My mother recently borrowed some luggage from us for a plane trip. Can I find what I need at a second hand or thrift store? Start keeping a list of needs with you for your thrift store trips. The Choose Thrift First Challenge.

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Choose Thrift First Challenge – March Meeting

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But I also found success at a thrift store. At that time, I had not reviewed my own spring clothing and I have plenty of time to go back to Target if I can’t find something suitable (and cute) at the thrift store. Make a list of what you need and take it along to your favorite thrift store FIRST before you go to a regular store.

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Choose Thrift First Challenge – January Meeting

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My mother recently borrowed some luggage from us for a plane trip. Can I find what I need at a second hand or thrift store? Start keeping a list of needs with you for your thrift store trips. The Choose Thrift First Challenge. Are you participating in the Choose Thrift Challenge? See you on Thursday, February 26.

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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

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In 2015, the monthly challenge will be Choose Thrift First. While I love thrift stores, I can be easily swayed to run into Target or Kohl’s when I’m in that part of town. My mother recently borrowed some luggage from us for a plane trip. Can I find what I need at a second hand or thrift store? Thrifting'

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Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia

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Today we are meeting a reader from my neck of the woods over here in the Mid-Atlantic. ? My mother was loving and worked so hard to provide for us, but it was frequently a struggle to get food, keep heat on, and other necessities. The post Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia appeared first on The Frugal Girl. ” question.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

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We’re meeting an Arkansas reader today and initially, I thought she was the first one! Now-I’m a single parent who works part-time, cares for my elder mother, homeschools & runs a farm. From my mother: she taught me mostly everything including checkbook balancing, saving, investing, economics, etc.

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