Saving Cents With Sense
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Not only is it easy (which I love), but it is so inexpensive as well. You can peruse your local thrift stores for one as we did, or find them for just a few dollars at your local retail store. You can peruse your local thrift stores for one as we did, or find them for just a few dollars at your local retail store.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 16, 2013
If you get newspapers, use newsprint with bright colored ribbon or bows. Use those as well. Shop garage sales and thrift stores and estate sales. Christmas decorations, wrap, bows and ribbon all are continuous offerings at pretty much every garage sale, thrift store or estate sale I’ve ever shopped.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 4, 2013
A meal plan can be one of the best ways to avoid last-minute takeout runs, as well as ensure that you have a way to use the food you buy. You can re-use newspapers and other items as garden mulch. Turn old towels into bags that can be taken to the grocery store. Preserve Some of Your Food. You can do the same.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 23, 2014
My standard of living (and most other people’s as well) is much better now that we have all of the conveniences from the past 60 years available. Stores like Sears and JC Penney sent out free merchandise catalogs 3 inches thick and people ordered their stuff from those if they couldn’t find it in a store.
For the Mommas
JULY 24, 2016
You can end up well ahead in the long run. Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Magazines and newspapers are all available online now. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference. Cancel subscriptions. Do it yourself.
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