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Market Place: Online Community Garage Sale

Saving Cents With Sense

With great intentions, we usually set these items to the side for a future garage sale but as time gets by during our busy lives it is hard to organize and dedicate a full day to a garage sale. So let the Market Place be your personal Community Garage sale reaching out to thousands of people nationwide.

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Christmas in July

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Start talking about the possibility of exchanging gifts with out of town recipients AFTER the actual holiday date – so you can buy their gifts on sale after the holiday. She also loves to go to garage sales and most of her small gifts are loot from her bargains at the sales. If you garage sale, look for those decorations!

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Children’s Music on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson. Musical instrument exchanges – some sites let owners list and buyers browse used instrument sales. My grandson gets to play various instruments in his 3 rd grade music class, without having to purchase them. Go Frugal'

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Do You Save Wrapping? – Thrifty Ways to Wrap Christmas Gifts

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I bought a roll in 2011 and have been using it for everything from Christmas wrap to kid crafts to posters to mailing packages every since. Shop garage sales and thrift stores and estate sales. Holiday tins are also bountiful at these sales. Shop the after Christmas sales.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I love to shop garage sales. Here is site that has tax free days by state listed for 2011. Get together with friends or neighbors to do a clothing exchange party where each one brings a number of nice used clothing or school related items and leaves with a different set they can actually use. using tax free days.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At the start of 2011 our net worth was $122,403.43. The Family CEO : A Mastermind’s List of the Top Ten Posts of 2011 – Check out my 10 most popular post for 2012. Narrow Bridge Finance: Tax Time Strikes Again – Preparing for Your 2011 Taxes – A quick rundown of tax forms to look out for as we approach tax season for 2011.