Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 24, 2013

Much of the time, baby clothes aren’t used harshly — especially newborn and early infant clothing. Your baby doesn’t need brand-new items; he or she will be just fine with used. A lot of sports and exercise equipment can be bought used, and work just fine. Don’t be! Baby Items. Sports Equipment.

Saving Money 213

Saving Money Money Used Buy 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 3, 2014

Fashion changes and new or nearly new clothing gets sold at sales or donated to charity. For me, going to sales is not just a means to find things I need at rock bottom prices, it is also entertainment. Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales. I was for awhile.

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Buy Buying Garage Sale Garage 178

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There’s no doubt about it: stay-at-home parents work hard. Luckily, with remote work and work-from-home jobs growing so rapidly these days, there are plenty of great side hustles for stay-at-home parents. Wouldn’t it be nice to earn a little extra cash without leaving your child’s side? Photographer.

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Parenting At Home Home Work From Home 104

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 4, 2013

I love going to garage sales. Who wouldn’t want something for nothing? Nope, I didn’t learn my lesson with the wheelbarrow. This past weekend, I went out garage sailing just for fun. My spouse studied up on it and fixed it up so it works again. Free is good, right? Maybe, maybe not.

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Garage Lamps Garage Sale Free 200

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Take care of your wardrobe to keep it looking work and wear worthy. Make old t-shirts and dish cloths into rags to use when dusting or washing the car and etc. Donate good clothing you really can’t use to a non-profit and bank the tax deduction. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it (or replace it).

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Making Do Making Green And Frugal Friends And Family Sale 219

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 28, 2014

You don’t have to go back to the days of living in a log cabin without electricity to make an environmental impact. I tried hang drying towels before and didn’t like the way they felt like burlap on my skin.). Don’t wash clothes until they’re truly dirty. Minimize your wardrobe.

Saving Money 191

Saving Money Simple Money Friends And Family Sale 191

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

We already know that we don’t bring stuff with us into the world and it doesn’t exit with us when we leave. Kids will naturally accumulate stuff, even when they can’t buy it. Because we don’t yet have jobs that pay much, we can’t afford to go get a lot of stuff. You want stuff.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 22, 2014

Unfortunately, this isn’t my first time. I took at least three trunks full of “stuff” to Goodwill, I had a garage sale, and I sold things online. However, I wasn’t able to complete the job before moving day arrived, so some of our “stuff” we didn’t need came with us.

Home 189

Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

We have always loved to travel and do missions work for our church. Daniel can work anywhere there is an internet connection and the kids can homeschool anywhere, but we didn’t have the money to buy the plane tickets or book AirBnB apartments. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales.

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I started when I went back to work after staying home with the kids for a decade and kept it up through 23 years in a career and now through almost 2 years in retirement. Research indicates that people who work out first thing in the morning are more apt to stick to it. You don’t have time to talk yourself out of exercise.

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At Home Home Work At&T 198

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 17, 2013

How about when a lamp stops working? I used to darn my family’s socks, but now don’t. I give away perfectly good electronics because they are ‘out of date’ – they don’t work with new software. He built his own garage. What do you do when a pair of socks gets a hole in the heel?

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Repairs San Francisco Radios Garage 214

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2011

I’m not sure I have the greatest answer to that, but here are some things we tried that did NOT work out for us – at all. We converted the non-working shower off our bedroom into the incubator/baby quail chick spot. I’ve always loved going to sales – garage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter.

Money 173

Money Making Garage Sale Contest 173

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

If I can create a board game, so can you, and you don’t have to spend a ton of money to do it. You have to work through the mechanics of the game. There are sites that have templates you can fill in and print to make board games too, but they didn’t suit my needs. Why develop your own board game?

Games 100

Games Making Garage Sale Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

If you don’t have enough money to put food on the table, you are going to do something about it. They won’t save up for it. As a young mom, I saved like mad – going to garage sales, thrift stores and accepting hand me downs on toys and clothing. What is it that makes a person a saver? The act of saving.

Making 124

Making Recession College 401K 124

Couponing 101

AUGUST 6, 2019

Luckily, you don’t have to spend a fortune to get appropriate sports gear for your child. If your child is still relatively new to the sport, he or she probably doesn’t need new equipment just yet. Don’t Buy High-End Equipment. Sports equipment can get pricey.

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Sports Kids Craigslist Kids and Family 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

Although Mom didn’t sew much (she did mend), she made sure I took Home Ec in high school. If you can’t save money, need extra tools and have to learn how, why would anyone learn to sew? Why you don’t want to learn to sew. You won’t save money. It wasn’t stellar, but it did the job.

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2012

You really can wait on most things – but do act fast on those items that will cause further damage if you don’t handle them. Don’t build more than you plan. As you start your project, especially if you hire an installer or contractor to do the work, avoid being up sold while in their shop. Trade services.

Renovation 189

Renovation Home Real Estate Re-use 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Maybe it is just something you found at a sale that doesn’t quite match your decor. Upholstery work is expensive and hard, but if you do tackle it yourself, you can save big bucks. Along the way, on one of my garage sale shopping expeditions, I stumbled across a matched pair of wing backs (non-reclining) for $20 each.

Sewing Machines 100

Sewing Machines Furniture Re-use Arm and Hammer 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 23, 2013

BUT we didn’t want to spend a gob of money on them. I already had saved up a box full of wine bottles, in hopes of selling them at my next garage sale, so we didn’t have any cash outlay for those. We decided to re-label 10 empty wine bottles using a picture of an historical event for each decade of her life.

Making 187

Making Paper Wine Friends And Family Sale 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. Our home furnishings include many cherished family heirlooms, such as an iron bed my folks bought at a sale, or the hand carved bed frame purchased by my great-grandfather. Furniture with cloth components can also harbor things you don’t want to even think about.

Re-use 100

Re-use Used Furniture Furniture Recycle 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 6, 2016

I’m always on the look out for investment books I haven’t yet read. I pick up a lot of them at garage sales for 25 cents to a $1. However, I did stumble on a formula for investing that I hadn’t previously encountered, although it has been around since 1088. My copy has a copyright date of 2008.

401K 100

401K Money Emergency Fund Goals 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

We shop for a new mattress and don’t even try to get the price lowered. One reason most of us hate to go to a car dealer to buy a car is because it is one of the few places where negotiation is expected, and we aren’t good at it. We should convince ourselves that it is OK and that it doesn’t make us look cheap or bad.

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Haggle Haggling Price Discount 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2013

We didn’t know the county planned to put in a divided highway just down the street and that our nice quiet state highway would become a busy feeder to the new divided highway, creating huge noise pollution and making it nearly impossible to even walk across the road to get our mail each day. I don’t think they had much recourse.

Real Estate 202

Real Estate Home Buy Buying 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

They kind of look like the ones for sale at Curious Country Creations. Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. You can pick up beautiful decorations, wreaths, linens, trees and more at these sales. In my growing up family, we didn’t get that many presents on Christmas day.

Holiday 202

Holiday Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Christmas 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

Let your pre-teen and/or teen spend their own allowance on clothing for back to school and don’t jump in to bail them out if they make choices they regret! Don’t be afraid to let the grandparents chip in. I love to shop garage sales. Don’t Pay Retail. Partake in federal work-study programs.

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College Money Personal Finance Student 192

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

JUNE 21, 2014

Don''t forget garage sales! You have to do some work here, phone calls, online searches,etc. There are ways to save money there, too. First off, we can get our gear for our hobbies at a discount (yeah, this is shopping). Places like Academy sell outdoor equipment at a huge discount. Combine vacations.

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Hobby Rent Vacation Garage Sale 45

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

My degree is in mechanical engineering, but I’m just starting a transition to nursing – before I got pregnant with my son, I was working as a nursing assistant while my husband finished grad school, and planning to go on to nursing school. C with Finn, my parents’ dog Our daughter is 12, and very into the arts and science.

Kids and Family 191

Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 191

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 8, 2012

It’s always a challenge to find the balance between wanting to give your child the most amazing birthday ever and working with your realistic budget. I find that even though my son’s birthday is so close to the holidays, it actually works out quite well, financially. And this year, our budget was lower than ever.

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Birthday Son Cupcakes Clearance 107

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

Now I’m living on the small acreage that I was raised on (which is now smack dab in the middle of town & 2 miles from work) with my mom & my two kids, 15 & 8. We teamwork together to homeschool-I was homeschooled until nursing school, and I am privileged to be teaching my kids & have my mom assist on the days I work.

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Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 181

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

You can’t spend more than you earn. You have to be willing to work hard towards your goal. You have to persist in working day in, day out. You may be working for someone else and saving part or all of your paycheck. Garage Sale Results Well, the last two weekends of ours have been busy to say the least.

Making 229

Making Real Estate Garage Sale Debt 229

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

But, I can’t believe people are making big bucks telling other people how to control their spendthrift ways, or sharing how to shave a few cents off a grocery bill. We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

After all, both Mom and Dad had been do-it-yourselfers and had trained me up to work right alongside them. My hairdresser’s new washing machine broke down after just 2 years (I’m working on at least 24 years with my old washer and dryer and they are still going strong!). Moving close to work can be an exercise in futility.

Home 100

Home Washer and Dryer Do It Yourself Garage 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

After all, a million isn’t what it used to be and if you work hard, save and invest over a lifetime, your chances of crossing that millionaire threshold are actually pretty decent. Although I don’t know if he was rich or not, Thomas Edison (who invented the light bulb) is quoted as saying. “I Asia had another 3.1

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Identity Theft Garage Sale Europe Parenting 230

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

If you don’t have enough money, it’s time to quit spending on stuff that doesn’t last. You don’t keep track of your money flow. You don’t keep track of your money flow. You don’t know what you have coming in or out. You haven’t balanced the checkbook in years.

Money 203

Money Debt Finance Credit Cards 203

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 10, 2013

Every year, we participate in our community''s yard sale. I''ll spend a weekend or two before the sale to go through closets, cupboards and drawers deciphering if this is the year that I don''t need that oval baking dish or that long sleeved blouse I haven''t worn since 2007. Pricing doesn''t have to be time consuming.

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Craigslist Sale Friends And Family Sale TVs 153

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

With so many different options out there, a consumer really can get overwhelmed and into trouble if they don’t know their credit card basics. The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. Well I’ll let you decide.

Credit Cards 220

Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2016

Some folks persist in activities and thoughts that keep them in poverty such as overspending or lack of desire to do what it takes (such as working for money or denying themselves current rewards). Being persistent doesn’t necessarily mean plugging away at the same job year after year because it pays.

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Goals Friends And Family Sale Money Activism 100