Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 3, 2012

That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy my new site and I have been learning new things and settling in, however, it’s always hard to get settled in to a new place; whether that is a new job, new home, or even just a new routine. The desk was designated to me, so why didn’t it feel like mine?

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Garage Sale Garage Work Office Supplies 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 28, 2014

I happened upon some old canning Mason jars at a garage sale, and now we use those for everything–making iced tea in the summer, putting leftover soup in, holding our homemade laundry detergent. I’ve even read that some people wear long johns at home to endure lower heating temperatures, but we haven’t done that.

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Saving Money Simple Money Friends And Family Sale 191

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

I keep a roll of heavy paper (which I buy at Home Depot for about $11 for a roll about 2 inches thick and 2 feet wide) to use in wrapping packages, protecting floors during home projects, making garage sale signs and etc. I just printed them out on my ink jet home printer. Play test the game.

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Games Making Garage Sale Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

But, because we leave behind the accumulated stuff in our parent’s household, we really end up with less that we had at home. We leave the nest – move out of Mom and Dad’s well stocked home. Moving to a bigger home. A bigger home provides the room you need – and has more room for additional stuff.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Couponing 101

JULY 9, 2011

Alicia a work-at-home mom to a 3.5 Alicia loves to bargain shop wherever she goes…the grocery store, the craft store, restaurants, garage sales, and online stores. I am happy to introduce you to my friend and new Couponing 101 contributer – Alicia Whatley ! year old daughter and an 18 month old son.

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Garage Sale Garage Work At Home Son 77

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

San Antonio, Texas is our home when we aren’t traveling the world. Daniel took on an extra job doing support work for an online company that he could do from home. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully.

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 5, 2014

Lastly, if you haven’t searched yet, there are numerous links on Pinterest to workouts you can do at home. A gym membership might be a good option, but you can also consider adding a few things to your home workout space. Check out local thrift stores, Craigslist ads, and garage sales for low cost (and sometimes free!)

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Bank Banking Cable Service Money 111

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 12, 2016

Lastly, if you haven’t searched yet, there are numerous links on Pinterest to workouts you can do at home. A gym membership might be a good option, but you can also consider adding a few things to your home workout space. Check out local thrift stores, Craigslist ads, and garage sales for low cost (and sometimes free!)

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Bank Banking Cable Service Craigslist 40

For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Find all kinds of fun activities you can do at home. If you calculate your mortgage interest, the cost of insurance and maintenance, buying can be much more expensive than renting. Plan a movie or game night.

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Frugal Lives Frugal Living Frugal Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 49

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

My Dad was a blue-collar factory worker with an incredible work ethic (3 jobs at a time to pay bills if needed), Mom (& her higher degree) quit teaching & chose to stay home to educate me & eventually my brother; they started a ministry when I was a year old-we all helped with the maintenance & function of said ministry.

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Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 182

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

One of the moves we made, out to Seattle, the only way we could make our budget work AND have me be home with our young kids, was to not own a vehicle at all. K biking home from school My kids are learning independence and self-reliance by problem-solving issues that occasionally arise from biking themselves places. We lived for 2.5

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 192

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. 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

JANUARY 14, 2012

Money Reasons : Home Security! Here are some items you can find at a steep discount: Bucksome Boomer: 6 Reasons Not to Have a Garage Sale – A garage sale isn’t the most productive way to get rid of your unused items, and you have other, better options to use to get your home organized.

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2016

Keeping your standard of living the same while income increases to generate extra saving potential (such as eating at home instead of in restaurants or fast food joints each week). Buying personal finance books at garage sales and reading them one after another to make sure you have a basis of knowledge on money management.

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Goals Friends And Family Sale Money Activism 100