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Normalize Gifting Thrifted Items

Stockpiling Moms

Normalize Gifting Thrifted Items: Shop all year long! Why am I not thrifting gifts for my friends and family too. My Aunt Ida always gifted pre-loved items and they were some of the best gifts I ever received. It is a great way to support local business as the money goes straight into the pocket of the shop/booth owner.

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Frugal Friday 11.25.16

Family Balance Sheet

My mother hosted her side of the family. Everyone chips in though, but my mom and two aunts cook the bulk of the food. Saturday: I am roasting a turkey for my family, mostly for the leftovers, but also so the 4 of us can sit down as a family for a big meal. We’re going to take the time and enjoy a family night.

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Save This Holiday Shopping Season #ChaseHolidays

For the Mommas

This year, like most of you, most of my Christmas Shopping will be done online. I am almost finished with my shopping list, but there are still quite a few things to get. Oh and I can’t forget to pick up gifts for the family stockings. This year, my family has agreed to Holiday Budget. I know that we are.

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Super Saver Holiday Ideas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Thrift stores are also a great place to shop. Other treasured items we reuse every year include huge a mottled green glass ball ornament from my grandparents, a set of 1950′s angel candle holders from a favorite aunt and two 3 foot tall paper nutcrackers made by my kids in elementary school in the 1980′s.

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Thanksgiving Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Thanksgiving dinner for my extended family is a shared experience. She also roasts the turkey and makes the gravy and the stuffing, but my aunts, uncles, and cousins all bring a dish and/or dessert to round out the meal. Crescent Dinner Rolls at Frosted Bake Shop. My mom hosts Thanksgiving. Let’s Talk Turkey.

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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1

Couponing 101

The following is a guest post by Raising A Family On A Budget. People would taste the jam and it would transport them back to their childhood summers of helping their grandmother and aunts make jam in the hot steamy kitchen. Stephanie Huston is the mom behind Raising A Family On A Budget. The nostalgia.

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Naomi’s Christmas: Restorative Aloneness And A Childhood Spent In Retail

For the Mommas

I went on buying trips to New York for the fancy ladies wear shop run by one aunt (they used to model the dresses at high end shops), learned the uniform business from another aunt, and was taught the basics of the Borscht Belt hospitality business by a great cousin. Bloom’s Photo Supply — The Great Wall.