Stockpiling Moms
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
My Aunt Ida always gifted pre-loved items and they were some of the best gifts I ever received. Some of the places I suggest looking for items include Flea Markets, Vendor Malls, Garage and Yard Sales, Facebook Marketplace, Etsy and antique stores. That is when I decided to thrift all of my gifts this year for Christmas.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 25, 2014
Just look at the many people scouring garage sales in the summer. Blender Fifteen years ago, I bought a blender at a garage sale for $3. Toaster Oven I bought a toaster oven at a garage sale for $2. Instead, I settled on a garage sale stand mixer I found for $10. I’m in good company with my love of all things used.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 11, 2014
When I was a kid, I shook my head at my Aunt. For example a 1950′s Goebel Hummel figurine of a postman, was valued at several hundred dollars in 1997 (when my Aunt died and I was blessed with part of her collection) but recently sold on eBay for around $25. I know a few collectors. Also, keep the box! Enjoy your collections.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 12, 2011
I have an Aunt that loves to give small gifts to many of her neighbors. 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! Start shopping for the holidays – paying for gifts as you go. It is her way to celebrate the holidays.
For the Mommas
JULY 23, 2012
Instead, another twenty years in a two-bedroom ranch, sale-rack slacks and a receptionist job at Idid-a-Rod Auto Garage seem to be her destiny. “After her favorite aunt is found dead and an alarming box is mysteriously left on the doorstep of her aunt’s house now legally hers, Lavinia Esposito wants explanations. .
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 16, 2013
My Aunt, God rest her soul, saved Christmas paper and those silly little paper bows from year to year. 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.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes. Maybe you put it at the curb, hoping someone will take it and use it – or you sell it at a garage sale or some other used stuff venue. You donate to suitable charities.
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