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My Best Garage Sale Finds

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I love a bargain. Years ago, Mom introduced me to the idea of going to garage sales. People sell the darnedest things at their garage sales. Garage sales take time, you have to hit quite a few before you find the item you want or need. Moving sales might also be good to check out.

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10 Items to Sell at a Yard Sale (and Make the Most Money)

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Finding what to sell at a yard sale can be as simple as decluttering your home and putting everything you don’t need up for sale. In this scenario, however, there’s no guarantee that your garage sale will make you good money. What Is a Garage Sale? Some are looking for garage sales.”

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Not So Free – Free Things

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I love going to garage sales. I brought that wheel barrow home for hubby. On our last visit, my Brother urged us to take that lamp home with us. I really didn’t want it, but hubby thought it looked neat and was a family ‘heirloom’ So it got in the van for the trip home. Free is good, right?

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Don’t be a Buy-It-New Snob

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Fashion changes and new or nearly new clothing gets sold at sales or donated to charity. Home owners get bored and re-decorate or re-vamp their homes. I can park my car and walk from sale to sale, getting a bit of exercise, enjoying the fine weather and seeing the architecture and landscaping of the homes along the way.

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How To Organize A Project

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Have you ever had a big project to do – whether it was at home, at work, for volunteer purposes, or for school – for which you had no idea what the first step should be? Not only does that put me in the mindset of that particular project, but I won`t be blindsided by due dates that are creeping up fast than I`d bargained for.

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Introducing New Couponing 101 Contributer, Alicia!

Couponing 101

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. Alicia loves to bargain shop wherever she goes…the grocery store, the craft store, restaurants, garage sales, and online stores.

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Things You Can Do To NOT Make Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I’ve always loved going to salesgarage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter. I learned how to bargain a bit better. To be successful, I think you need access to free or really cheap bulk sale items. You need to be an extreme bargainer. It was great fun.

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