Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during the summer break. With the proper amount of planning, you can have an easy, stress free garage sale where you make a profit. If you follow these tips, it will be easy to manage your own garage sale.

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Garage Sale Garage Sale Canning 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Unless you have a very small house, you can save yourself time and effort by storing stuff where you use it. Keep bath cleaning products in the bathroom along with other things (like rags, buckets and etc) needed to do the cleaning. Then always start your cleaning chores in that bath and move to the others.

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Organic Organization Home Painting 177

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 12, 2013

It claimed that a clean workspace improved productivity and gave the illusion of being in control and on top of work tasks. Have a big box ready to take the throw-away items and another for anything that is good enough to go to the local thrift store. Sounded good to me, so that’s where I decided to start. Be ruthless!

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Making Work Occasions Pace 238

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 23, 2014

riding lawn mowers, garage door openers and many, many more things we take for granted today. Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. There were no garage door openers. There were no cell phones.

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Growing Home and Garden Radios Kids and Family 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2015

Plus, the styles that fit are usually made by the high end manufacturers and carried in exclusive (expensive) clothing stores. There is a lovely thrift store not far from my neighborhood that receives donations from the folks in the local golfing gated community. Cheap or frugal? You only get one body.

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