Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

The debt included about $30,000 in student loans, some medical debt, IRS debt, and a small amount on a credit card. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. We lowered our living expenses and looked at our bills and decided what we could live without. How long did it take you?

Debt 245

Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

We get the satellite bill and pay the price on the statement. Although our citizens don’t practice the very visible haggling over every item for sale that I saw on that Mexican vacation, I believe we are seeing a trend toward more price negotiation in the U.S.A. Garage sales – need I say more? off the price.

Haggle 202

Haggle Haggling Price Discount 202

For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Stop using your credit cards. Credit cards make buying too easy and you usually end up buying too much when you use them. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference.

Frugal Lives 49

Frugal Lives Frugal Living Frugal Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 49

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

Since there seems to be so much in the news lately about credit cards- the good ones, the bad ones, the ugly ones, the fee free ones, the reward ones, the secured ones, etc. I figured I would talk about credit cards as today’s theme. Funancials : Should I Cancel My Credit Card? Futures introduction.

Credit Cards 220

Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

You know you shouldn’t be using credit cards all the time. But, you can’t escape your life and the bills will follow you. You go weekend e-baying, garage-saling or to the flea markets. You spend until the money runs out and then you put your purchases on your credit card.

Money 203

Money Debt Finance Credit Cards 203

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

But, I can’t believe people are making big bucks telling other people how to control their spendthrift ways, or sharing how to shave a few cents off a grocery bill. 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.

Thrifty 213

Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213