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How to Have a Star Wars Birthday Party for Under $60!

Couponing 101

My son recently became very interested in Star Wars, so we threw him a Star Wars-themed party for his birthday this year! It’s always a challenge to find the balance between wanting to give your child the most amazing birthday ever and working with your realistic budget. And this year, our budget was lower than ever.

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Not So Free – Free Things

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I love going to garage sales. My spouse studied up on it and fixed it up so it works again. Things You Can Do To NOT Make Money Repair, Don’t Replace 10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale Birthday Freebies: 5 Free Things You Can Get on Your… Do You Know a Millionaire Garage Sale-er?

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Lists for Santa Claus, or for birthday gifts start them out and soon they are eyeing and selecting from the wonderful bounty at the stores. Once we are out of school and into the working world, another phase of the stuff life cycle begins. However, they could no longer work the farm and they had no close relatives.

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Things You Can Do To NOT Make Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I’m not sure I have the greatest answer to that, but here are some things we tried that did NOT work out for us – at all. We converted the non-working shower off our bedroom into the incubator/baby quail chick spot. I’ve always loved going to salesgarage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter.

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How to Make a Two Dollar Seventy Five Cent Centerpiece

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The third week of March was my Mother-in-laws 90 th birthday. Since the celebration was a meal at the restaurant in the museum, and since our birthday girl has already seen nine decades we decided on a history theme. The family honored her with a family and friends celebration in the Missouri History Museum.

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I Exercised at Home for 25 Years and So Can You!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I started when I went back to work after staying home with the kids for a decade and kept it up through 23 years in a career and now through almost 2 years in retirement. Research indicates that people who work out first thing in the morning are more apt to stick to it. I actually started working out in the morning by accident.

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20 Tips for Frugal Living

For the Mommas

If you need to earn less, this allows you to choose to work less, or work more but retire early. Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Brown bag it to work. You can use the difference in income to pay off debt, save or invest.