Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Remember, there are lots of other parents out there in the same predicament of trying to manage a family budget while giving their kids as many opportunities and experiences as possible. Sometimes parents donate the goods but often you will get the price they sell for, with the club keeping a small percentage as a fundraising activity.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

Involve Your Child in Planning and Budgeting. If you believe in using allowances as part of personal finance training, letting your child take on more and more financial responsibility with an increasing allowance can help them be prepared to make good budgeting and spending decisions when they are on their own.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Renting movies in this way is a great way to stick to your budget, over maintaining a dish or satellite TV system. If you happen to have an extensive library of DVD’s at home, consider donating them to the library so others can live a little bit thriftier as well. In the U.S.,

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 5, 2014

How often do you find yourself purging your closets and cleaning out the garage, selling or donating things that you bought on a whim and never really used? There are a lot of ways that we humans waste money but these are the hugest budget drainers. Men are as guilty of this as women are.

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Frugal Luxuries

OCTOBER 1, 2012

My micro-goals for achieving this are layered and consist of a series of tasks such as bringing the extra television downstairs to replace the old one in the nook. moving the sewing machine to the spare room (I hope to set up a separate area in there, once it's been thoroughly de-cluttered and reorganized).painting the carpet.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

One of the moves we made, out to Seattle, the only way we could make our budget work AND have me be home with our young kids, was to not own a vehicle at all. I’m not – I’m more of a spender, and struggled with budgeting as a young adult. Hosting garage sales & reselling items. We lived for 2.5

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

He is also thrifty and is much better at budgeting than I. If I could spend it without strings, I might just donate it to a food pantry. He got his roofing urges out when he build our garage last year though!) My cat satisfying his thirst! So if it’s income, I would turn it down. I have what I need right now. 😉 10.

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Coupons Do Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Free photo package with a donation to Toys for Tots. BOGO free on various items from floor mats to flashlights and garage stools. From every major retailer in the U.S.: Happy Freebie Black Friday. Bass Pro Shops: Free photo with Santa through Dec. Free digital Christmas card. Free beauty and fragrance samples. $10 BOGO free Cuddl Duds.

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Coupons Do Work

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Free photo package with a donation to Toys for Tots. BOGO free on various items from floor mats to flashlights and garage stools. From every major retailer in the U.S.: Happy Freebie Black Friday. Bass Pro Shops: Free photo with Santa through Dec. Free digital Christmas card. Free beauty and fragrance samples. $10 BOGO free Cuddl Duds.

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