Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 15, 2014

These are the times they will remember, long after they have forgotten who gave them that video game they love to play! I’m taking my 9 year old grandson to Colonial Williamsburg this summer – a trip I have been planning since he was born – but it isn’t cheap. Hold a garage sale together.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

So, I went on some exploratory shopping trips. Along the way, on one of my garage sale shopping expeditions, I stumbled across a matched pair of wing backs (non-reclining) for $20 each. After poking around on You Tube, looking at how-to videos on re-upholstery, I decided that, hey, I could do this.

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Sewing Machines Furniture Re-use Arm and Hammer 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

In spite of that, history indicates that sweat shop seamstress positions had a ratio of 20 applicants per position. Clothing is cheap, sewing is not. We tend to throw away clothing instead of mending it and we count on cheap overseas labor to keep manufactured clothing easily affordable. til 11 P.M til 12 at night”.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

This is not something I want to see, so today I have a few videos for you that will dispell credit card myths, teach you how to use them properly, how to keep them safe, and how to make sure you should be getting credit in the first place. The Free Financial Advisor: Cheap Disney World Tickets? However, times have changed.

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