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Eco-Friendly Money Saving Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Take a pack lunch instead of buying lunch out all the time. Making sure you take your own lunch to work or if you are going out for the day will save you money and also plastic. It is far better for the environment to take a lunch box than buy sandwiches and other items in plastic packaging.

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Are You Daring Enough to Use Eco-Friendly Feminine Hygiene Items?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Do you shun clothing made at overseas factories and instead buy 100% natural cotton clothing? That means for centuries, women have been using reusable cloth pads. To our ancestors, cloth pads were just a way of life, not worthy of the ick factor they now get. Cloth pads are easy to take care of.

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Women’s Apparel Cartwheel Coupons

Saving With Shellie

If you can squeeze in a trip to Target in between packing lunches, being a taxi service and doing laundry, there are a bunch of nice Cartwheel coupons for women’s apparel. 20% off Women’s Plus Clothing. Add a couple nice new things to your wardrobe for fall. 25% off Mossimo Supply Co. 20% off Women’s Jeans.

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Ten Paper Products To Cross Off Your Grocery List | Kitchen Economics Link Up

Family Balance Sheet

Try replacing some paper products on your list with cloth and re-usable products that you probably have around the house and you will not only reduce your grocery spending, but you will also reduce your waste. Switch from paper tissues to flannel cloth hankies - Flannel is so much softer on my kids' little noses.

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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Old clothing parts. Before throwing away old clothing, I snip the buttons off and remove working zippers (unless I’m donating the item). I’ve also cut up old pieces of clothing to use as quilt pieces and used old men’s cotton tshirts for rags. Clothes pins. Go Green Money Tips'

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7 Tips to Make Your Home Life Less Stressful

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Children as young as 2 can start to have chores such as helping you sort laundry by colors. Pack the kids’ lunches in the evening so all you have to do is grab them out of the refrigerator in the morning. Help the kids lay out their clothes for the next day, so they’re ready to get dressed when they wake up.

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How to Motivate Yourself to Clean your House

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For myself, what didn’t get done before lunch just didn’t get done, when I was home full time. Mind you, sometimes lunch wasn’t till after 2.00 I love being outdoors so I make a point of hanging the laundry on the outside line rather than use the clothes dryer. pm, but it was still lunchtime! to music whenever I can.