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How to Save Money by Greening your Wardrobe

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

These tips on how to save money by greening your wardrobe will really help you to keep those extra dollars in your pocket. Before you can even start to think about how you would go about greening your wardrobe, you need to know where you stand, clothes wise, right now at this moment.

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Ways to Make Do With What You Have

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We were poor, Mom and Dad lived every day showing us what it meant to ‘make it do’ and we often ‘did without’ Here are my thoughts on frugal ways to make things do. Learn to hem and patch and sew on buttons to repair minor issues with clothing. Buy good clothing, used. Avoid buying cheap clothing new.

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How To Update Your Wardrobe For Less

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you have an uneasiness when it comes to “used” clothing, know that there are many different tiers of second hand stores. Clothing swaps are a great way to spend a frugal evening with friends while clearing out your closet and scoring some new finds. Whatever is left unclaimed at the end of the evening gets donated.

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Spring Cleaning Tasks to Get a Head Start On

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you plan to re-organize your closet and drawers, take the opportunity to go through your clothing and sort it into “keep”, “discard” and “donate” piles. Donate the items you no longer want to keep. Spring is a wonderful time of year, but with spring comes spring cleaning.

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Wait, Don’t Buy That Yet!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Winter clothes. These get donated to thrift stores or placed in consignment shops so you might keep checking your local stores for these. Spending our precious and all too limited time searching online and in stores. Sometimes, as we shop we see things we would like to own and decide to treat ourselves with a gift or two as well.

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Shirts and onesies are available in white with black lettering or in red, blue, or green with white lettering. Also, at Littlest Prince Couture, clothing is about a fabulous cause. 100% of the net profits from each sale will be donated to help infants around the world! Deals Around Town Baby Back to School 2014 Clothing Kids'

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The Prairie Eco-Thrifter Giveaway Extravaganza: 2nd Anniversary with an iPad 3 and over $200 Cash To Be Won Plus a Bonus Prize

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My philosophy is to be balanced and that is why I not only focus on personal finance on this site but also discuss the other fundamentals of our existence: being healthy, living green, working hard, and giving back. The site has grown and changed so much and I owe it all to you, my readers. This site, like life, has taken me on a journey.

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