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Christmas Savings Club | May 2019

Family Balance Sheet

Welcome to the 2019 Christmas Savings Club. The club is open to anyone who wants monthly accountability to save for a cash Christmas. If you have not done so, read the very first post: Introducing the Christmas Savings Club , and write a Christmas budget. Find all of the Christmas Savings Club meetings here!

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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

Family Balance Sheet

In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. In 2015, the monthly challenge will be Choose Thrift First. While I love thrift stores, I can be easily swayed to run into Target or Kohl’s when I’m in that part of town. The Choose Thrift First Challenge.

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3 Ways To Save Money On The Kids’ Back To School Wardrobe

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, you can try shopping at thrift stores. You can also take advantage of tax free holidays, and you can set up clothing exchange clubs with your friends. Thrift Stores Some people think thrift stores are inherently dirty, but this is often not the case. Many of these stores are crowded.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

Back in 2013, I had a year-long series, Christmas Savings Club , to encourage everyone to set aside money each month for the holidays. I shop at thrift stores frequently and I am always amazed at how much I see with store tags still on the product. But that store credit is much better than sending it to the thrift store as a donation.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

In 2013, I had a year long series, Christmas Savings Club , to encourage everyone to set aside money each month for the holidays. I shop at thrift stores frequently and I am always amazed at how much I see with store tags still on the product. But that store credit is much better than sending it to the thrift store as a donation.

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Working Moms on a Budget: 5 Tips for Thrifty Business Fashion

Saving Cents With Sense

Thrift Shopping. With your wardrobe in mind, start with thrift stores. Thrift stores are not the dusty, smelly places of the past. You can find coupons for free shipping or free club memberships for places like Overtock through a site like Discountrue.com. Never shop online without finding coupons online as well.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

My wedding dress, thrifted! The cats In my free time, I (probably obviously, considering my career) love to read, and I’m in a local book club. It’s not hard for me (anymore) to avoid expensive stores or fast fashion sites such as Shein and Temu, and instead shop at thrift stores or use my local BuyNothing group.