Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

How to Compost Without Fancy Equipment [link] #. Interview with Prairie EcoThrifter – Grocery Shopping Habits of Popular Financial Bloggers [link] via @ groceryalerts #. [link] via @ BudgetsAreSexy I'm a Bling Bling #. RT @ Green_Panda Handling Your Finances – What is Being Frugal? The Luxury of Vacation [link] #.

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Coupons Do Work

JUNE 12, 2016

Gardening: Plants, flowers, seeds, watering cans, plant food, soil, weed killers, mulch, compost buckets, water hoses. A lot of shops will have free shipping on purchases of $100 or more and later changing to free shipping on $25 or more. Clearance: Jackets, sweaters, umbrellas, rain boots, floral wreaths from Memorial Day.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 18, 2016

Use compost, make your own. The Guardian’s article, How to Be a Thrifty Gardner dove to detail about making compost: “You should have about two-thirds brown stuff (carbon source) to one-third green (nitrogen). Spent coffee from your local coffee shops does the trick. Tip # 2 – Improve your soil frugally.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

If you celebrate Christmas, you probably decorate one or more trees and display them in your home, shop or place of business. Obviously trees can be composted and used in other re-cycle situations, so they don’t sit in land fills for years as artificial. Do you use artificial trees or live cut real ones?

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For the Mommas

AUGUST 29, 2013

Tailored to sophisticated teen sensibilities, Teen Vogue Magazine addresses a full range of teenage interests from celebrities, movies, music, and shopping to peer pressure, body image, and self-identity. Just enter coupon code FORTHEMOMMAS. Today only, subscribe to Urban Farm Magazine for only $8.99 per year (40% off)!

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Coupons Do Work

APRIL 21, 2016

Natural Grocers: Visit the store on Earth Day and get a free, reusable shopping bag. You can learn about what these great local organizations are doing in and around Durham. Destination Lighting: Save 10 percent off select Quiozel Lighting with promo code NATURALS during the Earth Day sale until April 30. From 4 to 6 p.m.

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Saving With Shellie

APRIL 21, 2011

The activities vary by location but you’ll find all kinds of great freebies like free compost, free electronic recycling, free coffee and free yoga. :: Origins: FREE Cleanser – Bring in your current skincare bottle (full or empty) and Origins will trade it in for a free full-size bottle of one of their gentle high-performance cleansers.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Shopping Cart kiss : Turn your shopping list into a scorecard the next time the two of you go shopping. How to Save Money shares with us how shopping at Costco can save us cash. We shop at Costco for some things but we don’t get the majority of our goods there. Million Dollar Journey evaluates Groupon.

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Saving Cents With Sense

MAY 7, 2013

Next thing you know, it’s last-minute shopping at the mall and you’re wrestling a fellow patron over who’s going to buy the last blender in stock for their mother. She’s an earth mother fond of baking kale chips and reminding you to save energy, recycle and compost the banana peels. You too, Dad.

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Saving Cents With Sense

APRIL 22, 2011

The best way to save green here is to shop your local Farmer’s Market - you’ll find what is the freshest (and most nutritious), but you’ll also cut down on that massive carbon footprint from shipping goods across the world. And just think of the money you’d save by less trips to the grocery store for produce!

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Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

APRIL 20, 2016

A week before the party, shop for food, décor, drinks, and other items. Susty Party makes eco-friendly, compostable, non-toxic party supplies with many designs to choose from. Here are some tips for throwing a party in a small space: Preparation. Stock up on toiletries for your guests and trash bags for the cleanup.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 5, 2012

Pick up some reusable containers and shop in bulk for everything possible. Shredded paper can be put in compost piles. Don’t Waste Food Cook only the amount you will eat, refrigerate any leftovers, and compost anything else. This could include rice, nuts, soaps, grains, seeds, cereals, peanut butter, etc.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 16, 2011

I didn’t even seem to have a problem remembering to take them with me when I went shopping. Slowly I transitioned to composting my kitchen scraps, again limiting the number of items that ended up in our city’s landfill. I became a bit of a bike fanatic around the time I started using canvas shopping bags.

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Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

and BOGO at some shops such as Publix). May starts Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day and ends with Memorial Day—a weekend that’s become a shopping sales bonanza. Gardening: Plants, flowers, seeds, watering cans, plant food, soil, weed killers, mulch, compost buckets, water hoses. June is here. Summer is here.

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Saving Everyday

AUGUST 26, 2011

The following deals are valid Sunday, 8/28/11 through Saturday, 9/3/11: Know your Rite Aid Coupon Policy before shopping! Mead Compostion Book 3/$1.98. Helpful Information When Shopping at Rite Aid. There are a plethora of printable coupons online! Be sure to watch the August Video Values coupons by 8/27. Pay: $2.99. each wyb 2.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

When people think of minimalism, they often picture families living an almost zero-waste lifestyle, meticulously composting and recycling so they only have a single bag of trash per year. Or they think of selling their possessions and heading off into the great unknown, with only a single suitcase and a laptop. We were tired of the clutter.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

I often go out of my way to be eco-friendly: I always remember my reusable shopping bags, I sort my own recyclables, and I even refuse to buy makeup products that include environmentally (and dermatologically) deleterious chemicals like parabens. Yet, there is some hope for the eco-lover who prefers plastic payment.

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For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

1 Hefty Large Black Trash Bags - 2-24-19 RMN; Excludes Compost Bags (exp 03/31/19) Final Price: $5.29 oz or Larger; Limit of 4 Like Coupons in Same Shopping Trip $0.25/1 Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream, 14 oz - $3.49Final Price: $2.49 wyb 5 items. Hefty Waste Bags, 18 - 45 ct - $7.29$1.00/1 wyb 5 items. wyb 5 items.

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