Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 17, 2012

In good years our gardens can be bountiful, throwing off much more food than we can consume before it goes bad. However, a root cellar can be as simple as a sectioned off part of your basement, a trash can buried in the ground with a bale of straw on top or even a shelf in an unheated room or garage.

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Advantage Home and Garden Canning Gardening 210

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 19, 2014

Many of the other items I needed like cloth diapers and clothes for the baby in bigger sizes I bought from garage sales. My children get so many gifts from their grandparents and godparents that we’ve been able to scale back how many gifts we give them. All those items got plenty of use as all three of my kids used them.

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Friends And Family Sale Clothing and Accessories Kids and Family Clothes 176

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Now decorations range from creating entire ‘haunted’ garages to carving scads of pumpkins from your trip to the local pumpkin farm (to which admission is charged, rides to spend on are available and of course food and drink consumes funds as well). Which neighborhoods give the most candy and have the easiest walking?

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Halloween Thrift Stores St. Louis Thrifting 100

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 7, 2014

We have been conditioned to start thinking about shopping on Black Friday, but for the savvy consumer there are always deals percolating, which you can take advantage of once you know when the deals are being offered. As a general rule, it is always good to think seasonally when you’re casting about for great gifts at affordable prices.

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Finds Shopping Home Theater Systems Laptops 85

Saving In Akron

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

To attract consumers this year, Toys'R'Us is giving away a holiday savings book for the first 100 shoppers. Cars 2 Fisher-Price Imaginext Spy Master Garage – $15.59. Toys'R'Us has just posted their 2-day doorbuster sale! Coby 32" LCD HDTV – $229.99. Barbie Video Girl Doll – $24.99.

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Toys Fridays Friday Deals Blu Ray 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 13, 2016

Here are some of the many tools used to convince consumers to buy. Last week I visited a garage sale. They give you advice on how you should be invested then try to sign you up so they get to do it for you – usually for a fee paid whether or not you end up making any money. It was eye opening for the 10 year old.

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Buy Buying Coke Garage Sale 100

Nicoles Nickels

JANUARY 2, 2012

The Kwikset SmartKey lock gives homeowners the ability to quickly and easily re-key their own locks without removing them from the door. Based on performance and features, Kwikset SmartKey deadbolts earned the prestigious Best Buy rating from Consumers Digest Magazine in the residential deadbolt lock category in February 2010.

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Home Depot Home Re-use Consumer 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. Our tradition was to stretch out the gift giving and opening. We get to celebrate our religious beliefs, take time off from work, consume holiday treats, relax. These make nice gifts too. They kind of look like the ones for sale at Curious Country Creations.

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Holiday Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Christmas 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 6, 2016

I pick up a lot of them at garage sales for 25 cents to a $1. For the price of giving up your email id, you can use the stock screener he has built based on this formula. Although we tried diligently to follow this at one point in our lives, we found it a bit too time consuming to really follow it long term.

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401K Money Emergency Fund Goals 100

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As an IT consultant, you’d more than likely be able to offer remote services as well as on-site assistance, giving you freedom and flexibility while working in a field that’s in high demand. Alternatively, you could develop apps for consumers. Take a page from Harp Design Co. are independently owned.

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Real Estate Re-use Podcasts Work 52

Nicoles Nickels

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

We adults love giving and getting gifts too and here is a great selection of ideas for the adults on your list! A must in every garage, laundry room or wherever it is needed. Today is the second day of six days of awesome gifts and giveaways for Nicole’s Nickels Greatest Holiday Gifts of 2012! Product Name: BRUT Cologne.

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2012 Gifts Holiday Good Housekeeping 102

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. When our first baby came we used cloth diapers (so we didn’t have to pay for the disposable ones) and had to freeze dry them in the garage in the winter. That took forever!

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 4, 2013

Everywhere you look, television, billboards, the Internet, magazines, newspapers and radios try to tell us what we need to buy and consume in order to be happy. One of them kept it at their house in the garage, but each time there was a snow storm they each got their chance to use it, taking turns doing both of their driveways.

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Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions Kids and Family Camping Equipment Television 212

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 27, 2012

How to mitigate: Buy a clothes rack or two, or string a line in your basement or unused garage. According to Consumer Reports there is a “Right to Dry” movement afoot. The clothes smell fresher (I loved the way the sheets smelled), it gives you a valid excuse to be outside and the clothes dry fairly quickly.

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Clothes Clothing Washer and Dryer Dryers 264

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

With so many different options out there, a consumer really can get overwhelmed and into trouble if they don’t know their credit card basics. Part of it due to the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act, but I also give a lot of credit to the jingles of Freecreditreport.com. Funancials : Should I Cancel My Credit Card?

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Either way, a passive income gives you extra security. You just give the work upfront.” Opportunity: You’ll be able to take advantage of price differences between what you can find and what the average consumer may be able to find. It has a ‘get-rich-quick’ appeal… but in the end, it still involves work. Lawnmowers? Power tools?

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Money Making Real Estate Rent 52