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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We also used the 40 year old burnt orange coffee pot to make coffee that day as well as the 20 year old ice chest and 25 year old rain ponchos from the local amusement park, old plastic forks and spoons, unused condiment packages from fast food restaurant stops and plastic tablecloths used at last years wedding shower.

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10 Upcycled Storage Solutions

Couponing 101

After my “tidying up” adventures , I was inspired to find other ways of using everyday items to organize my life, otherwise known as my upcycled storage solutions! I like the idea of transforming items that I usually throw away into something useful. Here are a ten crafts that I was definitely inspired by!

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All You Frightfully Fun Halloween Book and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

The book packs in budget-savvy ideas for Halloween costumes, decorations, recipes and crafts. No matter whether you’re gathering toddlers, teens or adults for your annual spookfest, theAll You Frightfully Fun Halloween Handbook offers low-cost, big-bang ideas to ensure everyone a hauntingly good time. The 192-page book is $16.95

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

An easy lunch idea in one word: leftovers! When we’re crazy busy and the family is demanding that they be fed, I always have the ingredients for spaghetti on hand. Now go through the list and really ask yourself if you use or need all of it. Put the money saved into your emergency fund. 6 – Eat dinner at home.

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50 DIY Christmas Gift Ideas

Couponing 101

If you’re also on a tight budget and stressing out about how many people you still have to shop for, you’ve come to the right place! DIY Lavender Bath Salts via Real Food Enthusiast These bath salts will help you relax while soothing your achy muscles at the same time. You can’t beat this combination!

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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When you can reuse or re-purpose an item, you are not only saving it from the landfills, but you are also saving the expense and energy which would have been expended when you recycle. I cut a heavy blue plastic trash bag into triangles, stapled them over a rope and hung the rope across the driveway to block those drivers from using it.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

Today we’re meeting a Midwestern reader who only occasionally masquerades as Mrs. Potato Head. ? Tell us a little about yourself I’m a married mother of two teenage boys (18 and 16) who grew up in the country near a small town in Iowa. We are both naturally frugal and a bit introverted which makes it easier to save money.

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