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Choose Thrift First Challenge – January Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

After shopping locally at some furniture stores, I resorted to Craigslist and spent hundreds less on a new-to-her dresser. Can I find what I need at a second hand or thrift store? Start keeping a list of needs with you for your thrift store trips. The Choose Thrift First Challenge. Daughter and mommy were both thrilled.

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Choose Thrift First – April Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

My cousin’s mother’s husband’s uncle’s wife’s sister on Facebook brought bed bugs into her house when she bought a used sofa off of Craigslist… shudder, the story still makes me itch and I think we’ll be buying a new sofa. Can I find what I need at a second hand or thrift store?

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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

Family Balance Sheet

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. That’s motivation to take some time to scour Craigslist and some local second hand furniture stores this week.

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Thrifty Finds: a New (to her) Dresser, Valentine’s Day

Family Balance Sheet

The challenge on the blog this year is to Choose Thrift First , where we’re rethinking our purchases to find more cost effective solutions. So for the first time I checked out Craigslist. While I LOVE to shop at thrift stores, the thought of going to a stranger’s home was a bit scary to me– a former 24/7 news junkie.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

For example, we’re very accustomed to buying anything we can second-hand at thrift stores, Craigslist, or Facebook Marketplace. I think the easiest part is things that are habitual so I no longer need to use will-power to resist the temptation. We’ve saved so much money over the years shopping that way.

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How to Furnish a New Home For Next to Nothing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I mentioned that our pub style table and chairs didn’t work well in our dining room, but the bar stool chairs were the perfect height, so they worked great for the kitchen island, and we were able to sell the table on Craigslist. It was a lightly stained wood, and we wanted a solid white, so it would integrate with the room better.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

Look for the big items that are worth your time and list them on Craigslist or find a local Facebook page where you can list stuff that you’re selling. I shop at thrift stores frequently and I am always amazed at how much I see with store tags still on the product. Return Unused Purchases. Babysit or House Sit.

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