For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Plan the most efficient route to save gas and time. Stop using your credit cards. Credit cards make buying too easy and you usually end up buying too much when you use them.

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Frugal Lives Frugal Living Frugal Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 49

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

Since there seems to be so much in the news lately about credit cards- the good ones, the bad ones, the ugly ones, the fee free ones, the reward ones, the secured ones, etc. I figured I would talk about credit cards as today’s theme. Funancials : Should I Cancel My Credit Card? Futures introduction.

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

Garage sales – need I say more? For example, if you are buying gas at the pump, ask before you pump about their cash discount policy – let them know that you know that they pay a 3% or more credit card transaction fee. less over at Hen House and the checkout clerk knocked $3.00 off the price.

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Haggle Haggling Price Discount 202

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.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213