Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 1, 2012

Enlisting Talented Friends Think about it as a DIY project, where it won’t be you who’s doing the work, but your friends. Rent and Borrow Items Instead of having gowns sewn for your bridesmaids, rent them instead. If you have a friend who’s into the baking business, you can ask him or her to make your wedding cake as well.

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Wedding Budgeting Budget Rent 203

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 10, 2013

We rented our son’s alto saxophone while he took lessons in high school. DIY Butterfly Garden Slush Your Way Out of Being Over Budget Take Your Kids on a Money Trip to the Store How to Manage Different Investment Risk Tolerances Between… 2011 Harvest Report. Just search on exchange musical instruments.

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Music Musical Instruments Budgeting Budget 185

Saving Everyday

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

For one-time projects, consider renting. At the time, we didn’t even know you could rent things like this from Home Depot and Lowe’s, but you totally can! At the time, we didn’t even know you could rent things like this from Home Depot and Lowe’s, but you totally can! We literally just did this.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

When we were all settled in, and the weeks after that, we realized how jaded we were in thinking that rent, groceries and utilities would be all we needed. DIY Butterfly Garden Ever wondered what a butterfly garden is? We were flat broke and thankfully my parents helped us out with some of these things.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

DIY Gifts Gifts can be quite expensive. A good way to go about it is to DIY as many of these gifts as you can. For example, your statutory expenditures, such as rent, utilities, and gas, go into one envelope. If not, send that money to your savings account. The painful part is that we can’t avoid them.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 6, 2012

For the first six months that I lived in my new home, I furiously worked to make it my own with various DIY and decorating projects. Related posts: Great Ways To Save Money On Energy Bills At Home How to Save Money on Water Costs 7 Ways to Save Money in Winter Save Money on Rent 10 Money Saving Tips for Your Home.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 21, 2013

Rent a learn-to-dance video at the library and take a laptop to a local park at night. DIY Butterfly Garden Slush Your Way Out of Being Over Budget 10 Ways to Have Frugal Fun with Your Kids on Summer Break Where Will You Be In 5 Years? If you want, invest in a book on the stars and learn to identify some of the constellations.

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Cheap Co-Op Budgeting Budget 213

Fashion Without Guilt

APRIL 12, 2010

And another way in my mind of cutting cost but still having a fabulous day is if you want a beach wedding renting a beach house, big enough to accomodate you and your guests. If you rent a house, that is waterfront you can have the wedding right in your backyard. I do not plan on having a lot of guest at my wedding. Track costs.

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Budgeting Budget Wedding Frugal 49

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! My own kids were born in different time zones, too – one in MN, one in OH.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Real estate Traditional real estate investing involves buying a property and selling it later for a profit, or owning property and collecting rent as a form of fixed income. DIY investors can access many of the investments outlined above by opening a brokerage account. One common way is through real estate investment trusts, or REITs.

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