Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Sure I knew about the ‘White sales’ – the ones stores used to have in January on sheets and towels and such, but I really hadn’t a clue that there is a best time to buy many other things! However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales. Winter clothes. Brand name TVs.

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Buy Buying Consignment Shops TVs 223

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 10, 2013

Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson. Relatives – Great Uncle Joe may still have that trumpet he used to play and might like to donate it to a future generation! Pawn shops – there are even some that specialize in musical instruments.

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Music Musical Instruments Budgeting Budget 185

Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

She has a specific process of tidying up – you go through your various items, save what “sparks joy” and donate, sell and throw the rest away. I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating. Also, if you have any ideas to add let me know.

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Money Making Consignment Shops Garage Sale 60

Couponing 101

JUNE 12, 2019

She has a specific process of tidying up – you go through your various items, save what “sparks joy” and donate, sell and throw the rest away. I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating. Also, if you have any ideas to add let me know.

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Money Making Consignment Shops Garage Sale 55

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Donate good clothing you really can’t use to a non-profit and bank the tax deduction. There have been countless times I have seen nearly new, decorator pieces being sold for pennies on the dollar at garage sales because the homeowner decided to re-decorate. Darn the holes in your socks instead of throwing them out.

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Making Do Making Green And Frugal Friends And Family Sale 219

Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

She has a specific process of tidying up – you go through your various items, save what “sparks joy” and donate, sell and throw the rest away. I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating. Also, if you have any ideas to add let me know.

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Money Consignment Shops Garage Sale Office Supplies 40

Couponing 101

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Sales come in cycles and you should definitely buy a few months worth of the items your family will use or eat, but there’s no need to buy more than that. Then when your favorite pasta goes on sale, you buy more than one box because you have multiple coupons. 40 years worth of toilet paper? That is just not realistic to me.

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Newspaper Bills Family Coupons 96

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes. You donate to suitable charities. Maybe you put it at the curb, hoping someone will take it and use it – or you sell it at a garage sale or some other used stuff venue.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 18, 2012

We don't have a pantry closet, so I use several cupboards in my kitchen for food storage and some shelves in my garage for any overflow. Because of my lack of space, I am more of a ‘shop as I need’ kind of person and I use the sales flyers to plan a week’s menu. I don't keep a large stockpile, because of my lack of storage space.

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Koupon Karen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Consider hosting a garage sale or listing items online to sell. For items you decide to donate, research local charities or organizations that can benefit from them, ensuring your unwanted items help others. Not only does this lighten your load, but it can also provide extra funds to help with moving expenses.

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Home Tucson Furniture Friends And Family Sale 52

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 22, 2014

I took at least three trunks full of “stuff” to Goodwill, I had a garage sale, and I sold things online. If you buy your child a new doll, make sure that you donate or sell another one of her toys or you’ll end up with a toy room filled with toys your children don’t play with. Boy, did I declutter.

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Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Nicoles Nickels

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I keep a closet in the garage with gifts that I wasn’t so into. In order to avoid this potential faux paus, look to other ways to “re-gift” which could be selling the item at a yard sale, returning it to the store for store credit to get something you like better, or even to re-sell the gift! Is that the question?

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Gifts McDonalds Garage Credit 63

Saving Cents With Sense

JUNE 13, 2013

Check out some thrift stores, vintage stores, flea markets, and garage sales. Pick out your desired paint color at the hardware store and ask the sales person what you will need to paint a room. Sometimes, fabric stores will have sales on remnants up to three yards, which is ideal for upholstering a stool or side chair.

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Saving Money Money Home Furniture 89

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 10, 2011

If you happen to have an extensive library of DVD’s at home, consider donating them to the library so others can live a little bit thriftier as well. You’ll learn about current specials – and even the big clearance sales. Rent It Out.

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Green Rent Library Green And Frugal 185

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

learning to give by having them donate last years clothing. I love to shop garage sales. In “ Back to School Shopping Can Be a Good Finance Lesson For Children ” published on NewsOK, the author suggests that additional lessons can be learned such as: keeping within the budget. using what they already have. Get Social.

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College Money Personal Finance Student 192

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We had to sell it less than 3 years after buying it, and between that and the market timing (bought in 2009, sold in 2012), we were lucky to come out of the whole situation with our original mortgage paid off completely by the sale! Hosting garage sales & reselling items. What’s one thing you splurge on?

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 192

Coupons Do Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Free photo package with a donation to Toys for Tots. Get in line; the sale only lasts 5 hours.). BOGO ornament sale. BOGO toy sale. BOGO candy sale. BOGO free on various items from floor mats to flashlights and garage stools. From every major retailer in the U.S.: Happy Freebie Black Friday.

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Gift Cards Freebies Fridays Shopping 113

Coupons Do Work

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Free photo package with a donation to Toys for Tots. Get in line; the sale only lasts 5 hours.). BOGO ornament sale. BOGO toy sale. BOGO candy sale. BOGO free on various items from floor mats to flashlights and garage stools. From every major retailer in the U.S.: Happy Freebie Black Friday.

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