Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2013

If you plan to re-organize your closet and drawers, take the opportunity to go through your clothing and sort it into “keep”, “discard” and “donate” piles. Donate the items you no longer want to keep. Trends change over time, and so does our size and our preferences. Take an Inventory of Your Pantry.

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Cleaning Appliances Donation Green And Frugal 221

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 9, 2011

Did you know that Americans dispose more than 700 billion pounds of paper, plastic, glass, wood, food, metal, clothing, electronics, etc. They also cost you less money since you don’t have to purchase them as often. Reuse scrap paper and envelopes. Save and reuse ribbons, tissue paper, gift boxes amd even wrapping paper.

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Reuse Recycle Recycled Recycling 174

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 8, 2016

During her training, she has also been raising money for a local organization called, Vickie’s Angel Foundation. The shop donated a portion of our dinner bill to this charity. These posts will help: How to Save Money on Groceries WITHOUT Using Coupons. 10 Smart Tips to Save Money on Meat. 10 Paper Products to Avoid.

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Leftovers Easter Dinner Daughter 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 2, 2012

Paper, Cans, Cardboard and Bottles Paper, cans and bottles are everyday items that you might be recycling already. You can sell them for cash or for a donation to your favorite charity. 5 Ways to Save Money and the Planet at Work How many of you work in an office? The company is not limited to buying ink cartridges.

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Recycle Recycled Recycling Electronics 187

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

MARCH 27, 2014

Saving money by smart shopping and using frugal ideas. HOW TO SHOP WITHOUT COUPONS and still save money!! "I Here are a few tips I have found: Write everything down on paper that you buy in a week. note of it) Be sure to rotate food items to save on money so you dont. Your small donation helps us find deals for you!

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Saving Money Money Shopping October 45

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2015

All my life I’ve been careful with money, most of the time through necessity, but now just through habit. Help me out, am I being cheap or just smart about money? I save tape and paper and old paint drop sheets. Of course, to protect the glass and window/door hardware you have to tape and paper it.

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Frugal Cheap Clothes Clothing 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2015

Of course there are personal benefits as well – you save money by not buying or by buying used and you save money by not paying sales taxes for a new item. To keep our kitchen trash can clean, we use either a heavy paper bag or a small plastic bag. If you have more time, you can put some wrapping paper around it.

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Reuse Recycle Recycled Recycling 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Using a credit card can help save trees by removing the need to use paper. If you like to use paper statements as hard copy back-ups, see if your bank offers the ability to store back-up copies on your hard drive. Save the paper. Another way to save paper and therefore trees is to set up online bill paying.

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Credit Cards Credit Used Bank 100

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

APRIL 3, 2014

Saving money by smart shopping and using frugal ideas. SPARKLE PAPER TOWELS $.58 Love to get paper towel deals and heres. Love to get paper towel deals and heres. Sparkle Paper Towels 6ct. this is pretty good price for paper towels! Your small donation helps us find deals for you! Starting Out.

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Paper Towels Paper Sparkle October 40

Nicoles Nickels

JANUARY 6, 2012

Check out HealthyEssentials.com to find $190 in money-saving J&J coupons! Description of Product: “After the holidays, everyone is looking to save a little extra money, and also kick their healthy resolutions into full swing! This awesome money-saving coupon booklet has over $190 worth of coupons in it!

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Giveaway Splenda January Band-Aid 111

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

MARCH 27, 2014

Saving money by smart shopping and using frugal ideas. ARM N HAMMER MONEY BACK GUARENTEE!! Print the form for a money-back guarantee on Arm n Hammer Clean Scentsations detergent , up to $9.99. Your small donation helps us find deals for you! WAY AWESOME COUPONS IN PAPER THIS WEEK!! Marnies Coupon-a-ram-a.

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Money Arm and Hammer October December 45

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

JANUARY 23, 2014

Saving money by smart shopping and using frugal ideas. WINDEX TOUCH UP AND WINDEX MONEY BACK GUARENTEE!! If you bought the Windex Touch up deal at Target this week heres an even better bonus: money back!!! If you bought the Windex Touch up deal at Target this week heres an even better bonus: money back!!! Starting Out.

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Windex Money October December 40

Couponing 101

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Sure the people on that show save a ton of money, but how much are they spending to get that savings? 40 years worth of toilet paper? I am also able to donate on a regular basis, even with my relatively small stockpile. Couponing can be a great way to save your family money, and it doesn’t have to be an obsessive hobby!

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Newspaper Bills Family Coupons 96

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Opt out of paper and plastic bags at the grocery stores. By doing this you save money and over 53 million trees and 56 billion gallons of water a year. By switching to recycled toilet paper you can help save 1 million trees a year and 1.35 Instead of paper towels, use clothes and rags for cleaning and spills.

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Making Reuse Recycle Recycled 196

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

MARCH 27, 2014

Saving money by smart shopping and using frugal ideas. TRISCUIT MONEY MAKER AT HOMELAND!! FREE + $1 Money Maker!! Your small donation helps us find deals for you! WAY AWESOME COUPONS IN PAPER THIS WEEK!! Just loving this week's coupons in the paper. Marnies Coupon-a-ram-a. Starting Out. Coupons.com.

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Triscuit Money October December 45

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

MARCH 20, 2014

Saving money by smart shopping and using frugal ideas. 69 each VIVA PAPER TOWEL ROLL AT HOMELAND!! You can pick up one of these paper towels at Homeland. Viva one roll Paper towel. Your small donation helps us find deals for you! WAY AWESOME COUPONS IN PAPER THIS WEEK!! Marnies Coupon-a-ram-a. Starting Out.

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Paper Towels Viva Paper October 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 22, 2014

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. My new rule is to deal with mail as it comes in so there won’t be paper piles. I failed at this with my first round of decluttering.

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Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2011

The stores lure you in with their loss-leader items, like Staples 1 cent and 25 cent deals in Sunday's paper. In Sunday's paper there were great deals on office supplies such as pens, staplers, notebooks, post-its, computer paper among other items. Stock up on supplies for the home office. My girls love to draw and craft.

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Advantage Student Sunday Paper Office 127

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 13, 2011

A percentage of your purchase will then be donated to the group of your choice. Do you really need a paper statement every month, or can you deal with an online paperless type? While you’re in the mood to save a tree or two, consider using your credit or debit card in place of paper checks. Save The Trees.

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Credit Cards Credit Environmental Groups Paperless 165

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Donate $1 or $2 towards the cause. This saves on stamps, paper, fuel, and mail transport which not only is more eco friendly but it also saves your money. Also, be sure to buy recycled products like toilet paper. Or, buy gifts from organizations that donate proceeds to green causes. Every little bit adds up.

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Consumer Recycle Recycled Recycling 124

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 6, 2018

This beginner’s guide to couponing will teach you the basics so you can start saving money with coupons. They will fill out a piece of paper with the item details and price. If you use that 25¢ off toilet paper right away when it’s not on sale you aren’t reaching your saving potential! Get Some Coupons.

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Friends And Family Sale Newspaper Coupons At&T 85

Saving With Shellie

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The rest has been donated to Daddy in the past. Donate - Halloween Candy Buy Back. You can enter your zip code on this website to find a participating dentist in your area that will pay money for your candy. Skittles would make a beautiful rainbow glued onto paper. But, still fun to ‘candy color’ your paper.

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Martha Stewart Log Cabin Kids and Family Health and Beauty 60

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 10, 2013

Busy Bee Kids Crafts has a bunch of ideas, one of which is making paper plate tambourines. Relatives – Great Uncle Joe may still have that trumpet he used to play and might like to donate it to a future generation! It sounds pretty darn good too. For the more sophisticated, try crafting a vegetable instrument or band. Go Frugal'

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Music Musical Instruments Budgeting Budget 185

Saving Cents With Sense

JULY 24, 2013

Take a few easy steps to help yourself stay sane and save money this school season. You will find that many items have such good prices now and you don’t want to have to spend more later, so buy a few extras if the price is right (examples include pencils, paper, erasers, scissors, glue sticks, etc). Make a list of the items you need.

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Simple Shopping Reuse Bulk 90

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2011

Welcome to the 18th edition of the Totally Money Carnival. I am talking about spring cleaning your finances and finding more ways you can save money. FruGal presents Why you SHOULD sweat the small stuff when it comes to money – FruGal. Now on to the rest… Save Money this Spring: #1. Save Money this Spring: #2.

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Saving Money Money Credit Cards Insurance 232

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during the summer break. Place An Ad About a week before your garage sale, you might want to place an ad in the local paper, especially if you are having a large garage sale. You can also list the items on Craigslist or Ebay.

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Garage Sale Garage Sale Canning 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

All my life, others have tried to make me feel guilty about stuff – guilty about not having enough stuff, guilty about not having the right stuff, guilty about having too much stuff, guilty about spending too much money on stuff or not spending enough on stuff, and guilty about throwing stuff away. You donate to suitable charities.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 26, 2012

Teach them how to recycle household items like plastic bottles, aluminum cans, paper, etc. Participate in local food drives and donations and involve your kids in your actions. You can even reward them with extra allowance with the money saved on gasoline and car upkeep.

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Thrifty Recycle Recycled Recycling 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

So, when I realized that our only two payment options — paper cash or plastic cards — come from environmentally dubious materials, I absolutely flipped. Thus, the paper dollar in your wallet is only symbolically valuable. Still, the history of American paper money does little to help us understand cash’s impact on the environment.

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Paper Credit Cards United States Green 100

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 17, 2011

A few years ago, I was just filing papers in my cabinet, but not purging along the way. So much is done electronically now, but there are documents where a paper copy is needed. Keep records permanently for nondeductible contributions to an IRA to prove that you already paid taxes on this money when it is time to withdrawal.

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Home Improvement Taxes Credit Cards Bills 153

Nicoles Nickels

JUNE 21, 2013

Shoppers can also donate to the foundation via the purchase of paper “lemons” at checkout. In 2000, 4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer. Tip: To avoid spatter, start your spray on a paper towel. From 1 p.m. Moore website.

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Paper Towels August July June 77

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2015

But, find one in a high end neighborhood, one where the store sorts through the donations to select only the best. 25 for paper backs and $1 for hardbacks, $2 for DVDs. Board games for Money Camp $4 each. Garage sales take time, you have to hit quite a few before you find the item you want or need. Toys for the grand-kids.

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Garage Sale Garage Finds Sale 100

Saving Everyday

JULY 29, 2011

I can’t tell you how many times a free sample has come in handy, plus you you can always donate or give away what you don’t need! . Free Charmin Extender Toilet Paper Roll. Free Money Saving Tips/Frugal Lifestyle Newsletter. The easiest way to sign up for this many freebies is with a form filler.

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Freebies John Frieda Beech Nut Bath and Body Works 51

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 6, 2018

This beginner’s guide to couponing will teach you the basics so you can start saving money with coupons. They will fill out a piece of paper with the item details and price. If you use that 25¢ off toilet paper right away when it’s not on sale you aren’t reaching your saving potential! Get Some Coupons.

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Friends And Family Sale Newspaper Coupons At&T 40

For the Mommas

JULY 8, 2015

7/11/15 (Publix Children's Miracle Network $5 Donation Sheet) $1/2 Angel Soft Bath Tissue or Sparkle Items, exp. 7/11/15 (Publix Children's Miracle Network $3 Donation Sheet) $0.75/1 1 Angel Soft Bath Tissue or Sparkle Paper Towels (Target Coupon) (exp 07/05/15) STACK WITH $0.55/1 MONEY MAKER. .+]

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Freebies L'Oreal Splenda Zicam 40

Nicoles Nickels

JULY 8, 2011

SavingStar is a program that deals exclusively in eCoupons that can save you a nice amount of money! Once you reach the $5 threshold in your SavingStar account, you can transfer that money to your bank account, deposit it into your PayPal account, trade it for an Amazon egift card, or even donate it to the American Forests Foundation.

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Skinny Cow Toll House Juicy Juice Saving 45

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

How did you get interested in saving money? What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts? We are very blessed that my husband earns enough so that I have been able to stay at home and homeschool–so my “why” in saving money is to balance that out. Maybe four years? Biggest mistake ever.

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Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 180