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. 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. You move on.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I cut down a small cedar tree (which grow like weeds on our 6 acres) each year, put it in a tree stand on the porch and put white twinkle lights on it. We live on the edge of the prairie and prairie grasses grow well here. They kind of look like the ones for sale at Curious Country Creations. These make nice gifts too.

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Holiday Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Christmas 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

As baby grows, we might turn back into fiendish savers – trying to get that retirement fund or college fund built up. As a young mom, I saved like mad – going to garage sales, thrift stores and accepting hand me downs on toys and clothing. The things that give us pleasure vary by temperament. Time of life.

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Making Recession College 401K 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 13, 2016

Last week I visited a garage sale. I didn’t feel obligated, but did end up buying another package of it at that sale! Just sit through the sales presentation and then take advantage of the ‘free’ advice. Another way sales personnel try to get you to buy is to invest time their time with you.

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Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Daniel is a WordPress plugin developer at grow development and blogs at [link]. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. Daniel is continuing to grow his business. We are Daniel and Amanda Espinoza. We have 3 children who are 7, 5, and 3 in age. She blogs about books at [link].

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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. And then, well, like a weed that just won’t stop growing, the stuff started piling up again. Three years ago, before we moved to our current home, I decluttered. Boy, did I declutter. We loved the feeling.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

Growing up in America in the fifties and sixties, I seldom saw negotiation in action. Although our citizens don’t practice the very visible haggling over every item for sale that I saw on that Mexican vacation, I believe we are seeing a trend toward more price negotiation in the U.S.A. Garage sales – need I say more?

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Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 8, 2013

Kids grow out of them so fast that buying them new really is a waste. You can find lightly used clothes and toys at garage sales or thrift stores to save as much as 90 percent off retail, according to LivingOnADime.com, a site dedicated to frugal living. Here is a rundown of three easy ways to save money, and a lot of it.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 6, 2016

I pick up a lot of them at garage sales for 25 cents to a $1. Digging into this formula investment technique (which is similar to dollar cost averaging), led me to the re-discovery of multiple other types of formulas and techniques which are supposed to help us make our money grow. My copy has a copyright date of 2008.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. Our home furnishings include many cherished family heirlooms, such as an iron bed my folks bought at a sale, or the hand carved bed frame purchased by my great-grandfather. Although upholstery material can be very expensive (think $25+ a yard), you can find it on sale.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 19, 2013

Your baby’s nursery should be a calm, yet stimulating room where your little one can grow, learn and explore. Buy a dated, smooth-gliding rocker at a garage sale for next to nothing and customize it with several yards of fabric and a staple gun. Reupholster Second-Hand Furniture.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Meanwhile you are putting in long hours, continuing education, research and etc to grow it to a sell-able entity. Garage Sale Results Well, the last two weekends of ours have been busy to say the least. We hosted two garage sales in. You must persist in living below your means to stay out of debt and save.

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Making Real Estate Garage Sale Debt 229

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

We also grow a large garden & lots of flowers, fruit trees & a 100-year-old grapevine. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. We have sheep, an old goat, chickens, guineas, dogs & cats. But generally, most things have gone up in cost.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 26, 2014

You can often by these cheap at garage sales. There is a growing trend for “ family cloth ” which is reusable cloth to replace toilet paper. There’s also a growing market for reusable feminine hygiene items including cloth menstrual pads and reusable cups. Or you can make them yourself.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

Here are some items you can find at a steep discount: Bucksome Boomer: 6 Reasons Not to Have a Garage Sale – A garage sale isn’t the most productive way to get rid of your unused items, and you have other, better options to use to get your home organized. krantcents: Budgeting is Easy!

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