Garage Sale Home Kids Thrift Stores 
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
OCTOBER 15, 2015
Years ago, Mom introduced me to the idea of going to garage sales. People sell the darnedest things at their garage sales. Garage sales take time, you have to hit quite a few before you find the item you want or need. If you are in more of a hurry, find a thrift store instead. My best finds.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Home decor, costumes for the kiddies (and adults!), Once the kids left home, we ended up with zero trick or treaters at our house on a state highway. Once the kids left home, we ended up with zero trick or treaters at our house on a state highway. No kids = no money on candy = no candy wrappers in the landfill.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 16, 2013
I bought a roll in 2011 and have been using it for everything from Christmas wrap to kid crafts to posters to mailing packages every since. Shop garage sales and thrift stores and estate sales. Holiday tins are also bountiful at these sales. Shop the after Christmas sales.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 3, 2014
Fashion changes and new or nearly new clothing gets sold at sales or donated to charity. Home owners get bored and re-decorate or re-vamp their homes. Neighborhood sales are my favorite, and they are prolific in spring and fall. Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
You may not remember all the stuff you had as a kid, but if you are a parent, you are certainly aware how fast stuff gathers around you when kids come into your life! Kids will naturally accumulate stuff, even when they can’t buy it. We leave the nest – move out of Mom and Dad’s well stocked home.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 17, 2013
Dad was a WWII generation kid who grew up on a farm in the Mid-west. At garage sales, are you attracted to those still usable but slightly defective items that no one else wants? Remember when high school kids were required to take shop and/or home economics? Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 23, 2017
In order to fit in, you might want to dress the same way your co workers dress or drive a similar quality car or send the kids to that upscale private school. Once baby comes, we might become major spenders on toys, a new home, a bigger car and more. Included here is peer pressure. Temperament. Time of life.
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