The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

Now I’m living on the small acreage that I was raised on (which is now smack dab in the middle of town & 2 miles from work) with my mom & my two kids, 15 & 8. We teamwork together to homeschool-I was homeschooled until nursing school, and I am privileged to be teaching my kids & have my mom assist on the days I work.

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Couponing 101

AUGUST 6, 2019

These savvy methods can help you save money on kids’ sport gear. You can find secondhand sports gear at thrift stores, garage sales, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and sports resale shops, like Play It Again Sports. Teach Your Kids to Take Care of Their Gear. How do you score savings on kids’ sports gear?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 5, 2012

10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during. Do You Know a Millionaire Garage Sale-er? A lot of us frequent garage sales. Where do you hide your valuables? This post was written by Marie.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

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. No kids = no parties or haunted houses = money saved. We do put up decorations (ones I buy at garage sales or thrift stores and reuse each year).

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 3, 2014

However, I’ve decided that kids are big clutter creators. Another source of clutter with kids is gifts that well-meaning friends and relatives give. My husband and I both want our kids to be creative and to use their imaginations. Of course, the kids aren’t the only ones to be blamed.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 3, 2014

Fashion changes and new or nearly new clothing gets sold at sales or donated to charity. For me, going to sales is not just a means to find things I need at rock bottom prices, it is also entertainment. For me, going to sales is not just a means to find things I need at rock bottom prices, it is also entertainment.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 10, 2013

Yard sales. I happen to LOVE yard sales. I love going to them and I love having yard sales. If I have a free Saturday morning from April thru September--unfortunately it''s rare--I try to hit a community yard sale. Every year, we participate in our community''s yard sale. 7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 10, 2013

Performing helps kids learn to conquer fear. Ashely’s husband over at Make It – Love It, made really cool looking cardboard guitars for their kids – much better looking than the shoebox guitars you usually see. Busy Bee Kids Crafts has a bunch of ideas, one of which is making paper plate tambourines. Go Frugal'

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

years with no car (and two small kids!). My own kids were born in different time zones, too – one in MN, one in OH. One of the moves we made, out to Seattle, the only way we could make our budget work AND have me be home with our young kids, was to not own a vehicle at all. Biking in my favorite park Here’s Liz!

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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. But as time wears on, the cats and dogs move on and the kids move out.

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Couponing 101

MAY 29, 2019

But you don’t have to empty your kids’ college funds to keep them decked out in the latest fashions. The good thing about kids growing quickly is that it happens to every child. You can find used children’s clothing at thrift stores, garage sales, or online via Facebook Marketplace or eBay.

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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. Use paper from other sources.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 15, 2014

Today’s grandparents are notorious for spoiling their beloved grand-kids. Today’s grand-kids are notorious for being glued to a screen. Spend less, and pry the kids away from those screens by doing some of these activities to build face time with yours. Hold a garage sale together.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 13, 2016

One of the resources I used with the kids last year in Money Camp to show them how advertisers sell, was a You Tube video called Buy Me That Too: A Kid’s Survival Guide to TV Advertising (Part 1/2). In it, they took apart some kid toy commercials and showed exactly how the various cool effects were created. Presentation.

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For the Mommas

DECEMBER 28, 2016

A lot of parents are going to be happy to find this deal, as are lot of kids! These are $20 more than the regular price, however we have seen some being sold at garage sales for over a $100. Toys R Us has select Hatchimals in-stock priced at $79.99 with FREE Shipping.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2011

At least one of the kids had a great show and tell out of the process while he was in kindergarten. He did win several things, the largest being a bike (medium priced, nothing fancy) which we gave to our youngest kid. I’ve always loved going to sales – garage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 3, 2012

10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during. How to Fall Asleep and Sleep Well I started having trouble sleeping when I was 14. My mom got me valerian root, melatonin, and other natural sleep.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 26, 2012

10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during. Organizing Your Computer A while ago, in class, us students were sitting there waiting for the instructor to boot up his computer.

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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”.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 19, 2014

All those items got plenty of use as all three of my kids used them. Many of the other items I needed like cloth diapers and clothes for the baby in bigger sizes I bought from garage sales. Some people were very angry that these parents didn’t spend money on their kids. We Love to Spend Money on Our Children.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

I’m reading it to my Grand-kids this year in Grandma Rie’s Money Camp and needed an activity to go with it. I keep a roll of heavy paper (which I buy at Home Depot for about $11 for a roll about 2 inches thick and 2 feet wide) to use in wrapping packages, protecting floors during home projects, making garage sale signs and etc.

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Saving Cents With Sense

AUGUST 28, 2013

This is a great way to get rid of clothes your kid has outgrown and get the items you need for less. Use coupons and pair them with sales to help you save. Hit up fall garage sales. Even in the fall months, garage sales can still be found. Can’t find one in your area? Start your own! Check out eBay.

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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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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 26, 2014

In fact, the Duggars of TLC’s Nineteen Kids and Counting use paper plates for every single meal. While I understand that 19 kids can generate a lot of dishes, just think how much waste they generate by using paper plates for every meal. You can often by these cheap at garage sales. Or you can make them yourself.

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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. As a young mom, I saved like mad – going to garage sales, thrift stores and accepting hand me downs on toys and clothing. Included here is peer pressure.

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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. However, since I have three kids, the artwork can pile up quickly. Three years ago, before we moved to our current home, I decluttered. Boy, did I declutter. Now, we save only their best or favorite pieces.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

They kind of look like the ones for sale at Curious Country Creations. Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. You can pick up beautiful decorations, wreaths, linens, trees and more at these sales. These make nice gifts too. Thrift stores are also a great place to shop.

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Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! And if you get your kids involved, not only are the things inside sentimental, the box itself means something too! I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating.

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Couponing 101

JUNE 12, 2019

The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! And if you get your kids involved, not only are the things inside sentimental, the box itself means something too! I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating.

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Saving Cents With Sense

AUGUST 8, 2016

This is a great way to get rid of clothes your kid has outgrown and get the items you need for less. Use coupons and pair them with sales to help you save. Hit up fall garage sales. Even in the fall months, garage sales can still be found. Can’t find one in your area? Start your own! Check out eBay.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 28, 2014

Now, my kids might wear an outfit twice before they wash it, especially if they’ve just worn it indoors. I happened upon some old canning Mason jars at a garage sale, and now we use those for everything–making iced tea in the summer, putting leftover soup in, holding our homemade laundry detergent.

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Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Amanda currently homeschools their three kids. Daniel can work anywhere there is an internet connection and the kids can homeschool anywhere, but we didn’t have the money to buy the plane tickets or book AirBnB apartments. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales.

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Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

What you can save on, what to expect to go on sale, each month, a list of awesome things to stock up on for the entire year ! Also, fresh blueberries at this time too, is on sale for $1 to $2 less, thanks to it being summer in South America. Other Items on Sale: Tea, bedding during Winter White Sales, calendars, discount gift cards.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Peggy: Well, probably some of the same ones being espoused now (maybe our kids did pick up on some of our examples!). We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. I even made the kid’s play dough and finger paint.

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Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! And if you get your kids involved, not only are the things inside sentimental, the box itself means something too! I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

I love to shop garage sales. In our neighborhood folks buy really nice name brand clothing for their kids. I get great, nearly new stuff for my little grand-kids at next to nothing prices. Don’t be afraid to let the grandparents chip in. It’s fun for me and it saves my children shopping time and money.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 5, 2014

Grab your husband, kids, or a friend and begin walking a few times a week. Check out local thrift stores, Craigslist ads, and garage sales for low cost (and sometimes free!) Beginning Exercise without Breaking the Bank. Go for a Walk. It’s a great chance to get outside and catch up.

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