Garage Sale Kids Thrifting Used 
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. I love a bargain.
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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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. Buy Used Clothing. 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.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 16, 2013
She also scarfed up any other gift wrap that looked usable, and she stored it carefully away for use the next year. Use paper drop cloth to wrap. 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. Use paper from other sources.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 3, 2014
Are you a ‘buy it new’ snob – one of those people who shudder at the thought of using someone else’s cast off stuff? I swore I’d never buy used junk again… but now I’ve changed my mind. Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales.
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. Go Frugal Go Green'
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 17, 2013
Many of us throw the broken or outdated item out. I used to darn my family’s socks, but now don’t. Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”. Dad was a WWII generation kid who grew up on a farm in the Mid-west. Remember when high school kids were required to take shop and/or home economics?
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