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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. We do meet every month to go over expenses and needs. When something unexpected comes up we have another budget meeting. It was like selling an asset that has value.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Today, we’re meeting a reader who has managed to live for 2.5 Hosting garage sales & reselling items. Watching Kristin’s nursing school journey finally gave me the push I needed to actually get started on pre-requisites. The post Meet a Reader | Biker Liz appeared first on The Frugal Girl.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

We’re meeting an Arkansas reader today and initially, I thought she was the first one! So I have watched the cost of living skyrocket in the last 20 years but wages haven’t caught up yet. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. Here’s Jennifer. ?

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Repair, Don’t Replace

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At garage sales, are you attracted to those still usable but slightly defective items that no one else wants? Members would learn how to fix the items or watch other volunteers who are handy and know how.”. People gather, with their small items to repair and watch the experts to learn how to do it themselves.

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3 Savvy Ways to Save on Kids’ Sports Gear

Couponing 101

Watching your child get nothing but net may be super exciting. You can find secondhand sports gear at thrift stores, garage sales, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and sports resale shops, like Play It Again Sports. Going to your child’s baseball game may be a fun way to spend an evening.

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Why Did I Buy That!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Last week I visited a garage sale. This is a biggie while you are on vacation (you won’t get back this way, buy it now) or at a sale event (such as a garage sale or estate sale or auction). Do you watch HGTV? They offered a book to be sold only to shareholders at 2015 annual meeting.

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