Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 27, 2011

You can live a much greener life by adopting a couple of green living ideas and adding them to your shopping habits. You no longer have to go to garage sales and flea markets to pick up these items. Organic items can be purchased at a reasonable price if you shop around. 5 Ways to Save Money and the Planet at Work.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Secondhand gear should work just fine and will give your child an opportunity to try the sport out before you invest a lot of money. You can find secondhand sports gear at thrift stores, garage sales, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and sports resale shops, like Play It Again Sports.

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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. Thrift stores are also a great place to shop. Save On Holiday Outings. Christmas in July.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2012

Take time to shop around to figure out what exactly you want done. Take the time to learn any requisite skills, either by reading, learning online or perhaps attending some of the home improvement big box store presentations and skill shops. Garage or estate sales. Thrift shops. Plan ahead. Make it yourself items.

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Marnies Coupon-a-rama

JUNE 21, 2014

We look for ways to save money in other areas of life, too, not just shopping and couponing. First off, we can get our gear for our hobbies at a discount (yeah, this is shopping). Don''t forget garage sales! You have to do some work here, phone calls, online searches,etc. Shop, hike, fish, camp.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

In spite of that, history indicates that sweat shop seamstress positions had a ratio of 20 applicants per position. If you sell sewing machines, you want to be able to demonstrate how they work to your potential customer and probably offer some classes on how to sew to gain added revenue. til 11 P.M til 12 at night”.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Maybe it is just something you found at a sale that doesn’t quite match your decor. Upholstery work is expensive and hard, but if you do tackle it yourself, you can save big bucks. So, I went on some exploratory shopping trips. While working, I found that the previous upholsterer had taken the chair apart.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. I used a shop vac, but any powerful vacuum would work. I know that having someone redo an upholstered piece is expensive, but I now understand why – there is a lot of manual and time-consuming work involved. Ways to save on furniture.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

In “ Back to School Shopping Can Be a Good Finance Lesson For Children ” published on NewsOK, the author suggests that additional lessons can be learned such as: keeping within the budget. shopping for savings by comparing prices, using coupons, coupon codes and other discounts and making sure they are buying the teacher specified items.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 23, 2013

I already had saved up a box full of wine bottles, in hopes of selling them at my next garage sale, so we didn’t have any cash outlay for those. First I photo-shopped the pictures, to change them to black and white and re-size them. Tax on paper $0.78. 2 rolls double sided scotch tape $6.79. Tax on tape $0.64.

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For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

If you need to earn less, this allows you to choose to work less, or work more but retire early. Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Brown bag it to work. You can use the difference in income to pay off debt, save or invest.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

We shop for a new mattress and don’t even try to get the price lowered. Budgeting in the Fun Stuff negotiated a reduction in her cable and internet bills by calling the retention department and saying she would hate to leave but would if she couldn’t work out a cost reduction for the services. off the price.

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Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 30, 2015

Whether you are browsing at a local thrift shop, flea market, garage sale, or just perusing your own garage or basement, we all seem to have an abundance of them! Change the frame up each week displaying new work. 10 Ways to Repurpose Picture Frames. Nothing tells you how special something is like a frame!

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Saving Everyday

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

Coupon FAQ’s – How to Price Match When Shopping for Extra Savings by Two Kids & A Coupon. 8 Budget Fitness Tips – Work Your Body NOT Your Wallet by Thrifty Jinxy. Frugal Tip | Go Shopping As Little As Possible. 5 Tips At Saving Money at a Garage Sale by Pays2Save. by Military Wives Saving.

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Saving Everyday

JANUARY 1, 2015

Coupon FAQ’s – How to Price Match When Shopping for Extra Savings by Two Kids & A Coupon. 8 Budget Fitness Tips – Work Your Body NOT Your Wallet by Thrifty Jinxy. Frugal Tip | Go Shopping As Little As Possible. 5 Tips At Saving Money at a Garage Sale by Pays2Save. by Military Wives Saving.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

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. My husband worked overtime – 10 hours a day and a lot of weekends. I worked a part time job the weekends he wasn’t working.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

You shop to feel better. You shop to release stress, to be someone else, to escape. Send your spouse to do the grocery shopping. When you do need something, shop with a friend that won’t let you go overboard. You have a latte on the way to work every day. Stay away from the stores unless you need something.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

After all, both Mom and Dad had been do-it-yourselfers and had trained me up to work right alongside them. My hairdresser’s new washing machine broke down after just 2 years (I’m working on at least 24 years with my old washer and dryer and they are still going strong!). Moving close to work can be an exercise in futility.

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Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

Also, fresh blueberries at this time too, is on sale for $1 to $2 less, thanks to it being summer in South America. and BOGO at some shops such as Publix). Other Items on Sale: Last-minute cruise deals, discounted gym memberships, end-of-fiscal-year electronics, tax discounts, and secondhand items at garage sales.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. – Consumers used to shop heavily during December in order to reap the great rewards from the retailers. After checking and rechecking and I discover the real cost of eating out!

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JUNE 10, 2013

An example of our ad placed on Craisglist: Willis Pointe Community Yard Sale, Sat. I see many ads on Craigslist that are very vague and just say, "community yard sale". It''s so easy to do and makes shopping easier and less overwhelming for the customer. If I stop by a yard sale and nothing is marked, I usually walk away.

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