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Save Money: Buy These 7 Items Used

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Garage sales, estate sales, and moving sales are all great places to look for used furniture. If you decide that you want to buy video games and movies in physical format, used can be a great choice. We’ve bought used video games as well. They lasted us several years, including two cross-country moves.

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Do You Save Wrapping? – Thrifty Ways to Wrap Christmas Gifts

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This You Tube video shows you how. Shop garage sales and thrift stores and estate sales. Christmas decorations, wrap, bows and ribbon all are continuous offerings at pretty much every garage sale, thrift store or estate sale I’ve ever shopped. Ask for gift boxes. Make gift tags.

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Wait, Don’t Buy That Yet!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I own a blog and some other websites and have been wanting a new camera to take pictures and videos for them. However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales. These get donated to thrift stores or placed in consignment shops so you might keep checking your local stores for these.

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Beginning Exercise without Breaking the Bank

Saving Cents With Sense

Free Workout Videos. If you’d prefer to do something a little more active fitness videos are a good way to get started. If you have digital cable services, many offer On Demand videos that include fitness workouts. Check out local thrift stores, Craigslist ads, and garage sales for low cost (and sometimes free!)

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7 Side Hustle Ideas for Stay-At-Home Parents

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You can find positions providing video-based lessons or written instruction. You might look for deals at thrift shops, garage sales, auctions, or stores that frequently sell discontinued products (like T.J. If you love watching your child learn and grow, you might also enjoy teaching others! eBay Vendor.

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Beginning Exercise without Breaking the Bank

Saving Cents With Sense

Free Workout Videos. If you’d prefer to do something a little more active fitness videos are a good way to get started. If you have digital cable services, many offer On Demand videos that include fitness workouts. Check out local thrift stores, Craigslist ads, and garage sales for low cost (and sometimes free!)

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Used Furniture – Re-purpose, Recycle, Re-use.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. I watched You Tube videos several times before attempting mine. Whether you are just starting out; wanting to freshen up your own older items; or furnishing a second home, furniture buying can make a big dent in your budget. Ways to save on furniture.

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