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. I look for the neighborhood sales, which are usually either in spring or fall.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 3, 2014
Another benefit is that I am cutting the governments out of the loop – there no sales taxes on used stuff (except big things of course, like boats or cars). Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales. I’ve seen similar ones (Razors) for sale for $40 new.
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The Frugal Girl
JANUARY 29, 2024
Living in NW Arkansas is Walmart headquarters land. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. I do try to do special things for myself & kids as possible (new to us book, sweet treat, adventures on the cheap, etc) in addition to choosing gratitude (Thankful Thursday anyone?
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 23, 2015
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. I will probably use an old garage sale board game as the base, and just glue the printed game mat to it.
Marnies Coupon-a-rama
JUNE 21, 2014
And it''s usually slightly better stuff than what we find at Walmart or Target. Don''t forget garage sales! First off, we can get our gear for our hobbies at a discount (yeah, this is shopping). Places like Academy sell outdoor equipment at a huge discount.
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. Luckily, a last minute trip to Walmart yielded 3 huge bunches of silk daffodil’s that I was able to cut apart to have 3 blooms in each bottle.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Along the way, on one of my garage sale shopping expeditions, I stumbled across a matched pair of wing backs (non-reclining) for $20 each. I found some at Walmart for less than $2 a package. I snapped them up, thinking maybe I could just switch out the old chairs for these newer, nicer looking ones.
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