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Five Frugal (mostly tiny) Things

The Frugal Girl

You do have to pay $15 for parking in the garage, since it’s in a bigger city, but still, that’s a super good deal. So then when a little, “You’ve made a sale!” Often, the books I am selling are titles I’ve originally bought through eBay, when the library doesn’t come through for me.

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Mt Laurel Public Library Needs Yard Sale Donations

Birmingham Bargain Mom

Clean out your closets and garages and make a run down to Mt Laurel.

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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. You can also find truly interesting pieces at estate sales. There are usually plenty of used engagement rings for sale at reasonable prices. Are you too proud to buy used jewelry? Don’t be! What do you think?

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Live Green and Get More Green in Your Wallet

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now take it one step further: save money on entertainment by checking out your movies at the public library. Nearly every library has expanded their catalog to include a diverse range of media offerings. You’ll learn about current specials – and even the big clearance sales. Shop Online. Rent It Out.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Can’t believe I live here – a lake near my house Because I’ve lived so many different places, I’ve seen first-hand how good use of available resources can really improve overall community experiences, such as community gardens that utilize city-wide composting programs, to libraries, cycling infrastructure.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. And the community resources & infrastructure are still trying to catch up-namely trails/CSA or food salvage/affordable theater/art/farmers markets-things that used to be affordable but have shot up with everything else.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

riding lawn mowers, garage door openers and many, many more things we take for granted today. Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. There were no garage door openers. There was no internet.

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