Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

Next I made a brown paper hand drawn mat to use as a game board. 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. Play test the game.

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Games Making Garage Sale Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 26, 2012

More often than not, if I tell myself that I’ll remember something instead of writing it down, I’ll forget it and be kicking myself for not putting the idea on paper. 10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during. Organize The List.

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Organic Organization Work From Home Garage Sale 187

Saving Cents With Sense

AUGUST 28, 2013

Check your paper or local events board to see if any kid’s clothing swaps are happening in your area. Hit up fall garage sales. Even in the fall months, garage sales can still be found. Check your local paper or Craigslist for sales in your area advertising children’s clothing. It never hurts to ask! Good luck!

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Clothes Clothing Finds Swap 90

For the Mommas

DECEMBER 3, 2016

When it’s time to put away the wrapping paper and decorations from the holidays, rely on this 66-qt tote to keep your items organized. Latched handles close the lid tightly, allowing you to store this tote in a garage, attic or shed. Hefty 66-Quart Tote with Lid + Free 15-Quart Tote ONLY $9.98. in W x 13.05-in in H x 16.81-in

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Hefty Garage Storage A&W 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Store computer paper next to the printer, store clothing in the room in which you dress. I carried this idea to our garage. Every home has those out of the way, hard to reach places, whether it is the top shelf of a closet, the attic, the basement, a far corner of the garage or the shed outside.

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Organic Organization Home Painting 177

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 15, 2012

I have found that garage sales , flea markets , estate sales or Mom/Grandma’s basement are the best places to score a great deal on used canning jars. You might even luck out and find one listed on Freecycle or in your local paper’s classified ad section. If treated kindly, a canning jar will last for decades.

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Canning Cheap Garage Sale Garage 185

Saving Cents With Sense

AUGUST 8, 2016

Check your paper or local events board to see if any kid’s clothing swaps are happening in your area. Hit up fall garage sales. Even in the fall months, garage sales can still be found. Check your local paper or Craigslist for sales in your area advertising children’s clothing. It never hurts to ask! Good luck!

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Clothes Clothing Swap Garage Sale 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2013

Even re-organizing the garage can leave you with a chill. Each winter, I go through my pantry and make an inventory on a piece of paper, documenting each and every ingredient I have. However, I find that when I start spring cleaning, I am usually surprised by how much work it is. Wipe Down the Walls.

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Cleaning Appliances Donation Organic 221

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We tear down big boxes and lay them on the garage floor in case of oil leaks. Paper clips and rubber bands are corralled into containers and re-used multiple times. Old paper from things such as newspapers, magazines, discards from the printer and etc are used at our house to start fires, make notes and for grocery lists.

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Re-use Used Reuse Amusement Park 235

Saving With Shellie

JANUARY 20, 2014

Office Depot Jumbo Paper Clips (100ct) – $1. Much easier to just grab some for just $1 than try to find the correct box in the garage! Office Depot Ballpoint Pens – $.50. Office Depot Beveled Erasers (3pk) – $1. Office Depot Highlighters (6pk) – $1. I am especially excited about the highlighters.

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Office Garage Frugal Lives Frugal Living 51

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 22, 2013

I always shop for Christmas wrapping paper, gift tags, boxes and really nice ornaments the week after Christmas. However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales. Obviously, anything with decorations related to the holidays will most likely be reduced in price right after Christmas.

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Buy Buying Consignment Shops TVs 223

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 12, 2013

You pick up a piece of paper and ask yourself these questions: Do I need to keep this? I managed to reduce the amount of paper on my desk to a very small pile, I shredded buckets of papers and trashed even more. What about the old refrigerator in the garage you only use when you have a party?

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Making Work Occasions Pace 238

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. Other treasured items we reuse every year include huge a mottled green glass ball ornament from my grandparents, a set of 1950′s angel candle holders from a favorite aunt and two 3 foot tall paper nutcrackers made by my kids in elementary school in the 1980′s.

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Holiday Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Christmas 202

Couponing 101

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

40 years worth of toilet paper? We have an extra shelf in the garage to store our stockpile (I could probably eliminate this too if I were more organized), but everything else is just stored regularly in the pantry or cabinets. There is a myth that there are no coupons for healthy foods and it is simply not true. Realistic Stockpile.

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Newspaper Bills Family Coupons 96

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2011

When my oldest was a baby on a papoose board on my back, I went out delivering neighborhood news and paper ads. I’ve always loved going to sales – garage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter. You need to be the gal going in after the neighborhood garage sales and hauling everything left away – for free.

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Money Making Garage Sale Contest 173

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2015

I save tape and paper and old paint drop sheets. Of course, to protect the glass and window/door hardware you have to tape and paper it. The paper is pretty inexpensive at around $3 a roll. As I was finishing up the sunroom windows and doors yesterday, I carefully removed the paper over the windows and saved it.

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Frugal Cheap Clothes Clothing 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

A seller who wants to advertise a potential rent-to-own deal can still use many traditional realty advertising methods, such as a local paper and real estate websites, to showcase their properties. Do You Know a Millionaire Garage Sale-er? Do you know someone who has tried one? What do you think the pros and cons are?

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Rent Home Real Estate Work 183

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes. When I was newly married (right out of college), I used to sit with my neighbor friend and pour over the paper catalogs that came to dream about all of the neat stuff I wanted to own some day.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 15, 2014

Hold a garage sale together. Lay out a circle with paper place mats – each with a number on it. When the music stops, someone draws one of the numbers (which have been put on slips of paper and into a bucket) and whoever is standing on that numbered mat wins the cake. Let folks walk the circle to the music.

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Grandchildren Building Backyard Inexpensive 191

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 22, 2014

I took at least three trunks full of “stuff” to Goodwill, I had a garage sale, and I sold things online. My new rule is to deal with mail as it comes in so there won’t be paper piles. Unfortunately, this isn’t my first time. Three years ago, before we moved to our current home, I decluttered.

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Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Decorations were usually either home made or paper with the exception of one carved pumpkin. Pillow cases or tiny paper mache jack-o-lantern’s were the treat receptacle of choice. My spouse and I grew up in different St. Louis suburbs but had similar experiences with Halloween.

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Halloween Thrift Stores St. Louis Thrifting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 27, 2011

Buying 1000 rolls of toilet paper in a pack is a whole lot more environmentally friendly than buying 250 packages of those small four packs. You no longer have to go to garage sales and flea markets to pick up these items. Buying in bulk reduces the amount of packaging that is needed for a product. It’s also a whole lot cheaper.

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Saving Money Green Money Bulk 157

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Here is an interesting exercise – get a pen and paper; write down the total square footage of your house and the monthly mortgage or rent amount you pay. Next, figure out how many square feet you have allocated to storage, making sure you remember all closets, spare rooms, garage, basement and attic.

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Saving Money Money Saving Storage 220

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! Designate a fun frame (again you can paint the frame fun colors) to use to display children’s artwork or A+ papers. 10 Ways to Repurpose Picture Frames. A vanity tray!

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Painting Garage Inexpensive Frugal Lives 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 22, 2011

No more forgetting to grab the coupons on your way to the store or wasting time and paper printing coupons out only so the store can throw them away. With PrimoSpot you can enter the address of the place you are planning to go and have it search for on-street parking, garage parking, and bike racks.

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Phones Money Friends And Family Sale Gas 184

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 17, 2012

However, a root cellar can be as simple as a sectioned off part of your basement, a trash can buried in the ground with a bale of straw on top or even a shelf in an unheated room or garage. Try storing potatoes in paper bags. Foods that like cold temperatures (32 to 40 degrees F.) but with less humidity (80 to 90% relative humidity).”

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Advantage Home and Garden Canning Gardening 210

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 12, 2012

He told me to write something down, and take the slip of paper to Lordco to get a part. Oil Changes In your average car, the oil pan is not hard to access, so oil changes are fairly easy to do by yourself, as long as you have a flat driveway or garage and good lighting. My dad told me not to throw in the towel just yet.

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Cars Car DIY Fuel 202

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 4, 2015

What looked like a great idea on paper, was turning out to be very challenging. Today, my husband and I can’t park a car in our garage because it is filled with 5 bikes, 2 scooters, 2 wagons, and a big wheel. Unfortunately things changed rather quickly.

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Goals Debt Renovation Daughter 100

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 7, 2014

Once you find out how many deals are available in spring, you may want to do your spring cleaning just to make room in your home and garage for the new springtime offerings. Don’t forget that the day after the holidays will give you great deals, too, so you can stock up on new decorations, costumes, wrapping paper and more.

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Finds Shopping Home Theater Systems Laptops 85

Saving With Shellie

JANUARY 3, 2013

The promo was slightly different last year and I took advantage of it and bought enough paper towels, toilet paper and laundry detergent to last us months and months. Those things store easily in our garage so it’s easy for me to stock up. 2) Bounty Paper Towels (8ct) - $11.97 Final Price = $4.31

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Charmin Tide Herbal Essence Pampers 55

Nicoles Nickels

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

on the refrigerator, by the garage door) so that your family is reminded of them each day. . • Sit down as a family to focus on how you plan on making 2013 even better than 2012: o Have each family member write down their goals for the coming year. o Hang them in a highly-trafficked area, (i.e.

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2013 Giveaway Family New Year's 111

Saving Everyday

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Start buying at least two papers a week. I do stockpile frozen veggies and they go into a small deep freeze kept in the garage. For all of you who would like to learn how to coupon, and do so “normally”, don’t let this show intimidate you. If you buy more, buy them in even numbers.

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Health and Beauty Garage Saving Money At&T 75

Saving With Shellie

APRIL 5, 2011

While I think the shopping trips featured on the show are a little over-the-top, you can still be Extreme Couponer without having a garage full of salad dressing. Parade Magazine – Occasionally you’ll find a random coupon or two inside Parade Magazine in your Sunday paper. Some people buy their paper at a dollar store.

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Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions Betty Crocker Newspaper Red Plum 96

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. The fabric alone ranged from the $20 mark up through $70 or $80 a yard (54″) – averaging around the $35 a yard mark at the time I looked.

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Sewing Machines Furniture Re-use Arm and Hammer 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

Garage sales – need I say more? Ask for whatever discounts were in the paper; ask for whatever sale prices will go into effect next week, talk to the manager to ask for a volume discount if you are buying multiple expensive dresses and etc. less over at Hen House and the checkout clerk knocked $3.00 off the price. Everything else.

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Haggle Haggling Price Discount 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 26, 2014

Most of us who are 40 and younger grew up with disposable paper items. Do you have paper napkins? Paper towels ? Paper plates and cups? While I grew up using paper napkins and towels, we only used paper plates when we were on a picnic. You can often by these cheap at garage sales. Bathroom Products.

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Saving Money Green Money Paper Towels 242

Nicoles Nickels

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

A must in every garage, laundry room or wherever it is needed. The 69Cb offers: Cross-Cut technology with Fellowes’ Jam Blocker feature , an electronic sensor that measures paper and prevents overfeeding. Raised side rails keep everything in place. Great for homes with small children and pets.

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2012 Gifts Holiday Good Housekeeping 102