Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

One of the fastest growing types of business is the consignment store. Consignment stores are growing in popularity because more and more people see them as a way to live within their means and still have nice things. Most of the time, the store brand is a $.20 50 cheaper, and it can actually be several dollars cheaper.

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Frugal Luxuries

AUGUST 27, 2014

You may also call it by other names such as prudence, spariness and thrift. Without it, you may be tossed upon the waves of circumstance, at the mercy of your unorganized whims." ~~~~~~ [link] ~~~~~~ THRIFT BOOKS A Frugal Reader''s Dream Realized! (An My favorite online bookstore is Thrift Books. Frugality. To quote their site.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 9, 2024

Our two goats I’m planning to milk next year We also have a big garden, fruit trees, a medicinal herb garden and grow some cut flowers. For example, we’re very accustomed to buying anything we can second-hand at thrift stores, Craigslist, or Facebook Marketplace. We also have three cats!

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Motherhood Moments

MARCH 4, 2023

Instead, you may want to check out thrift stores or buy classic, high-quality items that will last longer. The earlier you start building up your nest fund, the more time you have to grow your money through compound interest. Rather, it's about making choices that align with your values.

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JUNE 11, 2019

Babies grow quickly, so you might find perfectly good baby clothes that were barely used at a thrift shop. Plus, some recalled car seats might slip through into thrift stores. Shop Secondhand. While shopping secondhand can be a great way to save, don’t skimp when safety is on the line.

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Couponing 101

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Luckily, with remote work and work-from-home jobs growing so rapidly these days, there are plenty of great side hustles for stay-at-home parents. If you love watching your child learn and grow, you might also enjoy teaching others! Sure, you may be saving on daycare costs, but sometimes it would be nice to bring in a little extra cash.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 19, 2014

Babies grow so quickly that their babies only wore some outfits for a time or two before they outgrew them, so the clothes looked like new. They argue that the children will be teased as they grow up and will feel unloved because their parents got them homemade gifts rather than buying them new. We Love to Spend Money on Our Children.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to Shop for Furniture at Thrift Stores Thrift stores are for more than just clothing, and they are great places to find used furniture for cheap. Cutting Costs and Buying Used Clothes Buying used clothes can be a great way to save money, especially if you have rapidly growing children.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 26, 2016

Choose Thrift First. I have made a pact with myself that if I don’t already own something that I need, I will either: make do with what I have, find said item at a thrift store, borrow, or forget about it. So those new boots I want will have to wait, and besides I have two pairs that will get me through another winter.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 18, 2016

They are always growing out of clothes and shoes, and it feels like your clothing money is quickly siphoned away. Thrift Shopping. With your wardrobe in mind, start with thrift stores. Thrift stores are not the dusty, smelly places of the past. It can be tough to dress yourself on a budget when you have children.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2013

Growing up, my re-used T-shirts as dust rags and other cleaning supplies. Before you get rid of items that are still in usable condition, consider trying to sell them, or give them to a thrift store. You won’t need to make as many trips to the store if you make it a point to maintain what you already have. You can do the same.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2017

As baby grows, we might turn back into fiendish savers – trying to get that retirement fund or college fund built up. As a young mom, I saved like mad – going to garage sales, thrift stores and accepting hand me downs on toys and clothing. The things that give us pleasure vary by temperament. Time of life.

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Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

AUGUST 1, 2011

These are the Coach bags I remember growing up and while the brand has evolved over the last decade I can’t help but be excited to see them doing what they do best again–making gorgeous, timeless bags that last forever.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I cut down a small cedar tree (which grow like weeds on our 6 acres) each year, put it in a tree stand on the porch and put white twinkle lights on it. We live on the edge of the prairie and prairie grasses grow well here. Thrift stores are also a great place to shop. Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 26, 2012

We as parents are usually the first and primary source of their learned behavior, even as they grow into their teenage years. Make it be known that that that there is nothing wrong in purchasing second-hand items from thrift stores, yard sales, or via classified ads or even online via places like eBay or Craigslist.

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The Bargain Hunter Extraordinaire

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Growing up in New England where Winter seems to go on forever, I learned a long time ago that sometimes when Spring won't come to you; you have to go to it. To finish the look, I wore my double tan belt, my new mesh peep-toe shoes I got for $12 at Forever 21, and these Sweetheart jeans I thrifted over the summer for $4. Total: $43.50

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The Bargain Hunter Extraordinaire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

not so much when I was younger, but you grow up and realize how amazing it really is.) My Outfit: Striped Cardigan: Forever 21 $15 Dress: Gift Belt: Taken from another skirt Boots: Thrifted $11 Headband: Forever 21 $2.50 Bracelet: Thrifted $4 Total: $32.50. My twin brother (oh yeah I should let you know.

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Saving Everyday

DECEMBER 13, 2016

If you’re a new or expecting parent without a lot of extra cash, here are a few tips: Babies grow FAST. You don’t need to spend a lot on clothing, so consider shopping at thrift stores, yard sales, and even buy/sell groups online. But the truth is, you don’t need a lot of those things. You just don’t.

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Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 8, 2013

Kids grow out of them so fast that buying them new really is a waste. You can find lightly used clothes and toys at garage sales or thrift stores to save as much as 90 percent off retail, according to LivingOnADime.com, a site dedicated to frugal living.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 7, 2011

I have dreams, aspirations and delusions that I'm going to grow annual flowers and some vegetables from seed. I actually felt good on my run this morning, but as I was plodding along, I stopped dead in my tracks in front of a neighbor's trash heap. I have been wanting one of these hobby greenhouses.

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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. You can’t keep it all, but some of it reminds you of the good times you had growing up and you can’t bear to get rid of it.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. My daybed mattresses were previously used by a young girl, in her growing up bedroom, then stored by the parents for years. But there are ways to save – consider used furniture. Ways to save on furniture. The sun bakes out. They smelled musty and perfumy.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 5, 2015

If not, go to a local thrift store or go online on eBay/Craigslist and get yourself one. Old 1-liter Gatorade bottles are light, sturdy and do the job extremely well. Borrow or buy a used tent. If you have a friend or family member that has a tent you could borrow, ask if you could borrow it.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JULY 10, 2013

Thrift stores and consignment stores are a great resource for polos, dress shirts, khakis or long pants. As your child grows, you can let out the hem rather than buy new pants. You’ll find that retailers put uniforms on sale often around back to school time, so make sure you use a coupon with a sale to maximize your savings.

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The Bargain Hunter Extraordinaire

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Skinny jeans, kid's blue oxford, beige grandma sweater I thrifted from Savers, and my new cage black boots for $10 at Wet Seal. Have you see the Cape she made from a thrifted wool skirt? When I was little, I wanted to grow up to be Vanna White. Ah um.excuse me, boyfriend. hint hint! ;) 11. Last thing you did? Fantastic!!

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

things on Buy Nothing first and then thrift stores or Facebook marketplace, so I found a good play kitchen on marketplace when my little wanted one. Growing up a meal was a starch, lots of meat, and a vegetable, and we wouldn’t do something like, have pasta with marina and Thai chicken on the side because they didn’t “go together.”

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

Choose Thrift First. While I love thrift stores, I can be easily swayed to run into Target, TJ Maxx, and/or Kohl’s when I feel like I need something. I’m curious to see how much we can save and also how creative we can get by making do with what we already own or looking for things at a thrift store. Plan our Spending.

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Frugal Luxuries

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Tip : Just remember that if you decide to go the direct-to-lumber planter method, do not use pre-treated lumber as it contains harmful toxins that can kill your plants before they have a chance to grow.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

We also grow a large garden & lots of flowers, fruit trees & a 100-year-old grapevine. Electronics/beauty products/new furniture or household items (I’m using things left by my grandparents & living in their house, have done some changes & repairs but free/thrift is excellent).

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

My growing teen and tween gobble everything up as soon as I walk in the door with grocery bags. I want to find some snack ideas for active and growing athletes. Pick just one budget category to really focus on in March and see how much you can reduce the spending. In my case, I will continue to focus on groceries. 5 – Find Extra Cash.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 7, 2014

While I was growing up, my family didn’t have much money. We got our clothes as hand me down from older cousins or from thrift stores. My dad worked first as a meat cutter and then at a factory. During the recession in the ’80s, he was unemployed for nearly 2.5 My mom was an at home day care provider.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

We find that this gives our kids (and ourselves) a chance to experience new stuff without necessarily having to buy the stuff at a regular store or thrift store. It’s like having a yard sale or visiting a thrift store but in the form of a barter trade where no extra cash is exchanged. Do you get what I mean?

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Frugal Luxuries

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

You may call it by other names such as prudence , sparingnes s and thrift , whatever your choice may be it always means the unwillingness to squander goods and spend money unnecessarily. Mike and I saved $100 by heavily trimming the climbing rose bush and Morning Glories growing on our Pergola. Frugality.

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For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Any mom knows that kids get sick of toys and grow out of clothes pretty darn quickly. You aren’t limited to just thrift stores. Not only will this make your life easier as a mom, but they will grow up to be adults who are smart about savings and less likely to fall into serious debt.

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