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Save Money – Make Shoes Last

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Don’t use a hair dryer to dry them out as this can damage the leather. We used to wash our canvas shoes in the washer or the sink with detergent (and then put that liquid white shoe polish on our white ones!). Today’s athletic shoes could also be washed in the washer (with a load of towels) but I never do.

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Until, that is, she went out to the ‘library’ with her book one day, sat on the outdoor privy and got stung on the bottom by a bee! Mom and Dad always pointed out how much better off we were than our neighbors, because we were saving money and building up assets. They did end up with three stories. It was unheated.

St. Louis 176