Saving Cents With Sense

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Do a search for free Halloween printables, print them out, then lay them on top of Halloween themed scrapbook paper. You can then frame the arrangement in a simple orange or black frame (spray paint a dollar store or thrift store frame to get this look) and you have instant art! Get spraying!

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Halloween DIY Frugal Dollar Store 93

Marnies Coupon-a-rama

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

It''s a discount/resale/thrift store connected to Clark''s Wholesale Paints. One amazing deal we saw there: toilet paper $0.25 Outside, it has an old Rexal Drug sign. Besides knit caps and winter gloves for $2.00, they had new tools at huge discounts, used furniture, Route 66 memorabilia, and very good prices on latex paint.

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Memorabilia Thrift Stores Painting Thrifting 40

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 6, 2016

In an effort over the years to save money at the grocery store and reduce our waste, I’ve found reusable alternatives to many paper products that we were using. Examples: Replace paper napkins with cloth napkins. Invest in a silicone baking mat to replace parchment paper. Choose thrift first.

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Saving Money Gift Cards Money Giveaway 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 22, 2013

I always shop for Christmas wrapping paper, gift tags, boxes and really nice ornaments the week after Christmas. Stores also stock up on gift sets with cosmetics for the holidays and may need to move it fast in January. All things Christmas. However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales.

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Buy Buying Consignment Shops TVs 223

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2013

Plus, re-usable cleaning items like sponges and rags reduce your need for paper towels. Before you get rid of items that are still in usable condition, consider trying to sell them, or give them to a thrift store. Whenever you buy new, you are using up resources. You can reduce waste in general when you buy used.

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Re-use Home and Garden Bulk Electronics 278

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 13, 2013

Look at the Local Paper. 5 Ways To Save Money On Moving Expenses Budget and Kid Friendly Fun How to Shop at Thrift Stores for Clothes To Save Money. Ask for a catalogue of events around the region; the booklets are usually free and very helpful. Larger events will usually be featured in the local newspapers. Travel Tips'

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Golf Thrift Stores Green And Frugal Budgeting 200

Saving Cents With Sense

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Place the leaf under a piece of paper and rub over it with the side of a crayon. Find some fall themed scrapbook paper and some colorful leaves. Glue the leaves to the scrapbook paper and press into a picture frame. You can find plenty of frames at your local dollar store or thrift store. Create a leaf bowl.

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Craft Crafts Thrift Stores Art 75

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Thrift store finds. Once you know how many people are participating, write their names on small pieces of paper and place it in a hat or bowl. Start by choosing a theme. Some ideas: New gifts/gift cards. Handmade gifts. Gifts of food/baked goods. Unused items from your home. Set the guidelines: Choose a dollar minimum/limit.

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Games Christmas Gifts Family 100

Saving Cents With Sense

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

50 cents at a thrift store, but you can even grab a 50-100 piece puzzle at the dollar store and it will work great too. Check out your dollar store for lots of options. Use the frame to trace around your brown bag, as you will use the brown paper as the backing for your apple. Puzzle Piece Apple. Picture frame.

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DIY Frugal Green And Frugal Painting 105

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. Do I need it on my work space? Can it be filed or delegated? What is the worst that will happen if I trash it?

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Making Work Occasions Pace 238

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Place An Ad About a week before your garage sale, you might want to place an ad in the local paper, especially if you are having a large garage sale. First, you can consider donating the items to a local shelter or thrift store. In general, larger garage sales attract more people, so enlist your neighbors’ help.

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Garage Sale Garage Sale Canning 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Thrift stores are also a great place to shop. 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

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

One way to track your spending is to log all of your purchases, bills, atm withdrawals, and any outgoing spending on notebook paper at the end of each day. Review our spending daily to understand where your dollars are going. You might find some interesting habits. For a list of budget categories, read: How to Start a Budget.

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March Financial Goals Budget Budgeting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Make another list of things you’ll most likely forget, such as bug spray, matches, garbage bags, toilet paper, etc. If not, go to a local thrift store or go online on eBay/Craigslist and get yourself one. Make a daily meal plan so you’ll know exactly what food to bring and how much. Save on Gas and Transportation.

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Budget Budgeting Family Kids and Family 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 21, 2015

Be willing to sacrifice- there are things we had to do that made us look weird: home school, skip eating out as much with family, doing my own hair & nails, getting a wardrobe from the thrift store and forgoing paper towels. We still look for bargains and shop at thrift stores.

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Debt Debt Free Las Vegas Finance 100

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 27, 2013

Store food in the kitchen or as close to it as possible. Store computer paper next to the printer, store clothing in the room in which you dress. Organize extra foodstuffs by type, with the most current expiration date in the most accessible position. It is just common sense and most of us do it most of the time.

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Organic Organization Home Painting 177

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

The numbers that looked great on paper in the summer of 2012 were, in reality, turning out to be very challenging in 2013. Also to top it off, I had a huge property tax due that month for our office building that was going to be difficult to pay for in light of the circumstances.

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Debt Emergency Fund 2007 2020 130

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. We struggle to get more stuff – without money it can be difficult.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 26, 2012

Teach them how to recycle household items like plastic bottles, aluminum cans, paper, etc. 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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Thrifty Recycle Recycled Recycling 189

Work With What You've Got

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I love vintage, and of course I’d rather buy it myself from the thrift store, but if I must buy from a middle man, Loves Me Not is a great one. She even wraps my items in tissue paper and string, which makes each purchase feel like an event. She has consistently nice dresses in my size, and at very reasonable prices.

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Thrift Stores Thrifting Student Homemade 40

Work With What You've Got

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Nathan and I have long since used magazines as wrapping paper and the face is a collage he made as wrapping paper years ago that I framed. I paid 2 bucks for that at a thrift store. When you walk in, the first thing you see is a distressed black bookcase with shoes and bags. Next to the bookshelf is a rolling rack.*

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Craigslist Lingerie Thrift Stores Ikea 40

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

10 Paper Products to Avoid. There are things we had to do that made us look weird: home school, skip eating out as much with family, doing my own hair & nails, getting a wardrobe from the thrift store and forgoing paper towels. How I Use Pinterest for Meal Planning. 8 Freezer Meal Recipes.

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Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100

Saving Everyday

APRIL 24, 2013

1 Pepperidge Farm Bread or Rolls (in the fresh bread aisle) (Not valid in Pepperidge Farm Thrift Stores) SS 3/24/13 (exp 6/2/2013). 1 Pepperidge Farm Bread or Rolls (in the fresh bread aisle) (Not valid in Pepperidge Farm Thrift Stores) SS 3/24/13 (exp 6/2/2013). Publix Print Paper Towels, 1 ct., at my store.

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Publix 2013 Quaker Ore-Ida 45

Saving Everyday

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

1/2 Arnold’s Sliced Bread Loaves, Any (DND; Not redeemable at Bimbo outlet/thrift stores) exp. off Viva Paper Towels Big Rolls Coupon. $1/1 1/1 Viva Paper Towels, exp. Cottonelle Toilet Paper, 12 rolls $6.99. off Cottonelle Toilet Paper and Flushable Cleansing Cloths Coupon. Final Price = $1.89

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Publix Betty Crocker Pillsbury Campbells 40