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Five Frugal Things | I fixed it, Officer!

The Frugal Girl

I wore an even worse pair of mismatched socks You know how if one sock sprouts a hole, I save the other one and “match” it with another solo sock? I tried a thrift store first, but came up dry. I will wear them with a top I already have and shoes I already have. But this pair is way worse. Then I went to T.J.

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Cutting Costs and Buying Used Clothes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Buying used clothes can be a great way to save money, especially if you have rapidly growing children. You can defray some of your clothing costs by shopping for deals at used clothing stores or thrift stores. Even if you do not have any growing children, buying clothing at thrift stores is a great way to cut costs.

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How We Frugal-ed in November 2020

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While I like to shop at thrift stores, I have a hard time finding TALL length jeans for my 5’10 frame and I was in need of new jeans. At first, I thought my eyes were deceiving me, so I marched right into the DSW to see what shoes I could find around $49. I found a really cute pair of TOMS shoes marked down to $49.99.

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Put Your Budget on a Diet: Saving Money by Living Medium

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When you are spending more than you actually make a month, you need to downsize your appetite, your desire for flashy clothes, your shoe collection, your car collection, and your attitude. That is $100 a week you can be saving in order to book that trip to Scotland. If you don’t have the money on hand to spend, you don’t spend it.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

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Back in 2013, I had a year-long series, Christmas Savings Club , to encourage everyone to set aside money each month for the holidays. However, there’s always stuff to sell, like outgrown, but good clothing, shoes, toys, household goods, etc. Many stores will at least give you a store credit if you don’t have your receipt.

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Choose Thrift First Challenge – March Meeting

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But I also found success at a thrift store. At that time, I had not reviewed my own spring clothing and I have plenty of time to go back to Target if I can’t find something suitable (and cute) at the thrift store. You’ll save yourself so much money. I found spring and summer tops, dresses and pajamas.

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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

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In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. While I love thrift stores, I can be easily swayed to run into Target or Kohl’s when I’m in that part of town. Can I find what I need at a second hand or thrift store? Thrifting'

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