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Have a Yard Sale | 31 Days to Find $1000

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October 2, By Kristia 2 Comments

Have a Yard Sale | 31 Days to Find $1000

In the month of October, my challenge will be to find $1000.  Mondays thru Saturdays in October, I will have ideas to help you find $1000 too. On Sundays, we’ll meet here to catch our breath, and let everyone know how we’re finding our $1000. Have a Yard Sale Round up that clutter, because October is a great month […]

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Nothing Comes Between Me and My Calvins | Thrifting

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September 19, By Kristia 2 Comments

Nothing Comes Between Me and My Calvins | Thrifting

I’m about to date myself, but I remember the hoopla that happened in the 80’s when a young Brooke Shields was hawking Calvin Klein jeans and said, “do you know what comes between me and my Calvins? nothing.”  The Calvin Klein blue jeans craze quickly ensued, but the jeans were completely out of my parent’s […]

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How to Have Successful Yard Sale: 7 Tips!

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June 10, By Kristia 3 Comments

How to Have Successful Yard Sale: 7 Tips!

Yard sales. People either love them or hate them. I happen to LOVE yard sales. I love going to them and I love having yard sales. If I have a free Saturday morning from April thru September–unfortunately it’s rare–I try to hit a community yard sale. I’m always looking for girls clothing, good books, and clean Tupperware. […]

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Thrifty Finds: Brand Names, Dirt Cheap

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April 17, By Kristia 2 Comments

I stopped by my two favorite thrift stores last week: Salvation Army & Community Aid, a local store. I only go on Wednesdays, because both stores offer an additional 50% off on almost everything. I cleaned out our closets a couple of weekends ago and I found that we are in need of some spring & summer clothes. My oldest daughter has […]

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It Amazes Me What People Throw Away

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June 23, By Kristia 4 Comments

Our trash pick-up day is Wednesday. So most of our neighbors put their trash outside on Tuesday afternoons or evenings. We noticed the neighbor up the street had put a pink and purple tricycle out on the curb with their trash. My 3 year old already has a tricycle, but the girls and I were […]

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Choosing Thrift First: Thinking Ahead

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May 19, By Kristia 7 Comments

I have two daughters and one benefit of having same sex siblings is that my youngest is the beneficiary of a mighty fine wardrobe, season after season. I don’t have that luxury with my oldest daughter. She doesn’t receive any hand-me-downs, so I find myself building her wardrobe at the beginning of every season. I […]

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Changing My Mindset From One of a First Use Consumer to One of Thrift

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October 6, By Kristia 15 Comments

I’m not one for too many gadgets, but I found that I loved my salad spinner. We eat lots of salads and I liked how it spun the greens dry and I found my salads stayed fresh longer. So I was very disappointed a few weeks ago when my salad spinner fell to the floor […]

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The $500 Challenge Update and Mr Linky

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April 22, By Kristia 3 Comments

Today was the first day of our neighborhood’s 3 day yard sale and thankfully the weather was beautiful. I made $70 and most of that were items from this table… …a bunch of knick knacks that will be so much happier in someone else’s home. Seventy dollars isn’t a bad start, but I need to […]

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A Thrifty Mama Comes Clean

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March 18, By Kristia 12 Comments

“Where did you get your daughter’s shoes? The question from another mom caught me off guard as I was in the hallway of the YMCA getting my daughter ready for her dance class. For a split second I almost said, “Target”. For that is the brand of shoe that my daughter was wearing. But that […]

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