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Going Out On The Town, Goodwill-Style

May 15, 2013

My husband and I are going to a fancy work reception next week.  I looked through my closet and realized that the only even slightly dressy shoes I owned were a pair of flat sandals, and they pretty casual-looking.  I am not a fan of heels, because I like to be able to walk without [...]

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Frugal Wall Art With Engineering Prints

May 8, 2013

A few months ago, I decided I wanted to blow up some photos for our walls.  I had ordered some poster-size enlargements a few years ago for our living room, and although we love how they look, they definitely weren’t cheap.  This time around, I went looking for a way to get some personalized wall [...]

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Towel Racks On A Budget

April 15, 2013

When we were putting the finishing touches on the new bathroom in our basement, I knew that we needed somewhere to hang towels that were currently in use, as well as a place to store additional towels, since that is now our guest bathroom.  I didn’t know exactly what I wanted in that room, so [...]

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Thrifted Craft Supply Storage

March 29, 2013

Several years ago, when I was very into scrapbooking (ie, before I had kids!), I found this little organizer at a garage sale for a few dollars I brought it home and filled almost all the drawers with all my little crafty doo-dads, and all was well. But as time went by, I started paring [...]

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Thrifted LEGO Storage And An Update On Our Cell Phone Plan

March 13, 2013

When we moved our boys’ toys downstairs to our new playroom, we tried to make sure that everything was organized, easy to find, and easy to put away.  Our older son loves LEGO, and can spend hours building all sort of stuff with it.  His collection is a combination of gifts from Grandma and stuff [...]

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Our Refurbished Two Dollar Night Stand

March 4, 2013

This week’s Bundle of the Week will be perfect for my readers – it’s all about frugality!  Five ebooks for $7.40.  Here’s what you get this week: Become a Frugali$ta in 30 Days by Susan Heid Your Grocery Budget Toolbox by Anne Simpson Advanced Penny Pinching by Tabitha Philen From Debtor to Better by Barry [...]

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Thrift Store Decor

December 28, 2012

My Twitter friend Maria asked if anyone had pictures of thrift store décor finds that they’d like to share.  Since virtually everything in our house came from Goodwill, I went around and snapped a few pictures.  Then I thought they’d make a good blog post too, so here you go… our thrift store décor! I [...]

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Our Repurposed Secondhand Toy Fridge

December 15, 2012

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably remember last year’s felt food project.  A year later, our son still loves the play kitchen and felt food (and has become an excellent helper in the real kitchen too), and his little brother is starting to really enjoy it as well.  That food [...]

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A Frugal Curtain

November 17, 2012

Last night I made a curtain to go between our downstairs bathroom and the under-stairs storage area behind it.  The whole thing cost about three dollars, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. This is an old sheet (leftover from when I bought fabric to make diapers for our first son five years [...]

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Healthy Living ebook Update And More Secondhand Made Easy

November 2, 2012

I’m glad you guys have been enjoying the amazing healthy living ebook sale this week (here’s the link where you can get the whole package for $29).  I’ve been browsing around on the Redmond clay, Earthpaste, and Real Salt sites, and I’m excited about the $21 worth of free gifts from those companies.  Such an [...]

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