Category Archives: Thriftiness

Yesterday Naked, Today Dressed. Well, Maybe Not So Naked….

May 1, 2010 – 3:38 pm

I must say though, that this has been a productive morning. It is that time of year again when I realize that summer and/or Family Camp are merely weeks away and my children may not or may have nothing whatsoever to wear. Yesterday’s quick perusal of their under-the-bed boxes of clothing-to-grow-into confirmed that at their [...]

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Fall Consignment Sale Events

September 12, 2009 – 6:27 pm

Okay, several people have been asking if I am going to publish a new list, and since the first sale is next weekend it seemed like I should probably get on that. I know I haven’t posted in a couple months, but I’m hoping to get that back together here after I get [...]

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Restaurant Dinner for Eight, $20.59

April 25, 2009 – 8:00 pm

Ha! I love a deal. Tonight we decided to take the kids to their favorite restaurant, HomeTown Buffet, since we’ve been all broke and haven’t taken them out in ages. But you know, I don’t like going out and paying full price, so naturally I started scoping around for coupons.
There was one in my wallet [...]

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Portland Area Kid’s Consignment Event Dates

February 4, 2009 – 12:29 pm

So last fall when I had my what-are-my-kids-going-to-wear flip out, I ended up consigning a bunch of stuff at local consignment events and then buying new stuff at the same.
The payouts for these are much better than consignment stores, averaging between 65% and 80%. For stuff I had floating around that was too ancient [...]

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I Kill, I Conquer, I Come Home Happy!

January 31, 2009 – 10:16 am

Yeah, okay so the men are supposed to be the hunters and blah blah blah. Well, yesterday I conquered the shopping beast and it was awesome!! Brief backstory (stop laughing. I can be brief if I want to!):
Usually I buy the kids clothes for the following year at the end of the previous season because [...]

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