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How To Save Money At Garage Sales

All You Need to Know About Garage Sales Head down a neighborhood road on any given Saturday in the summer or fall and what will you find? Garage sales up and down the roads, people bringing their goods that they no longer have use for out for others to buy. Ready to try out a morning of garage sales for yourself? Try out some of the tips below to make the most of your morning and score the best deals! Get up EARLY! Even though a few garage sales may start at 8, check for the sales that start at 6 or 7 and get up and get ready for them. There will be fewer people out earlier in the morning so you will have a better selection and get

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Grow Your Own Organic Salad For Dinner Tonight!

It is dinnertime and you want a delicious wholesome salad as the main course. Sometimes it is as easy as heading out to your organic garden and harvesting what you want to eat right then and there. From salad greens to berries, you can grow it all and have it on your kitchen table when you need it. You can grow tonight’s salad organically with these tips. If you are planning your spring garden, you want to think about what you might eat most – salad…and plan accordingly! You can grow tonight’s salad organically with these tips. Organic Plants for the Perfect Salad To really make an impressive statement with your salad, you need a good mix of greens as the base. From organic

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Why I Stopped Clipping Coupons (and How I Am Still Saving Money)

Long-time readers of Moms Need To Know will remember that I used to post a LOT more about grocery and drug store deals. As a matter of fact, that used to be the main focus of this site and was for almost 6 years. These days, I only post about anything coupon-related 2 days a week….on Tuesday when the Sunday Coupon Preview page has been updated and then on Saturday and Sunday morning when the drug and grocery store deals are entered. But I will let you know something – I mostly stopped using coupons about a year ago. I stopped buying multiple copies of the newspaper – some weeks I don’t even buy a Sunday newspaper. I do still work the deals at the

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How to Soothe a Sunburn at Home

‘Tis the season of fun in the sun! Unfortunately, for many, it’s also the season of sunburns. If you’re prone to sunburns like I am, you know exactly what I’m talking about. You know just how uncomfortable and painful a sunburn can be. Although sunscreen should be worn every day to protect your skin from the harmful rays of the sun, none of us are perfect. There will be days when you forget to put on sunscreen or your sunscreen wears out. These are the days that you’ll need to know how to soothe a sunburn. Cool It The first step you need to take when you’re trying to soothe a sunburn is cooling the affected skin. Placing cool washcloths on

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Reusable Products That Save You Money

Chances are, you are like everyone else in the world and do not have a lot of money to spare on things other than bills, so you do what you can to save as much money as possible. To help cut your wasteful spending, here are some products that can be reused more than once, and you will be surprised how much money you will end up saving. #1. Buying a reusable bottle for water. There are statistics concerning plastic bottles that state that there are enough plastic bottles every year to stretch around the planet several times. On average, people use anywhere from 100 to 200 plastic bottles a year, but the percentage of bottles that they recycled is only around 20 to 30.  Plastic bottles that are not recycled

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