Thrifty Mommy

November 17th, 2008

It Still Hasn’t Sold :(

 
My beautiful home has been on the market for over two months and only two people have come to look at it!  :sigh:  This really stinks!  In the meantime, I’m stuck making payments for the house, insurance (which went up $70), taxes, and utilities.  This really, really stinks!

What’s even worse is that we finally found […]

By Karen -- 11 comments

July 18th, 2008

Top 30 Yard Sale Tips

As I shared earlier this week, we made $2953 at our yard sale last weekend.  Prior to that, the most we had ever made was $580.  I can’t guarantee that you’ll do as well as we have, but here are some tips to help you get started. 
1)  Go through closets, dressers, toys, cupboards, cabinets, bookcases, etc before […]

By Karen -- 3 comments

December 14th, 2007

Frugal Friday 35: Sell Your Stuff

We have all this stuff sitting around my house - clothes the kids have outgrown, toys they no longer play with, things we no longer use.  Yard sales are a ton of work and sometimes bear little reward for their labors.  I do take a lot of clothes and toys to the consignment store, but […]

By Karen -- 9 comments

August 3rd, 2007

Frugal Friday 17: Using Free Classifieds

We all have things in our house that we need to get rid of.  Instead of having a yard sale and underpricing your stuff, or paying to sell it on Ebay, try placing a free online classified ad. 
Craigslist has become a very popular classified website.  Several years ago Ebay bought 25% of Craigslist.  For a […]

By Karen -- 1 comment