Taming the Closet Monster

Written by Cheryl Johnson


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We actually have fun shopping atrepparttar thrift store now. I have even caught a hint of excitement in them from time to time. Maybe my excitement for saving money is rubbing off.

Not! I think it’s justrepparttar 112071 fabulous clothes we find! I knowrepparttar 112072 saving thing will kick in later. That’s what counts, teaching them how to be financially independent in life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Besides visiting your local thrift stores you should check out these other great resources for low cost clothing.

Clothing needs change so often for children. When you consider they grow so rapidly at certain stages in life, it just makes good sense to reduce cost on clothing.

Spending $30-$50 on one pair of jeans is just wasteful. They will only get a few months of wear before they grow out of them or decide they don’t like them anymore!

Yard sales are great resource for anything you might need. It may be a little more time consuming to go this route, butrepparttar 112073 rewards can be great.

If you plan your yard sale trips correctly you can save a lot of time. As you become an experienced yard sale consumer, you will learn where yard sales are frequent in your area.

Combine this information with advertised yard sales inrepparttar 112074 local paper and on roadside signs and organize your trip to minimize your travel time.

You will sometimes find bags of clothes for a great "take all" price. Even if everything isn’t usable you will usually get enough useful clothing to makerepparttar 112075 purchase a good value.

Make surerepparttar 112076 clothes are inrepparttar 112077 right size range or are something they will grow into within a reasonable amount of time. If you haverepparttar 112078 time and purchasing items individually is an option, go throughrepparttar 112079 bag. Purchase only what you know will be useful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Consignment shops are rapidly becoming popular. Not only can you find some bargain purchases here they may be a valuable resource for you to turn your unwanted items into money. You let them do allrepparttar 112080 storing, selling, and paperwork, all you have to do is collect your money! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have a friend who sells all of her unwanted “designer” clothing onrepparttar 112081 E-Bay auction site. I have not ventured to purchase clothing on ebay myself as of yet, but have purchased many other items such as books, movies, and gifts.

Ebay is a great resource for new and pre-owned items, including clothing. Especially if you are geographically limited as far as shopping goes.

Of course there are other auction sites where you might find clothing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In conclusion your best defense against overspending is information.

Inrepparttar 112082 endrepparttar 112083 best value for you is what works best for you. And, what's available to you in your area. Investigate all your options and determine whererepparttar 112084 best value is based on your own needs. Yes, I'm going to say it again! Sorry.

Informed Consumer = More Savings

Happy Savings! Live Debt Free to Be Free. You Deserve It!

Cheryl Johnson is a mother of four helping herself and others become and stay debt free. Publisher of Simple Debt Free Living- A self-help plan, ideas, and resources for debt reduction, personal budgeting, frugal living, and extra income opportunities


Should your Sell your Home yourself?

Written by Sameer S Panjwani


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agent would be entitled to a full commission. This type of listing would also haverepparttar agent put your property onrepparttar 112070 MLS (Multiple Listing Service). The other side to this listing arrangement is that, if you find a buyer yourself, you don’t have to pay any commission to your agent! So,repparttar 112071 answer to yes and no lies in going for an Exclusive Agency Listing. You would be keepingrepparttar 112072 option open of finding a buyer yourself, throughrepparttar 112073 Internet listings of your home, while onrepparttar 112074 other hand, should your listing agent find you a buyer, you would have to payrepparttar 112075 commission but you’re getting your home sold inrepparttar 112076 process.

So where should you advertise and list your home? There are plenty of websites which offer to list your property. Two well-known and frequently visited sites are ChoiceOfHomes.com and ForSaleByOwner.com. I suggest not listing on only one but listing on at least a couple of these sites, if not more. It doesn’t cost much and especially when you considerrepparttar 112077 money you’d save in commissions from finding a buyer through these sources.

Happy Home Selling!

Sameer S Panjwani is the CEO and Founder of ChoiceOfHomes.com - Find Homes for Sale and Apartment Rentals.The website is a useful resource of Home Listings, Articles and Information related to real estate.


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