Sell Your Stuff

Most people probably already know about Ebay, Amazon, Freecycle, Garage sale sights, and Craigslist, but there is a whole world out there of other sites to help you get rid of your clutter and fatten your wallet.

One such site is Gazelle. They give you money for selling your old gadgets including video games, cameras, cell phones, mp3 players, etc....the list just goes on and on. The best part is that they even pay shipping for your items. It doesn't get much better than that. If you're anything like me, you have a host of items sitting around that you're never going to use again. It's spring and it's a great time to clean up, make money, and start a new season right. I know I can't wait to make a little space and money!
Get Cash For Your Gadgets at gazelle.com!


If you have any books lying around collecting dust, there are also many ways to get rid of those as well. First, I would suggest donation if you have a worthy cause. I absolutely believe in supporting and helping others. Also, there are book swap groups you can join on and offline which is a great way to get to read some new books. Third, you could sell them. There are several sites online that will buy your books from you. One such site that I highly recommend is Cash 4 Books. They give a portion of they're profits to fund classroom projects on DonorsChoose.org What a great way to make a little extra cash, clear some clutter, and help a worthy cause. They even offer a 3% bonus if you receive your payments via paypal and they pay your shipping too. What are waiting for?

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Thrifty Thursday: Ten Ways to Reuse Newspapers

I'm sure that many of you probably do recycle or reuse your newspapers, but I wanted to share a few of my favorite "re" uses anyway.

The most common use here for newspaper is probably to assist in starting a fire in the fireplace. The kids love to crumple it up and give it to Daddy one piece at a time. Then they want to make smores!

The second most common use here is to catch messes. While I feel this probably isn't the best way we could reuse the paper, it gets the job done. We have lots of messes with three kids and two cats.

The third most common use here is as wrapping paper. I like to take out the funnies (otherwise known as comics) and use them to wrap gifts for birthday parties and such. It's a great way to make a gift look cute and save some money at the same time. Why kill another tree for overpriced wrapping paper when you can use the funnies for free?

We have used quite a bit of paper to wrap our dishes. Since we seem to move once a year, that's a lot of paper.

I know that some people use it to wash windows. I usually end up using coffee filters or a rag. My windows probably don't sparkle like the neighbors'.

Though I've never tried it, I understand that wrapping an avocado in newspaper helps to speed the ripening process.

You can also stick newspaper in your wet shoes to help them dry out overnight.

It can be used to kneel on out in your garden.

Apparently, you can also make a newspaper gift bag.

You could always donate it to the local animal shelter or rescue.

If none of those appeal to you, please recyle it at the recycling center....save the trees!!!

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