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Looking to Cut Costs? These Are 5 of the Best Items to Buy Used

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While there’s nothing wrong with finding a good deal, you may have felt some shame or embarrassment about not being able to buy things new or digging through the 50¢ bin for school supplies, clothes or toys. Kids’ clothes and baby equipment. Kids always seem to outgrow new clothes before they have a chance to wear them.

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9 Heartwarming Thanksgiving Volunteer Opportunities to Spread Joy and Give Back

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Other types of donation drives include winter clothing and toys to help bring joy to underserved families during the holidays. Give your time to public resources Your local public library, community center and schools are great places to volunteer. You don’t have to donate just food, either.

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Experts Say You Probably Don’t Really Know How to Brainstorm

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There has to be a… library or depository of ideas” that everybody can view. One clothing manufacturer added a square patch of microfiber material on shirttails to use for cleaning eyeglasses or smartphones. Some say letting the boss take part in a face-to-face brainstorming session can stymie the flow of ideas.

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

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Roti, Kapda aur Makaan” (food, clothing and shelter) was the political cry of independent India’s socialism in the 1960s and ’70s (including a Hindi film with the same title). I walked in with two bags of clothes and an open mind, ready for new ideas. A home where the kettle whistled loud and bold when the water was done boiling.

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Turn Clutter into Decor

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This included library books, dirty clothes, dishes I stole from the cafeteria and other rather large objects. Instantly, it looks like you meant it that way! When I was in college, I used to clear the decks after a particularly hectic week by tossing all my clutter into an extra large black trash bag.

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Turn Clutter into Decor

Clutter Coach

This included library books, dirty clothes, dishes I stole from the cafeteria and other rather large objects. Instantly, it looks like you meant it that way! When I was in college, I used to clear the decks after a particularly hectic week by tossing all my clutter into an extra large black trash bag.

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How 30 Days of Kindness Made Me a Better Person

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It’s a warm September day in New York, but he’s sitting under a mountain of ragged bits of clothing, towels and blankets. Sign up to read at a children’s reading hour at the library or local bookstore. I don’t know his name, but his messy, shoulder-length hair hides a pair of hauntingly blue eyes. Leave a large tip for no reason.

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