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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Local ‘Buy Nothing’ Group

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The yoga ball and hand weights you vowed to use daily sit in the corner collecting dust, the workbench your husband received as a gift five years ago remains unopened in its original box, not to mention all the clothes and games your children have outgrown. She recently gifted several reusable container lids. “I

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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Local ‘Buy Nothing’ Group

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The yoga ball and hand weights you vowed to use daily sit in the corner collecting dust, the workbench your husband received as a gift five years ago remains unopened in its original box, not to mention all the clothes and games your children have outgrown. She recently gifted several reusable container lids. “I

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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

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My suitcase was packed, my traveling clothes all laid out. This trip was part birthday gift, part Christmas escape, part Florida homecoming. My mom tried to help by encouraging me to like stuff that other girls my age liked: clothes, boy bands, teen magazines. My mom shook me awake in the dark. Today we flew back to Florida.

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Top 3 Eco-Friendly Office Products that I Couldn’t Live Without

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While you can definitely use any eco-friendly tumbler or even a mason jar, I absolutely love my BPA free cup that looks like the plastic cups you get at coffee shops. I place a few drops of wild orange or peppermint essential oil on a paper towel or cloth to wipe down my desk every week. Essential Oils. I would love to know!

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Get Organized: Painless Holiday Shopping and Gifting

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Organizing Tips | Organizing Products | Organizing Services Thursday, December 9, 2010 Get Organized: Painless Holiday Shopping and Gifting Have you ever been at a loss as to what gift to buy someone? Theres only one way to take the speculation out of gift-giving, and thats PREPARATION.

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Counting down holiday shopping days: Great customer service needed

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Of course that includes gifts, decorations, and greeting cards which we all like to share as the joys of the season take over our common sense. For many shoppers, the local mall is the venue of choice for holiday gifts. What we don’t like however, are problems with the merchandise or services we purchase.

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2012: My Year in Review

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I will buy more clothing that does not have the prefix “T” in it. I definitely did. This includes care products, subscriptions, alcohol, food and clothing. I will buy gifts for others well in advance of the time they are needed. I definitely did this up until I left Lifehack at the end of October. I flopped here.

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