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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. Check your local Facebook Marketplace for hand weights or rubber plates. Kids’ clothes and baby equipment.

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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. Buy Nothing groups are hyperlocal, and their aim is to create community.

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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. Buy Nothing groups are hyperlocal, and their aim is to create community.

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Amid Convenience Culture, Gen Zers Embrace Boutique Shopping—Here’s Why

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It’s a creative outlet to curate and create these spaces with the opportunities for people to access clothes that are not one of 100 that they go pick out at Macy’s,” Fiorentino says. Johnson adopted a comment-to-shop model of selling using the boutique’s VIP Facebook group. Photo by Jon King. It’s so fun!”.

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What Happened When I Didn’t Complain for 30 Days

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The first day presented a gauntlet of obstacles, from my kids’ finicky eating habits to constant clothing changes, despite preparation well ahead of day one: a bag packed with a healthy lunch, new school supplies in tow and an apple for the teacher. Were we all more content before Facebook invited us to vent all over the walls?

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Love Your Career

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And then in my later teens, I worked at a women’s clothing store. Share the Love Your Career image above on social media (Tag us in your post; Facebook: Office Dynamics, Twitter @OfficeDynamics, Linkedin: Office Dynamics or Joan Burge). Follow Us on Facebook , Linkedin and or Twitter.

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5 Reasons to Attend the Office Holiday Party That You May Not Have Considered

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Your dog ate all your clothes. You won't be in any photos that will be posted on Facebook talking about what a great time was had by everyone. Have you started plotting your excuse to get out of the holiday party yet? You've got malaria. Your great-grandmother is expected to die on the day of the party. This is not a good thing).

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