Got Kids? Be Frugal


	Got Kids? Be Frugal

egsnyder

11-1-2008 8:33 AM

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frugal, hand-me-downs, fullcircles, freecycle

egsnyder says:

Lots of good tips for parents here on being frugal.

In Canada, in addition to Freecycle, we also have FULLCIRCLES.org -- a more local, Canadian spin on freecycling.

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