Once again, Goodwill Industries and The Bon-Ton Stores have joined together for the semi-annual Bon-Ton Goodwill Sale. This spring that sale takes place March 13–30, 2013. Find out how your Goodwill donations can help you secure discounts at Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's or Younkers stores
Tomorrow, September 28th is the last day you can donate clothes to help the Goodwill “A Million Acts of Goodwill” and earn coupons at the Bon-Ton Family of Stores (see below for a list of participating stores).
Check out this MSNBC story on how frugal shoppers and their shopping at places like Goodwill have become a badge of honor in our down economic times. I know that whenever I can, I hit up my local Goodwill. And when I travel, I always search out the nearest Goodwill–especially if it’s in a college town. Those are the ones where you can find the best stuff that college students have left behind! Just last night I opened a pair of turquoise blue tights that we’d picked up at Goodwill in Portland, Maine two years ago. My daughter wore...
A few weeks ago I got a package from The Savers stores’ PR team with a Snooki wig in it. Well, actually it said “Jersey Shore Girl,” but one look at that “bump” in the hair and you knew exactly which Jersey Shore girl this was. (My daughter had fun trying on the wig with her friends, taking pictures and posting them on Facebook. However, none of them actually wanted to use that wig as part of their Halloween costume.) Seems that this gal from “Jersey Shore” is supposed to be one of the hot costumes for Halloween 2010,...
Martin Luther King Monday has become a day of service in many parts of America. This national holiday, which honors the civil rights’ leader’s birthday and is held each year on the third Monday of January, usually means a day off for school children and workers alike, giving them a chance to give back in one way or another. If you haven’t signed up to help a good cause today, here’s one way you can help: make today the day that you bring donations to your local church thrift store or soup pantry, or good causes with retail locations,...
Right about now we’re getting ready to finish cleaning up from the holidays. Maybe you are, too–if you haven’t already. As you begin to collect your trash or put away your decorations, why not take a few minutes and think about stuff you used in 2009 that you can reuse in 2010? Not only will this keep you green, but it will save you green, too. Here are some ways you can do that: Reuse as many gift bags, bows, ribbons and sheets of wrapping paper as possible. Just today we had friends stop by for a post-holiday visit,...
I know that I don’t want to end up in the red after the holiday season is over. I also know that by making greener choices, I might save some green in the process. That’s why I’m giving you a quick refresher course with 6 tips on how having an eco-friendly Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa or general holiday season can add up to some cha-ching for you. 1. Use sustainable gift wrap. My grandmother would be so proud of how I’ve gotten into the habit of saving and re-using holiday wrapping paper. Not only does this cut down on trash,...
Now that we’ve embraced frugal living, I’ve learned to fall in love with thrift-store shopping. It’s a love that I’m passing along to my own daughters, ages 11 and 13, as I wrote about in this back-to-school shopping post. And when I say thrift store, I’m not just talking about a clothing collection in a church basement (though you can find some rare gems there, too). What I’m thinking are consignment shops, resale chains like Plato’s Closet and well-known stores like Goodwill. Recently, I was reading a piece over at the Simple Mom blog on thrift store shopping tips....
For many years my primary income came from writing about weddings. I did this writing for national magazines like Bridal Guide and InStyle Weddings, and also I authored a handful of books on wedding topics. My book titles have ranged from Plan Your Wedding In No Time to The Balanced Bride to Buying and Selling Your Way to a Fabulous Wedding with eBay. My last (to have been published) wedding book is called Tie the Knot on a Shoestring: Its subtitle is “Save big $$ while celebrating your special day in style.” There are two reasons that I’m bringing...
