Guest Post: Freecycle Frugal Finds

Today’s guest post comes to us courtesy Darcy of Tales From the Nursery!

Before getting pregnant I never worried so much about money. Money would be tight and I wasn’t the most responsible with it, but I didn’t have a child dependent on me. Quickly my husband and I started to take a closer look at our finances and work on them. No longer were we going to fly by the seat of our pants, spending willy nilly.

No, it was time to become financially mature. We had to get more frugal. Since that change, I have found saving to be fun! I can’t even begin to describe the feeling I get when I score a great find!

One thing I did was join my local Freecycle group (go to the main page and look for your area). It’s a great way to give away unused and unwanted items to those who could use them – and it’s all FREE! If you don’t end up liking what you got, or you only like some of the clothes, that’s okay. “Take what you want, Freecycle the rest” meaning you relist it. No selling of Freecycle goods.

Not only is it a frugal resource, it’s a green one too since a lot of the things listed would otherwise end up in a landfill.

I wasn’t sure if I’d receive many baby items, but I have been blessed with several finds: a stash of cloth diapers (still had some life left in them!), a diaper sprayer, baby clothes, and my latest gem – a free exersaucer!

rissa in exersaucer April 2011

Just when I needed it too!

Don’t worry, I give too. We’ve given away a chair, diaper coupons, formula samples, diapers (when I switched to cloth I still had a bunch of disposables), and baby clothes.

Are you a Freecycle member? What kinds of goodies have you discovered?
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About this guest post blogger: Darcy is a part-time work-at-home mother of one entertaining baby girl. She’s been blogging on and off for several years. While the genre and topics may change, her passion has not. Her current passion is writing about parenting, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, and family-friendly products at Tales From the Nursery.

5 Responses to “Guest Post: Freecycle Frugal Finds”

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    Sally says:

    Oh wow! I didn’t know about Freecycle! I looked up my area and there is stuff available! Thanks for the great post, Darcy! Free is SOOO frugal! 🙂

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    Norma says:

    I had heard about Freecycle years ago, but never really looked into it. I am glad to hear that there is so much great stuff to be found through it.

    And that exersaucer is great! My kids loved theirs when they were young.

    I will definitely be heading over to the website to check them out now.

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    Jennifer says:

    I joined freecycle after our baby was born too, problem was a needed a lot and had nothing to give. They wouldn’t let me ask for anythign because I hadn’t given anything so it didn’t work out for me.

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    Yup, I know about all the best free music sites

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