Here are two tips to take advantage of garage sales and consignment shops:
1) Clean out all of your closets, and bring anything you have not worn in a year, or that does not fit, to a consignment shop. Kid's clothes sell especially fast. When your clothes have sold, use store credit to buy clothes for your child. I have done this since my son was a baby, and very rarely do I ever have to spend money on clothes for him; the old clothes pay for the new ones.
2) Go garage sale shopping and pick up anything that you see that is in like-new condition, regardless of size, and take it to your consignment shop. I know people who do this for fun and make a few hundred dollars a month in profit! - Submitted by Ashley