Swap instead of buy...

One thing that is listed over and over in the "saving money" and "going green" informational articles is swapping. I'll admit, swapping takes effort. There is often a trip to the post office needed, but time is money right? Check out these sites, it may be worth the effort!

Clothes: ThredUp offers a full box of clothing for $5 plus shipping.

Textbooks: used textbooks

books, cd's and more:On swap.com you can: Trade the books you have for the books you want!

• Swap your books for video games, CDs and movies; Instantly see all the books you can receive in trade
• Print perfect postage right from your computer;

GoodReads.com has books; you pay shipping

Swapadvd allows you to get used movies to watch and send to others

Swapvideogames offers games for numerous gaming systems with FREE shipping