Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Thought of the Day
Merry Christmas to You!! I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with fun, family and lots of good food.
I will see you back online Monday!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Thrifty Tips to Prepare for Christmas
Katie at Three Blondes and a Redhead has a great post on some pre-Christmas organization tips. Click here to read. I am definitely going to find a few minutes in my busy Christmas Eve to prepare for all of Payton's gifts.
Interesting/Useful/Fun Website
Uexchange.com - Trade Anything, Pay Nothing. U-Exchange is the Largest Free Swap Site on the net that specializes in every type of trade. There are no membership fees, barter currencies or commissions taken on trades. It's Free to contact, post and trade with other members.
This site reminds me of the movie The Holiday with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet. The 2 girls exchange homes for a vacation and there lives completely change.
This site reminds me of the movie The Holiday with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet. The 2 girls exchange homes for a vacation and there lives completely change.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
TASTY TUESDAY - REINDEER COOKIES
I "made" these last night for Payton's play school Christmas party. They are so cute and so easy.
Ingredients:
Nutter Butter Cookies
Pretzels
Icing
Mini M&M's
Tube of White Icing
Use the icing to assemble the cookies as shown in the picture.
I found this in Family Fun magazine.
JCPenny's Trip - Christmas Present to Myself
I received another $10 gift certificate last week. I average about 6 a year and always look forward to what I can find for nothing. I think I did great on this trip.
Regular Price - $23.00
Mark Down Price - $ 11.49
JCP Gift Cert. - ($10.00)
Total OOP (including tax) $ 1.59
Monday, December 22, 2008
THRIFTY CHRISTMAS FUN
Saturday was a fun-filled day that costed us a total of $10. First, we took Payton to see Santa at a specialty store downtown Mount Airy. She was so happy to see him. She went right up to him, crawled in his lap, told him her name and smiled for the camera. I took the picture so it made it free plus I got (4) FREE 8 x 10's from Walgreens using my account and my husbands. There was a craft area for kids so she colored her a picture. Free snacks was also available so she got a cookies and punch before she had to tell Santa bye. Then, we took a wagon ride through the downtown area. She loved that too. Her face just lite up when we took off. Afterwards, Payton got to pet the horses and she was extremely thrilled with that. We had so much and hopefully we have started a new family tradition.
Multi-Use Item - Christmas Garland
Every year I hang garland on my mantle. This year I came up with a new thrifty tip. I needed some napkin rings. I didn't want to buy anything so I started going through some decorations that I did not use this year. I came across some extra garland. This is what I came up with.
I got out my wire cutters and cut a piece of garland off to wrap around the napkin.
AND THE WINNER IS......
The winner of the $10 Papa John's Gift Card is:
#77 - Linda and Greg
Congratulations!! You have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
Stay tuned for another giveaway next week.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
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