Entries from October 2008

October 31, 2008

Our frugal Halloween fun!

We got our Omaha ground steak burgers delivered today! (I still can’t believe I only paid $1.98 for those babies!) In the delivery package was dry ice! We thought, “How perfect is this for Halloween?” We stuck it in the sink with some water and had at it! We had gloves on of course!

This reminds [...]

October 31, 2008

Frugal Friday… how we saved buying cheese!

My hubbie and I are cheese lovers! One of our favorite snacks is cheese and crackers! In our area, the best cheese available is Tillamook cheese from Tillamook, OR. Its amazingly delicious! In an effort to cut back on our consumption of cheese and stretch our grocery budget, I switched to the store brand of [...]

October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween!

Be safe and have fun!

October 30, 2008

Being Thankful… its the little things.

I just love it when little things happen that just brighten my day!
Last night, Nate and I went out to dinner using the last of our Ruby Tuesday gift cards. We normally tip on the debit card, but our waiter messed up the transaction and told us he didn’t want a tip! He said he [...]

October 30, 2008

Repair before you replace! Works for me wednesday…

I love my old Bible. I got is a graduation gift from high school several years ago. My Bible has been to Haiti. Its been to college. Its been used on missions trips, at church camp, and as I planned my wedding vows. I think its beautiful! But I’ll be honest, it is totally and [...]

October 29, 2008

Speaking of giveaways… you could win a dyson!!

Yeah, that’s right a Dyson! I love my Dyson and it works better than I ever thought a vacuum could work! You should all head over to this site and sign up. Some one’s got to win!!
Click HERE!

October 29, 2008

Got a few minutes? Sign up for some amazing giveaways!

Its time for the quarterly bloggy giveaways! There are hundreds of amazing giveaways to enter! I have only made it through the first 50 so far, we’ll see if I get any more! Click HERE to check out all the great giveaways!
Crystal at moneysavingmom.com is also hosting a giveaway post! More fun stuff! I like [...]

October 29, 2008

Craft Tip Tuesday! A sweet fall gift…

I found this in my mailbox at work the other day from the PTA! How cute is this? I thought this would be such a great idea for craft tip Tuesday!

Supplies:
Apple
Caramel dip (You could do this without a package of caramel dip too!)
cellophane
raffia
twig of artificial berries
The ladies from PTA also attached a cute fall poem [...]

October 26, 2008

Frugalness pouring out my ears!

Guess what! I just won a free bag of salad from Dole through their sweepstakes! Woohoo!
Click HERE to try for yourself!
I’m also really excited about this promotion from Target! Send in five of your plastic Target bags, get a reusable tote from Target free! I’m all over this one!
Click HERE for details!
Also, I heard about [...]

October 26, 2008

Super Savings Saturday/Sunday! I Just Love Walgreens!

You know what makes me happy? Well, a lot of things really. But what made me happy this past Friday when I went to Walgreens with a sick husband at home and one of the worst migraines I’ve had in years, I felt great walking out of there with the medicine that we needed and [...]