This is company I have never used before. In my excitement to save 2% on a number of companies I chose to go through ebates.com. I have done this in the past with Hotwire.com and it worked so perfectly, so I was not worried at all about doing this again. I found the best deal [...]
Pride Cometh Before a FAIL
March 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
I pride myself in giving pretty creative gifts. As you can see HERE I like to make the whole thing, including the bag, part of the gift. Today was almost the same challenge as always, the only difference is I needed to buy a baby gift. My kids are teenagers, and all my friends have [...]
What Just Happened?
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Seriously how do these things always seem to happen to me? Does anyone else have as many issues as I do at the registers? I am not mad or frustrated, I just have to laugh because the most illogical solutions are given to me nearly every time. And every time I walk away ask, what [...]
FREE Stuff – FAIL
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Careful what you request for FREE. How on earth did I end up with a T-shirt 3 times my size? If this were the 80′s and my hair were bigger I would be set. I really wanted to blame it on my husband but it was my name only, right there on the package. What [...]
Back At It
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
So last week I was gone for the week. I have worked so hard to really cut back on our food budget and I have worked really hard on a good stockpile so I am able to go into store and get only what I have on my list. Things were going really well, my [...]
Wheaties Fuel vs. Chocolate Cheerios
January 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ok I did a taste test of the 2 new cereals that are out there. I tried the new Wheaties Fuel and I also tried the Chocolate Cheerios. First off I do really like Wheaties and was pretty bummed that these were really nothing like the original Wheaties. But I did think they were OK. [...]
With the economy the way it is, it seems like everyone is cutting back and trying hard not to spend money aimlessly on things. I think this is great. This is something that many people have needed to do for years now. But with so many blogs out there filled with all types of money saving tips, which I too will share, there comes a point where you feel guilty buying something that you truly want or enjoy, but you need to know, it's ok to splurge every now and then. 
