I’m late in posting this so grab it today if you can. I would call the store first before you make a special trip to make sure your store is doing this offer.

Tawra

Hi Tawra,

Have a great weekend!
Christy M

As most of you know I LOVE my Swagbucks. I have been doing this for a couple of months and I just love their rewards program. Every time you search you can earn a few points. They have some great Amazon for just 45 points, Target and Lowe’s gift cards that you can earn too.

If you have a blog, website or a lot friends they have a wonderful referral program where you can earn even more points quicker!

Swagbucks just emailed me this great deal only for our readers. This code is only valid for non SwagBucks.com members and used during registration. The code is worth 2 bucks, and this will be added on top of the three already given at registration (giving the user 5 total to start). The code will expire on Midnight PST THUR. The code is case sensitive and is: LIVINGONADIME

If you haven’t signed up for Swagbucks yet. Go here and use this code to get stated with 2 extra points!!

Tawra

Free Offer: St. Patrick’s Day Crafting 56-page
eBook, Irish for a Day

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Find easy craft ideas for St. Patrick’s Day to
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You can get this eBook free here.

Today’s giveaway is for 2 copies of the book The Duggars: 20 and Counting.

I read this and just loved it!! I have always been fascinated with the Duggars and watched their shows from the premiere show 5 or so years ago.

What I find so interesting is that they are a very peaceful family. They don’t have all the bickering and fighting that the other shows have which is very refreshing.

When I saw the book had come out I was excited to see how they run life on a daily basis and how they are able to finance such a large family in “these hard times” (as the media loves to say:-).

This book shows how a family can thrive if they will just follow the “no debt” policy of frugal living. They didn’t do anything special or inherit a large sum to live financially independent. They worked hard “bought used and saved the rest”.

You can sign up below and we will draw two winners tomorrow for this great book!

Tawra

I wish we had one of these here! Tawra

THE COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF® STEEPS INTO SPRING
WITH COMPLIMENTARY ‘OVER ICE TEA LATTES’ ON MARCH 5

WHO: The Coffee Bean & Tea
Leaf®, the oldest and largest privately-held chain
of specialty coffee and tea stores in the United
States.

WHAT: Celebrates the coming of
spring with a Tea Party at company-owned retail
locations. Tea enthusiasts are invited to attend a
Tea Party at their local The Coffee Bean & Tea
Leaf store and enjoy a free* 12oz Over Ice Tea
Latte prepared with their favorite whole loose
leaf teas, including bold Chai, fruity Pomegranate
Blueberry and aromatic Raspberry Ceylon.

Invented by creative
Coffee Bean team members, Over Ice Tea Lattes are
prepared with whole loose leaf tea freshly
“espressed” through espresso machines, then
infused with vanilla flavor, whisked to perfection
and poured over ice.

WHEN: Thursday, March 5, 2009
2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
* Hours may vary slightly per location. Check
with your local store for more information.

WHERE: The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
All company-owned
locations in California and Arizona

We have a winner for the Penny Pinchin Mama book and it is….
kat1249

If you have a giveaway you would like to share on your blog or website please feel free to link it here. The link must go straight to the giveaway and be family friendly.

Thanks everyone for entering! Tawra

Today’s giveaway is for a copy of our print book

Penny Pinchin’ Mama: 500 ways I lived on $500 a month.

Our Sale of the week this week is 50% off Penny Pinchin’ Mama and Dig Out of Debt Print Books.

We have decided to give one lucky winner a copy of Penny Pinchin’ Mama today. If you order and win we will happily give you a refund if you don’t want two books.

Check out the sale today! Tawra

Sign up below to win a copy, postage paid!! Hurry it’s only for 24 hours and ends at midnight PST. U.S. entries only.

Here are the winners for our Freezer Cooking Made Simple giveaway!
Lysithea

Eileen

Meme

Eva

Cindy

In case you missed it it is a step-by-step guide to making your very own freezer meals at a fraction of the cost frozen meals from the grocery store. You can still buy it here for only $5 until March 2.

To get the discount, you must enter the coupon code FREEZE5 at checkout.

Tawra

If you have a giveaway that you would like to share, please enter it below. The link MUST go directly to the giveaway and be family friendly.

Freezer Cooking Made Simple is a step-by-step guide to making your very own freezer meals at a fraction of the cost frozen meals from the grocery store.

Contest expires Thursday February 26th at midnight! One entry per person. If you have already purchased Freezer Cooking Made Simple, we will give you a refund on your purchase if you win! Your email address is only used to notify you if you win.

Good Luck! Tawra

From: Julianna J.
Thank you so much for all of your great advice, it has been such
a blessing to my husband and myself!  I saw that you were
beginning to collect baby furniture (I think I am due around the
same time as you, June 17) and I wondered if you or any of your
readers knew about the phenomenon called “craig’s list”.  They
don’t have it in all  cities, but here in Virginia they do-its a
website that people can post things for sale (or for free!) on at
usually some really significant bargains.

We have bought nothing for the baby so far, only things we have found off
craig’s list-and all in really nice shape.  Freecycle is another
website that is the same idea, only everything is free.  It is a way
for people to clean out their clutter and help others at the same
time.  Again, you may already know of both of these but if not,
they are real gems!

I get this tip all the time. I agree that these can be good places to find free or inexpensive items you need. I do have a word of caution because I personally hate Freecycle. I won’t use it anymore. After 2 years of being on there off and on I found it to be nothing but a headache.

Most of the people on there were trying to find things more than give them away so it was a bunch of WANT ads.  Secondly a lot of the people on freecyle have an “I deserve it” mentality. Many get down right rude and angry at you if you have already given the item away.

I had one lady chew me out on the phone one time because she couldn’t find a truck to haul an old washer I was giving away and I gave it someone else. I even told her that if I didn’t hear back from her by a certain time that I would do it. She then proceeded to chew me out because I had given “her” washer away to someone else even though it was over 24 hours later than the time I told her to call back.

And last but not least Freecycle can send you hundreds of emails a day. I personally don’t have time to mess with all that email but if you do then it can be a good source for some free items.

Craigslist is a little better. The ad is posted and then when it’s sold the poster is to take the ad off so you don’t waste a lot of time trying to buy things that are already sold. That’s the upside, the downside is that if you post an item for sale on there, there are so many ads now that your post doesn’t get noticed and you can’t re-post it for 2 days. Things just don’t sell as fast as they used to.

So those are the pros and cons. I do use craigslist but I stay away from Freecycle now.

Tawra