Some of you know that I recently started bargain shopping hard core, focusing on getting the most out of my grocery budget and my Christmas gift budget. You cannot imagine how stoked I was when I ran across this deal. I just got $75 in Restaurants.com certificates as gifts and actually MADE 40 cents in the process!

Here's how to do it:

1) sign up ( Read more... )

This year I'm trying to not only buy gifts that friends and family actually want, but stretch my gift dollars as far as possible. To that end, I wanted to alert y'all to the following sites:

Ebates.com
MrRebates.com
BigCrumbs.com

Here's the scoop: sign up at all of these sites and take advantage of whatever the current sign up bonus is (cash back, ( Read more... )

Here's a rundown of my Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Hmmm....must be time for the weekly update. I'm still alive, but also still swamped. Monday and Tuesday were spent shuttling Mom to/from the dentist in W-town where she had some major surgery and taking care of her during the aftermath. She's recovering nicely; the dentist was impressed when we went for her follow-up appointment on Tuesday. Still, ( Read more... )

I kind of forgot about decorating my LJ for Christmas. Fortunately, I popped in over at liztown's place earlier and was reminded that 'tis the season. So, voila!

Taking a moment to remember those who have fought and are fighting to preserve our freedom.