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*Jingle* All the Way {to the Bank}

November 6, 2012 By: amyswanderingcomment

It is time once again for my popular Jingle series. This is our 4th year!!

I will be sharing some great gift-giving deals with you, but act fast! They are gone in a flash!!

I am putting a new twist on it this year and showing you how to
Spend Less so you can Give More

I really love to give gifts at Christmas, but extravagance is not what the season is about, is it? Hmmm. Now that I think about it, extravagance is exactly what the season is about … God’s over-the-top, best-ever gift to mankind that came wrapped as a newborn baby.

Okay, so let’s try that again. Christmas is about God’s gift to us, not our gifts to each other. Giving gifts is fun, but giving of ourselves is more satisfying.

Our limited budget does not have room for expensive presents AND giving opportunities. I have learned to creatively cut down on the Christmas present spending so that we have extra funds with which to serve others.

Curious? Here are a few of the things I will be sharing:

  • deeply discounted toy & gift deals
  • cheap (or FREE) stocking stuffers
  • inexpensive gifts to make
  • affordable ways to help others

Keep an eye out for the *Jingle*!!

{Click HERE to see all of the past *Jingles*}

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Big Amazon Toy Clearance Sale

August 9, 2012 By: amyswanderingcomment

I have some school stuff in my Amazon cart and decided to do a little Christmas shopping in the toy clearance before I placed my order.

I was surprised to find some really great deals!

Listed below are some of the best deals, but you can view the entire list of Amazon clearance toys.

All in this post qualify for FREE Super Saver Shipping with a purchase of $25 or more. Amazon prices change often, so check before you buy!

Happy Nappers Cow  $24.99  $8.99 

Suds & Style Fairy Dora  $28.99  $8.84

Cars 2 Lights and Sound Mater    $29.99  $9.18

Zoobles Mama & Babies Playset  $24.99  $9.98 

LeapFrog Tag Learn and Love to Read Set (green only) $93.99 $53.72

Captain America w/Spinning Shield  $15.99  $6.08 

Baby Alive Splash-n-Giggle  $22.99  $8.73 

Strawberry Shortcake Berry Sparkling Charms  $24.99  $10.50 

Paper Jamz Pro Mic  $29.99  $8.99

Playskool Poppin’ Park Fill-N-Spill Hippo  $18.99  $8.99 

Liv Doll Spa Playset  $24.99  $7.82

Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Uno  $12.99  $8.00

And Pages More!!!

p.s. I always orders some of these cute Dover bookmarks for back to school. Not on clearance, but cheap!!

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Your Grocery Budget Toolbox *Giveaway*

July 17, 2012 By: amyswandering

Do you ever decide to do a little project around the house, get frustrated when you can’t find all of the tools or supplies, and quit before you ever get started?

(What? That’s just me? Ok, then you’ll have to pretend! 😉 )

The same thing can happen when it comes to eating healthier. You decide to start feeding your family whole foods, go to the store and have a minor stroke over the price of healthy food, and quickly fall back into your old pattern of eating.

Your Grocery Budget Toolbox is going to teach you how to feed your family real food on a real budget!

I used to be a couponing pro, regularly saving 60-85% on my shopping trips. Those savings rapidly declined when we started transitioning to a whole food diet a few years ago. I plan my menu according to the weekly sales, and make the majority of our meals from scratch, but I know our grocery bill could be lower.

I was over-the-top excited when I started reading Your Grocery Budget Toolbox! Anne not only takes you step-by-step through the many ways you can save on healthy food, she also breaks each chapter down into specific details.

Take my favorite chapter for example: Sourcing Healthy Food

A lame ebook would simply list all of the stores that carry inexpensive organic foods. But this is no lame ebook, it is a Toolbox, and it lists exactly which organic items can be found cheapest at each store!

Every chapter is filled with valuable information!

  • Budget (how to make one, what you can afford on your budget, a sample $250/month budget, and more)
  • Price List (what it is, how it helps, how to make one, how to maintain)
  • Sourcing (a comprehensive review of sources – online and brick-and-mortar – for inexpensive healthy food)
  • Once-a-Month Shopping (maximizing your budget by shopping once a month)
  • Price Caps (learn how to set limits for how much you will spend on different items)
  • Coupons (can coupons be effective when shopping for healthy foods?)
  • Do it Yourself Foods (foods you can make yourself and save money)
  • Take it to the Next Level (develop frugal habits that will save you LOTS)
  • Saving Money in the Internet Era (frugal hacks from the modern age of internet and social media)
  • Resources
  • Printables

There are several challenges in the book, and I decided to take the Once-a-Month Shopping Challenge. I know that fewer trips to the store will add up to bigger savings each month.

Here is my best guess of (some of) what my family of 7 eats in a month:

  • eggs – 6 dozen
  • milk – 18 gallons (wowsers)
  • bread – 6 loaves
  • pasta – 6 lbs
  • rice – 2 lbs
  • produce – 20+ lbs
  • flour – 4 lbs
  • sweetener – 2 lbs
  • meat  – 20+ lbs
  • butter – 6 lbs
  • oatmeal – 2 lbs

I will be using several of the challenges in Your Grocery Budget Toolbox over the next month to help me figure out my Once-a-Month Shopping plan.

You can purchase Your Grocery Budget Toolbox for only &4.99!

Even better, order by July 24th and save 20% off with this code: wandering

Feel free to go ahead and buy yours now because you will get a refund if you win the giveaway!!

Giveaway Rules

closed – winner announced on Tuesday!!

(Leave one comment listing everything you completed)

Mandatory: Leave a comment telling whether you are a.) a whole foods wannabe, b.) a whole foods newbie, or c.) a whole foods fanatic

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Turn Your House into a Ho(me)tel

June 6, 2012 By: amyswandering2 Comments

~Originally posted on 7/8/09~

We have decided to take a staycation this year instead of taking a trip. We will be able to do a lot of local activities with the money that would have been spent on gas & lodging. I really want to make some fun memories for my family, so I’ve decided to turn our house into a Ho(me)tel.

Here are some of the fun ideas I want to try:

~ Towel Origami Our towels might be too thick to do this for each child, so I think I will buy a thin white towel & just leave a different animal on the bathroom sink every morning.

~Fold the ends of the toilet paper into a point (each night) or try my hand at toilet paper origami

~ Put a basket of small soaps & shampoo samples in the bathroom

~ Label bedroom doors with hotel numbers

~ Make Do Not Disturb Doorknob Hangers

~ Get breakfast ready the night before with these yummy Bed & Breakfast Recipes

~ Offer a wake-up call to my daughter’s cell phone

~ Check out some DVDs from the library that we haven’t seen, or rent from Redbox

~ Create a mini bar in the bottom drawer of the fridge & stock with small bottles of water & soft drinks

~ Print off menus & flyers for the places we are going & put them in a folder

~ Have stamps & pens on hand – we are going to buy some cheesy tourist postcards from the gift shops & mail them to relatives (especially funny since they all live here too!)

Here are some fun staycation ideas for the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

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That Works for Me! only $4

May 8, 2012 By: amyswanderingcomment

Purchase That Works for Me! on May 8th & 9th for only $4 using the code works4mom

You can read my review HERE

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