Tales from a frugal-centric, fitness-crazed, food lovin' gal.
Posted in Deals on Feb 26th, 2010
Goodwill in Arizona offers 50% off all merchandise (except food & beverages) every other Saturday. You can go here to see a calendar with the exact dates of the 50% off sales. It also looks like students receive a 25% discount with Student ID every Sunday. I must admit, Goodwill came in very handy when I had to stock up [...]
Posted in Deals on Feb 25th, 2010
Right now, when you register for the Jennie-O website, you can print a full product rebate (up to $5 value) for any Jennie-O turkey product. Hurry, as quantities are limited to the first 25,000. I just finished making ~30 turkey burgers this weekend and freezing them for my weekday lunches. Right now I’m stuck on [...]
Okay, so this post might be a tad personal for some! Sorry! Just keepin’ it real! As I may or may not have mentioned before, one of the lovely side effects of my PCOS is hirsutism, or “male-pattern hair growth.” It basically means I’m MO-FO FREAKIN’ HAIRY. There, I said it, for all the world to know. [...]
Posted in Deals on Feb 23rd, 2010
Disney is giving away one million FREE 1-day, 1-theme park tickets to Disneyland® Resort or Walt Disney World® Resort through their "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" promotion. To be eligible, you only have to volunteer a day of service to a participating organization in your community. You can go here to look up [...]
Posted in Life on Feb 22nd, 2010
I want to thank everyone for voting for Mako in my last post! I’ve been majorly swamped lately, so I’m sorry for not following up on the results of the newborn shoot giveaway. While Mako did not win the grand prize, she DID win the $100 gift certificate! Yaaay! She’s already been in contact with [...]
Posted in Life on Feb 8th, 2010
Holly Brimhall, one of my favorite photography bloggers, has opened a newborn studio in Mesa. (I’m warning you, if you have anything close to baby fever, then going to her site will only fuel the fever!! Speaking from experience here!) Because she’s just so dang nice, Holly is giving away a newborn photo session and five digital images, a [...]
Posted in Deals on Feb 8th, 2010
Did you know that admission to the Desert Botanical Garden is FREE on the second Tuesday of each month, from 1:00 PM -8:00 PM? I didn’t! Tomorrow happens to be the 2nd Tuesday of the month, so you could head on over there for free. Usually an adult ticket to DBG is $15, so you could [...]
Posted in Food on Feb 2nd, 2010
*waves!* Hi all! Yes, I’m back from China, and more importantly, I’m back to good health after a week-long encounter with some variant of the Chinese flu. I had to take off an entire week from work when I got back! I was in and out of a fever, hallucinations, and a deathly cough. Yuck. Let [...]
