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If money for Christmas is tight this year, there are things you can do to ease the burden yet keep the Christmas spirit alive. Set a budget and stick to it. A good way to make sure you stick to it is to use cash. If you leave your checkbook and credit cards at home, you will not spend more than you have. Consider it a chance to be creative, unique and genuine. Christmas on a budget can be the best …
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Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all had a wonderful day full of family, food and fun!! I am so grateful to have my blog as an outlet and a chance to ‘meet’ wonderful people like YOU!!
Now it is BLACK FRIDAY and most people focus on the deals and discounts that are available for shopping, but there are actually lots of free stuff to be claimed. I mean, you’re going to spend a lot of money on Black Friday; it’s only fair a few of those merchants give something back. Check …
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Ready or not the Holiday season is upon us and it’s TIME TO SHOP! As you know, one of my favorite places to shop for kids’ clothes is Tea Collection! Tea Collection will be having a special Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale featuring $15 dresses for girls and $15 pants for boys valid 11/25 through 11/27. Here are some of my absolute favorite gift ideas:
For girls, I love the Pinata Stripe Dress! This dress was inspired by the brightly colored striped pinatas in Mexico. The dress is made of 100% cotton …
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Below is a list put together by CouponSherpa of some of the best Veterans Day Freebies including free meals for Veterans Day. Check out his site for even more great information!
This is the palindrome Veterans Day — 11/11/11 — which may explain why so many places are offering discounts and freebies. Hopefully, the real reason is they want to show their support for our troops, service personnel and their families. To show his gratitude, Coupon Sherpa compiled a comprehensive list of 35 Veterans Day Freebies.
Here are some of my favorites, …
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184 STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU BUY SMARTER
AND STAY ON BUDGET FROM NOW UNTIL NEW YEAR’S
Real Simple’s November issue, on newsstands now, includes a special section with all the tips you need to get ahead for the holidays this year. (This could really save us all!)
FEATURING COMPLETE GUIDES TO:
GETTING YOUR SHOPPING DONE IN ONE DAY
Instead of aimlessly buying gifts throughout the season (a major wallet drain), use this one-day-only game plan, chock-full of surprising strategies, to cross everything off your list now. Real Simple’s tips for Christmas shopping include: Download an …
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Tea Collection‘s 4-day sale that starts today! Tea Collection is offering 20% off Sale items for four days only–Tuesday, November 8th through Friday, November 11th. Here are the sale details:
20% off all Sale items | Code: EXTRA20YAY | Offer valid: Tuesday, November 8th through Friday, November 11th at 11:59 pm PT. Shipping: Free on orders over $150, $7 on everything else.
This offer cannot be combined with any other promotions. Don’t miss this chance to do some cost-saving Christmas shopping!!
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HAPPY FEET TWO comes out in theatres November 18th.
Synopsis: Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven—a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces. Erik learns of his father’s “guts and grit” as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures—from tiny …
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Father’s Day is coming up and you want to do something really special for the man in your life and the father of your children, right? While it’s true that a new golf club might bring a smile to his face, what you really want to do is bring a tear to his eye. Put the little hands of your little ones to work and craft a Father’s Day gift he’ll never forget. Not the crafty type? This Father’s Day project is so simple that you …
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With Father’s Day just around the corner, Sam’s Club just announced that the 16GB iPhone 4 is available at $147 in both black and white on both AT&T and Verizon through June 21st. Sam’s Club, the only warehouse club retailer that carries iPhone and iPad products, is now offering the iPhone 4 in more than 350 clubs and the iPad 2 in 400 clubs across the nation. In addition, Sam’s Club’s new wholly owned and operated wireless kiosks, set for completion by the end of …
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I just wanted to let you know about an amazing YMI Jeans Memorial Day sale!
To make sure you and your readers are ready for the start of summer, YMI jeans is offering up to 75% off* selected syles for you to wear this Memorial Day! Sizes for slender to curvy women!
To access this amazing offer, go to http://bit.ly/bKV4tt.
Sale ends on May 31st (or while stocks last) – Check it out!
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70% of Americans think cooking out is better than eating out[i], and with Memorial Day around the corner, people are gearing up for barbecues, beach days, pool parties and picnics . To help keep each summer soiree fresh and fun, Sam’s Club partnered with author and entertaining expert Colleen Mullaney to offer tasty twists to warm weather outings.
Memorial Day Meal Makeover: Incorporating unexpected ingredients into recipes can turn a picnic staple into a mouthwatering surprise. The two recipes below, developed exclusively for Sam’s Club, easily refresh familiar fare.
Products such as …
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As we welcome in Spring and Summer, our days have consisted of lots of outdoor play. While most of our days are sunny and bright, we are occasionally stuck indoors due to rain. Do rainy days have you singing the blues? Shake them away with these fun rainy day activities! I hope you enjoy them as much as my girls do.
Make and Take ~ First the girls pick someone they would like to make something for. Then we pull …
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Hey gang…Just wanted to let you know that Hanes was on the “The Oprah Winfrey Show” today helping to celebrate best friends. The episode focused on 25 Years of Oprah & Gayle’s All-Time Best Adventures. Did you catch it?
Well, going along with that for today only, Hanes is offering 40% off through this link: http://www.hanes.com/specialevents/TVShow.html . Spread the word!!
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Coupon Mom Stephanie Nelson says families can save 50% off their weekly grocery bill by strategically shopping
New York, NY - March 30, 2011
Consumers are feeling sticker shock from higher grocery prices and unfortunately, there is no relief is in sight. U.S. food costs will rise as much as 4% this year after a surge in prices for farm goods.
Stephanie Nelson, founder of CouponMom.com, says that consumers do not have to absorb this increase if they follow her website’s “Strategic Shopping” methods. CouponMom.com is free …
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SAHMs and SAHDs better prepare now for a big, impending financial change, and unfortunately, it’s not a good one.
After October 1, the Federal Reserve is closing loopholes to last year’s CARD Act to further protect consumers from predatory credit practices. One big change will require banks to ask credit card applicants to report individual income, rather than the current requirement to report household income, to help assess applicants’ ability to repay debt. For SAHM and SAHDs with no income of their own, this …
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With gas prices at the highest average ever for this time of year and airlines enacting new booking and travel fees, getting away from home and taking an affordable family vacation seems difficult, if not impossible. With some planning and researching you can prepare to save some money while traveling on a budget so that you don’t have to forgo your vacation. So go ahead, arm yourself with these tips and get ready to don those Mickey Mouse ears!
Use apps to your advantage: …
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It’s spring—the perfect time to de-clutter and organize your home. For parents, the challenge is to freshen up the house while also staying on top of everyday responsibilities like work, carpool and dinner. Involving your kids is a great way to get it all done without losing your mind.
Kati Chevaux, editor at Cozi.com, offers 5 tips to turn common spring cleaning chores into a family affair ~LOVE how this woman thinks, don’t you?
1. Refrigerator Clean-Out
o What you do: Remove all food to do a …
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Watching cashiers ring up purchases at the grocery store is becoming more painful every day. Unfortunately, things are about to get much worse, particularly for low-income consumers who don’t have ready access to discount supermarkets.
According to the United Nations, global food prices hit a record high in February due to upward-spiraling gas prices and stockpiling by importers. These factors are hitting the already volatile cereal markets. Wheat, corn, sugar and edible oils have seen the sharpest price increases in the last six months, with …
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Spring break offers the last extended break for children before summer begins. This year, think about different ways to celebrate this time off from school with a special trip, vacation or family planned activity that will elicit smiles from the little ones – big or small.
• Visit the Relatives For families that live a long distance away from other family members, spring break can allow for a surprise visit outside of standard holidays and get-togethers. This spring, consider surprising your family with a special visit …
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I wanted to let you know about a fantastic new program launched by Swap.com, the world’s largest swap marketplace, which facilitates donations of books & other media items to public schools across the United States. As educators face a scarcity of supplies for their classrooms and school libraries as a result of dramatic budget cuts in recent years, Swap4Schools <http://swap4schools.swap.com> aims to assist them in procuring much needed supplies – for free.
To enlist in the program, school administrators, teachers, and librarians at U.S. public …
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Gas prices are soaring closer to $100 a barrel as trouble pours out of the Middle East. It looks like transportation is going to cost us plenty for at least the near future, but there are ways to cut back on costs. Follow the following 10 frugal fuel-consumption tips so you won’t have to leave the gas pump with a half-empty tank.
1. Use Your Smart Phone
There are plenty of money-saving apps dedicated to trimming everyday expenses, some of which include travel costs. The GasBuddy app …
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My husband was sorely in need of new glasses. He is the kind of person too that not all that many years ago or even in some cultures today, his eyesight is such that without his glasses, he would be considered blind. Thank heavens for glasses. Unfortunately, they are far from free and we didn’t want just any ol’ pair of cheap eyeglasses. He figured any glasses frames online would be cheap designer frames.
I knew that you could purchase good glasses online as I had done so in the past …
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
I wanted to let you know that beginning today, Hanna Andersson will be offering Free Shipping on Orders Over $100 at Hanna Andersson. Hurry Ends 2/27!
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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, couples everywhere are in the mood for love, and let’s not forget chocolate and flowers. Did you know that Walmart will stock enough Hershey’s Kisses this Valentine’s Day to circle the world with kisses? Or that Walmart will sell enough roses to provide nearly every couple who gets married* in February with two dozen roses?
But Valentine’s Day is not just for lovers anymore, but for families. According to a Communispace study,** 83 percent of individuals who gave Valentine’s Day gifts last year gave …
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Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it – and the day would not be complete without some sweet treats to show your love!
Designed by party planning expert Catha Riva, these bright, fresh Valentine’s Day tabletop ideas are perfect for parties, February birthdays or just to say “I love you.”
This Berry Sweet Cupcake Tower takes the cake! Made with strawberry-infused cake batter and topped with fresh Driscoll’s raspberries, these cupcakes deliver both flavor and texture than can’t be beat.
Or eat your heart with Driscoll’s Be Mine …
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Americans are fixated on the one stop shopping idea. We make bigger Targets and Wal-Mart Supercenters so we can buy everything in one spot without having to waste time and money traveling. But what if we had a lifestyle and savings expert who can tell you that you were doing it wrong, that you are in fact wasting more time and money because of this old outdated approach to shopping?
Teri Gault, CEO of the Grocery Game.com and author of Shop More, Save More, is …
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With less than two weeks until Super Bowl Sunday, families around the country are undoubtedly getting their living rooms ready for the big game. Whether rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Green Bay Packers, Walmart offers Game Time savings that will have your readers cheering no matter who wins.
Beginning on Sunday, Jan. 30 through Feb. 5 or while supplies last, football fans can go to their local Walmart and save up to $560 on a Samsung LED HDTV and Blu-ray Disc player bundle. Customers can also enjoy up to …
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Over on MomDot Trisha was talking about how for the first time ever she had not done her Top100 Bloggers list and that got me thinking about who would I put on my list – certainly not necessarily all 25 people who would end up on mine. So I decided to make my own list.
What’s That Smell?
Parenting Pink
MomStart
Mommy Goggles
Double Bugs
MomDot
My Wooden Spoon
A Cowboys Wife
Tip Junkie
Make and Takes
Skip to My Lou
Mom of 3 Girls
The Not-So-Blog-Blog
Full Circle
Mom Knows it All
Simply Stacie
A Southern Fairytale
Rockin’ Mama
An Island Life
The Dirty Shirt
Shake the Salt
You Can Make …
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Have you ever thought about the financial trends and how they break down during the Holidays? Well, here on Boxing Day is a little look into how it all plays out.
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The team at Gaggle of Chicks spends their days seeking out quality products and services not just for Moms, but for every member of the family at a fraction of the regular price. From baked goods to skin care products to holiday cards – no matter the product, Gaggle of Chicks only features carefully chosen items from select vendors at up to 70% off the regular price. And, every item for sale has a stamp of approval from a network of Moms.Like other group shopping …
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Even though the holidays are all about spending time with those we love, it seems that we spend half the season running around town shopping for gifts, dreading the big family dinner, comparing yard decorations across neighborhoods, counting calories, not counting the growing numbers of your credit card debt, tearing out our hair, and all in all being kind of a Grinch.
This article won’t solve all your problems, even though I wish it would. What it will do, however, is present you with a list of DIY gifts that will:
a) …
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Families are approaching stockings this year with the same savvy budgeting they are using throughout their holiday shopping. To help customers create brimming stockings for a total of $25 or less, Walmart is offering savings on popular stocking stuffers including approximately 20,000 gifts under $5 and several aisles dedicated to $1 candy, toys and games in Walmart stores nationwide.
More than half of surveyed moms enjoy opening stockings together as a family and many consider them one of the most treasured traditions of the season[ii]. Although eight out of ten …
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We just started our Advent calender and we are doing it in a unique way this year. Since it has been a tough year and I feel we need to be showing the girls extra love but also the girls need to be practicing showing extra love to one another and those around them, each day of our advent calender gives that days girl the chance to do something sweet for someone else in our family. Most of it is as simple as a hug and a kiss or telling …
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With the busy holiday shopping season upon us, many of my posts focus on ways to save this season. With that said, Kroger is presenting customers with a fuel savings of 40¢ off per gallon for every $100 in gift cards purchased from now thru Saturday, Dec. 11. The savings apply to most gift cards sold at Kroger stores, including: Best Buy, The Home Depot, iTunes, Macy’s, Sears, Subway, JCPenney and Chili’s. Gift cards from participating retailers can be mixed and matched to …
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Thanksgiving is fast approaching! To give thanks for your continued support of www.everave.com we’re offering an exclusive promotional code to use on Black Friday!
3Ps in a Pod readers will receive $5 off Eversave’s online deals when they enter the code BLACKFRIDAY at checkout on 11/26. Limit is one per customer. Also remind your readers to check out our local deals in Boston, Philadelphia, Columbus, Baltimore, Austin, Orlando, Indianapolis, D.C., Providence, Atlanta, and Orlando! We’re running special Black Friday codes for those Saves as well.
Best wishes to you and your family …
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Free Shipping Event Starting on Black Friday!
Starting this Friday, November 25, KEEN will be offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders shipped within the United States. The free shipping will end on December 17. At that point, KEEN will be offering a free shipping upgrade to ensure orders arrive in time for Christmas. Below is our holiday shipping time frame:
11/25 thru 12/17 by 10am = Free Ground Shipping
12/17 after 10am thru 12/22 by 10am = Free 2-Day Upgrade
12/22 after 10am thru 12/23 by 12pm = Free Overnight …
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Doesn’t it seem that holiday gift shopping starts earlier each year? In fact, many consumers have already started their holiday shopping, and if they haven’t yet, they will do so very soon. Not surprising is that millions of Americans will continue with the conventional, stress-induced, anxiety infused way of shopping. Fortunately, there will also be millions of smart, savvy consumers who will do all of their holiday shopping in a far more relaxing environment – from the comforts of their home.
Still, even the most educated online shoppers may not know …
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Open House Savings Begin at Midnight with Deals on Toys, Apparel and Home Items Followed by
Must-Have Electronics Event Beginning at 5:00 a.m.
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 15, 2010 – Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced today that most stores will open their doors at midnight* to welcome families who want to get an early start on Christmas shopping on the Friday after Thanksgiving and avoid standing in the cold waiting for stores to open. Starting at 12 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 26th*, shoppers can head to the Walmart Open House for big …
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This holiday season Walmart is helping families stay connected. From Wednesday, Nov. 17 – Thursday, Nov. 25, Walmart Stores that sell contract wireless phones will offer a $100 Walmart Gift Card with the purchase of nearly 40 smartphones from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon2.
Participating smartphones available with a $100 Walmart Gift Card include:
AT&T BlackBerry Curve3G – $28.88
AT&T BlackBerry Torch – $98.88
AT&T HTC Aria – $48.88
AT&T Samsung Capitvate – $98.88
Sprint LG Optimus S – $0.97
Sprint BlackBerry Curve 3G – $28.88
Sprint BlackBerry Bold – $98.88
Sprint Samsung Intercept – $38.88
Sprint HTC EVO 4G …
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This month, in support of Veteran’s Day (November 11), Snapfish is partnering with the Paralyzed Veterans of America MISSION:ABLE, a leading veterans service organization, to celebrate the men and women who have served our country. Snapfish will be giving customers the opportunity to order their holiday cards – a great way to get a head-start on your card making, while also honouring our veterans!
Snapfish is offering 10% off any card purchase made between November 1-30 using the code 4VETERANS at www.snapfish.com/missionable. What’s more, Snapfish will donate 20% of the proceeds …
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On Tuesday, November 16th Jack in the Box will give away Two (2) FREE Tacos to anyone with NO PURCHASE REQUIRED. Just walk in the store and ask for your FREE TACOS. (Limit 2 tacos per customer; at participating locations only). MMM luv me some Jack in the Box Tacos!
Blogging, Frugal, Merry and Brite 2010 »
Home haircutting definitely helps save money. A family of 4 can save $500 in a year by cutting hair at home. The average home hair cutter is also comfortable cutting hair in 3 times or less – the same amount of time it takes for the clipper to pay for itself.
Up until very recently I have cut the hair on every head in this house but mine…I am not that coordinated as to be able to cut my own.:) And with a slick new tool like this one, as soon …
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I have mentioned the fun we are having with my health these days and I do not forsee that changing at the moment. Of course, along with visits to the doctor come what? Inevitably, Bills. And they are always such fun, aren’t they?
But no matter how hard you shake that money tree, stack those pennies, bury those dimes or anything like unto it, it comes out the same – bills that have to be paid. Thankfully Brett has a good job and we have been able to set …
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BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 1, 2010 – Walmart (NYSE: WMT) today announces aggressive plans to provide consumers with the best selection of the hottest toys at the best prices this holiday season, helping families bring home more toys for less. To help parents identify the most sought-after toys, the retailer unveils today its Top Toys. Later this week, Walmart is launching the ultimate in-store and online resources for toys, offering parents its first ever 52-page toy catalog, and a dedicated section online for Top Toys at www.walmart.com/toptoys, featuring toy demos and …
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Retailer Provides Families with Savings on a Vizio 26” LED TV for $198, a $288 Laptop and a $50 Gift Card on One of the Hottest Video Game Bundles
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 2, 2010 – Focused on bringing families a holiday season full of entertainment for less, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) today announced “The Amazing Walmart Electronics Event” with great savings on the season’s favorite consumer electronics gifts. Beginning on Saturday, Nov. 6 1, Walmart stores and Walmart.com will offer incredible prices on a full line of Vizio HDTVs, a …
Blogging, Frugal, Merry and Brite 2010 »
A Savvycents Wallet is not just your ordinary, every day wallet. Oh no, with the Savvycents wallet, if follow her instructions, you can work on getting out of debt while using this wallet. Big claims? Let’s see.
Melinda Claudpierre read a book about becoming debt free in 2009 and following the cash envelope system of budgeting.
Frustrated with paper envelopes and disorganization with her wallet, she wanted to create a wallet that would allow her to keep her cash in separate categories and also give quick access to her drivers license, coin …
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Fix It, Make It, Grow It, Bake It is an inspiring and instructive guide to living the handmade life by consuming less and creating more. Practical and profound, this handy how-to covers every area of life and offers easy-to-do tips, recipes, and advice on saving money and the planet. You and your family can live more joyfully and far more creatively, all on a dime. The best things in life are free—or if they aren’t, you can have a lot of fun making them.
Learn …
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If you’re like me, you are still turning over your summer wardrobe with your fall wardrobe and haven’t even begun to think about Halloween yet. The truth of the matter is, is that Halloween is actually about 2 weeks away! Zappos.com (www.Zappos.com) can solve your Halloween costume dilemmas.
You may not be familiar with the ease and quick convenience of Zappos.com. Zappos.com has a great collection of Halloween costumes for adults and kids! You can get costumes for the whole family without having to make a trip to the overwhelming and …
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Before school started, my Mom and I held our annual Back to School is Cool weekend with my girls. This was the first time P3 was included too! Such fun we had…a sleepover at Grammie’s was the cornerstone with some shoe shopping and finishing out our school supplies lists so we could have them ready for Back to School Night.
The one thing we did not do was make our annual visit to TJ MAXX and /or Marshalls. Why, you ask? I knew I was lucky enough to have a $50 …
