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Mailbox Monday 08/02

by Dana Zeliff on August 2, 20102010-08-02
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I love money in the mailbox!  I ended up with a lot of free samples this week too.  Sadly, no giveaway wins.

*~*Please consider linking up with Tuesday’s Trips tomorrow to showcase your shopping trips from the past week!

-Schick Hydro rebate
-Coupon for FREE Beech Nut, Let’s Grow product
-Package of Dentyne Pure Gum
-2 Bull’s Eye BBQ Samples
-Tena Samples and coupon
-Goodnights sample and coupon
-Bodycology Sample
-Aveeno Coupon

*Enter to win eos products*

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Yahhh! Yard Sale is DONE!!!

by Dana Zeliff on August 1, 20102010-08-01
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Yard sales are a great way to get rid of unused and unwanted stuff, but it’s a LOT of work!  Thankfully, my MIL hosts our annual yard sale at her house.  I’m still whooped at the end of the day, though.  We were able to sell most of our items and donated the rest to Goodwill and a local homeless shelter (I’ll get the name of it for locals).  I’m ready to start Christmas shopping!  Now what to do with the other money we made?  I’m thinking vacation fund!

Hope everyone else had a relaxing Saturday afternoon!

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Subscribe via Email Option

by Dana Zeliff on July 28, 20102010-07-28
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I had a request to add an option to subscribe via email to my blog posts.  It’s now available on my right sidebar for those of you who are interested.  My understanding is that an email will be sent to subscribers once a day, and you can unsubscribe at anytime. 

I just added share buttons to the bottom of each post, but now have to figure out why they’re not in color. Humm…

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My Farm Fresh Trip – No Picture

by Dana Zeliff on July 28, 20102010-07-28
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My little trip to Farm Fresh didn’t even warrant a photo. 
2 Vitaminwater Zero and 2 Prego Sauce.  My store doesn’t carry the French’s Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce.

How did you do?

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Reader Q & A (Thrift Stores)

by Dana Zeliff on July 27, 20102010-07-27
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I received a comment regarding shopping at local thrift stores and I’m hoping to get reader help.  I rarely get to the store anymore, so it’s been awhile since I’ve been thrift store shopping. 
Readers: Please leave a comment with your thrift store shopping tip or your favorite store/time for finding bargains.

A Few Tips for Shopping Thrift Stores:

1.  Check for the sale of the day when you enter the store.  Salvation Army has colored tags, and you’ll see a sign at the door letting you know the color tag on sale for the day.  Also, know the days your local store does markdowns (see below).

2.  Know sizes and dimensions of items you’re looking for.

3.  Know price points for the items you’re looking for.  Example: $10 for a pair of jeans would be expensive.  I could get that on markdown at the store for NEW jeans.

4.  Make nice with the cashier.  Cashiers can tell you the day new shipments come in, markdown days and other need-to-know information.

Hampton Roads Thrift Stores:

The 3 best thrift stores in my area (that I’m aware of) are:

Salvation Army in Greenbrier
 -couldn’t get anyone on phone to confirm sale dates

Salvation Army on VA Beach Blvd:
  -Colored tags everyday
  -Tuesday: 25% off with Military ID
  -Wednesday: 50% off ALL clothing and accessories
  -Thursday: Senior Citizen Discount (55+ years)

DAV on VA Beach Blvd (across from Salvation Army):
   -Markdowns start on Monday and go through entire week

Photo Credit: Squidoo.com

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Mailbox Monday 07/26

by Dana Zeliff on July 26, 20102010-07-26
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My mailbox was pretty slow this week except for my 2 fun boxes.  I’m excited about the 2 EOS products in the back that arrived Friday.  I need to finish up the post for my review and giveaway.  Come back tomorrow if you like EOS products, please!
-2 Packages of Dove hair care and a $1/1 coupon
-Decal for letting firefighters know an animal is in the house
– Samples from Thrive Food Samples
Giveaway win from Coupons are Great!  I received 10 Peter Rabbit Organic Fruit Puree Pouches.  My kids LOVED these. 

**Remember to link up tomorrow for Tuesday’s Trips (showcase any shopping trips from the week)

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Surfin’ Saturdays! Week 3 is GFC

by Dana Zeliff on July 24, 20102010-07-24
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 Welcome to the 3rd Surfin’ Saturdays hosted by Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Two Monkeys & a Washtub, And Then There Were Four and our newest hostess The Coupon Challenge! Each week we will be surfin’ a different social network. You will have to check back every Saturday to see where we will be! One week it may be a facebook hop and then the next an email hop! It will be lots of fun and you will get to meet new people and see old friends as well!

We kindly ask that you follow these simple requests:

  1. Follow the hostesses in the first four spots (We will follow you back! Just please leave a comment letting us know that you are following us!)
  2. Please only link up the network that is being hopped that specific week.
  3. No spam please. These will be removed.
  4. It would be wonderful if you are linking up this week if you could add our button to your sidebar or in a post to help spread the word! 🙂 The more people that join, the more fun it will be! (Plus if you add our button to your sidebar you can grab 5 extra entries into any ONE giveaway!)
  5. If someone follows you please feel free to follow them back! If you follow me and leave a comment you are guaranteed a follow back!

This is a new list every Saturday, so please remember to come back and link up!

THIS WEEK IS GOOD OLD GFC WEEK! LINK UP YOUR BLOG BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW YOU!
(GFC Located on Bottom of Site)

**Enter to win a $10 CVS Gift Card**

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