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Kids typically love bath time and paint. What could be better than combining them?
Children will love and adore you when you mix up this simple bath tub treat.
You’ll need:
shaving cream
food coloring
muffin pan (metal or foil works)
paint brushes (or just their fingers work too)
Fill the muffin tin half full of shaving cream. Add a drop [...]
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I’m hosting two birthday parties over the next two weeks so we’ve been in birthday planning mode. My sister emailed me this balloon wreath idea so I thought we’d try it. Thanks to How Does She for the great idea!
We made two because I thought two would look neat on my patio door. Then [...]
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Pin itOur new home required us to purchase a new kitchen table.
It was luck when I walked into Pottery Barn earlier this year on the day they marked down their display furniture 50% off. I was able to pick up a mahogany table and chairs with leafs that expand it to seat 10 people.
I was [...]
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Here are the new printable coupons that can be found on coupons.com!
$0.75 off 2 TACO BELL HOME ORIGINALS
$0.55 off Honey Nut Cheerios cereal
$1.00 off LÄRABAR or JOCALAT bars
$1.50 off Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entrée
$3.00 off Scrubbing Bubbles Fresh Brush™
$0.75 off Fiber One cereal
$0.55 off on Scrubbing Bubbles Vanish Drop-Ins
Save up to $4.49 on Scrubbing [...]
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Coupon Network is a new site to print coupons from. It joins the ranks of the three major printable sites: Coupons.com, Red Plum and Smart Source.
I think you’ll find it very easy to use and another great source for coupons. You can always find a link to it in my sidebar.
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Pin itYou may have noticed the background in my photos are much different. That’s because my husband and I recently moved.
We were aggressively saving to build our dream house, but recently due to a number of reasons found we were outgrowing our home quickly.
There was a new home in our town that had been on [...]
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After tonight’s episode of Extreme Couponing on TLC, I feel the need to set a few things straight. I’m excited the show is showing people it is possible to save money and has started to show examples of how to do it. I’m disappointed that they are showing unrealistic examples and teaching bad habits [...]
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Pin itSince I have two friends with twins I wanted to pass this along. I’m a huge fan of children resale stores and this looks like a great opportunity to snag some great deals. Thanks for passing it along Julia!
COLUMBUS MOTHERS OF TWINS CLUB
April is National Birth Awareness Month. We would like to get [...]
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When I first got married and moved into our first home I was all ambitious. I would make decorations, spray paint furniture and re-purpose things. Then I got busy. After that I became so hell bent on saving money I stopped buying things for my house all together.
Then recently Money Saving Mom shared an [...]
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Pin itWhile meeting with our accountant to do our taxes, we asked if we could deduct the items I was getting for free and donating. After some thought our accountant told us that we could indeed do this, because we could deduct not what we paid for it, but the fair market value. He instructed [...]
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