Swagbucks and Group Buying Power Sites

Here are my favorite sites for group buys (usually half-off deals):

Seize the Deal
http://www.seizethedeal.com/users/new/TLsSuGBoc

Groupon
http://www.groupon.com/r/uu10858895

Living Social
https://livingsocial.com/redeem_invite/17628583-lisaqu?ref=lnk

Check out Swagbucks to earn amazon.com gift certificates and many other valuable rewards.
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Lisaquing
It's easy to search through swagbucks and win!

This is my favorite site for finding swagbucks deals. Look at her recent posts in the sidebar for her daily swagbucks post entitled “Winning Ways on Swagbucks”. (Be sure to check out the list of stuff she has won with swagbucks!)
http://www.frugal-freebies.com/

"Spring" break and getting it all

It's Spring Break here at Cornerstone Home Learning. To usher in the week of "Spring" Break, six inches of wet packy snow fell on Monday and more snow joined it on Tuesday. James got sick on Monday and Suzy thought it looked fun apparently, so today she joined the ranks of the unhealthy children. James is still sick. The snow has all melted now and it was warm and lovely today, but due to my two ill darlings and my new (temporary) online job scoring tests, I didn't really get to enjoy it. Ah well, such is life.

I thought I'd share a tip with you. Do you throw away tubes and bottles when the contents are hard to dispense? I used to, but now I nip off the end with scissors and cut down the side if necessary to wipe out the remainder by hand. There's always a LOT left and I can get another week's (or more!) usage out of what might have been trash. See how much is left in that bottle? There's more in the bottom you can't see. Thrifty, eh?

Magic Milk Shake

Are you trying to save money on your grocery bill? Tonight for dessert, James and I made Magic Milk Shakes from the Hillbilly Housewife website. Yum! No ice cream in them, so they're inexpensive. I have all the ingredients on hand. Everyone slurped them up!

If you are interested in spending less on groceries, poke around on her site a little. Especially check out:

• Homemade Convenience Foods

• $45 Emergency Menu

• $70 Low Cost Menu

I did notice that food costs more now than it did when she made up these menus, even though it wasn't very long ago. But, I do think I'll be making use of a lot of recipes on this site!