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—Ok all. It’s been a while since I did a meat and potatoes post. You know, what my blog is really about. Saving money! I found some super awesome online deals i wanted to share with you. I took advantage of some of them. Wish I could do them all but even at these great prices I’m still a poor gal. Anywho, hope I save you some money here:
–The Children’s Place has a “Fleece Frenzy” This weekend only. $5 fleece for boys, girls, and babies. Includes Fleece pants. Also if you use code FSholiday you get free shipping Too! You kind of have to search through the “sale” section in the categories for them but they’re there. Some of the big boys fleece is already selling out so jump on it if you want some. I bought an outfit for the baby.
–Urban Decay cosmetics has awesome $6 and $12 deals. It’s only while supplies last. If you are an Urban Decay fan you know that these prices are less than half of what they normally are for most of the items they have on sale. There’s a lot so I won’t list them all here but you can click the hyper link in this bullet and it will take you there.
–I totally took advantage of this one on Drugstore.com. Drugstore.com is having a “Cyberweek sale” I found this “Splatter Mat: The Magical Color changing activity mat” It’s supposed to change colors with body heat and/or warm water. You can draw on it with your body heat. And no mess. They are originally $35 but they have them on their Cyber week sale for $5! I bought 3: 1 for the baby, 1 to donate to toys for tots, and 1 more just incase. Why not at that price? I ordered the 3 splatter mats and the digital keychain and my shopping cart said “you saved a total of $102” LOL
They have lots of other deals too like a Magellan Roadmate 1424 GPS originally $150.00 for $90, a digital photo keychain originally $20 on sale for $7, 40% off select energizer batteries, and lot of other stuff.
–Toys R’ Us buy one get one 50% Lego sets, and 50% Kung Zu’s for today Sat. Nov. 27th Only. BUT the ad in the email I got says that is the “deals of the day” so they must be doing different deals each day.
I’m definitely not a Black Friday Shopper but I am certainly a Cyber Monday shopper. As I find more I’ll add them to the list.
If you look around, especially on Monday but many started their online sales Friday. Many places like The Children’s Place, Old Navy, Toy R’ US(orders over $40 I think), and more are offering free shipping. Overstock.com has free shipping but excludes music, books, Movie, games, and international orders.
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Champagne Living has an awesome giveaway for a $500 Amex gift card and a year of premium return protection. This would be unbelievable to help with holiday expenses.
Here is the link if you want to enter: http://www.champagneliving.net/2010/11/no-more-regrets-from-american-express.html
Giveaway ends 12/10
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I’m one that would much rather drive if I can than fly. There’s several reasons for that. One reason is that it’s less expensive (generally), you get to see the change in the scenery and find those neat little shops and restaurants along the way, and you can stop whenever you want to.
I used to do traveling therapy. I received a placement in Texas. I’m from PA and I had never been to TX. I was very much looking forward to it. While my company offered to pay for a rental car and the plane ticket to get me there, I chose to drive. I would take this road trip by myself. I was to be there the beginning of May. I made sure I took a bunch of my favorite cds, my sunglasses were in the car, and route was planned. It had to be one of the most relaxing (and longest) road trip I’d ever taken.
It was so amazing to see the change in the scenery. To see new places I’d never seen before. I started around 6 am. I went past Cleveland, Ohio. Down through Kentucky. I remember driving down a highway and saw these amazing rolling hills covered in blue grass. I never really knew exactly what those terms meant “rolling hills” and “blue grass” until I saw it for myself. It was beautiful. I enjoyed the ride so much. I drove until midnight . I remember calling a friend in Texas on my cell phone and telling them that I finally decided I was going to stop and find a hotel to sleep for a while. As I was on the phone I remember telling my friend “oh my, there’s a huge bridge and big body of water coming up” (long bridges over water make me a little nervous for whatever reason). My anxiety changed to excitement when I told my friend “oh my gosh I’m about to drive over the Mississippi river!”
I finally got a hotel. Woke up early the next day and started again. I remember the change in scenery in Texas alone until I finally got to my destination. Everything from driving near Dallas to driving past actual ranches. For a Pennsylvania girl seeing a for real Texas ranch was exciting.
I like being alone on this trip. It was the quiet alone time I needed for myself at the time. To do what I wanted to do. Sometimes I still wish I could jump in the car and take that drive to Texas again.
I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms and Discount Tire blogging program, making me eligible to receive a $50 gift card and be entered for a chance to win a prize valued at $1,000. For more information on how you can participate, click here.
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With each product I get to try from Tropical Traditions, the more I become a fan. This review was kind of interesting for me. I started off thinking “what the heck, this product was not what I thought it would be” to “wow this product is what I thought it would be” Let me tell you why, I neglected to seek out the full directions. I know, I know, when all else fails, read the directions right? LOL just kidding. I give hubby a hard time about this all the time. I guess he gets to rub it in for a minute.
Here’s how it went. I received my generous sized jar of the Coconut Cream concentrate from Tropical Traditions. I had been wanting to try it. It seemed like a very versatile products You can mix it into drinks like coffee or even water to make a coconut flavored drink. You can mix it into your baking and cooking to add a little coconut flavor too. I thought it would be great to try for some of my holiday baking.
When I got the jar, I noticed that it had separated. There was a layer of coconut oil on the top and the coconut cream concentrate was on the bottom. I tried to scoop it out but only kept getting the coconut oil. The jar said it would separate in temps lower than 75 degrees. That’s my house like 24/7 365. At first I was really disappointed. I thought “How can I use this stuff?” So after trying different things on my own, I finally decided to check the Tropical Traditions website. Well there it was, the video on how to mix the Coconut Cream concentrate. I felt so silly, I should have gone to the site in the first place.
So I tried it. What do you know it worked!
I looked over the recipes on the Tropical Traditions site. It’s so easy. You can look at them all or just for the products you’re using. My kids helped me pick one out. We decided to try the “Chocolate Coconut Creme Bar” recipe. It was easy, quick to make, and tasted pretty good.
The Coconut Cream Concentrate melted easily in the pan.
The Chocolate Coconut Creme Bar turned out smooth. You could definitely taste the coconut flavor in the bar. I also tried some in my coffee I was expecting a sweeter coconut flavor but it reminded me more of a toasted coconut type of flavor. Something like a macaroon. My family tried the Chocolate Coconut Creme Bar and I took some to work. I heard several comments that it tasted like a mounds bar without the flakes of the coconut.
Once I figured out how to use the product I loved it. If there was one suggestion I might have, it would be to have some quick directions on the side for how to mix it.
Plus from now until Nov. 28 you can get $10 off any order of $16 or more. Use code: 24110
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Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.
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