Bringing you the Bottom Line....Wednesday edition

And the Bottom line is........



Happy Halloween everyone, i hope you have a most enjoyable day and that you stay safe and warm, especially those close to me on the East Coast.

I just heard that 30 miles away from me on Laconte they have a whopping 36 inches of snow + some...I am not sure if i should be jealous or Thankful. Here in the Valley we get lucky to see flurries once or twice a year.

I am going to be super busy today getting the Holiday gift guide reviews and giveaways started for you all tomorrow, so if the Blog and Facebook page are quiet, please forgive me as i am working hard to bring you some great reviews and giveaways. ( Plus tonight being Halloween, my kids will be chomping at the bit the second they walk in the door...and my 17 year old says he is going trick or treating because once he leaves for the Army in 6 months he will never be a kid again haha)


I am still talking with many great companies about adding the the Holiday Gift guide and giveaways so if you have a product you would really like to see a review on, let me know and i will see what i can do!

Have a wonderful Wednesday....


And that....is the Bottom line.........

Amazon Black Friday Week Deals

It's never too early to start thinking about Christmas....( even though i do think the commercials are pushing it a bit on T.V. before Halloween and stores already have decorations out!!!)

With 6 kids still living at home and a Grandbaby on the way from Kid ( okay not really a kid anymore but he is in my eyes) #7...i have been thinking about Christmas for a few weeks now. I wish i could be one of those who shop all year long but the simple truth of the matter is, i never know what my kids really want until around this time of year.

Amazon just opened up their Black Friday Deals Week ads and i am so excited...I love Amazon..

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• Holiday Headquarters for Thanksgiving & Christmas
• Holiday Toy List with gifts for every age

Another Great thing Amazon has going on right now is everything you need for Thanksgiving...


Everything You need for Thanskgiving from Amazon


So start shopping, add items to your wish list on Amazon so that you can come back to them when you decide to buy...

3,000 Fan Giveaway ( 9 awesome prizes, including a Soda Stream

In celebration of reaching 3,000 fans on Facebook, i am bringing you an awesome, amazing, super giveaway with 9 winners!



Only 1 Mandatory entry, the rest are optional, but the more you do the more chance you have to win.





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3,000 Fan Giveaway ( 9 awesome prizes including a Soda Stream)

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Only 1 Mandatory entry, the rest are optional, but the more you do the more chance you have to win.


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Holiday Gift Guide....just a few more days

I have several reviews and giveaways coming up, can't wait to share with you all and give you the chance to win some awesome Holiday Products....remember in just 2 short days the Holiday Gift Guide as well as the Holiday Food/beverage guide will go live and wowsers, you should see what i have for you all!


A few things in the food & beverage guide ( just a few, can't give it all up at once)
Choboni Yogurt
Boylan Bottling Winter Wonderland
Sneaky Pete's
Country Bob's

A few items in the Gift Guide ( once again, just a few...have to keep you guessing)
Magna Play for kids
L'Bri Skincare
Gratitude Gift Bags
Starbox
Kids Bedding Sets

and much much more......as i add to it you will see the items keep getting better!


Also, keep your eye out because i have a huge giveaway coming up that you will not want to miss...

Holiday Gift Guide

Are you ready? Are you excited?

The 2012 Holiday Gift Guide is coming!

On November 1st, you will find products in my Holiday Gift Guide for every person on your list. I am fortunate to be working with many companies to bring you my top choices for Holiday gifts this year.

Makeup,Fashion, Comfort, Home, Man Cave gifts, Kiddie gifts, baby gifts....it will all be there. I will be adding products on a daily basis...so on November 1st, sit back, grab a cuppa and enjoy reading about all these wonderful products...with links to every item listed!

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One lucky person is going to be able to seriously get their shopping on with this giveaway!

I would personally love to win this one for sure!

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Murbles Review and Giveaway

It’s Murbles…it’s Murbles…what an awesome outdoor game!


This is one review I truly had a lot of fun with ,as did my entire family.





So ,what is Murbles? To me, Murbles is kind of like a mix of Horse Shoes, Marbles & Corn Hole all in 1 little bag, which is easily portable and requires no set up and can be played most anywhere. Murbles is based loosely on the European game of Bocce.

A Murble is basically an oversized marble used to play the outside game of Murbles (Murble is short for Murray’s marbles).


That is a huge factor for me when choosing outdoor games. I want to be able to play them whenever and wherever I am. Take them to the beach, the Backyard, the Park, anywhere and everywhere. They are not heavy like Horse Shoes or Large and bulky like Corn Hole, they come in custom colors with your very own custom color Murbles Bag.


I chose light blue and dark blue Murble balls with an Orange point ball and Yellow Murbles bag.







My husband and I tried it out first, and second…and 3rd, 4th and 5th. We absolutely loved it. The balls are not heavy and it was so much fun competing with my husband.


Finally, we gave the kids a chance to try them out before we decided to have our very own Murbles Tournament with the Tournament Bracket form included with our custom Murbles balls.


The object of the game is to throw your balls and get as close to the point ball as you can in order to score 1,2 or 3 points. Each round goes to 10 points. We chose to do best 2 out of 3 rounds when we played singles .


If, like my family, you enjoy outdoor games, and would like the option of a fun filled game that all ages can play, which is also a big factor for me, because I hate telling my kids it’s a “Grown-up” game only, but Murbles are for everyone! They are space saving and extremely portable, I would urge you to give Murbles a try.
 

You can get your own 7 piece custom color Murble game with travel bag for only $39.95, which would make a wonderful Christmas gift for anyone in your gift giving circle.

 


Murble has graciously offered to give 1 of my lucky readers their very own custom Murble set

 






Disclosure: I have not been paid for my opinions. Murbles did provide me with the product but all opinions are my own.


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Holiday Gift Guide and Food/Beverage Guide- A must read

It seems like the Holidays have come up on us fast!

In only a few short days i will start releasing items in my Holiday Gift Guide as well as my food & Beverage guide. 

So far, every item in both guides also have a giveaway! Wooohoooo

This list will go live on Nov 1, 2012

Just a teaser of what you can expect:

Murbles ( I love this game, it's an awesome outdoor game for everyone)
Choboni Yogurt
Krave Jerky
Sneaky Pete's beverages
Boylan Bottling Company Winter Wonderland Beverages
Country Bob's
Water Pitcher filtration from DormCo.
My Panty Box

And so very much more.....I am so excited and can't wait to bring you all these great ideas and gicveaways

$100 WalMart GiftCard Giveaway

Who wouldn't want to win a $100 WalMart gift card right before the Holidays? I know i would. I think i would save it for Black Friday to make my deals seem sweeter.

I have teamed up for some wonderful blogs to help bring you this awesome giveaway which starts @ 12:01 a.m. on Oct 25th and runs through Nov 8 @ 11:59 p.m.

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One lucky winner will receive a $100 Walmart Gift Card!

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Conquering My fears

We all have a hidden fear...or two or three..many times as we get older we conquer those fear's quiet easily.

Myself, i have several, but i guess my biggest one has come full force and i think it's time to conquer it.

When i was younger, being a "country girl" i loved to shoot. I was taught proper gun handling, how to shoot, and took all the safety courses i could. It was a passion and a sport i truly enjoyed. I loved to go to what we Southern folks call "Shooting matches" where the winner went home with a Country Ham or another prize. I usually always won in my age group.

When i was 16, i was accidentally shot with a small 25 calibur semi-automatic pistol. It was an accident and i won't go in to details,  but from that day forward, i have not actually fired a real gun. I don't mind being around them, and i don't even mind handling them, but i have not shot a gun at all.

Tomorrow, i plan to conquer that fear with Chris by my side. We are going to a local range ....if i can conquer this, i can conquer anything!

So stay tuned tomorrow as i hopefully have good news to share about conquering my fear!

Giveaway # 5 & #6

I am combining giveaway #5 with giveaway #6....every comment will be a separate entry for you.

The prize?

Winner's choice of a $25 gift card to anywhere you want, you choose you prize, this is the prize for both giveaways, so each one will have a $25 Gift Card winner

All winners will be announced on the Winner's circle sometime tomorrow

This is a simple entry one...

Make as many comments as you want about the things you enjoy most in life...


Bonus entries: You can gain bonus entries by entering the 4 contest below , each time you entered below will count as an entry here as long as you comment that you did whatever task you choose to do, Example: if you did all 6  in contest #4...make 6 comments that you did, etc....i know, i know, a lot of commenting but it's the easiest way for me to put everything in to Random.org to choose winners.

Contest will end at 9a.m. EST Thursday Oct 25

Blogoversary Giveaway #4

I wanted to make this giveaway a little bigger than the last, so here is what is it:

I have a box....for every entry in the giveaway i will add an item to the box...from full size products to free coupons to maybe even gift cards.....

I will maybe add a picture of two of what i add as the day goes on...


You can enter as many times as you like by the following methods:


1.) Like me on facebook
2.) Follow me on twitter----------------------------->
3.) follow my blog via GFC-------------------------->
4.) Follow my blog via email---------------------------->
5.) Make a comment about what items are on your christmas list
6.) Sign up for left lane Sports emails: Left Lane Sports
7.) Enter my friend's contest here : BargainHounddailydeals
8.) make as many comments as you want about saving money


Contest will end at 9a.m.EST Thursday Oct 25

Flash giveaway at BHDD

My friend Shonna at BargainHounddailydeals.com has an awesome flash giveaway going on

FLASH GIVEAWAY!!!! 5 WINNERS!! Lets support Joey Chancis who will be appearing LIVE on Shop NBC TODAY!! Joey will be appearing on ShopNBC today, She’ll be live at 3:30PM and 8:30PM EST today!

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98 % savings at Kroger this week

How did i do it?

Actually, it was all quiet simple. Remember last week and all the wonderful buy 5 get $5 Catalina?
I combined all of those Catalina's with the coupons this week and saved $177 and only spend $3.89 oop. 

The best deals at Kroger this week:
Birdseye Steamfresh are 10 for $10, use the $1/2 peelies and get them for $0.50 a bag
Speedstick Deodorant is 10 /$10  use the $1/1 or the $.0.50/1 ( which doubles) and get them free
Crest Toothpaste 10 for $10...use the $0.50/1 to get them free or the $0.75/1 to get them for $0.25
Franks red Hot...10 for $10..use the $0.50/1 to make them free or the $0.75/1 to get them for  $0.25

Lots of great deals at Kroger this week to take advantage of and with my $100 in Catalina's combined with my coupons, i was able to do a week's grocery shopping practically free, which says a lot when i am shopping for 9 people, and yes, this included my meats, bread and 4 gallons milk ( i go through 10 gallons of Milk per week)

Blogoversary Giveaway #3

This is giveaway #3 for my Blogoversary 

My oh My , what could it be?

Wait....i think that is a Walmart Gift Card i see.....

How does a $10.00 Walmart E-Gift Card sound? Right in time to start shopping for the holidays


How to enter:

Make a comment for each entry


1.) Like "SFS" on facebook

2.) follow me on Twitter---------------------------------------->

3.) Follow me via GFC ----------------------------------------->

4.) Tell me what's on your Christmas List

5.) Join Chili's email club below to get the latest happenings and exclusive offers, plus a FREE order of Skillet Queso & Chips just for signing up!  Sign up Here

6.) Make as many comments as you want about anything you want...each seperate comment is a separate entry

Giveaway #2

Are you ready for giveaway #2?

What will it be?

In honor of my 6 month Blogoversary i will be doing 6 giveaways throughout the day randomly, maybe more....all giveaways will end Wednesday Oct 24 at 9a.m. EST


This giveaway is for $10 amazon gift code

  Please make a comment for each entry you do so that i can correctly enter you as many times as you have entries

There are several ways to enter, YOU CAN DO ONE OR ALL, the more you do, the more chance you have


Ways to enter :

1.) Follow my blog via GFC: over there ------------------------------------------------------------>
comment that you did

2.) "like" Savingsforsanity on facebook
comment that you do

3.) Follow me via Twitter : over there ------------------------------------------------------------------>
comment that you did

4.) Comment if you have ever tried Country Bob's or not

5.) Sign up for Doggy Loot emails : DoggyLoot
comment that you did

6.) Sign up for Brad's deals email: bradsdeals
comment that you did

7.) Make as many comments as you want about my blog, Country bob's or anything relevant to saving money, each comment gets 1 entry

This contest will close at 9 a.m. EST on Wednesday Oct 24

Blogoversary giveaway #1

In celebration of today being my 6 month Blogoversary, i will be doing a series of giveaways randomly throughout the day.

The first Giveaway is sponsored by Country Bob's

The winners.....there will be 3...will each get 2 FREE coupons for any Country Bob's Sauce along with a free recipe book


There are several ways to enter, YOU CAN DO ONE OR ALL, the more you do, the more chance you have


Ways to enter :

1.) Follow my blog via GFC: over there ------------------------------------------------------------>
comment that you did

2.) "like" Savingsforsanity on facebook
comment that you do

3.) Follow me via Twitter : over there ------------------------------------------------------------------>
comment that you did

4.) Comment if you have ever tried Country Bob's or not

5.) Sign up for Doggy Loot emails : DoggyLoot
comment that you did

6.) Sign up for Brad's deals email: bradsdeals
comment that you did

7.) Make as many comments as you want about my blog, Country bob's or anything relevant to saving money, each comment gets 1 entry

This contest will close at 9 a.m. EST on Wednesday Oct 24

Do you truly want to save money?

I hear it all the time....how do you do it, how do you get all this stuff and save so much money?

It's because i faithfully clip my coupons, and i sign up for every offer i can!

I have an email address i use just for the things i sign up for, you never know what kinds of great coupons you can get in your email, which makes many things free or super cheap. Sure i spend money sometimes, but not unless it's a really good deal

I also offer you guys the same options i get when i post on my wall or here everyday, if i haven't tried it myself, i do not post it.

You could ask my kids or my neighbors....i get packages daily from UPS and USPS...and 90 % of the time, it is things i have gotten free just by signing up for offers. As a matter of face, Chris gets frustrated everyday because i am running out of room and started piling stuff on his desk, and i have have unopened packages as well..

When you sign up for these offers, don't think, oh, what's the point, i don't have money anyway, well, the point is, maybe today, maybe next month, a deal could come up which makes something totally free....and you get something for yourself or to use as a gift. I don't just think about Christmas when i get stuff, i think of birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries, etc


Many of you ask, what do i personally get if you sign up, sometimes, i might make $0.25 or so if you sign up, but many offers are just that, offers that i have found, tried and found to be legit


So, if you TRULY want to save or even MAKE money, take advantage of all the offers i post, or the programs i sign up for. I am getting free stuff from companies everyday with some of these programs .

Win 4 free coupons from Country Bob's

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