We used our Friday's Free Coupon!

After church today, the two older kids went with Mimi to decorated her house for Christmas. So it was me and my hubby and baby. We went to TGIFridays to use the coupon I found last week for a FREE Appetizer up to $8 value.
It was so YUM! We pigged out we got the FRIDAYS LOADED NACHOS, it was huge and I loved it! It was $7.99 so that was as close to the $8 as we could get. We had great service and enjoyed our lunch. Josh got the Jack Daniels Burger, ate a little of his and little bit of Madeline's kids chicken tenders. I forgot how much I love Fridays! Glad the coupon brought us back.

After the big lunch I came home and took at 2 hour nap with baby. What a great end to the long weekend. Another stuffed belly!

Here is a link to the Freebie post if you missed it. http://frugal-fabulous.blogspot.com/2008/11/tuesdays-tips-birthday-clubs.html

Freebie Friday on Black Friday

Happy Shopping today! Here are some freebies

Free Christmas Pin https://www.2debisdiamonds.com/Home_Page.html

Thank you Frugal Carol for this freebie

Free Lipsick Sample http://www.lipstockist.com/sample.html

VocalPoint- register and get a free Crest hair band. I can't wait to get mine! http://site.vocalpoint.com/crest/stockspa.html

Free Christmas CD download. Thank you Oprah! This is a great one

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2

Freebie Event at Wal-Mart

Happy Thanksgiving!

My Best Holiday Savings Tip

I am entering the Nickelodeon contest for a $500 wal-mart gift certificate for the Best Holiday Savings Tip. I encourage my frugal readers to enter to.

• My Money Saving Tip: A List is the key, talk with your kids and make a list of the items you are shopping for then set aside that amount in CASH(I have a special checking account for holidays we set aside a little bit each month). The key to not overspending is using what you've set aside and sticking to the list. You will be happy come January that you don't have a high credit card bill.

Enter and Share Your Best Money-Saving Holiday Tip for a Chance to Win a $500 Walmart Gift Card, Courtesy of Nickelodeon!

Another Wednesday Tip

Thank you Emily for sharing this photo tip:

Wolf Camera on Tuesdays and Wednesdays thru 12/24 , you can get .05 prints, 3.5 x 5 size only. She got 125 for her Christmas cards for less than $7. Wow!!

I love to hear other frugal tips! Thank you!!

Black Friday Shopping

Yes you know I am frugal, but I do not brave the crowds to shop on Black Friday. In my experience I have found great deals anyway. For those brave shoppers here is the ultimate shopping site it shows all the deals and flyer's.

http://www.theblackfriday.com/index.shtml

In the next couple weeks I will be discussing some frugal gifts... stay tuned.

Tuesdays Tips- Holiday Cards

It is time to start ordering Christmas cards. This year I had my best friend Adrien design a custom card for our family. She is a photo retouch artist and the master photoshop girl! She did an AMAZING job! I am having them printed as 5 X 7 photos for 25 cents from Winkflash they have the lowest cost prints at the best quality. Sorry I can't show our holiday card just yet.

apmDesign (Adrien's design business) is offering a FABULOUS offer for my frugal readers. For only $10 she will create you a 5 x 7 Christmas photo card. Just select one of the designs below and she will insert your photos and information then send you a photo file ready to print!!! If you decide to order 30 cards from winkflash and use Adrien's design you will get them all for $17.50 WOW!!! That is one FRUGAL FABULOUS DEAL! If you are interrested here is her email mhtml:%7BE968B1FC-3ACF-4A92-BACD-42184DCA206A%7Dmid://00000093/!x-usc:mailto:apmdesign_adrien@yahoo.com

Meal Plan Monday

I am changing the Monday format upon request, I am happy to share my weekly meal plans. A little background, my husband wants meat with EVERY meal so I make big dinners each night. We only eat out maybe once a week most weeks we eat every meal at home. You will notice we LOVE Mexican food. I have the cost of the meal at the end.

Monday: Stuffed Enchiladas, Side of Lipton Spanish rice with corn mixed in, Black Beans (from the can) $7

Tuesday: Chicken Tostados , Side of Corn
I make my own tostados, get a corn tortilla spray with cooking spray back for 10 minutes at 425, then top with chicken or meat, beans, cheese, lettuce and salsa YUM! $4

Wednesday: Mac with Meat, Green Beans and Rolls
Family size mac and cheese with stewed tomatoes (blended in blender)( and 1/2 pound of ground beef) Rolls out of hot dog buns just break apart and top with butter and sprinkle with garlic salt and bake at 350 for 10 minutes for crispy garlic bread. Very cheap only 99 cents for a package. $5

Thursday: THANKSGIVING!!!! I AM NOT COOKING! FREE

Friday: Thanksgiving Leftovers and our annual tradition of baking and decorating sugar cookies while we put up the Christmas Tree. $2 for cookie stuff

glamRbaby Contest

My friend Noelle over at glamRbaby is having a contest. She is giving away some FABULOUS Christmas bows.

Here is her site http://www.glamrbaby.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

Freebie Friday

Enjoy these freebies this wonderful Friday! Remember to set up a separate yahoo account if you don't want junk mail in your regular email account. I had great restaurant free coupons on Tuesday check those out if you missed http://frugal-fabulous.blogspot.com/2008/11/tuesdays-tips-birthday-clubs.html

Free Stride Gum - this is a fun and interactive game to get your sample
http://www.thepeople-vs-stride.com/


Free Purell
http://www.qualityhealth.com/psp/registration.jspa?rf=30626&logicalPID=CD4262_

Free Sample of Gain Laundry Detergent
http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid49638.aspx

Free Shopping List from Marie Callenders http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid58856.aspx

50 Free Prints from Snapfish for new users (This is where I order my photos, Great Quality)http://www2.snapfish.com/welcome?AID=10389942&PID=3122728

Sample of Christina Aquilera's new perfume. (Does it smell Dirrrty?)http://www.christina-aguilera-perfumes.com/us/sample?src=pgeds

Pantene New Collection of Shampoohttp://www.pgeverydaysolutions.com/pgeds/en_US/jsp/EDS_Page.jsp?pageID=UMLP&brand=pantene_brandsampler

Parent's Choice Free Formula Samplehttp://www.parentschoiceformula.com/baby-formula-samples.aspx

Betty Crocker Sample of Warm Delights, YUM-O!http://freewarmdelights.bettycrocker.com/WarmDelights/Default.aspx

Bertolli's Tomato Sauce Free Packethttp://www.condenet.com/promo/bertolli/sweeps/saucegiveaway/entry/long/

Free Playtex Baby Bottlehttp://www.playtexbaby.com/bpafree/info.html