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Ornament Exchange! #ARWB
This year the Arkansas Women Bloggers put together a fun hand-made ornament exchange among the member bloggers. Even though I now live here in Missouri, they still let me play along! I was tickled to be assigned The Park Wife as my ornament recipient. She is my oldest and bestest blog buddy. (Not meaning she is old, meaning she is the first fellow blogger I made friends with.) Anyhow, I tried my hand at some blog-inspired … Read entire article »
Filed under: Not the Dishes, Write & Blog
Relish! Meal Planning Gifts and a giveaway
With the chaos of this summer’s move and everything that has gone on since, I had gotten out of the meal planning groove. But, I’m happy to say, over the past few months I’ve jumped back in and am wondering why I ever stopped doing it in the first place. Meal planning isn’t hard. In fact, it makes life easier. And at the bottom of this post, I’m giving away something that will make it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Frugal Fawn, Grocery Shopping, Homemaking, Mommyhood, Product Reviews, Spending Less
Shop Small, Shop Local: Seven Ideas for Kids’ Gifts
I wish that every shopping day was Small Business Saturday. Small businesses keep money in the local economy and provide income to your friends and neighbors who own these businesses. If you’re prone to big box shopping, I hope you’ll take tomorrow as an opportunity to try out something new and consider adopting it as a regular habit. At our house, and in our extended families, we don’t buy gifts for adults – only the kids. … Read entire article »
Filed under: 417 With Kids, Frugal Fawn, Shopping, Spending Less
This One Time, At Walmart…
Walmart. Blech. Just a couple days ago, I was telling my friend Sarah how I DO NOT shop at Walmart, ever. I don’t like the way every store is laid out differently so you can’t find anything, I don’t like the people that shop there, I don’t like what it does to small business, and I don’t like the way the company is run in general. So, I really was in a little bit of shock … Read entire article »
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Beat Black Friday with ListPlanIt
Happy Thanksgiving all! I am Thankful for everyone who stops by my blog, so I thought I’d help you out with the Giving part. You know how much I love ListPlanIt – it’s a great resource for home management, small business management, and kid management. Just as the name implies, ListPlanIt has every list and ePlanner you could ever want. Today only (Thankgiving Day) ListPlanIt is offering a Buy One Get One Deal! So, you can buy … Read entire article »
Filed under: Frugal Fawn, Homemaking, Mommyhood, Spending Less
Holiday Programming on Network TV
Back at the beginning of October, we ditched our dish. I’m not a huge TV watcher (no time, what with my internet addiction), so I wasn’t too sad to see it go, until I realized that we are going to miss out on ABC Family’s Holiday lineup of Christmas classics. So, I’ve spent a few hours mining the world wide web and have put together a schedule of the family friendly holiday shows airing on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Frugal Fawn, Mommyhood, Things to Do in Central Arkansas
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