FINALLY FRIDAY AT MY MONEY MISSION ONLINE! YAY!!

MY BEAUTIFUL NEW AWARD!!

Yeah! Over the Top & One Word...

Good Morning!! It's FINALLY FRIDAY!! To start the day off right, I got this Over the Top! award from Stace over at All Stace. I just love her and her blog, and I say, "Thank you so very much! "

Here’s how it works:

USE ONLY ONE WORD! It’s not as easy as you might think. Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers.

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your hair? brown
3. Your mother? awesome
4. Your father?wonderful
5. Your favorite food? chinese
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? tea
8. Your dream/goal?contentment
9. What room are you in? office
10. Your hobby? reading
11. Your fear? unhappiness
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren’t? jealous
15. Muffins? cinnamon
16. Wish list item? couch
17. Where did you grow up? IL
18. Last thing you did? blog
19. What are you wearing? jammies
20. Your TV? outdated
21. Your pets? many
22. Friends? many
23. Your life? blessed
24. Your mood? sleepy
25. Missing someone? sisters
26. Vehicle? Van
27. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? Walgreens
29. Your favorite color? Beige
30. When was the last time you laughed? dinner
31. Last time you cried? Monday?
32. Your best friend? Hubs
33. One place that I go to over and over? Walgreens
34. One person who emails me regularly? Debbie
35. Favorite place to eat? Chinese!

I’m passing this on to:

Kim @Stuff Could Always Be Worse

Jessica @ Tree Top Confessions

SonyaAnn @ A Mom Money and More

Frances @ lookingfordeals-fperkins (Looking forward to a more frugal 2009)

Helene @ willowcreeker4 (Granny Spice)

Rose @ Rose's Obstacles and Glories

Whew!! It was hard to decide!! If you aren't listed, that doesn't mean that I don't love you! I had to limit myself or I'd have a list a mile long! LOL

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I have a few great deals to pass along: This one is courtesy of Frances (at the above mentioned blog):


Save $5 at Walgreens on Thursday and Friday!



She says, "I received an email with a link to get the above coupon. $5 off $25 purchase Thursday and Friday (16th and 17th) only. Not the greatest coupon, but if you have to go anyway it could come in handy. Enjoy!!" Thanks, Frances!

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Melissa over at Sassy Super Saver posted about FREE Read it Forward books. She says,

"Random house is offering 1 free book to each household. There are 3 books to choose from. The idea is that you read it first and then "read it forward" to someone else by giving it away! What a great idea and a fun way for you and your friends to all read the same book!"

Click HERE to pick your free book!

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY MOM MINUTES & MORE!!

It's Wednesday.....time for the next installment of MOM MINUTES! I had supper over at Mom's the other night, and she said that she learned this tip years ago, from her sister, and wanted to pass it along to "her" readers. I told her that she is the most popular part of my blog! :)

MOM MINUTES by Earlene:

"Years ago I learned this little tip from my younger sister. You know those plastic caps that come on the ends of hairspray, shave cream, spray starch, etc.? Well, don't throw those away.....save them for when you start seeds in the spring. They are just the perfect size to use as little mini-greenhouses, and sturdy enough to handle the growing seedlings. Place the empty caps on a cookie sheet or any other flat tray, add your soil, put in the seed(s), water a little, cover with loose plastic wrap (to help retain moisture) and then just watch them grow."

After Mom told me this tip, I just looked at her and asked her why she hadn't told me this tip years ago!! She just laughed and said that until I started this blog, she didn't think her little tips were that interesting! Now she knows that they are!! :)

This is a another tip that she gave to me years ago, and I thought that I would include it today, before I totally forget about it. It involves buying chocolate at those after Christmas/Easter/Halloween sales.

The trick is to find those chocolate Santas, Easter Bunnies, leftover chocolate bars from Halloween that the stores sell at rock-bottom prices, and buy as much as you can. When you get home, chop up the chocolate into small pieces, put into freezer bags, and "Voila!" You have chocolate baking pieces to use when making chocolate chunk cookies or to melt and use in various recipes. AND, you won't break your budget doing so, because you bought when the price was rock bottom!!

I have actually put the chocolate into the freezer straight from the store, and when it is frozen, it breaks into small pieces easily. Then I put those into freezer bags. Neat, huh?!*******************************************************

Old Navy is spoiling us with these deals lately! This Friday, July 3rd, you’ll be able to pick up Old Navy Flag Tees for the whole family for just $1.

For all of you that have already bought your shirt, if you have your reciept, they will do a price adjustment for you. Then you will have more money to spend on other things on sale in the store. Your purchase does need to be within the last 30 days---as long as it is within 30 days, it is store policy to do the price adjustment.

Big Thanks to Deal Seeking Mom and Sassy Super Saver for the Old Navy info!! :)