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11-13-08 The response to this months contest has been incredible. Last months contest had about 400 total entries. This months contest is already at 285 entries and it's only been 13 days. I really thought since the rules were a little more strict this month it would really slow down the entries too. I guess there are just a lot of people out there doing good deeds, which is awesome. I'm looking forward to Black Friday and can't wait for Thanksgiving day so I can start mapping out my plan of attack. I think I look forward to that day almost as much as most holidays. There are a lot of deals out there already this year, so I can't wait to see how good they get on November 28th!!! 11-03-08 Everyone
knows tomorrow is election day. No matter who you plan on voting for,
make sure you vote. My wife got a great deal at swaggrabber.com this week. If you shop at Victoria Secrets and have one of their store cards, click on their link I just posted. My wife got two bras and two panties for $23 including S&H. If you ever shop there then you know that's a great deal. Because this month is Thanksgiving, the November contest is all about giving. If you do anything to give back in some way to the community, you get an entry. If you touch some ones life by doing something positive, you get an entry. You can enter daily. So hopefully that's a little more motivation for you do do one more positive thing that day. 10-26-08 Tomorrow will be one year since I purchased my web domain. It took me about 7 months to finally learn enough to get my site up and active. In the last 5 months though the site has grown a great deal. Thanks to all the viewers who have written in with their tips to improve my site and their tips to help save money. 10-17-08 The market has been a crazy roller coaster ride the past few weeks. Of course everyone needs to do what they think is right for them, but Warren Buffet had a great quote today on CNN. "Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful," I think that is great advice from a man who's forgotten more about money then most people will ever accumulate in their own live time. Buffett speaks and most people who know money listen. There's a reason he is the richest man in the US now. Stocks will bounce back, it's just a matter of time. Keep your money going into your 401k and take advantage that you can buy low right now. Years down the road it's going to pay off. 10-05-08 2createawebsite.com had another great weekly newsletter last week. It gave great advice on running blogs and pointed out a few things I now know I need to work on. A mistake I see that I make, is I only try and make my updates on Mondays. From now on that's going to be a little more random. I find myself with lots of things to say on Friday sometimes and by Monday I forget my points. Also on some Mondays I feel like I really don't have anything to say, but type out something trivial just because it's Monday. From now on when a good idea pops into my head it goes on the blog. If nothing pops into my head nothing gets written down. It's better that way for both me and you since you're the one who has to read it. :-) This months contest has been a tremendous success and I'm very thankful to all the new viewers. The winner of last months contest has been emailed and updated on the home page. Congratulations to Bargainhuntingwife. This week I have also been checking out Swapsavers.com. I've been talking with the site creator who seems extremely nice and wants to help people save more just like me. It's a social networking site like Facebook or Myspace specifically designed for people who want to find new ways to save money. The site is loaded with deals, freebies, forums and more. If you have time check it out. I highly recommend it. 09-30-08 This week is gonna be a big week for the site. On October 1st the new contest will be posted. I am working on a new section with tons of great links to companies rewards programs and email newsletters that you can sign up for. Some of these companies newsletters notify you of great sales, special offers and coupons. Most are places I already shop at, but a lot of them were submitted by readers across the country. I'm trying to research more about the programs countywide that way I'm not including just New England stores. If you know of any good store or product newsletters or rewards programs in the US or even Canada please write in letting me know what they offer and their links. You'll see the new section updated on the left hand side. 09-22-08 There has been a lot of small changes this week. I've added some photos here and there to add a little more graphics. I've updated the tip of the week and a new article as well. I was having a conversation about GI Joe action figures with a cousin and about them possibly being collectors items down the road. Based on that conversation I've decided to write "What is a collectors item?" This months contest has really increased the amount of traffic coming into the site and I definitely think there will be a repeat performance next month. If you have any ideas on which gift cards I should have for a prize let me know. Also for any friends or family reading the blog this week, or if you're in the Northern Ma/Southern NH area, check out Eli's new web site too. My wife is finally going to start offering her incredible cakes for purchase at eli's cakes.
09-15-08 I'm on vacation this week, but I wanted to make sure I also took care of updating the site. The contact form has been a huge success. You wouldn't think it would make so much of a difference, but i guess people don't want to have to go through Outlook or pull up a whole separate site like Yahoo just to send a comment. I have got a lot of responses by having my contest put on moneysavingmom.com. Also my contest was added to online-sweepstakes.com. There have been a lot of great responses and it's been difficult picking a pick of the week, but I did and the site is updated. Keep sending in the great ideas and if you even want to take the time to write an article send it and I'll post that too. I'm off to enjoy my vacation and thanks for reading this. I'm also debating on what my next section should be. I'm debating on a section dedicated to grocery saving tips. Any other ideas you may have write me and let me know your opinion. Entries from Blog Entries from 09-08-08 to 05-18-08
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