Bookcloseouts.com is my all time favorite place to purchase books. They have great prices and deals every month. My husband and son love to read and they read so quickly. They both go through books so fast, it sometimes gets a bit expensive to keep up with their hobby.
I have been purchasing books through them for about 2 years now. I have even passed this information to my sons teachers who have since started purchasing books through Book Closeouts.
Although the books that they have are not usually the newest titles, you will be able to find some wonderful books. Book Closeouts has mostly overstock books and some that have been discountinued and the inventory changes all the time. Sign up for the email and you will be notified of new offers.
In this weeks "Quick and Simple" newsletter, there was an article on recycling office and kitchen supplies. There are some interesting uses for common items that you may have in your home. I thought it was worth sharing, so enjoy reading "17 Ingenious Things To Do With Old Office And Kitchen Supplies".
Staying healthy is not always inexpensive, but you can get vitamins and herbal supplements for a good price. Puritan's Pride is a great website that offers deals on these items. If you sign up for the newsletter, you will be notified of great deals that will save you even more money. One of their most popular deals they have is Buy 1, Get 1 Free or even better, Buy 2, Get 3 Free. So go and check it out and stock up on your vitamins.
I worked retail for a lot of years and the Summer is the time of year when stores start to get rid of their inventory to make room for the holiday season.
This is especially true for toys. I was at Target today and noticed that there were a lot of toys on clearance. If you have some money saved for the holidays, this is the time to start using it. You can get most of your shopping done before November if you take advantage of these markdowns.
When you shop, make sure that you check the clearance racks and keep everyone that you are shopping for in mind. Check the internet as well as the brick and mortar stores. You will be surprised that there are great deals online also.
Make sure that you make a list of all the people you need to shop for, set your budget and start shopping. I hope you find some great deals and come out below your budget. Happy Shopping!
I'm a few weeks behind on this. I lost the paper that I had written the challenge on. Thankfully, for the internet, I was able to find it. So here are 13 ways I break the ice.
13~What's Up?
12~Who are you?
11~What brings you here?
10~Hey is that your kid?
9~Hi, I'm Tina
8~How about this weather?
7~What do you do?
6~What are you drinking?
5~Do I know you?
4~Nice shoes.
3~Have you seen (insert movie title here)?
2~Did you go to (insert school here)?
1~Do you know (insert name here)?
I wish this one was a little more exciting, but it is what it is. Kinda boring. Lol
I'm a little less than halfway through my experiments and I have to tell you, not doing as well as I wanted to.
I'll start with Experiment #1, which was living off my husbands part time pay. I have not saved any money. I know, I am terrible. I'm an emotional shopper. I know I am. The first step to recovery is admitting it right? The past couple of weeks have been pretty emotional and I think a lot of the money I spent was during my birthday weekend. I was so frustrated and upset, I bought things for myself and my family, took them out to dinner and basically said f*uck it. So all the money I should have saved the first half of the month, I spent. I'll be honest, not too broken up about it. I'm a little disappointed, but I'm not beating myself up.
Experiment #2, cleaning out the freezer is actually going really well. The first week, we got rid of a lot of food. We had a BBQ, so that helped out. I have cleaned out all the TV dinners that I had, and most of the other pre-made frozen foods. I made pork chops in the crock pot. (See my Epic Crock Pot Fail blog post) This week, I have a few more crock pot meals planned, Beer Brats in the crock pot and Spaghetti in the crock pot. I have two meals that involve chicken, just not sure what I'm going to make.
All in all, I'm pretty satisfied with the way the experiments are going. The next half of the month, I predict will be better for saving money. I don't think I will save as much as I originally wanted to, but even if I just saved a couple hundred dollars, I will be happy. Something is better than nothing. The second experiment I think will stay pretty strong. I found some steaks, more ground turkey and fish. I plan on posting more recipes for you.
This weekend we went to the drive in and saw Cars 2 with Green Lantern. I wasn't too excited to see Green Lantern. To be honest, I thought it kind of looked lame, but hey, Ryan Reynolds was in it so I figured even if it was bad, I could look at him for 90 minutes.
I've had a couple of days to try and figure out what I was going to write. Two days to find one good thing about this movie. I had a hard time. I'm beginning to think that all of the good things about this movie are sitting somewhere on the cutting room floor.
First of all, I was somewhat lost throughout the movie. There were too many unexplained connections. The holes in the plot were as big as the Grand Canyon. The story seemed too rushed. It was like one minute he gets the ring, he's the Green Lantern, he fights the bad guy, (that connection was too loose and confusing) saves the world and gets the girl. Really, it was that quick, no meat in between those bones.
This is a super hero movie, which I love. I thought there would be some cool action scenes. That apparently was asking too much. The action scenes were boring and really not much action.
The chemistry between the characters was dull and they had no spark. I even thought Ryan Reynolds was boring. I find him to be sarcastic and witty, but the writing left him no good material to work with.
I think this movie had really good potential. I really do believe somewhere, there is a good movie that got all studio~ized (yes, that is a word I just made up). Hollywood big wigs came in and decided that the movie was too long and said cut it up into, well the crappy movie I watched.
Sorry Ryan Reynolds, I adore you and think you are one good looking man, and aside from this movie and Van Wilder, I think you're a great actor. I can't in good conscience recommend this movie. If you want to see it, wait til it comes out on Redbox or cable. Please don't pay to see it.
