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Hello again, savvy savers! Can you believe today I is the last day of this year’s first month of No-spend Challenges! Woohoo! So, as today is our end point, and tomorrow morning I will be creating a monthly tally of my overall savings, I thought today’s challenge should be a relaxing, yet informative challenge.
Who would benefit from this challenge? Well anyone, especially those inspiring home chefs, bakers, and grilling enthusiasts! My videos of choice? ChefSteps, an online creative cooking class series, online community creativity boards, and internet video series, offer free step-by-step video seminars to help cooks, of all levels of experience, classes to help hone their culinary talents! To find out more about this program, click here!
Today, I challenge you all to take a free online cooking class! Also, be sure to check back tomorrow for my monthly tally, steps for spending month budgeting, as well as what to stockpile for April’s No-Spend Month Challenges!
Here’s to saving,
Challenge Links:
- The 31 Day No Spend Month Challenge!
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 (Commitment & Pantry Organization)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 (Menu Ideas)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 Recap
- February No-Spend Challenge: Day 3 (Dine Out At Home)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 3 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 4 (#Choose30 Challenge)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 4 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 5 (Coupon Swap)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 5 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 (Rain-Check Shopping)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 7 (How To Save On Your Utility Bills)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 8 (Preparing For Cleaning Week)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 8 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 9 (Establishing Cleaning Routines & Decluttering Zones)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 9 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 10 (Bathroom & Linen Closet Organization)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 10 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 11 (Clean Off Your Counter-tops)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 11 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 12 (Clean Out Your Closet)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 12 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 13 (Home Office & Craft Room Organization)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 14 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 15 (Stockpiling & Day’s Recap) & Day 16 ( Selling Your Stuff, Part 1: Facebook Local Groups)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 16 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 17 (How To Make Money Selling Your Stuff On Craigslist)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 17 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 18 (How to Sell on eBay)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 18 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 19 (How to Sell on Amazon.com)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 19 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 20 (How to Sell on ETSY)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 20 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 21 (How to Sell Patterns on Craftsy)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 21 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 22 (Selling on ThredUp & LikeTwice)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 23 (How to Make Money on Fiverr)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 24 (How to Make Money Taking Online Surveys)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 25 (How to Make Money With In-Home Product Testing)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 26 (How to Become A Book Reviewer)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 27 (Take A Free College Course Online)
Good afternoon savvy savers! For this weeks Weekend Restaurant Deals, I have listed my favorite my kids-eat free and at a reduced priced listings:
Applebees: Mondays & Tuesdays—For each adult entree purchase, you can get one free kids’ meal. If you have a big family, additional kids are just $1.00.
Backyard Burgers: Tuesdays—Buy one adult combo meal and get a kids meal free for kids 12 and under from 4 pm to close.
Bennigan’s: Tuesdays after 4pm—Kids 12 and under eat free with the purchase of an full-priced adult entree.
Black Eyed Pea: Tuesdays—Kids 12 and under eat free. One item from the kids menu is free with each purchased adult entrée from 5 pm to close.
Blue Mesa Grill: Sundays—Kids 5 and under eat free with the purchase of adult brunch from 9 am to 3 pm. Check individual locations for participation.
Bob Evans: Tuesdays—Free Kids’ Meal with every Adult meal purchased after 4pm.
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream: Daily—Kids under 40 inches receive a free baby cone.
Cici’s Pizza: Daily—Kids 3 and under eat free. Ask server for specific details.
Chick-fil-a: Tuesdays—Free kids’ meal with the purchase of an adult combo meal from 5:30-7:30 pm. Participation may vary by location. Day offered may vary by location. Some locations charge $0.99 per kids’ meal.
Culver’s: Daily—Kids 12 and under receive a free custard with the purchase of a meal.
Denny’s: Tuesdays—Kids eat free from 4-10 pm. Restrictions may apply. Ask your server for details.
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit: Sundays—Kids 12 and under eat free. One free kids meal for every adult meal purchased.
Double Dave’s Pizza: Daily—Free kids buffet with purchase of an adult buffet. Qualifying age varies by locations, so call ahead or check with your server.
Firehouse Subs: Wednesdays—Kids eat free with the purchase of an adult combo. Participating restaurants only. Varies by location.
Gatti Town: Wednesdays—Kids 10 and under get free kid’s buffet with the purchase of adult buffet at regular price. Limit 1 child per adult.
Golden Corral: Mondays—Kids 10 and under eat free from 5-9 pm. Two kids per adult. Kids 3 and under are always free.
IHOP: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday—Kids 12 and under eat free from 4-8 pm. One kids’ menu item per adult entree. Drinks not included.
IKEA: Tuesdays—Kids eat free at some locations. Check with local store for qualifying ages and participation. There are also specials throughout the year. Check the store page foryour local store to see current specials.
Jason’s Deli: Wednesdays—Kids 12 and under eat free with purchase of adult meal. 2 kids meals per adult meal purchased. Call ahead for participating locations in your area.
Lone Star Steakhouse: Tuesdays—Kids eat free all day. 2 kid’s entrees with each adult entree. Not valid in Orlando, FL.
Magganio’s: Sunday—Kids 5 and under eat free. Check with your local restaurant for participation.
Marie Callender’s: Tuesdays—One free Kid’s Meal with each adult entree purchased.
Moe’s Southwestern Grill: Tuesdays—Kids eat free all day. One free kids’ meal for each adult meal purchased. Choose from Power Wagon (hard or soft taco), Mini Masterpiece (cheese quesadilla) or Moo Moo Mr. Cow (burrito). Each kids’ meal includes a cookie and beverage.
On the Border: DailyKids Smaller-Size menu diners receive a free sundae with meal purchase. Participation may vary.
Perkins: Tuesday—Kids eat free all day. Kids eat free at Ohio and Pennsylvania locations on Wednesday and Saturday from 4pm-9pm.
Pizza Hut: Tuesdays—Some participating locations offer an unlimited pizza buffet for just $6.99. Kids 10 and under eat free with the purchase of an adult buffet.
Ponderosa Steakhouse: Tuesdays—Kids eat free from 4pm to close. You can get up to 2 free kids’ meals with each adult entree purchased. Ask server for specific details.
Qdoba Mexican Grill: Sundays or Wednesday—Kids eat free on Sundays or Wednesdays. Participation and day of participation varies by location.
Red Robin: Mondays—Kids 10 and under eat free. Ask server for specific details.
Skyline Chili: Mondays—Kids 4 and under eat free from 4-9 pm. Check ahead for specific participating locations.
Steak ‘n Shake: Saturdays & Sundays—Free kid’s entrée for every $9 purchased. Participation varies by location.
Texas Roadhouse: Tuesdays—Kids 12 and under eat free from 4-9 pm. Limit 2 Kid’s Meal Discounts per 1 Adult Entree Purchased. Ranger Meals Excluded. Dine in only. Not valid with any other offer. Some locations also offer a free toy!
TGI Fridays: Mondays & Tuesdays—Kids eat free, though offers vary by location. Call ahead or check with server for specific details.
Tony Roma’s: Tuesdays—Kids 12 and under eat free with a purchase of an adult entree.
Uno Chicago Grill: Tuesdays—Get 1 free kids meal or gluten-free pizza with the purchase of an adult entree.
Reduced Price Kids Meal Participating Restaurants:
Buffalo Wild Wings: Mondays—Kids 12 and under can order from the Kids’ Menu for just $0.99 from 5-8 pm.
Fazoli’s: Tuesdays—Get 2 kids’ meals for $0.99 each with the purchase of 1 adult entree. For children ages 12 and under. Offer valid from 5-8 pm each Tuesday at participating restaurants.
Fire Mountain: Thursdays—Two kids’ buffets for $0.99 each with the purchase of an adult buffet. For children ages 11 and under. Participation varies by location.
Fuddruckers: Mondays & Tuesdays—Kids 12 and under can order from the kids’ meal menu for $0.99 (drinks included) from 4-9 pm. Locations and participation may vary.
Golden Corral: Tuesdays—Kids 3 and under can eat for just $1.99.
Luby’s Cafeteria: Wednesdays—Kids under 10 eat for $2 after 4:30 pm.
McAlister’s Deli: Daily—Kids’ meals for $0.99 all day at select locations. Call ahead for participation.
Old Country Buffet: Thursdays—Two kids’ buffets for $0.99 each with the purchase of an adult buffet. For children ages 11 and under. Participation varies by location. Offer also available at participating HomeTown Buffet and Country Buffet locations.
Ryan’s: Thursdays—Two kids’ buffets for $0.99 each with the purchase of an adult buffet. For children ages 11 and under. Participation varies by location.
Which Wich Superior Sandwiches: Mondays & Saturdays—Kidswich meals are $0.99 with the purchase of a 7″ small Wich. Kidswich meals include a Wich, treat, and drink. Valid for children ages 12 years and under at participating locations.
Enjoy!
Hello again, savvy savers! A new day, and a new challenge! Today, I want to switch topics, and discuss a way you can save money, and that is by taking a refresher course from one of America’s best colleges and Universities. As part of today’s No-Spend Challenge, I want to post about an awesome at-home learning tool many users may be interested in using, Coursea.com.
- Coursera is a for-profit educational technology company offering massive open online courses founded by computer science professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller from Stanford University.
- This online course directory offers persons from all walks of life the ability to sample, full-length classes, webinars, refresher courses, or to browse syllabi and test prep, in a full range of Liberal Arts topics, from many of the national top colleges and universities, including Duke University, Yale University, Vanderbilt University, and Johns Hopkins University.
- There are also courses focused on music education, art appreciation, small business management, and anthropological studies.
For those interested in this site, click here. So, for today’s challenge, I encourage you all to check out this site, and see if you may be interested in taking a new online course on for size! Good luck! Be sure to check back tomorrow morning for the final day of this months No-Spend Challenge!
Here’s to saving,
Challenge Links:
- The 31 Day No Spend Month Challenge!
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 (Commitment & Pantry Organization)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 (Menu Ideas)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 Recap
- February No-Spend Challenge: Day 3 (Dine Out At Home)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 3 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 4 (#Choose30 Challenge)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 4 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 5 (Coupon Swap)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 5 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 (Rain-Check Shopping)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 7 (How To Save On Your Utility Bills)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 8 (Preparing For Cleaning Week)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 8 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 9 (Establishing Cleaning Routines & Decluttering Zones)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 9 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 10 (Bathroom & Linen Closet Organization)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 10 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 11 (Clean Off Your Counter-tops)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 11 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 12 (Clean Out Your Closet)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 12 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 13 (Home Office & Craft Room Organization)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 14 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 15 (Stockpiling & Day’s Recap) & Day 16 ( Selling Your Stuff, Part 1: Facebook Local Groups)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 16 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 17 (How To Make Money Selling Your Stuff On Craigslist)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 17 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 18 (How to Sell on eBay)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 18 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 19 (How to Sell on Amazon.com)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 19 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 20 (How to Sell on ETSY)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 20 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 21 (How to Sell Patterns on Craftsy)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 21 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 22 (Selling on ThredUp & LikeTwice)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 23 (How to Make Money on Fiverr)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 24 (How to Make Money Taking Online Surveys)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 25 (How to Make Money With In-Home Product Testing)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 26 (How to Become A Book Reviewer)
Good afternoon, savvy savers! For this weeks Throwback Thursday’s, just in time for Halloween, I want to bring you a fun, family-friendly find from my own childhood, Slime! If you were anything like me as a child, than watching Family Double Dare was a favorite, and the best part of the show was the contestants who were systematically slimed! Sure slime, that awesome polymer that was presented both liquid and solid statuses simultaneously, was more than a molecular anomaly, it was an event of epic proportions! What was even better? When the stores began to carry this awesome gak, slime, or as my mother called it, the substance that will not come off of my couch!
Oh, the dealing of a kid from the 1990′s. But why let the 1990′s evade us one day further, when we can make out own slime, and so here is my recipe for homemade slime! Please note, I can make slime for $0.20 a container, per child.
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup Elmer’s School White Glue
- 2 disposable cups
- Food coloring
- 3 Tablespoons Water
- 1 Tablespoon Borax Powder
- A plastic spoon
Directions:
- In your first plastic cup, add your water and Borax Powder.
- Stir the mixture gently, then set aside.
- In your second plastic cup, add your Elmer’s School White Glue.
- Add the food coloring, in your color(s) of choice, to the second cup, stirring until mixed.
- Now, add 1 Tablespoon of the mixture from the first cup at a time, to the second cup; the slime will instantly start forming, but allow the mixture to set-up for 30 second before playing with each batch.
- Store slime in sandwich bags.
- Avoid placing slime on textured, carpeted, and porous surface.
- Enjoy!
Here’s to Halloween,
Hello again, savvy savers! For this week’s Thrifty Thursday’s, I want to share with you one of the ways I have found to save on cleaning supplies, and that is with my DIY Soft Scrub, with Bleach! As this product is priced around $2.98 locally for me, I find that my making my own, using products purchased online via Amazon and ePantry, I am able to make a batch of cleaner for under $0.25, nearly 85% off retail pricing, using only four simple, household ingredients!
Here’s how to make it:
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup baking soda
- 1/4 cup Castile soap
- 2 Tablespoons room temperature water
- 1/2 Tablespoon bleach
- Glass jar, with lid
Directions:
- Combine the water and baking soda in a non-lidded glass jar; set aside for 1 minutes.
- Next, add the soap to the mixture, folding in the soap slowly.
- Add the bleach, and set aside for an additional minute.
- Store your mixture, in your lidded jar, and use 1 teaspoon for each cleaning, as needed.
- When cleaning, use a white cloth, scrub your surface, and allow mixture to remain on the surface for 60 seconds, for disinfecting purposes, before rinsing with water, and drying with a clean cloth.
- Enjoy!
As you can see, the left side of my kitchen sink, with just the smallest amount of this DIY scrub, with a simple white cloth, cleans my kitchen sink to an impressive shine! I also use this mixture in my bathroom sink, bathroom showers, and to clean my grill and smoker at home. This scrub comes in handy during the winter months, when the extra bit of help, by way of the household chlorine bleach, helps to not just clean but disinfect the surfaces most used in my home! If you use something similar in your home, I’d love to hear about it below!
Hello again, savvy savers! A new day, and a new way to save with today’s No-Spend Month Challenges! If a mug of soup, a cup of hot tea, and a great, new book sounds like your perfect night, than that makes two of us! If you are anything like me, than you are nothing short of a bibliophile! Well, you are in luck, as today’s challenge centers around being able to score free books.
How can be score free books?
- You can become a book reviewer, with one of several dozen online book reviewer programs.
- The best part is that you do not need to be a designated book blogger, to be able to review books.
- You simply need to have a love of the written word, a social media following, and a verifiable mailing address.
- Each blogger will need to apply for book reviews, and just wait for the reviews to come in.
- Keep in mind, you will need to keep reviews legal, by always disclosing your reviewer status.
- Beyond this, you will need to review books online, as well as reviewing on an online purchasing outlet, such as Goodreads, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.
Here are a list of Reviewer Programs:
1. BookSneeze: They have both print and e-books available. Booksneeze sends out a monthly newsletter informing participants of the latest books available for review.
2. Blogging for Books: This program is ran by Waterbrook Multnomah. It has a pretty simple sign-up and I like that they send out email notices monthly informing you of the different books they have available.
3. Bethany House: Here is a link to the latest newsletter with the list of books available for review.
4. Tywebbin: Offers a quick simple sign-up to be host of one their virtual book tours. Books offered from this review program tend to be primarily African American books.
5. Cross Focused Reviews: This program is a service of Cross Focused Media, LLC. Once you have signed up on their list, you will receive email notifications of available books on tour.
6. TLC Book Tours: Offers a quick sign up process to get on their list of tour hosts.
7. Tyndale Blog Network:This program is hosted by Tyndale House publishers. Each month they send out a list of available books once you have been approved.
8. NetGalley: This program offers books from a vast number of publishers. According to their website, “NetGalley is a service to promote and publicize forthcoming titles to readers of influence.
10. The B& B Media: I have done several reviews through this program. Once you’re on their distribution list, you receive an email notification of available books they have and you simply fill out the form to be a part of that book’s tour. They give you a date the review must be posted by.
This list provides a great start for book lovers and bloggers alike, that are looking to review books. Each program offers free books in exchange for an honest review and have their own requirements about review length and where you must publish your reviews. So, today I challenge you look into saving on your monthly book purchasing costs, by becoming a book reviewer!
Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new day’s challenge!
Here’s to saving,
Challenge Links:
- The 31 Day No Spend Month Challenge!
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 (Commitment & Pantry Organization)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 1 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 (Menu Ideas)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 2 Recap
- February No-Spend Challenge: Day 3 (Dine Out At Home)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 3 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 4 (#Choose30 Challenge)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 4 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 5 (Coupon Swap)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 5 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 (Rain-Check Shopping)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 7 (How To Save On Your Utility Bills)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 8 (Preparing For Cleaning Week)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 8 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 9 (Establishing Cleaning Routines & Decluttering Zones)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 9 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 10 (Bathroom & Linen Closet Organization)
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 10 Recap
- February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 11 (Clean Off Your Counter-tops)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 11 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 12 (Clean Out Your Closet)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 12 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 13 (Home Office & Craft Room Organization)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 14 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 15 (Stockpiling & Day’s Recap) & Day 16 ( Selling Your Stuff, Part 1: Facebook Local Groups)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 16 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 17 (How To Make Money Selling Your Stuff On Craigslist)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 17 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 18 (How to Sell on eBay)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 18 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 19 (How to Sell on Amazon.com)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 19 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 20 (How to Sell on ETSY)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 20 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 21 (How to Sell Patterns on Craftsy)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 21 Recap
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 22 (Selling on ThredUp & LikeTwice)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 23 (How to Make Money on Fiverr)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 24 (How to Make Money Taking Online Surveys)
- February No Spend Month Challenge: Day 25 (How to Make Money With In-Home Product Testing)