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One Hundred Dollars a Month

I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Fancy Nuts on Sale, 25 Cookie Recipes, Online Deals and More

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Quote of the Day  “One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.” ~ Lucille Ball

Hello Monday!

On the agenda for today:

  • Try one last canning recipe for the year
  • Do laundry
  • Finish up the ornaments Mrs. HB wanted me to make her
  • Finish up a rug that has taken me way to long to hook
  • Make something delicious for dinner
  • Take a nap!

How about YOU? What’s on your list for today? Hopefully something more exciting than mine. 😉 Have a great day everyone,

♥ Mavis & Lucy

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Available Kindle Books I think look interesting…

The prices on Kindle Books can change quickly, so grab them while you can. Don’t have a Kindle? Download the kindle app on your other devices. It’s easy! 🙂

Subscribe and Save Deals

Subscribe and Save prices reflect a 15% discount for ordering 5 or more items in 1 month.

Looking for a few good Christmas cookie recipes? Pop on over HERE for a list of 25 of our favorites.

Home and Kitchen Deals

Each month, Amazon Prime members can download and keep one free book from their Kindle First selection of six pre-released picks. Here are this month’s selections:

Add on Items

*These are all Amazon Add-on Items and they will ship with qualifying orders over $25 and are eligible for free shipping on $25 orders with Amazon Prime {or will ship FREE on $35 orders without Prime}. 

Once I started making my own DIY Italian Seasoning, I never looked back. You can find all my DIY Seasonings HERE.

Kid’s Stuff

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Free Aloe Water, Recipe for Chocolate Dipped Macaroons, Online Deals and More

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Quote of the Day  “A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.” Wade Boggs

Hello Friday! Do you have anything exciting planned for today? I will be making jam and stacking wood. Giddy up! Sugar + exercise, does it get any better than that? 😉

Have a great weekend everyone,

♥ Mavis & Lucy

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Available Kindle Books I think look interesting…

The prices on Kindle Books can change quickly, so grab them while you can. Don’t have a Kindle? Download the kindle app on your other devices. It’s easy! 🙂Subscribe and Save Deals

Subscribe and Save prices reflect a 15% discount for ordering 5 or more items in 1 month.

Attention Fred Meyer and Kroger Shoppers … Today only you can download an ecoupon for one FREE ALOE GLOE Organic Water. Simply load the ecoupon to you Fred Meyer card and claim your freebie by 12/23/18. It’s that easy!

Home and Kitchen Deals

Today Only Up to 50% Off Select Levi’s & Dockers Styles

These chocolate dipped macaroons are dangerous…. But SO GOOD!!! Get the recipe HERE.

Add on Items

*These are all Amazon Add-on Items and they will ship with qualifying orders over $25 and are eligible for free shipping on $25 orders with Amazon Prime {or will ship FREE on $35 orders without Prime}. 

Waterless Snow Globes: These waterless snow globes are a perfect place for kids to use up their prized trinkets {you think are junk!}.  They can immortalize all of their treasures in a snow globe, and you only have to pull it out once a year. Plus with no water, it’s mess free and you don’t have to worry about breakage!

Kid’s Stuff

Congratulations to the winners of the Great Vanilla Giveaway! Kristen F who commented “I plan on using the vanilla extract to bake cookies and to make some butterscotch pudding this winter! Yum!” and Debby who commented “I would bake, make and prepare until I drop…” you two have won a 16 ounce bottle of vanilla.

A big thanks to everyone who entered. More fun giveaways are on the way, stay tuned!!

If you have a Bank of America debit/credit card, you can score FREE admission into over 100 museums this weekend as part of their Museum on Us program.

This awesome program allows Bank of America card holders to gain free admission into any participating museum during the first full weekend of every month. How cool is that? Don’t forget to bring your photo ID along with your Bank of America card to gain free admission.

Go HERE to see if your local museum is on the list!

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Brother Serger on Sale, Sweet Online Deals, My Favorite Gardening Books and More

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Quote of the Day  “The hallmark of successful people is that they are always stretching themselves to learn new things.” Carol S. Dweck

Hello Thursday! On the agenda for today:

  • Laundry, laundry, laundry
  • Cut wool and get it ready to dye this weekend
  • Fire up the kiln
  • Stop by local Christmas shop to see if they carry the tall, skinny German tree I’ve been on the hunt for
  • Try a new jelly recipe
  • Make a pot of split pea soup for linner

How about YOU? Do you have anything exciting on your to do list for today? Curious minds want to know.

♥ Mavis & Miss Lucy

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Gardening books hold kind of a special place in my heart. I wouldn’t be the gardener I am today {or maybe not a gardener at all} if it weren’t for a few gardening books I picked up years ago. I spent almost the entire winter of 2008/2009 reading up on gardening. I found some incredible reads that taught me so much and made me realize how much I didn’t know. So I’ve never stopped reading gardening books.

Here are just a few of my favorites, although if we’re being honest, narrowing this list down was virtually impossible. Gardening books are right up there with the bible {okay, not quite, but you get the idea!}.

My Favorite Garden Books:

I think I’m going to make a Chicken Casserole with Mashed Potato Topping for dinner tonight. If you want to make one too you can get the recipe HERE.

Home and Kitchen Deals

Hershey’s Kiss Candy Mice Ornament: First off, what kid doesn’t love a project that involves chocolate?  Second, these Hershey’s Kiss candy mice ornaments are so cute and would make great gifts for their classmates without breaking the bank.

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6 Books for Introverts

Kid’s Stuff

Last day to enter the Great Vanilla Giveaway!

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Hand Woven Towels, Root Beer Reindeer, Online Deals and More

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Quote of the Day  “I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.” ~ Venus Williams

Well HELLO there, I’ve been up since 2 am {I couldn’t sleep, so why not get up, right?} and I have a feeling a nap will be on the agenda for today. A nap and maybe tacos. Or a big pot of stew. I’m not sure yet.

Here’s wishing you a happy and restful Wednesday! 🙂 🙂 🙂

♥ Mavis & Lucy Puggle

*This deal post will be updated throughout the morning so be sure and check back for deals. * Amazon prices can change without notice. Please verify price before ordering. Amazon offers Free Shipping with a $49 purchase or Amazon Prime. {Sign up for a free Amazon Prime 30 day trial!}

Available Kindle Books I think look interesting…

The prices on Kindle Books can change quickly, so grab them while you can. Don’t have a Kindle? Download the kindle app on your other devices. It’s easy! 🙂Subscribe and Save Deals

Subscribe and Save prices reflect a 15% discount for ordering 5 or more items in 1 month.

Peppermint Bark makes the perfect neighbor gifts.  It is cost effective, looks festive on a plate, and tastes awesome.  What more could you ask for? Get the recipe HERE.

Home and Kitchen Deals

Reindeer Root Beer Bottles:   Bottled root beer is the only way to go. Throw some antlers and a red nose on it, and you have the perfect, hip Christmas gift for friends and neighbors.

Add on Items

*These are all Amazon Add-on Items and they will ship with qualifying orders over $25 and are eligible for free shipping on $25 orders with Amazon Prime {or will ship FREE on $35 orders without Prime}. 

Get a Free 30-Day Free Trial to Amazon Music Unlimited

Amazon Music Unlimited gives you access to on-demand, ad-free streaming from a catalog of tens of millions of songs!

After your 30 Free Trial, you will be billed $7.99 a month BUT if you try it for 30 days and decide you don’t like it you can simply cancel the subscription. Sounds like a win/win to me. Here are the benefits of Amazon Music Unlimited:

  • Stream over tens of millions of songs ad-free with unlimited skips
  • Thousands of expert-programmed playlists and stations
  • Hottest new releases from today’s most popular artists
  • Download their favorite songs, albums, and playlists for offline playback

Kid’s Stuff

Super Awesome Etsy Shop of the Day – JeanElizabethStudio where you’ll find handmade dishtowels, hand dyed yarn and more. Want to have YOUR Etsy shop featured?  Leave a comment HERE with the name of your shop.

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