Friday Foto Finish Fiesta.... aka Fx4

Glad you stopped by...don't forget about my Tom's of Maine giveaway and CLICK HERE for another AWESOME giveaway....I am excited about this one!


Now on to the matter at hand....Fx4. if you have never played then head on over to Candid Carrie and see how you can play along!




This was after the last snow storm over a month ago. For reference my husband is 5"11. Most of the snow is still here, it was in the single digits and teens for weeks! This weekend it is going to be in the low 40's and I am excited for our heat wave.

I need help!!!!

OK so you so that number to the right? The one that shows how many followers I have? Yes it says 13 AND IT NEEDS TO CHANGE!!!

Now I was very happy with 12, even 1 was a thrill...the more the merrier is fine of course, this is not the point right now...the point is 13. I am superstitious yes the whole black cat in your path, don't walk under a ladder, throw salt over your shoulder if you spill some...ALL THE WAY SUPERSTITIOUS! This 13 followers thing is starting to bother the heck out of me! So much so that I am blogging about it!!!

So please just one more person follow me..please...oh pretty please with sugar on top?? I am on my knees pleading with you!

I have a confession...........

Yes again I am baring my soul to you, first my addiction and now a confession!! I never claimed to be perfect! We all have our secrets.

I am a coupon addict...freak...what ever you want to call it. If it is not on sale or I don't have a coupon for it , I DO NOT BUY IT. Plain and simple. I have saved a lot of money how much I am not sure. I have decided to keep track of it starting in February, not sure why I never have before. It is like a high to see how much money I can save every week.

There are several blogs I visit on a regular basis to gather my information. The one I visit the most is Common Sense with Money, why her? Well it turns out she is local, thus post our local grocery store coupon deals. Our local grocery store doubles coupons 1 day a week, Wednesdays. There is a catch....only 5 can be double up to $1 and you have to spend $25 and use your savers club card. She figures all of this out for me and I thank her for that!

Another great one is STL Mommy...she has the most in depth Walgreens sale and coupon match up I have ever seen!


We cannot forget about $5 dollar dinners.......The Grocery Cart Challenge ($60 a week for a family of 6 AMAZING!) and oh so many more. I feel bad that I can't mention all of them. There are so many...so many great ones all filled with tones of useful information.



Well there you have it...another secret...this one I am proud of.

FYI last weeks total grocery bill before coupons $141.90 total AFTER coupons/sale items $82.29 that is a savings of $59.61.....WOW!!! I was even impressed with that.

Tuesday's Green Tip and Giveaway

Happy Tuesday....so excited that February is here. the days are getting longer but that darn Groundhog saw his shadow and it scared him back into his burrow for 6 more weeks. I question the reliability of that! :)

On to the topic at hand...Green Tip.

Today we will revisit the bathroom we visited this room here. Today we are talking about toothpaste.

There are several brands of natural toothpaste Jason, Dessert Essence and Toms of Maine are just a few.

I am a fan of Toms of Maine, have been since high school and this is what we currently use. My husband and I use their Natural Whole care in winter mint, it leaves your mouth nice and sparkling clean. The boys use their children's Silly Strawberry but occasionally use ours, they both like the natural minty taste.

Toms of Maine is dedicated to making all natural products that are never tested on animals. They produce their products in an environmentally substantial manner, in fact ALL their product containers are recyclable. Check their web site here for more information.

You can purchase Toms of Maine toothpaste at most major retailers and drugstores. But why go buy it when you can win it here.

Up for grabs are two tubes one tube of Natural Whole care -anti cavity, tarter control plus whitening with Fluoride in winter mint and one tube of Children's Silly Strawberry anti cavity fluoride.

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

There are 4 chances to win enter

1) Leave a comment on this post
2)Blog about this, make sure you post link
3)Tweet about this, again leave link in comment
4)Grab my button

I will pick a winner by random number generator on Tuesday Feb 10 at 11:59 PM. Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond. Giveaway open to US only sorry. If you do not have a blog PLEASE leave your email so I can contact you!

Until next week...... keep it green!

Check out my other contest here!

Quotable Sunday

This is my first post for Quotable Sunday hosted by none other then Toni from A Daily Dose of Toni .
Come play along.

I am sticking with the love theme....

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear
-John Lennon