My husband, son and I are enjoying a nice getaway at my in-laws place in Southern California. In lieu of the fact that the grandparents offered free babysitting, I began collecting different “freebies” or almost-freebies to use on our nights out. One of them was taking advantage of some 80% off coupons at restaurant.com, which [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 15, 2008
All the gifts I need
Yesterday, I took some “mommy time” and went out to just browse stores. I don’t know what I was thinking, though – what’s the point of walking around stores when you’re not buying gifts, and it’s one of the most crowded times of the year? After a couple of hours, I gave up and headed [...]
December 13, 2008
Super Savings Saturday: A Simple Christmas
Many ideas are being posted on blogs these days on ways to save this Christmas. For my husband and I, given the possibility of getting a ticket soon in the mail for accidentally running a red light, we’ve scaled back Christmas a lot this year . . . so much, that neither of us are [...]
