Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Budgeted. The whole point of this feature is to share some of our favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to randomly … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
Sam’s Club Pink Promotion
Details ... Give back by purchasing your favorite cereal or snack! This October, by making simple everyday purchases at Sam’s Club, you can help support breast cancer education and research. Beginning September 19th, Sam’s Club stores will feature exclusive pink packaging … [Read more...]
Tips on Helping Kids Overcome Fears
We are excited to bring to our readers a guest post by Maha Huneidi! Fear is a very broad subject, and children at different ages are afraid for different reasons. According to developmental psychologist Jean Piaget, kids aged 2-7 are afraid of things not based on … [Read more...]
CWC Food and Wine Pairing Wheel App
Details ... Do you ever second-guess yourself about which wine will work best with your meal? We’re here to help! This fun and convenient food and wine pairing tool can help you pick wines to enjoy with everything from steak to fried Twinkies®. Yum! Use this app as your … [Read more...]
10 Holiday Planning Tips
10. Pull out your Christmas card list and start editing it now. Who goes? Who stays? Who needs to be added? 9. Make a list of who you are giving gifts to ... just names. A helpful tip is to organize this list by when you see everyone so if you see one set of family members … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: Kings Dominion
A couple of weeks ago, we took the girls to Kings Dominion. We left Little Dude with my parents (good decision on our part!) The girls had never been to anything more than a local fair before this so this was huge to them! I went to Kings Dominion growing up so it was … [Read more...]
California Wine Club – Month 1
Details ... Since 1990, club owners Bruce and Pam Boring have traveled California's wine country searching for limited-production wines from small, family-owned wineries dedicated to the art of making fine wine. Whether for yourself or a gift, CWC membership is an adventure in … [Read more...]
October 2011 Monthly Meal Plan
Here is the background to the monthly meal plan … Last year, we did weekly meal plans. Well we did weekly meal plans most of the time. I say most of the time because some weeks we forgot to plan. Life got busy, school work was out of control, the preschool business started, the … [Read more...]
flipflop Moscato
I will admit it up front that I wasn't much of a wine person until recently. Brian loves to cook with wine so I have grown to like it more. The one exception to my wine liking is sweet wines. I have a major soft spot for sweet wines. Pair them with a dessert and I am in a little … [Read more...]