Post is sponsored by M&T Bank. Getting away on a vacation is an important thing for a lot of people. But, with a slow economy and many struggling financially, it often gets pushed to the bottom of the priority list. However, with some careful planning and smart saving, a … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
Take Along Super Bowl Foods
This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Rubbermaid and Sharpie but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #RubbermaidSharpie http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO While we love hosting parties, we also love going to a party and taking … [Read more...]
New Gym Equipment from Capri Sun Big Pouch and TerraCycle
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This project has been sponsored by Capri Sun Big Pouch and Collective Bias. All thoughts and opinions are my own. A couple of months ago, we posted about starting up a TerraCycle brigade to collect Capri … [Read more...]
Kitchen Gadget Deals
We are excited to share a couple of Shopping Guides. If you love to shop from home for a bargain like, I do maybe you will love these lists too. Watch for more and posts on our Amazon buys! This is a great list for shopping ahead for a kitchen/cooking lover in your … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Heart Cookies
I am excited to share a Sophie inspired recipe here. We were waiting for bath fizzies to dry. Sophie had my attention as Grace and Matthew were off playing. She begged for cookies. hmmm. I didn't want to dig a lot out so I decided to go easy and make the three ingredient peanut … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Boy Gift Ideas
We are excited to share a couple of Shopping Guides. If you love to shop from home for a bargain like, I do maybe you will love these lists too. Watch for more and posts on our Amazon buys! This is a great list for little boys for Valentine's Day that aren't candy!! Pete … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Girl Gift Ideas
We are excited to share a couple of Shopping Guides. If you love to shop from home for a bargain like, I do maybe you will love these lists too. Watch for more and posts on our Amazon buys! Webkinz Plush Stuffed Animal Love Monkey, valentine $5.98 Comes with activation code … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Thin Mint Crackers
A friend mentioned making Thin Mints on Facebook back in December. Having two little Girl Scouts in the house (and as of today 30 cases of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies), I was intrigued. We made these in December with Christmas colors. My dad even loved them (minus the … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Bath Fizzies
Do you love bath fizzies or bath bombs? Our kids LOVE them but they are expensive. I was super excited to get a few at the MIXED Conference from the Dixie Crystals folks. They called them Sugar Bath Bombs. That name doesn't go over well with my kids. If you have been following my … [Read more...]
Saving on Your Shopping Budget
We are excited to help you save during this year. We are going to try to feature a few printables here at Simply Budgeted and would love your feedback on them! The first three are a Budget Shopping List, a Weekly Meal Plan Shopping List, and a Sale & Coupon Shopping … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Hershey Kiss Roses
There are a few crafts I remember making as a kid and Hershey Kiss Roses for Valentine's Day is one of the crafts I remember. I did adjust this slightly based on the supplies I could find at our Walmart. I will list out the modifications I made off the original craft I remember … [Read more...]
Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014
I am not going to write about our top ten posts or even write about what all we did here on the blog this year. I am going to write about ... ready for it ... our life! This year we said goodbye to two major things in our life ... Sippy Cups AND Booster Seats We … [Read more...]
Kale Stuffed Pork Shoulder for New Year’s
Normally, we don't do very much for dinner on New Year's. I usually make my Hoppin' John (you can find that recipe over on This Cookin' Dad) and we might go out to Beth's parents so that Beth can have the pork and sauerkraut that her mom makes every year. I've long since given … [Read more...]