Garage $ale $eason is Here!
Spring has sprung and that means GARAGE SALE SEASON IS HERE! I love the thrill of finding a great deal at a garage sale. Clothes, home decor, books, kitchen gadgets....I love it all! I REALLY love going to the small towns where they have town wide garage sales. I have searched high and low for a calendar of Indiana town wide garage sales (mostly central and northern Indiana), but have not been able to find one, so I have been working on my own for the past couple of years. If you know of any that I have missed, please let me know!
2012
April 20-21 Wakarusa Maple Syrup Festival (and tons of garage sales)
April 27-28 Culver (Spring)
April 28: South Whitley
May 5 Bluffton; Somerset
May 11-12 Shipshewana/Topeka
May 19 Akron; Roanoke; Walton
June 1-2 Swayzee; Mentone; New Paris
June 7-9 Amboy
June 15-16 Silver Lake; LaFountaine; Sweetser
June 22 Bunker Hill
June 23 RoAnn
July 7 Mexico
July 21 Camden, Winamac
July 28 Galveston
Aug 3-4 North Manchester; Converse
Aug 22-25 Portland
Aug 24-25 Rossville
Aug 31-Sept 3 Plymouth; Upland
Sept 13-15 Nappanee
Sept 14-15 Frankton
Sept 15 Brookston
Sept 22-23 Atlanta
Sept 22 Burnettsville
Sept 28-29 Culver (Fall)
Oct 6 Flora
Friday, March 23, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
If it's free....it's for me!
I love a bargain. I love a sale. I always use coupons. Here are a few things that I just have to tell you about:
Kindle: I actually don't even own a kindle. I have downloaded the FREE program on my computer and the FREE app for my iphone and, literally, EVERY SINGLE DAY there are FREE books at amazon.com for downloading. They are 100% FREE and change all the time. I have amassed a huge library of free books and it is so convenient! You can read the same book on both devices and it automatically syncs to where you left off. I love to read and hate wasting money on books that I end up not liking, so this is perfect for me!
Redbox: I don't watch many movies because I just don't have a lot of time. However, I LOVE the convenience of Redbox. I can always find movies that I want to watch and it's so fast and easy. What I love the most, though, is that if you sign up online for text messages, they send you a code for a free rental on the first Monday of each month. They never send me worthless text messages, just the ones for a free rental. They also do a lot of promotions with other products, such as getting free Redbox rentals inside specially marked boxes. How awesome is that!
CVS Bucks: This is how it works...you get a CVS card and earn CVS Bucks on everything you buy. PLUS you can earn them on the spot for certain items each week. This is free money to spend in their store. For example, I bought an over the counter medication last week that was on sale, plus I had a coupon, plus you earned $5 CVS Bucks. The cashier rang up my medication. I paid for it and $5 CVS Bucks printed out. I picked up 2 bags of Easter candy, on sale for 2/$6. The cashier rang up the candy, I handed her my $5 CVS Buck and paid the difference of $1 plus tax. Practically FREE candy!
Restaurant Deals: A local news station offers a weekly deal on restaurant gift certificates. Each week they feature a different restaurant and you can buy $50 worth of gift certificates for $25. This is a great deal. They have 200 to offer each week. Most of these sell out fairly quickly, but once in awhile they don't and they reduce the price of the leftover certificates. I have bought certificates for 5 different restaurants in the last year that were reduced to $10 for a $50 gift certificate. All of these restaurants have been in the Indianapolis area and we enjoyed each one of them. They were places we had never heard of and each time the $50 was enough for our two meals, drinks and dessert, plus an extra dessert (or in one case, several deli salads) to take home. The gift certificates were always mailed out quickly, the restaurants were always nice with very good food and we have never had any problems redeeming the certificates. What a deal!
I have also gotten some awesome deals on an online local radio auction. I bought 5 gift certificates for a restaurant in Kokomo that were for $20 each...I bought them for $2.99 each when the auction had a 'fire sale' a week after the original auction.
Last, but not least, I have signed up for text message alerts with fast food restaurants and receive text messages for free food periodically. I have received several text messages for free food from DQ and a local taco joint.
Coupon Websites: There are tons of coupon blogs and websites that specialize in printable coupons. I always check these websites before going grocery shopping, but did you know there are tons of printable RETAIL coupons readily available? On a recent trip to the mall, with a quick advanced search, I headed out with coupons for Bath and Body Works, Carsons, Kohls, Maurices, ULTA and Victoria's Secret.
Kindle: I actually don't even own a kindle. I have downloaded the FREE program on my computer and the FREE app for my iphone and, literally, EVERY SINGLE DAY there are FREE books at amazon.com for downloading. They are 100% FREE and change all the time. I have amassed a huge library of free books and it is so convenient! You can read the same book on both devices and it automatically syncs to where you left off. I love to read and hate wasting money on books that I end up not liking, so this is perfect for me!
Redbox: I don't watch many movies because I just don't have a lot of time. However, I LOVE the convenience of Redbox. I can always find movies that I want to watch and it's so fast and easy. What I love the most, though, is that if you sign up online for text messages, they send you a code for a free rental on the first Monday of each month. They never send me worthless text messages, just the ones for a free rental. They also do a lot of promotions with other products, such as getting free Redbox rentals inside specially marked boxes. How awesome is that!
CVS Bucks: This is how it works...you get a CVS card and earn CVS Bucks on everything you buy. PLUS you can earn them on the spot for certain items each week. This is free money to spend in their store. For example, I bought an over the counter medication last week that was on sale, plus I had a coupon, plus you earned $5 CVS Bucks. The cashier rang up my medication. I paid for it and $5 CVS Bucks printed out. I picked up 2 bags of Easter candy, on sale for 2/$6. The cashier rang up the candy, I handed her my $5 CVS Buck and paid the difference of $1 plus tax. Practically FREE candy!
Restaurant Deals: A local news station offers a weekly deal on restaurant gift certificates. Each week they feature a different restaurant and you can buy $50 worth of gift certificates for $25. This is a great deal. They have 200 to offer each week. Most of these sell out fairly quickly, but once in awhile they don't and they reduce the price of the leftover certificates. I have bought certificates for 5 different restaurants in the last year that were reduced to $10 for a $50 gift certificate. All of these restaurants have been in the Indianapolis area and we enjoyed each one of them. They were places we had never heard of and each time the $50 was enough for our two meals, drinks and dessert, plus an extra dessert (or in one case, several deli salads) to take home. The gift certificates were always mailed out quickly, the restaurants were always nice with very good food and we have never had any problems redeeming the certificates. What a deal!
I have also gotten some awesome deals on an online local radio auction. I bought 5 gift certificates for a restaurant in Kokomo that were for $20 each...I bought them for $2.99 each when the auction had a 'fire sale' a week after the original auction.
Last, but not least, I have signed up for text message alerts with fast food restaurants and receive text messages for free food periodically. I have received several text messages for free food from DQ and a local taco joint.
Coupon Websites: There are tons of coupon blogs and websites that specialize in printable coupons. I always check these websites before going grocery shopping, but did you know there are tons of printable RETAIL coupons readily available? On a recent trip to the mall, with a quick advanced search, I headed out with coupons for Bath and Body Works, Carsons, Kohls, Maurices, ULTA and Victoria's Secret.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
mmmm.....Cupcake Week!
Monday, March 5, 2012
My Heart Aches
So sad. Friday evening, Indiana, along with numerous other states, was heavily hit with tornadoes. First, let me say, tornadoes, well, storms in general, are one of my greatest fears. I have been known to reschedule things at the HINT of storms in the forecast. The devastation caused by these storms is mind boggling. My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected.
I have struggled with a lot of "fears," lately. The fear of getting older, the fear of being lonely, the fear of life going too fast and fearing my own mortality. Because of these fears, I have learned a lot about myself during the past year. I now have a much stronger faith than in the past. I have finally, truly, come to realize that putting it all in God's hands is the only way! I understand that I cannot control, predict or change the actions of others, but I CAN change the way I react to their actions. I also know that I am stronger than I thought I was....maybe stronger than I've ever been in my life. My attitude about growing older has changed and I'm excited about the future and to see what it holds for me. I know God has great blessings in store for me and I'm ready for them. I love my life...God is good!
I have struggled with a lot of "fears," lately. The fear of getting older, the fear of being lonely, the fear of life going too fast and fearing my own mortality. Because of these fears, I have learned a lot about myself during the past year. I now have a much stronger faith than in the past. I have finally, truly, come to realize that putting it all in God's hands is the only way! I understand that I cannot control, predict or change the actions of others, but I CAN change the way I react to their actions. I also know that I am stronger than I thought I was....maybe stronger than I've ever been in my life. My attitude about growing older has changed and I'm excited about the future and to see what it holds for me. I know God has great blessings in store for me and I'm ready for them. I love my life...God is good!
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