I have been looking for great last minute Mothers Day items to tell you about (and frankly for my mom and mother-in-law), so I was super excited this morning to get an email from Walgreens about Free 8x10 Collage Prints.

Here is the 411: Walgreens is offering a FREE 8×10 Collage Print thru Saturday. All you have to do is enter the code FREECOLLAGE at checkout. Make sure you select to pick it up at your local Walgreens. Or if you, like me, live far from mom, have it sent to HER local Walgreens. Maybe it is tacky to have her pick it up, but it is convenient and my mom would not mind picking it up to get a cute collage of her grandkids! (I might actually send there and have my sister pick it up for me to give to my mom though).

I was pretty excited about this free pic, but it was only one picture and I have 2 moms I am looking to get something for. So, I was really excited when I saw Couponing to Disney update her blog a few minutes ago with a SECOND code you can use to get another free 8×10 collage from Walgreens. Just use code FORMOM at checkout!

Looks like I have something for the mommas now!!

Just a quick note to say Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there! Being a mom is really the most amazing job out there-it is hard but rewarding, and I am so glad there is a day just to celebrate how great moms are! Because really, you are great!! Happy Mothers Day!

(And for those of you without kids, I want you to know that I consider this your day as well-you are the aunts and the friends that my kids love, adore and look up to. You are like "other mothers"-and not in that creepy Coraline way-for my kids and for the kids around you-so I celebrate you today too! Thanks for being great examples to my kids and thanks for helping them to be the best version of themselves they can be! Maybe we should just say Happy women's day?!)

Happy Mothers Day ladies!!

As I mentioned in my blog about the weekly series, I am a bit of a freak about saving money and getting myself a great deal. But I am also a huge fan of giving back to the community and to the individuals that shape us and the world we live in. I want this series of posts to be a place where I can post about service opportunities, or I can spotlight great examples of service.

It being Mother's Day tomorrow, I thought I would start this series by writing about a couple of ladies that have been serving my husband and myself for our whole lives, my mom and my mother-in-law. Both of these great ladies have not only served their families, but they serve in church, and in their communities. They are both excellent examples of service that I want to share with you.

Let's start with my mom, Rochelle. My mom is ALWAYS doing some sort of service, whether it be playing the piano for the high school musical, serving in church, raising 4 kids, or helping my brother collect toys for the local hospital. She never stops helping people and she never thinks of herself first. She serves others to a fault. I should mention that she comes by this honestly as her mom, my XiaXia is the same way! NEVER thinks of herself until she has helped everyone else first.

Growing up I sometimes did not realize how much mom sacrificed to do things for us. I just assumed she would always play the piano for all my auditions and she always would end up volunteering to play the piano for the shows as well. But guess what? My mom did not just play the piano for my auditions, she played for and helped prepare myself and all my friends for our auditions as well. It was common in our home to have weeks on end of practice after practice of my friends and I preparing for auditions well into the nights, and my mom would sit at the piano through all those hours and just play over and over and help us get better and better.

Thanks mom for always serving me, my friends, the community and really anyone you could! Thanks for being an example to me and my siblings!

Now, I am going to sound repetitive here, but my mother-in-law, Anne, is equally unselfish in her service to her family, her community, and her church. Whether coaching sports for her kids teams, stopping by the neighbors house just because they seemed like they might need a hand, or serving and raising 6 great kids, one of which turned out to be the great man I married! Like my mom, she never thinks of herself first, and she comes by it honestly as well. Grandma N is a great example of unselfish service and like my XiaXia, passed that on to her children.

I am Greek, and some parts of My Big Fat Greek Wedding are really true in my family, but what I learned when I married Wes was that you do not have to be Greek to live in that "big fat family" world! They are a tight knit clan on both sides, and there are a lot of them! Anne always includes all the family in everything and watches for ways to serve them. She is loving to a fault and would do anything for her family. She extends that service to her friends and neighbors as well. I have never seen someone so dedicated to serving people that try not to accept the service. She WILL take care of people's needs whether they like it or not.

Thanks Anne for raising a great man for me to marry, and for teaching us all from your constant examples of service!

I would be remiss if I did not mention my grandma (dad's dad) and Wes's grandma J (his dad's dad) here as well. They both are wonderful examples of service and have taught it to their children as well. One of my earliest memories of service was of participating in a fashion show to benefit the American Cancer Society with my grandma.

Thanks to all the moms in my life for showing me how to serve and give back. I hope to be like you all someday!

Readers, please leave any comments you would like to about how your mom's serve! I would LOVE to hear about the moms in your lives as well!

If you are looking for some great Mother's Day Restaurant Deals, Please see this list compiled by Mojo Savings.  And moght I just remind you that Mother's day is one of the busiest restaurant days of the year, so a lot of places that don't normally take reservations, will for the day. Wherever you are going to take mom, call ahead and see if you can get a reserved time so you don't have to wait all day! Just a thought!

FYI, I just got an email that Culver's in Millard (I repeat-ONLY at the Millard location) is giving FREE 1 scoop Sundaes to moms on Mothers Day (THIS Sunday May 9).

When I looked through my newspaper yesterday, I noticed that my Red Plum coupon insert said to look for Mothers day freebies and deals at their website. So I looked them up the listed website, and I thought it was a great page that I should share with you. Go check out the details for some fun Mother's Day stuff here. Some of the highlights are listed below, but make sure to check their site for details!

• FREE ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery for moms on Mother's Day
• FREE yogurt from TCBY for moms on Mother's Day
• A Mother's Day surprise for moms from Carrabas