Sunday, August 1, 2010

Another fantastic back to school round up

4:29 PM
I found another Back to School deals round up that is great!! Check out the one that Stockpiling Moms did. It is fantastic-you can see their post here. LOVE to have this list all in one place!

Thanks you for all the work for this list Stockpiling Moms.

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Backe to school supplies rouund up...

4:22 PM
I am going back to school shopping this week for the kids school supplies, and I was going to put together a list of all the great deals around (so I could go to Walmart and price match all of them). However, I saw that Hip2Save has already posted a great round up of the back to school supplies on sale all over. Please go check out her post here to see all the best school supply prices.

Thanks Hip2Save for the fantastic post!

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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Saturday Service: Getting in your junior high and high school volunteer hours

8:33 AM
There is a service requirement that goes along with many local junior high and high schools as part of their graduation requirements. I know this is the case in other areas as well, and since we go back to school in about a week and a half here, I thought I would throw out a few ideas of service for the kids to do for their service requirement. Here are some of the thing I thought of:
  • Look around your neighborhood for people that might need help-can you mow a lawn, watch a neighbors kids, help clean a house? If you see a need, offer to help fill it (for free). 
  • Ask local schools if they need any help with their activities-ask at your school (they likely have lists of things going on you can volunteer for) or contact local elementary schools and ask what they have you could volunteer for. I am PTO president at my kids' school and we always use kids to help run things like our carnival and other activities-it helps us get enough volunteers and helps the kids get their hours in.
  • Check at local churches for volunteer opportunities.
  • Talk to local charitable organizations (Red Cross, JDRF, etc) and see what volunteer opportunities they may have.
  • Local theaters often need volunteers to act as ushers.
There are so many places you can help if you just look around and find them. And let's be honest, who is going to turn away FREE help? Offer to serve people and they are likely to accept. Now I must admit here that I am one of those people that has a hard time accepting help, but when a kid in my neighborhood called and said "I need to get some volunteer service hours in for school within the next month, could I come help you clean around the house or watch your kids sometime?"  I let her come help out!

What other ways can these kids find volunteer opportunities?  Please leave comments if you have more ideas.


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City Deals HOT and NEW Paintball and Spa deals...

8:16 AM
Citydeals.com has a couple "Hot New Deals" going on right now that I really like and must tell you about! Right now you can get a $20 gift certificate for Paintball Addicts for only $9.00!!! Check out that deal here. The other deal is a $30 gift certificate for Balanz Salon Spa for only $13.00. Check that out here. Check them out soon before they are gone!!

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Free sample from Origins

7:52 AM
If you go like Origins on Facebook here, then click on the “GinZing” tab, you can sign up to get a FREE Sample of Origins GinZing Eye Cream to help brighten and depuff. You can also send your friend a sample

Thanks Combat Clippers.

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FREE packet of Mrs. Wages Instant Classis Salsa

7:29 AM
If you go here to Mrs. Wages website and click on the “complete our survey” link (in the middle of the page under "canning 101"), then fill out their form (it will sign you up for their email updates-so use a junk mail email for this). They will send you a FREE packet of Instant Classic Salsa!

Thanks Good Deal Mama.

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Friday, July 30, 2010

New blog design by Sara*s Pixel Design

6:37 PM
So, this is the new Ah...Deals...Beckeesdeals design (if you are reading this on email, come check out the blog!). Remember back in June I told you that I won a giveaway from Mommy Octopus and Sara*s Pixel Studio for a new blog design? Well, this is the fantastic design Sara did for me! I love it and hope you all like it as well!

You should check out Sara*s Pixel Studio and see some of her other work-I love it and if you are in the market for a new blog design-check her out! She does a great job and is really easy to work with-you will love her!

Thanks Sara! It looks great!

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Have you entered to win the $60 gift certificate to CSN yet?!

10:48 AM
Don't forget to enter my newest giveaway-a $60 CSN Gift Certificate!! It is a great prize and there is a lot you can do with it!! Check out the Giveaway post here.

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Weekend Warriors Staycations: Readers please share!

10:46 AM
Last week for Thrifty Thursday, I asked for YOU to share your tips and got some great ones, so today for Friday's "Daycations" I am asking readers to share their favorite place to spend a daycation near you. It doesn't matter where you live-just share your favorite.

Please leave a comment sharing your favorite and include your first name and where you live (city, state) and one of your favorite places nearby to spend a day (you can also share why you like it if you wish). You may leave this on the Facebook wall, in a comment here on the blog or email me (beckeesdeals@gmail.com ).

Here is my sample:
Beckee in Omaha, NE.  I have a lot of favorite places to go for a day away, but one I will share today is going to the Wild Animal Park and to Mahoneys between Omaha and Lincoln. 

Or...
Beckee from Salt Lake City, UT   One of my favorite places to go for a day growing up in Salt Lake was Snowbird to hike! I miss my mountains and cannot wait to get back to them some day!

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FREE car wash in UTAH

10:37 AM
My sister posted on Facebook about a free car wash in Utah (I believe it is at a location near Bangerter and 106th). Please check it out here.

Thanks Andrea!!
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