Shhh…. this is a secret post!

Chick-Fil-A gives out chicken for a year to the first 100 people when they open a new location. (About 52 coupons).
You have to go the night before and camp out in your vehicle until they open at 6 am. When you get there, if you are one of the first 100, you get a number and are guaranteed the coupons if you stay at the site. (So if you are not the first 100, you can go home, you only wait if you will get the coupons.)

Here is a quote from a good friend of mine who’s husband owns a Chick-Fil-A in Arizona. “The first 100 promotion is a lot of fun. It is family-friendly and a lot of folks bring their kids out with them. You can set up a tent, chairs, the whole works. At 6am the morning the store opens you get
awarded your coupons. You can use them any time at any Chick-fil-A. It is awesome.”

They are opening a new location tomorrow, so you can start camping out tonight! #02271) May 1, 2008 Camp Wisdom & 360 Grand Prairie TX

Artscow is offering 400 free print credits & 1 free 8×8 custom cover photo book for signing up now! (You get 50 free per month for a period of four months.) This is possibly one of the best deals of the year! (Thanks Mamabolt!)

I am going to use this as my works-for-me Wednesday. Because free photos, work for me!

Don’t forget that today is free ice cream cone day at Ben and Jerry’s! (Thanks Ashley!)

With our big move ahead of us, and all the packing we are doing, I feel like I need a serious vacation! With God’s blessings of our house sales and the generosity of good ole’ George Bush (We got that check today!), we have been able to make a financial plan to totally get out of debt sometime in May. With my husband going back to school, this has been a goal of ours for about a year now, because our new Connecticut budget does not include room for paying off any debt! (If you are looking to pay off some bills, I suggest you take a Crown Financial class or a Dave Ramsey class. I took a Crown class last fall.)

This also means we need to save money during the summer so that we don’t have to have any debt in the future. This is easier said than done when you have kids!

So what do we do about a much needed vacation? I am reading a book called, Just Hand Over The Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt. It’s as funny as it sounds. The author talks about slowing down in life’s fast pace. One of the ways is to have an at home vacation. So I thought of this: Clean your house on a Friday. Instead of paying for a hotel, use that money to have someone come and clean your house. Get take out food, have family or friends watch your children (if they are young) for a night and plan an at home vacation. I have a friend who takes her four kids to four different friends, because they are usually more than welcome to keep one of them for an evening. Don’t expect someone to keep all of your kids if you have more than one! (Unless it’s grandma and grandpa, because they have superpowers!) Grab a movie, get dessert and you can have an beautiful 24 hour vacation at home for less!

Do you have any ideas for a vacation at home? Please share!

Sign up here to get a coupon for a free entree at P.F. Chang’s. It should arrive in the mail. (California locations only. Thanks Kelley!)

Shoebuy.com has a Saturday sale today (looks like they are having it Sunday as well) and shoes are 30% off! Enter code ANNIVERSARY for 20% off and register during check out for an extra 10% off! (If you have bought something in the last 30 days you automatically get the extra 10% off!) The New Cute and Comfortable Crocs Capri Sandals are on sale again!

They also have new infant Crocs Otter!

has tons of mens and children’s clothes on clearance at 90% off! Use codes NEW9710 for 10% off. Kohl’s charge customers can use code EXTRAMVC15 for 15% off and code MVC3101 for free shipping. If you do not have a Koh’ls charge card, shipping is a $5 flat rate.
This promotion ends today and sweetens the deal: Receive a $10 Kohl’s Cash Coupon for every $50 you spend April 23-26.

We say goodbye to Texas and all of our friends here in 16 days! (We are moving to the Northeast.) You can read our moving testimony here. The closing on our house up there got moved back so if you would join me in praying that it will close before we get there, I am proclaiming it will. If you have moved before, you know what a huge process moving is! We have had one roadblock after another, along with God’s hand in opening huge doors as well. Have you ever felt like you were on an emotional roller coaster that never ends? After almost a year of planning to move those 16 days are very near to my heart!

You have to sign up for the website House Party if you have not already done so! After you register, you can apply for events and if you are selected you and your friends can test different products for free.

I was selected to have a Hershey’s Bliss Party at my MOPS group on Friday! OH ~the yummy Chocolate!

SOLD OUT: These will be great for crafts! Go here and use promo code SA2008 . (Thanks Becca!) While supplies last!