~Save Money Momma~

Over the next few weeks I think we’ll all spend more money than we intended.  The kids will ask for the latests gadgets and game systems…we ourselves will be on the lookout for the better MP3 player so we can have that extra 1000 songs playing in our ears.

Thankfully,  Sears has a Trade In & Recycle program (which is powered by Gazelle) for certain electronics, including phones and video games… wow!

That’s all I can say is WOW! because with 4 kids and endless requests for updated cell phones, new MP3’s and now MP4’s and other game systems lying around, it is truly a great idea to trade in and recycle those older models and get a little something back for them…especaially now!

The list of buy back items is not a small one either, they accept laptops, PDAs,  GPS, camcorders, projectors and so much more!

It is very simple, click on the Sears trade in program link, enter your products name, Sears will make an offer on your item and if you accept then you ship the item to them FREE…and receive the gift cards in the amount you agreed on. 

I LOVE it!

Later on or tomorrow I am going to post some ideas on giving back this holiday season.  If you check my archives, I have family and craft ideas for every day in December (2008) that you can get started on…but it’s not just the buying and the giving, it’s the giving to those who do not ask, the ones who feel they won’t receive…be a silent and cheerful giver (of things you already have lying around your home) and it will make all the difference in the world!  Wondering what I mean, come back later and find out!

Happy Holidays!

This is so exciting!

Just like last year, Artful Home is holding the Win an Ornament ~ A ~Day contest! It began on November 23rd and ends on December 18th, 2009!

Click Here everyday to enter for your chance to win the ornament featured!

Today’s ornament is worth $54.00 ! WOW!

I posted this last holiday as well. Click here to see last years winners and ornaments.

Good Luck! and if anyone wins, please let us know!

Thanksgiving is one day away!

I found this wonderful contest from Sister Schubert’s Warm & Serve Yeast Rolls!

It’s called the Memorable Holiday Moments Contest!

Submit your family’s most memorable holiday moment (in 200 words or less) for your chance to win a $5,000 vacation, and Sister Schubert will also donate $5,000 to the winner’s local foodbank.

Five runners~up will receive a $100 gift card!

No purchase necessary to enter or win, be sure to check out the official rules at www.SisterSchubertSweeps.com .  Contest began on 10/14/2009 and ends on 12/24/2009! One entry per household.

If any of you have been reading my blog, you

ll know I have had it for about a year now and this is MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR! 

Thanksgiving, Christmas, all of it!

So for thursday, I’ll be sitting down and strapping on the ol’ feedbag with much delight and anticipation. Calories, ha! I laugh in the face of calories! MwwWa ha ha ha !

For the rest of you, here is a scrumptious Dagoba organic chocolate brownies recipe:

DAGOBA Organic Brownies Ingredients: 4 oz unsweetened DAGOBA Organic Chocolate 6 tablespoons organic butter 2 organic eggs 1 cup organic sugar 1 teaspoon organic vanilla 2/3 cup organic flour 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Gently melt the butter and DAGOBA Organic Chocolate together in a double boiler or the microwave. Allow to cool and then stir in eggs, sugar and vanilla. In a separate bowl combine the flour and salt. Fold the flour mixture into the chocolate batter. Pour into a buttered 8″x 8″ baking pan and bake for 20 minutes or until the center is just set and a toothpick comes out with no liquid batter on it. Cool completely before slicing.

After we stuff ourselves, we’ll be snoring away…so request your very own free samples of

BREATHE RIGHT STRIPS BY CLICKING HERE!