Coupon Exchange!

   I love shopping just as much as the rest of the shopaholics out there, but I refuse to pay full price for anything!! Some call it cheap, others call it frugal, call it whatever your little heart desires, I love a good buy!

   Throwing together a fabulous outfit is great, but looking like a million bucks without spending it is even better! I've found that waiting until the end of each season to purchase items is smart because they want to get rid of the stock for the next season and you can get some AMAZING deals!!  We do NOT purchase Christmas Decor until AFTER Christmas! I have beautiful decor, and I bet my entire tree costs about 10 bucks (minus our very nice, not on sale First Christmas Ornament!)!

   With ALL this being said, I thought I'd pass some money saving sites and tips down to you! I hope you enjoy the savings as much as I! :)

   These are a couple of sites I normally go to first, they always find me a coupon!  You just type in the name of the store or the site of your choice and they provide you with the coupons/codes! Easy enough! Click on their pictures to take a peek! I promise to save you SOMETHING!!

PromotionCode.org has a ton of Promotion codes and online coupons, very simple and VERY basic!! I usually check both here and Retail me not!

I absolutely LOVE Retail me not! You just type in the store and it pulls up something about 75 percent of the time! I use it for Express codes because I always want something and misplace my coupons! :)

 The Krazy coupon ladies amaze me! There are all sorts of freebies, savings and samples to try before you buy! I just stumbled upon this one so I’m, still exploring and I LOVE it thus far!!!  She shows you several ways to purchase items as cheap as possible, sometimes even free!  I love it!  See for yourself!

Fatwallet is awesome because they offer all sorts of different savings, from free on up! I often use them to link to stores when I plan on making large purchases because they offer a percentage back at most stores! :) This means, after I purchase the items that I was going to purchase anyway, I get a percentage of the money back paid by check, money order or PayPal (which is my preferred way to receive payment).  I bought my front loader washer and dryer linking from Fatwallet to HomeDepot.com and saved almost $150.00!

Of course there are MILLIONS of places to search online; simply typing the particular product and the word "coupon" into the browser of a search engine such as Google or Yahoo will produce several money-saving options! Please, share your favorites with me, I love bargains! Happy Shopping!!

XoXo ~Lisa Marie

Tyson Marie Belanger

May 24,2010

Meet Tyson! Born, March 23, 2010 During American Idol! We adopted him On May 24th 2010 from the Humane Society.  He is a boxer mix, and he is growing into the very happy, healthy smart and loving dog we were hoping for!  He's an amazing little guy; he's ten months and can sit. stay, roll over, shake, alternate shakes, sit pretty and down. We almost sent him to classes at Pet Smart, but we wanted to at least  make an attempt at training him ourselves; I'm glad we gave it a whirl, because what fun it is watching him learn and grow!! :) One of Tyson's all time FAVORITE toys (besides the mega bones) is a balloon! He will hit the balloon all around the house trying to keep it afloat. It's an amazing sight to watch a 65 pound dog bounce a balloon around without popping it. He just recently learned how to pick it up if it does hit the floor! Hysterical! Tyson loves balls of all sorts, sticks, socks and money! He has consumed One hundred and Eighty dollars of Nate's so far! We would brag that he wasn't a "chewer"  until one day we came in from work and the money was gone. Hold out a dollar bill and see if Tyson doesn't think it's a treat! Ha! Smart dog!

Allow me to introduce myself!

So. Where do I begin? I'm Lisa Marie and I married my wonderful husband Nate on September 5th 2010, though we've been together for almost 8 years! We have a wonderful dog named Tyson, and a small home in the big city of Winston Salem, North Carolina!  I work in Marketing @ a Vinyl window and siding company here in the city . I'm the Telemarketing manager/secretary! I love it evidently, because I've been at it for 8 years now, I love the products and the people that surround me; most of the time anyway. ;)  In my spare time, I love to travel, road trips being my favorite because we always get to stop and explore a bit of each state as we pass through! I usually have the most fun when it's spur of the moment; nothing planned then all of a  sudden a walk, a day in the mountains, dinner out or one of my favorites, dinner in with friends!  I love to read; true crime mostly. My Prime time weaknesses are, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Bachelor, Law and Order and Saturday Night Live! I miss not an episode one, thanks to my super reliable DVR from Time Warner!  I love to debate, I learn SO much just by hearing BOTH sides’ viewpoints. I don't like closed minded debates though. Debate, not hate. Just so you know, this blog will include my feelings toward different topics, please, understand you're entitled to your own opinion and as long as you are not hurting me, or mine, I can totally respect any opinion put forth (unless otherwise stated). I don't like being judged, and will not do it to you. I may not AGREE with your every word, nor will you agree with mine, but I will respect you enough to talk about the whys and why nots and shake hands at the end.