Inspire Me Baby - Brandsushi Giveaway!!

If I ever needed to win a giveaway this is the ONE!!! Brandsushi is giving away their 3 part ebook series on studio pricing!!! As photographer this is one thing I have struggled with all these years!!! I want to be reaonable, but not lose money...

Check it out for yourself!

http://inspiremebaby.com/2011/04/26/giveaway-total-package-pricing-from-brandsushi/

"April Showers/May Flowers Giveaway" By Olive to Sew!

Head on over to Olive to Sew's Blog and enter this AMZING giveaway!! 66 vendors!!!

http://olivetosew.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-showersmay-flowers-giveaway.html

Crave Photography Giveaway!

Ok, this just blows my mind!!! An all expense paid mentoring session from one of the best, Crave Photography!!!!!! Not to mention even MORE....I just entered and you should too!!!

http://cravemyphotography.com/blog/world-wide-giveaway/

Savings

Ok so here's the thing. I watched Extreme Couponing on TLC and although I will probably never take it to THAT extreme, I realized that my habit of shopping the clearance racks for clothing could be taken that much farther. I know I've had several posts lately showing you this and that to go like and try out, but seriously these sites are great. For one, I am taking on the task of couponing. If a family of six can eat on $160 a month, why not my little family of 5. Another thing I just found...not ALL coupons are for processed food! I have found one for Olivia's Organics and another for $1 off produce with the purchase of something else (sorry can't think of it at the moment)...Today I was buying bottled water, yes bad for the enviroment I know, but I seriously dislike out tap water EVEN with a Brita or Pur filter, I was supposed to recieve a $5 off a future grocery purchase...the coupon printer jammed so the nice manager lady gave me a $5 gift card...that could TOTALLY be used for healthy food. You have to research and shop smart!

Here are some of my new fav places - Couponing to Disney - No you do NOT have to put the money you save into an account for Disney, but hey why not ;) I LOVE the organization to her site. Things are broken down really well...Take some time to look around. I know you'll love it too! Scroll down a bit on my FB page (http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=556509598) and you'll see the link to her page.

Another FABULOUS find is EBATES...so I do tend to do SOME online shopping, but not too much. Ebates is SO simple you join (http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=RCvTp9Uk5zSEThVAqst%2Bcw%3D%3D) and whenever you are looking to do a bit of online shopping - EBAY INCLUDED - go to ebates, click the place you want to shop, and voila you earn money back on ALL purchases, as long as you click Ebates first you earn cash back...and it's not CREDIT, you get ACTUAL money back every 3 months, as long as you have at least $5.01 earned!! You can have them mail you a check or even add it to your Paypal account. I for one am SO sad that I JUST found this site out. For ALL the Ebay shopping I have done over the years...well it's a new day and I'm not making this mistake anymore!

Well that's all for this evening...

Happy Savings
~Rachel