Frugal Wife Blog (formerly Walk With Me)

Recent Favorite Recipes

2009-11-12T11:31:00.001-05:00

Now that I am a stay at home mom (until I get into medical transcription) I have more time to cook and bake and am actually enjoying baking things from scratch.I just wanted to share some things I've been making. This first recipe I got from watching Rachael Ray one afternoon and it seemed quite simple and easy to make. It's called Fall Fruit Individual Crostatas. The recipe called for apples

Homeschool and Working from Home

2009-11-09T22:03:00.003-05:00

Having been laid off this year has been a blessing in disguise. Actually, I think it was God answering my prayer and desire to stay home.Two months before I got laid off, I was feeling quite "antsy", for lack of a better word. I was getting extremely frustrated at coming home from work, worn out, and too tired to cook or clean. I didn't have the energy to give my daughter the attention she needed

Hasbro Games Deal at Toys R Us

2009-11-08T19:39:00.005-05:00

I was going through the circulars in today's paper and saw that Toys R Us has an awesome deal on Hasbro games this week. They have a bunch of games on sale for $3.99 each that you can get a $2 mail-in rebate from Hasbro and get a $10 Toys R Us gift card if you spend $25 on Hasbro games.I went this afternoon and bought:Candy LandChutes and LaddersMemory GameHi Ho Cherry-ODon't Break the IceAnts In

Week of the Family

2009-11-06T16:01:00.002-05:00

I know this is kind of late but there's the weekend to enjoy Week of the Family here in Tampa Bay. Check out the Event calendar on the home page and check out this page for week long discounts at Lowry Park Zoo, Florida Aquarium and more!

Coupon Giveaway Winner!

2009-11-04T21:59:00.002-05:00

And the winner of my latest coupon giveaway is:Comment #5, StephCongrats!

Blog Giveaways 10/31

2009-10-31T01:20:00.005-04:00

Whenever I want to buy something, I try to find out if there are any blogs doing a giveaway for the item I'm looking for. Right now I really want to get my daughter a balance bike and did a search on google's blogsearch and found 2 blogs giving away a Strider bike here and here.Here's a giveaway for a food dehydrator. This one ends Nov 6 at 8am.Win Just Tomatoes products here. Ends Nov 4th.Don't

Orbitz Twitter Giveaway-Today ONLY!

2009-10-27T10:54:00.003-04:00

Enter to win one of 10 round-trip coach-class airfare vouchers by following Orbitz on Twitter and retweeting today's message that was posted by Orbitz.Better hurry and sign up for a twitter account if you don't already have one in order to enter today!Read the rules here. Amazon.com Widgets

Fully Loaded Nachos - My Version

2009-10-22T11:13:00.004-04:00

This is a repost from last year with some edits.When I think of nachos, I think of nacho chips and cheese. Now, I think of my fully loaded nachos dish. Hubs and I were discussing what to make for dinner and I wanted something fairly easy and quick to make so we decided on nachos.A friend had introduced me to this at Moe's Southwest Grill (I love hearing them all shout "Welcome to Moe's" when

Coupon Giveaway!

2009-10-22T00:38:00.004-04:00

Ok, I have another envelope of coupons to giveaway. Majority of it are food coupons except for the few non-food coupons. These won't expire til mid-November or later.To enter, comment on what coupons you commonly use. For me, it's Purina Dog Chow, Breyer's Ice Cream (when there are Qs for them), Totino's Pizza Rolls, Yoplait, Degree deodorant, Right Guard deodorant, Campbell's soups, GM or

FL Aquarium Admission if you Twitter (Tampa)

2009-10-19T15:47:00.003-04:00

Are you a parent with young kids and have a twitter account? If you do, you can go here and fill out the form to get free admission into the Aquarium tomorrow.

Review and Rewards

2009-10-15T13:00:00.004-04:00

Check out ExpoTV where you can earn points to redeem for gift cards or choose from a host of products in the rewards section for doing video reviews of products. You can also get to try out new products in exchange for a video review through their Tryology program.You earn points everytime you accept an assignment and submit a video review of a product. If you receive a product to review through

Totsy Sample Sales

2009-10-11T18:40:00.005-04:00

Totsy is a brand new site that offers brand-specific sales up to 70% off retail for moms and kids (ages 0-7). Each sale lasts up to 3 days and for each purchase, a tree is planted!The current sale is Miniclasix Layette Collection at 50% off. These sales make shopping for top quality brand name items more affordable.Membership to Totsy is by free and by invitation only. To join, click here. Once

Hooked on Phonics 50% off!

2009-10-08T14:32:00.003-04:00

Wow, this is an awesome deal! Go to Hooked on Phonics (click the "Overstock" category) to get 50% off everything with the code, CASH50, and an additional 10% cashback when you go through Cashbaq.I bought Hooked on Phonics® Learn to Read Kindergarten-1st Grade (2007 Edition) for my daughter. It's regularly priced at $139.95 and it's on sale for $39.95 but with the 50% off code, it comes to $19.95

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Blu-DVD/Combo for $9.99

2009-10-07T00:15:00.003-04:00

Get Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for only $9.99 by entering "snowhite" (only 1 "W" in the code) in the coupon/promotional code box at checkout. Is that an awesome deal or what?!(Thanks, The Frugal Girls)Click here to see the other Disney movies (not Blu-Ray though) on sale at 50% off. These could be great Christmas gifts.Earn amazon gift certificates by searching through Swagbucks! I've

Groupon Daily Deals

2009-10-06T09:53:00.003-04:00

Have you checked out Groupon? I can't remember how I happened upon their site but I had to share about them. They feature something really fun to do or a great place to eat at an awesome price. I recently bought a groupon of 4 hours of canoeing for $15 ($42 value). Today's awesome deal is 3 days of bouldering at an indoor rock climbing gym for only $20, a $63 value!They also have restaurant deals

Great Escape

2009-10-03T01:27:00.003-04:00

This is contest entry for those crazy folks at TodaysMama and Cricut. Be sure to check out Cricut's cool new cartridges and the chance at $30,000 in travel for you and your friends at the Great Gypsy Escape site! http://bit.ly/FWcudGreat Escape Meme1. If you could escape to anywhere in the world where would it be?Nassau, Bahamas where hubby's from2. What song do you play when you are by yourself

Got some great Target deals today!

2009-10-02T00:40:00.002-04:00

I bought some coupons through a coupon clipping service, The Coupon Clippers, because I knew there were some good coupons out there that I either didn't have, or needed more than one of.Here's what I came home with after shopping at Target with some of the coupons I bought:2 8lb bags of Purina One dog food ($3 manuf Q from 9/13 Sunday insert and $2 Target Q) - a little over $4 each bag$.76 Combos

All You Magazine for $8.98

2009-09-29T21:49:00.005-04:00

Did you get a $5 gift certifcate from Magazines.com that expires tomorrow? If so, you can get a subscription to All You for only $8.98. I just did.Go to Bing Cashback and create an account or sign if you already created an account. Under the alphabetical listings of the stores, click on letter "M" and click on magazines.com. Add "All You" to your cart. "All You" is $19.97 for one year and when

This Month's Free Audiobook

2009-09-27T00:48:00.003-04:00

Don't forget to get this month's free audiobook from christianaudio.com because there are only a few more days left in September.A few months ago, Foxe's Book of Martyrs was the free book so they really have some great freebies.

Winner of the coupons

2009-09-24T23:32:00.001-04:00

Congrats to comment #9, Bombastic Belle.She wins my envelope of coupons.Thanks to all who entered my giveaway. I plan on doing another in a few weeks!

Weekend to Remember by FamilyLife

2009-09-21T01:14:00.003-04:00

This is repost from 2008. A few of the upcoming conferences are in Fort Myers (9/25), St Pete at the Don Cesar Resort (12/4), Chicago (11/13), Atlanta (12/11). Go here to find a location near you. We attended our first Weekend to Remember during our first or second year of marriage here in Tampa. We won the tickets to attend the weekend conference through The Joy FM. That was a testimony in

Free Carvel Ice Cream

2009-09-14T22:06:00.002-04:00

Stop in at your local participating Carvel on Sept 24th for Customer Appreciation Day from 3-7pm and get a free Oreo Lil' Rounders. Click here to go to Carvel and find your local Carvel store.

Our Trip to the FL Aquarium

2009-09-13T23:10:00.007-04:00

September is Swaptember and for us MOSI members it means we can go to the Florida Aquarium and The Lowry Park Zoo for free. So, we decided to go to the Florida Aquarium yesterday. It was a rainy day so it was great that everything is pretty much indoors.I was bummed when my friend told me that the Explore A Shore area was closed for maintenance for the rest of this month. Since it was raining

Coupon Giveaway!

2009-09-13T18:20:00.007-04:00

Ok, who loves coupons? Most people think couponing is a waste of time, but I have to disagree! I have saved tons of money since I really started to use coupons in conjunction with the weekly grocery and drug store sales. It just takes me about 15 minutes to go through the Sunday paper inserts and cut out what I know I will or could use. I've known from doing this for the past 2 years that there

Blog Giveaways 9/12

2009-09-12T21:32:00.000-04:00

Giveaways to enter around the blogsphere:GE A1050 Digital Camera from Life in a House of Blue (ends 9/20)Play-Doh Spaghetti Factory from 4 Baby and Mom (ends 9/21)