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HSN.com has a Health O Meter body fat monitoring digital scale on clearance for a very cheap $19.98 plus $5.20 shipping and handling. What a perfect gift for the calorie-counting, obsessive-compulsive fitness and nutrition geek in your life…or anyone who is embarking on a quest to get fit. Most body fat scales are in the [...]
Red Carpet Ready Club 6-Week Contest (Free to enter!)Now for some news…I’m loving my M&F 12-week program, but I’m toying with the idea of doing Valerie Waters’s Red Carpet Ready for the next 6 weeks as part of the contest going on at the RCR Club membership site. I signed up for the 2 week free trial last Tuesday, and I had planned [...]
2008 Entertainment Book Clearance! ($8.99 shipped)The 2008 Entertainment books are on sale for $7.99 plus $1 s/h. (Ignore the $1.99/item shipping charge on the shipping options page; the $1 shipping discount is shown on the final Place Order page before you confirm check out.) If you go through Fatwallet.com, you also earn $5.50 cash back per book purchased. They are [...]
Cute Workout Shoe Alert: 25% Off $39.99 Ryka Mary JanesUpdate: A NEW 30% off coupon code with no minimum purchase is available from July 24-27! Use code: EMCP8LLK during checkout. Foot Locker has a 25% off coupon code (EM218LM3)with no minimum purchase requirement that expires tonight at 11:59 PM CT. Best of all, with this magical coupon, you can score one of these insanely [...]
$10 BP Gas Card & Insulated Tote for Donating Blood (Central Florida)If you live in the central Florida area, why not stop by a branch of Florida’s Blood Center and donate a pint of blood as your good deed for the July 4th holiday? The blood center is giving away a $10 BP gas card and a spiffy insulated red lunch tote through July 6, and [...]
Origami Seed PacketsFor the crafty gardeners out there, I’ve scanned and posted two pages from my old Origami-A-Day calendar that feature instructions on how to fold your own origami seed packets. Way cooler than your typical cut and glue versions, and a nice way to while away a LOT of time if you want to make these [...]
Economic Stimulus Check Recap: Did you spend it according to plan?Because my husband and I requested a split tax refund earlier this year, we didn’t receive our paper economic stimulus check from Uncle Sam until today, but I know that most of you have already gotten your money and distributed it either to savings, debt repayment, or, in a few cases, out into the economy [...]
How much did you spend on your wedding?As our first wedding anniversary approaches in July and the official summer wedding season kicks off down here in central Florida, I’ve been reflecting back on our wedding last year and looking over the budget spreadsheet to see if there was anything I regretted on it. Chris and I were married last year for just [...]
