Lunch near Browns Bridge

Hi all!
Today after church we felt adverturesome, so after the festivities at Kinsey Farms we decided to try out a local southwestern grill restraunt in the Browns Bridge Church area. As many of you probably already know, Groupon now has an app on the iphone, but more importantly, it has upgraded to have a 'Groupon Now' feature (this can be found on the website too). Groupon now uses your location and immediately offers up nearby places to eat, play, etc. We found Mestizo's to be the closest place so we decided to try it. Its almost identical to Moe's but with a few better perks. The food tasted much fresher (if thats a word). And, this is the part that will bring me back, they have the cute little Ikea table and chairs for kids in the back. Right next to the kids table area is a huge chalkboard for the kids to scribble on. This combination made for an uninterrupted lunch for the Thornton clan (other than the couple of times Ryder pushed a stool across the restraunt and I had to retrieve him). So...food was good, cool kids area, and close to Browns Bridge Church...AND...with the Groupon, we spend $10 total on lunch! Not bad ;) If you are a Browns Bridger, you must try it!

Cooking up Early Detection

Hi everyone!

I had a fun run to Publix today...so I want to tell you all about it! There is currently a rebate going on which states that if you spend $25 on P&G products at select stores, you get a free Pink Bakeware set to help support Breast Cancer Awareness! Now...once you include a trip with sales and coupons, you can get a lot for a little! Visit southernsavers.com for more info. There are a lot of scenarios you could work up, but here is mine...

I bought:
1 CG concealer
2 CG eyeshadow
1 Febreeze candle (the cinnamon scent...perfect for fall!)
1 Febreeze scent thing
1 Olay facial cleansing cloths
The subtotal before coupons was $25.48
What I paid out of pocket after coupons: $11

So, I got all of these products and will get a free bakeware set for only $11!

This is what is included in the bakeware set:
3 Piece Mixing Bowl Set w/ Lids
Spatula
Oven Glove
3 Piece Measuring Cup Set
Silicone Baking Sheet
Tin Cookie Sheet

I am a happy camper on this one. If I had more than 1 copy of my P&G coupon booklet, I could have spent even less! If you would like help setting up your own scenario or using mine, I am happy to help! Happy Shopping!

Cut your Cable Costs!!

Hey guys!

Hunter brought this article to my attention a week or so ago. I looked into it and did some reasearch and it looks like there are a few avenues to seriously cut your cable TV costs. I am going to look further into possibly streaming Hulu through our Wii for certain shows that we like, aka, Modern Family and Glee :) I can live without the rest.

We currently pay in the ballpark of $52 a month for our cable, which is only 72 channels. If we cut the cable and just streamed using Hulu, we would just pay the fee to use gameon (which you will read about) which shakes out to be about $3-$6 per month depending on which plan you choose.
With things like Hulu and Redbox out there, there really is no need to pay for cable any longer!

If we only paid $6 per month versus $52, we would save $552 a year!

As a side note: make sure that any setup you choose will actually work before cancelling anything :) Also...another sidenote...Im going to try using the antenna as well. It looks like in our area it will pick up about 8-10 channels for FREE!
And good channels at that...including CBS, FOX, CW, and ABC!

Ladies...check with your man about certain sports channels that he cant live without and make sure that which ever avenue you choose will pick it up. No amount of savings is worth a grumpy, football deprived husband :)

Check it out! Click on the link below.

How to Save on Cable!