Hello and Welcome to Thankful with a Side of Thrifty! My name is Tricia and I write about my thankful, thrifty life for several reasons: I love writing, I enjoy saving money, I am abundantly grateful to God for the many blessings in my life, and most of all, in some small way, I'd like to help others find joy in living thankful, thrifty lives also!

At times I blog consistently, at other times, I am quite sporadic. Occasionally, I have giveaways for those who subscribe or follow my blog, so if that's your thing, be on the lookout...and sign up! I am not a professional writer by any means, and you will find, without question, occasional typos and grammatical faux pas. Much of this has to do with whether or not I work the night shift (I'm an RN, by vocation) before I write.

I have 4 kids, 1 foreign student, 2 cats, 1 dog, 2 fish and 1 husband. I was born, bred and buttered in the great state of Maine, where I (usually) spend a month every summer in a family cabin. My current city is High Point, NC. We have lived in this area for 15 years now and even though I will always be a country girl at heart, I have come to appreciate city life.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

grateful for a day of saving...follow me...to freebies

Thankful and Thrifty.

"In everything....with thanksgiving.....make your requests known to God."

It's been a day of trying on this gratefulness-in-all-things: Follow me...that's the easiest way that I know how to teach you this frugal life....

~Grateful when the frig was leaking and I stepped in the puddle and got my sock wet (because I have a frig and it's not dead yet!)
~Grateful for the same reason when the dishwasher had the same problem.
~Grateful when my computer keeps freezing (I can walk to the library, after all...)
~Grateful that I had sense enough to return a new stovetop that I bought for half off over Labor Day weekend (I'm sure I can do better than 50% off, and that was $650 back on the credit card, which more than makes up for the days I'm not working this week!)
~Grateful for coupons for a FREE pumpkin latte at Dunkin Donuts and a FREE spicy chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-a. Yummm. Free lunch!
~Grateful that Plato's Closet gave me $7.20 for one of Abby's sweaters (she'll get the $:)...even if they turned away 10 other items.
~Grateful that I'm making headway in the "clean out the clutter" vow I took for fall. (see above)
~Grateful for 5 hungry men who'll be coming home soon, bellies all a grumble, covered in mud, full of bravado. Taco Casserole and salad coming right up!
~Grateful for the opportunity to bless others this week. (Have you done a good deed yet? It'll bless you, I promise!!)
~Grateful that I "spent 15 minutes on Geico" (and several other sites). It appears that I really will save us $500 or more on car/home insurance!
~Grateful that I went into Ollies today (for those who don't know what this is, think Big Lots). I spent about $15 on food and another $65 on Christmas gifts...a great start on the season!!
~Grateful for $124 worth of totally free-after-rewards items from Office Depot! Do you need to stock up on paper (to print free coupons) and batteries? Who doesn't? Be sure to print the $20 off $100 coupon first. Here's the link:
http://www.southernsavers.com/2011/09/office-supply-deals-staples-office-depot-office-max-deals-918-924/
Free sample of Tom's of Maine new strawberry toothpaste for kids: http://www.startsampling.com/sm/tomsstrawberry102021/captureAddress.iphtmlitem=102021&source=ba-tom

~Grateful for all of you keeping me in first place in NC...nice! Thanks so much:
http://www.cheapsally.com/profile/tricia-cliff/
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