Friday

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{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

 

Glade Expressions

Well, it has been 8 days since I used the Glade Expressions diffuser and I must admit it seems to be chugging right along.  I placed the lavender scented diffuser in a spare room on a Friday. The room is not used very often so it had become quite musty.  I put the Glade Expressions that I got free as a BzzAgent and it still is scenting the room nicely.
The Glade Mister came in handy when my friend and I had some Italian food in my living room.  The food was heavy on the garlic but I spray a couple of sprays.  The Italian Madarin and Cotten scent filled the room but went away pretty quickly. Fortunately, the food scent didn't linger either.

Sniffing out some savings :-)

I have just joined a website called BzzAgent and they have given me some coupons to get a Glade Expressions Oil Diffuser and Glade Expressions Fragrance Mist.  I used the coupons at Target but haven't set them up yet.

Once I have used them a while I will post a review but I am so excited to try them out.
 

Free Electronics

One way to get free or low cost items is in the "used" arena. Often at used book stores they will give you credit for items that you turn in to them.  Sometimes this is in the form of cash money and sometimes it is in credit.  The cash is usually a significantly lower amount than the credit and you should decide whether to choose the money or credit based on your needs.
My father always said "unless you need the money right then because you can use the credit when your money runs out." Since the credit is more, if will be worth more if you run out of cash.

I have a tradition of around Christmas and the end of the school year of going to the used book store and turning in DVDs, books and audiobooks that I no longer need/want.  Recently I bought a kindle so I scoured my house for things that I could get rid of and purchase electronically.  I went to the store, McKays in Knoxville, and recieve $120 in credit.  The great thing about this store is the credit you recieve can be used on ANYTHING in the store.  My friend, JV, and I went to the electronics area and "purchased" a digital camera and kindle using our credit.

It was wonderful to not only get rid of items that I didn't need, but to get something that I have needed for a while for free!!

Hopefully now that I have a digital camera I will be able to post more pictures on this blog.
 

This moment

Starting again....

 

Starting the year with LOVE

Well, as far as my minifesto goes....
I did go to church this evening. I wanted to see what the Saturday service was at a church near me. I can't really say that I enjoyed it.  I preacher kinda rambled and there wasn't anything pretty to look at when I got bored.  Also, they seemed a little "old school" theologically.
I am going to go to my home church tomorrow if I have something I can wear :-)  I think it will be a refreshing renewal to go back and see everyone.
 

Coincidence?

At the library today, I checked out some interior design books. While there, I found the book The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches by Jeff Yeager. I haven't read it at all but it opened to the page entitled: 101 Free or Very Frugal Things to Do. I loved that each entry had a website devoted to it.

Some of those mentioned were:
Cloud Gazing
Dream Interpretation
Fish Watching?
Free Factory Tours
Pitching Pennies
and my favorite........ Napping

Obviously there are many more listed but I hope to learn some more from this book and have a great year.

Minifesto Tracking
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