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The Financial Brick Wall – How to Avoid It

By Summer

I’ve been writing a lot lately about grocery shopping on a budget, and about how we took some unexpected financial hits over the holidays. Being on a budget controls my life lately, and for the first time since we got married, The Workaholic has given me more control over the finances. He was handling them…

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Filed Under: Family, Helpful Hints, Parenting, Savings, Savvy Shopping Tagged With: Finances, retirement, Saving

JT’s 20/20 Experience Comes to MY House

By Summer

Back in the day when I was just a little gal, I was in love with this curly headed little boy named Justin on the Mickey Mouse Club. Fast forward to high school, and this flipping awesome boy band drops onto the scene with the curly-headed cutie as its front man. I was super stoked….

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Filed Under: Confessions, Paleo, Savings, Savvy Shopping Tagged With: #CBias, 20/20, 20/20 at Walmart, 20/20 Experience, 20/20 Experience at Walmart, awesomeness, Entertainment, Food, JT is Back, Justin Timberlake, Justin Timberlake's New CD, New Music in 2013

Paleo Meal Planning – Cheap As I Wanna Be

By Summer

This week is insane tough for us.  I’m waiting on a few payments and the unexpected expenses of life keep cropping up.  Truth is, we haven’t recovered from Christmas yet, and we didn’t even spend that much! I don’t usually have anxiety problems, but this week I haven’t been able to sleep, there has been…

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Filed Under: Family, Kid food, Meal Planning, Paleo, Parenting, Recipes, Savings, Savvy Shopping, Weight Loss Tagged With: Food, G-Free, Health, Meal Planning, Paleo, Primal Diet

Valentine’s Day Outfits on a Budget

By Summer

I’m the biggest slacker on the face of the planet.  It’s February and I still haven’t had Christmas photos taken of my kiddos.  Is it too late?  It might be too late, huh?  SO I thought maybe I’d do Valentine’s Day cards, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it…

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Filed Under: Deals, Fashion, Parenting, Savings, Savvy Shopping, The Messy Fashionista, Valentine's Day Tagged With: Cookie's Kids, Kids Clothes, Kids Fashion, Kids Style, School Uniforms, Spring Fashion, Valentine's Day Outfits

Clean Living with Ology

By Summer

Ology at Walgreens, chemical-free baby products

I am always on a quest to find the best, safest, and most easily accessible products for my kids.  I refuse to use anything made by many of the major brands because of their insistence in using formaldehyde in their products.  We are daily slathering our children with embalming fluid, people!  That’s disgusting!  Should we…

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Filed Under: Deals, Family, Health, Helpful Hints, Parenting, Savings, Savvy Shopping Tagged With: Chemical Free Baby Wash, Chemical Free House Cleaners, Clean Living, G-Free, Health, Natural Products, Natural Skin Care, Ology, Tree Free Paper Products, Walgreens

Today’s HOTTEST Zulily Sales

By Summer

My favorite online retailer is Zulily.  Their rotating sales drive me nuts each day, wondering how on earth I can possibly scrape some money together to buy one of everything on the site that day. But today is crazy good.  Columbia is featuring winter and hiking shoes, women’s & men’s clothing and workout gear, and…

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Filed Under: Crafting, Deals, Fashion, Savings, Savvy Shopping Tagged With: Zulily

Have I Got a Deal For You! – Sears Appliance Sale 12/19/12 – 1/5/13 #spon

By Summer

30% off Appliances at sears, Kitchen Appliance Sale

It’s no secret that the entire Dirty Floor Diaries family loves Sears.  The Workaholic loves Kenmore tools and grills, The Nerd loves the sale video game bin, The Muffin loves the high fashion, The Stinky loves to scream, and I love everything about Sears.  From the amazing warranties on their appliances and tools, to the…

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Filed Under: Deals, Savings, Savvy Shopping Tagged With: Food, Kitchen Appliance Deals, Sales, Sears

Migraine Milkshakes

By Summer

  I woke up this morning thinking that it was awfully light outside for 7:30. See, I don’t use a traditional alarm clock.  My alarm clocks are named Grady, Styles, & Madilyn.  Styles uses an alarm clock and he gets me up at 7:30 if I’m not already awake thanks to Grady.  I sniffed Grady’s…

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Filed Under: Family, For a Laugh, Health, Kid food, Paleo, Parenting, Potty Training, Savings, Savvy Shopping Tagged With: #CBias, #TysonGoodness, Collective Bias, family, Food, Murphy's Law, Primal Diet, Tyson Mini Chicken Sandwiches

After School Snacks for Picky Eaters

By Summer

We eat a lot of fruit in this family, and I’m trying to get my kids to eat more vegetables.  It’s not always their favorite so I look for new ways for them to get their nutrients. It’s no secret that my kids have fallen in LOVE with Tyson’s Mini Chicken Sandwiches.  Madilyn can inhale…

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Filed Under: Couponing, Family, Kid food, Parenting, Savings, Savvy Shopping Tagged With: #CBias, #TysonGoodness, Food, Parenting

Mom vs Tween : Holiday Clothing

By Summer

I don’t know when exactly it happened, but my baby boy turned into a tween. He is independent, wants to tuck himself in at night (though I’m convinced it’s just so that I don’t see his messy room), and has his own ideas of what good fashion is. His ideas on fashion change daily. Case…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Parenting, Savings, Savvy Shopping Tagged With: Christmas, Parenting

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