Penny Pinching Polly: 1/29/12

Saturday, February 4, 2012

.::WINNERS::. Winners from FREE Lunch Friday 2/3

Easy entry! You could win $50,000!

Thanks to YOU for making it a success, Free Lunch Friday is now a regular feature on Penny Pinching Polly! Please, if you have a fan page that sells items on Facebook, join my Free Lunch Friday group! A $3 sponsorship brings an average of 150 - 200 new fans!

Now, for the winners! Each winner has been emailed! They have until Noon EST on Monday to reply to the email, or a new winner will be randomly picked through Rafflecopter!

$10 Burger King Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash: Andrea Frost Niles

$10 Taco Bell Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash: Alena Svetelska

$10 McDonald's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash: Nica Hubbard

$10 Subway Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash : Shelly Hughes

$10 Wendy's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash: Melisa Bass

Friday, February 3, 2012

DOG WALKER

Authored by Rickey Combs

I have been using Clear wireless internet to do some advertising on-line for my at home business. I recently decided to quit my nine to five job because it was driving me absolutely crazy. I hated my immediate supervisor and the tasks that I were doing were terrible. I also wasn’t getting paid enough and had bad insurance. I looked into a COBRA plan before I really decided to quit my job and start my new business. I saw a niche in our community for a dog walker. I have always loved animals-especially dogs. I couldn’t imagine a job being more fun than playing with dogs all day. The business started out a little slow, but since I have been advertising on the internet and doing Groupon deals, business has soared. I have even had to hire six other dog walkers to help me. Of course, I still walk the dogs and don’t just do the office stuff, but I am happier than I have been in years. Who knew that pursuing what you loved could actually make you some money!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

.::GIVEAWAY::. $150 in Target Gift Cards! $100 to 1st Place ~ $50 to 2nd Place1

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.::GIVEAWAY::. FREE Lunch Friday

There are FIVE (5) Free Lunch Friday Giveaways this week!

Be sure you enter them ALL!

If you'd like to sponsor a future Free Lunch Friday giveaway, please join our group!

.::GIVEAWAY::. FREE Lunch Friday ~ Wendy's

Entering to win this $10 Wendy's Gift Card couldn't be easier! Just "LIKE" all the pages below on the form!

Good luck!

There are FIVE (5) Free Lunch Friday Giveaways this week!
Be sure you enter them ALL!

$10 Burger King Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 McDonald's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Subway Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Taco Bell Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Wendy's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)

If you'd like to sponsor a future Free Lunch Friday giveaway, please join our group!

Please be patient while the form loads. It may take up to 1 minute. Good luck!

.::GIVEAWAY::. FREE Lunch Friday ~ Subway

Entering to win this $10 Subway Gift Card couldn't be easier! Just "LIKE" all the pages below on the form!

Good luck!

There are FIVE (5) Free Lunch Friday Giveaways this week!
Be sure you enter them ALL!

$10 Burger King Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 McDonald's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Subway Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Taco Bell Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Wendy's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)

If you'd like to sponsor a future Free Lunch Friday giveaway, please join our group!

Please be patient while the form loads. It may take up to 1 minute. Good luck!

.::GIVEAWAY::. FREE Lunch Friday ~ Taco Bell

Entering to win this $10 Taco Bell Gift Card couldn't be easier! Just "LIKE" all the pages below on the form!

Good luck!

There are FIVE (5) Free Lunch Friday Giveaways this week!
Be sure you enter them ALL!

$10 Burger King Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 McDonald's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Subway Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Taco Bell Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Wendy's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)

If you'd like to sponsor a future Free Lunch Friday giveaway, please join our group!

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.::GIVEAWAY::. FREE Lunch Friday ~ McDonald's

Entering to win this $10 McDonald's Gift Card couldn't be easier! Just "LIKE" all the pages below on the form!

Good luck!

There are FIVE (5) Free Lunch Friday Giveaways this week!
Be sure you enter them ALL!

$10 Burger King Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 McDonald's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Subway Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Taco Bell Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Wendy's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)

If you'd like to sponsor a future Free Lunch Friday giveaway, please join our group!

Please be patient while the form loads. It may take up to 1 minute. Good luck!

.::GIVEAWAY::. FREE Lunch Friday ~ Burger King

Entering to win this $10 Burger King Gift Card couldn't be easier! Just "LIKE" all the pages below on the form!

Good luck!

There are FIVE (5) Free Lunch Friday Giveaways this week!
Be sure you enter them ALL!

$10 Burger King Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 McDonald's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Subway Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Taco Bell Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)
$10 Wendy's Gift Card or $10 Paypal Cash (Winner's Choice)

If you'd like to sponsor a future Free Lunch Friday giveaway, please join our group!

Please be patient while the form loads. It may take up to 1 minute. Good luck!

.::GIVEAWAY::. $1,000 in FREE Groceries

Win $1,000 in FREE Groceries!

First, sign up for WomanFreebies HERE.

Then, click on Sweepstakes & enter to win!

Enter to win a grand prize of $1,000 in FREE GROCERIES.

(Prize consists of a gift card valued at $1,000 to a grocery store).

Sweepstakes Ends March 31, 2012.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

.::WINNERS::. Winners from Colossal Cash Explosion

I cannot express how excited I am to reach 30,000 fans on Facebook! You're not here for a speech, so I'll get straight to the good stuff!

If you didn't win this time maybe you'll win the Mom-Cave Giveway coming up with a big screen HDTV!

The winners' can be viewed below or HERE:

$300: Erin M.

$100: Christmas H.

$50: Kimberly W

$25: debra a

$25: Jacqueline E.

Winners will be notified via email (using the email provided during entry) and will have 48 hours to respond. If a winner does not respond to said email in the allotted time, a replacement winner will be chosen.

.::Review & Giveaway::. POP for Addition & Subtraction

Learning Resources sent me POP for Addition & Subtraction to review. (I also get to give one away - so be sure to enter to WIN one!) I was especially excited to review this game because I think it is important that children think of math as FUN. Math is such an important part of every day living!

This cute math-fact game comes in a box that looks like a gumball machine! There are different levels at which you can play. The various levels makes it fun (and a great learning experience) for kids ages 4-12.

Level 1 has you place the gumball machine (container) in the center of the playing area. The player spins to see how many gumball cards he/she should take. For each gumball, if you solve the math fact correctly, you keep the gumball. If you answer incorrectly, you place the gumball in a pile of "un-popped" cards.(Go through the pile later for practice.) If you draw a "POP!" card, you have to put all your cards back in the box. You keep taking turns into all gumballs are out of the machine. The player with the most gumballs wins!

My daughter and I like to put our own little spin on things. Since she is only 6, we play until one of us has 10 gumballs. The first person with 10 gumballs is the winner. We've also played it where whoever gets the "POP!" card gets to take their opponents gumballs!

I took this to my daughter's kindergarten class. They do 9 minute centers, so we played it where whoever had the most gumballs at the end of 8 minutes (we need clean up time) got a REAL gumball! It was a hit! Sure, they start out using their fingers, but they quickly start memorizing these essential math facts from the repetition. My daughter's class LOVES this game!

Product Details: Includes 90 math-fact cards (1-10), 10 POP! cards, spinner and guide (printed on box). Measures 3½L x 3½W x 6H". For 2-4 players.

Would you like to win your very own POP for Addition & Subtraction Game from Learning Resources? It's easy to enter! Just use the form below! If you don't win, you can buy this for only $9.99 on the Learning Resources' website. This makes it a very affordable very fun birthday or classroom gift. If you have a child who is struggling with math facts, I highly recommend this game!

Please be patient while the form loads. It may take up to 1 minute. Good luck!

.::TUTORIAL TUESDAY::. Laundry Soap Tutorial

This is a guest post from my friend Crystal at Instinctively Basic!

I am going to demonstrate how easy it is to make your own laundry soap at home. The laundry soap that we create is a liquid soap, however, it could easily work for a powder soap recipe as well. Head to the end of this post if you want the powder recipe.

Now that we have the ingredients, let's get ready to make laundry soap!

As a breakdown for cost comparison, here are the products we used. These prices are what I've found in my local area. Other areas may have different pricing.

20 Mule Team Borax - 76 oz - About $9.00

Arm & Hammer Washing Soda - 55 oz - About $5.00

Fels Naptha Bar - 5.5 oz - About $1.50

Distilled Water (2 gallons) - About $1.10 each

Keep in mind with these prices that you'll get much more than one batch from the Washing Soda and Borax. With the Borax, you'll be able to get 9 batches and some left over. With the Washing Soda, 6 batches and some left over. So, broken down, we're looking at a cost of:

Borax $1.00

Washing Soda $0.83

Fels Naptha - $1.50

Water - $2.20

Total for 320 ounces of laundry soap - $5.53.

When looking at Tide for comparison, I used the least expensive product available. It costs out to about $0.08/ounce. Multiply that by our 320 ounces of homemade laundry soap and the total is $25.60. That's just ounce for ounce cost.

When considering a load, I use about 1 ounce per load in my HE washing machine. The cost is $0.02 per load. Since this is a double concentrated laundry soap, the amount needed is much less than some of the other recipes available.

I hope that you have enjoyed this video tutorial for How to Make Homemade Laundry Soap. Happy Washing!

**To make this recipe in powder form, simply eliminate the water from the steps. The Fels Naptha bar will need to be grated very finely, into a powder. This can be done with a multi-sided box grater. Put all three of the powders into a jar. Mix until very well combined. Use about 1 tablespoon per load. Store in an air-tight jar and shake prior to use.

~ Crystal from Instinctively Basic

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Now for the GIVEAWAY!

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Please be patient while the form loads. It may take up to 1 minute. Good luck!

.::WINNERS::. Winners from 1/31 Comment Game

If you are a winner, please visit the sponsor's page and write on their wall telling them you won their freebie from PPP. Then, find their email address (on the Info tab) or use their Contact Tab to send your shipping information. When emailing them, be sure to tell them you won at PPP so they know which prize you get! You have until Noon EST on Thursday, 2/2 to claim your prize! Please allow 30 days for the receipt of free items. Thank you!

**If you win a customized item, you only have 72 hours after the Sponsor replies to your initial email to make your customization/personalization choices.**

Winners:

Scarborough Lane: Michelle Cardwell

Chunky Monkey Unlimited: Jaime Nicholsom

Peggy~ Independent Chocolatier~Dove Chocolate Discoveries: Leslie Wheeler

Jenn's Butterfli Bowtique: Tricia Batchelder

Sweet Potato Stitches: Nicole Schoiber

Bows, Toes and More: Michelle Cardwell

Bellas Bows: Christine Robertson Tavegia

Tupperware~Peggy: Toletha Farrar

Brandimarie's Boutique: Stephanie Mitchell

Crafty Creations by Brittany: Martha Parten

Personalized Letters & Accessories: Nell Lamb