A new look, just in time for the party.

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For six months or so I’ve been saying that I wanted to teach myself how to redesign this site. What I was really saying, of course, was “I probably never will do this, but I sure would like to.”

But then I met web goddess Casey J. Curtis at the Emerald City ComicCon. Don’t all the best stories begin with anecdotes like that?

Talking with her got me off my dime, finally, about the redesign. The timing was perfect: Today is the second anniversary of Surviving and Thriving. To thank you all for sticking with me, I’ve planned an anniversary-sized giveaway.

This time around, as with the first, the big-ticket item is a $100 Amazon gift card, courtesy of the Mr. Rebates cash-back site. (If you’re not yet a member, I hope you’ll consider joining through that link, or through the widget on my site.)

But wait! There’s more!

Also up for grabs in the anniversary giveaway are:

A $50 e-gift certificate to Charlotte Russe.

A $25 Amazon gift card, thanks to Karen Hoxmeier of My Bargain Buddy.

A $25 CVS gift card.

Two books contributed by Liz Weston of MSN Money: “The 10 Commandments of Money: Survive and Thrive in the New Economy” and the recently updated “Your Credit Score: How to Improve the 3-Digit Number That Shapes Your Financial Future” (personalized to you or to the spendthrift of your choosing).

MP Dunleavey of the Daily Worth site is pitching in a latte-sized DW logo cup; I’m adding a $10 Starbucks e-gift card.

The Wise Bread team has donated three copies of “10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget,” a frugalist’s bible.

The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches” by Jeff Yeager.

J. Money from Budgets Are Sexy is providing one of his “I’m Bringing Budgets Back” T-shirts (follow that link and tell me those ain’t sexy).

Stephanie Nelson of CouponMom.com will personalize a copy of her best-selling book, “The Coupon Mom’s Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half.”

Also from Stephanie Nelson are two “Coupon Mom Organizing Binder” sets: Each has a three-ring binder with 30 six-pocket pages for coupons, 15 index page dividers, “price book” pages, a copy of “The CouponMom’s Strategic Shopping Strategies” booklet, pockets to hold store reward cards, and a bag for other items you might need — pens, calculator, Valium (just kidding about that last).

Dr. Dean Burke is prescribing his book, “The Millionaire Nurse,” which is not for nurses only – the book’s subtitle is “A proven financial first-aid kit for building wealth and freedom.

A pair of Brad’s Deals T-shirts and a Retail Me Not T-shirt (can you tell I’ve been to conferences in the past year?).

Earn What You’re Really Worth,” by Brian Tracy.

That’s a whole lotta prizes

Usually the giveaways are weekly, but sometimes I’ll make an exception. This is one of those times. You’ve got two weeks to enter, up to five different ways:

If you do any (or all!) of these things, please leave separate, additional comments to get credit for each entry.

The deadline is 9 p.m. PDT Tuesday, May 15. If I don’t hear back from the winners by Thursday morning, May 17, I’ll have the random number generator choose other names.

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469 thoughts on “A new look, just in time for the party.”

  1. Very attractive! I love the font in the heading!

    Being an old bat, I’d like to see the body type larger. Same is true for the template I’m using on Adjunctorium. Serif typefaces seem to look quite small on a web page.

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  2. I got nervous yesterday when all I got was an error message when I tried to get here, but now that I see why it was down it was worth the wait. I LOVE the new site!

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  3. TAhe new site is looking very spiffy, Donna. Congratulations on the anniversary and on reminding each of us about the importance of doing what we really want with our time and talents. Now I want to win a prize!

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  4. Congrats on your new site look (very nice, crisp) and your anniversary.
    As a person on her way to financial solvency, these books would be a great impetus to continue on my quest.

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  5. I like the new website design – very clean and easy to read. Which is good, since there’s so much helpful information here!

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  6. Wow, great prizes. Thanks for keeping the blog going. In addition to your wit and anecdotes, it’s the ease of reading professional level writing that keeps me coming back. Congrats on the anniversary.

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  7. Good for you for checking one more thing off your lists of things to learn and do. It must be time for lunch — I thought the book by Brian Tracy was “EAT what you’re really worth”.

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  8. great prizes! just was laid off so hopefully my frugal ways will help me through being jobless till something else comes along

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  9. Wow, what a lot of goodies you are giving away. I sure could use the help about now. Son, daughter-in-law, daughter and 3 grand-kids moving in this weekend. We all have to live very frugally to make this work! I hope I get to win something in your contest. Thanks.

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  10. Love the new look and happy anniversary!

    I would love any of the prizes however I think Stephanie Nelson is the greatest so I would love her prize package if I am the winner and there is a choice.

    I subscribe via email.

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  11. Love the new look and happy anniversary!

    I would love any of the prizes however I think Stephanie Nelson is the greatest so I would love her prize package if I am the winner and there is a choice.

    I subscribe via Facebook also.

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  12. I’ve never won anything online before. You have a wonderful list of prizes so maybe this will be my lucky entry.

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  13. Congratulations on your anniversary. I’ve enjoyed reading your postings, comments, articles, musings since I first read your “Surviving on $12,000 a year”. It was just about the time that I began a serious push to get debt-free. I love to read what you write. Somehow you always get me to smile and think. Thank you. Best of luck in year 2.

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  14. Lots of great giveaways. What a great way to celebrate your anniversary. The new site looks great. Glad you decided to keep it all going.

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  15. I read through RSS feed, too. Do your articles on getrichslowly.org count, too? You really liven up the crew of contributors at that site 🙂

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  16. I’ve learned so much, and saved so much money, thanks to you! Happy anniversary (the second of many!).

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  17. I love the new design of your site Donna! I am a huge fan of yours and I hope I win a prize this time. Thanks for always being so generous.

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