The winner of last week’s prize, a copy of “Your Money: The Missing Manual,” is Cindy Brick. Or will be, if I hear back from her by Monday night.
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Win a $100 Amazon card for Black Friday 2011.
Yesterday I went into a drugstore and found several aisles completely stocked for Christmas: lights, ornaments, wrapping paper, toys, candy and, of course, traditional sacred images such as Mickey Mouse wearing a Santa hat. Sigh.
While too-early Christmas marketing and commercialism in general both bug me, I am also practical enough to acknowledge they exist — and to help a reader stretch his/her dollars to the utmost. That’s why I’m happy to announce a giveaway sponsored by the Consumerism Commentary blog: a $100 Amazon gift card, just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Win a little slice of SaveUp 2011.
Wish you could have been at the SaveUp 2011 conference. This week’s giveaway provides a little SaveUp vibe. The chicken slingshot is a particularly nice touch.
Giveaway: The Financial Blogger Conference package.
I’m not talking a “Greetings from Schaumburg!” ashtray, either.
Beating the high cost of groceries.
Kelly Hancock, who blogs at Faithful Provisions, has a new book out — and a shopping bag to match. This week you have a chance to win both.
Getting out of town.
I got back from BlogHer 2011 late in the evening on July 9. Since then I’ve been hitting MSN Money and Get Rich Slowly deadlines pretty hard, and spending time (including a day in Vancouver, B.C.) with an old friend who’s here in town.
Just before midnight tonight I get on a plane for the East Coast, where I’ll be spending just over a month:
Join Swagbucks. I’ll make it worth your while.
I love Swagbucks. There. I said it. I love Swagbucks because it helps me earn Amazon gift cards for doing what I’d do anyway, i.e., online searches.
I’d like for you to join Swagbucks using the widget here on the site. That’s because I’ll get bonus points if you do.
Yes, the Internet is a giant Ponzi scheme and I just want my piece of it. So I’m proposing a little incentive.
Weekly giveaway: The “Ultimate Cheapskate” twin-pack.
Jeff Yeager, aka “The Ultimate Cheapskate,” has written two books about tightwaddery. This week you can enter to win both.
Racing in the Tour de Personal Finance.
Jacob over at My Personal Finance Journey is running something called the Tour de Personal Finance. I’m one of four “racers” in Stage 4, hoping to move on to the next leg.
That’s where you come in.
She’s ready to fly the friendly skies.
Or, rather, she’s ready to put her husband on a plane. Cindi, the winner of the TSA toiletries bag, notes that her significant other travels a lot for business.
Stay tuned for Friday’s giveaway, which will be either a PF book or a gift card (but not an Amazon one).