Jeff Yeager, aka “The Ultimate Cheapskate,” has written two books about tightwaddery. This week you can enter to win both.
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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).
A winner, on my way out of town.
Melissa Allison was the one whom the random number generator loved best this week. She gets the $20 Amazon gift card. Everyone else gets to try again on Friday.
My first week here has been fun: Little sleep, but plenty of family, friends and food. The weekend was given to attending (and recovering from) a reunion of current and former women of the Anchorage Daily News in picturesque Hope, Alaska. This was a great group of kickass wimmen, and of course the food was major.
Oh, and yesterday my niece and her boys and I ran into a couple of bears while hiking.
Want to go to the movies?
If so, ask South County Girl — she has an extra ticket, now that she’s been declared the winner of the AMC movie giveaway.
Giveaway: Another $20 Amazon.com gift card.
Well, why not? Everyone seems to love these things.
Giveaway: $20 in Amazon scrip.
Even as I tossed out three possible prizes and asked you to vote I realized what the answer would be. Of course most people were going to want the $20 Amazon.com gift card.
After all, not everyone lives near an AMC movie theater and not everyone has a tween-ager in his life to whom to give Jean Chatzky’s “Not Your Parents’ Money Book.”
Winners: The giveaway and the carnivals.
Practical Parsimony was the winner of this week’s giveaway, a $20 Amazon.com certificate. I’m sure her grandson will be relieved, because Practical P. plans to spend the scrip on an iTunes card for her grandson, to “accompany the boring bathrobe I am giving him.” Happy birthday, grandson — dodged a bullet there. In other news: … Read more
Giveaway: Of moose and women.
I’ll be heading back to Seattle soon, but I can’t leave the Last Frontier without giving away some Alaskana.
The swag bag gets a new home. Plus: A hint about Friday’s giveaway.
Rocio H. is the winner of the SaveUp 2010 swag bag. Thanks to all who entered. Rocio: I sent an e-mail asking for your mailing address. Please respond by noon Friday so that I can get the prize mailed before I go out of town. This Friday’s giveaway involves a slight rule change. Stay tuned. … Read more
Giveaway: The SaveUp 2010 swag bag.
Some of you helped send me to the SaveUp 2010 conference by voting for me. Now it’s time to give back.
Within reason.