Welcome to Spring! Are you ready for a nice relaxing spa day to relieve the stress of winter and welcome spring?

I’ve paired up with some great sites and we want to offer a fun giveaway of a SpaFinder gift card in honor of spring!

Use this $100 gift card to get a relaxing massage, a pretty pedicure or even a rejuvenating facial at a participating spa or salon near you.

Here are the hosting blogs:

1. 20 Something Saver
2. A Southern Mom
3. Family Friendly Frugality
4. Fun Finds for Families
5. The Frugal Free Gal
6. The Life of Rylie & Bryce Too!
7. Motherhood on a Dime
8. Surviving a Teacher’s Salary
9. Teaching in Room 6
10. Thrifty Wifey

How do you enter to win?

Simply “like” us on Facebook and let us know you did it by filling out the Rafflecopter form below.

For a bonus entry, you can also tweet about this giveaway on a daily basis.

Good luck!
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From now until 7:30pm ET you can enter to win one of the “I was Thrifty before Thrifty was cool” T-Shirts!

I have a small long sleeve in black and large and XL short sleeve in white! Winners will be determined as they are drawn versus the sizes available. Winners will be announced and emailed within 48hrs and have 72hrs to claim their prize.

One entry per person, per household.

Leading Lady is a premiere intimate apparel company dedicated to creating comfortably functional, remarkably affordable, stylish and easy-to-wear bras, camis and sleepwear. A family owned and operated business, Leading Lady has been expertly tailoring nursing and full figure bras for top brands and retailers across North America for more than 70 years. For the first time, Leading Lady’s comprehensive line of nursing and full figure intimates – including sexy stretch lace wire-free and underwire bras, supportive and seamless sport and yoga bras, and cozy sleep and leisure bras – can be purchased directly on LeadingLady.com.

Leading Lady is proud to celebrate “Leading Ladies” everywhere through its products, programs and philanthropic activities. Leading Lady is dedicated to arming new moms with the support – physically, intellectually and emotionally – they need to nurture their babies through breastfeeding and committed to supporting a variety of organizations and issues relevant to women across the country. Follow Leading Lady on Facebook and Twitter.  

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As you all know I am a huge Dr. Seuss fan, especially for the baby’s nursery. It will be everything Dr. Seuss related and I am super excited! So of course the idea of The Lorax and a great brand of diapers, Seventh Generation, teaming up? Love it!

Seventh Generation is rolling out some new overnight diapers! And they have even redesigned Free and Clear diapers with better fitting tabs and the Free and Clear training pants with a more absorbent core!

I have actually been stocking up on diapers for baby Chloe and one brand I have quite a stock of is actually Seventh Generation (you should see the nursery closet!). I know most say to wait to stock up because the child can be sensitive, which is why I went with Seventh Generation brand free and clear diapers! She will have a much lower chance or having issues with these as she might with scented and other types.

So, the fact that they are continuing to improve only makes things better and makes me feel much more comfortable continuing to buy their brand!

Want to be the first to try their new overnight diapers and score an awesome book of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax?! Of course you do! 

Giveaway will end on 3/28 at 11:5ppm ET, winner will have 72hrs to claim their prize. One entry per person.

Disclosure:  The Seventh Generation Diapers prize pack, product and information have been provided by Seventh Generation through MyBlogSpark. View my full disclosure policy.

It’s a GIVEAWAY! Enter to win one of the new “I was thrifty before thrifty was cool” tote bags for the site! You have 2hrs to enter, giveaway will close at 8pm ET! Two winners will be chosen and announced within’ 48hrs.

I added a few questions to also help improve the site, your answers will have no effect on whether or not you’re chosen as a winner.

One of my favorite movies was released on DVD today, Courageous. I am so excited about it that I want to giveaway this DVD and Fireproof, both amazing movies that I recommend every family to see! These are Christian films but they will touch your heart and soul in ways you’d never imagine.

I also highly suggest checking out their earlier films Facing The Giants and FlyWheel!

About Courageous:

Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and Shane Fuller are confident and focused. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood.

While they consistently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they’re quickly discovering that their standard is missing the mark.

When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God … and to their children?

About Fireproof:

At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter’s adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.

Growing up, Catherine Holt always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter…just like her daddy. Now, after seven years of marriage, Catherine wonders when she stopped being “good enough” for her husband.

Regular arguments over jobs, finances, housework, and outside interests have readied them both to move on to something with more sparks.

As the couple prepares to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb’s father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment: “The Love Dare.” Wondering if it’s even worth the effort, Caleb agrees-for his father’s sake more than for his marriage. When Caleb discovers the book’s daily challenges are tied into his parents’ newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened.

While trying to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and again. He finally asks his father, “How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?”

When his father explains that this is the love Christ shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment to love God. Andówith God’s helpóhe begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife.

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