I got a new camera for Christmas this year.  Photography has always been one of my hobbies and I finally got around to taking some pictures of my daughter and one of her friends to try my luck at headshots and a couple candids. Check these out and tell me what you think.

This was my niece walking with Angel and her friend.  Turned out really cute.

I thought this was neat. I know a lot of people are not a fan of feet, but I thought the shot was really cool.

Angel and her friend could pass for sisters. And I love how the picture turned out.

This one was kind of cool with the special effects.

And my favorite with my beautiful daughter!

Restaurant.com coupon code, get a $25 GC for only $2

Check out Restaurant.com for the Memorial Day weekend special. Now through 5/31 purchase a $25 gift certificate for only $2.  Just enter the promo code FLAG and then hit Apply. Just a great deal. And you can purchase them as gifts and hold them until you are ready to decide what restaurant you want to go to then send them to yourself.  

Here is some of the restaurants participating in our area:

Stool Pigeons Coop & Grill
Villa Antonio
Boneheads Grilled Fish & Piri Piri Chicken
Phil And Tony's Brick Oven Pizza
Fuel Pizza
Mucci's Italian Bistro
Genaro's Rotisserie

and many more.  The gift certificates are well worth what you are paying for them. My family and I tried Genaro's a few weeks ago. The food was to die for and we had no issues using our gift certificate. If you like trying some of the little privately owned places in the area then this would be a great opportunity for you. Check it out!

 

Couponing and Saving Money

I plan to go further in depth in these topics, but I wanted to just get you started by telling you the sites that I am currently using at home myself.

Here is my favorite site with coupon tutorials, printable coupons, and she even breaks it down and lists the best deals by store and tells you the best way to purchase the items. I would definitely check out her tutorials on cvs extra care bucks and walgreens register rewards.

http://www.coupondivas.com/


This site sells gift certificates (i.e. GC) for local restaurants at a discount ( usually $25 GC for $10) and they send out email newsletters with coupon codes for even better deals. The last three I bought I got for $2 each. ( $75 worth of GC for only $6) We used one at Genarro's and had no problems. The current coupon code gets you an additional 80% off their already low gift certificate prices (code: FLAG good through Monday 5/31)

http://www.restaurant.com/


This site we found out about when we went to the Joseph Sangle Financial Workshop at Elevation. This guy actually has two sites. Both are good with lots of tips on how to save money.

http://groceryfreak.com/couponing-101/
http://www.savingfreak.com/

While you are at it, make sure to check out Joseph Sangl's website and tools for budgeting and getting out of debt. His system is very similar to Dave Ramsey's but he offers all his online tools for free.

http://www.josephsangl.com/

And I am still here. Just never get on HERE! But I have been itching to write more so I am compiling a list of blog topics I plan to write on. I plan to start with my recent couponing endeavor. It's become an obsession of mine and I can't believe all the money I've saved recently or the free stuff I've scored. So watch for those blog entries!