Dave Ramsey has given me the opportunity to give away 40 of his books! You can enter to win The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness  through one of the blogs who are co-hosting this event. We all love saving money, but Dave Ramsey brings it even further and helps you get out of debt! There are a total of 20 bloggers in this event, and each blog will have 2 winners. Want to know the best part? Each blog has their own Rafflecopter form, so you can hop from blog to blog and enter on them ALL! This event is sponsored by Dave Ramsey and hosted by Freetail Therapy. Co-Hosting the event are the following blogs:

Tweenage Wasteland | Building Carpenters | The Tampa Bay Saver | Frugal Freebies and Deals | Mommy Coupon Swappers | Savvy Shopper Central | I Am A Couponer | Coupon Spice | Finds For Friends | Tots and Me | Pink Coupon Cafe | Sweet Pea Savings | I Heart Giveaways | TheItMom.com | Wonderful Things In Life | Suburban Coupon Mom | Crazy for a Deal | Acadiana’s Thrifty Mom | Simply Random Reviews

The success stories speak for themselves in this book from money maestro Dave Ramsey. Instead of promising the normal dose of quick fixes, Ramsey offers a bold, no-nonsense approach to money matters, providing not only the how-to but also a grounded and uplifting hope for getting out of debt and achieving total financial health. Ramsey debunks the many myths of money (exposing the dangers of cash advance, rent-to-own, debt consolidation) and attacks the illusions and downright deceptions of the American dream, which encourages nothing but overspending and massive amounts of debt. “Don’t even consider keeping up with the Joneses,” Ramsey declares in his typically candid style. “They’re broke!” The Total Money Makeover isn’t theory. It works every single time. It works because it is simple. It works because it gets to the heart of the money problems: you.

Dave Ramsey is the author of the New York Times bestselling books Financial Peace and The Total Money Makeover. His radio program, The Dave Ramsey Show, is heard on more than 450 radio stations throughout the U.S. and transmits Ramsey’s inimitable financial advice to more than 4 million listeners each week. Dave also hosts his TV show, The Dave Ramsey show primetime on the Fox Business Network. Many national corporations as well as more than 1 millioin families have benefited from Ramsey’s Financial Peace University program and his many LIVE events. www.daveramsey.com

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I can’t believe that Cheech is 6. I wanted to share a few photos from last night. Also I wanted to say thanks to you guys for voting for her and thanks to Mommy Shorts and Crumbs bakery for making her birthday that much “sweeter” (sorry for that little pun). She was bragging to everyone that she was getting a big cupcake from New York. I’m glad it arrived in time and she had her brother, best friend, mommy, daddy, and her neighbor friends over to help her eat it.

I asked her to let me do a new smash photo for you but she wasn’t really excited about it. So I dabbed a tiny bit on her nose and she laughed. Funny how 5 years makes the difference there.

I’m pretty sure my husband wants another one soon. He was going on and on about how moist the cupcake was and I was laughing at him (at first), and then I was like woah back there a bit you know that I also make cakes sometimes. The great compliment they received was that nothing I ever made was as good as the Crumbs one. So I guess the insult to me is a compliment to them.

Chee wanted to make a video to say thanks, but then she wanted to make another. Sorry but they were both cute (to me anyway) so I posted both. I maybe should have made 2 different ones to click and watch two. Looking back maybe it’s weird to have edited them together. Oh well.

I told you she was obsessed with Monster High. I just had candles and stuff I was going to put on top, but her MH cupcakes looked cute against the big cupcake and she decided that 3 of her dolls had to be around it too. It worked out ok.

This week around page 9 of your Walgreens ad you’ll see this coupon for Valentine Candy. It’s a store coupon, so it can only be used at Walgreens (unless someone else nearby takes them as a competitor – nobody around here does that I know of). This will make these candy packets $.39 (as it says) and it says limit 6.

That’s all well and good but it gets better. There’s a coupon for $1/2 now for these – and it says “Save $1.50 off any 2 Mars Seasonal Items.” It doesn’t say a size or anything so these should work just fine. Some Walgreens will allow overages, but if you haven’t done it before you can either a) try to see if they’ll pay you for taking 2 packs or b) get 4 for really cheap!

Here’s how: Run on over to print this coupon to save $1 on 2 Mars Candies. Note it does say something about Walmart on it, but you can use it anywhere, it’s not a store coupon it’s a manufacturer’s one…this will work at Walgreens just fine.

Here’s a few scenarios:

Buy 2: .39 x 2 = .78 , .78 – 1.50 = -.72 (the store owes you 72 cents)
Buy 3: .39 x 3 = 1.17, 1.17 – 1.50 = -.33 (the store owes you 33 cents)
Buy 4: .39 x 4 = 1.56, 1.56 – 1.50 = .06 (you pay $.06)

So if you’re going to be buying more stuff at Walgreens then do the 2 if you want. I can “use” an overage but can’t get it back in cash. So if you buy 2 and maybe something else worth more than .72 it would work. To be sure it works and may everyone happy buy 4 and spend .06 (and tax in TN).

Best part, go print that coupon again and do it again. You can print 2 coupons at coupons.com for each item. I use zip code 90210 and click “foods” and it was on page #3 for me.

(Thanks for the head’s up, Shore Savings with Patti!)

This is a real easy giveaway – there’s just 2 pages to like.
$5 at Amazon.com would get you maybe a few cheap ebooks, some MP3s, a streaming TV show, or you know – save it in your account for the next time you’re shopping at Amazon – it will come in handy!

Click to read more and enter to win! This ends midnight on 2/14 – so you have a little less than a week to do it!

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