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More Love from Groupon

// August 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Children and Babies, Couponing, Money Matters

Charla from Confessions of a Stay at Home Mom and HootieMomma sent me this little tidbit. The Groupon from Grand Rapids, Michigan is really great, and anyone can get it. You can get $25 worth of jewelry from the Loved Stamped Etsy shop for only $12. That makes this precious mommy necklace only $12 shipped:

I’ve been wanting one of these since the Bear was born, and now that I can get it for only $12, I have no excuse not to get it! To get in on this deal, log into your Groupon or sign up for Groupon in your area. Then click “Visit More Cities” and find this deal on the Grand Rapids link. Thanks, Charla!

Today’s Groupon (not just for OKC!): $25 for $100 worth of photo books

// August 17th, 2010 // No Comments » // Couponing, Family, Life in General, Money Matters

I love photo books. Since Bear has come along, I’ve made several that commemorate the big events in his life. These make great gifts, and they are also just a really nice way to showcase your photos–my sister has made some great vacation books.

With today’s Groupon, you get $100 worth of photo books for $25–that’s 75% off! And the great thing is that this offer can be spread out over multiple orders, and it can be combined with other offers. Here’s what Groupon has to say about this fantastic deal: (more…)

More Fall Consignment Sales

// August 17th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Children and Babies, Money Matters

I began my Fall Consignment list about a week and a half ago, and I have a new one to add. The Original Children’s Consignment Sale will be held in the Market Plaza at NW Expressway and Rockwell from Sept. 17 – Sept. 25, with 1/2 Price Day on Saturday, Sept. 25. The sale is open from 10-6 daily, except for Sunday (closed). Thanks to Stephanie and Katherine, two local Nix9to5 readers who sent me information on this upcoming sale. Katherine sent me this information: “If you want to put things in the sale you can this coming weekend, Aug. 21-22. You get 55% of the profits, but the nice thing about this sale is they provide hangers if you need them, and they price everything, unlike the Pass it On sale. The website is www.occsale.com.”

EDIT: Thanks to Summer for providing information about the Just Between Friends sale at the Fairgrounds.

This brings our OKC area fall consignment sales to:

Aug. 23-28: Just Between Friends; Oklahoma City Fairgrounds; $2 admission first day, 25% off Aug. 27, 50% off Aug. 28
Sept. 10-11: Pass It On Kids Consignment; Church of the Harvest, Edmond; 1/2 off Saturday, Sept. 11
Sept. 17-25: Original Children’s Consigment; 6925 NW Expressway, OKC; 1/2 off Saturday, Sept. 25

For more information or to learn how to sell your items at these sales, click the links above.

Groupon: $17 for 6-Visit Pass to Jump Zone

// August 16th, 2010 // No Comments » // Children and Babies, Couponing, Money Matters

Ooh! Today’s Groupon looks like fun! You can get a 6-visit pass to Jump Zone for only $17–that’s 60% off. JumpZone in Oklahoma City has six inflatables for kids aged 2-12. My Bear isn’t quite 2, but the Groupon is valid for a year. I think that this will be a fun way to keep him entertained and busy when it is too hot–or too cold–to play outside. For those of you with more than one child, this Groupon can be used for multiple children. That means you could take one child six times, or six kids one time, or any mathematical combination between the two! Here’s what Groupon has to say about this deal: (more…)

Fall Consignment Sales

// August 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // Children and Babies, Money Matters

Last spring, I posted a list of upcoming kids consignment sales in the Oklahoma City area. Now that Fall/Winter consignment season is rapidly approaching, I’d like to do that again, if my local readers are interested.

Today I got a brochure in the mail about Pass It On Kids Consignment sale in Edmond. Their Fall/Winter consignment sale will once again be at Church of the Harvest in Edmond, and it will be held September 10-11. Saturday, Sept. 11 will be their half-price sale.

I went to their Spring/Summer consignment event, and I found some nice things for the Bear. If your kids need clothes, shoes, toys, bedding, or baby gear, check out Pass It On Kids consignment.

To save even more money, consider selling baby and kid items that you no longer need. You keep 70% of your sales. Plus, if you volunteer to work at the sale, you can take advantage of special worker pre-sales. For more information, check out PassItOnKids.com.

In the meantime, if you hear of other upcoming Fall/Winter kids consignment sales, let me know in the comments below, through my Contact page, or on the Nix9to5 Facebook fan page. I’ll start keeping a list posted for your reference.

Tax Free Weekend in Oklahoma

// August 6th, 2010 // No Comments » // Children and Babies, Money Matters

Don’t forget: This weekend is Oklahoma’s Sales Tax Holiday. There is no sales tax on clothing or shoes priced at $100 or less through Sunday, August 8. Stack the tax break with back to school sales for some great deals: Kohl’s has toddler shorts for $3.60–I think I’m going to stock up for next summer. I’m sure there are other fabulous deals, but I didn’t shop for anything besides toddler clothes.

Visit the Oklahoma Tax Commission’s website more information on Oklahoma’s Tax Free Weekend.

Random fun

// August 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // Children and Babies, Life in General

Just because it is summer and I haven’t put up a recent picture of myself with the Bear, here is a picture taken at a birthday party on August 1. Bear is wearing his party favor “cackies” (Bear-speak for “glasses”):

WAHM Tip #4: Keep the Little Ones Entertained

// August 3rd, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Children and Babies, Time Management, Work at Home

The Bear has moved to a big boy bed, which means that when he wakes up from his nap, he just gets out of bed and comes to find me. Before he figured out how to climb out of the crib, he would wake up from a nap and just play, buying me an extra 15 minutes or so to work. Also, in the crib, he would wake up, realize he couldn’t go anywhere, and fall back asleep. Now, the minute he wakes up, he’s ready to “Get down play!” Unfortunately, this occurs before Mommy thinks it should. Naps have gone from two or two and a half hours to an hour and a half–if I’m lucky. That makes it much harder for me to accomplish all of my work at home tasks.

I’ve been wondering how I can keep the Bear entertained while I work, and my fantastic sister sent me a couple of links that might help. (more…)

Big Boy Bed

// July 25th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Children and Babies, Life in General

The Bear has been getting closer and closer to climbing out of his crib, and he finally did it. Repeatedly. Last night, bed time was awful, with Bear attempting to climb out every time Mommy or Daddy left the room. Finally, Daddy just sat in the room with him, saying, “No. Time for night-night,” every time the Bear tried to get up.

This morning, we took the side off the crib, and it was pretty funny. Bear was SO excited.He would grin and climb in and out of bed, and he was just having so much fun with his big boy bed.

Now it is time for the first nap in the big boy bed (well, an hour past time, actually), and the fun is OVER. Bear didn’t want me to rock him to sleep for his nap, because he wanted to “Go night-night new bed.” I thought, “My goodness! This will be easier than I thought!”

An hour later, I give up, and Daddy is in there. Bear is crying and hollering, and I’m sure Daddy is repeating his “No. Time for night-night” refrain . . . over and over and over.

Thank goodness for Daddy taking over. My nerves are shot, and I really needed to get some work done during the Bear’s nap, which apparently isn’t going to happen.

Please, please, tell me we’ll be over this soon and Bear will be napping and sleeping in his big boy bed like a champ.