Free Entertainment For Your Child's Birthday

Instead of spending a small fortune for a clown or other cartoon characters for your child's birthday, have all the parents or some of your friends dress up as wacky characters or fantasy characters instead!

Not only will this make the party fun and interesting, it won't cost you a dime! Especially if you have the parents use halloween costumes from previous years (as long as they aren't the scary ones). You can also opt to have the adults purchase and wear costumes instead of giving your child a gift -- that is a gift in itself...keeping money in your pocket instead of burning a hole in it.

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Beautiful Begonias - $7.99 per pot at Sam's Club

This beautiful pot of begonias was only $7.99 at Sam's club yesterday. They come in different color pots and the begonias come in red, pink, or yellow. They are beautiful. And the pot is pretty big, although it doesn't look that big in the picture. You will easily pay $20 or more for this anywhere else!

90% off at Michaels Arts & Crafts - Again

On my way to Target to get some medication for this horrible cold I have, I decided I should check in Michaels to see if they had anymore great savings. Back in January, I was able to get gorgeous silk poinsettias for $2 ea. (regular $19.99) and $1 ea. (regular $9.99 each). The ones you see in the top photo were only $1, so I bought 10 and put them throughout my house. And the ones in the bottom photo were $2, and I bought 5 of those, bringing my grand total to $20 + tax for 15 silk poinsettias. I saved $180!! The more expensive ones are huge and they have a yellow tip on the flowers. They are stunning!! Remember, you can only get this deal about the 3rd week in January. They have all kinds of Christmas decor, but you have to remember to save at least $50 if you want to really rack up. Otherwise, $20 will get you a whole lot!






Now, back to the great savings I got today. Of course, I went into Michaels looking for a great deal and that is exactly what I got! I bought 16 stems of silk Peonies and Hydrangeas for $12. The Peony stems were regular priced $7.99 each, and the Hydrangeas were regular priced $6.99 each (photos on left).

These were not cheap quality stems you can find at the dollar store! These were top quality stems you find in arrangements that can cost hundreds of dollars. Shop at Michaels, and you can really rack up, but you have to go at the right time and be on hunt for deals. Not all Michaels carry the same item. I bought these at the Michaels on 14 mile and John R. in Madison Heights, MI. I almost bought them out, but there are a few stems left (although not of this kind.) I have a plan for these!