WOW – Guess what today, October 26th is??? It is the 1st birthday of our site!
One year ago today, we did our very first post and it was for a FREEBIE for KFC (of their new grilled chicken at the time)! We posted for the rest of October and then made our site public in early November.
It has been such an amazing and wonderful year here at The Thrifty Couple! Here are a few things we wanted to highlight over the last year:
- We started at the busiest time of year – The Holiday Season!
- We were interviewed by the Salt Lake Tribune for our frugal Black Friday shopping ideas that appeared on in the Thanksgiving Day 2009 newspaper (the biggest newspaper day of the year). Talk about exciting for brand new bloggers!
- We did our first diaper deals post in December.
- We had our first giveaway of a $25 Amazon gift card on January 7th.
- We also started our page on Facebook on that day with 2 likers (“fans” back then – the two of us) and now we have over 3,300!
- We were still paying off our final debts when we started and were able to declare We are Debt Free on April 3rd.
- We started Fun Fabulous Friday on the first Friday of April.
- We were selected to attend the prestigious Savvy Blogging Summit in Colorado in July and were finally able to meet fellow bloggers face-to-face for the first time.
- We also started telling our Deep-in-Debt to Debt-Free story the same weekend we went to the Savvy Blogging Summit.
- Since then we have added the following featured regular posts to our site: Daily Dose of Thrifty, Thrifty Kids Thursday and Thrifty Date Deals along with the usual Best Deals on Diapers.
- In late July, we were on the 11Alive Atlanta news regarding how we are frugal and how we used it to get out of debt.
- Just a few weeks ago, with your help, Savings.com declared us to be one of 30 bloggers in the nation to be the most frugal and financially responsible. As such, we are one of 30 Savings.com Deal Pros and will be heading to Chicago in a couple of weeks for the Deal Pro gathering.
- On Saturday, October 23rd – we were the feature story on the front page of the Deseret Morning News in UT about how our whole family and us as a couple achieved debt-freedom after getting ourselves into a ginormous amount of debt. The story was also about how we share our advice to help others do the same!
- AND Finally……… this post will be post number 2,608, which equals an average 7.14 posts a day!
So what does this fun 1st Birthday and year long reminiscing bring??? Well, how about a giveaway to you, all of our awesome readers!
AND THIS GIVEAWAY IS AWESOME!
2 Winners Each Get an iPod Shuffle and iTunes $15 Gift Card
Two winners will each receive a FREE iPod Shuffle and a $15 iTunes gift card!! And the two winners will be able to pick their color of iPod in Silver, Blue, Pink, Green or Orange!
It is EASY to enter! And to up the ante, you can enter up to 4 times EVERY DAY. This giveaway is going now until Saturday, October 30th at 11:59 p.m. That means that you would have a potential of 20 entries into this giveaway by the time it ends!
Here’s how this giveaway works, there are four (4) possible ways of entering per day!
- Just leave a comment – either what your favorite features/posts are, why you like to come to our site, or any other comment you would like to leave! Be creative as you can leave a comment each of the 5 days and leave a different comment each day.
- Like The Thrifty Couple on Facebook and then leave a comment to tell us you did. If you’re already a Liker then even better! Just leave us a comment and tell us you already are.
- Subscribe to The Thrifty Couple email updates then you will have our deals delivered to your inbox daily so never miss a deal or another giveaway! You must confirm your subscription before commenting (a confirmation email will be sent to you that you will need to click through to confirm that you would like to receive emails from us!)! If you are already a confirmed subscriber, just leave a comment for another entry.
- Also, spread the love by telling your friends about this product and giveaway and then come back here and leave a comment telling us you did.
This giveaway will end on Saturday, October 30th at 11:59 p.m. MDT. Get 1, 2, 3 or 4 entries to increase your chances of winning by following the ways to enter above.
A couple of additional points:
1. Leave a separate comment for each of the above things you do each day, each comment and activity you complete is an entry. The total number of entries you may have at the end of this giveaway is 20.
2. Be sure to leave your comments for entries here on this post to be counted as an entry.
Julie Bourdon
Great work! I ‘like’ you on facebook 😉
Sandy Kolka
You are awesome. You give me something to look forward to everyday. Opening my mailbox and getting a freebie. Thank you for all your work you do for us.
Sandy Kolka
I Liked you on facebook. Thanks
Sandy Kolka
I’m already a subscriber and love it.
Sandy Kolka
I have told all my friends about the thrifty couple and they love you.
Kelley
Found you on facebook from a friend who “liked” you…have enjoyed all the online freebies and samples ever since! Thanks!
tschmoka
I am here every Monday to check you Diaper Deals posts.
Thank you.
Lori
Yipee! I know I’m lame, but I own not one “i” anything!
Staci DeCoteau
I love your site. Congrats on 1 year. What I love is that you guys are true to who you are. You live the way you live and provide a great life for your family and help others try to live the same. Have a great day and heres to many many more birthdays.. Thanks so much for giving us the chance to win this on your birthday!!!!!
Laura Carey
I love the diaper deals! you guys are great!
Laura Carey
FB liker! 🙂
amber
I love the giveaways on your site, and that I can leave a comment with an anonymous email
amber
i like u on Facebook
amber
i subscribe via email
Aubrey
I love your diaper deals! They are so helpful!!
Aubrey
I subscribe to your emails!
Aubrey
I Like you on Facebook
Aubrey
I tweeted about your giveaway! 🙂
Kim T.
I’m an email subscriber.
Kim T.
I like finding unique deals on your site
Shannon
Hola!!! I love your website because you guys are so quick with getting the deals up 🙂 Thanks!!
Shannon
Return facebook liker right here 🙂
Hadley
I love the Thrifty Couple! Thanks for helping me save money!
Joyce Mlinek
I liked you on facebook!
Joyce Mlinek
I like reading about all the ways to save.
Joyce Mlinek
I subscribe to you e-mails.
Joyce Mlinek
I told my friends about the site and giveaway.
Leigh
I like your Publix matchups.
Leigh
I told some friends about you.
Sylvia
I told some of my friends about this giveaway.
Heather
Love your Freebies!
jewell
Found you through another money saving blog
Catherine Schweitzer
Love all the giveaways
Lisa Weaver
I already have you “liked” on facebook, but I like you site because you post so many freebies and samples! I love it!
Catherine Schweitzer
Like on FB
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E-mail subscriber
Catherine Schweitzer
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Love the tips for CVS and Walgreens weekly ads.
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Conni P
I am an email subscriber!
Conni P
I love your weekly summary of diaper deals.
Conni P
I JUST Liked you on Facebook!
Kori
I like you on facebook
Kori
I subscribe via email.
Kori
love the diaper deals
Evie
I love the weekly diaper deals.
Tammy L
I love all the wonderful deals!! Thanks!
Tammy L
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