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.
Tammy L
I shared with friends
Carmen Douglas
I subscribed to the updates!
Carmen Douglas
I also liked you on FB!!
Shannon
I shared with a friend on fb! :O)
Laurie
I “like” you on FB. Thanks!
Laurie
I tell friends about you and your amazing story!
Laurie
Comment about what I like about your site – I check your site as often as I can during the day. I know your debt to debt free story has been hard to tell – but you are helping SO many people! Including me! Thanks SO much!
donna vines
I like you on facebook
Debbie P
I love how you walk us through how to get certain deals, and how to maximize our savings. For example you’ll say certain items to buy, what codes to use for a discount, and other ways to make it even lower, such as going through Ebates or Shop at Home.
Debbie P
I “like” you on facebook. 10-28
Debbie P
I subscribe to e-mail updates. 10-28
Jeni
I am a subscriber via email to the updates.
Jeni
I Like you on Facebook, too!
Jeni
Really enjoy the Thrifty Kids posts 🙂 Mine aren’t that little any longer but still very fun to follow!
Melissa
I’m a Liker!!!
Melissa
I get your updates via email 🙂
Melissa
I love all the freebies/links you guys post!
Melissa
Just shared the link on my profile again 🙂
Teresa
Happy B’day!!
Rebecca
On Facebook I “like” you!
Kim Price
I just “liked” you on facebook 🙂 Thx!
Aubrey
I love being able to easily access the Swagbucks widget on your page, I always check for code when I pop in.
Aubrey
I am a FB fan
Aubrey
I am an email subscriber!
Aubrey
I tweeted about this giveaway!
Katie
i like your posts on the diaper deals. they are the best.
Katie
I like you on facebook
Katie
I subscribe to your emails
Sarah N
I’m a FB liker!
Sarah N
I really like reading your debt free series!
Sarah N
I’m an email subscriber!
elle w.
What a convenient site to find so many useful tips all in one place. Also thank you for referencing other sites so I can find other useful blogs!
J'Laine
I like you on FB!
J'Laine
I subscribe to your emails!
J'Laine
I love all the great deals!
Trina Chadwick
I’m a FB Liker
I love the freebies u tell us about
makes going to the mailbox fun.
Sandy@ Journey To Our Home
Happy birthday and Congratulations!!
Sandy@ Journey To Our Home
I follow on FB!!
Sandy@ Journey To Our Home
I subscribed to daily emails. Thanks for all you do!
Sandy@ Journey To Our Home
I suggested you guys to my fb friends!! And I told my mommy friends about your weekly diaper posts to help them stay on budget! Thanks for all you do!
Noelle
I love that you do online deals as well as local grocery deals.
Noelle
I like you on facebook!!
Noelle
I subscribe to your RSS feed.
Camilla
I “Like” you on facebook 🙂
michelle r
I LOVE the weekly diaper updates you all have!! Helps SO much!
Laddie Wolfe
Thanks for all the money saving tips on your site – I love it!
Laddie Wolfe
Just shared with more FB friends!
Laddie Wolfe
Just subscribed for email updates
Kim
Like on FB
Kim
Shared with friends