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.
Shannon
FB loverrrrrrrrrrr
Shannon
Love your page for great freebies and latest coupons!
Shannon
Shared your page on fb~
Shannon
Already get your newsletters through email….love it~~~
Virginia Roth
I like you on FB
Virginia Roth
I subscribe to your e-newsletter
Virginia Roth
I like the Daily Dose of Thrifty
Virginia Roth
I shared the link via FB
Tracy
Follow you on FB
Cyndy
Already a fan! 🙂
carrie w
FB Fan!!!
carrie w
I like coming to save money!!!!
carrie w
I get your emails
Kim Anderl
I love all the freebies….todays was great with the rings 🙂
Kim Anderl
I’m a facebook liker 🙂
Karyn Hughes
Thanks for your deals!!!
Karyn Hughes
facebook fan!
Karyn Hughes
I’m an email subscriber! digobear(at)aol.com
Debbie P
I love to come to your site, and especially your facebook page, because you always respond to the comments that we leave. I love how personable you are. Even though you have this successful website, you are still down to earth and like to talk to all of your readers. 🙂
Debbie P
I “like” you on facebook. 10-29
Debbie P
I subscribe to e-mail updates. 10-29
Kris
I like diaper deal round ups!
shirley
I’am an email subscriber and I sure love all the deals…Keep up the great work and HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!!!!! And many more…
shirley
I’am a liker of your facebook page…
shirley
shared your page on facebook too!
Jennifer
Love your diaper deals
Jennifer
Like your facebook page
Karyn Hughes
I told my friends by tweeting: http://twitter.com/#!/CallasMama/status/29116507832
Jennifer
Subscribe to your emails too
Thanks
shirley
I love all the great coupon match ups.
Lisa
I love your site! Just recently found it, and have already gotten some great deals! Also, love the crayon project…going to try that this weekend! Thanks!
Michelle
you guys get better each day. thanks so much
Michelle
you guys get better each day. thanks so much
Michelle
you guys get better each day. thanks so much
Michelle
you guys get better each day. thanks
Michelle
I didnt mean to post the same thing over and over, my comp is going crazy. but i like ya on facebook
Michelle
and i am an email subscriber
Katie H
Facebook and email subcriber (or should I say addict!!)
Trinh
I like you on facebook!
Trinh
I subscribe to your email updates!
STACEY P
FB FAN, EMAIL SUBSCRIBER I LOVE YOUR BLOGS!
Joanna Ravlin
I’m a LIKER on FB! Signed up for email updates too!
Joanna Ravlin
I especially loved that coupon for $5 off My Pretty Pony that you posted a couple of weeks ago. I have that toy hidden away for Christmas now. Thank you.
Cindy
Love your newsletters, the savings and see you on FB all the time!
Joanna Ravlin
I’ve been sharing your link on my facebook page daily. Last weekend my friends and I were having a girl’s night out and we talked about the great samples we’ve all gotten lately as a result of The Thrifty Couple and about how much we’ve all been saving on diapers because of you.
Katie
Thanks for introducing us to Swagbucks. It’s not something I normally would have started doing, but week after week of seeing you post about it encouraged me to try. So easy. Thanks!
Cristina
I am a FB liker!
Cristina
I love diaper deals thanks!
Cristina
Shared your site on my fb page today!
holly t
fb fan…