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.
Sharonna M.
I’m a Facebook fan.
Sharonna M.
I’m an email subscriber.
Sharonna M.
I love the way that you keep up with all the deals, coupons, ect.
I visit your site every day.
Melodye
I already like you on FB!! Love is more the word!!
Melodye
I just became an email subscriber this morning!
Krystal
I love your site. It gives me hope to be able to shout I’m debt free one day.
Cut my family grocery budget in half this last month.
Thanks for all your posts and for being such a awesome thrifty couple.
Happy birthday!!
Laura C
Love the frugal ideas for kids on your blog!
Laura C
I’m already a liker on facebook!
Krystal
Like you on FB
Laura C
I shared/suggested to friends on facebook!
Melodye
I love the site and visit it at least once a day! My fav is the list of all the photo freebies!!
Krystal
Email subscriber
Debbie P
I love that you do the Diaper Deals every week. It’s nice for those of us that still have kids in diapers!
Debbie P
I “like” you on facebook.
Debbie P
I subscribe to e-mail updates.
Judy Ward
Enjoy your grocery shopping trips.
Judy Ward
I’ve subscribed to your email updates.
Judy Ward
I’m a fan on Facebook.
JANICE MURPHY
I like facebook and email
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diana
I’m a fb liker
diana
I’m an email subscriber
diana
I love the site and the story of getting out of debt – working on that myself
diana
As I read the emails I forward them to any friend that I think might use that deal or idea
Melissa
I love all your giveaways!!! FUN FUN FUN!!! Even better win you win…keepin’ my fingers crossed 🙂 hahahaha!!!
Melissa
I am a “liker”…although I LOVE your page 🙂
Melissa
I follow via email as well…
Kim Anderl
I like the best deals for diapers, with being a 1st time mom and having a newborn it is very helpful 🙂
Melissa
Just shared the post on my profile…
Theresa
I LIKE you on FB
Kim Anderl
I’m a facebook liker and love getting the updates daily.
Theresa
I Love going to the mailbox everyday now because of all the “freebies” and great deals that are shared from your frugle site!!
Ashley R
I love your Friday giveaways and the different topic you have each week! I look forward to it!
Ashley R
“Like” you on FB! (Ashley Reynolds)
Kerri
Love your diaper deals!
Ashley R
Subscribe to your emails!
Rhonda Tyner
I am a facebook fan
susan hogan
love your site…my hubby looks every day too!
Katie H
I have been a fan for only about 2 weeks now but am TOTALLY addicted to your coupons, deals and great ideas. I also subscribe to your emails!! Thanks again for helping us save!! Katie
amy
i “like” you!
amy
i read you in my google reader and i look forward to every post! your target trips are amazing!
Flor
I like you on Facebook.
Flor
I come to your site every day as you are one of the bloggers with the most updates daily.
amy
what i like best about your blog is that you two are a team. you are really in it together — very inspiring!
Flor
I emailed the link to my best friend.
Flor
I subscribed!
Michelle
I love that you make finding deals easy. I don’t have time but you make it certain that I know. thanks so much from one busy mama!!!
Renae M
I check Target deals every week
Renae M
“like” on FB
Renae M
email subscriber 🙂
april
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