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.
CARRIE L
I get your e-mails & follow ya on facebook!!!
Camilla
I like a lot of the deals you post! And the freebies, I love freebies!
Camilla
I like you on Facebook!
Camilla
I tried signing up for email updates…twice. I never got an email to confirm!
Amanda
I have been following you and Facebook for a while and I am a big fan. Thanks so much for all you do!
Rebecca McRee
Happy birthday! I follow on FAcebook
Sarah DJ
I’m a “liker” on FB!!!
Sarah DJ
I love watching your blog for deals – they tend to unique, unlike many other bloggers out there. Thanks for all the work you do!
Stephanie Young
I am new to your facebook page and website. I love it! Keep up the good work–you are doing a great service!
Lisa C
First thing I do when I wake up is go to Facebook on your page. I have “liked” you guys for a couple of months now. Want to thank u guys for the great freebies,deals, and I love your Thursday thrifty kids. Also i enjoy meal planning and would like to see even more ideas etc. that u come up with. Your a great team!! THANKS!
Misty Bennett
I follow you on fb…..Happy Birthday!!!!
Lisa C
P.S> HAPPY BIRTHDAY thrifty couple 🙂
Alisha Harrington
I like you on Facebook!
Alisha Harrington
Thanks for posting great bargains!
Amanda
I love your diaper deals!! Thanks to you and my doctor’s office’s free copy of Parents I was able to get a great deal on diapers!! Thank you!!
Amanda
I like you on facebook 🙂
Carrie W
Cograts! I love your site. Keep up the great work.
Carrie W
Im a Facebook follower 😉
Carrie W
I get your emails too!
Tina
Love your site!
Tina
I follow you on facebook.
Lora Galluzzi
I love you on Facebook and your site,Happy Birthday,keep up the good work
Ashley M.
I am a liker on facebook and love the freebies!
Gladys
i HAVE LIKED YOU
Gladys
i SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR E-MAIL
Chung Li
I like the best deals on diapers as I’m a new mom.
karin
I just found your site and just love it.
Ginger Houck
I am a liker on facebook. I follow you EVERYDAY. Love the deals and freebies! Thanks!
Karyn Hughes
I’ve loved your diaper deals, it’s what made you unique among other bloggers!
Karyn Hughes
I am a facebook liker
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Karyn Hughes
I am an email subscriber
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Karyn Hughes
I tweeted about your giveaway!
http://twitter.com/#!/CallasMama/status/28914440188
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kimber
I follow you on facebook:)
Kim
Happy B-day. I am a facebook follower
Kim
I love when you post the free samples
Catherine Schweitzer
Congrats! Like on FB!
Catherine Schweitzer
I love all the free samples!
Catherine Schweitzer
Subscribe to e-mail
Catherine Schweitzer
Tweeted this giveaway!
Melinda
I have already like you on FB
Melinda
I love finding ways to save money and seeing others who do so too!
Bill B
Congrats!!! I enjoyed reading this new post…learned a lot of things about you guys. I subscribe to your email updates!
Bill B
I like you guys on Facebook already!
Bill B
I always check your deals…since we have a baby boy, I love to check diaper deals every week!!!!!
NECTA
i follow you on fb and love to visit your page everyday…
NECTA
i subscribe to your newsletter and i love to recieve them as well told some friends about you guys.
NECTA
I love how you break down the sales according to their store makes it so easy and where to get coupons.. i love your page for diaper deals commented the other day on a huggies coupon which took off 50cents more than what you guys had hope that help. CONGRATS HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1ST BIRTHDAYS and many more to follow the first birthday is always SPECIAL & memorable………….
Tatyana Claytor
I love thrift couple and it isy favorite site of this type. Thanks for all of the great deals!
Tatyana Claytor
I like you on facebook!
jennifer evans
I liked you on facebook.