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.
Melanie
follow on email.
Kim T.
I’m an email subscriber
Kim T.
I like your diaper deals
Noelle
Congratulations! I love the best diaper deals of the week (that’s how I originally found you). What great accomplishments in the short year you have been “around.”
Kim T.
Shared the post with a friend!
Noelle
I subscribe to your emails.
Noelle
I like you on facebook.
Veronica Bright
Congrats on the site anniversary! I am trying to find the best sites for saving money.
Veronica Bright
I “liked” you on Facebook!
Debbie
It’s soooo easy for me to look at your site and see the deals, go to the store and save save save
Veronica Bright
I was already subscribed to the email updates, Thanks!
Veronica Bright
I am sharing via twitter. I am new to these give-a-ways, so this will be interesting 😉
Jeni
I came to your site through another money saving blog but keep coming back for the debt-free information.
Lora
love your site for diaper deals too.
Lora
I liked on FB
Melanie Fuller
I subscribe via e-mail.
Melanie Fuller
I love your site! I especially like getting to try all the free samples of various products. Thanks!
Jeni
Posted the giveaway on Facebook.
Shannon
Loved your honesty about your past financial trouble~much appreciated! Love your site!
Shannon
Already a fb liker forever!!!
christine
I like you on facebook!!!
Shannon
Shared it with a friend on fb!!
Shannon
Signed up for email :O)
Rhiannon
I am a fb liker, and I subscribe via e-mail. I am a huge huge fan of the diaper deals! )
Jennifer
I follow you on facebook! I LOVE you guys.. your always on it as soon as the deals are out!
Michelle Armstrong
Hi! I just found out about you both this week and am so happy I did! I liked you already on FB a couple of days ago. It’s just so great to see a married couple doing this together! KUDO’s and many thanks!!
Jennifer
Shared on facebook too!
jackie dean
love the daily deals and coupons, subscribe to email.
Jennifer
I subscribe to your email updates as well. I love getting emails from you guys!
Jennifer
My favorite is the best deal on diapers! I have twins so its really helpful!
tami
follow you via email
Tammy L
I came upon your site through another Money Saving Site but I always seem to return to your site for all the debt free advice!! Thank!!!s and congrats on the One Year Anniversary
Krystal
I like you guys on FB
Krystal
Follow you guys via email
Elisa
My favorite posts are your posts about the diaper sales. Love them! Thank you!
Elisa
I “like” your page on facebook!
Krystal
I love how well you guys explain the deals and how to get the deals.
Thanks!
Tammy L
I am an email subscriber
Tammy L
I am a fan on facebook!
Krystal
spread the love on FB
Amanda S.
LOVE your Best Deals on Diapers this week posts!!! I only wish I had found your site when my first baby was still wearing them and I would have saved TONS of money! But you have shown me how to get them for free – $3 a pack so I guess that makes up for it. 🙂 Keep ’em coming cause my son is only 18 months old so we got a while to go and Mommy needs that money! lol
Tammy L
I shared with my little sister!!!
Chana
I love your blog, I wait for the best diaper deals of the week and it really helps me save on baby products.
Chana
I like you on facebook!!!
Kori
I follow on email.
Chana
My sister is a fan of the thrifty couple because of me, thank you so much- we have saved so much money this year together.
Kori
I like the best deals on diapers.
Kori
I follow you on facebook.
Cristina
I am a big time Facebook fan!
Cristina
I love diaper deals. And will continue to love them for a couple more years.
Cristina
I just shared your site on my fb page