Frugal Friday and Giveaway Winner

Greetings ~
Welcome to Frugal Friday on Adventurous Beginnings!

First of all though, drum roll please....
The winner of the very first giveaway on Adventurous Beginnings is... sburn03, congratulations, your gift card has been sent, via email. Thank you to everybody that has become a follower of Adventurous Beginnings. If you have not become a follower I encourage you to do so, and in hopes of making it easier I have added a few more ways that you can use to follow.
 
I am very excited to say that I have a few followers and have had close to 600 page views in the last week. Thank you!!!

Now, onto Frugal Friday - Groupon

It was just a few months ago that I started to pay attention to the many coupon sites out there. At first I did not know what to think and really was not sure that I wanted to start receiving more emails and I was afraid of spam from giving out my email address.

Well, since then things have changed and I love some of these sites. My favorite one is probably Groupon, or at least that is the one that I seem to use the most. With Groupon Mr. T and I have been able to eat at a fabulous Sushi Buffet, go to a car show, get $20 worth of clothing from Old Navy for only $10, and to top things off Mr. T. will be receiving a really nice meal at one of his favorite restaurants for his birthday, this coming Monday, shh, he does not know. He knows that we are going out but he does not know where we are going. 

The most exciting thing about Groupon and most of these other sites is that everything is 50% to 90% off. But, a word of caution about these sites, as with everything you purchase it is only frugal and a smart purchase if it is in your budget and if it is something that you will use. Most of these coupons have deadlines and you NEED to read the fine print to make sure that you will use the coupon before the deadline, otherwise you will end up wasting $10-$30 on up . That is not frugal.

Another one of my favorite sites besides Groupon is Plum District. Plum District is a great deal site for Moms, Grandmas, or anybody with a lot of nieces and nephews. I already have $60 in gift cards that I am going to use to purchase Christmas presents for Tim nephews. :-) Which I will admit is such a great feeling.

Now, you are probably thinking how can I get in on this. Well, I have included links to my favorite sites here, they are referral links, if you do not feel comfortable with this than please go directly to their website.

https://www.plumdistrict.com/?ref=uefda5958886



       http://www.groupon.com/r/uu22471612

Please note, that if you do use either of these links I will be considered as referring you and will receive a bonus, thank you.
If you do not feel comfortable with that please use plumdistrict.com or groupon.com to sign-up.

Blessings,
Joy