Free Flag Highlighters from Post-Its!

In my e-mail yesterday, I got a nice little update from 3M, the makers of Post-It Notes. If you go here, you can get a form to send in for a free three-pack of their flag highlighters after a $15 Post-It flag purchase. If you've got kids starting back to school, or if you use a lot of post-it flags yourself, you will want to take advantage of this offer!

Blogger Advice

I have recently discovered the need to e-mail some of my posts to the Frugal Bookworm. This is a test post to see how the formatting will look and how well the process works. With e-mail posting, I'll be able to post more often, especially from my phone! Stay tuned for more changes coming to the Frugal Bookworm!

Updated: I tried to enter html into my post, but it didn't work. Does anyone have any ideas about how I can use html with e-mailing my posts? Thanks!

10 Events that Should Be Included in the Olympics

I had originally written this post for a "10 on a Tuesday" blog. With our recent family chaos, however, I didn't get to post it. Here it is, delayed almost two weeks, but I hope you enjoy it!

Ten Events that Should be in the Olympics:

1. Slip n’ Slide (see who has the best time on a slip n’ slide)
2. Belly Flop (have the judges score people making belly flops in the pool)
3. Guitar Hero (definitely requires finger dexterity)
4. Wii Fit (if you’ve tried the balance games, you know why it should be an Olympic sport!)
5. The Psycho Bunny game (ask my dog for more details)
6. The Black Friday Mad Dash (you know what I mean!)
7. Coupon Cutting Dash (who can cut out all the Sunday coupons the fastest)
8. The Office Chair Spin-a-Thon (who can spin the most & the fastest without puking)
9. The Pooper Scooper/ Pee Cleaner Award (again, ask my dog for details…after last week, I am so tired of cleaning up pee!)
10. The Massage-a-Thon (an award for the best masseur…I volunteer to be a judge!)

10 on a Tuesday: 10 Favorite Movie Villains

This week's 10 on a Tuesday is "10 Favorite Villains from the Movies". You'll either get the giggles or the shivers reading this list!

1. Darth Vader-- Star Wars
2. Cinderella's stepsisters (just cause they're dorky...haha)
3. John Malkovich in Portrait of a Lady (he creeps me out in anything he's in)
4. The Joker (either Jack Nicholson or Heath Ledger)
5. Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin (Ah-nald, silly but crazy too)
6. Dr. Evil in Austin Powers
7. Fat Man of Questionable Lineage in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me ("Just keep yah money and give me the ba-bee")
8. Al the Toy Barn Owner in Toy Story 2
9. "He Who Must Not be Named" aka Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
10. Lucius Malfoy--from Harry Potter

Restaurant Coupons Giveaway! (Updated)

Thanks for all the interest...the coupons are now gone! Keep reading The Frugal Bookworm as I have some more giveaways planned!


I have some restaurant coupons to giveaway! I have two sets of Red Lobster coupons ($3/ two lunch entrees and $4/ two dinner entrees), which expire on September 4. I also have an Olive Garden coupon for $4/ two dinner entrees that expires August 31. If you are interested, please let me know. You can send me your address via e-mail, and I will get them out in the mail as soon as possible.

The 30-Day Declutter Challenge

Thanks to the wisdom of my friend Niki at Free 2 Be Frugal, I found the 30 -Day Declutter Challenge at My Simpler Life. With the recent chaos at our house, I haven't been able to hit the group running (or rather, decluttering) from day one. I did make a list of thirty projects, however, and I'm going to commit to having those thirty projects done by the end of the month. This means I'll have to tackle ten projects a week for the rest of the month! I've only got four done, so I've got six more to do before I post my first entry this week! Yikes! I'd better go get to it! I hope you'll join me this Friday as I reveal how I did!

Coupons & Contests: Wet Ones

From the desk of the Frugal Bookworm...

In my e-mail today, I got an e-mail from Wet Ones. They're having a photo contest with a grand prize of $500 for gas and a portable GPS system! They want you to show them how to "Go Places. Cleaner." They also have a new coupon for $0.75 off Wet Ones. If you hit your back button, you can print twice!