A Year in Review: Blog Style

Since it's the last day of 2009, I thought I would recap the year...blog style. I am posting the first sentence of the first post of each month. Some posts are just deal posts...some are a little more than that, but it will give you a good sampling of what life has been like here at Simplified Saving.

January

Every year as December comes to an end, I start taking inventory of my life and all the areas I want to improve in.

Not only is this my first post of the year, it's also the first post of my blog!

February

I love eBay.

I love selling on eBay and buying on eBay. Both are helpful when you're trying to get out of debt. This post was a link to a free copy of The Stay at Home Mom's Guide to Successful eBay Selling.

March

I totally enjoyed my weekend of mall freebies!

I scored a ton of free stuff that weekend...although this post is actually about a free tank top from Aeropostale that was available the following week. My daughter still regularly wears that free tank top!

April

Today is April 1st and if you're like me, you have tons of coupons that expired on March 31, 2009.

This post is about Coupons for Troops, a program that provides expired and non-expired coupons to military families stationed overseas.

May

This month's Free Download from Christian Audio is Foxe's Book of Martyrs.

Each month, ChristianAudio.com offers a free download of an audiobook. There have been some phenomenal ones this year!

June

Tonight is Free Root Beer Float night at Sonic from 8 pm to close.

July

So it is currently 2:23 and I am awake and anxiously awaiting the refreshing of the Old Navy Weekly Site.

I'm pretty sure that was the first and last time I stayed up for that. Although the Old Navy Weekly site has awesome coupons, it's not worth losing sleep over.

August

I can't believe my time in New Hampshire is coming to an end.

Although we spent our entire summer at our cottage in New Hampshire, this isn't a post waxing eloquent about our wonderful time with friends and family. It's actually a Menu Planning post about using what you have in your pantry.

September

I love Coach purses and shoes!

That pretty much sums things up. Surprisingly enough, this isn't a lengthy post on my love of fabulous shoes and handbags, it's actually a link to a printable coupon for the Coach Factory Store.

October

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review Redefining Beautiful by Jenna Lucado.

November

Join Beth Moore every Monday for a free online Bible study!

December

I talk a lot about my husband and kids, but I've never really told you much about them.

This post is the beginning in a series of posts (which still need to be written and posted) about how my family came to be.


I hope you've enjoyed a quick look at my year. I'm excited about what 2010 holds. Thanks so much for being a part of this journey!