Free Chistmas activity this weekend: 12/4 - 12/6

Spirit of Christmas: Nativity Exhibits and Music Hosted by the Cincinnati North Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints They have a schedule of the choirs that are performing on their blog:

http://annualnativitydisplay.blogspot.com/

Free Christmas activity

Here's one of my favorite Free Christmas activities - Ohio National’s Victorian Holiday Village. It's a nice Christmas walk with lights and kid sized houses decorated with holiday scenes. They also have free hot chocolate, cookies, balloon animals and a free 5x7 photos with Santa. There's also a little train that will take you from the parking garage to the village (a really short trip but we always have to do it).

They're only open 4 nights - this year, will be open the following evenings:
Friday, December 4 from 6-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 5 from 5-8:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 10 from 6-8:30 p.m.
Friday, December 11 from 6-8:30 p.m.

They do ask, that if you can, you to bring a nonperishable food item (no glass containers, please), which will be donated to the FreestoreFoodbank. No one's collecting them, there's just a bin to put them in so don't worry if you forget.Here's the website if you're interested:
https://www.ohionational.com/portal/site/client/menuitem.b9efdc8682ff31ad2ac7d2578f1011ca/

Ohio National is located right off I-71 at the Pfeiffer Rd. exit (Exit 15).

Gap Friends & Family sale

The Gap is having a friends & family sale 11/12 - 11/15 - you can get 30% off with the coupon. I found that they have a Facebook page, and when I became a FAN of the Gap, I was able to get a link to a coupon for the sale. It's good at Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and the GAP Outlet.

Farm Frenzy

Farm Frenzy participants will visit 10 educational stations on various agricultural subjects.
Ex: How chickens come from eggs, how a cow is milked, the uses of corn, sheep being sheared, etc.
This is designed for Boone County 2nd & 3rd graders but will be open (and FREE) to the public October 6 & 7, from 5 pm until 7 pm. Bring the family to see the animals and enjoy a hayride (also FREE)!

Boone County Cooperative
Extension service, 6028 Camp Ernst Road
(off KY 18 between Florence and Burlington)

For more info call 859-586-6101 or visit www.ca.uky.edu/boone

Some frugal living tips.

The Kenton County Cooperative Extension office is a great place for information and free/low cost classes. I took a 5-week beginning sewing class last fall and it was only $5. And in the next few weeks I’m taking a Jams and Jellies class for $10 and a Home Preservation and Canning class, also $10. Here’s the link to their website where you can view upcoming classes and even register. Each county has an Extension office, so don’t forget about the classes at Boone and Campbell counties, too!
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/Kenton/
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/boone/
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/campbell/

Here’s the website for the Village Discount Outlet (thrift store) in Newport. They have a big selection of clothes, shoes, purses, etc. and the prices are low. Plus, they have e-mail coupons and sales and each week a different colored tag is just $.50! Be aware that there’s no dressing room, so if you’re looking for clothes for yourself you’ll need to wear something you can try on top of or under.http://www.villagediscount.com/

Like Merchant Ships is a blog with a lot of great info on clothing, feeding and housing your family on limited expenses. Here are a few of my favorite posts, but it’s worth going through more.
How to Live Well on Less:
http://www.likemerchantships.org/2007/07/how-to-live-well-on-less.html
Live Well on Less: A Bibliography
http://www.likemerchantships.org/2007/07/live-well-on-less-bibliography.html

St. Vincent dePaul has stores in Erlanger, Newport, Dayton (KY) and Falmouth. A few upcoming sales (from their monthly flyer):
August 24th Buy 2 items of clothing and get 1 free;
August 26th Buy 1 pair jeans get 1 free;
August 28th Children’s clothes 1/2 off.
Each Saturday is “Manager’s Special” and it could be anything—we went last Saturday and women’s summer shirts, tanks, swimsuits were $.50.

Know of any other frugal tidbits? Pass them along! Misty

McCalls Patterns

McCalls patterns are on sale this week at Hobby Lobby for $0.99 each, limit 10. This really is a great deal. They hold this sale fairly often there, but I still like to go and get new patterns that I may use in the future. Since most patterns range in price from $10 to $15, this really is a good deal.

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