Merry Christmas!

I’m just popping in to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!  I hope you’ll all have a very blessed and happy one!  I also want to thank you all for stopping in every day here at Simply Frugal, I truly appreciate each and every one of you! :)

I’ll be back briefly Monday morning to post some Boxing Day deals, but other than that, I’ll be enjoying my family that’s visiting!

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A Homemade Christmas Gift – Oatmeal Cookie Bath

A Delightful Home has a ‘delightful’ bath mix that would be enjoyed!  Pair some homemade oatmeal cookies with the Oatmeal Cookie Bath recipe found on her site.

Maybe you could go one step further by adding a candle, lotion and some tea to a gift basket?

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Free Printable Christmas Menu Planner

List Planit has a free printable Christmas Menu Planner available for download !

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Creative Wrapping Ideas for Gift Cards

Are you looking for some creative ways to disguise gift cards you’ll be giving away?  Happy Clippings has 12 unique ways to wrap gift cards!

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A Homemade Christmas Gift – All Natural Candle and Cleaner Gift Basket

Now, this may not be appropriate for some people on your list, but I know that I would love to receive something like this for Christmas!  I love candles and I love homemade natural cleaning products!

Hostess with the Mostess has all the recipes and printables you need to create an all natural candle and cleaner gift basket.

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The $5 Dinner Mom’s Holiday Entertaining Guide ebook only $0.49 with Coupon Code

Get YOUR Copy of Erin's Holiday Entertaining Guide

**Today only, December 10, 2011, get the ebook for only $0.99 with coupon code  COOKIES!**

Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom, (and wonderful organizer and brain behind The Savvy Blogging Summit I’ve attended for the last two years), has written a new ebook, called The $5 Dinner Mom’s Holiday Entertaining Guide.  You’ll find chapters with great information such as:

  • How much should you budget for your holiday meal
  • What things must you include and what can you leave out
  • Tips to outsmart the grocery stores and get the most value for your coupons
  • The perfect plan to have everything cooked using only one oven
  • And how to turn your leftovers into more amazing meals the next day

Included in your book purchase are these freebies:

  • FREE Holiday Planners – Also included in my Holiday Entertaining Guide, printable planners that you can use for planning your menu, grocery list, oven schedule, to-do list, table décor and setup and more.
  • FREE Holiday Treats – Get 10 recipes for holiday treats that are perfect for cookie exchanges or gifting to your favorite foodie. From Peppermint Brownies to Nutmeg Snickerdoodles…you’ll be glad to have these recipes come time for your holiday baking.

The ebook is priced at $3.99, but use the coupon code COOKIES to get your copy for only $0.49 TODAY ONLY!  What a deal!

Click here to purchase your sanity saving copy of the Holiday Entertaining Guide.

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Tim Hortons – Free Holiday Skating! (AB, BC, ON, QC and YT Only)

Tim Hortons is offering free holiday skating in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Yukon!

Click here to see the exact locations and specific times.

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Homemade Christmas Gifts – Salted Caramels and Almond Roca

I thought that these edible gift would be great for hostess gifts, or for someone that enjoys a sweet treat in their stocking!

Check out the delicious Almond Roca (English Toffee) on The Idea Room.

Here’s the scrumptious looking Salted Caramels on Judicial Peach.

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A Homemade Christmas Gift – Peppermint Lip Balm

I really want to do a bit of a series leading up to Christmas that features homemade Christmas gift ideas.  I thought these posts would be a neat way to get away from some of the consumerism that comes with this time of year!  Not only is it fun and frugal to make special gifts for those in your life, but they’re usually really enjoyed by the recipient!

I plan on featuring easy (I’m thinking two hour or less) projects that I find from around the web and any gifts you, my wonderful, Simply Frugal readers, send my way!  If you do have a gift you’d like to share, either send me the link to your blog post or send me pictures and a tutorial to my email.

The first homemade Christmas gift I have today is from reader Melissa.

She tells you how to make Peppermint Lip Balm!  Check it out!

image from here.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

Since it’s another long weekend here in Canada, that means you won’t be seeing any more posts from me until Tuesday!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

One more thing.

What are you thankful for this year?

Me?  It’s definitely all you who take the time to read Simply Frugal.  I truly appreciate each and everyone of you!  Oh, and of course, the baby we’re expecting next year! :)

image from here.

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