New Years Trip

Grandpa and I took a trip to see our granddaughters. We had a wonderful time visiting and helping my son and daughter-in-law with the girls while they moved into their new home. We also delivered Christmas gifts to the girls. Sweet Pea and Pumpkin are growing so much I could not believe how big they are getting.

We started out at 4am. It was so beautiful to watch the sunrise in front of us while we drove.

Sweet Pea was not sure what to do with her stocking!

Both girls enjoyed their new art desks!

 We enjoyed every minute of our stay. Time went by all too quickly. It was sad to leave the drive home was not so enjoyable. 

Review: Couponing: The Extreme Video Course

I am so excited about this review! I am very happy to share the information about the Couponing: The Extreme Video Course with Grandma Bonnie's Readers. Have you ever read an article about a couponing mom who gets a grocery cart full of a weeks worth of groceries for just a few dollars? I have often wondered how they managed to do this. My thoughts were that they must be filling their cart with stuff I would never use! Even when I seriously try to use coupons I might get five or six dollars off my full cart of groceries. So, when I got the chance to review the Couponing: The Extreme Video Course I took a flying leap and jumped right in. The idea behind this course is to be able to save enough money on your grocery and toiletry needs that you can stay a stay at home mom.  You might think we all know how to use coupons! I did know the basics of couponing and I do have to admit some of the course was reviewing what I already knew. I can honestly say I learned a lot by watching the videos. There was a lot of information I did not know and even more information about couponing  rules that I misunderstood.  What can you learn from this video course? There are 14 videos in the course and 2 bonus videos. You also get a downloadable companion workbook in Adobe PDF format and a link to a members only site for coupon links, information, more saving and money making ideas. 

Couponing: The Extreme Video Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Introduction to Couponing

Lesson 2: Collecting Coupons

Lesson 3: Organize Your Coupons

Lesson 4: 7 Rules of Couponing

Lesson 5: Double Coupons

Lesson 6: Free Item Coupons

Lesson 7,8,9,10,11: Shopping at Target, CVS, RiteAid, HEB, Walgreens

Lesson 12: Couponing Ethics

Lesson 13: YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

Lesson 14: Your Stockpile

Bonus Videos 15&16

If you are interested in more information or to purchase this video course for $17 go here.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Grandma Bonnie's Closet Is Seeking Blogroll Affiliates

Grandma Bonnie is seeking a few great blog affiliates to exchange buttons or links and traffic comments.

If you are already on my Blogroll I all ready consider you a friend or affiliate. What is expected of an affiliate? Exchange button or link displayed on the main page of blog in blogroll. Comments exchanged a few times a week or more. Enter each others blog giveaways when possible. Exchange social media follows. Very simple and will need to be a mutual effort. We all need and want traffic to our blog. This is an easy and simple way to help each other gain relevant traffic. If you are interested please contact by email. 

Win A Kindle

Grandma Bonnie's Closet, Terri's Little Haven, See, Shop, Love!, Ashley and The Little Ones Too and Totally Terri

has teamed up with some other great bloggers to offer a Kindle Touch with special offers giveaway. Also included are 2 eBooks from Andrea Pearson, The Key of Kilenya and Samara: A Kilenya Romance. I know that many of my readers would love to have a Kindle Touch! So jump right in and enter on the rafflecopter below. There aren't any mandatory entries but the more entries you do the better your chance of winning. We love your comments but please use the rafflecopter to enter the giveaway. After entering on the rafflecopter check out the blog carnival links on Terri's Little Haven to enter more giveaways.  Have fun and good luck.

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Mother’s Day Giveaway Kitchen Aid Mixer Sign Up

Terri's Little Haven is having a Mother’s Day Giveaway! The prize is an awesome Kitchen Aid Mixer! Terri wants it to be a fun and simple to signup for the giveaway, so there will only be one link per person (Google +). If you need G+ followers this is your chance. If you’ve never hosted a giveaway and want to learn how, this would be a good place to start (because basically Terri is doing everything for you, you just copy and paste it in a post). 

Stop over to Terri's Little Haven and sign up for this Mother's Day Giveaway.

Review: Swingline SmartTouch Stapler & Swingline Premium Chisel Point Staples

Grandma Bonnie's Closet has been given the opportunity to review some office supplies from Shoplet.com. Two of the products are a Swingline SmartTouch Stapler & Swingline Premium Chisel Point Staples. I was very excited to see the Swingline SmartTouch Stapler for the first time. The stapler is shaped ergonomically and comfortable to hold.  It has rubber grips on the top and bottom making it easy to hold while stapling many pages. The Swingline SmartTouch Stapler is made to be strong and jam-resistant while only requiring a light touch to staple. This stapler can handle up to 25 pages at a time with very little effort. 

What did I like most about the product?

I really liked how easy it was to load. There is a button at the back of the stapler. Press the button and pull out the tray at the front, load a line of staples in the tray and push the tray in. You are ready to go. With other traditional staplers I have always had a hard time loading staples from the top loaders. I get them loaded and squeeze the stapler shut and always get a jammed staple in the opening. With the Swingline SmartTouch Stapler I have not had a jamming problem. 

Along with the stapler I am reviewing the Swingline Premium Chisel Point Staples. The first thing I noticed different about the staples was the packaging they came in. They are package in a sturdy plastic container that is easy to open. The box contained 5,000 staples with 210 in each strip. When I removed a strip from the container they felt sturdy and did not fall apart while I was loading them. 

What did I like about this product?

I really like the reusable storage container the Swingline Premium Chisel Point Staples came in. The container is not a cardboard carton that will fall apart in your desk drawer after storing for weeks. Have you ever had to search around in your drawer for loose staples because the staple box fell apart? This container solves that problem! 

You can find these products and more like this at Shoplet.com.

Disclaimer : 

The above office supplies were sent for review by Shoplet.com The opinions in this review are my own. Grandma Bonnie's Closet did not receive monetary compensation for this review.