The Live Free for a Year sweepstakes began on Monday, July 6th and closes at the end of business on Wednesday, September 9th.  To enter, visit a Burlington Coat Factory store for an entry form or mail in a postcard to the address shown on the official rules page.  No purchase is necessary to enter the contest.

If you’re like me, it would be very beneficial to win this contest.  Having the mortgage payments made for a year would enable us to pay off debt and to pay additional principal on our house.  We might even get to take a vacation! 

“Money is tight for most consumers, and while Burlington Coat Factory offers budget-friendly prices that are easy on the wallet everyday, we wanted to do something special for one of our customers,” says Garry Graham, Burlington Coat Factory’s SVP of Marketing.  “Through the Live Free for a Year sweepstakes, we will help one lucky customer in a very real and meaningful way.”

Good luck everyone!

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I found a recipe at the Weight Watchers website for Layered Mexican Bean Dip.  Mmmmm.  That sounds like a cool, refreshing treat to eat this summer!  Wouldn’t you like to take this dish to a summer party?  Take along some veggies or baked tortilla chips and you could sit around eating with all of your friends and know that you were still eating right.

The Weight Watchers website has loads of other healthy recipes for your enjoyment.

Have you tried any Weight Watchers recipes?

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Get your free 4th of July Crafts and Recipe book.

Thanks, Money Saving Mom.

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Even if you can’t make it to Wendy’s for a Frosty, you can still show your support by sending a free Wendy’s card.  For each card sent, Wendy’s will donate $.25 to the DTFA.

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Thanks to free resources such as Plugged -In Online and Kids-in-Mind, you can quickly check out a movie’s sexual content, violence, language, drug use, and more.  Just this week a relative came over and wanted to know if my kids could watch Marley & Me.  I said, “No way!”  I pulled up Plugged In Online and started reading all the things about the language and sexual content.

From Plugged-In Online:

Marley & Me is advertised as fun family fare, which should imply that profanity is kept on a leash. But audiences still end up stepping in one s-word and another 10 or so uses of “h—,” “b–ch,” “a–,” “d–n” or “b–tard.” God’s name is misused at least a dozen times. There are references to “boobs” and “balls.”

From Kids-In-Mind:

A husband and a wife kiss in bed and it is implied that they have sex (we hear squeaking springs). A husband and wife kiss, she sits on his lap, she stands up and takes off her dress in front of him (we see her bare shoulders and the side of her breast), she jumps into a swimming pool . . .

We hear a scream, a man rushes to a neighbor’s house and we see that a young woman has been stabbed (she has blood on her side).

As you can see, both of these free websites provide detailed information about the movie and allow you, the parent, to decide if a movie is suitable for your family.

Are there any movie review websites that you would recommend?

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Each craft includes step by step instructions and photos.

Download the Easter Craft Book

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To help kids remember to brush longer, Sunstar’s GUM® brand has come up with a fun and colorful light-up toothbrush.  The Crayola Timer Light Toothbrush has colorful lights in the handle that when activated by pushing the button, flash for 60-seconds to encourage kids to brush longer.  The Crayola toothbrush is available in blue, red, green, and yellow. 

The Crayola Timer Light Toothbrush is recommended by dental hygienists and is said to increase brushing time with the help of its flashing light.  The brush also has a suction cup base which kids find fun to stick on different places, but also helps to keep the bristles clean.

We would also like to offer you a $1 off coupon for the Crayola Timer Light Toothbrush using the promo code CRAYTL.  This promo code can be redeemed at gumbrand.com.   

This giveaway includes something for parents and kids.

For kids:
Crayola Timer Light Toothbrush
Crayola Kids’ Flossers

For parents:
2 Summit Toothbrushes
90 pack of Eez-Thru Flossers
Soft-Picks with Travel Case

There are many ways to enter this contest:

You can earn an entry for each item you complete, but you must leave a separate comment for each one.  It just makes it easier to tally and pick a random winner.

1) Leave a comment.  Tell me which Gum brand product is your favorite or you can tell me what you’re doing in your home to ensure good dental hygiene.

2) Give this post a thumbs up at Stumble Upon and leave your Stumble name.

3) Tweet this post and leave your Twitter name or status url. To retrieve your Twitter status url, simply click on the timestamp of your tweet. It will say something like, “5 minutes ago from the web”. You can earn 3 twitter entries each day for each time you tweet this giveaway. You must leave a comment for each tweet.

4) Follow @thriftymommy on Twitter. Leave a comment with your Twitter name.

5) Blog about this giveaway and leave a direct link to your post.

6) Mention this giveaway on any forums or message boards and leave me a link.

7) Add Keeping the Castle to your blogroll.

This contest ends Saturday, March 14, 2009 and is available to U.S. residents only. The winner will be contacted by email and will have 72 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. You will not be put on a mailing list, but you must include your email address in the second box under your name (not in the comment box).

Good luck everyone and thanks to Gum brand for donating this great prize.

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Do you have any great links to share?  Please leave them below.  Happy Friday!

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Also, you can get a free sample of Dunkin’ Donuts dark coffee by clicking on the button below.

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Thrifty Mommy is celebrating their 2000th post and right now they have a giveaway from Clorox.  Ten winners will receive 10 coupons for free Clorox.  I hope you’ll go over and check it out.

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