Financial Wisdumb!!! #7

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeellllll after an almost, NOT ON PURPOSE, two-year-break, Financial WiseDUMB with Mary is back!!!! You can read the last post HERE!!! My word, you would think with me being DEBT FREE this whole past year, that I would just be overflowing with columns...well...there's a few coming so brace yourself AND YOUR WALLET!!! ;)

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As you all know, THIS WEEK IS THANKSGIVING WEEK!!! WOOOHOOO!!! Who's ready to gobble til you wobble??? Me, me, me, ME!!! And also, cook, cook, COOK!!! Bake, bake, BAAAAAKE!!! Who's going to be making some pies this week??? I know I for sure am!!! 

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Are you guys looking for some good ways to save on groceries for all your cooking and baking???? Weeeeeeeeeellll, if your making anything with apples, I HAVE THE PERFECT MONEY SAVING SUGGESTION for saving money on buying apples!!!

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ARE YOU READY TO HEAR THIS????

JUST JOIN A 5k RUN ASAP!!! 

WHY????

Allow me to tell you:

5K Runs almost ALWAYS have free fruit and light breakfast foods for the runners, weeeeeeeeeeeelllllll after the run, go get your backpack, fill your pockets and your bag

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ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNND BAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!

YES, these apple pies really were made from the apples I got from one of my runs!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeellllll what are you waiting for???? Go sign up for a 5k run get yo exercise and some apples too!!!!

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♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. Go Here for Mary's Mmmm, mmmm GOOOOOOD Apple Pie Recipe!!!

P.P.S I got another 5k run Thansgiving morning annnnnnd it's going to be bananas I get for free this time...I'm thinking a banana cream pie...if you got a recipe, hit me up cuz I need one!!!! Maryfranceswriting@gmail.com

Finacial Wisedumb #6

Annnnnnnnnnd its back you guys, Financial Wisedumb with Mary!!! You can read the Last Financial WiseDUMB HERE!!! Buuuuuuuuut today I want to talk about how you can FINANCIALLY save this year on your Christmas budget by improvising on your home Nativity Scene!!! Maybe your a newly wed, maybe your kids broke your nativity scene wrestling in the house, OR maybe your dog ate yours buuuuuuuut for whateverrrrr reason, if you happen to NOT have a Nativity Scene this year, I want to encourage you all to NOT go out and SPEND MONEY buying a brand new one, MY FRIENDS, you have alternatives to spending money, YOU HAVE OPTIONS!!! I would like to present to you all,

THE GHETTOLICIOUS

NATIVITY SCENE!!!

Yes, a Nativity scene made from a shoebox, rags and soda pop cans...sooooooo its NOT beautiful, when you see it, YOU GET THE POINT!!! LOL I realize that they often sell little nativity scenes at the dollar store, buuut WHY spend a dollar at all????

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This is a chance for you to NOT only be creative, BUUUUUT to get out and exercise as you rummage through your local trash cans, dumpsters and allys!!! PLUS, aside from creativity and exercise, you are also, RECYCLING!!! Helping take care of God's beautiful earth!!! Its pretty much, THE CHANCE OF A LIFE TIME!!! ONCE AGAIN, you are very welcome, for this FINACIAL WISEDUMB WITH MARY!!!

Have a blessed, happy and MARY little Christmas!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Finacial WiseDUBMB #5

Annnnnnnnnnd its back you guys, Financial Wisedumb with Mary!!! You can read the Last Financial WiseDUMB HERE!!! Buuuuuuuuut TODAY, How would you all like to know, How to get a free coffee, lunch, back massage, neck massage, foot massage and Thanksgiving dinner?????

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If you knew that you could get ALL of these things for FREE, would you??? Weeeeeeeelllll today I DID!!! Annnnnnnd I would like to share with you all HOW you can too!!!

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First of all, Whole Foods had a Thanksgiving dinner taste testing today...12-2!!! It was pretty good... I mean, for FREE...buuuuut I heard people standing around talking about HOW GOOD it was!!! I was like, okaaaaaaaaay its good, buuuuuuuut, this ain't like MY COOKING...I'm jus sayin!!! LOL!!!

Btw: Whole food is a good place for samples...I've eaten many lunches AND breakfasts there!!! Hey its FREE annnnnnd in MODERATION!!! ;)))))

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My other lunch special is COSTCO!!! That's my FAVORITE PLACE for Saturday lunch!!! Hee, hee!!! The only problem with being Apostolic is THEY NOTICE YOU when you go back for seconds!!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!! Okaaaaaay sooooo modesty is KEEPIN me from overindulging on my Costco lunch...YAAAAAAY!!!! AHAHAHA!!!

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Free massages!!! BROOKSTONE AND BED, BATH, AND BEYOND!!! I'm adding this to my "Future Trophy Wife" resume...Keep this in mind future hubby that may happen to be reading this, WHILE OTHER MEN are having to pay for outrageous prices for their wife to be getting massages by little Asian men, I'll be heading to Brookstone or BBB!!! MWAH...Purrrrrrr!!!

(People like me that are keeping the economy going...HEEEEEEYYYY I pay for the gas that it takes to get there!!!)

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Bed, Bath and Beyond now has a World Market section and there are tons of free samples EVERYDAY!!! Oh and lets NOT forget Trader Joe's!!! Free Samples and FREE COFFEE samples EVERY DAY!!!

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FORGET RICE THE RICE AND BEANS DAVE RAMSEY!!!

 between Costco, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Bed Bath and Beyond Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd MY MOM'S HOUSE...

I'm NEVER GROCERY SHOPPING AGAIN!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Financial WiseDUMB #4

Weeeeeellll its back...
The series that pastors EVERYWHERE have been waiting for, to share with their saints...Yes, that's RIGHT, its the one and only, one-of-a-kind column...

 

 FINANCIAL WISEDUMB with Mary!!!

Its been OVER a year since the last Financial WiseDUMB post, I hope that you all have been financially surviving since then!!! You can refresh your memory with the last one HERE!!!

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 NOW if there are two people that will appreciate this particular Financial Wisdumb post, its MY MOM and MY BROTHER JOHN!!! They are the two people that will think this is GENIOUS!!! Annnnnd would sooooo DO IT!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Sooooooooo Sunday night a group of us went to Oreganos to eat, and while we're waiting for our food, they give MJ some pizza dough to play with. I grabbed a piece of it and started playing with it and as I'm playing with it, the most brilliant thought popped into my mind! I thought, "Hey! This is REAL pizza dough!!!" THEN an EVEN MORE brilliant thought went through my mind, "HEY! I could use this, TO MAKE PIZZA!"  my own HOMEMADE PIZZA! Which we all know will taste better than Oreganos anyway!!! Hee, hee! ;)

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Soooooooooo I decided to tell everyone at the table my brilliant idea! I'm like, hey you guys, THIS IS REAL PIZZA DOUGH that they give the kids!!! I'm like, YOU GUYS!!! We should ALL ask for pizza dough to play with, then we can all take it  home and make our own pizzas!!! Everyone busted up laughing, ME INCLUDED!!! Buuuuuut, even tho I laughed, I'm SOOOO FOR REALZ!!!

 

 Next time we go i'm going to get me a ball of dough annnnnnd i'm gonna take it home ANNNNND make me a mini pizza the next day!!! (Don't worry peeps, I'll blog about that when I do!!!)

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Buuuuuuuuut really mom's, dad's, Aunts, uncle's, grandparents, nannies, future moms and dads, THINK ABOUT IT!!! This is such a logical idea!!!! You and your hubby splurge one night and take THE WHOLE FAMILY to Oreganos ANNNNNNND everyone gets a ball of dough to play with, annnnnnnnd THEN MOM, you whip out those Ziploc bags and the next day, BAM, the whole family makes mini pizzas together for dinner!!! Not only are you saving your money, your saving TIME annnnnd to top it all off, your making family memories!!!

I know, I know, NOT ONLY was this post a MONEY-SAVING POST, IT WAS ALSO A TIME SAVER, no fear, you only need to thank me ONCE not TWICE!!! Hee, hee!!! Yes, yes, this is the mind of Mary at its absolute brilliance!!! Sometimes, I just can't help buuuuut LOVE the way God made my brain to be!!! Purrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. IF you do this, I would LOVE to hear about it!!! Please email me with pics and the whole shebang!!! you NEVER KNOW, I just may feature you in my Wisedumb book one day!!! :)))) maryfranceswriting@gmail.com

Financial WiseDumb!!! :) #1

TODAY is the FIRST post...

 of a BRAND NEW monthly column

Okaaaaaaaay sooooo this FIRST post is especially dedicated to ALL the PARENTS out there!!! How many of you parent's have children, THAT LIKE DISNEYLAND??? EVEN If they are too young now, at some point or another, your children WILL want to go to Disneyland!!!

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Disneyland is EXPENSIVE!!! The average price for ONE TICKET at Disneyland is about $80 bucks!!! NOW EVEN if you have ONLY ONE CHILD, you STILL have to buy TWO MORE tickets for YOU(The Parents) thats racking up to $240 bucks...OH BUUUUUT you know that MOST people have MORE THAN ONE CHILD BAM we're now already up to $320 and if your a child LIKE ME...from a family of FIVE KIDS..

You can plan RIGHT now on just waiting till your old enough to WORK and buy YOUR OWN TICKET to go to Disneyland!!! Howeverrr...this past May, I, MARY FRANCES GINTY, discovered an amaZing, money-saving adventure, that is JUST as fun, if NOT FUNNER, that will save your children from feeling like they are MISSING OUT on the whole DISNEYLAND experience!!!

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You see, a bunch of the married couples in our church decided to take a trip to DISNEYLAND, without THE KIDS!!! Sorta like a marriage retreat or something!!! Sooooo guess who was watching some of the children while their parent's were at Disneyland??? YES...yours truley...MAR BEAR!!! (After all...I am SINGLE...and thats what we singles do! LOL)

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Now, the kids were a little bummed about NOT getting to go to Disneyland...buuuuuut...by the end of the week...weeeeeelll seee THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED...

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I STARTED DRIVING THAT WEEK!!! I was kinda-sorta-pushed to get it down....ya know since I had to drive them to school and stuff!!! Sooooooo they got to experience ME LEARNING TO DRIVE!!!

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I'll never forget their words, "Mary! Riding with you is sooooo much FUN!!!! Everywhere we go its all bumpy and swervy!!!" "Yeah, Mary! Riding with you is like going on a roller coaster!" "I LOVE the way you drive Mary!!!" (Touches my heart)

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See RIGHT THERE parents!!! Have your children ride in MY VAN, annnnnd they will have the satisfaction of a total ROLLER COASTER experiance...WITHOUT THE DISNEY PRICE!!! You don't need to buy NO DISNEYLAND TICKETS!!!

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You may be saying, OH Mary YOUR TO FAR...NOW WHAT??? Parent's, don't get upset...JUST STICK your child in the vehicle of ANY person that is learning to drive and they will get THE SAME UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIANCE!!!

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However, OTHER DRIVERS will just be a temporary roller coaster experiance, I ON THE OTHER HAND, am permanent,  you do NOT have to worry about ME going out of business with roller coaster driving...it will ALWAYS be there for you parent's when you need ME!!! Annnnnnnnnd HEEEEEEy...

IF YOU WANT...

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I'll even throw on some MINNIE EARS!!!

NOW thats the FULL DISNEY AFFECT!!!

MY PRICE???

All I ask is for you to fill my tank with gas!!!

I know, I know...

WHAT AN AWESOME MONEY SAVING DEAL!!!

Plus with my MONEY-SAVING DEAL...you don't even need to worry about THE LONG WAIT IN LINES!!! The cost of a hotel, food, SOUVENIERS...the costs just keep piling on!!! Today IS THE DAY, to start making SMART financial decisions!!!

$60 tank a gas OR $340+

THE CHOICE IS YOURS PEOPLE!!!

More money-saving WISEDUMB next month...DON'S MISS IT!!!

♥Mary Frances :)