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$25 Amazon Gift Card Winner!

Our $25 Gift Card Giveaway winner was drawn last night. I emailed them and will send the prize as soon as I hear back.

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And the winner is…………………..

As soon as I can open this envelope. I mean really, did they have to glue this stupid thing on the insi……OOP! There is goes. AHEM! HMM. Ok. And the winner is…….

Joshua Brown!

Thanks for playing everyone, and keep your eyes peeled for a HUGE giveaway coming up VERY SOON! I mean, seriously, you will want to make sure to check back because we’re about to give something away that you CANNOT miss.

What Am I doing?

This week ‘whooshed’ by like Speed Racer in the Mach 5! We were also extremely busy doing lots of “stuff”, but I can’t really remember what it was. I think there was some rain, and I raked a few (thousand) leaves.

One of the highlights was finding out we’re having a God Son in the coming months! WOOHOO! After two daughters, our friends were SUPER excited to find out they were having a boy. It was pretty cool, because I went with them to pick up balloons, and since they didn’t know the gender yet, they handed the party store clerk 5 pink balloons and 5 blue balloons and the envelope with the gender in it. We told them to fill the box (we had brought in a big box) with the appropriate color, and we’d be back in a few. So the first time our friends found out the gender of their child was the same time as everyone else at their “gender reveal party.” They opened the box in front of everyone and blue balloons flew out.

And to top that, our son took his first steps this week!!! He took about 10 steps toward his grandma as she was playing with him in the living room. We knew this was coming soon, but he just totally went for it. No 2 or 3 steps, that’s lame. He took 10 flippin’ steps! We’re super excited for him to keep learning, but mama is a bit anxious about chasing down a running baby (Yes, he’s still a baby, only 11 months old! )

Carnivals:

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Mentions:

There are other, very cool blogs who have been generous enough to mention iHeartBudgets on their sites. The list seems to be growing week by week. Anyone else who loves me as much as these people do, feel free to mention me as well to join the elite list below!

Modest Money mentioned me in End of November 2012 Blog Update & End of December 2012 Exclusive Cash Giveaway and Favorite Posts

Frugal Habits mentioned me twice in Great Reads of the Month | November

Work Save Live mentioned me in Personal Finance Week in Review #40

L Bee and the Moneytree mentioned me twice in Monthly Cowgirl Rodeo Round-Up (November!)

Eyes on the Dollar mentioned me in Can’t Take my eyes off these blogs twitter hacker edition

Canadian Budget Binder mentioned me in Mr.CBB’s Weekly Blog Post Picks November 30,2012 Bring On The Egg Nog! & The Saturday Weekend Review #7

Frugal Rules mentioned me in Frugal Friday: Posts That Ruled This Week, It’s December Already Edition!

Thanks for the love, glad you enjoy reading my junk! If I missed anyone, feel free to send me some hate mail

What’ I’ve Been Reading:

Every week, I do some reading on the web. I come across articles that are entertaining, educational, or just plain awesome. I think the readers of iHeartBudgets will enjoy these articles as well.

Work Save Live – PerkStreet Financial Review – The Best Online Checking Account

Money, Life and More – Massive Cash Back – Blue Cash Everyday® and Preferred® by American Express

Modest Money – It’s Your Blogging Journey, You Make The Rules

Frugal Habits – Save Thousands of Dollars with this One little Rule

L Bee and the Moneytree – Two Savings Rules to Live By

Eyes on the Dollar – The Sandman, Hypnosis, and The Village People

Canadian Budget Binder – Dollar Store Home Pregnancy Tests-Do They Work?

Frugal Rules – How do Credit Cards Make Money? I Found Out the Hard Way

Have a wonderful first week of December!