The Clorox Lounge - Being Frugal With Kids and it Backfiring
As a member of SocialMoms I had to take them up on their invite to help celebrate the fun about a new web site that was launched recently by The Clorox Family of Toilet Products!! I will tell you more about that celebration later in this post!
As a frugal Mother you all know how I love to save a penny at any second I can, I hate to spend money when I know there is another route around it! So with that in mind I would like to share a story with you about one of my daughters.
As many of my readers know I have a 18yr old daughter, but this story is about when she was 16yrs.old. Her birthday was such a huge event for her just as any other 16yr.old teenager's birthday was. At this age all of the high school girls had one of the many things in common! Owning a real Coach Purse was like the biggest thing. You were the "coolest" if you had a official Coach Purse!!
My daughter wanted badly to have a authentic Coach Purse as a birthday gift, she just had to have it. Me, frugal as can be I wanted to make her happy but at the same time I wanted to be a "happy frugal spender", so I started my mission! I was on a mission to make this girl happy, I knew that our local flee market "Green Dragon" carried everything that all the cool teenagers wanted. Not only did they have the "cool" items, they had the items at a very reasonable discounted price! The price they had was for the purchase of the items, a-k-a "knock offs" not just for the "logo" name of whatever expensive name brand someone was looking for. So, yes!!!! I purchased a $45 generic Coach Bag! The one she wanted was well over $300. As the generic had all of the same patterns and looked just the same I went with it, what she didn't know didn't hurt!!
So, on her birthday when she opened her gift, she was so excited to receive the Coach Purse, she opened it in so much joy and excitement. We were taking pictures and all, everything was going real smoothly intill she started pulling out all of the tissue paper that was stuffed inside of the purse. When she pulled out the original price tag I was so surprised! Usually I'm very good at taking off price tags for gift items, but somehow I forgot to take this tag out!!! When she pulled it out and read the price and place I purchased this knock-off item at her smile dropped!!!! I'm sure you can imagine the rest of this story!!!
Do you have a story to share about when you were frugal with your kids and it Backfiring? I'd love to hear about it!
Do you have a story to share about when you were frugal with your kids and it Backfiring? I'd love to hear about it!
Now about the celebration of The Clorox Family of Toilet Products! The Clorox Lounge a fun new Web site celebrating one of the most-used and underrated rooms in our homes - the bathroom! It is turning the bathroom into the laugh room with a community hub designed to be a mom’s go-to place for comedy, which launched on January 26, 2012.
Hosted by comedian, actress and mom Sherri Shepherd, the site found at TheCloroxLounge.com features hilarious anecdotes, fun contests, exciting give-a-ways, coupons and just the right amount of comic relief. An inspiration for an entire genre of comedy, the potty is often named as the number one place for moms to find a moment of quiet and a break from a busy day! 
But there's more....
The Clorox Lounge activities kicked off with the Last Comic Sitting Competition and Sweepstakes February 27, 2012. But don't worry, you still have a chance to to win $10,000 in the Last Comic Sitting Sweepstakes. Simply visit The Clorox Lounge to sign-up and be automatically entered for a chance to win the top prize.
About The Clorox Lounge:
The Clorox Family of Toilet Product’s on-going Ode to the Commode campaign, recognizing the toilet’s vital role in our routine, continues with the launch of The Clorox Lounge, a community hub designed to be mom’s gotta go place for comedy, starting on January 26, 2012. Hosted by comedian, actress and mom Sherri Shepherd, the site found at TheCloroxLounge.com features hilarious anecdotes, fun contests, exciting give-a-ways, coupons and just the right amount of comic relief.
About Last Comic Sitting Competition & Sweepstakes
The Clorox Lounge activities kick-off with Last Comic Sitting Competition and Sweepstakes, starting February 27, 2012. Over the course of eight weeks, 10 of the funniest mom and dad comics will go head-to-head in a stand-up throw-down for the chance to sit on the throne and be crowned the Last Comic Sitting. Each week, they’ll face a new challenge and based on consumer voting one will be eliminated. The grand prize winner will receive $10,000. For four weeks, you will have the opportunity to vote and narrow the comics down to the top mom and top dad.
You also have an opportunity to win $10,000 in the Last Comic Sitting Sweepstakes. Simply visit The Clorox Lounge to sign-up and be automatically entered for a chance to win the top prize. You can generate up to two additional entries each day, per day, by logging in and commenting, until April 22, 2012. Fans can also enter for a chance to win cool prize packs. Ten will be given each week, for twelve weeks, until April 22, 2012.
For more information visit: http://bit.ly/x7m1OB
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