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FREE Cards + FREE Shipping at Cardstore! Use code: CCM2336, Valid 10/11 thru 10/14




FREE Coupon Class ~ Lorain, Ohio!

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Want to learn how to use coupons and get things for FREE?  Attend my Couponing 101 class!  This class will teach you where to get coupons, how to organize them, how to shop at Giant Eagle and Target, and much more!  Best of all this class is sponsored by the Lorain Library and is FREE for all who attend!

Where: Lorain Library South Branch
When: Saturday, October 20th
Time: 2:00 pm
Call to register: 440-277-5672
Cost: FREE

Just a note, this class is DIFFERENT from the class that was just held at LCCC.  We will be covering more basic concepts of couponing that will be great for newbies and even advanced shoppers!  Hope to see you there!




Giveaway ~ HalloWeekends At Cedar Point!

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THANKS FOR ENTERING!!  This giveway is now over!  The winner is Margaret Landini!

If you’ve been around my blog very long then you know how much my family LOVES Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio!  We are blessed to live within 35 minutes of the Best Amusement Park in the World and we take full advantage with our season passes.  One of the best things about Cedar Point is that since it’s open from May to October so you can enjoy it 6 months out of the year.

Right now Cedar Point is in the middle of HalloWeekends.  HalloWeekends has family friendly fun during the day and becomes a little spooky at night. The whole park is decorated in fun characters and of course my boys want to stop and see them all!

There is so much to see and do at Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends and these can be broken down into two easy groups.  Look below to see what would fit for you!

Family Attractions:

  • Skeleton Crew— An exciting spectacle of acrobatics and aerial acts taking place throughout the day in Cedar Point’s new Celebration Plaza!
  • The Goodtime Ghouls: A Halloween Hullabaloo— An energetic musical revue featuring a mix of rockabilly, swing, pop and disco in the Good Time Theater.
  • Gypsy Fortune Tellers— Find out what’s in the cards for you as you venture into Frontiertown.
  • Charlie Brown’s Funtime Frolics— Join Charlie, Snoopy and the PEANUTS[Equation] gang for music, stories and spooky surprises.
  • The Magical House on Boo Hill— Whimsical illusions await at every corner in the topsy-turvy house just outside the Blue Streak roller coaster.
  • Monster Midway Invasion Celebration— Friendly monsters and characters take over the Cedar Point Main Midway with dancing, parade floats and music every day at 4 p.m.
  • PEANUTS™ Halloween Show and Kids’ Costume Contest— Bring your little pirates and princesses for pre-school competitions at 2 p.m. and grade-school competitions at 2:45 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in the Blue Streak Plaza.
  • Sideshow: A Carnival of Magic— Step right up for amazing illusions and jaw-dropping suspense!


Enter if You Dare:

  • Eden Musee´— The wax museum’s longtime owner has left his children to run the family business their way, with disastrous results.
  • Cut Throat Cove— Meet the motley crews of sunken ships, left scavenging on the shores for more than 150 years in Frontiertown.
  • Blood on the Bayou— Who knows what’s lurking in the murky waters of the lagoon? Watch out for the swamp’s primitive inhabitants, who don’t look kindly on company.
  • Maniacal, Mechanical Screamworks— Step into a metallic world of science fiction full of gadgets, gears and hollow screams.
  • CarnEvil— The crazy clowns and sideshow freaks are always recruiting, whether or not you’re a willing participant.
  • Club Blood— This is nightlife like you’ve never known. Let the intoxicating sights and sounds captivate your senses, but don’t let the bloodthirsty dancers get too close…
  • CornStalkers— Make your way through a twisted maze of terror, where someone is always watching.
  • Eternity Infirmary— Pack your bags carefully— once you check into this hospital, you won’t be checking out.
  • Edge of Madness: Resurrection— Come to the Red Slaughter Saloon for 80s rock with a dark side.
  • Fear Faire— A maze of medieval mayhem!


One of our favorite attractions is The Magical House on Boo Hill.  This attraction allows you to walk through a kid-friendly “spooky house” where you can rest assure that nothing scary will be jumping out at your kiddies.  Best of all, kids receive a little treat bag with candy at the end.  I can not confirm or deny that we went through more than once 🙂

In this same area your little ones will be able to have a chance to meet characters, dance with some “monsters”, see a Peanuts show, and walk through a haymaze.  This is also the area where the costume contest is held.  The winners get to be in the afternoon parade that goes down the midway!


Looking for something with a bit more fright?  Well for those of you who dare, there are 10 spine-tingling walk-through attractions in addition to nearly 70 thrilling rides on America’s Roller Coast!  New this year is the Eden Musee´ Wax Museum and Chamber of Horrors.  In a forlorn corner of Frontiertown, the museum’s owner has died and his children have taken over, using their own haphazard methods for creating wax figures that don’t always stand still. Guests will see the nightmarish assembly in the boiler room and hear the cries for help in the Chamber of Horrors! YIKES!

If you have kids of different ages (and heights) you may want to grab a Parent Swap pass while you are there!  With this pass one parent would wait in line while the other waits with the younger children.  Once the parent rides they can give this pass to the ride operator and the parent waiting with the kiddies can walk in the exit gate and right onto a ride!  How neat is that?

During HalloWeekends, Cedar Point will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight on Fridays; 11 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays; and noon to 9 p.m. on Sundays from Sept. 14 through Oct. 28. For more information about Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends or to purchase tickets, visit Cedar Point online!  Save up to $10 per ticket by buying online!

Cedar Point wants you to experience the FUN too and has graciously offered 2 FREE tickets to my readers!  To enter this giveaway, simply enter a comment below (while appreciated, comments left on Facebook won’t count).  This giveaway will end at noon on Friday, October 12th.  One comment per person, duplicate comments will be deleted.  Winner will be picked randomly via random.org.  The winner will be contacted via email and must respond within 24 hours.

Disclosure:  This giveaway is NOT associated with Facebook in anyway.  Cedar Point is offering FREE tickets to my readers in an exchange for my review.  I received no compensation or personal tickets for my review.  All opinions are my own.




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