Making Your Own Halloween Costumes on the cheap $20 or less
By chris | October 18, 2010
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Halloween is approaching quickly, do you have your Halloween Costume? Last year Katie and I, probably spent a combined $80-100 on our Halloween Costumes. This year is going to be different, because were spending $0. We’ve decide to take this year off and hand out candy to the kids, but next year is going to be the best Halloween Costumes ever, and this year your about to learn how you can make your costume for less than $20.00. |
Sure, you could go to the store and buy one, but often the costumes available aren’t very original, not to mention all the money you spend on something you only wear once. So why not be creative and make your own costumes?
Below are a few Ideas I’ve had in Halloweens past, and I may execute for Halloweens to come
A scarecrow is definitely appropriate at this time of year. All you need is a flannel shirt and a pair of jeans. Add a few patches on the jeans and your ready to go. Use some duct tape on the inside of pants and sleeps to attach some straw so it sticks out.
Cowboy or Cowgirl Costume
One easy and classic costume idea is a cowboy or cowgirl costume. All you’ll need is a western shirt, a pair of jeans, boots, and a brightly colored bandana. If you can find one, a good cowboy hat will complete the costume.
Soldier Costume
It’s easy to dress up as a soldier. You’ll need some camouflage clothing, camouflage makeup, and perhaps a homemade gun, sword, and other accessories to get you into character.
Old Man or Woman
This one is the easiest. Get your granny panties out, just kidding. Grab you some old folks clothing, a cane and some grey hair dye and your in business.
Harry Potter Costume
Harry Potter is not an original, but definitely something easy to make for cheap. You’ll need a black robe, such as a graduation gown. You can make your own wizard hat and a magic want. Make or find some fake glasses as well. Glasses can easily be made out of electrical tape and a wire hanger.
So, now that you have a few ideas, get out there and make it happen. Challenge yourself to spend no more than $20 on a costume, and you too can have a great time without busting your budget.
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Allstate Car Insurance Review
By chris | October 10, 2010
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You’re in good hands, am I? I believe so. Friday, I visited my local Allstate office in Lawrenceville, GA and found out that if I added my car to my wifes policy, not only would I drop the premium, but drop it greatly. |
We’ve been married just a little over a year now, and we finally started switching car titles, insurance etc from parents names to our names. Were all grown up now!! LOL, Anyways I was paying about $300 every 6 months to be on my mothers State Farm Insurance, with full coverage. Katie was not paying, her dad was… So a few months back we switched the title on her car and modified her policy to her name our address etc, and the bill went up about $100.00 because we did it over the phone. When I met with Carlos Friday, I was expecting to add another $300 + to her policy.
Boy was I shocked when I found out that by just adding me as a driver to her car dropped her premium by $10 per month, and adding my car dropped it even more, due to multiple car discounts, married etc. I was expecting to pay maybe an additional $250-300 to add my car. Nope…. Guess how much???????? I was shocked to read this in the online statement “Your premium for the current policy period has been increased by a total of $69.76. Your discount savings for this policy period are: $309.55 “. $69.76 thats like 2 weeks gas, WOW I love Allstate Insurance. I didn’t believe there add. Save $300 on your premium… I totally have full confidence in them now. If you haven’t had a car insurance quote in a few years, I dare you to visit your local Allstate and get one. Hopefully you will be as shocked as I was……
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3rd Annual Rock N’ Ribs Festival Lawrenceville, GA
By chris | October 1, 2010
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It’s about that time, Rock N’ Ribs Festival will be back for the third time this weekend. Seems like it just gets better and better every year. Hope it doesn’t rain like last year. |
Rock N’ Ribs Festival, what a great idea. Its back and so will we be tomorrow. Friends are headed down for the weekend. Its going to be a great time. Rumor has it that this year, the beer garden, is going to be expanded on to two streets, not just locked into a 20×20 fenced in area like last year. There should be more vendors this year. I’m not eating tonight, saving my tummy up to try atleast 4-5 vendors. Cant wait! If your in the metro Atlanta area, I suggest you load the family and friends up and come on down to the Lawrenceville Square tomorrow! For more details and driving directions Official Rock’n Ribs Festival Oh yeah theres going to be a Journey Tribute band, so come check it out. No admission Fee…
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Red Sky Neighborhood Grill Buford GA Review
By chris | September 22, 2010
| Last Friday Katie and I met some friends at the Red Sky neighborhood grill in Buford GA. It is located just minutes from the Mall of Georgia. Upon arrival we were greeted by the live entertainment. The restaurant had a score of 95, I’d probably give them higher. Bathrooms were clean, service was great. |
I ordered the Cajun chicken pasta, Logan ordered the same. Megan had country fried steak with gravy and okra, and Katie had fried chicken with sweet potato poppers. Needless to say we ate every bite and wish we had more. If your in the Buford area I definitely recommend the Red Sky Neighborhood Grill. We will definitely return asap. Can’t beat it for the price. Average plate cost $10-12 with drink. Great place for date night. We used our Resturant.com coupon for $25 off $35. Of coarse I paid $2 for the certificate. Logan and I came out of there very cheap. You do the math! LoL. If you eat here and don’t enjoy the food, the people and the atmosphere, your nuts.
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McCray’s Tavern On The Square Lawrenceville GA Review
By chris | September 19, 2010
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Today we visited one of our favorites, at least it use to be Mccray’s Tavern on the square in down town Lawrenceville. Upon arrival we noticed several things have changed on the menu. All my favorites are no longer listed. What’s up with that? |
After we finally found something that sounded good we proceeded to order and we notified our waiter that we had a resturant.com gift certificate. Nice Sunday lunch roof top in the shade right? We got our food and it was what we expected, wait staff was great. After an hour of conversation with friends, eating some great food we were presented with the bill. FULL PRICE!!! We were notified that restaurant.com could not be reached for verification. OK, so why were we not notified ahead of time? Don’t you think the coupon should be verified before we order? Since the coupon must be presented when we arrive?
Needless to say the ladies were not going to accept this Megan and Katie took the lead while Logan and I set back and watched our ladies get justice. Megan requested to speak with the manager. We actually got the owner. (a not so friendly or business savvy guy).after going back and forth 25 minutes, he was not budging. Any business minded owner would accept the coupon and keep trying after we left. He told us that he’d rather loose us as regular customers rather than loose $25. After the jerk of a owner left, we decided there was no way we were going to pay full price, when we had a coupon that we knew was valid and we did our due diligence by presenting it upon arrival. Logan and I began to dial the restaurant.com number.
| Busy! , Busy! It took my 18 tries and Logan’s 12 tries to get through. We did it. Logan quickly passed the phone off to the waiter. Coupon was valid as we knew it would be! Finally after one hour of eating and one hour of trying to leave, we finally parted ways. Good riddance to that place place I use to be a regular. I use to take out of town friends there. That place that use to have awesome food and great management. I guess the cook got tire of working for that jerk, now they have a basic menu. The owner, just isn’t business savvy at all. I feel sorry for him, I really do. I’m the customer, I’m always right, especially when it’s in black and white. He may have not lost his $25 that day but, he will loose $1000s over the next year from us alone, not to mention others we would have brought with us or recommended. |
If you plan on coming to Lawrenceville for Rocking Ribs October 2nd, I know you will have a great time. Great food from vendors all around Georgia. When it gets time for the Dawgs to play, I beg you, don’t find yourself under the roof of Mccray’s Tavern. They don’t deserve your business. Hop in the car and visit Diggers on Duluth Hwy or Hail Marry’s on Grayson Hwy! They will treat you like a customer, and they have far more tvs, wider variety of drinks and greater management.
Dear owner of Mccray’s Tavern, I hope you learn how to be a businessman before you loose your business. Your staff and management are great, but you will bring your own demise if you hang around too much, and don’t learn this simple rule of business. “your customers are your income, with out us, you will be shutting down shortly.”
I know he will probably never read this, but if I can keep just one loyal customer from returning, I’ve done my job.
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