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Ways to Save Money When You Visit Kings Island

March 12, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel 12 Comments

A visit to Kings Island Amusement Park is such a great way to create memories with family and friends.

I’ve been visiting the park since I was a kid.

As an adult, I’ve enjoyed spending time in different sections of the park as our family has gone through different stages of life.

No matter what season of life you are in, there are still many ways that you can save money on your visit to Kings Island.

I’m sharing tips to help you stretch your money even farther each visit to King Island.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Adventures With Friends, Amusement/ Theme Parks, Cincy/NKY Area, Extreme Adventures, Family Adventures, Featured, Giveaways, Summer Tagged With: all day dining, Dining Plan, discount, king's island pass, Kings Island, Kings Island Amusement Park, kings island food pass, meal plan, Savings, Season Pass

The Best Places to Shop for Deals in Cincinnati

February 3, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

I love a great deal. Who doesn’t? 

The Cincinnati Metro has several bargain shopping gems that you will definitely want to add to your list!

I’m sharing where you can find great discounts around Cincinnati, on both sides of the Ohio River. 

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Filed Under: Cincy/NKY Area, Discount Shopping Destinations, Discounts and Deals, Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cincinnati, deals, Dillard's Clearance Center, discount, discounts, Gap Clearance Center, Hebron

Tips for Visiting the Gap Clearance Center

January 3, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel 21 Comments

There is a place in Northern Kentucky that is a favorite discount shopping destination of mine.

It is not for the faint of heart.

In fact, my husband does not like going there. This is not the type of store that you can shop quickly at, which means it’s not fun with kids.

That place is the Gap Clearance Center in Hebron, Kentucky…..and you can’t beat the deals!

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Cincy/NKY Area, Discount Shopping Destinations, Discounts and Deals, Family Adventures, Solo Adventures Tagged With: Adventure mom, Athletica, Banana Republic, Cincinnati Airport, discount, Gap, Gap Clearance Center, Gap Clearance Store, Hebron, KY, Old Navy, Piperlime, Ralph Lauren

What it’s like to try the Luge when you are not an Olympic Athlete

January 1, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel 9 Comments

I love when plans work out for a spontaneous adventure. My friend was already coming to town, so I just offered her the “choose your own adventure” option for her visit. 

Try the luge, cross-country skiing or attend an ice sculpture festival.  I was sooo excited that she wanted to try the luge too. 

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Extreme Adventures, Family Adventures, Featured, Fitness Fun, Outdoor Adventure, Snowcation, Travel, Uncategorized, Winter Activites Tagged With: adventure, Adventure mom, discount, luge, luge track, Michigan, Muskegon, muskegon sports complex, Muskegon State Park, Muskegon winter complex, Pure Michigan, Winter Olympic sports you can try, Winter Olympics

How to make the most of your first visit to Bargains and Buyouts

February 24, 2016 By Nedra McDaniel 3 Comments

How to make the most of your first visit to Bargains and Buyouts

When you step into Bargains and Buyouts for the 1st time, it’s easy to feel like a kid in a candy store. The space is enormous and there is eye candy everywhere!

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Filed Under: Cincy/NKY Area, Deals & Products, Discount Shopping Destinations, Discounts and Deals, Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: bargains, Bargains and Buyouts, decor, discount

Discounted Fragrances for Spring

February 24, 2014 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

With spring just around the corner, it’s a great time to try out a new fragrance.

 

Searching For a New Scent? Get a Discount Fragrance for More than 50% Off!

Sometimes, all we need is a little change to have a fresh start. “Out with the old, in with the new,” they say. Same thing when you’re searching for a new scent. But don’t just fall for something new. Find the best deal and scout for a discount fragrance.

Because we love finding bargains for you beautiful lady, we’ve checked out 6 discount fragrances from BeautyEncounter.com that are worth more than 50% off.

Cheap and Chic by Moschino for Women.

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Price is cheap; scent is definitely chic. If you like a subtle floral fresh fragrance, try Cheap and Chic by Moschino for Women. Water flowers and jasmine will fill your senses. It’s so refreshing you can wear this the entire year. Popeye’s Olive is the inspiration for this bottle. Hot deal price: $47.44 (52% off).

Vera Wang Truly Pink for Women.

 

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A new fragrance to wear on a first date? Try something elegant with Vera Wang Truly Pink. Its dreamy scent blends in various flowers such as pink rose accord, lychee blossom, pink lily of the valley, iris and white freesia. Surely, you will captivate your man with just a scent of truly pink. Hot deal price: $51.56 (51% off).

Rumeur 2 Rose by Lanvin for Women.
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Some women are just too sweet. Others are just liberated. Combine the two and you get a playful sweetness coming from Rumeur 2 Rose by Lanvin. Rose and citrus scents of honeysuckle, grapefruit, lemon, rose and lily of the valley are combined to give you that flirty feel during spring and summer. Hot deal price: $47.49 (55% off).

Ed Hardy Born Wild for Women.

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Now this is something for the fun and adventurous girl in you. Ed Hardy never fails to create a bottle that’s stylishly girly and at the same time, playfully artistic. Ed Hardy Born Wild for Women was released in 2010. It’s a floral fragrance that gives the rich concoction of peach blossom, blackberry, magnolia, sandalwood and musk. This is something a girl who knows what she wants would absolutely wear. Hot deal price: $12.49 (50% off).

Bond No. 9 Brooklyn.

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Think the streets of Brooklyn are filled with raw talent? You’ve got the right attitude by spraying some Bond No. 9 Brooklyn. This is an oriental fragrance for the adventurous and creative soul. Grapefruit, geranium, juniper, leather, gin and cedar are mixed to give you that edgy Brooklyn feel. Hot deal price: $148.75 (54% off).

Pretty Hot by Elizabeth Arden for Women.

 

Sometimes you need to reinvent yourself to give that oozing, sexy confidence. So you just came from a bad breakup but you have to quickly rise again and go with some major change. So after getting a new hairstyle, treat yourself to Pretty Hot by Elizabeth Arden. It’s an exotic fruity perfume perfect for the summer. A girl like you must be too hot to handle. Hot deal price: $31.13 (51% off).

Enjoy these huge savings at Beauty Encounter’s Hot Deals section. To fully enjoy more than 50% off, don’t miss out on joining their beSavvy Instant Savings Pass for free. Check this page for more details.

 

Disclosure: I was given compensation for this post. All opinions are my own. 

 

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: beauty encounter, discount, fragrance, perfume, spring

White and Nerdy

December 24, 2011 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

When I think of a segway, there are two images that come to mind. The music video to Weird Al Yankovic’s Song “White and Nerdy” and the movie Mallcop with Kevin James.

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I found out about a place where you could take indoor segway rides in an older mall and I immediately knew that my inner nerd dreams were coming true. Whenever we have been in big cities, I have seen the tour groups and thought it looked fun but also looked ridiculous. You just have to get over how you look on one.

We signed our waivers and opted to not wear the safety helmet. We like to live dangerously.

 

We were then told the basics on how to operate a segway. Lean forward to move forward, look over your shoulder to go back and lean the handle bar to the direction you want to turn. Pretty simple.

After a few practice spins in front of the store we were on our way.

The first thing about riding a segway is that you can’t help but smile the whole entire time your on it.  Part because you know you look so silly but also it’s because it really is so much fun! It was great to watch the expressions of the shoppers we passed by and the kid’s smiles.

We were told to go past the kid’s play area to another section of the mall if we wanted to try going a lot faster. That’s where the real fun was. There weren’t as many pedestrians to dodge at that end of the mall. We could try going really fast and weave in between obstacles like the benches and the mall security desk.

To be honest my husband and I were both really skeptical about how enjoyable riding a segway would be inside a mall. We were so surprised at how much fun we had. No doubt, the ideal would be to try outdoors but indoors was still a great experience to get a taste of it.

Watch my hubby and I as we are getting the hang of it.

Special thanks to Segway Tours of Grand Rapids for the segway experience. My opinions, as always, are my own.

Segway Tours of Grand Rapids is located outside at 99  Monroe Ave in spring/summer/fall. They are really popular to use during Art Prize each year.

You can check out their indoor segway rides at Centerpointe mall until the end of December and Rogers Plaza in January. Kids don’t need to be a specific age to try. You just need to be the right height and maturity level.

Check out the Adventuremom discount page for a discount for you to try it too.

Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, On A Date Adventures Tagged With: discount, Kevin James, mall, Mall Cop, Segway, Segway Tours of Grand Rapids, Weird Al Yankovic, White and Nerdy

Trying a Hula Hoop Exercise Class

December 5, 2011 By Nedra McDaniel 5 Comments

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I’m always looking for interesting, new, fun, forms of exercise. 

I found a local hula hooping drop-in class in our area and recruited a friend to try it with me. I was never good at hula hooping as a kid so I was relying on the instructor to show me what I had been doing wrong all those years.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, classes to try, Family Adventures, Fitness Fun, On A Date Adventures, Solo Adventures Tagged With: adventure, audacious hoops, discount, exercise class, fun family ideas, fun with friends, hoopnotica, hula hoop, hula hoop exercise class

Creative FUNancing

November 4, 2011 By Nedra McDaniel 7 Comments

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This past year has been one of the most financially challenging years we have had in our 13 years of marriage and yet many elements of this year have been the most fun. We have had to overcome what wasn’t in the budget with a lot of creativity.

I have been determined not to let our sub par income this past year keep us from squeezing every ounce out of what this city has to offer. We have only lived here a little over a year. My husband grew up here but has not lived here since he was a teenager.

Immediately upon arrival I began researching what was unique to this area and I will tell you how we financed several highlights this year by giving you a few examples.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Family Adventures, On A Date Adventures, Solo Adventures Tagged With: adventure, art prize, blanford nature center, buy with me, civil war muster, contests, deal chicken, deals, discount, eversave, financing, fun date ideas, fun family ideas, fun with friends, FUNancing, google, gr kids, gr photo project, grand rapids, GRnow, groupon, huff park, kids, living social, Maranda, maranda tv, Meijer, my kids eat free, restaurants.com, saveology, seize the deal, site:lab, the big binder, The Huge Show, tourist, urban spoon, west michigan mommy

Taking an Aerial Silks Class

September 8, 2011 By Nedra McDaniel 4 Comments

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Learning how to climb up a curtain.

That’s the easiest way for me to describe taking an aerial silks class. I had wanted to try an aerial silks/hoops class ever since trying trapeze. It was a little more expensive so I requested it as a birthday gift from my dad.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, classes to try, Fitness Fun, Solo Adventures Tagged With: aerial hoop class, aerial silks, dare devil circus, discount, grand rapids

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