Esa and Benny

I am honored that Stephanie invited me as a guest blogger while she & her family are on vacation!

Stephanie and I are neighbors (there are about 3 blocks between us), and we met because of our pups.  Now, our husbands are constantly together on the weekends watching sports.  I work full-time as the Assistant General Manager at Westfield Concession Management at Dulles Airport where I oversee the retail program and all of the concessions marketing.  I have been blogging since 2005, with Yahoo!360, MySpace and now at The Adventures of Esa and Zed.  I mostly blog about our life, our pups, and how I save money.

• I consider myself a “moderate” couponer.  I make a game out of how much I can save during a grocery shopping trip.  Where I start – using Coupon Mom to match up coupons with sales items.
• My favorite “coupon community” is Hot Coupon World.  It lists all the different stores and sales, coupons, freebies…everything!
• My favorite income/rewards site is My Points. I’ve been a member since 1997 and have earned many giftcards on there.
• I’m addicted to Diet Coke, so when Coke came out with My Coke Rewards, I was pysched!  I’ve gotten Best Buy gift cards, DVDs, and coupons for free Coke.
• One of my splurges is on my hobby of scrapbooking – paper & digital.  I love Creative Memories tools and their digital software.  Each Friday, they post free digital downloads.
• Another one of my hobbies is genealogy.  I have a subscription to Ancestry.com, but even if you don’t have a paid subscription, you can still create an account and research your family tree.  Several times a year, they have free weekends where you can see all the records.  I researched as much as possible before purchased a subscription and I was able to discover a lot this way.