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Congratulations Shelly T!!!

With the busy back-to-school season quickly approaching, moms will soon be turning to their favorite blogs for tips and tricks on conquering one of the most stressful times of year. This fall, The Neat® Company would like to help your readers stay organized with the NeatDesk® and NeatReceipts®, two user-friendly scanning solutions.
By scanning and saving within Neat’s software - NeatWorks® - parents can create their own type of digital filing cabinet. With Neat, parents will no longer search through backpacks, binders, and folders for their children’s handouts and assignments—they can simply search by keyword on their computer.
Here are a few ways that parents can use Neat:
-Save children’s tests, art work, hand-outs, and papers in one accessible, safe location
-Save shopping receipts to track back-to-school spending
- Back-up medical records so they can be emailed to the school nurse

As you all know, I am always on the go. Working a full time job and running my blog can sometimes overwhelm me.I probably have enough paper work and receipts to sink a battleship. I really need to get organized. When the Neat Company contacted me and asked me to try out their new Neat Desk I was like YES, YES, YES. Maybe this could be a huge help. Being a guy the Consumer King had to test it out first. Set up was simple and it didn't take long to use it. It only to 5 to 10 mins to set up. The neat desk is very self explanatory.The only thing I would change is for it to be wireless. I have a laptop and these days you never know where I will be using the computer from. So I would like to see the next version be wireless because I don't have a home office and I need a place to sit and work on it.

Giveaway:

1 lucky CQ Reader will Win a Neat Desk valued at $399.95

Enter:

Mandatory:  Like NeatDesk on Facebook and tell them we sent you.Then post here and let us know you did and if you have a Mac or PC.

Extra Entries:

1. Tweet or FB this contest( 1 per day): Enter to win a Neat Desk from @ConsumerQueen & @NeatCompany http://bit.ly/qqHhgD#bloggiveaways

2. Subscribe to our YouTube

3. 1 entry for every non contest post you comment on, on MyRoyalKitchen or Consumer Queen. Reply here with the link of the post you commented on.

4. Subscribe to the blog and reply here.

5. Add a coupon to the Coupon Database and get 1 entry for each coupon. (Coupon must not already be in the database please use the search feature)

6. Follow Consumer Queen on facebook.

7. Follow Consumer Queen on Twitter.

Ends: 8/15/11

Winner will be notified by email and have 48 hrs to claim their prize.

Disclaimer: I received a Neat Desk for review.

Check out our other contest here!

We are so excited to announce the new ConsumerQueen.com Savings Toolbar. You can download this to your browser and see when new posts popup. It will also give you access to printable coupon and deals right at your finger tips!

If you download it reply here and let us know what you like and don't like.

Welcome ABCNews.com Money Matters viewers!
Thanks to Savings.com Daniel and I had the opportunity to do a an interview with ABCNews.com Money Matters on couples and finance. If you missed the interview you can watch the video the above. Also Daniel wrote out some tips below for everyone.

1. Communicate- You should plan a date night with your spouse at least 3 to 4 times a month. Even if it's just a walk around the neighborhood. Alone time is very crucial to a happy marriage. You don't have to spend a lot of money and it only takes 10 - 15 mins to talk about that week's finances. Consistency is the key.

2. Write Down Goals- Before you attend date night set aside some time for yourself and write down your goals and dreams. If you can't be open and honest with yourself, then you can't be open and honest with your spouse.

3. Accountability - Be accountable to each other. Talk to your partner about overspending. This will help keep you on budget. Before making any financial decision whether big or small we talk it over first. If your spouse does go over the budget try to be positive in the criticism. Make sure you are not putting them down so they don't get discouraged.

4. Figure out your individual strengths- It's important to sit down and find out what each others weaknesses and strengths are and then play off those strengths.

5. Cash is King- Pay cash for everything when you can. For large purchases save up to make a big down payment. We currently have all of our credit cards paid off.

6. Spend Wisely - Look at your lifestyle and figure what small changes you can do to stretch your money further. For example. My wife saved over 15,000 in coupons 2008. Before we make purchases she goes online and researches all of her purchases. She uses sites like Savings.com for online coupon codes. You can actually follow her online as a Savings.com Deal pro.

During our Buy For Less coupon class on Tuesday the Daily Oklahoman stopped by and filmed part of our class! You can read the full article here. Ok, those of you who attended the class here's your chance to see yourself on film lol!!   Thanks to The Daily Oklahoman and Buy For Less for help spreading the word on "Extreme Reality" couponing!

Thanks Dayna for letting us know it was up already!

We got a text message with a photo at our Princess Party 12/21/10 that peoples brooms were standing straight up because of the Eclipse so we thought we would try it. I did not have a regular broom, only a broom with an angled bottom so we didn't even think it would work, but it did! We all freaked out and laughed for hours. The broom actually stood up for 15mins! Everyone was tacking pictures with their phones and texting their friends. I have never heard of this before. Now if it would only clean by itself! LOL. This will be one Princess Party we will never forget.

Have you ever had something strange happen to you?

Shannon and I Ran real quick to Walgreens and Target tonight. Check out what we got!  

Consumer Queen gets $300 in groceries for $20! Interview with KOCO Channel 5 News!  

Coupon Ministry on News 9- Cheap is Good but Free is Better!

 

So far I am absolutly in love with these!!! They are awsome!!!!!! Check out the demo at Rubbermaid.com! You can even print money saving coupons! As soon as I recover from Christmas shopping I plan on getting more and showing you how they organize my cabinets and freezer!!! Great for easy meal planning too!

Fast Classic Burger Search(messing with the Drive Thru Guy LOL)

Blair Coupon Project Continues!