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How to Enjoy a Summer with No Regrets

My Crazy Savings 5/16 5:24P Courtney Solstad

Summer is coming fast! My kids only have 8 days of school left! Texas is heating up and our subdivision pools are already open! I love the turn of the season and having my kids home. We get to spend more time together as a family and I get to...

Miss Saigon is coming to Dallas Summer Musicals May 14-26th

My Crazy Savings 5/14 10:09A Courtney Solstad

One of the most epic love stories of our time, MISS SAIGON, is bringing its passion to Dallas May 14-26 at The Music Hall at Fair Park! MISS SAIGON tells the story of a young Vietnamese woman named Kim, who is orphaned by war and forced to work in...

Teachers Play FREE at Crayola Experience

My Crazy Savings 5/2 10:48A Courtney Solstad

I love an opportunity to spoil someone who works so hard and teachers are at the top of that list! They work TONS of hours and put their hearts and souls into their jobs! Crayola Experience knows this and wants to honor them with a Teacher Annual...

Avengers ENDGAME Review… NO SPOILERS

My Crazy Savings 4/23 12:00P Courtney Solstad

I got to see a prescreening of Endgame today and let me just say this it s EPIC! There is SO SO much that I want to say but I won t. With this being the last one, I don t want to ruin it for anyone. I walked into the movie wondering if the...

5 Easy Ways to Put Your Parents Finances in Order without Going Broke

My Crazy Savings 4/21 11:26A Courtney Solstad

Perhaps everything you ve got in life you owe it all to your parents, and you love them for this. You deeply care for them. And nothing will stop you from doing anything in return including helping them financially when the occasion calls for it....

Finding the “Why”

My Crazy Savings 4/16 4:35A Courtney Solstad

Do you find yourself unmotivated at times? How do you motivate yourself? I ve asked myself that question a lot over the years. Finding the why I want to restart is always the hardest part. I have found that if I can narrow down and get to the...

5 Ways to Reduce Debt Without a Loan

My Crazy Savings 4/16 3:24A Courtney Solstad

This is a guest post. Hope you find it helpful to your debt reducing journey! Sometimes we don’t have the option of reducing our debts with a loan- quite frankly, it’s not always necessary to take out a loan in order to pay off debts. There are...

Win a 6-night Luxury Included® vacation for two adults at any Sandals or Beaches Resort!

My Crazy Savings 4/15 10:50A Courtney Solstad

WOW! This is an opportunity of a lifetime! Don t miss out! Enter for your chance to win a 6-night Luxury Included® vacation for two adults at any Sandals or Beaches Resort! Every day for the month of May, Sandals Resorts will randomly select 1...

Seven Things to keep in your Car in the Summer

My Crazy Savings 4/15 8:53A Courtney Solstad

As the Summer months are coming, I have am starting to get our vehicles summer ready! What do I mean by that? I mean that there are specific things that I like to stock the vehicles up with for the summer. Let me explain more For one, we tend to...

Virtual Test Drive before you buy

My Crazy Savings 4/11 9:59A Courtney Solstad

I love the ability to do business online at night, in my pjs from home! Included in that is taking a virtual test drive of my future vehicle. Yes, you read that correctly! You can now take a test drive (online) of your future vehicle thanks to...

Let Thompson Chrysler find your Dream Car

My Crazy Savings 4/11 9:41A Courtney Solstad

If you are anything like me, then you probably know what you want before you ever step foot onto a dealership. Infact, with the purchase of my last van, I never actually went to the dealership. I knew what I wanted, the color, the mileage that I...

Buying a Car with Bad Credit? It’s Possible…

My Crazy Savings 4/11 8:56A Courtney Solstad

I have readers email and ask me for help with how to fix credit issues often. I am not an expert in this area, but I do have a few suggestions that one might find helpful and will share them here. I thought it might be helpful to put them in a...

Play the HAMILTON Lottery for your chance at Tickets

My Crazy Savings 4/5 10:32A Courtney Solstad

I can not express to you how much you HAVE to try for tickets to see Hamilton while it is here in Dallas. It is a MUST see! I am actually playing the lottery to see if I can get more tickets as I know my 14 yr old would enjoy this one so much! [...

Where to Stay in Chattanooga, TN

My Crazy Savings 4/5 4:22A Courtney Solstad

I love traveling with my family when possible. One of the things they love is hotels! They love swimming in heated indoor pools especially during the months that we can t swim normally! There are normally three things we look for when booking a...

Spring is in the Air and EOS Lip Balm Should Be on Your Lips!

My Crazy Savings 4/5 3:15A Courtney Solstad

The change of seasons brings on new problems for our lips, whether dry, chapped, or blistered, EOS has a lip balm for your specific needs. With the warm weather approaching, it s time to put your best pout forward, get prepped and primed with...