A couple weeks ago I wrote about how I’m giving up ordering delivery pizza for my family because it tastes just like frozen pizza. Heck, at a lot of pizza places it *is* frozen pizza, they just used their own ovens.

The only thing my kids miss is the fun game of looking out the window to spot the pizza man’s car.

(Hint: It’s the one with the plastic triangle on the roof that turns into your driveway!)

This change is seriously saving us a lot of cash. Our usual delivery pizza order for a family of four (two adults, two young-elementary kids) + tip for the driver used to cost about $20. And we used to order pizza twice a month. And we all probably ate more than we needed to, just because it was there.

Instead, I’ve been picking up a couple two-serving Tony’s pizzas for Friday night pizza nights at the house.

They cost $1.50 each. We each eat a couple of those square slices – the recommended serving size on the box.

That means I’ve just saved my family a bunch of calories and our budget about $34 bucks a month.

That’s more than $400 a year.

Yup, I’m getting more.

What are some of your savvy savings tips? Put them in the comments below and one randomly-drawn commenter will receive a full value coupon for any Tony’s Pizza product, and three commenters will win a copy of the children’s book Tony and the Pizza Champions.

Disclosure: I am a Tony’s Pizza Brand Ambassador through a compensated Mom Bloggers Club member program. All of my opinions expressed and dorky personal anecdotes are 100% true.

If you have a princess-loving kid at your house, then don’t miss Disney on Ice Princess Wishes!  This latest show in the Disney on Ice series even has a special princess party the hour BEFORE the ice skating show begins, where kids can meet Disney princesses and tour a fairytale collection of gowns and treasures. The pre-party is free to all ticket holders!

You can catch the show now until February 13th at the Mariner Arena in Baltimore, and Feb. 16-21 at the Verizon Center! This link here sends you to the exclusive MOM savings promotion through Ticketmaster, which has reduced tickets to starting at just $11 for select weekday performances. After you select your date and time, be sure also to enter discount code MOM to receive an additional discount. Even the primo coveted weekend tickets get a discount when you use this link and code!

Have a wonderful time at the show! I’ll be taking my little girl for a special just-mom-and-me night out for the pre-show princess party AND the sure-to-be-spectacular ice show, and she’s already counting the days.

Disclosure: I have received review tickets for this event, however, the enthusiasm expressed in this post is my own. My family and I are huge fans of the Disney on Ice shows!

The 4 Corners Community Nursery Consignment Sale is a great way to find gently used and super deals! on baby clothes, children’s clothes, baby gear, maternity wear, toys, games, puzzles, outdoor play items and more.

If you’ve attended in the past, please note that it’s held at a new location this year: Luther Rice Memorial Baptist Church, 801 University Blvd West, Silver Spring, MD 20901 (Directions and map.)

Dates and Times

Tuesday, October 19th              7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 20th           9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 21st             9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
*Half-price day!

Consignors are Welcome

Consignment Dates:

Monday October 18th from 9:30 am – 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Tuesday, October 19th from 9:30 am – 1:00 pm.

Accepting infant through children’s size 12, maternity clothing, toys, books, puzzles, baby equipment (except car seats) and children’s furniture.  Please call early for a code ($5 for code).

University Park Children’s Clothing Co-op 33rd Annual Fall & Winter Sale

Saturday, October 23 · 10:00am – 12:00pm
Riverdale Presbyterian Church
6513 Queens Chapel Road
University Park, MD
Map and Directions

Quality “pre-washed and gently worn” clothing for children from tots to teens will be available. Featured will be seasonal clothing and accessories, winter coats and snow boots, books, toys, sports equipment, baby/ layette equipment and maternity items.

Cash only.

Did you know that you can bring your own bottle of wine into some restaurants in Washington, D.C., Silver Spring, Arlington, Bethesda and other towns in our area? And that at many of them, you do not have to pay a corkage fee? And others have a corkage fee of only $3-5?

Well, now you know! And you can find the ones nearest your house using the handy-dandy restaurant finder, ReserveYourNight.com, brought to us by those nice Australians at Yellow Tail Reserve wine.

Oh, yes. Not only do those kangaroo loving-vintners bring us drinkable wine for a good price, NOW they’re teaching us how we can pick up a bottle at our local wine store for the same price as the by-the-glass price at the restaurants…and then tote that bottle with us when we go out to dinner. Genius!

So if like me and my husband, you like to have a glass or two of wine when out on a date, but you’d like to save some cash for, I don’t know, paying the sitter, preschool tuition, fixing the leaky roof, COLLEGE, I hope you’ll agree that this online resource is AWESOME.

You can search the BYOB database here, then go to the right-hand navigation and click Washington DC/Baltimore, and then enter your zipcode, proximity to your area, the amount you’re willing to spend on corkage fees and other search criteria.

Here are some area restaurants that according to ReserveYourNight.com, allow you to BYOB with no corkage fee. (Note: I called to verify all of these places and spoke with the managers, but I also spoke to some places listed at ReserveYourNight.com with a staff member who answered was not sure about the restaurant policy or their liquor license has changed. So I would call the places you find via search at ReserveYourNight before you BYOB that box of Franzia.)

I also found some fabulous-looking restaurants with corkage fees listed at $3, $5 and fancy-schmancy ones with a $10 corkage fee that would be completely worth it (you know, places with by-the-bottle prices of no less than $30).

But these places below?  I called them myself and the owners said to bring it on, and bring it in FOR FREE!