Happy Wednesday morning to you. I hope you're having a good week. If not, it's almost half way over!

Today I want to give a shout out to my original web site/blog ThriftyJinxy.com. I started it all the way back in 2008. It started out primarily as a deals and coupons blog - back when Sunday newspaper coupons and extreme couponing were a big thing. It's how ThriftyMinnesota.com eventually came to be because I kept seeing things that only people in Minnesota would care about and wanted a dedicated place to share them.

Today Thrifty Jinxy is still focused on how to "live a fabulous life on a frugal budget" with tons of recipes, DIY ideas, crafts, thrifty tips and more. Since it's October, if you're looking for Halloween fun and recipes there's a bunch HERE. Otherwise please visit the site and poke around and also join us over on the Facebook page!

Back to Thrifty Minnesota! We have a couple of fun things below and I'll be back Friday with more. Until then you can keep up at the Thrifty Minnesota Facebook page or on ThriftyMinnesota.com. As always, thank you for reading. I appreciate it!

p.s. Quick reminder that there are LOTS of events on our big Trunk or Treat and Halloween Events list for this weekend!

Vintage Fall Crawl in the Twin Cities

If you love shopping vintage shops, then this is the crawl for you!

Through October 31, you can make your way through any or all of the 15 vintage stores included on the Vintage Fall Crawl Passport. With a purchase price of $10, the passport offers a 10% discount and EACH of the 15 shops!

As you visit each shop, you can have your passport stamped whether or not you make a purchase. If you collect all 15 stamps you'll also be entered for a chance to win the grand prize of a $25 gift card to each shop - a $375 prize value! There will be 3 winners.

Hands On Fun at The Works Museum in Bloomington

Museums are way more fun if you can jump into the action and DO rather than just LOOK. That's 100% the case at The Works Museum in Bloomington!

The large open space at the museum is divided into multiple fun play areas where kids can play, learn and discover with hands-on activities, building projects and more.

Sunday's celebration is a free event and includes live music, hot apple cider, cookies, fun art and science activities, and more.

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See all the latest sales, freebies and deals on our Current Great Deals Page! Also, you can now stay up to date with our NEW Best Thrifty Deals Facebook Page. - which also has a new reader giveaway that started yesterday!

The newest food deal is that through tomorrow, get a FREE 8 piece nuggets at Chick-fil-A in St. Cloud or the Twin Cities to celebrate the start of the Timberwolves season.

For our furry friends there are a two new pet freebies on the deals page today including free cat food and dog food, and a few earlier ones samples are still available.

There are lots of good online sales too including 20% off and a FREE 10-Piece Gift Set with purchase at ULTA, $1.95 hand creams at Bath & Body Works (regularly $8.95), BIG Converse sale with high tops starting under $20, new Amazon deals, Maurices up to 85% off clearance (tops and bottoms starting under $3!), the newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book less than half price, and more.

There's also a new giveaway over on Jinxy Kids you can enter for a chance to win two BIG SpongeBob SquarePants DVD Collections celebrating its 25th anniversary.

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