About Johnetta

Johnetta is a thrifty stay at home mom who sells Avon to make some extra money. She lives in Virginia with her husband and her two kids. Jacklyn is her artistic daughter that she home schools and John Austin is her athletic son that goes to public school. She also has a step daughter Lindsey that is going to college to be a nurse. She loves cooking, gardening, and spending time with her family.

ThredUp: Save Money With Online Consignment @thredUP #sponsored

ThredUp ~
ThredUp
Like many others, I live on a very tight budget.  I usually buy my kids clothes at yard sales or off the clearance rack.  The problem I find with this is you have to actually find a yard sale that is selling the size clothes that you need for your kids and that can be difficult.  Recently I got to review some children’s clothes from ThredUp, which is an online store that sells pre-owned name brand kid clothing.

Printerpix Photo Albums, Canvases and Calendars #Bellies2Babies

Printerpix ~

Welcome to the Bellies To Babies Giveaway Hop! Since she is expecting her second child in January, MamaNYC decided to host this event in order to celebrate the upcoming birth of her little girl. Though no one at Cheap Is The *New* Classy is preggers – if Jay is, he REALLY has some explaining to do, we’ve gathered together to bring all of you some amazing prizes geared towards maternity and baby. Bellies To Babies is a celebratory kickoff event as an extension of MamaNYC’s maternity and baby gift guide with the same name. This event will run until January 15th, which means you will have plenty of time to enter all of our giveaways. Good Luck!

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Modern Greetings Personalized Photo and Memory Books @moderngreeting #spon

Modern Greetings ~

Modern Greetings

Like many moms, I cherish all of my pictures. It is a reminder of things that you have done with your kids, things they have accomplished and things that they have done that has made you laugh. I got to review some photo books from Modern Greetings and I have to say, they were even nicer than what I thought they would be.

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I Am Joining The Nutrisystem Nation #nsnation #spon

Nutrisystem Nation ~

I am so excited. I just got word that in January, I will be joining Dawn on Nutrisystem. I can’t wait.
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Beam N Read Reading Lights Review #turkeyhunt

Reading Light by Beam N Read ~
Welcome to the Holiday Turkey Hunt hosted by the WiC Project! Thanksgiving is now over and a ton of bloggers have gotten together to offer you some awesome prizes! The WiC Project has an awesome Grand Prize for you. Please be sure to enter that after you enter for the prize that Cheap Is The *New* Classy has to offer you today!

Win NeoCell Serums and Beauty Mist – $65 Value! {US Ends 12/7} #HoHoHo ***OVER***

NeoCell ~

Welcome to the Holiday HoHoHo Giveaway Hop hosted by The Review Wire! With Christmas being only a few shorts weeks away, we decided that a Hop to help you get ready was in order! This event will run through December 7! Each blogger is giving away prizes valued at $25 or more so make sure that you enter them all!

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Win a Personalized Caricature From Caricature Kingdom {US Ends 11/27} #spon ***OVER***

Caricature Kingdom ~

Caricature Kingdom

I don’t know about you but I can not take a good picture. My smile is crooked and I always look funny. Then there are people like my step daughter who I don’t think could take a bad picture if they tried. I got the great opportunity to get to review a caricature drawing from Caricature Kingdom. I can not say enough about how talented these people are. I don’t have a single picture of me and my husband together that I like, well until now.

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Mike Iaconelli And Other Great Role Models

Mike Iaconelli and Other Great Role Models ~

Mike Iaconelli

John Austin and Mike Iaconelli

Saturday, Oct. 13 my son and my nephew got to meet a few heroes of theirs.  Casey Ashley, Marty Robinson, Gerald Swindle, Terry Scroggins, Kevin VanDam, and then their favorite Mike Iaconelli.  If you have never heard these names, then you probably do not watch any fishing shows.

John Austin’s Washington D.C. Trip

Washington D.C. Trip ~
John Austin had a great time on his school trip to Washington DC.  When they first got there they stopped at McDonalds to get something to eat.  John Austin was amazed by their McDonalds.  It had 2 floors and that amazed him.  He even had to call me and tell me about it.  I thought it was kind of funny how excited he got over the two story McDonalds.

Easy Chili Beans With Bush’s Chili Magic #whatsfordinner

Chili Bean Recipe ~

My family loves chili beans and when I make them, I make enough for at least 2 nights supper. I revised Chili Magic’s recipe to accommodate for that and I altered their recipe just a little bit. No matter how much I make, I only use 1 lb of hamburger. I do this because of two reasons.

1. Hamburger is very expensive.
2. Because I think it tastes just as good.

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