We’re getting in the holiday mood around these parts! Show us how you celebrate a “Thrifty Halloween,” and in return, you could win a $50 Walmart Gift Card courtesy of Discount Queens! All you have to do is upload a festive picture and get your friends to vote for you – easy! Head over HERE to our Facebook page for more details and to upload your photo. You never know, that photo could make you $50 richer .

I’ve got a thrifty costume idea coming shortly, but here’s one of my photos from last year. How about using some of that cheap Betty Crocker Cookie mix that’s seems to always go sale during the fall for entertainment:

Final call!! We will be picking a random winner tonight for our $20 Walmart Gift  Card Giveaway! It’s super easy to enter, just head over HERE for all the details.

Remember that Amazon Gift Card Giveaway we posted a while back? Well, I’ve got the winners! Congratulations!

$50 Gift Card Winner: Yvette Rivas

- http://searchingforimaginaires.tumblr.com/post/10825564625/coupons-and-couponing

$20 Gift Card Winner: Melanie

- http://melaniesmusings.net/couponing-101-ebook-from-discount-queens/

You have both been sent an e-mail asking for your contact info. Please respond within 48 hours. Thanks to all who entered and for those who didn’t win, we’ve got another Walmart Gift Card Giveaway coming soon so stay tuned!

It’s time to start getting those holiday cards ready! If you’re in need of some family or kids pictures I have special treat for each of you. Natural light photographer Jessica Southfield is offering readers an awesome deal for a family photo session PLUS is giving away a free session + CD to one lucky reader!

About Jessica and her photography business Busy Bee Photography:

“I am a self taught, natural light photographer who specializes in children and babies. I am a Mom of 7 kids ages 10 to 5months so I get a lot of practice! When my first child was born I became obsessed with capturing her personality in photographs so I read everything I could get my hands on about photography! I started with my own kiddos, then started doing pictures for friends and family, and before I knew it Busy Bee Photography was born!”

Check out some of her work. I love how natural and fresh the pictures look. Not overly edited like I see so many times!

For local Idaho Discount Queens Reader:
*$65 for a 40 minute “mini session” which includes the best 15-20 images from your session fully edited on a CD

And for one lucky reader:
* 1 FREE family session ($75 value) which includes the best 20-25 images from the session fully edited on a CD

Enter this giveaway now by clicking the “more” link below, or contact Jessica to set up your family photo session.

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Our $50 Facebook gift card winner for the month of September is elizabeth.howard13@*****.com

Please check your email and respond within 48 hours to redeem your prize! Thanks everyone for participating! Want to win October’s gift card? Just head over to our Facebook page and start referring friends! Each referral will get you an entry into the contest.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of GFI for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

I wish I had a dollar for every time my computer shut down, stalled, or completely crashed due to a virus attack. Seriously, it’s an occupational hazard being a coupon blogger – or really a hazard for any freebie/coupon seeking person. It’s a crazy e-world out there and while we try to test and qualify each offer posted, you never know when a sneaky little virus will pop up. I hope I haven’t scared you off – it’s not completely hopeless! Virus attacks and malware issues are avoidable with a good, secure antivirus system in place.

I had the chance to review and post about VIPRE Antivirus software here on Discount Queens. Here are a few current review by customers:

PCMag.com – 4 out of 5 stars:

“VIPRE is a very good standalone antivirus tool that outscores all but the very best of its competition in my tests.

ComputerActive.co.uk – 4 out of 5 stars:

“…It used very little memory and didn’t hog the processor’s power while scanning, so it’s a good choice for less-powerful computers…

VirusExperts.org

“Vipre Antivirus is the solution for protection against most of threats (Viruses and Malware) without slowing down the system…

PC Pro – 5 out of 6 stars:

“In our malware test this provided respectable, if not world-beating protection. Vipre recognized 93% of this month’s threats”

Sounds pretty great huh? It not only protects, but unlike most antivirus software, it DOESN”T slow your computer down. With the amount of time I spend searching and posting deals, computer speed is must for me. So, how would you like to try it for free?! VIPRE has teamed up with Discount Queens to offer one lucky reader a completely free 1 year download of one of the best antivirus software services available. All you have to do is click  the “more’” button below and enter.

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