WICKED!!!

Check it out:

http://www.marcuscenter.org/documents/MKE%20Lottery%20Press%20Release.pdf

They're doing a daily lottery for Wicked tickets!  I was there for a show on Thursday and I saw the people waiting for the lottery--there were only about 20 people hanging around.  They drew 4-6 names and then, if you weren't lucky enough to get your name called, they offered a consolation prize:  Orchestra seating for $40!  The tickets they were offering were row P.  The $40 tickets depend on availability, but if you're lucky and get drawn in the lottery your seats are downright amazing--4th row!  The exciting part is that, since they just started doing this, not many people seem to be participating.  Your chances probably improve on the weekday shows and are even better now, toward the beginning of the run, rather than as the show winds down.  The cast is really fantastic and it was such a fun show!  It's a pretty incredible way to see Wicked on the cheap.  If you don't get drawn and they don't offer the consolation prize, you can always just go to dinner or shopping in the area.  Good luck!~

Pewaukee Water Ski Show

Have you ever heard about the Pewaukee Lake Water Ski Show? It's held every Thursday night in the summer at 6:30pm. It's free - just bring your chairs or blankets and come watch the water skiiers do tricks right on the lake. I think they usually have live music too. (Oh and they also have an ice cream shoppe right there.) It's fun, especially on a warm summer evening!

What other fun things do you like to do in the summer?

Waukesha County Fair - Dollar Day

In case anyone is interested, the Waukesha County Fair is next week in Waukesha. Wednesday, July 21st (opening day) is their Dollar Day. It's $1.00 parking, $1.00 admission (ages 5 and under are free) and 1 ticket rides for $1.25 each. I haven't been but I'm probably going to go (not sure what time) so let me know if anyone wants to join me.

Here's the link: http://www.waukeshacountyfair.com/

Diaper Sale

Amazon has their diapers and wipes for 30% off and free 2-day shipping when you use Subscribe and Save. Just go the baby section and click on "special offers". The 30% doesn't come off until after you enter your payment method (but before you finalize your order), so take an extra 30% off the prices shown. I don't know how the prices compare on everything else, but I got some Huggies Overnites for Ben and Pampers Easy-Ups for Carter for way less than sale price, even with coupons. You can cancel the subscribe and save after you place the order, just go to your account and find the manage my subscriptions link.

67% off Art Museum family membership

That makes the family membership $50 instead of $150. There is another family membership that is $75 but that doesn't get you reciprocity throughout the country like this one does. (There is a list of other museums you can get into with this pass.) Follow this link to today's deal:

http://www.groupon.com/milwaukee/

Which will actually be different tomorrow, so if you're wanting the art museum membership it has to be today!

More Web Searching Rewards

Going along with Nicki's last post about Bing, there's a site called 'Swagbucks' that also gives you rewards for searching.

From this website, I got a basic description of Swagbucks for you.
It’s easy as 1-2-3!

1.Search the web as you normally would using SwagBucks.com search engine. You’ll get results from Google.com and Ask.com.
2.Swag Bucks will be periodically awarded to you as you search. You can win up to 50 Swag Bucks with a single search and on Fridays you can win up to 1000 Swag Bucks with a single search. You can also find and redeem Swag Codes (many of which will be hinted at here at WeLoveSwagBucks) which will add to your Swag Bucks total.
3.Redeem your Swag Bucks for prizes ranging from gift certificates for Amazon, Target and iTunes to televisions, video games, iPods, movie, music and sports collectibles, comics and books, and much much more!

I am normally highly skeptical of this type of internet thing because they are so often full of junk mail, don’t pay out, ask you for way too much personal info, or just take too much time, but SwagBucks.com is really working for us. I have used Swagbucks for several months and already been able to redeem my digital dollars for 8 Amazon giftcards, which I've used for a couple of books for the kids and myself, and now I'm saving my Amazon cards to get Evelyn her very own camera.

Here's where you come in. When I gain friends, or people who join swagbucks through my links, Swagbucks matches the first 1,000 points earned by those friends. It would be awesome if you sign up with Swagbucks.com right now and start earning money for us both, doing one thing you do occasionally anyway; searching the web. Just click on my banner below to become my friend!

Bing Cashback

If you do much online shopping, it might be worth your while to shop while using MS search engine "Bing". Bing offers "cashback" through several retailers. For example, I recently made a purchase on overstock.com. Rather than typing their address into my browser, I did a search on Bing for "overstock". When I clicked on the link, Bing offered me 15% cashback on my purchase (if I paid with PayPal). Anyway, it sounds complicated, but it really wasn't. Again, it's worth trying if you shop online.