Fun and Frugal

Friday, Nov. 13

• The Museum Center at 5ive Points in downtown Cleveland is hosting an Appalachian Artisans’ Holiday Open House Friday November 13 from noon to 5:00 and Saturday November 14 from 10:00 – 3:00. The event is a chance for people to get a head start on their holiday shopping. Twenty-four vendors who sell in the Museum Store will be on hand with additional items to sell to the public. The event is free of charge. For further information call The Museum Center at 5ive Points at 423-339-5745 or visit www.MuseumCenter.org.
• Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church on N Ocoee St in Cleveland is hosting the Made in Cleveland Craft Fair this weekend. It’s Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th from 9 till 2 each day.  The show will have over 25 booths with lots of different crafts as well as a bake and plant sale, a country store, and some other fun stuff.  (Thanks, Aimee)
• The Embassy will hold their monthly couples night out on Friday, November 13, 2009 from 7-9 pm at the Administration building of Lee University, located on Ocoee street. They will have dinner, a guest speaker, and optional ballroom dance lessons. This event is free. Donations are welcome and those received this month and next month will go to support House of Mercy, an orphanage in Nairobi Kenya that has recently flooded. For more info please visit: www.houseofmercykenya.com. Please RSVP for The Embassy’s Free Date Night by noon Friday, Nov. 13 by going to www.embassy-cleveland.com or by emailing jessipage26 {at} gmail {dot} com.
• From Chattanoogafun.com: Nov. 13 10 am – 10 pm Nov. 14 10 am – 10 pm The new MoonPie® General Store will be inside of Rock Point Books at 4th and Broad Streets in downtown Chattanooga. The will stock factory-fresh MoonPies, icy-cold RC Colas and will also offer a variety of unique gifts and authentic “general store” experiences – logoed merchandise, themed gift baskets, nostalgic snacks, soft drinks, toys, MoonPie-themed folk art, a widescreen TV with news stories and up-close footage from the MoonPie factory and much more. Customers will be treated to free samples, including the brand new MoonPie® Crunch™ Chocolate Mint item, signature MoonPie-inspired desserts and coffees from Blue Plate®, Clumpies® and Greyfriar’s®, acoustic country music, books signings with author David Magee and opening weekend specials on select merchandise items. Both days, the WORLD’S LARGEST MOONPIE will be on display, with a ceremonial “pie-cutting” at 2 PM Saturday. Weighing 55 lbs., measuring 40” in diameter and 6” in height and boasting 14 lbs. of marshmallow, 6 lbs. of chocolate and 45,000 calories, the World’s Largest MoonPie will then be served to all in attendance, as long as it lasts. For more information about MoonPies, visit www.moonpie.com.

Saturday, Nov. 14

• Kids Eat Free all day Saturday with this coupon at Southern Smokehouse BBQ located at corner of Keith and 17th St in Cleveland!  Thanks, Southern Smokehouse BBQ for sponsoring Funandfrugal.com!
• The Museum Center at 5ive Points in downtown Cleveland is hosting an Appalachian Artisans’ Holiday Open House Friday November 13 from noon to 5:00 and Saturday November 14 from 10:00 – 3:00. The event is a chance for people to get a head start on their holiday shopping. Twenty-four vendors who sell in the Museum Store will be on hand with additional items to sell to the public. The event is free of charge. For further information call The Museum Center at 5ive Points at 423-339-5745 or visit www.MuseumCenter.org.
• GET YOUR FREE FUNANDFRUGAL.COM T-SHIRT AND CAR WINDOW DECAL!* It’s the 4th Annual Holiday Open House at First Christian Church in Cleveland from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. The church is located at 3925 N Ocoee St, in between First United Methodist Church and Ocoee Crossing/Blythe Ave. Purchase or order gifts for your holiday giving. Light Refreshments and door prizes! The following vendors will be on hand: Funandfrugal.com, Pat’s Lye Soap, Pampered Chef, Arbonne International, Avon, Gold Canyon Candles, Thirty-One, Creative Memories, Mary Kay, Home Decor Direct, Rada Knives, My Piggy Tails, and pottery and baked goods, too. Call the church at 423.472.6682 for more info. (Thanks for the info, Leslie and Jackie!) *FREE FUNANDFRUGAL.COM T-SHIRTS TO THE FIRST TEN PEOPLE TO STOP BY THE FUNANDFRUGAL.COM BOOTH.  ADDITIONAL SHIRTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE FOR $5.  ASK FOR A FREE FUNANDFRUGAL.COM CAR WINDOW DECAL!
• Wesley Memorial UMC on N Ocoee St in Cleveland is hosting the Made in Cleveland Craft Fair this weekend. It’s Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th from 9 till 2 each day.  The show will have over 25 booths with lots of different crafts as well as a bake and plant sale, a country store, and some other fun stuff.  (Thanks, Aimee)
• From Chattanoogafun.com: Nov. 13 10 am – 10 pm Nov. 14 10 am – 10 pm The new MoonPie® General Store will be inside of Rock Point Books at 4th and Broad Streets in downtown Chattanooga. The will stock factory-fresh MoonPies, icy-cold RC Colas and will also offer a variety of unique gifts and authentic “general store” experiences – logoed merchandise, themed gift baskets, nostalgic snacks, soft drinks, toys, MoonPie-themed folk art, a widescreen TV with news stories and up-close footage from the MoonPie factory and much more. Customers will be treated to free samples, including the brand new MoonPie® Crunch™ Chocolate Mint item, signature MoonPie-inspired desserts and coffees from Blue Plate®, Clumpies® and Greyfriar’s®, acoustic country music, books signings with author David Magee and opening weekend specials on select merchandise items. Both days, the WORLD’S LARGEST MOONPIE will be on display, with a ceremonial “pie-cutting” at 2 PM Saturday. Weighing 55 lbs., measuring 40” in diameter and 6” in height and boasting 14 lbs. of marshmallow, 6 lbs. of chocolate and 45,000 calories, the World’s Largest MoonPie will then be served to all in attendance, as long as it lasts. For more information about MoonPies, visit www.moonpie.com.

Sunday, Nov. 15

• The Chattanooga Market is open every Sunday from 11-4 with free admission through 12/7/09. They have local produce, crafters, vendors, musical entertainment, and a different theme each week. Visit chattanoogamarket.com for more info.

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