Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your holidays are going well.

A happy blogger told me about a cool site that sells horse tack and gear at unbelievably low prices. What's the catch? They only sell one item a day! You gotta go check it out.... www.tackoftheday.com but be careful this site can become slightly addicting.

Here's the skinny: At noon (Eastern Time) Monday-Friday they post an unbelievably useful and precious item for horse or rider at an equally unbelievable price (paraphrased from their site). They have a limited number of items every day. When they are gone - they are gone. The shipping is reasonable and the products are quality.

To feed the addictions of frugal tackaholics, they have now introduced a "Whinny Alert System". It is a small program you install on your computer that does one thing - it tells you what today's product is automatically every day at noon. It literally whinnys when the noon message is available. What will they think of next?

It seems the snow is coming down all over the country right now, including down south. Up here in the Pacific NW we are seeing 3 storms in a row and our temperatures are dipping into the teens. Its c-c-c-cold! It struck me that there will be a lot of horses wondering how to get through the ice to their water!

If you haven't already bought a stock tank heater or similar product, here is a way to break up the ice on those frozen water tanks. Put a wooden fence post a couple inches in diameter in the water, with one end sticking out of the water. Other objects can work as well, such as a tree limb or in smaller buckets a large dowel. As the temperature drops and the water freezes, the water climbs the post, leaving a sizable air gap between the frozen surface and the water below.

A couple of tugs on the post and the ice breaks without splashing cold water everywhere. This beats getting your shoe wet while stomping or dipping your arm in the frozen water. Keep dry by using a stall fork to take out the layer of ice on the top. Make sure to take out the broken ice because a wider drinking area will encourage horses to drink more often which is essential to helping them stay warm!

Well, yesterday was Cyber Monday. I did a lot of screen shopping and placed my orders wisely. But what about those of us who like to save on the products in the walk-in stores?

Farnam to the rescue!! Click here to go to 43 printable Farnam coupons. Save on products such as IverCare, Leather New, MaxFlex, Quietex, Rain Maker, Thrush XX, StrongyleCare and many many more. The expiration date on most is 9/30/09 but a few expire at the end of December this year.

Christmas idea: You may be a savvy blogger but what about your other horse loving friends? For those friends that do not have access to the coupons just print them out and stick them in a cute envelope, scrapbook a coupon book, or even stick them to a gift calendar. Everyone likes to save money!

I will let you know of other coupons and holiday deals as I come across them. Have fun!