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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Free Starbucks Coffee on Earth Day
Starbuck's is giving away a free cup of coffe to everyone who brings in a reuseable mug on Earth Day, 04/22/11.
http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/community/community-serviceFree Starbuck's Coffee
10.00 Q for Lowe's
Get a 10.00/50.00 coupon for any purchase at Lowe's.
http://events.lowes.com/Source/promo.html?cm_mmc=aff_gan-_-k1971-_-GAN_1149966169-_-Primary
http://events.lowes.com/Source/promo.html?cm_mmc=aff_gan-_-k1971-_-GAN_1149966169-_-Primary
Free Hunt's Ketchup
Free Hunt's ketchup when you buy Hebrew National hot dogs.
http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=6EHLTJX4C2MRO
http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=6EHLTJX4C2MRO
Brita Coupon
4.00/1 3 pack of Brita filters or a Brita system
http://coupons.allyou.com/Couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=14803&nid=10&zid=rd17&cid=16122146&bid=ccr010uyeagdac9102336439
Kids Eat Free
This article from All You has a list of restaurants where the kiddos eat free.
http://www.allyou.com/budget-home/money-shopping/kids-eat-free-restaurants-00411000069494/?xid=hotdeals-news-033011
Price Chopper Thursday Coupons
Price Chopper's coupons aren't that great this week, but here they are.
http://www.pricechopper.com/
http://www.pricechopper.com/
Free Dessert at Arby's
You can grab a coupon for a free dessert at Arby's with the purchase of a value meal.
http://www.arbys.com/AprilArbysExtrasoffer03312011/?CID=e_arbysextras03312011
NY and Company
NY and Co is giving 25.00 to new account members. They are also having a 50% off everything sale until 04/02/11. Use code: 5566 for free shipping over 99.00.
http://www.nyandcompany.com/nyco/browse/supercategory.jsp?categoryId=cat60036&selectedId=cat60036&addFacet=1002%3Acat60036&icid=11029
5 Quart Pressure Cooker
This 5 qt. pressure cooker could be a working girl's best friend. Cooking time is reduced 70% when a meal is cooked in a pressure cooker. The new models are much safer to use than the old ones, and this one sells for 59.97. You can rack up energy savings too, making this a frugalista's kitchen tool. (not to mention the health benefits to eating home cooked meals)
You can check it out here:
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=790267&ecid=E113E&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=E113E&em_id=radqueen1@msn.com
This 5 qt. pressure cooker could be a working girl's best friend. Cooking time is reduced 70% when a meal is cooked in a pressure cooker. The new models are much safer to use than the old ones, and this one sells for 59.97. You can rack up energy savings too, making this a frugalista's kitchen tool. (not to mention the health benefits to eating home cooked meals)
You can check it out here:
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=790267&ecid=E113E&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=E113E&em_id=radqueen1@msn.com
Summer Picnics in Frugal Style
How's this for summer picnics? This table cloth comes in varied sizes at Penney's. The 52" square is on sale for 12.00. Free shipping to the store. Reviews have 5 stars.
For some reason I can't do a link. But use www.jcp.com and go to clearance tab. Choose 'kitchen and dining'.
Puppy Chow, 2.00 Q
You can grab a 2.00/1 Q for Puppy Chow here:
http://register.purina.com/content/puppychow_healthystart_verify?ProvId=9&RefSite=rm_mysg
Freshetta 1.00/1 Q
1.00/1 Freshetta pizza here:
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=yc5ffaz75321406&bt=vi&o=80976&c=FR&p=sfqzHSXW
Tyson, 4.00 Coupons
1.00/1 Tyson chicken sandwiches AND 1.00/1 Grilled and Ready fillets or strips, AND 1.00/1 Any'tizers, AND 1.00/1 Nuggets.
4.00 in coupons in all.
http://www.tyson.com/Consumer/Promotions/Coupons.aspx
Reach or Listerine
1.00/1 Q for either Reach products for kids or Listerine.
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?bt=vi&tqnm=zlhjagx531489&o=79818&c=JJ&p=Ybw2Idr7
2.00 Rib Coupon
KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce has a 2.00 off pork ribs coupon with purchase of any variety of their sauce.
http://www.grilling.com/offers/kcm2offerribs/?utm_source=BurstMedia&utm_medium=PaidMedia&utm_term=kcm-300x250-concept2-slide-v0-2-5.swf&utm_content=Flash&utm_campaign=FY11 AMJ KC Masterpiece
Fisher Price Coupons
You can grab lots of printable coupons for Fisher Price toys here:
http://offers.e-centives.com/mcp/pd.cfm?encp=6YkGIpaafhHyZzG6H6AoW0l3BXqW%2BIvXEZeFxXKfSL%2Fihv%2BKvW4vlfWlsG7DQOlzunQ8TpPIZSM6%0D%0A2KPc3f7w3dYPde1uDxLps5muEgKiNvqJTAm6dnRzow%3D%3D
They total 28.00.
laugh n learn soccer ball |
You can grab lots of printable coupons for Fisher Price toys here:
http://offers.e-centives.com/mcp/pd.cfm?encp=6YkGIpaafhHyZzG6H6AoW0l3BXqW%2BIvXEZeFxXKfSL%2Fihv%2BKvW4vlfWlsG7DQOlzunQ8TpPIZSM6%0D%0A2KPc3f7w3dYPde1uDxLps5muEgKiNvqJTAm6dnRzow%3D%3D
They total 28.00.
Maxwell House 1.00/1 Q
Walmart has a 1.00/1 coupon for Maxwell House Daily brew here:
http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid96991.aspx
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Free Biore Sample
Today's free sample is here:
http://www.facebook.com/bioreskin?sk=app_186897311355639#!/bioreskin?sk=app_186897311355639
Coffee Splurges, Frugalista Style
Cafe Vienna
1/2 cup instant coffee
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup dry milk
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Stir all ingredients together and process in food processor or blender until powdered. Use 2 teaspoons for 1 cup of hot water.
Swiss Mocha
1/2 cup instant coffee
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup dry milk
2 tablespoons cocoa
Stir ingredients together and process in food processor or blender until powdered. Use 2 tablespoons to 4 oz hot water
Cappuccino
1/2 cup instant coffee
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup dry milk
1/2 teaspoon dried orange peel, mashed up
Stir ingredients together and process in a food processor or blender until powdered. Use 2 tablespoons to 1 cup of hot water
1/2 cup instant coffee
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup dry milk
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Stir all ingredients together and process in food processor or blender until powdered. Use 2 teaspoons for 1 cup of hot water.
Swiss Mocha
1/2 cup instant coffee
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup dry milk
2 tablespoons cocoa
Stir ingredients together and process in food processor or blender until powdered. Use 2 tablespoons to 4 oz hot water
Cappuccino
1/2 cup instant coffee
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup dry milk
1/2 teaspoon dried orange peel, mashed up
Stir ingredients together and process in a food processor or blender until powdered. Use 2 tablespoons to 1 cup of hot water
The Invisible Mom
The Invisible Mother ( I don't know who authored this piece. I received it in an e mail)
It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the
way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and
ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm on
the phone?'
Obviously not; no one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or
sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner because no
one can see me at all. I'm invisible. The invisible Mom. Some days I am
only a pair of hands, nothing more! Can you fix this? Can you tie this?
Can you open this??
Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a
clock to ask, 'What time is it?' I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What
number is the Disney Channel?' I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30,
please.'
Some days I'm a crystal ball: 'Where's my other sock? Where's my phone?
What's for dinner?'
I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the
eyes that studied history, music and literature--but now, they had
disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going,
she's going, she's gone!
One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a
friend from England. She had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and
she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting
there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was
hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself. I was feeling pretty
pathetic, when she turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and
said, 'I brought you this.' It was a book on the great cathedrals of
Europe. I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her
inscription: 'With admiration for the greatness of what you are building
when no one sees.'
In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would
discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after
which I could pattern my work: 1) No one can say who built the great
cathedrals--we have no record of their names. 2) These builders gave
their whole lives for a work they would never see finished. 3) They made
great sacrifices and expected no credit. 4) The passion of their
building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything.
A story of legend in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the
cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny
bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why are
you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be
covered by the roof, No one will ever see it And the workman replied,
'Because God sees.'
I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was
almost as if I heard God whispering to me, "I see you. I see the
sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does."
No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake
you've baked, no Cub Scout meeting, no last minute errand is too small
for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but
you can't see right now what it will become.
I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As
one of the people who show up at a job that they will never see
finished, to work on something that their name will never be on. The
writer of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever
be built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing to
sacrifice to that degree.
When I really think about it, I don't want my son/daughter to tell the friend
he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, "My Mom gets up at 4
in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a
turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table." That
would mean I'd built a monument to myself I just want him to want to
come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend,
he'd say, "You're gonna love it there..."
As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're
doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will
marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been
added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible mothers.
Share this with all the Invisible Moms you know... I just did!
It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the
way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and
ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm on
the phone?'
Obviously not; no one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or
sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner because no
one can see me at all. I'm invisible. The invisible Mom. Some days I am
only a pair of hands, nothing more! Can you fix this? Can you tie this?
Can you open this??
Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a
clock to ask, 'What time is it?' I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What
number is the Disney Channel?' I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30,
please.'
Some days I'm a crystal ball: 'Where's my other sock? Where's my phone?
What's for dinner?'
I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the
eyes that studied history, music and literature--but now, they had
disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going,
she's going, she's gone!
One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a
friend from England. She had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and
she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting
there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was
hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself. I was feeling pretty
pathetic, when she turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and
said, 'I brought you this.' It was a book on the great cathedrals of
Europe. I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her
inscription: 'With admiration for the greatness of what you are building
when no one sees.'
In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would
discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after
which I could pattern my work: 1) No one can say who built the great
cathedrals--we have no record of their names. 2) These builders gave
their whole lives for a work they would never see finished. 3) They made
great sacrifices and expected no credit. 4) The passion of their
building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything.
A story of legend in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the
cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny
bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why are
you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be
covered by the roof, No one will ever see it And the workman replied,
'Because God sees.'
I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was
almost as if I heard God whispering to me, "I see you. I see the
sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does."
No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake
you've baked, no Cub Scout meeting, no last minute errand is too small
for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but
you can't see right now what it will become.
I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As
one of the people who show up at a job that they will never see
finished, to work on something that their name will never be on. The
writer of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever
be built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing to
sacrifice to that degree.
When I really think about it, I don't want my son/daughter to tell the friend
he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, "My Mom gets up at 4
in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a
turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table." That
would mean I'd built a monument to myself I just want him to want to
come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend,
he'd say, "You're gonna love it there..."
As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're
doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will
marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been
added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible mothers.
Share this with all the Invisible Moms you know... I just did!
The Hidden Letter, A Wedding, and Daddy
This morning I opened an old book to use as a reference. Hidden in the back pages I found a pink piece of paper with a hand made border of pink and a blue flower in each corner. Looking closer I saw 2 faded blue hearts with smile faces in the center. I smiled and wondered which of our girls made this and for whom. The pink was a dead give away, so I automatically removed our son from the mix.
The message is written in pick, which has also faded. Squinting near a good source of light I could make out that the message was for me. I also could read, "I love you."
The timing of this find is miraculous. The letter is from our youngest daughter, who just yesterday chose her wedding gown for her upcoming wedding. In the back of all of our minds is, we wish Daddy were here to give away his youngest daughter. He would be giving her away to a man that she chose that is just like her daddy in many ways. The most important being he is kind and gentle, but exudes a quiet strength.
I know 'Daddy Bob' ( that's story in itself) will be there, giving her away. He never could pass up an opportunity to wear a tux and flash that gorgeous smile of his.
The message is written in pick, which has also faded. Squinting near a good source of light I could make out that the message was for me. I also could read, "I love you."
The timing of this find is miraculous. The letter is from our youngest daughter, who just yesterday chose her wedding gown for her upcoming wedding. In the back of all of our minds is, we wish Daddy were here to give away his youngest daughter. He would be giving her away to a man that she chose that is just like her daddy in many ways. The most important being he is kind and gentle, but exudes a quiet strength.
I know 'Daddy Bob' ( that's story in itself) will be there, giving her away. He never could pass up an opportunity to wear a tux and flash that gorgeous smile of his.
Easter Candy Coupon
2.00/2 Mars easter candy coupon can be grabbed here:
http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=MFH7FMZ7PTXAK
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
17 Magazine, 5.00, 1 Year
Amazon has a lightning deal on Seventeen magazine. 5.00/ 1 year.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27
Walgreen Information
This link has all the information you need to know about the various ways to save with Walgreens
http://www.walgreens.com/topic/save/sale-and-values.jsp
6PM.Com
http://www.6pm.com/ is offering these sandles in toddler sizes. They are 7.94.
6pm also offers these sneakers in youth sizes for 12.00.
http://www.6pm.com/world-industries-kids-triton-youth-white-navy
ebates has 2.5% cash back
UPDATE, This is Exciting
The Kellogg's 10.00 rebate can be done 5 times per household. It is for a prepaid gift card to use on gas. Only select products qualify.
Kids Eat Free 03/29 at Chili's
Today only, kids eat free with the purchase of an adult entree at Chili's.
http://chilis.zuberance.com/offersV2/singleOfferBuy/23774878
10.00 Kellogg's Coupons
If you don't have a stock of Kellogg's cereals, you can go here for 10.00 in coupon savings.
http://www2.kelloggs.com/Coupon.aspx
10.00 Rebate From Kellogg's
This form for a 10.00 rebate from Kellogg's is a PDF file. I assume you print it out and send in the UPC codes. It doesn't look like any cash receipts are needed. I would read the fine print. I'm going to jump on this one. If there is a problem, I will update you on it.
http://www2.kelloggs.com/AARP/rewards/FIMSingle.pdf
http://www2.kelloggs.com/AARP/rewards/FIMSingle.pdf
Organic Valley Qs
Lots of coupons for Organic Valley products can be found here:
http://www.organicvalley.coop/coupons/
Price Chopper, CNY and Northern Pennsylvania 03/27-04/02
Price Chopper is having a 1/2 price sale this week. Here are some of them. There are multiple other 1/2 price items that you can find here: www.pricechopper.com
PC ketsup |
Wishbone |
Maxwell Master Blend |
Ray's BBQ sauce |
center cut pork chops |
Friehoffer country white |
Entemann's donuts |
Ragu Sauce |
Betty Crocker fruit snacks |
PC pretzels |
Wise cheese doodles |
Kellogg's Q
1.00/2, any Kellogg's cereal
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?bt=vi&tqnm=yc2lcby95251364&o=84057&c=KG&p=ixoQy4mg
Gerber Baby Food Q
You can grab 1.00/3 Gerber twin packs here:
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?bt=vi&tqnm=ycvkdou57421619&o=84577&c=GR&p=8ezvfHQ7
50.00 GC for 23.00
Eversave has a deal today with shoebacca. You can get a 50.00 certificate for 23.00. This company offers free shipping and returns. Sounds like a win win for everyone. The deal is under Buffalo, NY.
http://www.eversave.com/buffalo
Organic Cotton Dress
Imagine this cute dress on your infant. It is 100% organic cotton. You can find it on Zulily today for 14.99. Click on Nosilla Organics.
http://www.zulily.com/
More Good Coupons
1.00/1 Hillshire deli meat
1.00/1 lb Land o Lakes deli cheese
1.00/2 General Mills Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch
3.00/1 Huggies, 60 count or larger
2.99 for a small Quizno sub
BOGO Friskies Tasty Treats
http://www.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=14997&zid=iq55&nid=10&varb=cd3383&bid=alk03291003353feb304376414
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