"The Shred" and other things

Everything is so SILENT here lately. I think I must be loosing my edge. Either you guys aren't coming to the blog, OR I am just so good that I am not making any mistakes. I feel like tapping on the computer world and saying, "Is anybody out there?" Well, is anyone out there?

Here is what I have this morning:
McDonald's is offering free mocha coffee samples Every Monday starting at 7 am!!! This expires 8/03/09

Victoria Secret - TODAY only 20% off of a $50 order, with code VS20EXTRA

L.L. Bean - free shipping with no minimum until Jan. 2010 with code, LL 3012422 ( I don't think you NEED the LL but I added just in case) Directions for online order are to click "Redeem Coupon, Gift card, or Promotion" when you reach the "place your order" screen during check out. Enter the LL number and then click "redeem". This came from a catalog.

Wal-Mart seems to be starting their school sales, here are a few things from the ad:
~Eureka 4-in-1 stick vacuum $15
~Sandisk 4GB flash drive $12
~12" Mainstay skillet $10
~18 gallon totes $3.50
~Olay ribbons body wash twin pack $5 - $1c = $4 or $2 a piece, not great but not too bad
~1 subject notebooks .15
~1" binder $2.50
~500 pages of copy paper $2.50
~Sharpie highlighters $1.50
There are other great deals on crayons, markers, erasers, and pencils. Make sure to be looking for these when you enter the store.

TGI Fridays - BOGO meal coupon, you will have to use this link from Dealsplus to get to the pdf coupon

Fuddruckers - another pdf coupon from DealsPlus. This is for $3 off of $15 or $5 off of $25. Kids eat free Monday - Wednesday after 4 pm...so try combining these deals.

Viva Towel - free sample

Dr. Scholls for Her - $2 printable coupon

"The Weight of Silence" - free advanced copy

Free Abry's Burger with drink purchase - coupon, expires 7/12/09

Kohl's - kids clearance clothes, here are some codes available to sweeten the deal:
THANKS9710 (non-Kohl's Charge) 10% off (no minimum)
PERKSPOT100 (non-Kohls Charge) 15% off (Valid for orders of $100+)
SUMMERMVC (Kohls Charge) 15% Valid 6/22 - 7/14
JUNEMVC15 (Kohls Charge) 15% Valid 6/22 - 7/14
SAVE3DAYS (Kohls Charge) 15% Valid 7/10 - 7/12
HOTBUY30 (Kohls Charge) 30% Valid 7/15 - 7/22
Free shipping codes:
MVC9172 Free Shipping (Kohls charge) Exp. 7/11
MVC8186 Free Shipping (Kohls charge) Exp. 7/12
Thanks SLICKDEALS!!!

Target coupons - if you like Kashi now is your time at Target!!! There are tons of coupons for the Kashi products, remember you can combine these with regular manufacturer coupons. You have to hurry because these coupons expire 7/14/09...sorry I didn't check Target sooner...:(

New Balance - great deal on New Balance running shoes, $2.95 for Shipping

Target coupon generator - use this to print multiples at one time, also a coupon for Hershey's Bliss for $1 off, as well as others that I didn't list above

Purina One - Meijer's coupon, $5 off of Purina One 3.3 lbs bag of pet food

Build a Bear - $5 off of $25 coupon

Okay there is more out there but I am going to get off this thing before my eyes start to cross. Have a wonderful day. Drop me a line if you are still out there and reading the blog. I know summer is a rough time for this. To be honest I am getting disenchanted with the whole couponing business. I told a friend that I didn't even feel like going shopping anymore, she asked if I was sick! Maybe I am, I don't know. I guess that as time goes on I just find more and more things to drag away my attention. It is hard to stay focused on a single thing. I am at the moment trying so hard to loose weight. I am on a good track having already dropped around 30 to 35 pounds. Although others don't see it I still want to loose at LEAST another 25 lbs and I would really like to try for another 40 lbs. Loosing this weight means I have to eat differently. I will be honest most of the coupons out there just don't suit my eating habits any more. I do use some but not as many as I was. Also on the sales front there is nothing that I am trying to hunt down and purchase at the moment so that makes it harder to look up new things.

As a side note, one of the bloggers that I follow mentioned the workout DVD "The Shred" by Jillian Michaels. I tried to comment but the way her site was set up I was unable to. She asked how do you get through this video, basically I started with a low, low, low weight. I started with 2 lbs. in each hand. I know that doesn't seem like much but I was able to do the DVD much better this way and build up my stamina. I didn't realize how much I had built it up until I had stopped doing this DVD and switched to another. I tried "The Shred" yesterday with a 5 lb. weight and I am really feeling it this morning. So my suggestion is to start with the lower weight and build up to the weight they recommend, AFTER you have done the workout for awhile. I will be honest this is a hard workout. I totally agree with the reviews on Amazon were the people said they had worked out for years and this was still hard to do. Another thing is don't give up, you will get there. I also recommend staying on the first and second level for a couple of months, the third level is a killer! I hope this helps.

Sources:
~email
~snail mail
~Deals Plus
~Slickdeals

This Mornings Finds

Lets start this morning off right with a few free things to do this summer! This is from Parade.

~Tomato Festival in Grainger Country Tennessee - July 24-26
Includes an art show, antique engine display, and Civil War encampment. The main event is the World famous Tomato Wars!!!

~Wyoming's Cheyenne Frontier Days, July 17-26
Rodeo masters and country stars, free stuff includes a chuckwagon cookoff, or a Timed Event Slack where cowboys strut their stuff. There is also a re-enactment of a batter and a tour through Wild Horse Gulch.

~Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival -Foley, Alabama, June 19-21
Hot area balloons are heated but stay on the ground so you can go by and look at them.

~Machias Wild Blueberry Festival in Maine, Aug 14-16

~All Tennessee Festivals for the Summer - Check out the link to find lots free stuff to do this summer!

Catherines - I have three codes for Catherines on-line good from June 10-June 14. I am not sure if they a single or multi use so I am going to share. Let me know if you use them more than once OR if you try to use and they don't work.
~30% off code 776998775
~40% off code 776998783 or 776999708

Victoria Secret - lots of clothing on sale, tee shirts and pants for $9.99 or less. If you received a catalog in the mail recently there is a coupon code for $10 off good until July 2nd, so look inside the front cover of the catalog!

Kohls - Buy one get one free sale! Sign up for email alerts and save $5 in the store and 10% online. If you have a Kohls' card purchase between June 11th and June 17th and you can get an extra 30% off with code FATHER30.

Christian Book - midweek markdowns

Free box of Kellogg's Crackers - Coupons.com link on the side offers a Target coupon, when you buy 2 Kellogg's products you get a FREE cracker. Buy 2 boxes of cereal and use the $1.50/2 ic from the other day OR if you have two of the $1 coupons for Kellogg's products use those on the two products you have to purchase and still get the crackers for free!

Skinny Cow - yesterday I posted a coupon for this product but is seems to be in a rotating cycle where you can NEVER get it to actually print. I suggest going to this new link and signing up to receive special offers if you are interested in this ice cream product.

Shop 4 Less, Andersonville, TN: Just to let you know you can go by and pick up one of their sales ads and Walmart will price match ANY of the prices, including the ones that Shop 4 Less requires a filled card for. Link is to the the sales ad. Sales run from June 9th to June 14th, they will take coupons!!! Here is what I thought was good:
~Luck's beans or peas .33 a can
~Del Monte peas .33 a can!!!
~Stokley's Green beans .33 a can
~Glade Aerosol spray .50
~Hy-top (their brand) tomato soup .25
~All Laundry Detergent $2.98
~Bounty Basic Paper towels $4.98 - .25c = $4.74
~Del Monte Spaghetti Sauce .78
~Borden shredded cheddar Cheese $1
~Blue Bonnett Margarine spread $1
~Cabbage .33 a head
~Whole Seedless watermelon $3.98
Filled card items (remember this is for their store you can do match ups at Walmart but it has to be the EXACT same product and size mentioned in the Shop 4 Less paper) Some items require more than one filled card so READ THE FINE PRINT! I explained how this works last week. For every $5 spent you get one stamp, after 8 stamps you have a filled card.
~Lots of free dishes with LOTS of filled cards
~Tide Liquid detergent $4.94
~Joy dishliquid .94
~Crest original toothpaste .94
~Tampax tampons $1.94
~Dial 3 pk. .94
~Aunt Jemima pancake mix .94
~Ocean Spray Cranberry juice .94
~Kellogg's Special K cereal $1.94
~Chicken of the Sea Tuna .34
~Captain Crunch cereal .94
~Gerber finger foods and graduates for .94!!!
~Simply orange orange juice .94
~Blue Bonnet Margarine .24!!!
Lots of other stuff this was just the best. I am not a big connoisseur of meat prices so I can't tell you if what they have is good or not so just look at the link provide to determine for yourself.

Going to run and feed the children. I will come back and just start again.

Had to share...

Kohls - $10 off of $20 printable coupon, expires May 10th

DVD and a Movie - purchase select dvds from Best Buy and get a coupon for a free medium pizza from Dominoes; can get free shipping to the store OR pay $2.49 to ship to your home.

Source:
~Dealsplus

Don't forget to check out the post before this one.

Quick Sharing

Here are some things that came through my email that I didn't want to let you miss:

Bath and Body Works - good through Sunday only sale, includes buy 3 signature collection items get 3 free, select items 50% off, plus other great deals

Barnes and Noble - buy 2 bargain books and get one free

French's - coupons...print (2) .50 mustard coupons, use at Kroger get 2 items of mustard for around .50 (that is for both maybe a little less) then get $1 coupon printed out for you at check out (this is a Catlina)

Avon - lots of items on sale, free shipping with any $10 order with code - RFSC9

Coupons.com - more new offers including $1 off of Colgate Total toothpaste

Redplum - has $1.50 off of 2 boxes of Kelloggs cereal. (if you can use this link then try www.redplum.com and look for the grocery coupon link)

Arm and Hammer - new coupons for Arm and Hammer products

Kohls - 10% off your entire order with code NEW3747; remember to use ebates to get extra 2% money back. www.ebates.com if you have already joined, here if you haven't - link

Okay I better run. This weekend and next week with be hit and miss on the posts. We are finally taking spring break!!! We will also have family visiting so this might effect the posts. Just keep checking back.

Thursday

Barnes and Noble - Automatic $5 off when you order a toy on-line...details on the first link (to get to the store go to here) weekly coupons here

Alpha Omega - if you are homeschooling and you use alpha omega publications they have discounted their products 20% in April and 15% off in May.

Heartland America - free shipping on most items with this code 64C2-1109, I believe that large items will be excluded

Food City:
$2.99 - Milk
$1.99 - Strawberries
$2.50 - 3 lb. bag Apples

Walmart, finds from yesterday
$5 Cheaper by the Dozen DVD - $3 ic = $2
$5 Sandlot DVD - $3 ic =$2
$7.50 Garfield DVD - $3 ic = $4.50
$2 Oreo 100 cakesters - $2 c from Kraft First Taste = free
$5.78 Steamfresh meal for 2 + steamfresh veg - $2 c on meal for 2 - free veg = $3.78 for both
$1 Large Eggs
$2 Dentek flossers - $1 c = $1
PS - the movie coupons were on coupons.com; also I did check the price on the clean and clear blackhead eraser and the refill was $5.88 but the actual eraser was $19.xx...I will keep looking. They also had the Didj Leapfrog system clearanced for $39, use $10 coupon from coupons.com

Abbey Press - 40% off one item, code - CC73SPRN

Yo-Plus yogurt - $1.50 printable coupon

Express coupon - printable coupon PLUS online code, get $10 off of $30, $20 off of $60, $30 off of $100, online code 7060

Kohls - 15% off Friday and Saturday March 20th and 21st, use this printable coupon or online code - SAVE15PASS

Eucerin - $1 printable coupon

Murad - Murad 3 step sample

Coupons.com - $1 off of McCormick seasoning, $1 off of McCormick extract and coloring, $10 off of Leapfrog - on sale at Walmart for $49, plus more

American Eagle - buy one get one 50% off all shorts, buy the dress of the day and get free shipping; going to the store then use this printable coupon to get 20% additional off.

Gotta run. As before let me know if something doesn't work.

Wednesday, Part One

Zaxby's - be looking out in the mail, in the local area, for a coupon for free nibblers at Zaxbys

Sunkist - purchase oranges at Walmart and it came with a packet of coupons for Sunkist products

Bounce dryer sheets are $1.97 at Walmart which is cheaper than the $2.25 I quoted from Family Dollar.

UGO - has whole wheat bread for $1.39, and bananas for .28 lb

http://www.coupons.com/ - has new coupons listed

Wii steering wheel - one for $1.99 or a 2 pack for $3.97 with free shipping! This is through Meritline.

Oriental Trading - $10 off of $20 code - ACR911, remember to use ebates (posted a link to ebates and information further down) to get money back on your purchase

Jamba Juice - use this coupon to get their oatmeal for $1 for the whole month!

Coldwater Creek - get 25% off and free shipping with code - WKH1622; if you are going to the store here is a printable coupon for the 25% off - link

Showtime - order showtime and get a $25 rebate

Scouting Gift Tags - customize them for you, there free

Right at Home gift pack - here is the correct link so that you can register for this gift pack

Smartsource - new coupons listed

Tires - get $20 coupon for Firestone tires

Leapfrog - 25% - 50% of some of these products at Amazon

Christianbook - books for .99 to $1.99

Orioles - free baseball game on your birthday!

Redbox free code for today - 75EA16

Alli - if you are doing the Alli diet or are thinking about starting the diet order here and get the product PLUS receive free Wynonna's new full length CD

Kohls - 30% off for Kohls card holders with code -GRAND30OFF good March 4-10, free shipping code is MVC2528 expires March 5th...not sure if you can combine these two codes. Make sure to use ebates to complete this order and get money back.

Reminder for how ebates works:

You can go to ebates and sign up,

Then all stores,

Find your store and click on its link

Once you are there purchase you order like you normally would

OR

Click on the link I provide (for the store)

Put items in your cart

Then open a new window and go to ebates (this method works better after you have already done the initial registering)

All Stores

Find your store and click on the link

Once on the store site go to shopping cart/shopping bag/checkout, whatever that site calls it

Your order will already be there waiting on you.

Purchase your items. When money is credited to your ebates account you will get an email letting you know. Every 3 months if you have earned $5.01 in rebates from your purchases then you will get a paypal or a check in the amount that you have earned! If you are purchasing anyway you might as well save money while doing it.

Ziploc - free sample, this is from Costco and you do not have to be a member to get this sample

Buy 5 items get $5 back rebate - items are Van de Kamp’s, Hungry-Man, Aunt Jemima, Lenders, Mrs. Paul's and Duncan Hines Oven Ready brownies. Dates 3/01- 3/31

Vitamin Shampoo...purchase at CVS, reportedly has a rebate form attached so that you can try the product for free.

Science Hill Diet Pet food - Receive a rebate up to $25 when you purchase this pet food from your Vet, also helps cover vet services! My cat needs to go in this month so this couldn't have come at a better time.

Okay I am going to stop here. Notice the title says "Part One" so we will assume that this is to be continued later. I want to apologize in advance if today's post looks strange. I accidentally deleted my page with the blog and then I had to go back to the edit feature to finish (you bloggers know what I am talking about). When you do this sometimes the spacing just doesn't DO what you want it to DO. I hope that you can make some sense out of this today. More later, time dependent of course.

Monday, lets wheel and deal!

Jennifer's blog - she is back and boy have we missed her finds! Make sure to check her out. It is amazing that we have been thinking along the same lines. She mentions loading coupons on your grocery card and I had done the same thing in my prep work for this post, make sure to follow this advice and you will save extra just as she says.

Here is what I found as I pursued the paper:

Walgreens, slickdeals link
Lays 2/$4
puffs .89 - .25 c = .64
Kelloggs cereal $1.99 - $1 c = .99
Revlon Colorsilk hair color $1.99 - $1c = .99 (thanks to Kim W. for pointing this one out)
Free ink refill with a $5 mail in rebate

CVS, slickdeals link
Post Trail Mix cereal $2 coupon - link, go here and print out twice to use for the BOGO sale, price is $4.59 for 2 use both coupons get both for .59!
(If you know anyone that lives in Pennsylvania get them to send you a sale paper for the Acme store, it has $5 off of pepsi products that would go great with this sale.)
Gillette Fusion razor $7.99 - $4 c = $3.99 plus $4 ECB
Pert shampoo $1.99 - $1 ic = .99, ic at http://www.coupons.com/
$20 Pepsi products $10 ECB
Mentos gum BOGO $1.69 - .55/2 c = $1.14 or .57 a piece
Almay spend $10 get $5 ECB back, starts at $1.99, have $1 c
Intuition razor $8.99 - $2 = $6.99 plus $4 ECB
Advil $1c, Robtussin $2 ic (slickdeals link), Dimetapp $2 ic (slickdeals) buy $15 get $5 ECB
Free tv converter box with government $40 c
Free glucose meter with $30 c
$20 Huggies get $5 ECB ($2 ic link on slickdeals)
Gillette shampoo $4.99 - $2 c = $2.99 get $3 ECB
Sure Deodorant $1.99 - $1 ic = .99 (use the link over the $1 ic, to get the coupon)
Goldfish BOGO, $2.19 or $1.10 for one

Kmart:
Fantastik $2.50 - $1 c = $1.50
Poptarts $1.66
Post cereal $2 - $1/2 c = $1.50 a piece
Hanes sports bras on sale $1 c

Target:
Open Season 2 $16.99 - $3 c = $13.99
Fireproof movie $16.99 - $5 c = $11.99 with purchase of Facing the Giants or Flywheel movie
Act II popcorn $2.19 - .50 = $1.69
Target Snuggle coupon $1 http://www.coupons.com/ combine with $1 from paper

Kroger:
They are still having the buy 10 items get $5 off deal. Looks like they have added some new things to the sale. I am going to list some of them that we have coupons for and then just list some that are really good deals. Something else you might want to do is go to http://www.shortcuts.com/. You have to join, then you enter your Kroger card number and you load coupons to your card. I have been really hesitant to do this because I thought I couldn't use my paper coupons at the same time, but you can! I bought 2 jars of Ragu last week and I used my paper coupon for .75 off of two, plus they took off .50 and $1 from my shortcuts coupons! You can also go to http://www.kroger.com/ and load PG esaver coupons to your card, I have yet to try to purchase a PG product with a paper coupon and use the card, I am hoping that it will let me use both. If you have tried this and it worked for you then let me know and I will pass it along to the others.
List:
Milk - $3.18
Lean Cuisine $1.88
Kroger cheese $1.66
Johnsonville smoked link sausage $2.50; $1/2 so $4 for two
Pepsi $3
Coke $2.50 (buy 3 for $10 get a 4th free, so $4 for $10)
Lays $2.27 (on the special deal, otherwise cheaper at CVS and Walgreens)
Tombstone pizza $3.33 (on 10 deal)
Aquafina water $3.99 (on 10 deal)
Nabisco Crackers $2.39 - $1/2 c = $3.78 for two (on deal)
Tyson fajita kit $4.99 (on deal)
Hormel chili $1.00 (on deal)
Rotel $1 - .30 c - .30 dc = .40 (on deal)
Totinos pizza rolls $2.99 - .35 c - .35 dc = $2.29 (on deal)
French's mustard $1.69 - .50 ic - .50 dc = .69 (link below, on deal)
cattlemens barbeque sauce $1.69 - .75 ic = .94 - link (link good for mustard coupon as well)
Farm Rich Cheese sticks $4.99 - $1c = $3.99 (on deal)
Kens salad dressing $1.96 - $1/2 c = $2.92 (on deal)
Velveeta $4.99 - $1 ic = $3.99 (on deal, coupon at http://www.coupons.com/)
Armour meatballs $2.49 - .55 = $1.94 (on deal)
popcorn $1.99 - .40 c - .40 dc = $1.19 or $1c = .99
Kraft mayo $2.99 - .75 c = $2.24
Daisy sour cream $1.99 - .50 c - .50 dc = .99
coffeemate $3.29 - $1.50 ic = $1.79
Kraft Cheese $1.99 - .75 c = $1.24 (c. is in store in front of product, hopefully...:))
TN pride sausage $5 for 2 - $1/2 c = $4
Hungry man meals $2.50 - $1 ic (http://www.smartsource.com/) = $1.50 (c. is good for the sandwich, not sure if this one is on sale)
Juicy Juice coupon,$1 off of 2 - link, $5 for 2 - $1/2 = $4 (on deal)

Food City:
Orville Popcorn $1.66 - .40 = $1.26, no doubles and no $5 back like Kroger
Birdseye Vegs $1 - .35 c = .65
Kraft Barbeque sauce $1
Sara Lee Bread $1.66

Other stuff:
Freegrabber:
Metamucil - free sample

Oriental Trading - $10 off of $10 code - AVA910

Studded high heel boots - $9.48 + shipping..they are really cute

Coldwater Creek - 60% to 85% sale, free shipping code - WKH1242

Kohls - 60% to 80%, extra 15% off with code NEW15EXTRA, get .99 shipping on each item

Pillsbury - $1 printable coupon on the cookie dough

Shrimp and Cocktail sauce - printable coupon for $1 off of shrimp and .50 off Heinz cocktail sauce

Wishbone dressing - .75 printable coupon

Thanks to slickdeals for the help this morning. My brain feels kind of fried this morning so I think I will leave it here. I am making up some Kroger plans that I will attempt to share in a couple of days.