Thursday

Early Easter craft: A homemade flower garden.

Materials:

Egg Carton (cut to the size you want)

Craft sticks

Glue

Can use construction paper to make flowers or like this one you can take regular paper and color, cut, and paste a flower on the stick.

Direction for the base material (homemade clay):

Flour: 2 cups

Table Salt 3/4 cup

water 3/4 cup

oil 6 drops

Use some green food coloring to make it look like grass.

Just fill the cup of the egg carton with the homemade clay then just stick the decorated flower in the clay and wait for it to harden.

Now to the deals:

Talbot - clearance items, plus get 20% off and free shipping with code 024157316; don't forget to use ebates to make this purchase to get money back. Thanks to Slickdeals for the free shipping code.

Freebies for Babies - if you are looking for free items for babies here is a good blog to check out.

Avon - sale items, free shipping on $20 order - code RFSC7

Chadwicks - private sale use this code to access - SHHSPRING

Barnes and Noble - weekly coupons

Amazon - Tag book and system on sale, around $10 off

Pepperridge farm cookies - $1 printable coupon (currently available at Target)

Kahiki - printable coupons, one is $1 off of 2, another one is buy 2 get one free...should be able to use both at the same time.

Hooked on Phonics - get 10% off with code - SAVE10

I Can't Believe It's Butter - .75 printable coupon

Green Works - .50 printable coupon, on this cleaner

LeapFrog Didj - $20 printable coupon, expires 3/27/09...some Walmarts reportedly have this clearanced down to $15...I don't know about the local area.

Scholastic Store - they have some items clearanced down, get free shipping on a $25 order with code - FSWINTER

American Girl - free shipping code - A392211 or for $10 off of $30 use code - 161357.

That is it for now. Have a good day.

Thursday

Thanks to all you that keep coming to the blog. I feel like the greatest thing since sliced bread! Read, share, enjoy!

Okay I had to come back and add this! If you have not joined Netflix but are interested now is the perfect time. Go to ebates sign up if you haven't done so already, then look on the home page of ebates for a coupon for Netflix or you can click on the link that shows DVD/magazine savings. If you join Netflix at this time, best I can tell you are signing up for a free trial... you get $18 in your ebates account!

Talbots - 50% off sale

Subway sweepstakes - this is for a year of DirectTv, XBOX, or meeting Tony Parker

Betty Crocker - coupons

Chadwick - clearance starting at $9.99, use ebates to make the deal sweeter; get 10% off any order with code - CHAM9

Kim K. did this so it works! At Walgreens Dove products has RR where if you buy 4 products you get $2 RR, 6 products get $6 RR, 8 products get $10 RR. Dove soap (single bar) is on sale for .99 in the sales paper. You can purchase 6 for .99 and 2 for full price ($1.59) and get $10 RR. Thank you Kim for this great find and for sharing!!!! Have coupons for $1 off of 6 bars, wonder if this would work on the 6 individual bars.

One of the forums I watch says that you can also buy 8 trial Dove deodorants and get the $10 RR. Can use $1.50 off 2 coupons, does not exclude trail sizes!

Could do the Dove like this:
x6 Dove bars $5.94 - $1/6c = $4.94
x2 Dove trial size deodorant (.99 a ea.) $1.98 - $1.50 = .48
oop = $4.94 + .48 = $5.42, get $10 RR

Woman Within - items starting at $3.88, use code WWTAKE50 to take 50% off the highest priced item

Starbucks - sandwich and coffee for $3.95

Ralph Lauren - sale, free shipping code - RTNC7565

Alpo - BOGO on Alpo

Depends - printable coupon

Dunkin Donuts - 4 printable coupons, including a free small iced coffee or tea

Okay I need to run and do a few other things...answer emails, research, etc. I hope that you have a wonderful day. Check out the blog and share it with others. Thanks again to Kim K. for sharing her Walgreens find!

Thursday

Southern Savers - Jennifer shared this on her blog...check it out.

Talbots - Buy one item get another one for 50% off.

Avon - free shipping on $20 purchase, code - RFSC4

Aeropostale - 70% off sale

Staples - really good clearance items, mini optical wireless mouse for $7.90!

Quizons $5 off of $20 online code - 925, or printable coupon here

Rockport - shoes on sale at Amazon

Jessica London clearance - code for 50% off one item - JLC4994, can try to combine with clearance, code expires 2/01/09

Tide to Go - $1 off printable coupon

Big Lots - 20% printable coupon good until Feb. 1st.

Febreeze sport - sample...not sure whether I already sent this out or not, so I am doing it again. :)

Victoria Secret - admittedly Victoria doesn't have many secrets...but here is a 20% printable coupon on in store purchases.

Dick's Sporting Goods - $10 off of $50 printable coupon good until 2/28/09

Sally's coupons - some buy one get one free coupons...do this quick, they expire on 1/31/09

GNC - $5 off of $35, expires Feb. 28, 2009

Free coffee - Take coupon to the Borders Cafe (I think this is in the Borders book store) buy one coffee and get a free coffee or a pastry

Party City - $10 off of $30 printable coupon, expires Feb. 1, 2009

Master Choice - no store in my local area offers this brand but just in case some of you readers need it, here is $10 in coupons for the Master Choice brand, expires Jan. 31, 2009...so gettem' quick

Rice Works - coupon for a free bag...not sure where you can purchase this time.

Del Monte - Submit the brief form below to Take $1.00 off any 1 (one) Del Monte® Citrus Bowl, Orchard Select®, or SunFresh® Refrigerated Glass Jar, or any 2 (two) Del Monte® Fruit Naturals® products. Also, take $1.25 off any 2 (two) Del Monte SuperFruit™ cups

Scotch Fur Figher - $2 printable coupon

Everyday eating coupons, there is $1 off of Nestle pure life water and $1 off of 2 Lean Cuisine meals, if you have not signed up and have never printed any coupons from here then you can print a total of 10 coupons per item..once you do that it doesn't seem to refresh. I have tried to print more and it keeps telling me I have done my limit...I guess I will have to try another computer...:) The water is on sale for $3 at Walmart making it $2 for 30 bottles of water (I think it was 30 bottles in the pack), and the Lean Cuisine is on sale for $1.88 at Kroger so makes it $1.38 a piece when you buy 2.

Food Lion - web coupons...I think if you click on the print button you get coupons that are good just at Food Lion which you can combine with manufacturers coupons to make the deal better. If you click on "coupons" you will get the coupons that are on the smartsource website.

Pam - $1 off of pam spray

Friday: Sharing Thoughts and Deals

Check out Alicia's new blog post. Coupons for free Ocean spray juice at Target. She tells some coupons that she found on the Food City Shelves.

Venting Section: You know the phrase "Knowledge is Power", well let me give you some knowledge to empower you. First of all did you know that because O'Bama stumbled on the oath at the Inauguration that he had to do it over! Him and the Chief Justice met at the White House and preformed the oath again (article) This time he didn't use a Bible.... Did you know that the new Secretary of the Treasury in O'Bama's administration didn't pay taxes! (article, information on the man) This means the guy over the IRS didn't pay his taxes.... Did you know that in O'Bama's first 2 days of office he signed a executive order that will shut down Gitmo in one year? Gitmo is the prison that was built after 911 to house the terrorists. It is on the island off of the coast Cuba where we have a military base. They were put there BECAUSE if they come into the United States then they have the same legal rights in the courts as a US citizen, I am sure there are other reasons, but the point is now that we are closing the prison for the terrorists that killed the innocent Americans...where are we going to put the terrorists! (article - look at paragraph 5) O'Bama's administration said they would not hire any lobbyist...they have already broken that (article, best I could find in a pinch). I don't really care if they do that. I am sure that other administrations have hired lobbyists, the point is they said they wouldn't. Their excuse, well there has to be a "responsible exception to every rule". You decided what you think. Don't listen to just me, do some research. Find out what is going on. Let me tell you one more thing, recently gas prices dropped, one reason was because Bush dropped the ban on off- shore drilling. You do realize they probably never got around to actually drilling, it was just the idea that dropped the price. Now our NEW president says he is going to but the ban back in place...so what does that mean, GAS IS GOING UP! You watch and see.

Now that I have given you all this great knowledge and your homework assignment we will do some deal hunting:

Freegrabber:
Crest white strips - sample
Gold Canyon - sweeps and a free tea candle

Scrubbing bubble - coupons, just in case you missed them last time.

Piperlime - 70% off sale plus use this extra 20% off code - EXTRA

Books a million - 80% off some of the books and free shipping on any order - 756FREE0109

Walmart- Penny the pony $15

Victoria Secret - 20% printable coupon for the store

Delia's - 80% off sale plus code for $10 off of $25 - DXAGIFT

Bass Pro Shop - Clearance items starting at $1

Brother label maker - $9.99 from Costco, extra .50 without the membership

Ocean spray juice -$1 printable coupon

Purell - $2 off of 2 coupon

Post it notes - $1 off of 2, expires 1/31/09

Go to McDonalds today and ask for your free sample...they are suppose to be giving them away every Friday, someone said it is coffee or a cappuccino and before 10 am.

Parents Magazine - 24 free issues...this is great for homeschool projects, I don't care to cut up stuff that I get for free!


Kroger shopping:
Background: First of all I went to a Kroger that I don't go to all the time so I am not as good at finding the deals. Second, I thought I had 30 items and could get $15 off but somehow I missed counted so I just got $10. I couldn't complain because when he did the .75 cheese coupons which were right in front of the cheese, the computer asked him to enter the amount of the item and when he did the four coupons took off $2.50, $2.50, $1.00, and $1.50, instead of the .75 a piece! Still in my estimation I didn't do as well as I should have. Another reason for this is that I was buying what I needed and not just the sale items. For this exercise I am going to assume that you are just going to go get the good stuff, so I am going to share the best items that I found and try to show the oop of them.

*x5 Steamfresh veg. $7.50 - $5c (.50 doubled) = $2.50
x3 Cottelle Tissue $2.97 - $2.97 c(.50 doubled) = free
*x4 Kraft Cheese $7.96 - $3 c (.75 c) = $4.96
x2 Del Monte 50% salt vegs. $1.98 - $1.50 ic (.75 c) = .48
Coffeemate $1.99 - $1.50 ic = .49
*Rotel tomatoes $1.00 - .30 c - .30dc = .40
x2 dial soap $2.00 - $1.40 c (.35 doubled x2) = .60
Suave body wash $1.66 - .50 c - .50dc = .66
*Popcorn naturals $1.99 - $1 ic = .99
Quaker rice cake snacks $1 - $1 c = free
oop = $11.08 - $5 (for getting 10 items on the sale marked by *) = $6.08!

That would have been great if that was all that I had needed...:) Unfortunately I needed a little more than that. I saved $93.09 but like I said if I hadn't have been so tired I think I might have done better because I would have went to more stores to get all deals at my disposal. Oh, well live and learn, and don't go shopping in the afternoon after a doctors appointment, or when you are really tired!

Monday, Jan. 19th, 2009

First of all I want to direct you to Alicia's blog she has some great CVS scenarios for products that ran through Saturday as well as some products that are going all month long. (link) Also on the last post she commented that the Throat coolers are on sale for the whole month $4.99, use the bogo coupon from the last post and get 2 for $4.99 plus get $9.98 in ECB back, can do up to 5 times and get the ECBs back. Read the comment if this is confusing.

My deal ideas for the week:
Walgreens, slickdeals link for the sale info is below
18 bottles of water $1.99
Kleenex .99 - .40c = .59
$20 P&G get $5 RR back
Robitussin $3.99 - $2 ic = $1.99 (spend $10 get $5 RR)
Vicks $6 - $1 c = $5, spend $20 get $10 RR, spend $15 get $5 RR, when buy Vicks get a free puff with coupon
$20 in pepsi and lays get $10 RR, can do 5 pepsi 12 pk and 2 bags of lays for $20, make sure to save receipt and then proofs of purchase to send in and get extra coupons for these items, on blog recently
Blue Diamond nuts BOGO $3.69 use .50x 2 ic = $2.69 for 2 (on blog, Jan. 16 post)
Extra gum 3/.99, use coupon from Easysaver

Okay all this looks good but if you live where I do and you have alot of good coupons I wouldn't even try most of these deals at our Walgreens because you will just walk out frustrated. What good is a Register Reward (RR) that you can't even use. I personally recommend another Walgreens, feel free to try your luck.

CVS, go here, practically the same deals and you ACTUALLY get to use the ECBs that you receive, slickdeals link below
Pepsi spend $20 get $10 ECB, chips are a little higher but at least you will receive the ECBs and you get to use them on another transaction
Crest $1.99 - $1c = .99
Oral B toothbrush $1.99 - .75c = $1.24
Duracell batteries $2.99 - .75 c = $2.24
Herbal Essences $2.99 - $1c = $1.99, plus $1 ECB
excedrin $1.99 - $2 c = free...use the link to get the coupon
puffs tissue .99 - .25c = .74
Kelloggs cereal $2.50 - $1c = $1.50

Kmart:
Kelloggs select cereals 4/$9 or $2.25 - $1c = $1.25
Suave big bottle of lotion $2.50 - $1c = $1.50

Target:
Wii fit $89.99
Jack LaLanne Juicer $99.99, get a $10 GC
Progressive soup $1.40 - $1 x2 ic= $2.80 - $1 = $1.80 or .90 a piece
Mach 3 razor $5.49 x2 - BOGO c = $5.49 for 2

Kroger:
.88 kroger brand items, ex. popcorn, ketchup, napkins, paper towels, etc.
Buy 10 special items get $5 off order automatically
Salad mix Ready pac brand .99
Milk $3.18
Buns $1.00
4/$12 Coke brand products
Kraft cheese $1.99
Lays Chips $2.27
Goldfish $1.59
Orville popcorn $1.99, have $1ic on naturals and .40 c, $1.00c of 2 of any kind
Kraft mayo $2.99 - .75c = $2.24
Kleenex $1.49 - .40c - .40dc = .69
Green Giant steamers $1.50 - .50c - .50dc = .50
Colgate $1.50 - .75c = .75
Dial $1 - .35c - .35dc = .30
Olay body wash $3.33 - $1 c = $2.33
Vitamins BOGO have $2 and $1 coupons for the natures made, natures bounty, etc
Remember some of these items above are on the buy 10 items get $5 off list as well so that increases your savings. Some of these can be priced matched at Walmart if you just don't have the time to get to Kroger.

Common Cents - only click if you have high speed, if not click here and listen or look at the last two lines of the song...I love this!

Lids - has clearance caps for $5, here are some codes
$5 off $25 JAN09LIDS5
$10 off $60 JAN09LIDS10
Plus you can get free shipping if you spend $50 or it has a flat rate of $5

2 Dozen red roses for $29.99 - link

CVS, via slickdeals, for week starting 1/18
Mailable pepsi coupon - link, printable link for the pepsi doesn't work but the mailable one seemed to go through...we shall see

Walgreens, via slickdeals for week starting 1/18
Good printables to make this coming weeks deals better.

All You magazine - list of the coupons in the magazine for the month of Feburary

Snuggle - $1 coupon for Target only...can combine with a regular manufacturers coupon

Luvs - $1 off printable coupon when you sign up

Crest pro-health toothpaste - $1 printable coupon

Walgreens - $5 off of $20 online order - code HEALTH

Gerber - submit a gerber pledge and get a stainless steel spoon plus coupon for $5 off any Nestle Good Start Formula and $3 off any Gerber Baby Food, Graduates Goods, or Graduates for preschoolers

Double Tube mascara - $1 off at Walgreens only

St. Ives - $2 printable coupon in lower right hand corner

Books a Million - printable coupon

Organic Valley - $2 printable coupon

Eat Better America - $10 mailable coupon book

Boost for Kids - free sample of kids essentials boost drink

Yo-plus - extra $1 coupon off this yogurt plus a way to get your money back if you don't love the yogurt

Coupons - coupons that were in the paper but this is a great way to get doubles of those coupons that you just love having all the time.

KY - $5 printable coupon

The Who Amazing Journey CD - .99 with free shipping from Best Buy...use ebates to get back...what .01! :)

Tennessee Cabin or Villa - 50% off coupon for cabins or villas at state parks in TN on reservations until Feb. 28th, discount is only going to be good Sunday- Thursday

Disney - free pass for active and retired military...$99 for everyone else in the family, trying combining it with the birthday discount and then you can get 2 people for free! The link has the details on the military discount. Search the blog for the details on the birthday discount.

Gamestop - 20% off on used accessories, 10% off on strategy guides and new gamestop branded accessories, combine with EDGE card to get more of a discount, these are printable coupons

11x14 Canvas - you send in a picture and they add it to a canvas, the picture is free but the shipping is $17. Walmart makes these at the portrait studio for around $60 - $70.

Norm Thomason Outlet - link to the tee shirts that START at $7.99, here is a $5 off code to make the deal sweeter - 12964

$15 Rebate - on Oral-B Professional Care Electric toothbrush...all you need is the UPC, so if you got it for Christmas and you still have the UPC you can send in the form and get $15 back, this is good until 6/30/09

Crayola 3 piece keyboard, mouse, and mouse pad for $10 with .97 shipping through Walmart.com

Sure - try this deodorant for free with this rebate form

Yankee Candle - start at $3 and get free shipping with code - xf812a9

Isaac Mizrahi dresses - dresses at Target starting at around $7.50

3 pc. quilted canvas traveling set - $5.99 plus .99 shipping with code bhpkgship

Shopjustice - division of Limited Too, sale clothing is Buy 1 get 1 50% off, plus use code 649 to get 50% off entire order.

Scott coupons - if you like scott products here is away to get more coupons for their products. You have to purchase some scott products fill out this form and send it in and they will send you more coupons but be quick this ends Feb. 1, 2009

Freegrabber:
Coupon for a free sample of Hansen's organic junior water - link

J. Jill - items on page are $9.99 but after these 2 codes they become $4, 25OFF and THANKU, use both codes

Wed., Jan. 14, 2009

Anyone interested in purchasing from Half.com for the first time let me know and I can get you a $5 coupon sent to your inbox. Half has used and new books, games, movies, and other items. This is a great place to get homeschooling supplies. They are affiliated with ebay. Email me or leave me a comment if you are interested.

Free Suave - here is the link for the coupon, ONE MORE TIME. This is the only day that you can order this coupon. It will be sent to your home so you don't have to waste the ink.

Malt o meal - .75 coupon on blueberry muffin top cereal

AmericanEagle.com - Save Up to 73% Off on Men's & Women's Apparel w/ 20% Off,
Apply 20% off Coupon 49164172 in Cart, also trying adding a 77kids items to get free shipping and free return shipping on your whole order.

Sandisk c250 mp3 player - this is recertified and sold through buy.com, originally priced at $199.99 now on sale for $14.99, with free shipping!

Wet Seal - sale items starting at $2.99 plus a free shipping code 1107WLCE, some dresses starting at $10

Newport News - click on clearance, take an additional 20% off with code 505 or 635, and get free shipping with code L66. These are stackable. Remember to use ebates when purchasing.

Leapfrog - coupons for tag books, $4 off of a leapster game, fridge toy, didj game, and others, printables and online codes

Petz Dogs 2 - Wii game at amazon for $9.97, get free shipping with $25 purchase, Petz Cats is also on sale for $9.97

Freegrabber:
Head and Shoulders sample - link

Pur flavor options - $7 in coupons, one for $5 off the filter, or $2 off the flavor cartridge for the pur filter with flavor options, click to get the coupon and the details.

Caribou Coffee $1 off printable coupon

Boston Market - $2 off of $10 printable coupon

Pepboys auto - coupons, one for $10 off of $30

Jackson Hewitt - $20 off of tax preparation, no statement that you have to be a new customer, expires 4/30/09

Sears - $5 off of $30 printable coupon, expires 1/31/09

Avenue - $30 off of $100 coupon for in store online

Gerber - printable gerber coupons

KFC - new coupons good until 1/31/09, just enter your zip code and then print

Purina cat/dog food - get a $4 printable coupon for cat or dog food by purina. They will ask for you zip code because they donate $1 worth of food to a animal rescue shelter in your area when the coupon is redeemed. Make sure to give it a wide radius so it can find a shelter to help.

Dog food - pro plan $3 coupon for dog food, purina brand product

Axe hair care - $1 off at Target only...if you can find a coupon for this product in the newspaper then you can double the savings by using both coupons at the Target store

Huge coupon list - instead of linking to these individually you can look through and get what you are interested in...make sure to save this link to favorites so you can look at it again, and again, and again. Soy Joy Bars - this is a link to $1 coupon for 5 bars, not sure if you can use this at CVS this week on the 6 pk. box which would make it like this $6 - $1ic = $5, get $6 ECB back...so make money. Heinz ketchup and ore-ida fries - $1 printable coupon, only drawback you have to purchase the BIG bottle of ketchup, price at Walmart for the ketchup is $3. Pull-ups - $2 coupon. Okay so I couldn't resist sharing just a few of the individual links. I clicked them, I shared them.

This Sunday Jan. 18th is the newspaper with the P&G ads, make sure to get the paper maybe even an extra one!

Okay I have to run. There are so many more good things out there today but I overslept and I am not cutting into my Bible reading time or my workout time so I didn't have quite as much time to share, I will try to get more on here later. Enjoy. Don't forget to read the comments. Just click on "comments" under the post if there is a number listed. You might find out something that I didn't tell you but that came from another great couponer.

Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009

EXTRA, EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT...:)

Here are some items from my inbox that couldn't wait:

Del Monte - I hope you have already registered with the Del Monte site, if you have go to this first link, if you are one of the first 50,000 to register you will receive a coupon in the mail for a free can of Del Monte fruit. If you haven't registered trying going here and register. If this doesn't get you to the coupon then go back to the other site and try. The second link has a link to a coupon for .75 off of another can of Del Monte canned fruit.

Avon - items starting at .99...free shipping with code FSANY

Betty Crocker - $29 in coupon available

Chadwicks - 80% off sale

One other thing I want to share is a website that was shared with me sometime back. It is www.starfall.com. This is a great website for preschool aged children that are learning sounds and trying to learn to read. Hope you enjoy it, thanks Rachel P. for sharing.