Hi friends & fans,
Tomorrow we're moving so I'll be MIA for a few days until we get the internet hooked up. Wish me luck :) Have a great weekend!
A couple of random tips:
1. I read this somewhere and can't remember where but I love it; to keep your sheet sets together, put the matching set all in one pillowcase. I started doing this and LOVE it! No more, "where's the pillowcase?"
2. Freeze citrus peel. If you're eating an orange, or slicing up a lemon for a cocktail, wash the fruit and then grate the peel and freeze it for upcoming recipes! I got this tip from Good Housekeeping or Family Circle, I think. LOVE it!
Anyway, if I have time I may do another posting before the move. Otherwise, stay tuned.... thanks for your support!
Here we go...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Rebates & Rainchecks
I grew up in a household with a very frugal father but I was still spoiled (good combination!). But I vividly remember Dad always receiving rebates in the mail. Back then I thought it was funny since it was just $1 here or a $1.50 there... but $1 was worth A LOT more then, for sure!
Anyway, I am my father now. Ironic, funny and humbling. I wish I was as good with money as my Dad but I'm getting there at 39 :) My point is, DO REBATES. ANY REBATE. Rite-Aid has a great general rebate program. Also, I keep a look out for rebate offers attached to a lot of household cleaners (the coupon-y type tag around the neck of a household cleaner bottle, for example). I just sent in a receipt and rebate form for SCJohnson and I'll be getting a $5 check. That's a Subway foot long or 2 1/2 boxes of cereal! You get the point. It may be a bit inconvenient but you WILL feel good about doing it, I promise.
Then, there's rainchecks. Great example- I went to CVS a couple of weeks ago to get Multi-Grain Cheerios for $1.99 each. They only had one box so they offered a raincheck (r.c.) and I had a coupon for $1/3. They made the raincheck for 3 boxes and there's NO expiration date. So when I eventually make it back to CVS, I'll get Multigrain Cheerios for $1.99 plus my coupon will be it about $1.60/box!! Try it- it's easy!!
On a personal note:
Thank you my dear friends--- it's been a challenging week. I'm unsure of this blog as I feel (just like Julie in Julie & Julia) that no one is reading my blog. Am I doing this for no reason? I love to help people! So I hope I'm helping you in any way possible.
Have a great week!
Here we go....
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Anyway, I am my father now. Ironic, funny and humbling. I wish I was as good with money as my Dad but I'm getting there at 39 :) My point is, DO REBATES. ANY REBATE. Rite-Aid has a great general rebate program. Also, I keep a look out for rebate offers attached to a lot of household cleaners (the coupon-y type tag around the neck of a household cleaner bottle, for example). I just sent in a receipt and rebate form for SCJohnson and I'll be getting a $5 check. That's a Subway foot long or 2 1/2 boxes of cereal! You get the point. It may be a bit inconvenient but you WILL feel good about doing it, I promise.
Then, there's rainchecks. Great example- I went to CVS a couple of weeks ago to get Multi-Grain Cheerios for $1.99 each. They only had one box so they offered a raincheck (r.c.) and I had a coupon for $1/3. They made the raincheck for 3 boxes and there's NO expiration date. So when I eventually make it back to CVS, I'll get Multigrain Cheerios for $1.99 plus my coupon will be it about $1.60/box!! Try it- it's easy!!
On a personal note:
Thank you my dear friends--- it's been a challenging week. I'm unsure of this blog as I feel (just like Julie in Julie & Julia) that no one is reading my blog. Am I doing this for no reason? I love to help people! So I hope I'm helping you in any way possible.
Have a great week!
Here we go....
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Super Shaw's Deals & Coupon Match-ups
Bumble Bee Tuna White Albacore .88 cents
Prince pasta (sel var) .88 cents
Rice a Roni or Pasta Roni .88 cents
Hunt's Snack Packs (pudding or gel) .88 cents
General Mills Cereal $1.99
Heinz Ketchup .79 cents (20-24 oz)
Betty Crocker fruit snacks $1.49
Softsoap (7.5 oz) $1.00
CoverGirl Cosmetics 20% off
Nature Made Dietary Supplements 40% off
Maybelline Cosmetics 20% off
BOGOS
Breyer's Ice Cream
Lays Potato Chips
Louis Kemp Seafood Delights
Plain Ray's Bagels
Entenmann's Little Bites
Freihofer's Italian Bread
Coupon Match-ups - thanks Mommie is a Coupon-nista!
Shaw's 3/3-3/9
Shaws Conagra Buy $25, get $10 catalina
Here is the details on 1 of 3 concurrent catalina deals starting at Shaws on Friday 3/5 - 3/11. Remember that the $25 is calculated using pre-sale prices since use of the rewards card is not required.
ADVERTISED:
Pam ($3.69?) $2.99
$1/2 Pam Cooking Spray, exp. 3-14-10 (SS 01/24/10)
Hunt's pasta sauce (??) $0.99
$0.50/2 Hunt's Pasta Sauce printable
$1/3 Hunts Products - Recession Payback
Hunt's bbq Sauce (??) 1.39
$1/3 Hunts Products - Recession Payback
Healthy Choice fresh mixers (3.79) $3.59
$1/2 Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
$1.50/3 Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers printable
Marie Callender's Homestyle Creation (3.79) $3.59
$1/2 Marie Callender's Home-Style Creations, exp. 4-15 (SS 02/21/10)
??/?? Marie Callender's - Recession Payback - not sure what coupon is there...
Rotel & Hunts canned tomatoes (1.69?) $0.99
$1/3 Hunts Products - Recession Payback
$1/4 Hunt's Tomatoes, exp. 3-14-10 (SS 01/24/10)
$1/4 Hunt's Diced Tomatoes, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
$0.30/1 Ro*Tel Diced Tomatoes, exp. 3-14-10 (SS 01/24/10) - regional??
$1/3 Ro*Tel Diced Tomatoes & Green Chiles, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
Wesson Oil (3.99-5.69) 2.99
$1/1 Wesson Canola Oil, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
COULD BE A ROCKIN DEAL - need to confirm PSP's!!
Hunt manwich 1.69
$1/2 Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
$1/3 Manwich - Recession Payback
Guldens mustard 1.09
Hunts ketchup (1.99 - 2.19) $0.79
$1/3 Hunts Products - Recession Payback
DEAL IDEA:
Buy 12 w/ $2.19psp (26.28) $9.48, get $10 catalina = FREE!!
To view entire Shaw's flier, visit:
http://shaws.shoplocal.com/shaws/default.aspx?action=entryflash&adref=shaws
Here we go...
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Prince pasta (sel var) .88 cents
Rice a Roni or Pasta Roni .88 cents
Hunt's Snack Packs (pudding or gel) .88 cents
General Mills Cereal $1.99
Heinz Ketchup .79 cents (20-24 oz)
Betty Crocker fruit snacks $1.49
Softsoap (7.5 oz) $1.00
CoverGirl Cosmetics 20% off
Nature Made Dietary Supplements 40% off
Maybelline Cosmetics 20% off
BOGOS
Breyer's Ice Cream
Lays Potato Chips
Louis Kemp Seafood Delights
Plain Ray's Bagels
Entenmann's Little Bites
Freihofer's Italian Bread
Coupon Match-ups - thanks Mommie is a Coupon-nista!
Shaw's 3/3-3/9
Shaws Conagra Buy $25, get $10 catalina
Here is the details on 1 of 3 concurrent catalina deals starting at Shaws on Friday 3/5 - 3/11. Remember that the $25 is calculated using pre-sale prices since use of the rewards card is not required.
ADVERTISED:
Pam ($3.69?) $2.99
$1/2 Pam Cooking Spray, exp. 3-14-10 (SS 01/24/10)
Hunt's pasta sauce (??) $0.99
$0.50/2 Hunt's Pasta Sauce printable
$1/3 Hunts Products - Recession Payback
Hunt's bbq Sauce (??) 1.39
$1/3 Hunts Products - Recession Payback
Healthy Choice fresh mixers (3.79) $3.59
$1/2 Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
$1.50/3 Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers printable
Marie Callender's Homestyle Creation (3.79) $3.59
$1/2 Marie Callender's Home-Style Creations, exp. 4-15 (SS 02/21/10)
??/?? Marie Callender's - Recession Payback - not sure what coupon is there...
Rotel & Hunts canned tomatoes (1.69?) $0.99
$1/3 Hunts Products - Recession Payback
$1/4 Hunt's Tomatoes, exp. 3-14-10 (SS 01/24/10)
$1/4 Hunt's Diced Tomatoes, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
$0.30/1 Ro*Tel Diced Tomatoes, exp. 3-14-10 (SS 01/24/10) - regional??
$1/3 Ro*Tel Diced Tomatoes & Green Chiles, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
Wesson Oil (3.99-5.69) 2.99
$1/1 Wesson Canola Oil, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
COULD BE A ROCKIN DEAL - need to confirm PSP's!!
Hunt manwich 1.69
$1/2 Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce, exp. 5-30-10 (Conagra home mailer)
$1/3 Manwich - Recession Payback
Guldens mustard 1.09
Hunts ketchup (1.99 - 2.19) $0.79
$1/3 Hunts Products - Recession Payback
DEAL IDEA:
Buy 12 w/ $2.19psp (26.28) $9.48, get $10 catalina = FREE!!
To view entire Shaw's flier, visit:
http://shaws.shoplocal.com/shaws/default.aspx?action=entryflash&adref=shaws
Here we go...
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Swagbucks.com & MyPoints.com
GREAT REWARDS with these programs!
Swagbucks- I recently cashed in some bucks for TWO $5 e-gift certificates to amazon.com and I spent NOTHING, NADA. I use it as my search engine and I get bucks. I am a fb fan of SB and get codes to enter to get more bucks! You never get spam either! I know a lot of you are worried but I can attest to it. Use this referral link and I'll get bucks too!
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ksmclean1
I also use mypoints.com- this is a great one if you buy online a lot. I have rec'd gas cards, gift cards, etc... as rewards. You receive emails titled, "Bonus Mail from MyPoints".... so you will receive emails but they are from MyPoints only. I recently cashed in my points for a $10 Lowe's Gift Card and will receive it in a few weeks in the mail.
You can receive points for surveys, or click-thrus to websites, like magazines.com, homedepot.com, esteelauder.com, avon.com, etc... legitimate websites that offer promos for mypoints members but also you receive points just for clicking.
If you're interested in mypoints, please comment with your email address and I'll send you an invitation. I'll get 10% of all your eligible points!
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to use the comment field as I'm sure others will have the same questions. Good luck!
Here we go....
Swagbucks- I recently cashed in some bucks for TWO $5 e-gift certificates to amazon.com and I spent NOTHING, NADA. I use it as my search engine and I get bucks. I am a fb fan of SB and get codes to enter to get more bucks! You never get spam either! I know a lot of you are worried but I can attest to it. Use this referral link and I'll get bucks too!
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/ksmclean1
I also use mypoints.com- this is a great one if you buy online a lot. I have rec'd gas cards, gift cards, etc... as rewards. You receive emails titled, "Bonus Mail from MyPoints".... so you will receive emails but they are from MyPoints only. I recently cashed in my points for a $10 Lowe's Gift Card and will receive it in a few weeks in the mail.
You can receive points for surveys, or click-thrus to websites, like magazines.com, homedepot.com, esteelauder.com, avon.com, etc... legitimate websites that offer promos for mypoints members but also you receive points just for clicking.
If you're interested in mypoints, please comment with your email address and I'll send you an invitation. I'll get 10% of all your eligible points!
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to use the comment field as I'm sure others will have the same questions. Good luck!
Here we go....
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Foil-Baked Asian Chicken
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Serves: 4
Cost/serving: $2.38
This is from All You Magazine, March 2010. I'm trying this tonight!
8 tsp. olive oil
4 cups baby spinach
4 4-oz. boneless, skinless, chicken breast halves
8 oz. white mushrooms, sliced
4 tsp. teriyaki sauce
Salt
1. Preheat oven to 450. Tear off 4 10 inch squares of foil. Brush each square with 2 tsp. olive oil. Place 1 cup spinach on each square, slightly off center. Top w/a chicken breast half and some mushrooms. Drizzle 1 tsp. teriyaki sauce over each portion; sprinkle w/salt.
2. Fold each piece of foil over to cover chicken & veggies. Crimp edges together tightly to seal. Place packets on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until chicken is cooked through. 15 to 20 mins.
Per Serving: 230 cal, 11g fat (2g sat), 66 mg Chol, 1 g fiber, 29g Pro, 4g Carb, 508 mg Sod.
Enjoy!
Here we go...
Happy weekend!
Cook: 20 mins
Serves: 4
Cost/serving: $2.38
This is from All You Magazine, March 2010. I'm trying this tonight!
8 tsp. olive oil
4 cups baby spinach
4 4-oz. boneless, skinless, chicken breast halves
8 oz. white mushrooms, sliced
4 tsp. teriyaki sauce
Salt
1. Preheat oven to 450. Tear off 4 10 inch squares of foil. Brush each square with 2 tsp. olive oil. Place 1 cup spinach on each square, slightly off center. Top w/a chicken breast half and some mushrooms. Drizzle 1 tsp. teriyaki sauce over each portion; sprinkle w/salt.
2. Fold each piece of foil over to cover chicken & veggies. Crimp edges together tightly to seal. Place packets on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until chicken is cooked through. 15 to 20 mins.
Per Serving: 230 cal, 11g fat (2g sat), 66 mg Chol, 1 g fiber, 29g Pro, 4g Carb, 508 mg Sod.
Enjoy!
Here we go...
Happy weekend!
Friday, March 5, 2010
30% off GAP denim March 5-14th when you bring in your old denim!!
RECYCLE YOUR BLUES....
Bring us your old denim, doesn't even need to be from GAP to a GAP store and you'll get 30% OFF our new denim (regular priced denim only)!!
Use your GAP brand credit card and you'll get 35% OFF!
In-store only. Excludes GAP Outlet. No coupon needed.
We'll recycle the denim and turn it into eco-friendly housing insulation.
Here we go!!
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Bring us your old denim, doesn't even need to be from GAP to a GAP store and you'll get 30% OFF our new denim (regular priced denim only)!!
Use your GAP brand credit card and you'll get 35% OFF!
In-store only. Excludes GAP Outlet. No coupon needed.
We'll recycle the denim and turn it into eco-friendly housing insulation.
Here we go!!
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
FREE TIGI Captivating Curls Starter Kits- 7 full size products! w/free shipping!!
This is a sick FREEBIE (value of $127.50 plus free shipping!!- Thank you to Free Sample Freak!!
http://www.tigistore.com/c-63-free.aspx
"HOLY MOTHER OF FREEBIES….Get a FREE TIGI Captivating Curls Starter Kit.
FREE TIGI Captivating Curls Starter Kit comes with 7 Full Sized Products!!!
This freebie will go FAST! Hurry and grab it as fast as you can! It is very easy to do…you’ll see where it says $0.00, add it to your cart, check out and you’ll even get an order confirmation in your email! HOT!!!
Captivating Curls Starter Kit
SKU: 608815
- (1) 300208 - Curlesque Defining Shampoo 10.14 oz
- (1) 330208 - Curlesque Hydrating Conditioner 8.45 oz
- (1) 140285 - Curlesque Leave-In Conditioner 7.27 oz
- (1) 140288 - Curlesque Lightweight Mousse 7 oz
- (1) 140284 - Curlesque Curls Rock Amplifier 5.07 oz
- (1) 140287 - Curlesque Strong Mousse 6.7 oz
- (1) 140286 - Curlesque Defining Serum 3.04 oz 1 $0.00 (USD)"
I just ordered it and it was completely legit- can't wait to get it!!! And I have naturally curly hair but who cares- get it anyway and donate it, give it away or anything!!! GREAT!!!
Here we GO.........
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Happy Thursday to all of my blog friends!
http://www.tigistore.com/c-63-free.aspx
"HOLY MOTHER OF FREEBIES….Get a FREE TIGI Captivating Curls Starter Kit.
FREE TIGI Captivating Curls Starter Kit comes with 7 Full Sized Products!!!
This freebie will go FAST! Hurry and grab it as fast as you can! It is very easy to do…you’ll see where it says $0.00, add it to your cart, check out and you’ll even get an order confirmation in your email! HOT!!!
Captivating Curls Starter Kit
SKU: 608815
- (1) 300208 - Curlesque Defining Shampoo 10.14 oz
- (1) 330208 - Curlesque Hydrating Conditioner 8.45 oz
- (1) 140285 - Curlesque Leave-In Conditioner 7.27 oz
- (1) 140288 - Curlesque Lightweight Mousse 7 oz
- (1) 140284 - Curlesque Curls Rock Amplifier 5.07 oz
- (1) 140287 - Curlesque Strong Mousse 6.7 oz
- (1) 140286 - Curlesque Defining Serum 3.04 oz 1 $0.00 (USD)"
I just ordered it and it was completely legit- can't wait to get it!!! And I have naturally curly hair but who cares- get it anyway and donate it, give it away or anything!!! GREAT!!!
Here we GO.........
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Happy Thursday to all of my blog friends!
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