Coby Video 8GB MP3 player 19.99+15.00 Amazon Credit

Right now get the Coby Mp3 video player in BLUE for 19.99 plus get a 15$ Amazon MP3 Credit. It's not an Ipod touch, but would be a great gift for kids if they like to watch movies or songs without spending 200$! Go HERE to get the deal. Amazon deals can change at any time.

Wow Staples 35.00 off any order coupon code!EXPIRED

Enter 40085 to get 35.00 off any order of 35.00 or more at staples! I bought a 20 roll of bath tissue and trash bags for .98$! Ship to store for free shipping! Hurry!

Birdseye Vegetables .50/off 1 Coupon

Go HERE to like Birds Eye on Facebook to snag a .50 off 1 coupon. If your store doubles, this could make for free veggies!

Keebler Chips Deluxe 1$ off 1!

Go HERE to print a great coupon for Keebler Chips Deluxe! Make sure you hit back and refresh to print it twice!

Today's Springfield MO Groupon-Half off to Backyard Burger!

 

Yum! Today's Springfield MO Groupon is a 10$ Gift Certificate to Backyard Burger for only 5$! A great way to eat out inexpensively! Go  HERE  to sign up for groupon, click the Springfield MO tab for your city, and Buy! What a great gift for that hard to buy for guy or college kids!

I've done several groupons and loved them. Funny story-I told my pastor about these and when his wife was there he said, ' Now tell her about this GROPE-ON thing you do..' My husband and I died laughing!! It's Groo-pon, if ya'll didn't know!:)

Fine Print: I do get a small referral if you click this link, it's okay by me if you just go directly to groupon.com, I just want you all to save $$$! Is good at 7 locations across MISSOURI and ARKANSAS! Expires May 24, 2011, 2 per person, you may give as gife, 1 per table, and no cash back. See site for full details. Thanks!

Bath and Body Works- Free Item with 10$ Purchase!

I wasn't going to post this because I am so CHEEP when it comes to bath stuff, but you should be able to snag some really great deals with this one! Go HERE to print a coupon to Bath and Body Works for ANY free item (up to 13$ ) with any 10$ purchase. They usually run their 'buy 3 get 3 free' or better near black friday and it doesn't expire until 12-24~!

Black Friday Alert-Walmart will Price match!!

From their press release-
"BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 22, 2010 – Walmart is kicking off three days of savings, typically reserved only for the Friday After Thanksgiving, on this seasons' must-have holiday gifts, including the strongest “price match” guarantee in the market. In fact, Walmart is one of the only retailers that will price match competitors’ ads on “Black Friday.” Customers simply bring in competitors’ ads and Walmart will match the price of any identical product right at the register, making Walmart the easiest place to save this holiday season.¹


WooHOO!! This will definitely cut down on my number of trips!

What's up Next-Christmas and Building a Stockpile.

Hey gang! I wanted to set you up a map for what's coming up in the next few weeks. I will be posting lots of great gift ideas and store specials to help you stay under your Christmas budget. You DO NOT need to spend a ton to have a merry Christmas! One thing we've tried to do this year:  I and the kids try to hunt for someone we can bless  this year.

Now, along with Thanksgiving and posting Christmas deals, I am tenatively planning then end of this month/beginning of next a series on stockpiling food. What to do, how to do it, on any budget, for any reason. Stay tuned!

A quick note- just remember that for many, the 'holidays' are the hardest times of year. Can you have a happier Christmas by mindlessly buying the same toy story toy you bought 10 years ago, but now it has a '3' on it, OR finding that family, mother, or son that is:

going through a divorce,

just lost a child,

in the military, feeling totally alone

AND BLESS THEM. This isn't neccesarily buying a Christmas gift, it might mean 'being there', writing letters, or cooking food. FIND THEM, and LOVE ON THEM. 

Why you should do Invitation Only Websites

Okay so some of you might be tired of the 'invitation only' websites. You get e-mails from them, it seems confusing, and most of the stuff is EXPENSIVE! But there is also a lot of FREE or CHEEP stuff you can score, and I just wanted to share so when the next one comes up, you might be interested. Here's just a few deals I've gotten this year. I really don't care for the 'designer' stuff, and am super CHEEP when it comes to myself, so see what you think:

Keen sandals 14$ Shipped (this is my highest deal and might not have done it, but really have to have good support! reg 90$)

Melissa and Doug Band Set: 0$ Shipped

Dolphin Rain Boots 4$ Shipped

This scarf and gloves 4$ shipped

Barnyard Puzzle Free

Birch Crayons(these are adorable!!) Free

And this isn't half of it.Some of these were from mom or M-i-l in my 'personal online shopper' service, where I call and scream about a deal!!:)

And this isn't half of it. One of my other deals: Remember last week with the 60$ groupon to lands end? Turns out I had 20$ credit, so I paid 10$ for it. Then when my order arrived, they enclosed a brochure with a 10$ Gift Card PLUS free shipping!

 An awesome way to cut your Christmas budget!! What about you? What's been your best deal?

Ruelala 20$ credit? Tommorrow 10am Vera Bradley

You know where I will be at 10am CST! Ruelala.com will be having a very bradley sale tommorrow, if you still have your 20$ credit this should be great! Even if not, they have had some great sales. I was dissappointed in the kitchenaid sale last week, but have had some great deals!

.55 off any 2 dozen eggs coupon-hurry!

Eggs are like milk, veggies, and meat. You do get coupons on them, but they are few and far between! Go HERE to print a .55 off any 2 dozen eggs coupon, if your store doubles, these will be CHEEP!

Local Deals- Save-a-lot 11-17

Savealot has the produce war won this week!
 Jumbo Sweet Potatoes .39
Celery .69
Carrots 2lb .89
Wylwood Green Beans 3/1$
Mrs Smiths Pies 1.99
Caskeys Cream soups 2/1$
1/2 Gal Blue Bell Ice Cream 3.99
Stuffing on the side .69
Cranberry sauce .69
There are also Honeysuckle White Turkeys for .99. They are cheaper other places, but I know some of you really like this brand. Thanks!

Scott Toilet Paper 1$ off ANY

You should be able to score FREE toilet paper with THIS Coupon! It's good for 1.00 off any 1 scott bath tissue or scott towels.

Viewpoints- Get 10$ amazon GC for doing 10 reviews

Have you signed up for Viewpoints ? I don't recommend it for super busy women, but if you're looking for a way to make 10$ from home and cut that Christmas budget, go  HEREto get started!

Search for Santa Paws 10.00 off Blu-ray Coupon

Okay so I did hit the wall a few weeks ago with the Toy Story3 Coupon, but....

Go HERE for a 10.00 off dvd/blu-ray coupon. We just got a blu-ray player, but I highly recommend if you can get the combos with coupon for the same price as the dvds to do so, dvd is heading into vhs territory!:)

Local deals 11-17

Not many! Is anyone seeing a trend? Here's the best deals around town:
Woods:
 Apple juice   .88 with in-store coupon
Nestle morsels 1.99
Libby's Pumpkin .99
Gold Medal Flour .99
Philidelphia Cheese .99
Kraft Cheeses 1.99
Kraft Marshmallows .99 (look for instore coupons for .50 off 2)
Kraft Miracle whip 2.50 1$ Facebook Coupon
Simply Juice 3.00 1$ Printable
Best Choice Cream soups .50
Cool Whip .79
Ozark Hearth Brown& Serves .59
Turkeys .68
Boston Butt 1.48
(I'll be posting more as they come!)

LG Blu-ray Player 65.00+Free shipping Expired!!

Expired!

Wal-mart now has their 'amazing electronics event' live. Most of the deals I can live without, but they do have the LG Blu-ray Player for 65.00 with free shipping to your home. Go HERE to check it out.

New 1$ off Kraft Cheese with a touch of Philly=2$ at wal-mart!

Go HERE and HERE to print a coupon for 1$ off ONE package of kraft cheese with a touch of Philidelphia. They did have this at buffalo wal-mart and many others for 2$, making it 1$! Be sure to hit back and refresh to print twice.

Planning a CHEEP Mini-Vacay

This post is linked to 'Works for me' Wednesday!
Our family usually visits a theme park around Christmas time that is always decorated for the holidays. Our kids are 2 and 7, and 'seeing the lights' is still fun for them. A lot of times though, this can be the crunch time as far as money goes. This year we've been collecting deals from all year to make a super CHEEP trip, around 100$ for our family of 4. Here's what we do:

1. Hotel  49.95$
This is our biggest expense. We usually check much sooner in the month, but with tangers great gift card deal and how busy we get closer to the holidays, we just booked it. Usually a week ahead of time still gets you great deals, but don't go any closer. We check expedia and travelocity, and within hours one had sold out. *Another tip* I usually find what I want on those sites, and then call the hotel. I saved a few dollars just by doing that, plus there is a 24 hour cancellation policy. Usually the travel sites have a cancellation fee.

2. Gas 35.00$
This is our next biggest expense. We often get small gift cards to wal-mart and fill up at a supercenter or sams, but this year we will be shelling this out. We are going to try to save in the other areas though.

3.Theme park 0.00
We are blessed to get tickets to this park for Christmas. If you are asked and there is one near you, these make great easy gifts and often are packed with other free passes. Think about this for people with kids, it is often too expensive for families to buy outright. *Tip* I know when we went to sea-world we got a 'come back any day' for free. We never did!

4.Food Free-CHEEP
Here another place to save those Gift cards. We had a flyer to a local pizza parlour. This isn't fancy, but let's be honest, with 2 kids what's the point of going to a nice restaurant anymore??:) We also have the BOGO from dominos that was available awhile back. The kids LOVE having dominos deliver, and they don't mind pizza overload! Also we always stay at a hotel with continental breakfast. I personally don't care for this, but don't really like breakfast.

We also PACK food. I have to do this anywhere, my kids will be hungry between Mcdonalds and home. It helps those on diets from going off track, and kids to be happy on long trips.I usually don't buy lunchmeat for nutritional reasons, so here is some alternatives (i'd love to hear yours):

Pizza Cinnamon rolls-just like it sounds, with sauce and ronis inside, cheeze sprinkled on top
Tuna Packets- we get these free-CHEEP and this is much better than the canned kind
Homemade lunchables-sliced american cheese, ritz crackers, and small treat
Fruit and veggies- Something we always miss eating out.Pack baby carrots, whole washed fruit, etc.
Bagels and Cream Cheese- Yum!
We pack a small cooler with a frozen gallon jug or pop bottles, but try not to take too much that needs to be cold period. We also start the kids with squirty drink bottles, with water, that we may put juice in later, but wash out in the room. I will also bake up a whole batch of cookies or brownies  and put in individual packets of saran in a tupperware for an easy ready to go snack.

5. Shopping 0-50$
We did take advantage of the tanger deal on facebook, and I think this will be 'gifted' to me for my birthday, if not we will spend 50 for 100$ at the outlet, and will probably buy lots of Christmas with it! Also I do swagbucks and get completely free gift cards. I have one to target, and I also got 2 5$ free in Real Simple (1-year auto-renewal) (that I got for CHEEP) and Martha Stewart Living (1-year auto-renewal) (also on sale). We use the hallmark for candy!
I am so excited about my tiny Va-Cay, Let me know your tips!!

Tanger 50$ GC for 25$!

Today only! You can get a 50$ GC to tanger outlets for 25$ today! You must like them on facebook, expires in 10 days.

Dave Ramsey free-25$ for military

Check out the great specials  on the dave ramsey website for veterans today. This is a 100$ value!

Disabled Veterans FREE

Retired Servicemembers $10

Actively Serving $25

Thank you.

Today and everyday,Thank you.

Woods Ad 11-10 thru11-16

Not much!
Lucky Leaf Pie Filling 2.49, If you got the 1.00 coupon it makes it 1.49, otherwise there was a peelie for 1.00 off 2.
Cello Lettuce .78$
Best Choice Veggies .59$
BC Cheese 2 lb 4.49$
They also have a coupon section in the back. I'm not sure if these are manufacturer or store, and not sure they will let you stack anyway. I will check and update if not.
Tenderbird chicken 3.99 w/coupon
BC cheese (sm bag) .88
Charmin 12 double rolls 5.88
They also have the ham sale again, buy any farmland ham for 2.99 get a turkey breast free. There is ham on sale for 1.77 and they've have turkeys for .68, but the sale ham looks icky! I'm still waiting for kretschmar to go on sale!
Also, be sure to pick up your Best Choice Flyer in the customer service section.It had awesome coupons, all good december through august next year. The best: 5 1.00 off any purchase of 1.00 or more!

5$ for 35$ GC to Natural and Organic Toys for Littles

EVERSAVE is another online group buying site like the ones I've been telling you about, and today they have an awesome deal if you have babies or toddlers on your list. If you sign up today, enter your city. Several have entered chicago, but I'm closest to st. louis and it worked for me too. On the sidebar there will be 'side deals'. One is to Wild Dill, an online baby organic toys, clothes, and gift shop. It shows the total 12$. When I clicked buy, the total went down to 10$. But if you enter  BRANDCATION in the promo code box your total will be 5$! You can get a 27ish something item with 5.95 shipping for 5$! I'm thinking this plan toy?

or this super cute set?

Groupon: 30$ for a 60$ Groupon to Lands End Canvas

What a great deal! Today only, Groupon has a 60$ Gift certificate to Lands End Canvas. Anyone can buy, it is valid on online orders. It is available immediately. Not valid on shipping, which for me was 5.95. Must use in 1 order. Here's how:
1. Sign in or sign up for Groupon.
2. Choose Madison, it is their deal of the day.
3. Read all terms. Click Buy!

I usually would post this, but I really like lands end. This is an offshoot of them, more denim-y, but still very classic.

Sephora Color Diary 155$ Value-25$

This is a great deal for Christmas. I know when I was sixteen I would have flipped for this (not to mention I might buy now!).The Sephora Collection Color Diary is a 155$ value, regular price 34$, on sale for 25$. Shipping is 5.95 or free with 50$ order. It includes 5 complete sets with 1 blush, 6 shadows, and a tube of lipgloss in each. Their lipgloss alone is about 12$. Really cute for the fashionista!

Watch your mail!

Okay I'm going to be your blog mom today. This goes without saying (not really) but be sure to watch your junk mail from now until Christmas like a hawk.I've gotten in the last 3 days a 5$ off 10$ to build a bear and free 5$ gift card to target when you spend 50$ on toys, pasted to the back of a catalog.  Build a bear sometimes sends out free animal cards too, on the inside of flyers. Scour that junk mail before you throw it out!!

Free Blockbuster Movie Monday!!

Use the code 3MNDY for a free rental! I think tonight's date night!

Toy Story Blu-ray...and a word about wal-mart

Okay, so I built up the Toy Story Deal like it was the greatest thing since sliced bread... and I hope some of you got it. Let me tell you about my experience...
I live in a small town of less than 10,000. I skipped up to the local wal-mart with my 8.00 off coupon and was turned away by the higher than advertised prices. Asking the manager, she stated, "Oh, yeah, that's only the price at supercenters."
Okay. I thought no biggie, I was going to the next biggest town about 20 miles away anyway, to buy some pizzas, hit the park....and now buy the blu-ray.
Thursday came, I went to the park, got a killer purse on sale CHEEP, then moseyed into walmart.....to see the same higher price.
Asking the manager, she replied, "Oh, yeah, not all supercenters have that price." A little more irritated, but not feeling like I could complain in light of awesome purse, I went back home, knowing I would hit a much larger town anyway on friday and target would not let me down, nor have these regional pockets of varying prices.
Friday comes and I walk into target, coupon in hand.... only to frantically search the empty shelves filled with only dvds........ I grab the ad and stomp childishly into the next supercenter, ready to comp the ad AND try to use my coupon (perfectly legal yet prone to complaint) when I see right there, the correct advertised price and full shelves. YAY!
(Moral of the story) Your mileage may vary! If a deal is not in your area, or at your location, I'm sorry! And feel free to leave a comment so we can let other readers know.  Thanks and here's hoping your shopping trip goes better than my TS3 one!

18 days until black friday......

Are you ready? I wanted to give everyone the heads up! I'm going into online shopping/Christmas deal finding mode and so is this blog. We will continue some fun ideas in the kitchen, including a batch cooking/freezer cooking day on friday. Sans that, we will be hitting the online deals hard. Sorry to those of you who aren't into the online shopping thing! Even so, what's on your list?

New Red Wii/Super Mario Limited Edition Deal

Nov 7-13th, Kmart will be giving every shop your way rewards  card holder who buys a  Limited Edition Red Wii Bundle 50,000 points! 50,000 pts =50$ to use at kmart or sears, etc.  You can use the links above to sign up for the rewards program, print a temporary member card, then buy online and have in-store pickup. It may take 48 hours for the points to show up. This is like getting the wii and super mario brothers for 99$!!

California Pizza Kitchen 1.50 off ANY pizza, Barrilla Tortellini

Go HERE  to grab a 1.50 off ANY  california pizza kitchen pizza. The little ones are on sale this week at dillons, kroger, and woods so I'd grab it while you can! There is also a coupon for 1.00 off Barilla Tortellini. This is with zip code 30013. Thanks!

# EXPIRED#WOW! Wii red Console 179.99 from Dell w/free shipping

Wow! Use Coupon code ?6$Z6H$S?K16ML  on the Wii Limited Edition Red Console from Dell.com to lower your price to 179.99. This is lower than anything I've seen out of pocket. We bought our wii from dell last year, had no trouble, and it was one of the best deals all season. 

10 for 20$ Build A Bear Groupon

How great for Christmas! Head here to sign up for Groupon.
 Change city to Chicago.
 There is a groupon for 10$ to buy a 20$ Groupon, or 25 for a 50$ birthday party.

Rue la la- free stuff!

I know some of you got your 20$ credit to rue la la last week, have you been checking your sales? Starting at 11e/10central, there are new sales every day. I've gotten 90 shoes for 15 and 20$ mascara for 85cents! Some are reporting you can still get a 10$ credit if you sign up now. The shipping is a flat 9.95, but they've had several items for 5.00-15.00 from 100$ and that still makes it a good deal. Tomorrow at 10Central time KITCHENAID is having a giveaway. This stuff can sell out in 2 minutes flat, but if you are on the lookout for kitchenaid items this might be the best deal there is. Hope that helps!

Sam's Club-New membership=10$ GC!

Go HERE to get a free 10$ Gift card for signing up for a membership with sam's club, now through november 24. It's good the day after thanksgiving. I definitely think it's worth the membership, some things we buy are flour, honey, produce, tortillas, milk, cheese, and other frozen items. What do you get?

Woods Ad 11-3 thru 11-19

Some things you should know:
Woods only accepts printable coupons that SCAN and are under 2.00. They are a little ridiculous. Here's the best deals of the week.
Freschetta Pizza 2/9$
Sugar 1.49 ***stock up!

Simply Juice 3$ 1$ facebook coupon
final 2$

Best Choice Cream Cheese .69 * pretty good

Jimmy Dean Sausage 2/3.98 1$ printable facebook coupon
final2/1.98$

Campbell's select harvest soup 4/5$ 1$ off 2 Printable
final price 4/3$



There is also a deal for buying one farmland ham at 2.99 get a turkey breast free. I've done this deal and it's okay, only get it if you were buying those 2 to start with, there will be great deals on ham and turkey in the next few weeks! I'll post later after my trip to see if there are any additions.

Wal-mart Pre-Black Friday Deals!

Wal-mart now has their Pre-black friday deals online, there are several, including their ever popular 10.00 coats, with free shipping to home. Click here to see the coat, and

here to see the rest of the specials.

Soft Speakers MP3 -3.00!

Penguin or Turtle, a little weird, but I'm squirreling away for Christmas. You can use paypal, and shipping is free. Enter FUN50  at checkout.

McDonalds-Free McCafe Food Harvest

Now through November 21, you can get a free Mocha, Latte, Cappuccino, Hot Chocolate, Premium Roast Coffee or Iced coffee with the donation of a non-perishable food item. They also have a new happy hour, 2-4 1$ off McCafe drinks. Yay smoothies!

Nivea High value 3$/1 Coupon

This will go fast! Go HERE to print a high value 3$ off 1 Nivea for men Body wash. It's priced for 2.50 at walgreens this week, but will still be a great deal everywhere else. Be sure to hit 'back' and 'refresh' to print twice.

New Coupons!

It's the first of the month so that means lots of coupons have been reset. Make sure you check out Coupons.com , Redplum, and Smartsource. I will try to post more as they pop up.

Christmas Alert-Kitchenaid??

Sorry for those of you who don't like online shopping! On November 5, at 10 central, Ruelala will have KITCHENAID  for one of their sellers. Now I can't guarantee anything, but the pic is of a kitchenaid mixer, a hot item on a lot of people's list. Most of their items on this site are anywhere from 50-90% off, but to find one of these for even 30% off will be a good deal. Join now and hop on right at 10 on Nov 5 if you're interested, they sell out fast!

Toy Story 3, Out Tomorrow!

If your planning on buying the Toy Story 3 dvd tomorrow, don't forget to check out THIS POST for your 8.00 coupon and 5.00 rebate. Walmart and target are advertising the dvd for 15.99 and the blu-ray/dvd combo for 24.98. After your coupon, the blu-ray combo is only 1.00 more, then 5.00 back after your rebate!UPDATE : SUPERCENTERS HAVE IT AT THIS PRICE, WALMART IS HIGHER. GRRRR....

EXPIRED HURRY, Free Juice!

This will be gone fast! Head HERE to fill out a form for a coupon for free welch's essentials juice in the mail. GONE!

Are you Buying Ahead?

I had a talk with my MIL last week, and we discussed a phenomena for us- people who go to the store, and buy groceries 'for the week'. This is so foreign to us, we tried to remember the last time we had done this. Yes, we go and need to pick up a few things here and there, and when the mood strikes us we may get a special item.

 For the most part, we always engage in the 'buy ahead' principle. We buy what we will use, when it's on sale, in large quantities.

 Several factors play into this. Expiration dates, budgets, and what's available. Do some of you remember my 20 packages of cream cheese? No, I won't use 20 packages this week, month, or through this calendar year. But with the holidays coming up, birthdays, and the ability of cream cheese to be frozen, I won't be buying cream cheese until May (it expires in april). Now can we live off cream cheese? Of course not. But several of the good buys I've gotten recently (cream cheese, chex, butter, pizza, flour, and more) added together make a frugal pantry that I draw from. We also have beef from a local farmer, so that's not in our weekly grocery budget. Another way we save is growing our own spring mix in every loose planter in winter, and in our cold frame.

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This is a great way to save $$, live semi-organic, and teach the kids about gardening.Buying ahead and small scale growing also is a way to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Worst case scenario? Our country will go bankrupt and grocery stores will close chaos will erupt. Then having a small stockpile of food is definitely beneficial. Not a solution, but beneficial. Best case scenario? Nothing will happen, except I don't feel like taking a wild pair of boys to 3 grocery stores. Since I have a frugal pantry, I don't have to.
Another way we stockpile? I often get those 'free samples' online, and coupled with my buy-ahead grocery principle, I'm hoping to stay out of the grocery store in the month of december. Stay inside and toasty, sipping hot chocolate, and a built in savings for presents!
What do you do to save $$?

Free Blockbuster Express

Today only you can get a free Blockbuster Express Movie Rental with the code 1MNDY . 

Real Simple Mag- 10.00

This is another amazon deal! Go  HERE  to get a  one year subscription to real simple. It is one  of my favorite magazines! This would make a great Christmas gift. They also have Better Homes for 5.99. This is auto-renewal., but it is very easy to go to your account and cancel auto-renewal, I do right after I buy.