Spend free money tomorrow!

I think tomorrow is the day to be able to go and spend my free money at Victoria Secret!!! I will let you know tomorrow what I find out about my cards! I have three to check I will try and buy 10.00 perfume to see if I have more on my card than just the 10.00..... Cross your fingers, well unless that is bad luck then do something else.

My first garland to ever make!

Today I made my very first ever garland. I cut branches off of the magnolia trees around my yard and then wired them together and then spray painted them gold. So pretty and creative. Also this is a great inexpensive way to decorate for the holidays, well that is if you are a good spray painter and you are not wasteful because it can get expensive really quickly if you aren't careful. I will take pics with my phone tomorrow and post them for you to see. I did not come up with this idea on my own I must admit... The lady who was selling the idea to me I thought was a bit crazy to be honest with you. I was thinking magnolia tree leaves? REALLY?? OOOOKKKK.... and then we made 1,2,3... and I love it!

Christmas Class Party

So now I have to start thinking about Rylans Christmas class party. I am going to post on Facebook looking for fun creative ideas... I feel lost for this one... I don't have very many cute ideas up my sleeve like usual I want something I haven't seen before that is going to be fun and the kids will love it while not being totally tacky and not spending a fortune at the same time. Please give me fun ideas if you have any. We will be having birthday cake as a sweet treat and a song to the sweet baby Jesus and we will prob do a fruit tray too bc the kids loved that last party. I need fun games and crafts. I think I really want to do a time capsule ornament as one of the crafts I will have to find a cute pic like the one I found online to share with you.

Last place is...

My last cyber shopping spot is going to be JCPenny. I hope to find something and be eligable for free shipping. If not I'm going there tomorrow morning :) Looks like tomorrow it is for me... I only have a 10.00 certificate and you need to purchase 25 or more to get free shipping soooo.....

Dillards

I have a gift card to Dillards that I was willing to blow today however I was not offered free shipping so I will just wait until I can make it to a store becasue I am too cheap to spend free money on shipping lol

Letter from Santa

Some time last week I was looking for a letter from Santa. Well I found one for only a penny! The promo code to get free shipping is 41878. This is for today only!!! Go get one for your munchkin I did!

disney store

Im checking out at the Disney Store and I'm using the 20.00 free gift card and I just choose a lego set that is on clearance for 16.00ish and they are offering free shipping with code CYBER today only. So that will be a good freebie for either Christmas, Easter, or for another child that will just be put into the toy closet.

Amazon

I am now on Amazon looking for something special for my hunny I wish I could say what I am getting and the amazing deal I found on it but he reads this soooo.... Ask me when you see me :) They have some pretty good deals on there. I have been looking for some kind of a deal that I just couldn't walk away from on a smart tablet but I just haven't seen one yet. I will keep you posted if I do though. I will be shopping the Disney store next though!

Free MP3 Amazon credit

Go to amazon here and put in code studybrk for 2.00 for free song download. There are plenty of singles you can download for .75 I am pretty sure! Personally I am going to check out the christmas songs right now :)

Free Nescafe

While shopping of course I need to score some freebies :) click here to get some free peppermint mocha. I just tried to submit mine in the midde of typing this and it keeps kicking me back and saying my information is incorrect. I hope you have some luck with this one I am going to try again later.

Here we go!

I am going to be making my first stop at walmart.com... I have a walmart gift card from Rylans birthday to buy him some gifts so lets see what I can score! Today I will have multiple tabs open on my computer so I can keep you updated with all the great deals I find so you may have to check back at the bottom of posts to see what I find. I will also be using my swagbucks toolbar to search for these pages in hopes to score some free money! OK so I am checking out at walmart.com. I have multiple games for the new Wii that Rylan got, I never knew they offered so many games for under 10.00 at walmart.com. They also offer preowned games which I had no idea about, I purchased all brand new games though. I got another controller as the console only comes with one and a new lego item and a small canning kit as a gift for someone on my list. I didn't really see any amazing deals that I just had to have I must admit but it was far easier than standing in lines at walmart. They have a section I just decided to look in before hitting the check out button. They have a value section or something like that at the top so I am now going to browse the section real quick for toys. I will be removing something from my previous picks lol I found lego bundles for 2/20 which is a great deal and you have choices of what to pick from too.

Avon

Avon has some cute stuff this campaign. They are offering free shipping on Cyber Monday. I like their cute sleep shirts :) and they have cute slippers for under 10.00 check it out if you still have someone to pick something for.....Shop Avon here I also just noticed that I think they have gloves that are compatable with touch screens so you don't have to take your gloves off to use your device!! Use code cyber2011 to get free shipping on any order.here are the gloves :)

The 4th Birthday Cake

 As I promised here are the pics of the birthday cake that I made at home. I printed some free clip art from my computer that I found on Google that I liked. They were black and white so I enlarged them quite a bit and made multiple copies so I could cut them up and make stencils for when I got the fondant colored and rolled out perfectly. I should have used chocolate or something to hold all the pieces together but I was so tired at the end of the night making it that I just didn't lol. This whole cake probably cost around 15.00 cake mix, fondant, icing and icing color too. I have friends all over who make cakes at least this well if not 200xs better. and would probably make them for inexpensive. Let me know if you need a cake made :) any occasion!

victoria Secret deal

OK I just got yelled at via text for not sharing this secret earlier. So I will give you the scoop. go here to shop at Victoria Secret and you can earn your free 10.00 gift card with any 10.00 purchase that will be able to be used Dec. 2 through Dec. 21. Look up all of the details up on the website and you can check out my previous post and see what I bought!    :) Happy Shopping

Ellen... the campaign continues

So I was telling my friend Courtney today about a blog I like to check out from time to time called "Couponing to Disney" and she asked me if we could be "couponing to Ellen" of course my response was YES! So the campaign continues. I feel a little bummed that she has all these people on her show who have some sad story about how their life sucks and so she comes in as the shining light and brightens their world. I am not bummed that she does that at all do not take this the wrong way lol, I am bummed that my life in fact does not suck and I love every bit of it so I can not really write in and tell her how much I need her help instead I just keeping sending letter after letter to her asking for her to be friends with me sheese I sound lame lol. I invited her to our wedding in case I never told you, she must have had a serious family emergency and that is why she didn't make it and surprise me with some amazing honeymoon lol nor did she open the doors to a new vehicle.... ( we didn't get a real honeymoon and my car sucks lol) anyway I know she is just waiting to call me when she has some super amazing show that she wants me to come to and another thing please don't judge me that I am envious of the people that get to sit on the floor level lol they always get the good seat. I would not want to be in a wheelchair of course (I think that is the only way to get one of those seats) I would want to sit by her mom bc I am pretty sure that is the best seat in the house. I have day dreamt of what job I would be perfect for in her office and all I can come up with is that person who gives her the mint before she walks onto stage. I'm only kidding I know I would be perfect for just about every single job especially those jobs where she sends someone out for her. Anyway I asked for tickets once and I'm asking again soon!

Cyber Monday!!!

Who is ready for Cyber Monday is this girl right here!!!!! I think I am going to break away only long enough to go to subway use my BOGO 6" sub coupon and my 10.00 gift card that I only paid 5.00 for! Also people if you are eating out now is the perfect time to ask the store you are going to visit before you visit if they are having any gift card promos. Check out the retail gift card deals too. For example last year at Lowes if you bought 25.00 (I don't remember the exact amount this is an example) in gift cards then you got 10.00 in Itunes gift cards free. I was buying stuff anyway so I bought the gift card first then paid for my stuff with it and I got a free CD on my Ipod that night :) I also suggested restaurants because lets say that you are going out to eat, lots of places offer special deals buy 50 get 10 or something like that. If you are eating out already buy the gift card before you sit to eat. Pay for your food with the card then guess who gets a free lunch later or a great free stocking stuffer. That's right you do :) I have been to Victoria Secret 2 times now since they started their gift card deal (I think it ended tonight) The deal they were running was, Buy 10.00 worth of merchandise and you are guaranteed to get 10.00 on a gift card to use after 12/2, some only have 10.00, but some have up to 1000.00! They have lots with 100.00! I bought 3 things for about 12.00 each and paid for them each in a separate transaction. ( I got 2 perfumes that were 50% off! I was so excited and I wished it was in my budget to buy about 8 more lol) I now have 3 gift cards that are worth at least 30.00 maybe more! You can't call to find out how much is on each card, you have to purchase something to find out what your totoal is. That sounds like a catch but do you have any idea how many 10.00 and under things they offer in their panty and perfume sections? They have a huge section of purse size perfume bottles (Possibly even every fragramce) for 10.00 exactly... That is probably what I will be going back for.

What I used my first free amazon gift card for

So I have talked to you about using swagbucks right. It is a search engine with a tool bar that is free to download and you receive "bucks" for searching with them instead of your usual search engine. Once you get a certain amount (the amount I look for is 450) you can redeem for free stuff. Gift cards to stores or online shopping spots, there are so many things that you only need a few searches to get freebies. I look to earn 450 because that is how much I need to get a free 5.00 amazon gift card. I got my first one last week and I decided today to use it on a book idea that my friend Courtney begged me to do for Rylan as she does not have kids yet. I couldn't wait to take the idea and put it into motion. The idea is to get the book by Dr. Seuss called "Oh the places you'll go" and as he finishes each grade have his teachers write a secret note to him and then give it to him as a graduation gift. I ordered his book today (I got it used as that was a good bit cheaper than new) and I still have about a dollar left on my card for my next amazon purchase. Last week (maybe two weeks ago actually) I cashed in my 450 swagbucks (sb) and I already have 138, while I'm writing this I am watching their TV channel which earns bucks also... whoever invented the split screen for windows made my life so easy lol. You should sign up for swagbucks because there is still time to earn points and redeem them for free gift cards before Christmas!!

best mail call ever!

So while I was out of town our mail box was loaded down with great stuff I have been waiting on! A free sample of 5 hour energy. I don't use or like this stuff but my honey does for days when he didn't sleep well. They are 3.00ish at the store and it is a full size bottle that comes in the mail. 5hr energy here says that they are temporarily out of samples for this month but this month ends in a few days so if I were you I would try back at the end of the week. I also got a coupon for a free box of hair color. I think I went to the walmart site and got this one from the sample section but when I just went to find it for you it said that this promo is ended. I have been especially anxious to get a gift card from the Disney store that I ordered for, get this... FREE (imagine that)!!! I will be using this on cyber Monday to shop online probably. I used my Disney movie rewards points I think it cost me around 700 to earn this card for free. If you are not familiar with this program every Disney movie comes with a code inside and it is free to enter them into the free account that you can create. I have in the past ordered a movie and tonight I just redeemed 100 points to get a box of pop secret pop corn for free too. You don't even pay shipping it is 100% free.  About a month ago I guess I paid 5.00 for a gift card to subway worth 10.00 at save more and that came in the mail too. I also got a huge amount of free labels for winter that have our return address on them. I will donate to St.Jude for sending them to me. I'll probably drop 5 or 10 dollars in the mail to help their charity.

Rylans 4th birthday party!!!

This last weekend we had Rylans birthday party. If you keep uP with this blog you would know I have been shopping around for a while and it really paid off. I called around and found the cheapest bouncy house for 100.00 they were great (1st jump rentals was the name I think) I would recommend them to anyone! They were on time clean and the employee was soooooo polite. They set up and took down so I had no wOrk to do with that. I wanted a fancy looking cake with my cheap budget, so I made one. I bought a small 1pm box of fondants (6.00) and two colors (about 1.50 each) to color the fondants. I already had black so I only needed red and blue. I two boxes of cake mix (with coupons of course) and two icings (again using coupons) so I spent around 12.00 and all the private school moms (who would probably be willing to spend 50-100 on a cake where I don't want to) were going CRAZY over it. It made me feel so good that they all were talking about how they could not believe it was home made. I will have to make a blog the next time I make a cake. I will have to post pics later when I'm by my laptop. We made a fruit tray and a veggie tray as it was cheaper than buying them already assembled and they looked great on my platters too I must add. My wonderful mother in law made all of that for me as I was running around trying to finish last minute stuff. She also made 3 loaves of bread worth of finger sandwiches which were all gone by the end of the day. We have been stock piling wine from a local grocery that has a huge selection and so I was able to open and serve around 6 bottles of wine for around 12-15.00! This store often gets new inventory so they put items on clearance that aren't moving as quickly. So bottles that retail for 12-15 each were marked from 2-5.99 so I grab one every week or two! There were so many people and kids I let everyone help themselves and it seemed as if everyone had a great time. I think I want to open a party planning business!!

Jcpenny freebies again!!

This week I got another 10.00 coupon to jcpenny so you already know I basically ran over there to see what I could find. This week in the home goods section I found clearance champagne glasses (4/7.00) and a tank top. I paid .80 after my coupon! I was so excited. If you don't get these at your house and you want to get some I know you can buy them online on eBay I'm not sure of the price but if they are only a dollar or so it could still make for a serious good deal...

I'm looking for free letter from Santa

So since our elf on the shelf will not come out until the morning after thanksgiving I thought I have already started talking about Santa sending his elves to watch over all the children (for example he pouts or uses bad manners I suddenly look out the window and when he says what is it mommy I just say oh nothing I just thought I saw something and he always asks "what was it" and I say I thought it was an elf! Rhett joined in the other day and didn't even know it when he was making fun of the guy next to us in his truck and said "oh that guy looks like Santa hahaha" and Rylan was stretching his neck as far as it would go and so I calmly said yeah it probably was him he told me he was coming to drop off his elf at our house the other day lol Rylan was soooo shocked he just sat in the back thinking so seriously) and I need to make it official now lol I have started looking up websites that you can get some free cards from Santa. Here is the first I found on a site that you type and print then put in an envelope and send from gmaws house or work wherever... I wonder can you send a self addressed and postage paid envelope to the north pole and someone there will open it and put it back in the mail so that it will be post marked from there... I will let you know about this. I know that some of you are laughing right now but my kid will think my Santa is better than yours if our letter comes from there and yours comes from the same state (I'm sure he will not know or care at this point but it will make me feel like it is more official lol) I need to ask around to my friends to see who has nice calligraphy and maybe employ them to write letters for me lol. I will give you the links for the ones I find as I go.... Here is the first I found I haven't tried it yet so I can't tell you if it is easy or looks good or not...letter from Santa here

Free movie in the mail

I cashed in on some Disney movie rewards points and got one of my favorite movies from when I was a kid, "The brave little Toaster" they sent it totally free! No shipping, no hidden costs. I simply put in all the codes from inside the movies I buy or receive as gifts and then I save my rewards points until this time of year and I pick out one fun thing to put under the tree for free from Santa. I have 2 other movies waiting upstairs and I know my mom will be giving him a movie too so we will be getting more points in the next month to get more prizes! It is free to sign up with the rewards club and free to earn points and get prizes... why would you not sign up lol? Since I signed up I have earned 2110 points and cashed in on 1500 I still have 600+ points left to spend! The movie I got today cost 750 points and there are hundreds of prizes to choose from! Good luck!

Free gift cards...

If you are a CVS reward member (I think that is what it is called.) then there are many items that qualify if you purchase 30.00 worth (mix and match all items so 1-30 different items its your choice) you get a free 10.00 gift card to whatever place (that they sell in store) for free!! So lets say that you need toilet paper, and dishwasher soap and a few grocery items... that may equal 30.00 so bam you get to pick out 10.00 free gift card. Maybe you have a teacher on your list so a barns and noble gift card may be perfect! There is also gas cards! I hope you can score some good items you need and a free gift for someone you love! (Or like a little bit even lol)

Fuel perks!!!

Are you traveling this holiday season? I just heard a new great way to save some cash! At Winn Dixie you can earn .15c off per gallon of gas for every 50.00 you spend on gift cards. So here is my idea for you. Our truck takes around 100.00 to fill up. That is 2 gift cards which equal .30c off a gallon. now lets say gas is 3.30 a gallon we pay 3.00 a gallon for 20 gallons I already have .50 off a gallon that I saved on my last shopping trip sooo that means we would pay 2.50 a gallon and our total savings would be 16.00. It would only be 6.00 if we didn't already have the other fuel perks saved. I can think of a few things that I could use my 6.00 saved on... free lunch maybe? I maybe would treat myself to a Starbucks or 2 :)

I felt like I was stealing from Kohls!

OK so I def. was NOT stealing but it felt like I was def getting away with something when I walked out of the store only paying .75!! I got a transformer puzzle, a batman monster truck (I have been on the hunt for this one ever since I passed it up nearly a year ago) a pair of flip flops and a set of 3 toe rings and my total was only .75! I don't remember if I posted or not but here is a link for kohls, if you sign up to receive their email alerts then you will be emailed 5.00 off 5.00 or more, I have 2 email addresses so I submitted one for each and got 2! This email deal expires soon so I hope you take advantage of it! I had to do two separate transactions so I did the puzzle which was around 4.00 and the flip flops which were on clearance for 1.00 and I paid .54. The second transaction I did the monster truck which was around 3.00 and the toe rings which were on clearance for 2.00 so I paid .21. I was sooooo excited! I walked out of the store smiling ear to ear lol. I only got the flip flops and the toe rings so I could use my coupons because you had to be spending at least 5.00. I will use the flip flops next summer with my LSU gear and the toe rings will get good use too I'm sure :) I could not believe I only paid .75!! Santa just got two more presents one for the stocking and one for under the tree :)

Mail call 3

So this week was light on the samples and freebies but I did get some fun stuff. I got a rebate back for Lysol wipes. I'm not sure if I blogged about this one but I printed a thing they were doing for flu season... click here to print yours. I just went and found the link for you. If you have receipts that show that you purchased 3 Lysol wipes between 7/1 and 10/31 then you still have a few weeks to print this out and get 3.00 back!
Don't wait if you can find your receipt because it has to be in the mail before 11/30. I found this rebate about a month after I purchased them. I had two different receipts (I have started holding onto my grocery receipts in a zip lock bag for a while for this reason) that totaled 3 packages so I submitted mine and got the money back this week. I also got my free samples of K-cups for my keurig coffee maker. This sample is expired so I hope you didn't miss this one. I am excited to try my new coffee :)

Rylan is having his first sleep over!!!

Madeleine and Luke are spending the night for the first time! Their mommy and daddy are having a date night and Rylan wanted them to spend the night anyway so it was perfect! We started off with a ride on the Polaris (I don't know how to spell it but for those of you who do not know what it is, it is a super fast golf cart slash, yes I just spelled slash, four wheeler slash fun work vehicle.) It is built for 2 adults basically I think but some how we shoved 2 adults and 3 munchkins all on it and even though we were going pretty slow I was yelling like we were speeding out of control because it was getting the kids so excited. When we started driving toward something I would freak out and say oh no we are going to hit the ______!!!!! Then Rhett would turn of course! They were all laughing and having such a great time. Then we came home and

I hope these two grocery trips last me into the new year

I shopped yesterday and today to restock my pantry and fridge/freezer. When I tell you our house was empty.... We had a pack of bacon in the freezer : /  I needed pasta, sides such as rice or macaroni, pasta sides, lunch soups, cooking soups like cream of chicken and mushroom. We had no meat left so I had to stock up on that and I also needed to get enough lunch meat for finger sandwiches and a few other snack/finger food items and drinks for everyone I also snagged some items for goodie bags for the party. You can imagine my face when I saw the first total was 140.00 ( I knew it was going to be a lot I haven't been to the grocery in a month) that was my total at Walmart I will give you the run down of some of the items I purchased for that price.

free movies again...

Here is another list of Blockbuster 1.00 movie rental codes for free rentals again it is said that these codes will expire on 11/11 which is Friday so I don't know if they will be good through that day?..... Anyway good luck on a good date night in :)


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Are you a military bride to be? Want a free dress?

http://www.bridesacrossamerica.com/Aboutus.html  I heard from a friend that this group gives away wedding dresses to military ladies or military to be ladies (wish I would have know about this a few moths ago lol) so I took a look and sure enough I didn't go through the whole website but I am super glad that this ladyn Heidi started such a foundation!!! Good for her I bet she feels so good about herself for doing something so amazing for so many people... As Ellen says "Be nice to one another" I would say she is doing just that. Anyway check it out for yourself it looks like an amazing group, like I said I did not fully inspect every page yet as I could not wait to get on here and share the message lol. Thank you Jennifer for sharing this info with me I thought of a friend right away and before I even looked at the site for myself I messaged her on FB.

Laundry detergent

Ok so I am going through my blogs and my ads to get my grocery shopping list together I am thinking I may go to Wal-mart this week and do some price matching and use coupons to see if I get any better of deals than my usual trip to winn dixie I am thinking of going to both to be honest bc I don't think I will be able to get the usually great deals I find on meat at walmart. I wanted to let you know that this is a great week to stock up on laundry detergent though. At CVS there is arm and hammer on sale (after extra bucks) for only 1.99 for 50oz. That is a pretty good deal. Even better than that though if you have a Kmart near you then grab the ad and go to walmart for a price match on ALL detergent or snuggle softener for only 2.99 and if you have the coupon like I do for 1.00 off All then you will be making a steal on this stuff also I have a .75 for the softener which is what I am out of not detergent so I may stock up... Just FYI good prices right now!

I love Corny

So my BFF Courtney I like to call her Corny, its a long story... well not really I'll just tell you. One day she goes to Burger King to eat and they ask her what her name is so when her order is ready they will call her. She says "Courtney" and the lady behind the counter puts on her order "Corny" well it stuck in my mind! Anyway she said she is counting the number of times I have said "freebie" on here and I wish there was  a counter because that is kind of funny I like that word, freebie, free, inexpensive, cheap all of that lol! I love her for that fact she makes my heart smile. My face usually smiles too but.....mostly my heart!

I just got paid to shop :)

 Ok so one of my favorite places to shop for all things "kids". If you have ever heard of Platos closet this is very much like it only for children not teens/young adults. This place is a resale shop that pays on the spot for the items you don't want anymore. They buy clothes, toys, baby items (big and small) books the list goes on and on..Today I brought in a box of clothes that do not fit Rylan any more and it was sooo full I washed everything that had tiny stains last night to try and get them out as this place only buys stuff that is in good condition that is not too used and has no stains or holes etc. I fold them all neatly and separate them by size and season so 2T short sleeve and shorts go together, and 3T long sleeves all go together and shoes together, you get the pic. They offered to buy 29 items and wanted to pay 39.05 for them! I was so excited! I was like YES that is great. Keep in mind I usually get all of his clothes under 5.00 an item so to be paid 1.34 per item I was stoked! I usually get so many items for him for almost free too by shopping at the end of the season. While they looked over his clothes that they wanted to buy I shopped. Since they only buy clothes in good condition I love this place, I can get name brand clothes for better than Wal-mart prices! I needed new jeans for him in size 4T and I needed a few more long sleeve t-shirt style shirts also in 4T (he could use a few more jammies too but I do not recommend getting them here as these usually do not look new even if they have been well taken care of because they are worn so often usually) I got a pair of Levi jeans (5.50) and a pair of OshKosh jeans (8.50 I usually don't pay that much for his clothes but he really needs jeans and I was basically trading and not paying), a pair of sweats from Old Navy (4.50) , a red and white button down shirt from Gap (4.50) I'm thinking this will be cute for pics with Santa, two t-shirts from Gap (3.50 each), one polo t-shirt (3.50), a hoodie style shirt from Gap (5.50 Rylan loves shirts with a hood for some reason). So they put in my sell items and rang up the items I chose and she said "We owe you a nickle." Part of me wanted to go back into the store and pick another item but I just took the money and ran! I will try all of the items on Rylan tonight because I only have 7 days to return if something doesn't work. I really would have liked to get more long sleeve t-shirts but this store is totally hit or miss sometimes they have exactly what you are looking for and sometimes they don't it just depends on what is being sold to them in the last few weeks. I don't think I have ever gone in and left with nothing though. I mentioned that I don't recommend buying jammies there and another thing I don't really recommend that they do sell and have bought a lot from me is shoes. They sometimes have nice shoes, I have gotten a few dress shoes from there because they looked new and were hardly worn. If you are looking for a pair of play shoes though you can get a pair there that are usually 5-10 for Nike shocks even. Kids are just so hard on shoes it is hard for me to buy them there I would rather just pay more and get new ones. Once upon a Child is a chain (OUAC for short as my BFF Janette and I call it via text lol) so look up their site and see where the closest one to you is, if it is the one by me then call me and we will go to lunch :)

Fun mail box goodies!!

If you remember a while back I ordered the wax melter smell good things from Yankee Candle co. for teacher gifts. I knew I would be needing the wax drops to complete the gift but I wanted to wait until I found a good deal and I did last week as they were only 1.00 each so I ordered seven to go with the cute melter things I already have, those came in the mail today. I also ordered 5 movies from Target and I got all of those in. I forgot that I sent in a few rebates and those came back, one for 6.99 and one for 3.50 the 6.99 one was for shampoo which made it free and the 3.50 one was for febreeze noticables (the plug not the refill) I had coupons for 3.00 off each one and walmart had them on sale for 2.99=free now that I have the rebate it means I just made 3.50 to buy them! I still have at least one more rebate out for a Brita water pitcher that I bought for 8.00 I had a 5.00 off coupon so I paid 3.00 and found a rebate for 10.00 that will be another money maker when I get that back! Today I also got some fun samples in the mail I got a few post cards of samples of men's cologne usually they come as little tubes full of liquid but these were just little wipes with smell goods still a free day of smell goods so who cares. I got a Playtex sport sample with a coupon from Walmart.com (this may still be available they often have free samples to sign up for so does Target.com) I got free aquafresh toothpaste (it is like a travel size tube also from walmart.com I think) and a free pack of crest 3d white goodies which include white strips, and toothpaste and coupons. I got travel size head and shoulders too! I think my mail lady knows I like all these goodies so she holds them until I get a bunch and brings them all at the same time!!

I shopped at CVS for soooo little!!!

Yesterday I stopped after school at CVS for a box of cereal and I needed a large box of cheerios for a craft at school that I said I would be responsible for. Last week I think I forgot to post that I went into Walgreen's for razors, for those of you who do not frequent pharmacies you should consider it and let me tell you why. At the front of the store there is a "special coupon machine" where you scan your reward card and coupons print out for your shopping! I have scored some free deodorant and conditioner from this machine. They were on sale or clearance and the coupon would have said something like "2.00 off hair care product" or something like that well find one on clearance for 1.00 and BOOM you pay taxes on 2 shampoo or conditioner etc.

Free perfume sample

Click here to request your free sample of Oscar de la Renta perfume (I dont know how it smells yet but I thought I'd share) I have a thing on my Google home page that is called "Totally free crap" lol that is where I got this one from. I am also happy to announce I have made it to 450 swagbucks and will be requesting my first free 5.00 amazon gift card! You can still sign up its never too late! Click on the swagbuck gadget at the bottom of my page and you can install the toolbar and start earning today!

Stock up prices

Today I am researching stock up prices as I know when some items are a good deal but others I sometimes look and say hmmm I think this is a good deal but I am not always sure. I can never remember what I pay for certain things either. This week my grocery bill will be much higher than I like as I only have 2 weeks until Rylan's birthday party and I need to start getting all the nonperishable items to prepare for that. It also seems like I can not even remember when I last shopped so we are running low on lots of items that we need. I last shopped for under 100.00 nearly one month ago! Think about that..... I am pretty proud of myself right now lol I knew it felt like a long time I guess I got more stuff than I realized and no wonder my freezer is getting empty! I started looking up stock up prices from other bloggers because I was looking at my weekly flyer's from albertsons and Winn Dixie and saw boneless skinless chicken breasts for 1.88/lb and I thought to myself that is a great price I think... I can never remember prices produce or meat for some reason so I looked and saw that many other couponers think that 1.99/lb is a great price for boneless skinless chicken breasts so I think I will grab a LOT of chicken this week maybe 10 pounds! I will try and make a stock up price page for you all if you are like me and can never remember then you can print it and keep it in your binders so you won't have to question if you are getting a good deal or not.

blinkie coupon?

I just heard a new term I haven't come across before. A "blinkie coupon" I had to google it I was thinking what is that?! It is a coupon from a smart source machine in stores usually found in the aisles with little red blinking lights lol the name makes sense now.

Get ready for the holidays now

So I've been talking about doing Christmas gift shopping and getting ready for the holidays so today I want to remind you all who will be making pies or dinners for friends and family to get your coupons ready now! Today I just found a great coupon request for a Ham. Meat coupons are hard to come by so when I see one I grab it! click here to request yours too if you want to save a 1.00 on a great Thanksgiving or Christmas meat. I'm sure I will be posting lots of this kind of coupon so turn your printers on :)

savemore.com

I've talked about savemore.com before but I want to come back and tell you about some deals they have right now that I just scored. I picked up two gift cards, one to subway and one to CVS both worth 10.00 for 5.00. These will make for a fun Christmas basket for a college student I like :) or maybe a good gift for me :) I like both of those places and the way I see it I will get a free gallon of milk at CVS this way and free dinner one night at subway with this deal. This is a link click here that will take you directly to the site. There is only one day left on both of these deals so if you think you want this one then head over and score some 50% off cards! You will have until midnight on 11/2 I think.

More freebies at JCPENNY!

So on one of my first posts I talked about saving over 75% off of retail. Well last week I got in a 10.00 off 10.00 purchase coupon for JCpenny so yesterday I went after Rylan's class Halloween party and before pick up since there was only about an hour. I found the cutest sandals on clearance for 4.97! I picked up two different pair for next summer I can't wait to wear them! I also found cute play clothes or school clothes for Rylan I needed .03 to be able to use my coupon so I grabbed a shirt for him 1.97 and went to the register. I paid 2.08! Now the blue pair of sandals were originally 65.00 I paid .80! The brown strappy pair were originally 50.00 I paid .80! The shirt I grabbed for Rylan was 11.99 I paid .31! So clearance prices plus a coupon equals nearly 100% off people! This is my favorite way to shop! I have another 10.00 coupon to there that doesn't expire until the end of the year so I may wait until closer to christmas in case there is a last minute gift I want to grab. So originally  the cost would have been 126.99 plus tax and I paid 1.91 (plus tax 2.08 total).... you do the math!

Thankfully I'm learning to hold my tongue

I am not really sure if I should be offended or not.... This morning I met with some other moms from Rylan's school. We were there to talk about school functions put on by the parents. We were all talking about getting together again for a day of crafts to get ready for these events. Someone offered their house as a craft spot (she basically lives next door to school) but directly after the offer she said that we would all have to ignore her messy house. I know that some people say that when it is really very clean. Some people say that and mean it you just have to wait and see. Another mom immediately started in on how messy her house was too and how she wouldn't judge. I had already been to this said craft house and it is neither messy or shining without a spec of dust. I don't care what peoples houses look like, I don't judge you because you live in your house however you want it, as do I. Where I got offended is