Some great new freebies!

Enter your email address and zip code for 12 days of Whataburger coupons!


Free Samples of Splenda!


For those who love restaurant.com- Feed it forward- give 20 of your friends each a $10 restaurant.com gift certificate. It's pretty cool!



And thanks to my new readers! Every new subscriber and reader helps!

A holiday update

Thanks to couponing101.com for the link!

http://www.couponing101.com/2009/11/freebie-friday-thanksgiving-edition.html

All kinds of great black Friday deals!!

Have a great weekend, I'll be back and full of deals on tuesday!

rebates- received

Received rebates in the past two weeks:

Drano $6.00
Liquid Plumbr $6.00
Pantene $9.95
Kraft $10.00
SC Johnson $5.00

Total $36.95 in free products

1 more reason I love air line miles!

I have my Vons card (a Safeway company) hooked up to a United Airlines Miles account via their Grocery Miles program and I earn points each time I grocery shop at Vons (which isn't too often these days!!).

When you earn enough points, you can redeem them for a plane ticket- OR- you can redeem the points for other stuff through the United Sky Mall. Occasionally, United will mail you offers too.

Friday I received an offer to redeem points for magazine subscriptions.

For 2300 points, I received 3 subscriptions. 1 for my husband (ESPN), one for me (All You), and one for both of us (Veranda- it looked interesting). I still have a hefty balance of points left that we will use for our remaining holiday shopping.

So if you have United Airline miles- keep your eyes peeled for this great offer coming through your mail box!

Save .50 on Driscoll's Berries!

Yummy!

Save .50 on Driscoll's Berries!

It is a Smart Source Coupon- You can print 2 per computer!

Thanks to ABS for the link!

A couple great offers!

CVS-Check your email CVS'ers! If you have registered your CVS card with CVS.com then you received a coupon for a free green bag tag. Attach it to your own re-usable shopping bag, have the cashier scan it each time you use it. For every 4 uses, you receive $1.00 in Extra care bucks! WOO HOO.

Target also give .05 off your purchase for each reusable bag you bring in!

For those in the So. Cal area, Pat and Oscars has a great deal! Buy a gift card for $20 and receive a free meal for one! You will receive a Meal for one for EACH $20 GC you buy!! Don't forget to swipe your Family Rewards card to earn free food!

Printable coupon round up: Turkey Day Edition

Campbell's has $15.00 in coupons!

Hormel has new coupons (You gotta sign up to print them, but they email you when there are new coupons, so it's a good trade off!)

Simple and Delicious- Including coupons for Egg Beaters (My fav!!)

Target's new coupon Policies...

Yup, they are changing them AGAIN!

Big thanks to Couponing101.com for helping spread the word!

For those is the Tri-state area...

Hood Diary has some great coupons!


Speaking of Tri-state... DH and I are leavin' on a jet plane for the East Coast next week, so updates may be scarce.

What's better than cheese..

Free Cheese!!


Aloutte Baby Brie Rebate!

This one's for my Husband

Nom Nom Nom- Bogo Lobster burritos at Rubios!

Woo hoo!

Arrowhead Mills (they sell Gluten free mixes!) It's a brick's coupon, so you can print 2!

Jack in the box!

Get a free three piece order of stuffed jalapenos when you buy a new southwestern bowl!

Preview of the coupons in December's All You Magazine

Courtesy of Couponing101.com

• $1/1 Vanity Fair Plates or Bowls
• $1/1 N.Y.C. New York Color Product of $1.72 or more
• 75¢/1 Bertolli Pasta Sauce
• 50¢/1 Vaseline Clinical Therapy Lotion
• $2/1 Rimmel London’s Gentle Eye Make Up Remover
• $1/1 Rimmel London Eye Shadow or Eye Liner
• $1.50/1 Dove Cream Oil Body Lotion or Hand Cream
• $2/1 any Neutrogena Product
• $3/1 Neutrogena Cosmetics Item
• $1/1 Truvia Natural Sweetener
• $1/1 Kellogg’s All-Bran Cereal
• $1/2 Trident Layers Gum
• $1/1 Starbucks Coffee, 5 oz bag or larger
• $1/4 Hunt’s Canned Tomatoes, 14.5 oz or larger
• $1/4 Ro*Tel Diced Tomatoes
• $1/1 Marie Callender’s Pasta Al Dente
• $1/1 Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn
• $1/1 Peter Pan Peanut Butter
• $1/2 Parkay
• $3/2 Glade Fragrance Collection products
• $1/1 Poise Product
• 65¢/2 C&H Sugar Products
• $1/1 Smithfield Paula Deen Crunchy Glaze Spiral Ham
• $1/1 Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Touch of Honey Cereal
• $1/1 Marzetti Veggie Dip
• $1/1 True North Nut Snacks
• $1/2 All You Magazine January Issue AND N.Y.C. Color Product of $1.99 or more
• $1/2 All You Magazine January Issue AND McCormick Perfect Pinch Seasoning Blend
• $1/2 All You Magazine January Issue AND Peter Pan Peanut Butter
• $1/2 All You Magazine January Issue AND Rimmel London Cosmetics Product
• $1/2 All You Magazine January Issue AND Hunt’s Ketchup
• $1/2 All You Magazine January Issue AND Nivea Body Wash
• $1/1 Tazo Filterbag Tea or Tea Latte Concentrate
• $10/1 Philips Norelco arcitec, Speed-XL (8200 series), or Nivea for Men Razor
• $5/1 Philips Norelco Replacement Head
• 55¢/1 Sargento Natural Deli Style Sliced Cheese
• 50¢/1 Colgate Wisp 16 ct
• B1G1 Free LaCross Beauty Tool, up to $7
• $1/1 Nature Made Vitamins
• $1/3 Fancy Feast Appetizers
• $2/1 Ester-C
• $2/1 Wow Cleaning System

expireds...

We've got 2 flat rate envelopes full. I'm working on a third. If you live overseas and you want an envelope, please shoot me an email. We can mail 2 per month at no cost, after that I ask that you cover the cost of postage ($4.95 per envelope). We have already mailed the 2 freebies this month.

Thanks for comin' out!

I just wanted to say thanks to the 4 people who came to the coupon class tonight! Several others emailed and have scheduled private lessons.

I hope everyone who came had a good time and took home a LOT of coupons!

Some great healthy coupon links!

Coupons for some great healthy products that I *love*:

Fresh Express Bagged Salad 55¢


McCann’s Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal $1

Butterball Ground Turkey 75¢

California Cheese 30¢ expires 1/31/10

Any California Dairy Product 30¢ expires 1/31/10

California Milk (gallon or 1/2) 50¢ expires 1/31/10

Chobani Greek Yogurt

ConAgra printables (Warning it's a Smart Source printing)
• Eggbeaters $1
• Hunts Canned Tomatoes (11oz+) 50¢/2

Morningstar Farms $1
Join, they will email you a $1 coupon

Musselmans  (apple sauce)

Skinny Cow® Truffle Bars $1

True Lemon/ True Lime Coupon  I LOVE THIS STUFF!!  It's great in water or iced teas

Yo-Plus

New IP's from our buddies at Coupon Surfer

** Save $1 on 4 5.5 oz. cans of Purina Mighty Dog Dog Food at your favorite pet store

** Save 25% on Planters Holiday products at Amazon.com

** Save $1 on any Ghirardelli Seasonal Item of 4 oz or more at your favorite supermarket

** Save $10 on at Walgreens.com

** Save $1 on any Pure and Natural Bar Soap, Body Wash or Liquid Hand Soap at your favorite supermarket

** Save $1.75 on any 72 oz. or larger package of Purina brand Moist + Meaty Dog Food at your favorite supermarket

** Save $2 on any Nivea Body Wash for Women product your Favorite Pharmacy

** Save at least 55 cents on any Ziploc Brand Zip 'n Steam Bags at your favorite supermarket


Ronzoni

Kikkoman

Idahoan Potatoes


And more

Free money... (sorta)

Coinstar is offering a $10 bonus in the form of a free gift card when you change in at least $40 in a single transaction by 12/6/09.

And if you choose to get your money in the form of an E- Gift Certificate you won't pay the coin processing fee of 8.9% you pay if you choose to take the money in cash.  So get $40 in E certificates to buy Holiday gifts or give as holiday gifts AND get a $10 bonus certificate.

E-certificates include Amazon, CVS, Starbucks, Old Navy, Regal Entertainment, Borders, JC Penny, ITunes and Lowes.

Find a machine and see all the details HERE

Thanks- AFS!

Dentek Flossers- I love these things. I am really hoping it comes with a coupon!

Wal*marts sample offers- They always have good stuff!

Download Free classical X-mas music!

P&G Saver- Sign up for all kinds of great P&G product samples and coupons.

Click HERE for a free sample of Being Girl Sampling Kit, includes:2 Tampax Pearl Tampons, 1 Compak Pearl Tampon, 1 Always Infinity Maxi-Pad, 2 Always Pantiliners, and 1 Always Feminine Wipe.

Sunday Savings!

Buy 5 participating products, get $5 in savings.

Save $2.00 with the purchase of Stove top and Heinz Gravy.

Thanks to Stephanie at Couponing101 for this weeks Walgreen's Specials.

Duraflame Stax- check local stores for $5.00 peel off coupons.

Purchase specially marked general Mills cereals and earn free movie tickets!

Sign up for a printable Calendar with over $50 in Tylenol coupons!

Overseas project 2- car packages for soldiers

So my second project this fall is to send care boxes to troops overseas.

First up is a friend of a friend from High School.  That box will go out on Monday.  I have some paperback books to add to the box, and everything needs to go into ziplock bags and it's ready to go.

If you have a friend or relative who is serving in a war zone and they or someone in their squad could use a care package, please let me know. I would like to mail 3 or 4 out before X-mas.

If you would like to contribute to the package, please let me know.  There are a lot of websites that will give you info on what can be included.  Please no Magazines, especially those with scantily clad ladies (playboy, maxim).  Most of our soldiers are in countries with morality laws and half nekkid ladies are verboten.

2010's Mantra...

Will be "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!"

Saving money this year for the holidays

In previous years, I have spent hours and so much money sending holidays cards.

I have resolved this year, to save myself money (I calculated that we spent over $50 on X-mas cards including the cards and postage!) and time (a few hours)- we will send out our usual Holiday email to the family and friends, and we'll send online cards.

There are a few relatives without internet, for those family members, I'll print the letter and mail it in a card.

Here a few free online card sites:

www.123greetings.com

www.bluemountain.com

www.regards.com (This site is great- you can sign up for a free account, and load up your address book- making it easier to send e cards!)

updated settings!

I have updated the settings on this blog now to allow non Live journal-er's to comment, however, you'll have to enter a CAPCHA (I wanna keep the bots out!!).

So Non-Live journal-er's- Post a comment and tell me what the best deal you found this week was! 

Freebie Friday!

 I'll be updating with freebies as I discover them!

Be one of the first 500,000 to become a fan of Outback Steakhouse on Facebook and receive an email coupon for a free Bloomin' Onion. You are required to purchase an entree to get the free onion. Must be 18 or older.

A week of giving

This week has been a week of giving!

Thanks to those of you who have donated coupons to be shipped, I was able to ship two more envelopes out this morning! That brings the total number of envelopes sent up 13! They've been sent to 5 countries. The average amount of savings per envelope is $200.

If you have a friend or family member living overseas on a military base and you know they could benefit for some coupons, please let me know. The recipients have been sharing the contents of the envelopes with the other families on base. The most needed coupons are baby related- Diapers, wipes, formula. Formula Checks are welcome as well.

Last night I took our food for the San Diego Food Bank to our local Vons. They have the big bins right inside the doors. I off loaded everything from my car into a grocery cart and took it inside- I filled 3/4 of one bin!


This is just a guide- most food banks will accept any non-perishable, non-expired food stuff.
Beans, Canned: kidney, navy, pinto, pork & beans, refried
Fish, Canned: salmon, tuna
Fruit Juice, 100% (canned and boxed)
Fruits, Canned
Meals, Boxed: Complete dinners, Helper & Pasta meals
Meats, Canned: beef stew, chili, hash, spam
Oil, Vegetable (bottled)
Pasta: macaroni, noodles (including ramen), spaghetti
Peanut Butter
Rice: instant and dinners
Potatoes, Instant
Soup (canned and boxed)
Snack Items: fruit snacks, granola bars, pop tarts
Tomato Products: canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste
Baby Food and Baby Formula
Beverages: hot chocolate, coffee, tea
Cereals (hot and cold)
Jello
Muffin and Pancake Mixes
Pasta, Canned: Beefaroni, ravioli, SpaghettiOs
Pudding, Instant
Snack Items: cookies (store-bought not home-made), crackers
Staples: flour, spices (basic), sugar
Stuffing
Syrup
Vegetables, Canned

A lot of these items can be bought for pennies with coupons- some are even free!

Mail Call!

In today's mail, I received:

A sample of of Honey Nut Cheerios with 2 $1.00 off Cheerios coupons,

A box of Betty Crocker instant mashed Potatoes in garlic and herb- nom!

coupons from


coupons from P&G.


WOO HOO!!

What did you get today?

Two more Packages mailed!

Today two more coupon envelopes will go out.

One is being shipped to Germany, and the second to the UK- both to Military families serving overseas.  Each envelope contains approx. 200 coupons,

Thank you to everyone who donates coupons!

Use your mad couponing skillz to help someone!

 There was a piece on the local news last night, discussing the need for increased donations to hunger based charities. 

I cleaned out our cupboards last night and filled a Trader Joe's bag and a re-usable grocery bag full of food.  I will be dropping them off at the bin inside the Von's down the street from our house.

What kinds of food am I donating?
Canned fruit and veggies
Tuna
Broth
Soup
Stuffing
Cereal
Juice
Corned Beef Hash

All of these items were free with coupons.  Go through your cupboard and pull some of your free items.  If you don't want to donate them to a charity, find a friend or neighbor that is having a hard time and offer them a basket of goodies. 

A great deal at Vons this week 11/4-11/10

 Check out this great post at Abundant Food Savings.

Some great scenarios and a great savings!

Thanks to Abundant Food Savings for being a constant source of inspiration!

WOO HOO! $1.25 off Pillsbury Simply... cookie dough!

Via Pssst, I received an email with a Brick's coupon link for Simply... refridgerated cookie dough.


I can fwd it to up to 10 friends- Leave me a message with your email address and I'll fwd it to you!

$1.25 off is over 50% savings.  I saw it at Von's a few days ago and it was $2.00.  That's one hell of a deal!

Donating to a food/hunger based charity- any little bit helps.

Any amount of food that can be donated will help. See

patgund 's

post here about his recent experience.  


I'm cleaning out out cupboard tonight.  I'll post pics of what we're donating to inspire you all!

those those who need a little help...

I have posted about this group before, and I believe in it, so I'll post it again:


Golden Share Foods.  Good, inexpensive food that is good for you.

In the same vein, there is also Angel Ministries.  Angel Ministries also accepts food stamps.

Free coupons!

To help you all save this holiday season, I will be giving away 1 envelope containing 100 coupons each week in November and December.

Just email me at akeen02037 at gmail dot com to enter. Once a week I'll pull a name.

HI new folks!

I just added a link to this blog on my HCW siggie line, so if you followed the link- welcome!

If you have a Livejournal account, please friend me! I am trying to post each day with savings updates.

For those in the San Diego, CA area- check out the entry from last week about my upcoming savings class!

It's the first of the month!

All of the printable coupon websites have been restocked!

Coupons.com, redplum.com, cellfire.com, shortcut.com

Print and re-load to your hearts content!