Chick-Fil-A

Chick-fil-A

January 1

 between 10:30 am and 6 pm

  with any purchase you get a coupon for a free chicken biscuit while supplies last. Please check the list of participating states for this offer on the Chick-fil-A website and of course it's while supplies last.

Calendar for only $6.00 has 30.00 worth of coupons

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/breakfast/

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/?#home

Keep an eye for  a new Chick-fil-A openning near you.

http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#insidersopenings

My CVS Deal

This is what I got at CVS this morning

My CVS opens at 7am 

I had $17.? to spend from ECB

I only paid under $4.00 cash

I recieved 2 of the $5.00 off $15.00 and was able to use it in one transaction.

These are on sale Sunday and Monday and you get ECB back on each

$6.00 - Rightguard Professional Strength Deodorant (limit 5)
$2.99 - Listerine Mouthwash (limit 5)
$2.59 - Halls Naturals (limit 1)
$3.99 - Excedrin Express Gels (limit 1) (used $2/1 coupon here)
$5.99 - Zipfizz Energy mix (limit 1)
$5.99 - Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine nail color (limit 2) (used CVS Beauty Book coupon $3/2 Sally Hansen nail color)
$6.99 - L'Oreal HIP eye shadow (limit 2)
$4.99 - Zantac 150 (limit 1) (used $1.00 coupon from newspaper insert)

$9.99-Alteril (limit 1)

 

FREE Shipping ---December 18

Some merchants that will be offering free shipping on Thursday, December 18 with guaranteed delivery in time for Christmas

http://www.freeshippingday.com/

Great Blogs

I came across this Great Blogs and wanted to share it with someone.

Frugal Upstate
http://frugalupstate.blogspot.com/
She is giving away two Walmart gift cards
500.00 ends 12-15
100.00 ends 12-6

This is another one of my favorites blogs
Centsible Sawyer
http://www.thecentsiblesawyer.blogspot.com/
She is giving away two gift cards
not sure when it ends??
100.00 Walmart Gift Card
15.00 Subway Gift Card

Refer a friend for a freebie

Einstein



Refer a friend to the Einstein Bros E-Club and you will receive a coupon for a free breakfast or lunch sandwich. As soon as you friend signs up for the club BOTH of you will receive the coupon for free sandwich, no purchase necessary.
I think it expires this weekend???
http://einsteinbros.tortus.com/refer.html

Restaurant.com

Feed It Forward™ will donate $30 million in free restaurant gift certificates – over 30 days – and allow you to treat friends, family, and colleagues —anyone deserving—to savings on a great meal out. When you Feed It Forward™, you have the opportunity, every day for 30 days, to enrich lives by giving the gift of meals and memories. Now until Christmas, you simply choose whom to give to, and we take care of the rest. Each person that receives a gift through the giving site can help Feed it Forward™, by giving free restaurant gift certificates to others.

http://www-ws21.restaurant.com/FeedItForward/Default.aspx

or

http://www.restaurant.com/

CVS Black Friday

Black Friday Great Freebies

http://www.black-friday.net/cvs-ad-scan.html

Register your card. Check you email for a coupon for 5.00 off 30.00

Use you coupons

These are some different ways of looking at The CVS deals

http://cyrialbowl.blogspot.com/2008/11/cvs-deals-thurs-fri-sat-only.html

http://www.livingasmom.com/2008/11/cvs-black-fridays-deals.html

http://mamastoolbox.blogspot.com/2008/11/just-for-kicks.html

http://noplaceidratherbe.blogspot.com/2008/11/cvs-thanksgiving-deals.html

GREAT DEALS

There are a lot of Friends and Family sales going on starting today.

http://slickdeals.net/

http://www.gottadeal.com/Archive

http://www.gottadeal.com/

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/today.php

http://www.bargainist.com/

These sites Above have great information about deals and more.They are updated daily.

Great site if you are doing the CVS and Walgreens deals

http://mommysnacks.blogspot.com/

http://www.moneysavingmom.com/

Restaurant.com has a new 80% off code SURPRISE available.

$25 gift certificates for $10 making a $25 gift certificate $2.

$10 certificates for select restaurants for $3, making them 60 cents each.

Check the restrictions for the certificates before you purchase.

http://www.restaurant.com/

We have tried this company and it worked for us.

FREE FOOD VOTING

FREE ICE CREAM

http://www.benjerry.com/features/i_voted/

Free star shape donuts

http://www.krispykreme.com

FREE COFFEE

http://www.starbucks.com/

Free Chicken
no location in TX

http://www.shanesribshack.com/vote.html

Best Deals/Stockpiling

BEST TIME TO BUY AND WHAT ITEMS TO BUY

JANUARY - Historically, Quaker has hot deals on cereal/all items. We see Pepsi/Tostitos go on sale mid-January (again, rebates abound for these). Other items of note this time of year are chili, side dishes, anything for hearty/warm meals.
• Post-Holiday Sales
• White Sales
• Sports and Weight Loss Equipment
• Computers
• Winter Apparel and Accessories
· Organizers, Rubbermaid totes, shelf organizers, planners, filing cabinets

FEBRUARY – many of the same food items as January
• Electronics
• Floor Coverings
• Housewares
• Furniture
• Candy and Chocolates

MARCH - Frozen food month. You'll find many stores are offering free freezers or fill-a-bag deals. Between March and April, look for spring cleaning deals, so many cleaner items will be on sale. With Easter, looks for eggs, ham, Kraft products to cycle into good sales. Paper products like towels, napkins, plates are starting to come on strong. Beverage items.
• Spring Apparel and Accessories
• Winter Sports Equipment
• Gardening Supplies
• Luggage


APRIL –
• Spring Apparel and Accessories
• Coats and Hats
• Paint
• Wallpaper
• Jewish Foods and Eggs

MAY - get ready for summer! Here come loads of deals on BBQ sauce, frozen veggies, baked beans, and condiments of all kinds, summer-time meats (ribs, hotdogs, and ground beef). Also with all the holidays, look for tons of paper goods that match the holiday and pick them up after clearance. These deals generally continue through September!
• White Sale - Linens and Towels
• Spring Cleaning Supplies
• Auto Maintenance
• Home Maintenance
• Sodas & Bottled Water, Hotdogs, Hamburger Meat, Condiments, Paper & Plastic plates & cups
* Raid/Off bug repellents and sunscreens

JUNE –
• Summer Apparel and Accessories
• Pianos
• Television Sets
• Building Materials and Hardware
• Dairy Products

JULY –
• Air Conditioners
• Summer Sports Equipment
• Sportswear
• Craft Supplies
• Sodas, Hot dogs, Hamburger Meat, Condiments
* Loss leader school supplies start now through the end of August

AUGUST –
• White Sale - Linen and Towels
• BBQ and Patio Equipment
• Back to School Supplies
• Bathing Suits
• Fresh Fish and Vegetables
• Breakfast foods (Cold cereal-Juice-Waffles-etc)
• Cold lunch items for in lunch boxes

SEPTEMBER - back to school; time to fill up on snacks! Pudding cups, Capri suns, fruit snacks, cereal sales start up hard again, peanut butter/jelly. Also, like clockwork, there will be Prego coupons in August, and plan on getting lots and using them in a hurry before they expire in September when the spaghetti sauce goes on sale. Sauce wars between Ragu and Prego this month. Campbell’s soups will go on as well and there will be coupons in the end of August for these as well. Lunch ables are on sale this time of year, too.
• Back to School Supplies and Apparel
• Gardening Supplies
• Housewares
• Bicycles
• Canned Goods

OCTOBER - Stock up on holiday foods – Stove Top, turkey, instant mashed potatoes, broth, cranberries, marshmallow, ice cream, pie shells, whipped cream, pudding. Look for great Kraft deals again this time of year. Piggyback those Kraft coupons when you can. Crackers are a biggie - going on for $1 or less a box. Lots of extra deals like $ off cheese WYB crackers. The real kicker is the after Christmas food deals! Save your coupons because pie fixings, fried onion, broth and canned green beans will be on deep discount. I got those onions for .50 a can, normally almost $4. These generally continue through December.
• Cars
• Houses
• Fishing Equipment
• Crystal, Silver, and Glassware
• Candy
· Baking/candy-making items (choc chips, sprinkles, vanilla, corn syrup, nuts, etc)

NOVEMBER -
• Winter Apparel and Accessories
• Quilts and Blankets
• Heating Devices
• Turkey, Sweet Potatoes
• Canned goods (soup, chicken broth, condensed milk, veggies etc)
• Baking goods

DECEMBER –
• Toys
• Gift Items
• Party ware
• Post-Holiday Sales
• Party Foods, Baking Goods, and Various Meat
• Canned goods (broth, soups, etc)


Year-round after a holiday, you can always pick up cheap cookie dough and any food related to a holiday.

Continual sales are candy, popcorn, chips, anything snacky, cereal (heavier in the fall/winter, but still around in the spring).
Frozen food sales seem to centralize on a brand and the switch brands the next month. I think the manufacturers buy slot time for sales. So last month, Stouffer's was on sale hard, now lean cuisine is. Save the entire frozen coupon and then keep checking back for the brand of the month.

Frozen pizzas go on sale in the fall and then again the spring; not often in the summer because people don't want to turn their ovens on in the summer.

By all means, this isn't everything that you can get on sale, but if you follow the cycle and stock up (I never buy BBQ sauce in the winter), then you can get where you have enough on hand and only need to refill when the items are in season. The result is that you spend less and less with each successful cycle

(THIS iNFORMATIONS ALL COMES FROM ANOTHER SITE)

STOCKPILING

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/stockpiling-101/8628-building-your-stockpile-stockpiling-101-a.html

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/stockpiling-101/

A great way to help Military famlies with expired coupons

Overseas Coupon Program

HELP MILITARY FAMILIES BY SENDING YOUR EXPIRED COUPONS TO HELP THEM

Military commissaries overseas accept manufacturer cents-off coupons for up to six months past their printed expiration dates. That means that coupons that are useless to you can still save oversea military families some money.

http://www.ocpnet.org/

Click on Overseas base list

According to Becky who is in charge of OCPNET says.

The base in Ikego, Japan, currently needs the most help.

USMC Community Services
ATTN: 5PSVC
PSC 561, Box 1867
FPO AP 96310-1867

One Sunday's coupons in a regular envelope uses a single stamp.

Donation size?

There is no minimum. You'll find that those pesky little pieces of paper add up fast! The average Sunday newspaper contains approximately $125 worth of coupons. Even the smallest donation, when combined with the donations of other individuals, will make a difference in the lives of many military families serving our country overseas.

Expired Coupons?

2 Months Max! Yes expired coupons are accepted. We recommend not sending any coupons older than 2 months expired on the date of shipment. They can use them for a couple of months after that but remember that the volunteers at the base must process the coupons once they arrive and get them out to be used. We also need to leave enough time for them to have the families sort through them and find the ones they want for use.

Clip the Coupons

By clipping the coupons, you save the volunteers at the base valuable time. Most organizations are short of needed volunteers. You also save yourself a lot of additional postage since most of the coupon circulars are wasted paper.

What type of Coupons?

“Manufacturer’s Coupons” are the coupons of choice since they are accepted at any store.

What type of coupons NOT to send?

Do not send Assistance Vouchers, Food Stamps, or any other assistance items. Store coupons, those only good at the store named are useless on a military base overseas. The stores there are the BX/PX or the Commissary. (See below) Do not send restaurant coupons.

Sort the Coupons

Most bases have 2 stores. One is called the “Commissary” which is a grocery store and the other is the PX or BX which is a department store. We therefore ask you to sort the coupons into “food” and “non-food” bundles so that they can more easily be placed in the correct venue once they arrive at the base. If a base wants additional sorting they will let you know.

How to package the coupons?

Use baggies, envelopes, etc., to contain the different categories -- whatever will keep them separated during shipment

(Do not use rubber bands, paper clips, and similar methods of keeping the coupons sorted as they do not work and will come apart in shipping).

Be sure to label the bundles!

What's "Food" and what's not?

Here's my rule of thumb: It's food if it can be eaten by humans, is usually eaten by humans and provides calories. For example, dog & cat food would be "Non-Food," but Ensure or Slim-Fast would be "Food." Vitamins would be non-food.

Tally the coupons

Add up the face value dollar amount for the coupons. Be sure to keep the “food” totals separate from the “non-food” amounts.

If you do not wish to total the coupons you may weigh them. If you choose this method we will give you current average credit. This amount will usually not be as much as if you total them yourself.

"Buy one, get one free" offers usually have a maximum value printed on them. If not, make your best guess.

Buy something, get something by mail offers (e.g., get a stuffed bear for purchasing boxes of Sudafed products) count for zero, but please send them anyway! (These things make nice, inexpensive Christmas gifts for the children.)

"Why total coupons? That's an awful lot of work..."

* So that we may place a value on the work that you do.
* These totals also make you eligible for OCP Awards (Note: awards program currently on hold for evaluation, but remember we could restart it at any time.
* Additionally, this assists OCP HQ in tracking which bases may need to receive more
coupons

FREEBIES

FREE STUFF

Free Breakfast and sale at IKEA

http://info.ikea-usa.com/seizethedays

Ways to stretch your money

http://www.stretcher.com/index.cfm

BIG Lots

http://www.biglots.com/coupon/buzzclubcoupon.aspx

Organic

http://www.projectorganiceating.com/coupons/

http://www.organicgrocerydeals.com/forums

Keeping track of what you are spending with the envelope system
but save what you don't spend

http://simplemom.net/envelope-system

FREE Cold Stone ice cream/Wendy Taste Tour coming to Austin

FREE ice cream and family fun. On September 25th from 5:00 - 8:00PM, guests will be treated to a 3 oz. serving of Jack or Emily's Creation. All donations will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/promotions.html

WENDY'S
1.00 coupon
http://www.wendys.com/news/signUp.jsp
Wendy's - The Great Taste Tour Regents coming to Austin
Setp 2,2008
Plaza 6th & Colorado

http://www.wendys.com/news_and_offers/great_taste_tour.jsp

JACK IN THE BOX/SONIC

jack in the box
Between 2pm and 4pm

is having 1/2 price Smoothies

Regular price 2.99-3.99
http://www.jackinthebox.com/index2.php

Sonic
has been running their 1/2 price drinks and slush for all while now

http://www.sonicdrivein.com/

RANDALLS

My Saturday Grocery Deal

If you buy five participating items you get 5.00 off your total at Randalls until 9-16
2 Cheeros for 2.50 each
3 Hamburger helpers 1.99 each
Total
10.99
-.75 coupon off of 3 H.Helper
-1.00 coupon off of 2 cereals
______________________
4.25 paid total

I also notice that post cereal is 1.99
I will be looking for coupons and head back out to Randalls.

http://www.randalls.com/

SENIORS AND SCHOLARSHIIPS

IF YOU HAVE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL,HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ON SCHOLARSHIPS

"The myth is that you have to have an amazing GPA or SAT score to win a merit-based scholarship," says Ben Kaplan, founder of

http://scholarshipcoach.com/ and author of "How to Go to College Almost for Free." "That thinking takes people out of the running."Students who are otherwise gifted can win money from nonacademic scholarships, such as essay contests, community service scholarships and awards based on artistic or athletic skill.

To find these smaller scholarships, which often offer better odds to entrants, tap your local resources.

Tips for applying for scholarships
Multi-apply. "One mistake people make is that they apply for one or two scholarships and stop," says Kaplan, who applied for three dozen scholarships and won around two dozen for his Harvard education. "Once you've applied to one or two, 60 percent of the work has already been done to apply for 10."

READ MORE ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/financial_literacy/Sept07_college_scholarships_a1.asp?caret=58b

Utilize National Scholarship Databases

http://www.fastweb.com/

http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp

http://www.scholarships.com/

If anyone knows of other Scholarships,Please share them with me.
*there is a list of scholarships on my blog below

SEARS/DOCKER -GAS CARD

I got my two gas cards of 75.00 each, last week from the
Sears/Docker Deal back in June.
If you search for participating SHELL there is a deal
going on right now to win $2,900

http://www.shell.us/home/content/usa/products_services/on_the_road/promotions/gas_giveaway/

SCHOLARSHIPS

S C H O L A R S H I P S

http://www.fastweb.com/

http://www.straightforwardmedia.com/fridell/
http://www.upromise.com/
http://finaid.utexas.edu/spotlights/CSA070_deadline.html

http://www.hsf.net/
http://www.hispanicfund.org/
http://www.hsfi.org/
http://www.hispanicyouth.org/
http://www.hispanicfund.org/scholarships.php

http://www.statefarm.com/about/part_spos/grants/hispanic.asp
http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org/applications/
http://www.hsfi.org/scholarships/default.asp
http://www.nebcity.esu6.org/ninetwelve/forms/index.html
http://www.enotes.com/scholarships-loans/woodmen-world
http://woodmen.org/inside.cfm?Main_menu_id=1&Page_id=58&newsrel_id=133

http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/contests-amp-scholarships/
http://www.usafunds.org/planning/access_to_education_scholarship/index.htm

https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/usafunds/

http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/banks.htm
your bank might be giving out scholarships

http://www.scholarshiptalk.com/
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=page&contentId=1043363607470&id=cat12098
dex.hhttp://www.writersleague.org/scholarships/intml

http://www.etstatefair.com/scholarship.php
http://www.axaonline.com/rs/axa/about-us/33b_axa_achievement.html
http://www.davisputter.org/

http://www.thesalliemaefund.org/smfnew/scholarship/Unmet_need.html

http://www.syf.org/syf.aspx?pgID=410

http://www.kohlscorporation.com/CommunityRelations/scholarship/index.asp

https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/i-applications/nshmba/

http://www.fsa4counselors.ed.gov/clcf/grants.html
http://finaid.utexas.edu/
http://www.bigtex.com/ contest
http://www.ducktapeclub.com/contests/prom/
http://www.nsa.gov/kids/student/stude00004.cfm

Insurances and Restaurant also give out scholarships
http://www.menc.org/information/infoserv/Scholar.html#hssenior

http://www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org/grants_and_scholarships.php

http://www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org/actionplan/volunteer_match.php
-------volunteer opportunities
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*http://www.aaaa.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=4a_new&WebKey=759523d6-c696-4e40-b850-9546675b8e9b

http://blackstudents.blacknews.com/
http://www.blackexcel.org/100minority.htm Tylenol Target Coca Cola plus more

http://doe.state.in.us/opd/scholarships.htm
http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/template/009.jsp?ed_name=Careers_Technical_Scholarship&view=Feature
http://www.texasscholarships.org/apply/continuing/CSA.html

http://www.beanactuary.org/minority/scholarship.cfm
http://www.straightforwardmedia.com/minority/

http://www.utexas.edu/directory/offices/a.html#Accounting.Office.of
http://www.aifsabroad.com/scholarships.asp
http://www.utexas.edu/law/depts/admissions/application/tuition.html

http://www.menc.org/information/infoserv/Scholar.html#hssenior

http://www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org/grants_and_scholarships.php

http://www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org/actionplan/volunteer_match.php

SEARS/DOCKER GAS CARD PROMOTION

GAS CARD

For those of you that are wondering If you
will ever get your gas card from SEARS/DOCKER promotion
You can call this number and check on it.

1-866-616-9310


http://www.206inc.com/docs/frame_2a.html

08/08/08 Special and Freebies

Stay at Super 8 Motel for 8.88 a night
The promotion doesn't start until 8/8/08 at 8 PM EDT
There are only 800 rooms at the $8.88 rate available per night, so don't be late!

08/08/08---08/15/08
http://www.super8.com/Super8/control/home

FREE SAMPLE
http://www.enfamil.com/NGARsample/

FREE BOOK
http://www.organicgardening.com/newsletter/1,7685,s1-0-0-0,00.html

FREE POST IT -----SAMPLES

http://www3.3m.com/qfrm/ShowSurvey?surveyid=JOFNGQR0

Right@Home get Free samples

Thank you for registering for a Welcome Home Gift Pack. The first 10,000* registrants only will receive a free 10-count pack of medium Ziploc® Brand Zip 'n Steam™ Microwave Steam Cooking Bags and one Glade® Air Infusions® in Clean Linen™ fragrance as well as $3.80 in coupons to enjoy. Gift packs will be mailed by October 15, 2008.

http://rightathome.com/offers/August2008/#offer

NATIONAL CHEESECAKE DAY

Time For Dessert

National CHEESECAKE Day
At The Cheese Cake Factory
July 30, 2008

Celebration 30 Years
$1.50 per slice one per guest

1978 Prices

http://www.cheesecakefactory.com/

Chore Charts

GREAT IDEAS FOR CHORE CHARTS

http://tipjunkie.blogspot.com/2008/07/chore-charts.html

Thanks to

Laurie from tip junkie

CHECK OUT THIS BLOG

CAMERA GIVEAWAY
At the The Secret is in the Sauce

http://thesecretisinthesauce.blogspot.com

Just found this blog this morning and wanted to pass it on to y'all

SALES TAX HOLIDAY

NO TAX-- WEEKEND


TEXAS
August 15, 16 and 17
http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxpubs/tx98_490/tx98_490.html


OTHER STATES

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales_holiday.html

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

AUGUST EVENTS

OFFICE DEPOT
Aug 16 2008
9am-11am

Teacher Appreciation Week
FREE BREAKFAST
FREE tote bag full of product samples, information,
and exclusive offers while supplies last



http://www.mystarteacher.com/memberbenefit/hottopics.asp

STAPPLES
Aug 16 2008
9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Get a FREE gift to get you ready for school (for the first 200 teachers,
while supplies last)

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/tad_2008/?storeId=10001&cm_ven=Glamour&cm_ite=teacherday

OFFICE MAX

to be announce or
1-877-OFFICEMAX

MICHAELS

to be announce

FREE STUFF

Free
chili dog or kids cone
Weinerschnitzel
July 15 from 5-8pm
http://www.wienerschnitzel.com
location http://local.yahoo.com/results?stx=Wienerschnitzel
Don't forget to sign up for the Birthday club while you are there

ONLY on Moday July 14
RED BOX FREE CODE
83CB4K

OFFICE DEPOT

School Supplies
1 CENT

OFFICE DEPOT

http://officedepot.shoplocal.com/officedepot/default.aspx?action=entry&pretailerid=-99860&siteid=145&sid=yCfWwsS-xAe8oZr_eCt523_&odserver=www.officedepot.com&storeid=2578757

Office Depot Value™ Red Eraser Caps 12-PK= 1 cent
Office Depot® Brand Semicircular 6" Protractor= 1 cent
Office Depot® Brand 2 Pocket Paper Folder= 1 cent
Office Depot® Brand Acrylic Ruler= 1 cent

I am crazy about their brand name items
But I did like the pocket folders.

SAMS -Trade-in and Recycle Program

Trade-in and Recycle Program
In exchange, for gift card for the value of your item. If your item doesn’t qualify, they
will help you recycle it.

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?catg=11877&iid=05-22-08_HomePage|ecoNEW

Sams
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/index.jsp

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Every time you apply for new credit or someone tries to do something with your credit:

You should receive a phone call from the bank asking if you are actually the person applying for credit in your name. If you are, great. If not, the transaction stops.

On the next business day after our request:

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FREEBIES

RED BOX

Visit your local Red box kiosk, swipe your credit card, enter your email address, enter one of the codes listed below, and then select a movie. Only one code is allowed per transaction.

For this weekend only. jUNE

Redbox Codes

DVDONME- this one worked

BIGMAC508 (Valid at McDonald’s Redbox locations only)????? have not tried this one

REDBOX (Valid for new Redbox customers only) I did this one when I signed up

Write the codes down in case one does not work.

Free Thomas Train Toy (up to 12.99 value 6-19-7-05

Go to--- for a coupon
http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/free-thomas-train-toy-up-to-1299-value.htm

Thanks to Jennifer
http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/welcome-summer-with-free-movie-rentals-from-redbox.htm#more-1916

http://www.insideredbox.com/codes/

FREE BOXES

http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10152&top=Y&categoryId=11820&parent_category_rn=&top_category=

For Home use also

http://www.usps.com/business/

thanks to

http://moneysavingmethods.blogspot.com/

John Piper is coming to Austin Texas

Lord Willing
John Piper will be at Hill Country Bible Church
in Austin Texas on Oct 17-18
http://www.desiringgod.org/Events/

http://juan.hpbcglobal.org/2008/06/tetms-first-mission-conference-at-high.html

http://www.toeverytribe.com

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SMART FOODS

Good Eats
http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

Memory/health foods

http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/10-foods-that-boost-memory.html

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Brain_Foods_and_Memory.html

http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/feed_your_brain

http://www.naturalnews.com/023039.html

http://nutrition.about.com/od/foodfun/a/healthy_heart.htm

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/vegetables-full-story/index.html#cvd

http://www.health-heart.org/goodfood.htm

Recipes

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_health/

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/over-100-quick-and-easy-healthy-foods.html

Extra

http://www.articlesnatch.com/tag/dark+green+leafy+vegetables/

http://www.thefruitpages.com/students.shtml

FATHERS DAY

FATHERSDAY DEALS

Ends Sunday 6-15 buy 100.00 and get 75.00 gas card and 10.00 Sears Card

Buy Docker product for men (No Shoes)
Ask before you pay to make sure all the items fall within the deal

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/v_10153_12605_Clothing?sbf=Brand&sbv=Dockers&adCell=A3

About the Sears Gift Card --this is what I found out
from

http://bargainshopperlady.com/2008/06/08/spend-100-on-dockers-at-sears-get-75-in-free-gas/#comments

I put a copy of the press release that mentioned the $10 Sears gift card I would print the release out and mail it in with the form. I would also write on the form that I would like the $10 gift card if they are honoring that promotion as well.

Enter to win a Toyota Prius with the same form

Thanks to Bargainshopperlady

http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/sweepstakes/kohlsswp_EntryForm.jsp?swp=BobbyFlay--- ends 6-15

Free or almost Free Movies this Summer

Regal and Cinema Theatre

June-August
Type in your State

REGAL
http://www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx?state=TX

CINEMARK
http://www.cinemark.com/summermovieclubhouse.asp

AMC
http://www.amctheatres.com/smc/

If you have children ---Check this out

We are reading together after dinner with our 4 children (ages 17-11 years of age)
.
Do Hard Things
ALEX AND BRETT HARRIS

I have been enjoying it myself and recommend
the book.

The official definition of the 'rebelution' is "a teenage rebellion against the low expectations of an ungodly culture." When you look around today, in terms of godly character and practical competence, our culture does not expect much of us young people.

http://therebelution.com/

• Colorado Springs, CO - May 29, 2008
• Denver, CO - May 31, 2008
• Minneapolis, MN - June 21, 2008
• Dallas, TX - June 28, 2008
• Purcellville, VA - July 5, 2008
• Lindale, TX - July 17, 2008
• Des Moines, IA - July 19, 2008
• Gaithersburg, MD - July 26, 2008

Lord willing we be headed to Dallas Tx for the conference.

BEST WAY NOT TO GET A VIRUSES

Here are the same actions as prepared by an 'Internet Professional' for his corporation. It is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL persons who send e-mails. Please read the short letter below, even if you're sure you already follow proper procedures. I strongly encourage you to read these guidelines and please try to follow them when you forward e-mails in the future.
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HOW TO FORWARD E-MAILS APPROPRIATELY.
Do you really know how to forward e-mails? Some do; most DO NOT.

Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail?
Don't you hate it?

Every time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses and names.

As the messages get forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his or her computer can send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across his computer. Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or send junk mail to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and they will make five cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over five cents.
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How do you stop it? Just follow these easy steps:
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(1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message (at the top). That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It only takes a second.

You MUST click the 'Forward' button first and then you will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the message. If you don't click on 'Forward' first, you won't be able to edit the message at all.
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(2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the To: or Cc: fields for adding e-mail addresses. Always use the Bcc: (blind carbon copy) field for listing the e-mail addresses.

This way the people you send to will only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your Bcc: option, click on where it says To: and your address list will appear. Highlight the address and choose
Bcc: and that's it, it's that easy. When you send to Bcc: your message will automatically say 'Undisclosed Recipients' in the 'To:' field of the people who receive it
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(3) Remove any 'FW:' in the subject line. You can re-name the subject if you wish or even correct spelling.

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(4) ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the actual e-mail you are reading. Ever get those e-mails where you have to open 10 pages to read the one page with the information on it? By Forwarding only the actual page you wish someone to view, you eliminate the need for them to open those many, many e-mails just to see what you sent. In many
Instances, the recipient will just delete your message instead of opening all those extra pages. If you, as the sender, wont take the time to delete all those forwarded pages, why should the recipient have to open all of them just to get to the basic document?
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(5) Have you ever gotten an e-mail that is a petition? It states a position and asks you to add your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15 people or your entire address book. The e-mail can be forwarded on and on and can collect thousands of names and email addresses.

A FACT: The completed petition is actually worthless except to a professional spammer because of the wealth of valid names and e-mail addresses contained therein. If you want to support the petition, send it as your own personal letter to the intended recipient. Your position may carry more weight as a personal letter than a laundry list of names and e-mail address on a petition. (Actually, if you think about it, who's supposed to send the petition in to whatever cause it supports? And
Don't believe the ones that say that the e-mail is being traced, it just ain't so!)

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(6) 'Send this e-mail to 10 people and you'll see something great run across your screen.DON'T
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(7) Before you forward an Amber Alert, or a Virus Alert, or some of the other 'alerts' floating around nowadays, check them out before you forward them. Most of them are junk mail that's been circling the net for YEARS! Just about everything you receive in an e-mail that is in question can be checked out. Just go to www.truthorfiction.com or www.snopes.com

CEDAR PARK TEXAS one of the top 10 Cleanest Town to Live in according to Family Circle

http://www.familycircle.com
http://www.parents.com/family-life/better-parenting/parenting-style/10-best-towns-for-families/

• And the Winners Are: Castle Rock, CO
• Kennesaw, GA, and Cooper City, FL

• Diamond Bar, CA, and Morton Grove, IL
• Madison, MS, and Franklin, MA

• Cedar Park, TX, and Derby, KS
• Chanhassen, MN

Summer Reading Programs

I have been collecting information on companies
that give back to children that read in the Summer.
Most Library's have programs, some even for adults
like mine does.

Here are others
Barnes and Noble

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/?cds2Pid=21148

Half Price and CC's Pizza together

http://www.halfpricebooks.com/feed_your_brain.html

Pottery Barn Kids

http://www.potterybarnkids.com/cust/bookclub/cust.cfm?flash=on&cm_ref=http%3A//thesavingsswap.blogspot.com/search/label/CVS%2520Shopping

HEB

http://www.hebuddy.com/content/pdf/summerreadingclub.pdf

Built a Bear

http://www.buildabear.com

its not up yet/they had it in the past years

FREE Books for children under 5 years old

Dolly Parton

http://www.nstcc.cc.tn.us/library/imagination/index.shtml

Reusable Bags

Most people are into the trend of recycling,
reusing, going green, and so on.

It seems that everyone is selling their own recyclable
bags for around 99 cents.
Of course you can make your own and it will be free or almost free.

IKEA has a large bag for just 59 cents
I thing that works perfect for those large items and frozen ones too.

I have not gotten into using recyclable bags in the grocery stores but, I did buy a couple of them.
Believe me I have a lot of cloth bags that I have gotten free
from Companies that I already use.
I use mine for different actives such as
returning library books,holding coupons and weekly flyer's, AWANA items, and Note books that I am working on at that time.

I hope you enjoy the bags as much as me.

CVS Preview for JUNE

Limit	Item	Earn Extra Bucks	Coupon
5	Huggies Lotion or Wash 15 ounce $3.49	$2.00	$1.00
2	Listerine Smart Rinse 250 ml $3.49	$3.49	$1.00
2	Oral B Cross Action Manual Toothbrush 2 pk. $6.99	$6.99
2	CVS Pharmacy Sheer or Plastic Bandages 40 ct. $1.99	$1.99

Huggies coupon in newspaper

Listrine coupon http://www.listerinekids.com/

Register your card and you get 4.00 off of 20.00
at

http://www.cvs.com/

Thanks to

http://bethriftylikeus.blogspot.com/

Back from California and Navada

I was so exacted to see grocery stores
that I had heard about on blogs.
Winco foods was one that I went to in Reno
and one in Sacramento, their prices
were very reasonable. Raleys and Rite Aid
were there also but, I didn't get a chance to
stop by.

Randalls

I just bought 2- 12 packs of soda
at Randalls
and got 2 - 12 pack for free plus a
free 24 pack of water bottles.

My total was 11.58 plus tax
just a little over 2.31 each
not bad knowing that
I needed to buy sodas
for a party anyway.

Ancestry search for FREE

Search all military records for FREE

May 20-31, 2008

They are direct copies of the cards
they filled out and includes
their handwriting and signature
They can be printed out too.

http://www.ancestry.com/

SWEEPSTAKES

Mothers day sweepstakes --Toyota Prius
http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/sweepstakes/kohlsswp_EntryForm.jsp?swp=MothersDay08

Degree--Hummer H3
http://www.fox.com/24/degreerookie/index.htm

Scotts--Ford Escape
http://www.scottsearthdaygiveaway.com/

Ford-Ford Edge
https://secure.fordvehicles.com/roadtokona/index.asp

Honda-Honda Civic
https://civictour.honda.com/sweepstakes/index.aspx

win car,auto,vechile,hybird

National Volunteer Week

April 27-May 3, 2008

National Volunteer Week

http://www.volunteermatch.org/

http://ysa.org/natlgysd/tabid/59/default.aspx

http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/nvw/

http://unitedwaycapitalarea.blogspot.com/2008/04/volunteers-still-need-for-spring-day-of.html

Check out your local
Church, Schools,Nursing Homes and ext.

Make a difference in someone life

Naional Scrapbooking Day

If you are into SCRAPBOOKING there is a
special day for you

May 3 2008
National Scrapbooking Day


http://www.iscrap.net/scrapbooking-contests.cfm/id/653
enter zip code

Contest
http://www.iscrap.net/scrapbooking-contests.cfm/