$1.50/1 Smucker's Jam, Jelly, Preserves, or Fruit Spreads

Wow, there is a high value coupon over here at Redplum. It is for $1.50/1 Smucker's Jam, Jelly, Preserves, or Fruit Spreads. I bet this will make for some really inexpensive product. Yay!

Thanks again Hip2Save!

Cheryl

FREE Sample of Bausch+Lomb Bio-True

Costco is offering up a FREE sample of Bausch + Lomb Bio-True! You do NOT need to be a Costco member to get in on this freebie.

If you are not able to get to this sample by clicking on the link, just go ahead and copy and paste this link.....
https://secure.startsampling.com/sm/101316/captureAddress.iphtml?item=101316&source=

Thanks Hip2Save!

Cheryl

My Recent Shopping Trip

What a day. It was a great day. I got to meet up with The Coupon Posse' at their "Giving Back" event. What a bunch of nice ladies. Kudos to them for putting on such an event, and a BIG THANK YOU too. Did you see all the stuff they got?

Anyway, after meeting up with The Coupon Posse', Blakey and I (oh, really quick, I have to add that he was such an angel while I sat and chatted it up with the ladies. He was soooo good!) went back out to "our" Safeway in "the" valley and look at what we got for, literally $0.19..........

It wasn't quite at successful though, at first. As I paid $3.19 OOP. Then, realized I didn't get my Cat. So, Blakey and I went on and did a couple of other erands and I realized I didn't get my Cat. So, I toyed with the idea of just not going back at all or going back and seeing what happened (I didn't want to wait for the Catalina to come in the mail either). Well, I just can't let FREE money go out the window, so I headed my butt back to "my" Safeway and told them what had happened. Luckily, I had the printout that I had gotten from Safeway that there was a Catalina deal going on, because they didn't have it posted anywhere. Anyway, the nice gentleman could not "make" my Catalina print out at the customer service desk, as they don't have one of those machines there. Soooooooo, HE GAVE ME $3 BACK!!! Yay! He was so very nice about it too. Heck yeah, that works for me too. :) So, I was all sad and mopey before walking in, and now I'm a happy camper. Thanks so much to the gentleman at "my" Safeway.

Here is a little breakdown of the deal.

Pillsbury 10 for $10 (only select ones).

-$1/2 from here

There are some e-coupons for these too from either Cellfiire.com or shortcuts.com

Sweet Moments $3.49

-markdown 50% off, making it $1.75

-$1.50

There are also e-coupons for these too, I think.

Mission Tortillas $1

-$0.55/1 from MDA Safeway Coupon book

=$0.45, not too bad of a price. I think that is pretty good.

Thanks!

Cheryl

FREE Banana SoyJoy Bar to The First 15,000

I have never tried these before, but I will get to soon. Anyway, just go on over here to sign-up to get a FREE SoyJoy bar. You'd better hurry though as this is only to the first 15,000 people.

Thanks Hip2Save!

Cheryl

FREE Sample of Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa

Just go on over here, fill in your info, and your sample should be on its way in a few weeks.

Thanks Good Deal Mama!

Cheryl

Custom Day Planner, Address Book, or Notebook only $2.99

Wow, check this deal out! Right now, Snapfish is offering up this great deal. There is a new code for $10 off any item at Snapfish. This, unfortunately, does not include shipping, but here is a great deal. ....

You can get some really cute daily planners, address books, or even a notebook for just the cost of shipping of......$2.99!

Here is what you do:
1) Sign in/up for Snapfish.
2) Select the book (or whatever product you like) and customize it. (Some of these are under stationary.)
3) Use coupon code WOW10OFF at checkout to take $10 off. This will make your book free and only pay $2.99 shipping!

You can go right on over here to get started. These would make great gifts!

Thanks Mojo Savings!

Cheryl

$1/1 Any Crayola Model Magic Presto Dots

There is a coupon for $1/1 Crayola Model Magic Presto Dots.  Just go on over here to get your coupon. Christmas is coming! :)

Thanks Printable Coupons and Deals!

Cheryl

$1/1 Morningstar

We love Morningstar in our house. So, these coupons are THE BEST! Just go on over here to print out $1/1 coupons.

Thanks again Coupon Geek!

Cheryl

Homemade Pretzel Recipe: Conveniently At Home

Wow, check out this recipe for homemade pretzels.

Homemade Pretzel Recipe: Conveniently At Home

Thanks Coupon Geek!

Cheryl

*Repost* Are you lookin' for a way to give back?

Just a reminder, if you are interested, that The Coupon Posse' is holding their food drive today. See below for details:

Well, I would like to share with you a suggestion I may have. The Coupon Posse is hosting a "Give Back" Event this week.

Here is a bit of the back story first.....(This is from their site).....

I am going to share a very personal story with The Coupon Posse' readers. This is a little out of my comfort zone, but I thought it would be well worth sharing.

About 8 years ago, I was in the middle of a divorce, I had no job, and I had three young children to support. I was literally beside myself on how I was going to make ends meet. One day I was sharing my circumstances with a close friend and she told me to call a place called the Caritas Center. I thought about it for several days then reluctantly picked up the phone and made the call. When I called they were very nice and seemed understanding of my situation, which was a relief for me. I went to my appointment and was more than surprised when they pulled out two wagons full of food out to my car. This was so much more than I had expected and I was so grateful.

That was first and last time I went there, but they never forgot who I was because that Christmas I received a call from them asking if I could please come down and pick up Christmas presents for my children. I was so stunned and at the same time felt so blessed because this Christmas in particular was going to be very slim.



So the reason I'm telling you this story is because I always thought that if I could ever give back to the Caritas Center I would jump on the opportunity. Well here is that moment! The Coupon Posse' is going to "GIVE BACK" and we are giving it all to the Caritas Center. We would love for you to join us! Remember, little acts of kindness can make a world of difference, and can make a huge impact on someone else’s life.

Okay, so here are a couple of details, like where and when.....

You could either drop your donations off directly to the Caritas Center at:
N 2919 Monroe
Spokane, WA 99205
M, W, Th from 10:00-1:00

OR, you could even meet up with The Coupon Posse, TOMORROW, September 15th between 10:00-1:00 at.....

Safeway (in the parking lot)
N 1616 NW BLVD
Spokane, WA 99205

This is a great way to "give back." A BIG THANK YOU to The Coupon Posse' for hosting such an event and to JoDee for sharing her story!

Cheryl

Yay!! Another $5/25 Rite Aid Coupon

I LOVE THESE COUPONS!! Just go on over here and you can print out your $5/25 coupon for Rite Aid. I too saw this coupon yesterday, and did not post as I tried to go print it and it said that I had already reached my max in printing these. I was just checking out The Coupon Posse' (one of my favorite blogs) and they reported the same problem and then they tried it again today and IT WORKED! Yay, mine did too!

Thanks Coupon Posse'!

Cheryl

FREE Pringles

Just go on over here to their Facebook site, fill in your info, and your FREE pringles should be on their way. You'd better hurry though as these tend to go fast.

Thanks Coupon Posse'!

Cheryl

Product Comment

Let's e-mail a company today with a compliment.

We are going to e-mail.....
Viva Paper Towels with this comment......I just wanted to share with you, again, that my family and I absolutely LOVE Viva Paper Towels. I especially like that they are so sturdy and dependable to clean up a spill. We plan on continuing to use these for a longtime. Thank you!

You can also go over here is a coupon for Viva Paper Towels.  Just go on over here to print out a coupon for $0.50/2 Rolls of the Viva Towels Big Rolls.

Thanks!

Cheryl

P.S. I know that it has been a while since we have done these, but I figured I would try to start it up again. For those of you that are new to this, what I do is I will go and find a company and their contact info and I will send them a compliment e-mail for providing us with such great products and the majority of the time they respond back with a nice coupon or sometimes even FREE product for telling them such things. Now, my compliments are never untrue. Yes, sometimes I do send negative comments, if something wasn't right with the product, but I do not publish those.

Anyway, I find the company and I write out the compliment and provide you with the link that I used. Sometimes we will get the same thing, sometimes one of us will get a higher value coupon, sometimes one of us will get nothing. It is never consistent, but it is well worth the time and effort.

Okay, good luck and please let me know if you have any ideas of companies to e-mail.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Some things I have been doing

I have been busy lately. I have painted a wall in my front room/dining and now I'm in a mode to PAINT EVERYTHING! Not good. Just ask my husband. ;) Here are a couple of pictures that I would like to share. This first one is of the back of my head (my daughter Faith was the photographer here) painting my white, boring wall the new color. I just LOVE the color.

The next picture is of that cabinet (what is this cabinet called anyway?) and my white, boring wall.

(Again, photographs done by my 6-year-old, Faith, not too bad)

Okay, this next one is of the after. Try to ignore that UGLY light at the top.

I just LOVE this color AS an accent wall. It is not too bold and just right for me. The problem is now I REALLY DO WANT TO PAINT EVERYTHING. So, I figured I would finish up what I started, 'cause now I REALLY REALLY want to paint my kitchen.

Okay, so my friend, Tammy, had this color in her house and I loved it and copied it. She said it was okay. ;) Anyway, she got her paint from Lowe's, you know the kind with the primer in it already. Well, I happened to get mine at Freddies, Labor Day weekend, and only paid something like $15 a gallon. I was very very happy with that and I still have almost a whole gallon left. So, this project here only cost a little over $15 to do. Wow! I consider that frugal.

Okay, so now onto my next project.....So, I was looking around yesterday and and realized that I COULD spray paint my picture frames. So, this is what they looked like before.......

Here is what they look like with a little spray primer ($2.97 a can at Walmart).

Okay, now here is what they look like with a little spray paint from Walmart ($0.97 a can at Walmart)

Look at that beauty. Well, I think it is, as I have NEVER done anything like this before. Now, I am going to put my pictures back in these frames and hang them back up on my "new" wall. I think it will look pretty good. We'll see. I will have to take a picture of that too.

Anyway, the cost of spray painting the picture frames was only around $7 and I spray painted A LOT of frames. Not too shabby. Next, I am going to paint the trim of my wall white and do a little touch up here and there and THEN I will be done.

I am soooo excited about this. Do you have any "frugal" makeover tips for your home? I would love to hear them.

Thanks!

Cheryl

An Idea....

Okay, I'm sure most of you "frugalishious" people out there have already thought of this, as sometimes I am a little slow coming to the table, if you get my drift. ;) Anyway, I don't know what brought this on, but I was just thinking this morning. Of course, about liquid handsoap. I have a lot of body wash that I like to keep on-hand for gifts and whatnot, but why not use it in the liquid handsoap container for handsoap? I was looking to see if all handsoap has antibacterial "stuff" in it, but it doesn't. So, I'm thinking that if I don't donate or give away my stock of body wash that this is a GREAT idea. I still have yet to make the recipe I posted about a couple of weeks ago, as I have not run out of hand soap yet and may NEVER run out, if I can do this with the body wash.

Any thoughts of why this would or wouldn't work?

Thanks!

Cheryl

Free Sample of

Walmart is currently offering up a free sample of a of Crest Pro-Health Clinical Gum Protection Paste. All you have to do is take a two-question quiz and if you qualify you will get this sample. Don't worry, because if you don't, like I didn't, they will offer you a different sample. I was offered a sample of Crest with Scope Outlast Toothpaste. Just go on over here to get it all started.

I really like these kind of freebies. I usually send away for them and then when they come in I have a box that I "prettied" up that I put all of my sample supplies in, then if we ever go out of town or whatnot and we need a "small" supply of toiletries or whatnot. These are really nice to have on hand, as they don't take up very much space in luggage or whatever you may pack your stuff in.

Thanks Smart Shopping Ladies!

Cheryl

Free Sample of Quaker Life Soft Baked Bars

Walmart is offering up another freebie. Just go over here to pick out which bar you want (Cinnamon Roll Raisin Pecan or Banana Walnut Bread), fill in your info, and your sample should be on its way in the mail. These look really yummy!
Thank you Coupon Gal!

Cheryl

Free Dr. Oz Just Lose 10 Lbs Braclet

Check this freebie out. DoctorOz.com and Zappos.com are teaming up to give you something tangible to wear as a daily reminder that you're worth it. The bracelet has "Just 10" on it so you can let everyone know that you're taking the steps toward a healthier life. Anyone can wear it, and YOU can have one for FREE!

Just go on over here, fill out your info, and this neat little freebie will be on its way. What another great anchor to help keep you motivated. I ordered mine!

Thank you Coupon Gal!

Cheryl

Free Tub of Flushabe Wipes

Check out this deal! You can score a FREE tub of Cottonelle wipes. They have a promotion going on called "Give a Tub. Get a Tub." Just go on over here, fill out your info, and a friend's name and e-mail and you both will get a coupon for a FREE tub of Cottonelle Flushable Moist Wipes! This coupons is said to come in the mail withing three to four weeks.

Thanks Coupon Posse'!

Cheryl

Garden Update

I shared with you that I wanted to show a picture to you of what we picked out of our garden the other day. Look at this.....

We picked a ton of stuff that day and then I went ahead and froze most of it. Wow! I remember in the spring when I was so worried that my garden didn't look as good as my neighbor's, but look at me now! This has been so fun and we are loving all the veggies from our garden this year. We EVEN have watermelon growing! Our tomatoes are FINALLY turning red! Wahoo!!!

Just thought I would share.

Thanks!

Cheryl