Yoke's

Here is a good Yoke's deal....

Tribe Origins Hummus, $1.99 each
- $2.00/1 Printable Coupon (This is a Facebook coupon, so you will have to "like" them first).
= FREE
 
Thanks Coupon Posse'!
 
Cheryl
 
For more Yoke's deals, go on over here.....

Safeway

It sure has been a while since I have stepped foot in Safeway in a while. I used to go there almost everyday, but since they changed their coupon policy I don't frequent there very often as I think their stuff is way too expensive. Anyway, I have run across a "good" deal they may have in store for you.

Safeway Chocolate Chips, 12 oz $1.39 (through 1/4)
$0.50/1 Safeway Baking Chips or Nuts from Safeway Thanksgiving Book (expires 12/31)
= $0.89

Thanks KCL!

Cheryl

Debut of Extreme Couponing Show on TLC TONIGHT

I have been soooo excited about this. I REALLY want to see this. If you haven't heard, there is a new show debuting tonight with "our peeps." Yes, fellow couponers! You wanna see them in action? Then, make sure you tune into TLC (The Learning Channel) TONIGHT, Wednesday, December 29 at 8pm ET/PT! A couple of the featured "Extreme Couponers" are Joanie from The Krazy Coupon Lady and Nathan (a.k.a., Mr. Coupon) owner of weusecoupons.com. They get to shop, shop, shop.


I probably will not stay up, but I can guarantee that I will have my hubby set the DVR.

Thanks!

Cheryl

End of the month

It's that time of the month again. ;) Yep, time to print your coupons out before they are gone. Here are a few places to go and print your coupons.

coupons.com
redplum.com
smartsource.com

Thanks!

Cheryl

$10 Off Signature Service Oil Change at Jiffy Lube

Check out this AWESOME coupon for Jiffy Lube. Right now you can go on over here and print out a coupon for $10 off Signature Service Oil Change at Jiffy Lube. Make sure you use zip 63366. Then, go and click on automotive to get to it easier and faster. This expires 9/30/11! Wow!

Thanks KCL!

Cheryl

Starbucks Natural Fusions Coffee CHEAP!!

Okay, check this deal out. I'm sure your gonna love this one if you are a coffee lover. Right now, on Amazon, you can score Starbucks Natural Fusions Ground Coffee, Vanilla Flavored, 11-ounce, 2-pack FOR ONLY $3.25 A BAG!!! Wow!

Okay, so in order to get this Starbucks Natural Fusions Ground Coffee, Vanilla Flavored, 11-Ounce Packages (Pack of 2) for cheap is to do this.....


~Starbucks Natural Fusions Ground Coffee, Vanilla Flavored, 11-Ounce Packages (Pack of 2)
~Use promo code FUSIONC5 at checkout for extra $5.00 off
~Plus use promo code STARBUK3 at checkout for extra $1.50 off
~Final Cost = $6.50 for 2 packages!! (only $3.25 each bag)

Now, for the shipping. You can get FREE shipping when you order $25 or more OR you can sign up for Amazon mom and score some FREE shipping that way.

Just remember that these AWESOME amazon deal prices do tend to go up. So, if you want in on this deal, you'd better hurry.

Thanks again Smart Couponing!

Cheryl

Dream On me 2-in-1 Portable Crib ONLY $69.99

Check this deal out. This Dream On Me 2-in-1 Portable Folding Crib (Espresso) is normally $129.98 and is it marked down to JUST $69.99. If you are in the market for a portable crib, go check this Dream On Me 2-in-1 Portable Folding Crib (Espresso) out. Oh, this qualifies for free shipping too (restrictions apply).

Thanks Smart Couponing!

Cheryl

JC Penny

Here is a coupon for Penny's $10 off a $25 purchase or more. This coupon is only good for today.

Thanks Mojo Savings!

Cheryl

Did you go shopping yesterday?

What did you find and where? Share your deals with us. We would love to hear about what you scored. Do you have a picture? Send it along and I'll post it too. You don't "have" to, but if you do and want to send it, I'll post it. I am really chompin' at the bit as I REALLY want to go shopping. We'll see......

Anyway, if you have a deal you want to share, please do. I love seeing/hearing about your deals. That is the best part about blogging is seeing all the deals you all score.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Some Printable Found This Morning

Here are a few printables that I came across this morning. Some of these might be good if you are hosting a New Year's Eve get-together-type-of-thing.

$1/5 Totinos Crisp Crust Party Pizzas Printable Coupon

$2/1 Jose Ole-To celebrate reaching 100,000 fans on Facebook, Jose Ole is offering a $2 Off any 16 oz or larger Jose Ole Product Printable Coupon.

$2/1-ON ANY ONE (1) MAYBELLINE® NEW YORK EYE STUDIO™ PRODUCT

B1G1 Free Little Caesars Pizza. You have to register in order to get your coupon. You might want to call ahead and make sure that "your" location is accepting this coupon. (Thanks Printable Coupons and Deals!)

$2/1 TheraFlu

$0.50/2 Skittles or Starbursts

$2/2 ANY two Nivea Lip Care products. (This is a Facebook coupon, so you will need to "like" them first).

$0.50/1 Ronzoni Quick CookOff One Box of Ronzoni Quick Cook (I found this under zip 12345)

$1/4 Any Buddig 2 oz original meats

There are also some new Target printables. Just go on over here to see what they have.

Thank you!

Cheryl

Starbucks

Did you happen to get a Starbucks card for Christmas? Well, if you did you can go right on over here and register your card. Wow, there are soooooo many perks to registering your card like, for instance, you can get a FREE drink on your birthday, with My Starbucks Rewards, you'll earn 1 Star every time you pay with your Card. And as you collect Stars, you move up to bigger benefits. There are MANY perks to this. So, definitely, if you have one of these babies, go register it to get in on all of these perks. You can go here to register and you can go on over here to read more about it.

Thank you!

Cheryl

GOOD MORNING!!!

Good morning everyone! Wow, I can't believe Christmas has come and gone! It is ALWAYS soooooo nice to be with family, but I can't believe how busy the season can be. Time just flies by when you are having fun. We did have a VERY GOOD Christmas though.

Every Christmas I do get what I call a Christmas hangover. The day after Christmas I just sit and stare. I am soooo tired and exhausted and I cannot move. I thought this year "might" be different. As when I woke-up yesterday morning I felt "okay." I got up and got ready for the day, only just to suffer from "the Christmas hangover." I'm hopin' today will be a bit better since I kinda "have" to step up to the plate as my hubby goes back to work and I'm "supposed" to be workin'. So, we'll see. I do feel this tug towards shopping though......

Anybody eat too much? Well, I sure did! I'm back on plan today though. I kinda got derailed for a couple of days, but I'm back now. I did NOT go to WW yesterday. I was too tired! I wanted to sleep in. When I go to WW, I have to get up at 6 o'clock in the morning. So, I got to sleep until 8 yesterday until one of my mini alarm's (Faithy) came and woke me to ask if she could get up.  Then, she proceeded to argue with me. That's always nice to wake-up to. :)

Anyway, I'm slowly but surely getting back on track of day-to-day life.

I hope you all had a GREAT holiday and got to enjoy your famlies as much as I did. Boy, after doing the "Secret Santa" thing and just really taking in the expeirence it sure was a GREAT reminder of how lucky I am. I AM VERY LUCKY! :)

I hope you all have a great day and a great week!

Cheryl

Merry Christmas EVERYONE!!!

I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas!!

Cheryl

Giveaway WINNER**!!**

Sorry about getting this posted later than normal, but I had to take Blakey to the doctor this morning to get his collar bone checked, AND I overslept. Too much celebrating so far. I'm tired. Anyway........

YEAH!!!! WE HAVE A WINNER for the Chex Mix giveaway. Our winner is.......

Joelle!!!

Joelle said...

I am a subsriber! Thanks for the giveaway Cheryl!

Congrats Joelle!! Please contact me within 24 hours so I can get your info off to myblogspark and have your package on the way.:) If not, I will have to pick a different winner. :(

I will need your name, address, and phone number to input in "their" system.

Thanks Joelle for reading my blog and for entering this giveaway!

Cheryl

Update

Things went REALLY good tonight. We REALLY made somebody's Christmas. SANTA'S COMING...... Thanks to all of you and your support, we were able to pull this off. My kids, husband, and I hid around the corner to watch them open the door. I'm thinkin' they were pretty happy, but we had to leave quickly as I think we may have been spotted.....Here is my team in action.....



This is early on and Trent (my son) in the background chillin'



My momma loading stuff up



Donations before unpacking

And more....

And more...............



Organizing donations



Organizing



And more organizing......



Secret Santa Helpers....Mom, Ryan, Faithy, Blakey, Dad, and Trent wayyyyyy in the back.



Last, but not least.......Yes, that is yours truly sending many thanks and hugs to all of you for helping me/us make this happen. THANK YOU!!!!


Sooooo, here are some more details. This is how you guys/gals ROCK!!! We not only made Christmas happen for my original family of the mommy, the daddy, the 2-year-old, and the 9-month-old baby boy. We brought Christmas to TWO other families. I didn't think you all would mind. Yes, the kiddos from our first family got the toys and clothes and other misc gifts, but we had soooooooo much food and toiletries that we shared.

Family #1 the original family....
Here is some more info that I found out. They are 21. He has been laid off from work (not good). She works part-time. They are actually homeless right now. They had a flood in their apartment a little while back and they are having trouble getting it fixed. They actually went back recently to try to live there again, but found out that their apartment is STILL flooded. So, that was a no-go there. So, they are actually living with her mom and 15-year-old son/little brother in an apartment. I can only imagine how cramped they must be.

Family #2
Well, we found out, through the grapevine, that she is not doing too hot financially either. She is actually trying to get on disability as she has some health problems. We found out that Christmas wasn't looking to bright for her or her son either.  Sooooo, we stepped in and took care of that too. Yep, mom and I pooled a couple of things together and got presents for the grandma and son too.

Family #3
While doing our Secret Santa Drive today, we had gotten the word from a fellow couponer (thanks Wendi) that there is a family that she knows of that is in need. This is actually REALLY sad. It is a husband and wife who are from out of town, but are here for a while. They have many children (I'm not sure how many), but they also have an 8-9 month old and are here because they are getting treatment for their baby WHO HAS CANCER!!! WHAT?! I mean I know this stuff happens, but REALLY?! Well, all she asked for was if we were too overwhelmed with "stuff" that maybe we consider giving our leftovers to this family. Well, it actually turns out that I have a family coming to donate MORE stuff tomorrow and we did have a "few" extra food items. We had some pasta, brownies, hot chocolate, and a couple of cereals. Now, from what I am told we have a whole bunch of stuff coming tomorrow! Boy, you guys/gals REALLY helped out.


THANK YOU OVER AND OVER AND OVER FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN, NOT ONLY FOR ONE FAMILY BUT FOR THREE!!!! My family and I THANK YOU!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Cheryl

P.S. It was so nice meeting all of you today and seeing familar faces. Thanks EVERYONE for coming out.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

A MILLION TIMES OVER!!!!!! Wow, you guys really rock!!! My mom and I have been putting stuff together since we left at 2 o'clock! We just finished up and we are going to deliver around 5:30 or so. I have pictures to share with you so I will do that later today. We got soooooo much stuff!

I really couldn't have done this without your help, so thanks. Special thanks to ........

The Coupon Posse'
Happy Money Saver
Frugal Chic Living
Confessions of a Couponaholic

for helping me to put the word out there! These bloggers really rock!

Thanks EVERYONE and I will give you an update soon. :)

Cheryl

Giving Back For Christmas

Update:  I just wanted to take the time and thank everyone who has contacted me and who is helping to support my decision to do this and helping me to get the word out there! I REALLY appreciate it! I'm sure the family will appreciate it too. I went to Fred Meyer yesterday and picked up FOUR bottles of laundry detergent for JUST $0.50 a bottle. It was that Xtra laundry detergent. There was a Fred Meyer coupon in Wednesday's paper making it 2 for $3 and there is a $1/1 coupon on their (Xtra) website, making them only $0.50! Wow, that will come in real handy for the donation.

I know that it is last minute, but this is something that I have been thinking about for a while and... well...quite frankly, I was a bit scared to do something like this. I mean I don't mind "helping" to put together something like this, but for me to be the one "in charge" is quite scary. Anyway, this has been laying quite heavily on my heart lately, and I know I waited until late, but I'm going to take the plunge and DO IT. And, one of the first people that I am coming to is you. I NEED HELP!! AND, I NEED HELP REAL BAD! Do you think you help me pull this off?

I have found a family (thanks mom) that needs some uplifting this year for Christmas. This family is local. This family consists of a mom, a dad, a little girl (2 years old), and a baby boy (8 months old, although I am told he is a little big for his age, more like 12 months). Well, it looks like Santa may NOT be headed their way this year AND I am going to do EVERYTHING in my power to see that Santa DOES come. This family IS in need and they need our help.

With all of our coupons and "coupon talent" that we have I'm thinking that some of you may have a pretty good stockpile. Do you think that maybe you could share some of that with this family? I HAVE BROWNIES! :)

I'm thinking it would be pretty nice if we could gather up some stuff for Christmas dinner or even just plain food. It sounds like this family is in real need. Maybe some diapers, wipes, just neccesities, or even just stuff that you may have "extra" of and you don't know what to do with. How 'bout some Christmas toys? They don't even have a Christmas tree! I thought I had one, but I don't so if you have maybe an artificial one that you were thinking of getting rid of, we could use that. I have plenty of decorations and lights. Anything, you think you could donate to make their Christmas a little less stressful would be AWESOME.

I just found all of this information out about 45 minutes ago, while I was in the middle of Rite Aid. Needless to say, I left the store and came home to do some inventory of what I have, so I can get the appropriate items. So, I have not arranged a day yet for drop off or a location. Whatever the location, it will be in the valley. I'm thinking maybe next Wednesday for a drop off. Unless I hear anything different, the drop off location will be in the parking lot of West Valley High School, off Buckeye and Vista area, next Wednesday, 12/22/10, from 12 noon to 2 pm.

If you have something you would like to donate, and maybe you have a question or you need me to pick it up. PLEASE, let me know. I will see what I can do.

ANY help is appreciated! Thank you all and Merry Christmas!

You can always e-mail me at frugal mom 1 @ live . com.

Thanks again!

Cheryl

Quick Giveaway....

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

I was provided with another awesome prize pack from myblogspark.com. Now, they want to give you something too. Here's what they want to give you.....

1 box of Rice Chex, a measuring cup set, and a Chex® Party Mix tote bag. This is an AWESOME bag. I love the bag. It is REALLY big and will come in handy when doing a bigger grocery trip. I love the measuring cups too. I measure EVERYTHING.

So, just to get a little business out of the way, this giveaway was provided to me from General Mills through myblogspark. Much thanks to General Mills and myblogspark.

So, this is just going to be a quick and simple giveaway. I am starting this giveaway now and it will end on Wednesday at 8 pm. I will announce the winner Thursday morning and the winner will have 24 hours to get back to me or I will have to pick a different winner. :(

Here's what you have to do.....

1) Follow me and let me know you are a follower, and leave me your e-mail.
2) Subscribe to me and let me know you are a subscriber, and leave me your e-mail.
3) What new Chex Party Mix recipe would you like to try? And, leave me your e-mail.

That's it. Pretty simple. Okay, I hope you are all having a good holiday season.

Good luck and thanks so much for your support.

Cheryl

Okay.....

I am soooooo excited to see EVERYONE this afternoon. Thank you EVERYONE for helping me bring Santa to this family's doorstep! This is going to be AWESOME!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Cheryl and family!!

FYI.....

I am up to my ears in work over here. I am trying to get caught up so I can take off tomorrow afternoon for the Christmas drive and then be off for the Christmas holiday. So, I am having a hard time getting over here to post deals. I just wanted to give you all a heads up.

I can't wait to meet those of you who are able to come out tomorrow! Thanks again for all of your support. I REALLY appreciate it!

Thanks!!

Cheryl