Local Readers=Updated school closures as of 5:59 am

We are having a REALLY bad storm here right now and they are calling for "white out" conditions on the roadways. It's pretty crazy! Anyway, we have a lot of school closures so far. Even our school disctrict is closed, which it hardly ever closes.....Here is the current list that khq.com has right now....

All Saints School CLOSED. No after school programs.
Almira SD 2 Hrs. Late. No Preschool
Almira Elementary 2 Hrs. Late. No Preschool.
Assumption School CLOSED
Cataldo School CLOSED
Central Valley SD CLOSED
Cheney SD CLOSED
Christian Heritage School (Edwall) CLOSED
Coeur d'Alene Tribal School 2 Hrs. Late. No breakfast. No after school programs.
Coeur d'Alene SD CLOSED
Coulee/Hartline SD 2 Hrs. Late
Creston SD CLOSED
Davenport SD CLOSED
Deer Park SD CLOSED
Evergreen SD (Stevens Co.) 2 Hrs. Late
EWU Cheney & Riverpoint Campuses Closed.
Freeman SD CLOSED
Gonzaga Prep CLOSED
Grand Coulee Dam SD 2 Hrs. Late
Great Northern SD CLOSED
Journey Discovery Center CLOSED
Kettle Falls SD 2 Hrs. Late. No Preschool. No Breakfast. Elem. & Middle School open for parents to drop off students.
Kootenai SD CLOSED
Lake Pend Oreille SD CLOSED
Lakeland SD CLOSED
Lutheran Academy of the Master (C d'A) CLOSED
Mead SD CLOSED
Medical Lake SD CLOSED
Nine Mile Falls SD CLOSED. No after school activities
North Idaho College CLOSED
Northeast Youth Center CLOSED
Odessa SD 2 Hrs. Late
Palisades Christian Academy CLOSED
Parkview Early Learning Center CLOSED
Plummer/Worley SD CLOSED
Post Falls SD Closed
Reardan-Edwall SD 2 Hrs. Late
Riverside SD CLOSED
Richard Allen Youth Academy CLOSED
Saint Charles School CLOSED
St. George's School CLOSED
St. John Vianney CLOSED
St. Maries, Idaho SD CLOSED
St. Mary's Catholic School (Spokane) CLOSED
Spokane Public Schools: CLOSED. Express Child Care & all after school activities & sports are canceled.
Sprague/Lamont SD 2 Hrs. Late. No Breakfast.
Trinity Catholic School CLOSED
Valley Montessori CLOSED
Waterville SD 2 Hrs. Late
West Valley SD CLOSED

Wow!

Thanks!

Cheryl

Albertsons

Here are a couple of things that I came across when I was at Albertsons today. First,....

When you buy 4 Kraft Philly Cheese products you can score a FREE ($19.99 value) cookbook. I browsed through the cookbook and it was pretty nice. So, my suggestion would be to buy....

Kraft Philly Cooking Creme $2.00 X4
-$1.50/1 printable X4 (you would need two computers)
=$2, making them just $0.50 each, PLUS score a FREE cookbook (you could store this away in your gift-giving box/closet and give it away later). :)

FYI....Spokane/Coeur d'Alene-Also, while I was in there I was using one of my $5 "Reward" coupons, but the register would not take it. When I asked what the problem was he told me that it said that I had used all of my "Reward" coupons. The only thing that I can think of is that they are tied to your Albertsons card. We have two Albertsons card, one for me and one for my husband. So, just FYI.....I think that the $5 Rewards are tied to your Albertsons cards.

Just thought I would give a heads up. :)

Thanks!

Cheryl

My AWESOME Deal Today.....

Look at my AWESOME deal that I got today......

Okay, so I'm thinkin' that you are probably saying to yourself....."Self, really is she out of her mind? Does she realize she just posted a picture of an ugly lookin' shrub? Where's the deal?" Well, I have answers for you....

1. No, I am not out of my mind, in my opinion (others may say different). :)
2. Yes, I do realize I posted a picture of my ugly lookin' shrub, which is not-so-ugly anymore.
3. Well, let me tell you this "ugly lookin' shrub," I think, helped to save me a lot of bucks!

Okay, so Blakey and I headed out today, before the storm. I needed to get some fresh fruit as we were running low. So, we were out and about doin' our thang. Today, in our neighborhood, it is garbage day. So, my cans were sitting out and whatnot. Anyway, we came home to try to pull into our driveway and our trash can is smack-dab, right in the middle of my driveway, on it's side, which it is not where it was this morning when we left. So, I get out and move it so I can pull in. Then, I look over and the recycle bin is lying in the middle of my front yard, on its side, which, again, is not where it was this morning when I left. So, I'm thinking to myself "boy, the Waste Management people were REALLY aggressive today," which still does not make sense. I'm all confused. The BIG doggies (German Shepards) next door are having a hay day. They are barking like they do not normally bark. Something is going on, but I can't figure it out as I am REALLY confused and THEY are being LOUD, which is quite unusual for them.

Anyway, I get out of my grocery getter (my AWESOME minivan) and start looking at my yard....THERE ARE TIRE TRACKS IN MY FRONT YARD, WITH DUG UP DIRT!!! So, I am standing there in disbelief, STILL trying to figure out what when on as now that I am looking, as you can see in the picture below, THESE TIRE TRACKS ARE ONLY INCHES FROM MY HOUSE!!!!

I really really believe that my "ugly" bush helped to stop a car from coming right into the middle of my front room! I can tell the bush is misplaced and uprooted a little. Anyway, I am STILL in disbelieve and now I'm shaking as this is just INCHES from the front of my house! I notice now that the nice lady from across the street is coming over. I asked her if she saw what happened. She says, "I just got off of the phone with the police and they are on their way. I did see some of what happened. I had heard a loud noise and came running out and this little blue Honda was in your yard. He came RIGHT up to your bushes! He reversed it and took off!" So, the police were on their way. In the meantime, I'm chattin' it up with her and just shaking and trying to hold my composure, because this could have been soooooooo much worse. Right? I AM irritated, but that's okay. The police come and grab a piece of something that fell off of this person's car. I asked him if there was something more I needed to do. He, of course, said no. I mean REALLY there are just tire tracks. Not much more could really or needed really to be done. Anyway, he did say that they were obviously going way too fast and that the de-icer that they laid down this morning made things a little slicker for him. Oh, and that it looks like a lot of damage was done to the car. :)

So, I look at it like this....I don't know about you, but I know that the grass, for me, is ALWAYS greener on the other side. Well, today I look at it as I'm on the other side. Things could have been soooooo much more worse. I could have a big hole in my front room. I could have had to put out lots of money, because of someone else being reckless, or somebody could have been hurt (people walk in front of my house all the time). You name it, it could have been A LOT worse. I mean I do have damage to my yard and my AWESOME ugly lookin' shrub, BUT it could have been sooooo much worse.

My shrub saved me lots of money today and therefore gave me an AWESOME deal!

I just wanted to take the time and share my "little" story with you and remind you, as I was reminded, that things could always be so much worse.

I know, for me, I have so much to be thankful for.

Anyway, I hope you all are having a GREAT day and I wanted you to know that I am thankful for you all (AND my "ugly" shrub)!

Cheryl

Cheap Miracle Whip at Target

This is pretty cool....Here is what I found on Hip2Save this morning....

Miracle Whip released a new coupon on Facebook! Head on over there and click on the “Love or Hate” tab (left hand side) to print a coupon valid for $1/1 ANY size Miracle Whip product. You can use this coupon to score a pretty great deal at Target…
Miracle Whip 30 oz Jar $2.50
-$1/2 Select Kraft product (Miracle Whip Included) Target printable
-$1/1 printable X2
=$1 each!!

Thanks Hip2Save!

Cheryl

Fred Meyer = FREE Butter

I took the kids to Tae Kwan Do last night and it is pretty close to Fred Meyer, so I thought I would try my hand at scoring some FREE butter. Well, as you can see....I sure did score......

Yep, I got six of these babies and they were all FREE!!! AND, they are going into the giveaway! There were plenty more butter. In fact, they had a whole bunch!

Challenge Butter (Tuscan Style) 3 for $5, $1.67 each X6
-$2/1 printable X6
=FREE! (They did adjust the coupon down to $1.67 each)

Thanks!

Cheryl

As of right now, we still have $13.43 left to spend! We have only spent $6.57!

Printable Coupon=FREE Coke??

So, right now on the Coca-Cola Facebook page you can send a greeting and a coupon for $0.99/1 off 14 or 16oz. Coke. Just let your friends know to send one back to you! This high value coupon and you should be able to score some FREE Coca-Cola.

While supplies last. Only one coupon per friend. (Hint: a fresh supply of coupons arrives every Monday at 6pm EST)

Thanks Mojo Savings!

Cheryl

**HOT** High-Value Folgers Coupon

If you are a coffee lover and like your Folgers, I have the coupons JUST for you, BUT you have to hurry and get them because they are HOTT!!! Just go on over here to http://www.coupons.com/ and print your coupons out for......Ready?......

$1.50/1 Folgers Coffee 3 oz or larger! (use zip 02356)
$2.50/2 Folgers Coffee 3 oz or larger! (use zip 90210)

You can print BOTH of these from the same computer too! I did!

Pair these up with a nice sale and get some CHEAP Folgers!

Thanks Coupon Posse' and Mojo Savings!

Cheryl

Safeway and Target Runs

Yah, we headed out again this morning. I REALLY wanted to get back to Target and MORE FREE pants for the giveaway AND some more bleach. We go through bleach like crazy around here, and $0.47 is not a bad price, so I wanted to get some more bleach too! I also wanted to get some CHEAP coffee from Safeway!

Here are "some" of the few things that I got from Safeway......



These are $0.99 each when you buy three! Use this coupon for $0.75/1, X3, makes them just $0.24 EACH!!! By the way this is going in the giveaway!



This London Broil was ONLY $2.10 with my $2/1 Ranchers Reserve from Safeway Coupon Booklet!

These are on sale with coupon from Sunday's paper for $0.99 each, but Safeway on Sprague had $0.55/1 tearpad coupons, making them JUST $0.44 each!!! (Thanks Tammy)

This was only $0.23!! This was $4.45, -50% clearance price, making it $2.23, -$2/1 Ranchers Reserve coupon from Safeway Booklet =$0.23!!

Now, we are at Target. I am soooooooo excited because I am going to get TWO more pairs of jeans for my giveaway. I go and pick them out and do the rest of my shopping. Now, it is gettin' to that time where we need to pay. So, I pull myself over to the side and get my coupons out and low and behold NOT ONE JEAN coupon was in my folder!! WHAT?! I swear I printed them. I looked through EVERY nook and cranny I could find, but to no avail. Needless to say, I did not get anymore jeans. I cannot figure out what happened to my coupons, but they weren't where they were SUPPOSED to be. :( Oh well, maybe next time.  By the way, when we were in there, there were marking A LOT of jeans to $4.89! :)

I did manage to get my bleach and a couple of other items too though. Here is something else I picked up for the giveaway.....

Of course, these Wisker Lickin's were FREE!!!

Did you manage to get some jeans too?

Thanks!

Cheryl

Frugal Nescafe Coffee at Safeway

UPDATE: This is CONFIRMED AND WORKING!!! PLUS, some of the packages have $1/1 coupons inside. Mine did not, but hers did. :) Thanks Tammy! :)

I have yet to confirm this, but will try, here, later this morning. Anyway, look at the deal I found over at The Frugal Find....

There is an unadvertised deal going on at Safeway now through 3/1 – Nescafe Taster’s Choice instant coffee in the 20 ct. boxes are on sale for $2.99, if you buy 3 boxes you get $6.00 off instantly.
 Buy (3) Nescafe Taster’s Choice, 20 ct. boxes, $0.99 ea wyb 3

Use (3) $0.75/1 Nescafe Taster’s Choice (You will need two computers for this and you will need to either sign-in or sign-up).
OR $0.50/1 Nescafe Tasters Choice Coffee Product 2/13/2011 RP Insert (exp 5/8/2011)
Final Price: $0.24 ea

Thanks The Frugal Find!

Cheryl

$1/1 Dial Lotion Printable

Just go on over here to their Facebook page, like them, put your info in, and you will have access to print a coupon for $1/1 Dial Lotion!

You will only be able to print this once.

FYI...These are on sale at Rite Aid this week for $3.99, plus you get back a $1 +UP. Not a great deal, but it is the only one I can confirm right now.

Thanks One Momma Saving Money!

Cheryl

Join WomanFreebies.com

Here is a new website called WomanFreebies.com to help you get your hook-up of FREEBIES! I love these kind of websites. I have actually been using this for the past few weeks and I LOVE it. When you join you get to receive coupons, FREEBIES, samples, and MORE specially picked for women!

Just go on over here to get yourself signed up and ready to go!

Thanks!

Cheryl

**51 Photos from Snapfish for ONLY $0.09!!!!

Wow, I JUST did this and it REALLY did work. Just make sure that you LOAD 51 pictures. I tried it with 50 and could not get the coupon code to work. You MUST upload 51 pictures. Anyway, here is what Hip2Save had to say about the deal....

Through today, 2/22 only, Snapfish is offering up FREE Shipping (No minimum!) + an additional 15% off sitewide with any purchase! Just use coupon code FSPREZDAY at checkout. This is a great time to snatch up some inexpensive photo prints, photo gifts and more! Even sweeter, if you are new to Snapfish, you’ll score yourself 50 FREE 4X6 prints! So you could potentially snatch up 51 4×6 prints for $0.09 shipped!

Here’s how…
*Go through this link and register for a new account.
*Start uploading your photos and ordering a total of 51 4×6 prints
*Add them to your cart
*Start the checkout process
*Enter the coupon code FSPREZDAY
*Enter your credit card and payment info
*On the final order page, this discount will show up and you will owe around $0.09 for 51 prints!

Thanks Hip2Save and Cleverly Simple!

Cheryl

Cheap Label Maker at Staples=$9.99

Currently, Staples is has their Brother PT-1290 Label Maker on sale at $9.99. This is down from $39.99! So, if you are in the market for a new label maker, this might be what you are looking for?

Here is a little info about it....

~15 Deco Mode Patterns to create extra-stylish labels
~2 Professional Fonts
~Prints labels up to 1/2" wide on "TZ" series tapes
~Easy view, 15-character LCD display
~Professional Deco Mode layouts accommodate two rows of text
~Prints 1 or 2 lines of crisp text
~6 Auto Formats and 7 Framing Options
~Built-in memory, saves up to 9 of your favorite labels
~Auto tape detection feature automatically adjusts text size based on tape width
~Uses 6 "AAA" batteries or optional AC adapter (not included)
~Includes: One "TZ" 1/2" (12mm) x 13' (4m) black on white starter tape, user's guide
 
Wow, I was just looking and the tape is sure expensive for these things, huh?

Thanks!

Cheryl

$1.10/1 Pillsbury Sweet Moments

This is a pretty high-value coupon. :) Just go on over here to gain access to print out the coupon for $1.10/1 Pillsbury Sweet Moments Refrigerated Desserts! YUM!!

Thanks One Momma Saving Money!

Cheryl

**Reminder** FREE Redbox Rental Code Valid Through 2/24!

You wanna watch a movie at home for FREE? Just go on over here to Redbox's Facebook page, like them, and you can score a FREE Redbox movie rental code! This code is valid through Thursday 2/24!

Thanks ChiTown Cheapskate!

Cheryl

Cheap Extra Gum at Walgreens

I have not yet personally confirmed this, but here is a deal that I have heard about....

Extra Fruit Sensations Gum at Walgreens

Extra Fruit Sensations, Sweet Tropical Flavor, marked down $0.32
Use this $0.50/2 Extra Gum printable
= $0.07 each!!

(Coupon says ‘on any two 15-stick pack of Extra gum’)

Joelle-I know this isn't free, but pretty close. ;)

Thanks Mojo Savings!

Cheryl

$0.50/1 Starkist Tuna Pouch

Currently, you can go on over here and snag a coupon for $0.50/1 Starkist Tuna Pouch. Pair this up with a good sale and you should be able to snag some FREE tuna!

Thanks Common Sense with Money!

Cheryl

**WOW** $20 Credit to RueLaLa.com

So, last fall they had this offer and I did not get in on it. I was really kickin' myself after seeing all the AWESOME deals people were getting from their $20 credit. Well, if you are like me and you missed out....you're in luck... Currently, you can sign up through this Paypal link and you "should" get a $20 credit to your account within 48 hours. (You don’t have to have a paypal account).

This $20 credit may even help out with some of your shipping.

Good luck!

Thanks Common Sense with Money!

Cheryl

"Frugal" Fragrance Sets from Walmart

Check this out. Currently, you can score some pretty "frugal" fragrance sets from Walmart, like.....

Britney Spears 3-Piece Roller Ball Coffret for Women $3.50

Sparkling White Diamonds 3 Piece Gift Set $4.75

Tommy 2-piece gift set for men $4.50

GiorgioYellow .10 oz Women $6 (this qualifies for $0.97 shipping)

I am not sure on all of the shipping charges. Some of them qualify for Site-to-Store shipping, but not all.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Bob Evans Grocery Store Side Item B1G1 Free

Go on over here to sign-up for Bob Evans newsletter and they will email you a coupon for B1G1 FREE Bob Evans Grocery Store Side Item! I just did it and they sent the coupon to my inbox within a matter of SECONDS! :)

Thanks!

Cheryl