Zumba

Reminder....
Going to Zumba this afternoon (Tuesday), from 1:30 to 2:30. It's here in the valley AND they have FREE childcare too. Let me know if you want to tag-a-long and we can meet up, and I will give you some directions. Maybe you are not ready to tag-a-long and just kinda want to go check it out by yourself, that's fine too. It is at The Intersection (yes, that is the name of the church) on McDonald and Broadway....Oh, the cost is FREE or you can donate a buck or so, as they have a donation jar. Not very many people go to this class, so if you are afraid of a big crowd, this one is probably a GREAT one for you to get started at. Like I have said before, this is an WOMEN ONLY class, and there are women of all different shapes, colors, sizes, capabilities, and needs that attend this class. It is such a welcoming environment, and REALLY fun too! ☺ Also, instructor Angela is AWESOME.

So, if you want to come.....e-mail me and I will get you the info.... frugal mom 1 @ live dot com.

Come on......Come and join THE Zumba party!!!! ☺

Seriously....it is so fun, once you try it you will be hooked. ☺

Cheryl

JCPenny $10/25 Printable (NO EXCLUSIONS)

Oh, how I LOVE these coupons. Right now, you can go on over here and print out a coupon for $10 off a purchase of $25 or more at Penny's. This is good from tomorrow 8/3 through 8/6! This would be great for all that back-to-school shopping. ;) You can even use this coupon online, you will just need to add coupon code BOOKBAG for the $10/25 or you can use coupon code FURNISH if you want to take 10% off furniture and mattresses.

Thanks TFF!

Cheryl

Another Home Made Simple Coupon Booklet

Just go over here, fill out the info, and you should receive your coupon booklet in 4 to 6 weeks. If you are not familiar with this coupon book, it is an awesome booklet. It comes with over $30 in savings, mostly for cleaning supplies and stuff like this. I love these book and try to order them when I can.

Thank you!

Cheryl

Safeway=$5/$15 of ANY Frozen Foods

Update: This coupon is also IN THE AD that comes out tomorrow too!!!! ☺

As of today, there is a coupon at the customer service counter for $5 of a $15 purchase or more of ANY frozen food items. "My" Safeway has signs posted on the freezer doors stating that they are at customer service and one coupon per person/family.

It's a little booklet and has other coupons of....

$1/1 Totino's Pizza Suffers, Pillsbury Breakfast Scramblers, or Eggo Muffin Tops (minimum $3 purchase)
$1/1 Any Open Nature Product (minimum $3 purchase)
$1/1 Red Baron Multi-Serve Pizza (manufacturer coupon)
$0.75/1 Freschetta Pizza (manufacturer coupon)
$1/2 Jimmy Dean Fresh sausage rolls, fully cooked sausage crumbles, links or patties.
$1/1 Any Frozen Safeway Store Brand Products, Safeway Select, Lucerne, Eating Right, Open Nature, Safeway, O Organics, or The Snack Artist. (Excludes frozen meat and seafood items). (minimum $3 purchase)

Anyway, just a heads up on that........

Thanks!

Cheryl

FYI-I just got my September issue of Woman's Day and this little booklet was in there too! ☺

Old Montana Prison

Well, we had to break the trip up so it wouldn't be so long for our kiddos. So, we decided that we would get out and walk around the Old Montana Prison and have a picnic at the park. It really was soooooo much fun. I was really amazed at how much my kids enjoyed it. Every single one of them enjoyed it. Here are a few pictures I would like to share with you....



This is driving up to the prison. It sure is beautiful.



We are now inside. This is one of the towers the guards used to sit in and watch the prisoners from.



Okay, so the guards were in the towers above. Now, if prisoners went beyond this red "out of bounds" line, then the guards had the option to just "shoot 'em."



This is just a list of prisoner movement. I just thought it was really cool lookin'.

 

Isn't this kinda creepy. Wanna go get a dental/medical exam here? This was my favorite room. We couldn't go in, but we got to see it from the window. Sooooo awesome looking.


 

Inside of the Paddy Wagon.



Back of the Paddy Wagon



The kids in one of the actual prison cells.



Okay, so this is kinda cool. Yes, this is my fam. Anyway, there were lots of these tunnels throughout the prison. These were tunnels that the guards would walk through and do whatever they did, but you see that little cubby to the left of the picture, above Faith's head? That is a cubby meant for the guards to put their guns in and shoot or whatever they did with their guns at the prison back in those days. Those cubbies are everywhere throughout the prison.

So, this was a really really cool place to take my family. We all enjoyed it and was was really inexpensive too. It was only $9 for each adult, Trent was $5, and the two little ones were FREE (ages 9 and under are free)!!! So, I went there when I was about Trent's and I still remembered it. It was sooooo cool to be able to take my own family back and do it again. What a treat? Although, I discovered that they say it is haunted, which I waited until after to tell Trent. ☺ I'm sure he would have refused to go in or been upset and scared the whole time. I have to tell you there were a couple of times that I was creeped out, knowing this information, especially down in the solitary confinement cells. Those babies were s-c-a-r-e-y.

So, if you are EVER in the area, go check out the Old Montana Prison.

The admission is good for two days and good for all of their museums. They also have....

■Old Prison Museum – Open daily: 8 am till 6 pm
■Montana Auto Museum – Open daily: 8 am till 6 pm
■Yesterdays Playthings – Open daily: 9 am till 5 pm (Dolls and collectible toys)
■Frontier Montana – Open daily: 9 am till 5 pm
■Desert Johns Saloon - Open daily: 9 am till 5 pm
■Powell County Museum – Open daily: 12 noon till 5 pm
■Cottonwood City – Open daily: 9 am till 5 pm
■Milwaukee Road exhibits
 
Seriously, we all had so much fun and it was sooooooo family friendly. I definitely would recommend this if you are in the area.
 
Thanks!
 
Cheryl

$1/1 ANY Tillamook Sliced Cheese

Hurry and print this! $1/1 ANY Tillamook Sliced Cheese.

Thanks Southern Cali Saver!

Cheryl

Staples=100 FREE Business Cards

Here's an awesome deal. Right now you can score 100 Black and White business cards for FREE at Staples with this coupon. Limit one coupon per customer!

Thanks Hip2Save!

Cheryl

Albertsons=Cocoa Puffs $0.38 each & More!

Go on over here to see some of the AWESOME Deals Amber has put together with "doublers."

Albertsons: Cocoa Puffs $0.38 each & More!

Thanks Coupon Connections!

Cheryl

$1/1 Nabisco Cookies

Don't forget it is the beginning of the month and Nabisco has released new cookies and milk coupons. Hurry and print these while they last. There are only a limited amount of prints (25,000). This is for saving a $1 on Nabisco Cookies when you buy one package og Nabisco Cookies and one gallon of milk! ☺ Go on over here to get your coupon! ☺

Thanks!

Cheryl

$3/1 Bengay+Rite Aid Scenario

Wow, there is a a *HOT* $3/1 Bengay coupon ready for your to print over here. Plus, these are on sale at Rite Aid this week.....


Bengay $5.49 (there is a $10+UP Reward when you $30 in J&J products and this helps you qualify)
-$2 in-ad coupon
-$3/1 BenGay Printable
=$0.49!!!

I only wish I had some ink. Need to go pick some up today! ☺

Thanks Mavin of Savin'!

Cheryl

Free Sample of Huggies Snug&Dry

Did you go sign up for your free sample of Huggies Snug&Dry yet? Well, if not, go on over here to score a FREE sample.

Thanks!

Cheryl

Good morning!

Hey there!

What an AWESOME vacation! It was sooooo nice to be able to spend a week with my family. Sooooooo many stories to tell. I have been checking my e-mail for the past hour and a half. Lots of e-mails. I already have a TON of work to do! Ugh. I am thankful I have it, but REALLY? It is soooo hard to get back to work after a nice vacation. My fingers won't move, I am a bit tired (I couldn't sleep last night), and I'm a bit sluggish to wake-up this morning. ☺It looks like I took OVER 300 pictures! WOW!!!

Did I miss any good deals? I feel like I'm a bit out of the loop. ☺ Okay, so where I went is a very small place in Wyoming. The town has 5,000 or so people in it. So, it's pretty small. They have two "grocery" stores. No big chain stores. These grocery stores are local and man do they know they have no competition! I was a bit floored when I picked up a box of cereal (JUST to see the price) and saw that it cost $5.14!!! What?! Are you kidding me?! $5.14??!!! A box of 2-Go Crystal Light.....$4.49!!!! Luckily, we had brought most of our groceries with us. I had taken a couple boxes of dry cereal....so no cereal needed by us, but WOW!!! I couldn't believe it. They did, however, have a Family Dollar. So, I went in an checked it out. I was really excited because we don't have one here. Well, I quickly learned that I wasn't missing too much, but let me tell you.....if I lived there nowadays, I sure would be a Family Dollar shopper. Seriously, most of the people drive to a little bigger town about 20 miles or so away to buy their groceries at Walmart. I don't blame them one bit!

Anyway, we were very happy to get some spend time with my grandpa and two of my uncles. It was very fun, but sad too. My grandpa has always been a very strong, hard-working, and independent man and now to see him where he has to depend on others to help him get around and get his meals fixed and whatnot, was a shocker to me. I know he is older now and this comes with his age and whatnot, it was just a shocker to actually see. Many many kudos to my uncles for taking care of him though!!!!

You know, it has been YEARRRS since I have seen a mosquito or have been blood-sucked by one. Well, I found out that I am "sweet" by going back to my birth place. I came home with 11 miserable, red, itchy mosquito bites. I felt like a dog. You know, when they just can't quite get that itch. Oh, that was me. I was just scratchin' and a scratchin' away. I had totally forgot about this, but back in the day, when I was a kid, "they" used to come through town in a truck with a sprayer on the back and spray for mosquitoes. Well, they still do that there. Those little pesky buggers are awful there. You don't dare sit outside and talk or you run the risk of smacking yourself all over. I learned that very quick. It's kinda funny, but irritating at the same time. ☺ Oooooh,they are awful. Now, the kiddos didn't get bit, but us "adults" sure did.

Anyway, we had a nice road trip. It seriously was a GREAT bonding time with my husband, my kiddos, and my parents. It really was so nice to get away and be with my family. It was so nice to have all that way JUST to talk with my husband in the car. It was fun with the kiddos too, but they were busy watching DVDs, listening to music, singing, or whatever fancied their little hearts, while my husband and I sat in the front seat JUST talking. What a GREAT time! We seriously enjoyed listening to the two little ones in the backseat have conversation. At one point, I think it was going through Yellowstone, we hear from the backseat (from Faith)......."Daddy....Blakey just made me drink water he spit in." Okay, I'm sorry, but that was REALLY funny.☺ We could hear him say....."you wanna drink of my water?" She drinks.....he says...."I just spit in it." "TJ you wanna drink of my water? Daddy you want a drink of my water?" She's in the backseat telling everyone not to take a drink 'cause he just spit in it. Oh, those two. I tell ya' they just crack me up.☺ No, he didn't really spit in the water, he was just "tricking" us.

Okay, well I best get to work.........

I will chat with you a little later and share some pictures too. ☺

Cheryl

Hey all.....

Hey everyone. So, I have been dropping little hints here and there this past month that I have been working super duper extra hard so my family and I can go on vacation. Well, the time is here. I am sooo excited, although I am SUPER tired. I have been getting up at 2 (if I sleep in then 3) in the morning to work and I have not had a day off in 21 days! Yah, I'm a bit pooped. I'm thinking I REALLY earned this vacation! ☺ Anyway, when I finish up this post I am finally going to jump in the shower today and get myself cleaned up to to the store and spend some Up Rewards that are going to be expiring tomorrow on a few things for the road. We have a long ride ahead of us as we are going to my home state of Wyoming. Anyway, then I'm off for the week. I'm am fully taking this week off. I really need this time with my family as they have been so neglected by me this past month, as I have been working so much. Thank goodness for my husband, my older son, and my in-laws (and my two littlest people). They have all been a GREAT help. We knew that this was going to happen so we were prepared, but I'm not sure my body was.

Anyway, I am soooo stoked about this trip as we are taking it with my momma, my dad, and my husband and kids. It's gonna be a caravan-type thing. We've got walkie talkies and all kinds of fun stuff. Anyway, we are headed out to go see my grandpa. He is getting up there in age and I want my kids to spend some good quality time with him. You  know? Make some memories? My grandpa is 94 and a BIG BIG love of my life! Anyway, we are going to see him for a few days and then we will come back home through Yellowstone! It's going to be so fun, hot (90º), and stinky (sulfur smell in Yellowstone).

Anyway I hope you all have a great week and I can't wait to come back and share some AWESOME stories with you all!

Cheryl

Old Country Buffet=Kids Eat FREE Coupon

Are you a fan of the Old Country Buffet/Ryan's/HomeTown Buffet/Fire Mountain(?? I can't the fine print very well)/Country Buffet/Granny's Buffet? Well, if you are, you can go on over here and score a coupon for KIDS EAT FREE with the purchase of an Adult Buffet dinner (limit 2 kids per paying adult). Offer valid through 7/21/2011.

This is a nice coupon!

So, just go on over here to print this out if you want it. It will be on the second page of the color sheet. Make sure if you do not want the TWO pages of color sheet that you select to PRINT ONLY page 2.

Thanks!

Cheryl

PS~ This is a PDF coupon, but it comes directly from their Website and they also posted about it on their Facebook page. So, it IS legit. ☺

FREE $1 Credit to your Ebay Account!

OH, I like this one! So, right now, if you go to eBay and sign up for their daily deal email alert (use your junk maii e-mail account), they will issue a $1 off credit to your account! Hurry though as this is limited to the first 100,000 people who sign up. This would be great if you order coupons off of eBay!

Thanks A Thrifty Mom!

Cheryl

FREE Woman's Day Subscription

This is availble AGAIN! Hurry.....

Right now, you can score a FREE 1 year subscription to Woman’s Day magazine! Really, you will NEVER receive a bill from them and you DON'T even have to enter credit card info. Seriously, though, if you want this, you'd better hurry before they are all gone.

Thanks All Those Things I Love!

Cheryl

Rambling.....

Okay, so I just am amazed. I was just checking out myhabit.com this morning. Don't know why I even bother, 'cause every time I try to go get a deal I'm too slow and what I want is out. :( It's a challenge, I guess, and I kinda like challenges. :) I laugh every time. One of these days I will score a deal!!! ☺

Anyway, I never ever look at the women's stuff as it is WAAAAAYYYYY OVER BUDGET for me! Yep, as you all know I'm cheap frugal. Right? Well, I just thought I would check out the women's stuff today just for some entertainment. I must have bad taste because this stuff is expensive and......well....to put it nicely....not something that I would find myself wearing (not to mention that none of it would probably fit my "curvy" physique, ☺if you get my drift).

Anyway, I ran across something that I wanted to share with you. Just look at this, would ya?!

THAT IS ON SALE FOR $1,149. IT WAS $3.599!!!!!! WHAT??!!!! SERIOUSLY, IT'S SOLD OUT!!!! Okay, it is not bad lookin', but REALLY $1,149?!!! ANNNNNND.........SOMEBODY (IES) BOUGHT AND PAID FOR IT AT $1,149!!!!

The things that I could do for $1,149!

Maybe that just makes me outright CHEAP! I dunno, but $1,000! Wow!

Anyway, just thought I would share with you what I saw this morning.

Thanks for listening/reading! ☺

Cheryl

$1/2 Skippy Products

This is our favorite kind of peanut butter!

Go on over here to print out a coupon for $1/2 Skippy Products!

Thanks Coupon Hound!

Cheryl

Oil of Olay Skin Care $20 Rebate Offer

Yay, I love these! So, Olay has a new rebate offer available. You will just need to purchase $50 of Olay Facial Moisturizers, Faciial Treatments, and/or Facial Cleansers. From what I understand this is BEFORE coupons! Your purchases will need to be made from 7/15/2011 to 9/2/2011. Then, you can get back a $20 mail-in rebate!! Go on over here to get more info and print out the rebate form.

Thanks Hip2Save!

Cheryl

Lots of work

Ugh, I still have a TON of work to do. I am trying to get caught up as I am a bit behind and trying to make my monthly budget by the end of this week. Ugh..........is all I have to say. I have worked 14 days straight with no day off. It's crazy. I put in full days this past weekend. I have been up since 2:30 this morning (yah, I have had to little cat naps so far). I am a bit tired, but I keep thinking about being able to go on vacation starting this weekend. It will be soooooo nice and we are very much looking forward to it! ☺This week is going to be a LONNNNNNG week for me. I need to get out and do some doubler shopping this evening (can't have those go to waste), I have got to try to get up to Greenbluff and get some Cherries (FYI...they are $1.50 a pound this week at Fred Meyer, which is an AWESOME price), get packed, and then buy little things that we may need for the road. I am going into this with the right mind that I am going to eat "right." I have to remember that when I don't well then I'm a bit tired and uh, depending on what I eat, well.......need to be next to a toilet (can't have that when you're on the road). I bought some stuff yesterday at WW for the road "just in case," but plan on taking plenty of fruits and raw veggies. On top of all of that, I have to finish up my work.☺ Needless to say, I will be getting up at 2:30 tomorrow morning too, if not 2:00.

Anyway, I am having a hard getting on here and finding some good deals.

I just wanted to give you a heads up.

Have a GREAT day!

Enjoy that sunshine wherever you may be.

Cheryl