We Survived!

What a busy month! We survived and the house is a mess. Christmas time is always so hectic and I do dread it, but once it hits the week of Christmas it's pretty calm and so am I! We enjoyed many things this year and I thought I would list the most important ones that really seemed to have made an impact on my family and me.

1. We read Jotham's Journey (actually still have a few pages to go). This is a great advent book that is a MUST read.
2. Phillip and I went caroling with our church and it was such a touching time. We visited several people that are very sick and some only have a short time to live. The thing that I noticed was the peace that these people have through Christ Jesus. I know that they have a relationship with the Lord. Even by them knowing that they are dying or have a family member in the home dying, you can see their joy is Jesus. Why wouldn't anybody want Christ as their Lord and Savior?
3. I was able to be in charge of our advent services for our church. I grew closer to Jesus during this time because I had to study and talk to God about what I needed to say to help someone.
4. I have been reminded by the Lord to make sure what I am doing is for the correct reasons. I want to make sure that I do things that please God and not do them because I feel obligated or that it is the thing to do.
5. Adventures in Odyssey is AWESOME! Great life lessons and the kids wanted to hear them over and over again.

It's A Sugar Cookie Making Day!

Today will be a short day of learning and then on to making and decorating sugar cookies! I was so happy to find out that I already had all the ingredients except for food coloring which we got last night. I will be using a different recipe this year. It comes from the Pioneer Woman Cooks blog. If you are interested in taking a peak, her link is on the side of my blog. Let the baking begin and in between maybe I can get the Christmas cards finished and mailed.

I'm Really Not A Scrooge!

It seems that I always dread this time of year. It comes way too fast and no matter how ahead I think I am, I'M NOT! Our church had two floats in a Christmas parade and won the trophy for first prize. The trophy made it to the front of the church for all to see. In order to light the advent candles, it was moved......to sit right in front of the manger scene with Santa on top of that big trophy waving. Now I know this act was not on purpose by no means, but it DID get me thinking.



For the most part, that is exactly how it really is. Santa waving, overpowering the most important part of the season, CHRIST. Oh, now don't get me wrong, I enjoy buying gifts, riding around to see the lights, putting up our tree and other decorations, and all the other things that we do this time of year. I also think too much emphasis is sometimes placed on all the extra things to do and the meaning behind them gets pushed aside, just like Baby Jesus being BEHIND Santa last Sunday morning. I have been reading a book that gives the meaning behind our Christmas traditions. It does help to know WHY we do the things we do. I think sometimes we do certain things at Christmas because it is expected of us. It gets so busy that I catch myself checking off my "to do" list and think, "NEXT." Somehow we need to slow down and REALLY dwell on the significance of Christmas. Let's not just read the Christmas story because it's tradition. Let's think about what it means and how the "characters" really must have felt. Let's not just have a play at church because that's what we've always done. Let's seek out from the Lord a way to minister to someone who needs something from the Savior. There's many things that you can do to bring the true meaning up and out right in FRONT of Santa. He can still be there and all the other things too, but let's see how we can bring more meaning and realization to what the Lord has done for us.



I thank the Lord that we home school. It gives us an opportunity and more time to teach the kids what this season is about. Yes, we have a tree and Santa does visit, there's laughter, picture taking, and lots of fun. Yet, there's always time for Jesus and hopefully he is out front where he should be. Maybe one day instead of Santa waving at the end of a parade, it will be Jesus.....now THAT would be something!

Free Magazine Subscription

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A great thing

Moneysavingmom has posted how to get a free copy of A Christmas Adventure (63 page ebook full of kid crafts, recipes, and stories). Go here and add to cart then use moneysavingmom as the coupon code.

What To Teach For Christmas

I usually will break out my Amanda Bennett unit study at Christmas, but this year I decided to do something a different. I still haven't really planned things out, but I do know that we will be using the following things.

1. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever study guide by Progeny Press
2. Jotham's Journey: An advent storybook
3. Adventures in Odyssey Christmas Classics
4. Traditions of Christmas by Ace Collins
5. Jingle Bells Batman Smells (PS So Does May) You know I have to throw in some Junie B.!

We have only done 2 of the Thanksgiving crafts that I had in mind, so I wonder just how many Christmas crafts, etc will actually get done.

This is such a fun time of year for the kids. It's fun for Phillip and me also if it doesn't get too hectic. It's a work in progress and I'm hoping this year is better than last! At least I am not having to keep the house clean because our house is up for sale (unlike last year). Having a house up for sale during Christmas is hopefully a once in a lifetime event. We are really close to many Christmas light displays where we live now and we hope to hit every one around within a 20 mile radius! We have already drove through Williamston Park and sat on Santa's lap (no long line either). I wonder how much learning will go on the month of December? :-)

SWEET WORDS

I was rushing the kids this morning telling them hurry up and that we were going to be late. I had it in my mind to start school at a certain time. Melanie was brushing her hair and looked up at me with a little grin on her face and said, "How can we be late for school?" I started laughing because she was soooo right! I usually don't make a big deal of getting started later than I want, so I guess to her it was a crazy thing to say. Just had to share.

I'M SO THANKFUL

Seeing what everyone is thankful for on facebook got me to thinking about what I really am thankful for. I hope I am honestly thankful for every single thing the Lord has given me, but there are things that I am thankful for that seem to be at the top of the list today. Here's a glimpse in to my thoughts.

1. I am thankful for my friend, Christine, who gave me information about legitimate work at home jobs. My little job has provided income for the kids and me to do extra things that we may not have gotten to do through the years. Sometimes Phillip has been able to join in with us if he took the day off or we would go on our trips on the weekend.

2. I am thankful for the past 15 months. It has been a roller coaster ride for sure. Phillip lost his job last August and with that came lots of changes. God blessed us with Phillip getting a job quickly, however it was not an ideal situation. The insurance was terrible, the environment was terrible, and the commute was terrible, but how can we not be thankful for it? God PROVIDED! The Lord provided for all our needs and some of our wants during Phillip's time at the job. God then blessed Phillip with a new opportunity a couple of weeks ago. Oh, how much different things are now. The insurance is great, the environment is great, and the commute is great! Phillip said he had forgotten what it was like to hear co-workers laugh( now that's bad).

3. I am thankful to be able to educate our children the way we believe God wants us to. We can get up and school at 10:00 in pajamas or be at the table schooling at 8:00 dressed in our best. We start the day in prayer and we discover TOGETHER the world around us.

4. I am thankful to not have to worry about "socialization". When we first started schooling the children 6 years ago, I was worried that the kids wouldn't "fit in". With the Lord guiding our footsteps, I have found out that socialization is not one of our problems. They each had a part on program at church this past Sunday and they WANTED to do it. Thank you Lord.

5. I am thankful for the many unique friends that I have. Each one is special and have many talents. I thank the Lord that they are willing to be there for me and that I can also glean information from them when I need to. I am amazed at what these friends can do!

6. I am so thankful for my parents. They took me to church and taught me how to love the Lord. They are so giving of themselves. They have compassion for people and I feel that they have taught me that as well.

7. I am thankful for the relationship that I have with my husband. I think we make a pretty good team. He's awesome!

8. I am thankful for Usborne books. We have a ton of new books ourselves and I thank the Lord for allowing me to bring these books in to other children's lives.

9. I am thankful for my new house and especially my porch.

10. I am thankful for my church family! I can't say enough about them.

Our Thanksgiving Study

I thought I would post how we are schooling for the next 1 1/2 weeks. I started by looking around on THIS website. I printed a few templates from the site mostly for Melanie. I bought the Thanksgiving on Thursday, which is a Magic Tree House book along with the reference guide that goes with it. I also bought the book, History Pockets, Colonial America. You can check it out HERE . I also got our craft ideas from HERE. All the books were bought on Amazon. I could have used my swagbucks and got the books for free, but I'm saving them (I don't know yet for what). Stay tuned and I will post Christmas very soon!

Here's some more information I found on the scholastic site. Click HERE to check it out!

GO GET YOUR FUEL PERKS!

If you shop at Bi-Lo, then you probably already know about the fuel perks program. For every $50.00 you spend, they give you 5 cents off each gallon of gas you buy at participating gas stations. Check it out here if you want more details. There's lots of sales this week, so it would be a great time to shave a little off your gas bill also.

Here's a few items worth mentioning that I have already taken advantage of some of these deals

Turkey $.49 lb
Split chicken breast $.99 lb
Green Giant boxed veggies $1.00 each (but you can go here here or here to get $.50 coupon off 2 AND it doubles, so you will get each box for $.50 don't forget you can print each coupon TWICE)
Aunt Jemima frozen pancakes go here for $1.00/2 coupon you will pay $.50 per box
X-14 stain remover $1.00 coupon smartsource 9/27 and it will be FREE
Endust dusting spray $2.00 coupon RedPlum 11/8 it will be FREE

A great site I use now for Bi-Lo is southernsavers I can check what I want and print the list from the site. This site lists what coupons to use and also has links to print some coupons for the items listed. So for the whole list of savings check out southernsavers!

It's Over

Fall sports is officially over tonight. Madison had her soccer banquet today and Michael had his last football game. Last Monday was Melanie's last game. It was a great whirlwind of about 3 months. This year was the first year the girls played soccer. They seemed to have enjoyed it, but they still like gymnastics better. Michael's heart is still in football. He told me tonight with a huge smile on his face that he wanted to play again next year. It really has been great, but we are one tired family. You know we really won't get much of a break with the holidays coming up. I am going to find a few good movies for us to watch at night and I have already bought a couple of new games to play. Friends will be over and I'm steady researching fun stuff to do for Thanksgiving and Christmas (crafts and recipes). I hope to post very soon what we will be doing the next few weeks. After this week, we will probably put our regular unit study aside (My Father's World) and pick it back up in Jan. Oh, we will still be schooling, but Jesus' birth and the Pilgrims will take the place of the Roman Empire for a time. So, let me go take a DEEEEP breath and get started on the next round!

Happy Halloween

This is what we worked on today. The kids did a FANTASTIC job!

Our Halloween Decorations

The kids got lucky this year. We are studying the human body and one of the activities was to put together this skeleton. Even though we don't "do" Halloween decorations, the kids like them for some reason. I let them put the skeletons anywhere they wanted in the house hoping they would remember some of the bones we discussed. Happy Halloween :-)

FREE UNIT STUDY

I really do enjoy this time of year. It seems I can find all kinds of things to do with the kids. You also know that I love FREE things to use and do. So check out the free e-book on Autumn by Amanda Bennett. Just click here to check it out and download.

A New Way of Doing Things

I can really tell people have stopped spending so much on extra items. My personal opinion is that people are still spending, but they are more conscious of how they are going to spend the money that they do have. I've been thinking (AGAIN) about how we need to spend our money. We always need to be good stewards of everything God provides us. I tend to ask myself things like,"Do I really need a new pair of black shoes for this winter when I already have a perfectly good pair that I bought a couple of years ago?" (even though I can get them at Goodwill for about $4.00). :-) Another example is buying things while on sale with a coupon and I we REALLY don't need the item. I tend to go back and forth on this issue and the main reason is that I usually can find SOMEONE that can use the item that I have bought. I have decided (for the moment) that if the item it's junk food I probably won't buy it. The main reason for this decision is that I have found some healthier recipes that I can make on the cheap. I enjoy being in the kitchen when I have time and it seems that our lives are calming down a bit. The kids enjoy cooking and baking right along with me so I have decided that this is a very good thing. I will be posting some recipes that we are trying and today is a great tasting granola recipe. I have always wanted to try to make my own granola because I really like it but don't like the price in the stores. So I finally tried it, liked it, and now I'm going to share this EASY and CHEAP recipe with you.

GRANOLA

1/2 cup brown sugar (2 pounds at Aldi for around $1.00)

1/2 cup oil (48 oz bottle of Canola oil at Aldi for about ($2.79)

1/2 cup honey (Bargains food store $2.19 12 oz bottle)

1 tsp cinnamon (already had)

2 tsp vanilla (already had)

7 cups oats (Aldi for about $1.79 serving size-15 cups)

If I figured this correctly, I made 7 cups of granola for around $2.10

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix brown sugar, oil, and honey in a pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, add vanilla and cinnamon and stir. Mix in the oats well. Spread on to a 9 x 13 pan. Cook for 10 minutes, take out of oven and stir well. Place granola back in to the oven, turn it off and leave over night.

Sometimes Free isn't Worth it!

I think this is the nastiest stuff!! YUCK! I was able to get it free and thought I was getting a bargain....WRONG! Some of you might like it, but I will stick to Splenda. :-)

What do you do with frosting containers?

I have been trying to figure out a fall craft idea and when I used 2 containers of frosting I came up with an idea of decorating them. So today the girls covered the container with scrapbook stickers (since I never scrapbook anymore) and construction paper. We punched holes in the top and taped artificial fall flowers (got them last year at Hobby Lobby for 90% off I believe) to pencils to make a fall pencil holder. Notice the nice pics, they are from the new to me camera. We love fall, we love crafts, and really love frugal crafts! :-)

Have you CVSed lately?

Well, with business comes no time for good deals. It seems like lately you have to hunt a good deal at CVS. This week though is a great week to stock up on Tide. We were able to get 4 bottles of Tide and a bottle of Dawn for just $8.95 and we got back $10.00 in ECBs. We used 4 $1.00 Tide coupons and a $.25 coupon for Dawn. The deal is buy $25.00 worth of certain products and get back $10.00 ECBs. It was a great time for us to get this deal because we were running out of detergent. Click here to see other great deals.

Looks like Wal-Greens has great deals this week especially with over the counter cold medicine. Rite Aid has some good deals also. Click here for Rite Aid and here for Wal-Greens.

Thank you moneysavingmom!

A Nice Surprise

A friend of mine saw me using my current camera on a recent ladies getaway to Helen, GA and I was complaining to her about how it takes great outside pictures, but for some reason it will not take good inside pictures anymore. She stated that she had an extra camera and I could buy it from her. I went by her house today and bought this camera for a few dollars and it works GREAT!!! This is the camera and it's a Kodak Z712 IS. I can hardly wait to post some pics from this new toy of mine! :-)

Melanie's Tea Party

We had a ball celebrating Melanie's birthday with a tea party. Her birthday was a couple of weeks ago, but we just now celebrated with a few friends. We played several games, made sugar cookies, painted nails, and had a pinata. Every little lady got to take home a tea cup, tea, and sugar cookies. I would post more pics but my camera takes pitiful pictures now. :-(

What we did today

Well, it's not perfect but I thought I would post what we have been doing today. We are studying Rome, so today we got to make a Roman arch. I love when school is hands on!

SHOPPING SHOPPING SHOPPING

Ok, I had to post this and this isn't everything. I had already put 8 boxes of Green Giant veggies in the freezer along with (3) 2 pound bags of Birds Eye veggies and you will also need to include a pack of Japanese noodles that I had started cooking in the microwave. I'm sorry about the light on the stove. Anyway, pictured : 2 bags gold fish, box of trash bags, 2 toaster strudels, 1 Keebler cookies, 1 lb butter, 2 jars Paul Newman sauce, 4 Old El Paso dinner kits, 3 soups in a cup, 3 foil pans, 4 Hormel dinners, 4 Healthy Choice dinners, 2 cans dog food, 2 boxes jello, 6 boxes pasta, (3) 6 packs of yogurt, 2 packs Chex.

The deals are from Bloom (triple coupons) and Publix (double coupons). I paid $12.00 and some change at Blooms and $24.00 and some change at Publix. I'm so excited because I haven't done a great deal like this in awhile.

Melanie turns 6

Today is Melanie's 6th birthday. I can hardly believe that she is that old. She is soooo full of herself today. She seems to be in a " I can do it myself mode,I'm SIX!!!" Happy Birthday Melanie, I love you soooooo much!

A SNEAKY CHILD

I want name any names, but one of our kids doesn't like to put things in their place. Do you see this little toy? I found it behind the toilet. This particular child also has hid socks behind a book bag and gloves behind the trashcan. I am not sure how to instill in the child how important it is to put things in its place. What makes it worse is that I think it's funny.

Madison turns NINE!!!

August 17 was a great day around here. Madison turned 9! She baked and decorated her own cake (except for the writing) and the kids ate on it for 3 days. She sure has come a long way and I can't believe she is in 4th grade! WOW, time flies.

We didn't have birthday candles, so partylite came through for us in a bind!
These are the beautiful flowers she got from her daddy. The girls get flowers every year and LOVE IT!

ALONG CAME A SPIDER

Ok, this thing was hanging out on our cherry tomatoes for a few days. I tried to look it up on the internet to see what kind of spider it was, but I couldn't figure it out, anyone know?

HOMESCHOOLERS

Just a reminder, don't forget to sign up for Pizza Hut's book it program. I did a couple of days ago. I think I will get my packet within a month.

CVS Deals

Lots of free school items at CVS with ECBs through tomorrow. If they don't have it, you can get a rain check for them but make sure they put what sale and what ECBs you are to receive. I went right after church yesterday and was able to snag most all the freebies except the notebooks and post it notes.

WHO LIKES FREE BOOKS????

I like free books that's who. I have started a new adventure in my life. I have become a consultant for Usborne books. I have loved their books for years. They have books for newborns up to teens. Most adults like to read their books also. I am really excited to be able to do this because I am passionate about children learning. A few years ago, I worked for the school district's literacy program and fell in love with helping kids love books.

Usborne is offering an awesome special right now. You can sign up to be a consultant for only $15.00 plus tax (NO SHIPPING). You get 10 great books and supplies. All you have to do is sell $100.00 in twelve weeks. It would be so easy to do if you have just a few friends to buy from the catalog.

I'm also trying to make it to another level by Sept. 3. I need a couple of good parties. If you hold a party I will give you a free book. If your sales hit $300.00 I'll throw in free shipping. These books are great for young kids, older kids, teachers, anyone that works with children. Check out my website to the right of the blog and see for yourself. Thanks for looking!

ANOTHER NEW BLOG

I can't seem to find the time to post the deals in a timely manner, so if you will go HERE this blog lists many school items at several stores. Publix is listed also. The only store that I use often that's not on it is BiLo, so if I see anything that I really think is a great deal I will post it.

WHAT"S THE PLAN?

Alright. According to my very thought out schedule (uhhh NOT), it seems to me that the new school year is rushing in here way too fast and I am definitely not ready for it. I thought we would start August 10 to get a head start. I'm just not so sure. For some reason I can not get it together! I will be working on 1 thing and then get side tracked and go to something else. Better yet, the phone will ring (or the doorbell), Melanie might yell for me, the dog barks, and then it's time to cook breakfast, lunch, or supper, etc. I sure am in the kitchen an awful lot. Or plan a trip to the store to get the supplies you need for something and THEY DON'T HAVE IT!!!! Are you getting the picture of this? It seems that I have a very bad habit of researching something FOREVER and then be all unorganized about carrying it out. I used to not be this way. I used to be on top of things (well, I can THINK that I used to be, right?)

So, how do I fix my situation? How do I follow through without being interrupted or side tracked? It doesn't take much nowadays for me to get side tracked. I will be doing one thing and go off to work on something else not even finishing what I first started! I figure I better write out some sort of list and schedule. I used to write lists for myself all the time when I was working outside the home. I better do something because this house is going to be in one chaotic mess when the fall comes because I got my wish. What wish? Extracurricular activities. I fuss about how busy we are and then fuss when we are not. I know, I have issues. Bottom line is that I DO miss the kids being involved with things and they are very excited about what they will be doing this year also. So, I pretty much know what I NEED to do, it's just following out my plan. Well, I plan on making a chore chart similar to this one HERE and maybe getting some tips from HERE as well. Wish me luck and say a prayer because we all are going to need it.

Playing Around

Ok, since a couple of you are changing the looks of your blog, it made me want to goof around with mine.

Free Tea

Check out McAlister's Deli tomorrow and grab a free tea. More details HERE. Thanks moneysavingmom!

MORE GOOD DEALS

I'm not going to post the good deals on school supplies, but I will say you need to check out CVS for their 3 day sale. WalGreens has a good sale on lots of supplies and don't forget my post on Staples below. If you don't need any of these supplies, it would be a great way to buy some up and donate them to an organization or school for a needy child.

Our Backyard Harvest

These are our giveaway veggies. God has really blessed us this year with what we planted. I wish now we had planted corn and okra. I really wasn't expecting much of a veggie haul. We have tried our hand at gardens before, but for some reason we were not very successful. Now I am sure our garden isn't as beautiful as some of the ones I have seen, but we try! We did make more of an effort to give it some fertilizer and we have been blessed with the rain. Other than what you see, we also have sweet petite bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, and onions. We have just planted some beans (I know it's late) so we will see how those go. I have enough tomatoes that I believe I am going to can some salsa. We eat salsa like it's going out of style. Thank you Lord for your blessings.

FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES

I have been looking through our school supplies and the list that I get with our curriculum to see what we need for this year. I stocked up so much last year that we really do not need much "normal" items. Looking at our science experiments, it seems that we need inexpensive things.

I am so excited about our upcoming school year. The kids seem to be fine with the idea of starting in a few weeks. We have listened to a history cd on and off this summer thanks to a good friend who shared what she does! The kids have also worked on a couple of math pages and of course they have continued to read. (ok, I'm off subject here).

We are going to sponsor a child this year and buy her school supplies. The Lord has blessed us and we feel that we can do this for a family who's husband has been out of work. With the back to school sales, it will be easier to get more bang for our bucks. This morning I checked my email and what do you know, an email from Staples with their ad starting July 19. Here are a few things they will be GIVING AWAY.

STAPLES-
pencils, pens, and highlighters, pencil sharpener
$1.00 deals-photo paper, notebooks, dry erase markers, binder hole punch, erasers, and pens
$2.00 deals-pens, mechanical pencils, magnetic dry erase board, post it notes, and eraser pack
scientific calculator 12.99
graphing calculator $109.99
4 GB flash drive $12.99
compaq laptop $379.98

Something else I have been enjoying are the 50% off coupons from Michael's and AC Moore. You can sign up to get a coupon through email and also they will print once you make a purchase. This has helped recently with Phillip's birthday, a baby gift, and on photo albums for my summer project (organizing allllllll my photos from the past 10 years).

FREE MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION

Go HERE to sign up for a free subscription to woman's day magazine. I already get this free along with Martha Stewart Living and Prevention. I did not pay for them at all!

Thanks for the heads up money saving mom!

Hair Do

Today has been a day where not much has been going on. I'm sick, so of course the kids have had their fill of tv and video games. I did read them a couple of devotions and we listened to a history cd. Other than that, I managed to curl the girl's hair for some fun. Michael opted out of the adventure, but we had to push him away from the camera! I will be so glad when I feel better. I don't like being sick and I know the rest of the clan doesn't either!

A New Little Girl In This Great Big World

Today Emma Grace Chandler was born. She is a beautiful 7 lb. 14 oz little girl who is 20 inches long. This is DeAnn and Steven's baby girl!! See those tiny toes and feet. Isn't God amazing? So precious (and born exactly on her due date)

I wish I had better pictures. I really need a new camera.

Savings

CVS
Buy $10.00 worth of Frebreeze products and get $5.00 ECBs. Use the coupons that come out in this weeks paper for free or inexpensive Frebreeze.
Buy 2 Dawn dish soaps get $1.00 ECB and use 2 coupons from this weeks paper (ends up being $.25 per bottle)
Buy 1 Colgate Advanced toothpaste for $3.49 and get back $2.00 ECBS use $1.00 coupon from 6/28 and pay $.49
Buy 2 Head and Shoulders products for $4.99 get back $2.00 ECBs and use the Buy 1 Get 1 free coupon from this week for some inexpensive shampoo

Oil of Olay body wash 2/$7.00 use $2.00 coupon and pay $1.50 each
Dove hair care buy 1 get 1 free and use $2.00 coupon from 6/7
L'Oreal Lip Color buy 1 get 1 free. Buy 2 $5.99 products and use 2 $2.00 coupons from 6/14 and pay only $1.00 each.

PUBLIX
You can earn $30.00 in gift cards between July 13-Aug. 9.
Purchase 4 different Kraft items
Buy at least $50.00 worth of groceries after coupons
Complete rebate form HERE
Repeat this 3 times!

Deals for week of 7/8
Crystal Light Buy 1 Get 1 Free $3.99
Use coupon from July All You and it will be free
Mueller's Pasta Buy 1 Get 1 free and use coupon from 6/14 $1.00/2
A1 steakhouse buy 1 get 1 free $2.89 use coupon from 6/14 $2.00 off and should be free
Smart Balance buy 1 get 1 free $2.79 several coupons that help you get a great deal (free peanut butter and milk with the coupons)6/28 inserts and 6/21 inserts also printable HERE
Klondike ice cream Buy 1 Get 1 free $3.59 and use printable HERE to pay $1.59 for 2 boxes
Spray and Wash products Buy 1 Get 1 free use coupons from 6/14 or HERE
Dial Soap $1.19 use $.35 coupon and it will double so you only pay $.49

In Add coupon $10.00 off $50.00 gas gift card to BP or Shell. This is a way to get your $50.00 order for the Kraft $10.00 rebate.

BILO
the list below are buy 1 get 1 free items
Kelloggs cereal use $1.00 coupon
Colgate toothpaste use coupon from 6/28
Hellman's mayo use coupons from 6/28
Uncle Ben's ready rice use coupons from 6/28
Hot Shot Roach and Ant Spray use coupon from 6/5
Red Baron Pizza
Apples
Red Potatoes
Sargento Cheese
Chinet items
Blue Bell ice cream
Yellow onions
PictSweet veggies
Doritos
Power Ade
Wish Bone salad dressing

Many other deals too many to list

Frugal 4th of July

The kids are all home now from camp and I am one happy mama. I am so glad they had a great time this week. It's comforting to know also that I can send them off to camp without crying or worrying too much. Today we went to our family's annual 4th of July celebration. This event gets many extended family together each year at a distant cousin's home. We always have a wonderful time with plenty of food.

We came back home and all of us took a nice long nap and then got ready to go to Pelzer's celebration. This is our first time doing something in our new community and it was really nice. Pelzer puts on a fireworks show, plus many other events that are totally free. Free hot dogs, pizza, popcorn, cotton candy, shaved ice, train rides, horse shoes, volley ball, and a few of the blow up slides, etc. They also had a petting zoo and pony rides for a small fee. It was at the park, so it was nice and shady. The added bonus is that we saw several people from church that we got to visit with. Here's an amateur clip of part of the fireworks.

Savings for week of July 1st

PUBLIX
Buy 1 Get 1 deals
sweet baby rays bbq sauce use $1.00/1 from 6/21 insert and pay $.15
Kraft salad dressing use $1.00 coupon from 6/21 and pay around $.50 or use coupon here
A1 steak sauce $2.00 off 1 from 6/14 or use coupon here and pay about $.10 per bottle
Kraft Mac and Cheese use Buy 3 get 1 free coupon from 6/28 insert or here
Bushes baked beans use coupon here and pay $1.19 for 2 cans
Cool Whip use coupons here and pay $.49 for 2
Athenos feta cheese use coupon from 5/31 or here and pay only $.50
Glad prices vary from $1.49 and up use coupons here and here
Ziploc bags are $1.99 and there are many coupons out there, combine them with a target coupon here and you will get free or cheap ziploc bags


I wasn't able to get the deals up for last week at all due to being so busy with life! I was able to do some deals myself with Phillip and here are a few things worth mentioning. Bloom had triples all last week and it was worth the trip. I also did the Pubix deals. I did find out that Bloom usually has lots of meat marked down in the mornings, so I was able to get $43.00 worth of meat that will last us SEVERAL days. What makes me the happiest is having about 5 bags of groceries and household items packed up for me to give to a family who needs it. I also have tomatoes coming in that we will be able to give away. What blessings do you have that you can share with others today? God is so good.

Bloom Triples

Bloom Triples are this whole week through Tuesday. Some stores aren't offering this, however I do know they are in Anderson. The limit is 20 coupons per day per customer. There are several items you can get free or almost free. Go here to check out a list of coupons.

I'll try and get Publix and Bilo up sometime today.

Go here to check out books you might need. The eshow is scheduled to close today.

Saving Money

Here's a couple of things that are worth mentioning this week.

BILO
Boston Butt-3 day sale $.99 lb
Kraft shredded cheese 2/$4.00 If you buy a certain amount you get a printable coupon on your next order. buy 3 get $2.00 off, buy 4 get $3.00 off, and buy 5 get $4.00 off
asparagus-$.99 lb

PUBLIX
Use $2.00 off $5.00 produce purchase from Food Lion printable here (cantaloupes on sale for $1.47, grapes $1.69 lb. makes for a great deal on fruit)
Use $2.00 off Digiorno pizza from Food Lion printable here and pay only $3.00 for pizza
Yo-Plait yogurt buy 1 get 1 free at $2.50 use coupon here and pay only $.25
Nabisco graham crackers buy 1 get one free at $2.99 use coupon here and pay only $.50
Hebrew National Hotdogs buy 1 get 1 free at $4.99 use coupon here and pay only $1.50

I HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED

If you would like to read the article I wrote, click HERE. I am so excited!

Deals

CVS
Kotex tampons or panty liner coupon $2.00 ECBs Limit 3 use coupon from 6/14/09
Schick Quatro Titanium Razor $7.99 get $3.00 ECBs use coupon from 6/14/09
Excedrin $4.49 get $2.00 ECBs use $1.00 coupon from 5/3/09
Crest $2.00 ECBs use 6/7/09 P&G insert coupon
A variety of Kellogg's cereal is on sale for $1.88 use $1.00 coupon from 6/7/09 and pay only $.88

Wal-Greens
Right Guard or Dry Idea deodorant $.99 use coupon from here
Hefty ziplock bags B1G1 free after in-ad coupon then use coupon from 5/17/09 insert
Maxwell House coffee 2/$5.00 use coupon here
Buy 2 Oreo Cakesters get $3.00 Register Rewards use 2 coupons from 6/14/09 inserts and should be free


These are the best deals I see. There plenty more listed. Just go here to check them all out.

He's Still Working On Me...

to make me what I ought to be...Anybody remember that song? It came to me tonight after I put the kids to bed. Today was a revelation day of sorts for myself. I have been so wrapped up in our family that I have forgotten the needs of others. Oh, I know I do care and I do try to be sensitive to people's needs. I feel I am aware of those around me and try to help or lend a hand when I can. However, in trying to raise my children, I believe I have forgotten something ever so important. I feel that I am a "good" mom. We talk about Jesus, take them to church, have devotion, pray, try to make sure they really KNOW God, make sure they have friends, make sure they are involved in many activities, etc. In doing all this, I have not thought much about my children being a light to others. So, I was enlightened to the fact today that even though I am trying my best to "bring up my children in the way they should go" they are still going to be exposed to things that are not good. I pray that my kids are so rooted in their beliefs and KNOW that they have parents and a God that loves them that they can be a light to their friends and help show them the way.

I think these flowers are beautiful

They were given to me by a neighbor who is only 7. We had been gone for a couple of hours and when we got back these flowers (for me), some hand drawn pictures(for all), 3 stuffed animals(for the kids), and a note were on our front porch. The note was asking ME ("the mom") if she could be friends with my children and listed her phone number. She asked if I would call her when she could come and play. It stated that she didn't have any friends to play with around here. My kids were very excited about this whole situation. Madison phoned her and thanked her for the items. Later, we all visited the little girl and her family. She came on over to play. She seems to be a very sweet little girl, but due to certain circumstances she is having to live with her grandmother. I am not saying her situation is bad, I am saying it's not what my kids are used to.

We have seen her outside on several occasions and I believe the kids and Phil have said hello to her in passing. I have thought about asking her over in the past, but I didn't know her or her family. I am sure you have been in those situations before and understand why I didn't go ahead and introduce myself. Today however, God chose to work on me. He chose today to show me that there are children in this world, right in our neighborhood, that need someone. In moving to this town 3 months ago, I said, "Yes God, I will go". In saying that, it meant WHATEVER he needs me to do I will do it for the Lord.

We dedicated our home a few weeks ago and our Pastor prayed that we would reach people in our neighborhood. When he prayed that, I agreed and wondered just what might be in store for us. I thank God for what he showed me today. I also thank God for my new little friend and for us being a friend to her. Pray for us that we will do what God wants us to do for Him.

FREE CHOCOLATE

Go here to sign up for a coupon for a free candy bar (they will send it to you in the mail). You can get 4 coupons per household, but I believe you have to have a different email address for each person to sign up. This is only for the first 250,000. This promotion is running each Friday through September, so if you don't get it today you can try again another Friday.

LOOKIING AHEAD

Here are a few coupons you may want to look for. I have seen an early preview of Publix ad that begins next Wed. There are coupons out there on the following and they will be B1G1 free in the sale. Lysol bath triggers, Duncan Hines cake mix, Ritz (printable from Kraft), mini wheats ( in this past weeks insert), Duncan Hines brownies, YoPlait plus yogurt (in this week or last weeks insert $.50 and it will double, so it makes for really cheap yogurt), Hebrew National Hot Dogs (on Smartsource.com)

MORE KRAFT COUPONS

Have you noticed that many sales are grilling items? Kraft has put more coupons on their website, so go HERE and you can print out more coupons. An idea of the coupons that they have are $1.00 coupons for salad dressing, bbq sauce, Ritz crackers, mayo, A.1. sauce, cheese (of 2), cool whip (off 2), and many more. Don't forget you can print the coupons 2 times!

BILO DEALS

Bryers Icecream B1G1 use coupons from 5/17/09
General Mills Cereal B1G1 several printable out there, just do a search
Hamburger Helper B1G1 coupons from 6/7/09
All Liquid detergent B1G1 use coupon from 5/10/09
Mt. Olive Pickles B1G1 use $.50 blinkies near the product
Weber Grilling spices $1.00 blinkies
Tidy Cat odor control litter $1.00 coupon from 4/26/09
Hartz cruch and clean dog biscuits $1.00 coupon 5/3/09
Spot shot carpet cleaner 4/5/09 coupon
Spray and Wash trigger 5/3/09 coupon
Finish gelpacs or powerball tabs use 6/7/09 coupon
Soft scrub cleaners B1G1free 5/17/09

All of these items are suppose to be buy 1 get 1 free. I have only listed the sale with whatever coupons you can use. There are many sale items other than what I have listed. Good luck!

What do you do when it's 90 degrees outside?

Invite some friends over and get wet! A few pics of some frugal fun with some friends. Water balloons and a sprinkler are always a hit with kids if you don't have a pool.

Jack and MichaelPenelope and Melanie
Penelope, Julia, and Madison

I decided to just take pics and not get wet this time. Of course while filling the balloons I ended up getting a little wet because for some reason I had a couple to burst on me. Outside fun is always better than being inside on the Nintendo DS or something!

FREE BOWLING

Some bowling alleys are offering 2 free games of bowling for kids this summer each day. Go HERE to see if a location near you is participating. I know some theatres are not doing the free movies this year, so maybe you can bowl instead.

SWAGBUCKS

If you look over to the right of my blog, you will notice a little button there. It's advertising swagbucks. Swagbucks is a search engine and if you sign up for an account you earn swagbucks and then you can cash the bucks in for some great rewards. For example, for every 45 swagbucks you can get a $5.00 amazon gift card. So, if you want an easy way to get free things, just click on the link and sign up. The bonus is that I will get some swagbucks for you signing up from my link! We have been using swagbucks for about a month now and we already have enough for almost 3 amazon gift cards! I think I will save my bucks until Christmas and use them on the kiddies. It really adds up and is a great help. I still use mypoints also. That's where you sign up and they send you emails. All you have to do is click on the email, then the advertisement. You don't have to buy anything and you can cash your points in for things. I have already gotten about 4 $25.00 gift cards, but I have been using mypoints for a couple of years or more. Leave me a comment or email me and I will refer you. I will get points for that and you will start earning points for gift cards.

The DEALIOS

Publix

All these are buy 1 get 1 free the prices are before the b1g1, so just divide by 2 to know the exact price of one BEFORE coupons the price in parenthesis is the price of the coupon


Bryers icecream-$4.99 use coupon from 4/5/09 unilever or 5/17/09 Red Plum ($.75)

Hunts Ketchup-$1.39 use coupon from 5/10/09 ($.20) which will double and pay ONLY $.30

Bertolli Pasta sauce-4/5/09 unilever coupon ($.60)

Kraft mayo- $4.99 http://print.coupons.com/Couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13903&nid=10&zid=xh20 and http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/view.php?pg=cpngenerator You can use both on 1 bottle of mayo and it should end up being about $.50

Suave body wash-$2.19 5/17/09 Red Plum insert

Nestle Tollhouse cookies go HERE to print 2 coupons and pay only $.89 for 2

Free Crest toothpaste if you use the coupon http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/view.php?pg=cpngenerator

FRESH PINEAPPLE for $1.69 when you use the coupon from

http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13903&nid=10&zid=xh20

BILO

Land O Lakes butter 2/$3.00 use $.55 coupon from 5/31/09 should double and pay only $.40

CVS

I haven't been impressed with the deals here lately, however you can get deals on PAMPERS this week.

Go HERE to print the coupon for Pampers diapers. You pay $8.99 and get $5.00 ECBs. You can also combine this with any manufacterer coupon that is out right now. It's reported that you have to bring in the printed coupon from the CVS website and you can do the deal 3 times.


Buy 1 Gillette razor for $7.99 get back $4.00 ECBs and use the $4.00 coupon from 6/7/09 insert

Buy 2 Dawn dish soaps at $1.00 each and get back $1.00 ECB use 2 $.25 coupon from P & G insert 6/7/09 and pay $.25 each

Buy 2 Banana Boat Sun Care at $7.19 Get $7.00 ECBs and use 2 $2.00 coupons from HERE and only pay $1.69 each

Keebler Sandies $2.00 use $1.00 coupon HERE

Kelloggs cereal buy 1 get 1 free use and use 2 $1.00 coupons from 6/7/09 Red Plum and pay $.80

JELLYSTONE

We went to Quarryville, PA last week and stayed at a Jellystone Park (along with the characters of Yogi Bear and Boo Boo,etc). It was really great. These parks have so much to offer for kids. We were able to spend 5 nights and this included pedal carts, playground, basketball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, volleyball, arcade, jumping pillow,pool, and the best treat of all was the waterpark! On the weekends they also have activities scheduled for the kids. The cost for 5 days was a little over $3oo.00, but this also included 5 passes to the waterpark. I think this is an awesome vacation, especially if you have kids. Go HERE to check out the other Jellystone Parks around. There are 3 in NC and 1 in Florida. Speaking from personal experience, it's well worth it and to us it is a nice frugal vacation for a family of 5. We not only enjoyed the campground this year, we also went back to Hershey Park (AWESOME and can not even come close to Carowinds or Six Flags), Strasburg railroad, Udvar Museum in Chantilly, Va, and drove around in Lancaster county enjoying the Amish country. We really enjoy it up there, but I guess next year is the long awaited Disney World trip if everything goes as planned. Phil and I could wait forever on that, BUT the kids are the reason we are going. Year after next is a trip to Williamsburg and hopefully we can sneak a Hershey Park trip in then too along with cruising Lancaster county.

this was the last day on our way out to go to Chantilly. Vaa view of the waterpark

one of the activities was a chocolate slip-n-slide with Hershey chocolate of course

the jumping pillow, which we all enjoyed (including Phil)

We Are Back!

We are back from vacation and I'm a little sad, but life goes on! It's a little busy around here right now, but I do plan to post our frugal vacation (uhhh....well, ummm, not too cheap, but we do know of an awesome place to camp that I plan to share about). There will be deals posted also, so hold tight and hopefully tomorrow I will have a couple of posts for ya. Glad to know there are peeps out there that really read my blog and are waiting for me to post! YOU GUYS ARE GREAT and make me feel like it's worth it after all!

Until then you can go to http://www.foodlion.com/guidingstars/ and get a coupon for $2.00 off chicken at Food Lion (which is on sale for $.89 lb. I think) OR you can use it on your next PUBLIX trip (did I tell you that store RoCkS!!!!)

A Reminder of Why I Coupon

I went to Wal-Greens to have my ink cartridges filled. I can get the black filled for $10.00 and the color for $15.00. I also had a coupon for $5.00 off a $25.00 order. To my HORROR they exploded and they couldn't fill them. I had no idea what to do, so I bought what I needed at Staples. I didn't like the price, but I do get $3.00 credit per used cartridge and 10% of my purchase. I'm STILL not a happy camper. So, this is the reason I try to save as much as I can. So I can spend it on other needed items.

BiLo Deals

Do you even want to guess how much I paid for this? No, it wasn't free, but it almost was! $8.61 and I also got a printable coupon back for $3.00 off my next order. 6 salad dressings
11 BBQ sauce
2 Ritz chips
8 gum
3 packs plates
1 bread
1 case dog food

Yes, I am going to share. I thought I had a lot of BBQ sauce, but I was wrong. I read on the hotcouponworld site that one lady has 84 bottles!

Here are some of the deals that you can do this week.
Kraft cheese 3/$5.00 use printable coupon
B1G1 free American cheese singles use printable coupon
Keebler sandies $2.50 use $.55 coupon from 4/5 Redplum and it will double
McCormick black pepper 2/$4.00 use $.75 coupon from 5/10
Dixie crystal sugar $1.88 use $.35 5/17
Knorr Pasta or rice side dishes 10/$10.00 use $.60 from 5/17 or 5/3
Cool Whip B1G1 free use printable coupons
B1G1 Nabisco crackers use printable coupons
B1G1 free Kraft salad dressing and BBQ sauce
B1G1 Kraft Mayo and Miracle Whip use printable coupons
B1G1 Frenchs mustard coupon from 5/10
Hunts Ketchup $.99 use $.20 coupon from 5/10
B1G1 Lawrys seasoning salt use $.50 coupon 4/5
B1G1 Lawrys marinade $.50 5/17
B1G1 McCormick grill mates printable coupon or 5/3 insert or 4/5

This is not all the deals. You can go to www.hotcouponworld.com grocery forums and check out BiLo. BiLo doubles up to $.60

Look What's Been At Our House

Michael has a butterfly in his hand.

We also had an ant farm, but I didn't get pictures of that before they all died :-(

More Coupons

Kraft reset their coupons, so if you had printed 2 of whatever you need, you can go back and print more now. Click HERE to get to the site. Unfortunately, I have ran out of ink!LOL

I know BiLo is suppose to have their Kraft cheese, salad dressing, and cool whip on sale starting Wed., so you will be able to get a good deals on those combined with the printable coupons from the above site.

Some Grocery Deals

OK people. I think you should take advantage of some of the deals that are around until Tuesday in the grocery stores. You can print several Kraft BBQ sauce coupons and get FREE BBQ sauce at Bilo or Food Lion this week. There are $.75 coupons out too from the Sunday paper.

Food Lion whole chickens for $.59 lb and BBQ sauce $.99 free with coupon or almost free

BILO McCormick grill mates will be free if you have the coupons or you can go here and print two, the coupon will double and they will be free. Kraft salad dressing FREE if you have the coupon from 5/10 or go here and print you two and they will be about $.50 On the same site you should be able to print Kraft mayo, BBQ sauce, miracle whip and they are all buy 1 get 1 free at Bilo this week. Snuggle is B1G1 free go here and print out a $1.00 coupon Ritz chips B1G1 print coupon here and it should be about $.30 Texas Pete B1G1 use coupon from 5/10

BLOOM triples this weekend! May 15, 16, and 17

PUBLIX This store ROCKS! If you really watch the deals and mean business when you go, you can really get some great deals. I'm not going to post all the deals, but if you want to see what all you can snag, visit this blog. Scroll down until you see her post for May 13. Publix will allow you to use a manufacturers coupon along with a store's coupon on the same item. These means if you use the Kraft coupon from TARGET along with the manufacturers coupon you can get cheese for $1.00. I had heard this, but wanted to make sure so I asked the store. I was very glad to hear the good news. I am having to make several dishes this weekend besides meals for my own household, so when deals like this come around I am one happy person. You know how quick a grocery bill can add up, especially when you have showers, parties, luncheons, etc to attend! So what are you waiting for? GO GET THOSE DEALS!

GREAT PRINTABLE COUPONS

There are some awesome coupons out right now. You can print each 2 times. Go to both of these sites and you should be able to print 4 in total of the ones you need.

HERE HERE

I Am Blessed

I am truly blessed. Long ago I gave up wanting "things" for holidays. The kids have been so excited a few weeks now about Mother's Day. I think it's so sweet that they want to get me something and do things for me. I woke up and they had made me homemade bookmarks and wrote a note. I also got homemade cards. We had bought a plant holder that holds 3 clay pots at a thrift store the other week, so they each painted a clay pot to place in the container. They also made there own gift wrap for the book they gave me. I love things made with love. It really isn't what I get, but I sure do love the way it's given to me. The kids have been soooooo excited for days about this special day. They truly do love their mama!

I love my mama too and even I am excited about what I am given her today. Happy Mother's Day!

School for the Day

I love it when holidays come around because our school ends up being even more fun! I don't always have a lesson for every single holiday (there's one for everyday, right? :-)), but I think I have always made Cinco de Mayo special. Today we started off by reviewing the geography of Mexico (the older 2 knew the answers....yay them), then the kids did a couple of worksheets about the history of why we celebrate. For those interested it's Mexico celebrating winning the battle of Pueblo against the French in 1862 (short version). Later in the day the kids decorated the dining room, made a special supper, and played the limbo (it did not originate from Mexico).

2 silly girls

Are we ready to party or what? :-)

Everyone in this household loves to cook. Melanie is learning how to chop tomatoes. Don't worry, she was just posing and was very careful with the knife with me right beside her.

On the frugal side, we were able to snag the sombreros at the Dollar Tree and also 2 banners and napkins. The girls made paper chains.

KFC Chicken

Have you tried the new unfried chicken at KFC? Well, if you go here you can print up to 4 coupons with different codes for free chicken. You get 2 pieces of chicken, 2 sides, and a biscuit. Great deal! Offer ends May 19 and it's not valid on Mother's Day.

It's That Time Again! Strawberry Time!

This is a little sneak peak of what we were picking early this morning in Due West. Don't they look delicious?Oh, Yeah! Notice the open sign below the main sign? I love to see this sign! Doin' a happy dance!

Madison picked these strawberries all by herself and it only took a few minutes to fill the basket up! I can remember when we would pick and their attention span was shorter than what I wanted it to be. It's not like that now, they are ready and willing to find red strawberries, ripe for the picking!

Melanie grabbed her a few to fill up her basket. She did a great job and knew not to pick green, pink, or really small ones. It was a little sad for me though because she doesn't eat them like crazy anymore while she is picking them. No strawberry juice on her face, hands, arms, or clothes this year (only in her mouth). I didn't know last year was one of her "lasts" at gobbling those sweet little pieces of fruit up before we got to the van with juice everywhere! Due West allows children to eat as many as they want (my rule: within reason).

Michael did a great job at picking (even though I had to remind him about not plucking the stems also). He likes to be first at everything and of course the best, so he was in a little bit of a hurry and grabbed stems and all a few times. He was in charge of the "stake", so he did make sure of where to put the stake where we stopped on the row. He also made sure Melanie was picking just right. :-)

We left out early from Pelzer for our treck to Due West. It was well worth the trip! Yes, Callaham Orchards has strawberries, but honestly they do NOT taste as good as Due West. I am being serious! They are not as sweet and they have a spongy texture to them. I will also say that I think Due West strawberries are a little cheaper too. We also got the added benefit of buying some homeade 100% whole wheat bread. We couldn't have asked for a better day. I love these kinds of field trips!

If you are going to Wal-Mart

Click here to take this coupon with you. You can print it two times. Velveeta shells and cheese ends up being $.25. Many other deals at Wal-Mart with coupons and if you are interested several sites I have listed will give you the scoop. I tend not to make a habit of going to Wally world. I really don't know why, just not alot of time for it I guess.

Summer Reading Programs and other deals

Barnes and Noble is offering a summer reading program for children in grades 1-6. You get a free book after the program ends. Click here to check out what you need to do.

The local libraries also have the same kind of program and your child gets a medal at the end of summer. Abbeville county gave prizes more often than that a couple of years ago. The kids were able to get one of those rubber band bracelets and a coupon for a free ice cream. Kids love free too ya know! Are there any other book stores that do this kind of thing?

CVS

Buy 1 Garnier product for $2.99 get $2.00 ECBs
Buy 1 Crest Cavity, Tartar, or Baking Soda and Peroxide or Oral B indicator toothbrush at $1.99 and get $1.00 ECB (Limit 2) Use $.75 coupon from P&G insert on 4/5
Buy $15.00 worth of Colgate or SC Johnson cleaning products and get $5.00 ECBs
Deal Idea: 5 Fantastic products use coupons from 3/29 and buy 3 palmolive dish soaps for $.88 and use coupons from 4/26 Spend $9.39 plus tax Get back $5.00 ECBs

Spend $15.00 on certain Nivea products and get $5.00 ECBs Use coupons from 2/8 inserts

Buy 2 Mennen deodorants at $3.00 each and get back $3.00 Use coupons from 4/26 Smart Source and deodorant ends up being $.75 each

Schick Intuition Plus razor $8.99 Get $4.00 ECBs use $4.00 coupon from 3/22 or 4/19 and pay $.99 after coupons and ECBs

Band Aids $1.00 use coupon from 3/15 Smart Source and they will be free

Wal-Greens
Milk on sale for $2.79
Rimmel make up use coupon from April All You magazine and should get it for free
Scotch packaging paper $.99 after in ad coupon use $.50 coupon also from 4/19 and pay $49
Visine $3.99 use coupon from 3/15 RedPlum insert $.99
Starbucks ice cream 2/$6.00 use coupon here and pay 2/$4.00
several items are giving back register rewards which make the products free:
Nivea Body Wash, Rembrandt Toothpaste or Mouthwash, Bayer Quick Release Crystals, other Suave hair products will be close to free if you use coupons from 3/1 RedPlum


I didn't list all the deals, but the best ones that I see. If you want to know the whole scoop, go to www.moneysavingmom.com