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!!!!)