Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Printable Coupon for 55 cents off 2 dozen eggs!!!

From Incredible Edible Egg's FB page. This will give a great deal at Reasor's this week! They are 4/$5 and this will equal out to be about 96 cents per dozen :)

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Turkey Info

Need information on thawing your turkey? How about how much stuffing you will need? And how long does that big ol bird take to roast? Other turkey questions? Butterball has a lot of great info you can find for questions you might have. They have a great tips section where you can put in your bird's weight to find out how long to thaw it, roast it, etc. Or, find out how 'big a bird' you need for the amount of people you have for your feast. There are also some great recipes, ideas, and even a kids' section!

Advent and Ways to Celebrate!

Growing up, my mom didn't just focus on Christmas coming, but also celebrated Advent. Every year, I received one of those chocolate filled Advent calendars-I was the envy of my friends-lol! She would purchase them from a local German store, which seemed to be, back then, the only place to buy them. It was awesome. But, she also focused on Advent in other ways.

When I had kids, and they were old enough to really experience Christmas, I wanted to focus on more than just presents and such. I wanted to focus on family, friends, and what Christmas really meant to us-the birth of Jesus. I decided that, along with those wonderful chocolate filled calendars, we would do a different activity each day of Advent. Originally, I made a paper chain, one chain for each Advent day, and it would have a different activity on it. The kids loved it, and still do (even my 3 teens :)! But, I noticed last year, certain children were sneaking peeks ahead to see what activity was coming up. Humph! Momma doesn't like that, so this year, I wanted to do something to make each day more hidden. I came up with the idea to make different Christmas shapes and making pockets with them. Then, I can add the slip of paper with the activity into each day's shape.  Here is a close up of one of the shapes. See the slip of paper?


Then, just using paperclips, I slid each shape onto a piece of ribbon, which I then hung on one of my walls:


I chose to mark down the days. I also killed time whily my husband watched a movie we have seen several times already and decorated each little shape :)

Each day, one of the kids (and we go in order from youngest to oldest) gets to take that day's shape down and read the activity. Some of the activities we do are : ride around looking at Christmas lights while drinking hot cocoa, watch a special dvd, watch a Christmas special on tv (I love getting advance notice on some of these through ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas), making treats for the dogs, making treats for neighbors, crafts, making presents for grandparents, help a charity, write letters to Santa (the older kids might help the younger with this), going to a special place to see lights, and many more. I try to add in atleast one new thing each year to keep my older kids surprised since they have done this for so many years, and well, because they are teens and well....ya know... ;)

If you are looking for a special way to bring some fun family memories this year, try celebrating Advent. You cna do it so many different ways. We have even learned about other cultures' celebrations during this time of year and the kids learned so much (it can be a great homeschooling tie in ;) Here are some great websites to help you get more ideas or learn more about Advent:

Family Fun's Countdown to Christmas

20 Fun Family Ideas to Fill Your Advent Calendar

24 Ways to Countdown to Christmas

PS-Advent begins that Sunday after Thanksgiving. This year, there are 28 days :)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Bird's Eye Veggies-$1/3 printable

 Go to Bird's Eye's website and sign in or register. Then, right under the picture feed, you will see a reddish box that has scissors in it. Click on that and it will send you to a page to print off your coupon. These are on sale this week at Reasor's for 87 cents. When you buy 3, your final price for each bag will be about 54 cents! Imagine the deal you cna get if your store doubles up to a $1!!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

French's Printable Coupons

Go here and sign up or sign in to get coupons from French's. Savings for French's mustards, French Fried Onions, Frank's hot sauce, and others....

Monday, November 14, 2011

SwagBucks and Earning Through Couponing

If you search through SwagBucks, did you know you can also earn points by using coupons too? You can print off coupons through SB (which are powered by Coupons.com-cool, huh?) and about 8-12 weeks after you ahve redeemed those coupons at the store, you will get your points. You get 10 points for each coupon you redeem-now, I can see how that can rack up!

If you are not familiar with SwagBucks, I highly recommend it. You earn points through doing websearches (which most of us do atleast once a day), watching video clips, using coupons printed from the SB site, and many other ways. I recently turned some of my points in to get some PayPal money (was deposited into my account in less than a week) and I am about ready to redeem more points for either an Amazon.com gift card or perhaps more PayPal cash :) Many people use their SB account to pay for most, if not all, of their Christmas. I am not that good yet-lol! But, it has helped out, I have to admit :) So, if you have not joined, I highly recommend it! You might not be able to rack up enough points for this Christmas, but ya never know ;)

Borden Milk-55 cents off 1/2 Gallon

Go here and sign up for the Borden Newsletter and you will get a coupon for 55 cents off any half gallon of Borden milk. Reasor's often has these on sale, so it would be a great deal with this coupon! Be sure to hit your back button on your browser so you can print this one twice!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Don't Fret the Sweat :) Suave FB coupon offer

Head on over to Suave's Fb page-Don't Fret the Sweat  and like it if you haven't already. Sign up for the coupon of your choice under the Products & Coupons link (you should see this on the left unless you automatically get there by the link above :) You have choices between coupons for Dove, Suave, or Men/Women's Degree.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Home Depot LED Light Trade In

Home Depot is at it again! Bring in your old lights sets to trade in for select LED's and get up to $5 off :) More details here.

Friday, November 4, 2011

PAM Cooking Spray

PAM Cooking Spray: Thanks PAM for my free can of cooking spray! Click here to download a $0.50 off coupon for the new #PAM http://bit.ly/pLRn8b *Please remember the FTC requires you to mention that you received a free sample courtesy of Smiley360 when sharing.

Wanted to share this from Smiley360. I signed up for a Pam non-stick spray challenge and they sent me a coupon for a free can of the new improved Pam. I have to tell you, I really was not expecting it to work as well as it did. Even my casserole dish that had crusty cheese on it, and sat overnight (I know, bad momma) came clean with such little effort!! Really, I wish I had asked one of my kids to take pics as I washed it-lol!! But, now you can try out the new, improved Pam by clicking the link above and getting a 50 cent off coupon :)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Kraft Coupon-Save $1.25 on 3 Participating Products

This is a terrific coupon! Print it out before it's gone again (they reset it). You must buy 3 participating products which include Jello, Nilla Wafers, Baker's Chocolate, Philly Cream Cheese, and Honey Maid Grahams. Reasor's has the Philly Cream Cheese for 88 cents on Surprise Buy of the Week :) It is a limit if two, but throw in a cheap box of Jello, or pick up another one of the above items (or, yes, you can pick up a 3rd cream cheese for the regular price :)

50 cents off Gold Medal Flour

This will come in handy with a sale :) Go here to print yours off.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

New Month---New Coupons to Print!!

It's November, and I know one sort of coupon that will be abundant-anything dealing with Holiday foods! Canned pumpkin, canned milks, baking supplies, etc! Along with sales, you can really get your Holiday meal savings down dramatically! Here are my favorite coupon printing sites. Find what you need or want now before they are gone!
Coupons.com
General Mills
Betty Crocker
Target
RedPlum
SmartSource