Rayovac Coupons from Facebook

Rayovac has some great coupons right now on their Facebook page. $1 off alkaline batteries, $1 off Rayovac flashlight, and $3 off hearing aid batteries. Take the $1 off flashlight coupon to Walmart and you should be able to score a free flashlight (could make for a fun stocking stuffer this Christmas or use it for Halloween to help protect the kids :)

Find Your Bliss Free Sample

Get your free sample now from Find Your Bliss-while supplies last. Sample includes a .5 fl. oz. pouch of bath/shower gel and .3 oz. pouch of body butter. US Residents only. Go here to get yours!

Say Hello to my Little Friend!-Halloween Spider Decoration

I think we have made this spider 4 years in a row now. The kids love it and I have to admit, I do too! This year, I gave him shorter legs. The longer legs were such a hassle as they would catch any little breeze and fly up into the gutters! So, this year, our spider friend has a fat body and short little legs (no, I did not use myself as a model for this spider!)

I found a great tutorial that I can not improve on :) The only thing I do suggest is if you decide to hang yours from the front porch or a tree, be sure to really tape the trash bags in the area where you will make holes for wire or yarn to hold him. I lay a few layers of tape (unless it's good duct tape and I will make only one layer) overtop of each other and pierce through the layers and the bag to slip my warn or wire through.

Have fun and enjoy trying to figure out a face for yours! I realized ours looks a little bummed this year. Oh well, with the economy and all, I am sure he is feeling all our pain! ;)

It's a Little Batty-Make Your Own Halloween Bat Decoration

I made this bat last year with help from my kids. He's too cute to not repeat this year. Very easily made, and most of us have these items just lying around.



Isn't he just adorable? I call him Batty (or maybe that is the name I heard when my husband was describing me to a friend? hmmm....)
He is super easy to make. Take one black trash bag (all of ours are the 30 gal. size). Take a corner of one bag at the closed end and make a 'pigtail' out of that corner. This is going to be an ear, so you can make the ear as big or little as you like. I think bats with big ears are cute, so I made mine sort of big (though, Imust admit, if my bag were green, my bat would look more like Yoda-which would be cool too :).  Use a twist tie to make the pigtail. Do the same with the other corner of the closed end of the bag.

Next, fill your bat's head. Newspaper is terrific for this and you can reuse it in your fireplace after Halloween. Or, I use the colored ads which I will not burn in my fireplace. Be sure to recycle these when you are done with Batty! I would say you want to fill it about 1/3 of the way of the total bag. As you can see by my picture, his head is about 1/3 the size of his whole body. Use a twist tie again to close off the head. Now, stuff the body. And, once again, use one of those niflty twist ties to close him up. I think he looks cute with a little tassle of bag at the bottom :)

Now, since this was my first year making Batty, I was not too sure how to do the wings. My 2nd oldest DD gave me the idea of just cutting diagonally across another trash bag. It did work, but I hated waisting that other side of that bag. I might have to make some small spiders of something :) But, I cut from one open end to the opposite closed and of the trashbag. You might have to snip some plastic a bit so your wings open right. Then, look at your wings and decide which way they will hang from the back of Batty. Use a stapler to staple the wings to his back (if you happen to catch some newspaper when you staple, it helps to support the wings and keep the plastic from tearing).

Now, you can have fun making his face. I used wide tape to attach his face and made sure it covered all my paper so it would not get ruined in any rain or dew.

Then, you can attach some string (you might tape around the holes or perhaps you can find a better way than I suggest and if you do, please let me know ;) and hang Batty in a nice place where he can hang out and let his wings flap in the breeze. Oh, one more thing I did is to place some washers on the back side of Batty's wings...this really helps to keep the wings from winding around and around when they are being blown by the breeze. I just taped them on to the very bottom corner of each wing.

Free Aiploc Baggies-1st 2,500 people

Hurry!!! These go really fast! Go here to get yours-from Right @ Home.

$3 off Cottenelle Bath Tissue

Go to Make the Switch to Ultra Softness to get a coupon for $3 off any 12 pack Cottenelle Bath tissue. Hurry as I am sure this coupon will go quickly!! I was only able to print this out once, but it's a great deal no matter what! I think Walgreen's has a great deal on this paper right now!

Target Coupons

Just in case some of you didn't know or some of you have forgotten, Target has printable coupons on their site! Here is a link. Some of these are manufacturer coupons, but many of these are Target Web Coupons. This means that you can stack them with manufacturer coupons to get really great deals on products!

Just last week, I went to Target and bought dog treats. I had a manufacturer coupon for $1.50 off any two Beggin Strips. Target had printable coupons for $1 off any Beggin Strips, so I printed out two of those. I used all three coupons together and got each bag for about 91 cents (they were about $2.66 a bag before coupons). Plus, I used a $1 off  2 coupon for Purina cat treats, and combined it with a $1 coupon from Target (only had one since I used the other a couple of weeks ago :) and got cat treats for 7 cents each :) My animals should be happy with me for a good long while :)

Since we are in a new month, there are tons of new great coupons! You can usually print out each coupon two times, so be sure to get in early. And don't hesitate to check back as Target often adds some new coupons throughout the month!

Twinings Tea Sample

Wow, so many to choose from and you can choose 3 samples! Go to Twinings and get your free tea samples quickly before they are all gone! I got two different mint types and one white tea (want to see how it tastes :) Can't wait to sit and sip these by a nice fire in the fireplace some cool evening!!

Target has lots of new coupons!

Target has lots of coupons they have added to their coupon section! Be sure to check them out and print off any coupons you want before they are all gone! I saw they had a Pupperoni coupon and was hoping to be able to stack it with the coupons from the Pupperoni site, but Target's is a manufacturer coupon as well-not a Target coupon, so you cannot stack them :/ But, if you printed off your limit of the coupons from Pupperoni's site, then you can still print off the Target one :)

$1 off Pupperoni

Sorry to be so absent lately. It seems we have had someone in my house sick at different times the last month or so. It has been a battle here with pleurisy or pneumonia, and then I play catch up in between-lol! My youngest son and I were the only ones who seemed to have avoided the viruses, but he started showing signs last night...so...

On to the coupon! $1 off any Pupperoni! You will need to sign in or sign up for Delmonte. Great deal with a sale, or even at Walmart! I am constantly stocking up on treats for my two dogs-they are spoiled now-lol! But, we found it keeps our younger dog from chewing on things at night :) So, when I get a good coupon, I am thrilled :) Get yours before they are gone!