Revitalift CVS Deal! You can Still Get Yours!

If you were unable to get the L'Oreal Revitalift for free at CVS last week because they were out you can email or call them and they will send one. There will be one per household mailed out and quantities are limited so hurry. You should expect the product to arrive in approximately ten (10) business days.Call (1-800-SHOP-CVS / 1-800-746-7287) or email cvs

*Thanks to i heart CVS and becentsable for finding this deal, I found this info at Moms Helping Moms Save Money

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Give Me GiveAWays!!!

It seems that all of my favorite sites are hosting some sort of giveaway! I love to participate in giveaways. This is something that I have just started doing and can say that I hate that I didn’t start sooner. I started entering giveaways about 3 weeks ago, the first week I won 1 giveaway, and then last week I won 2 giveaways. I think I am still in utter disbelief, do you know how many lottery tickets I bought in my lifetime and nothing? So I say enter all of the giveaways that you come across. Here is a list of the great giveaways that I have found this week:

Dena at SunEGrl Loves To Shop is giving away Over 100 Manufacturer Coupons, for those of you just starting to use coupons this is a great way to get started.

Crystal at The Thrifty Mama is giving away 2 year subscription to All You Magazine. For those of you unaware, this magazine is a must have for couponers, it is packed full of amazed coupons. Hurry Over For Your Chance To Win!

BloggyGiveaways.com has a new giveaway daily with some really neat stuff. Her current giveaways includes:
A Bright Minds Media: Young Kids Package with a total value of $82.95 that includes:
· Kung Fu Panda Create-a-Story ($9.95)
· Kung Fu Panda Fact Book ($9.95)
· Kung Fu Panda Magnetic Storybook ($12.95)
· Thomas and Friends: Special Delivery ($19.95)
· Bob the Builder: Can Do Zoo ($19.95)

A Wow Wow Wubzy Prize Package that includes:
· Wow Wow Wubbzy DVD A Tail of Tales
· 2 books: A Tail of Tails and It’s Wubbzy
· A Wubbzy beanie
· A kooky kollectable

RockinMama is hosting a GiveAway. She has a very cool Savoring the Moment gift bag to give away to one lucky reader. It includes:
One coupon for a free package of Pillsbury Savorings Flaky Pastry Bites
One set of Wine Glass Charms
One Wine and Food Matching Guide
One wine bottle opener
One wine bottle topper

Just A Mom’s Take on Things is hosting a Giveaway! She is giving away Two Months Worth of Free Dowl Fruit Bowls. These are really a must have with toddlers.

Maternity Week-Something For The Guys GiveawayOne winner will receive The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset DVD including all four Godfather DVDs.Giveaway ends Sep 30th

Contest - Win foodie notecards from BlueEgg PhotographyThe prize is a beautiful box of culinary notecards fromBlueEgg PhotographyThe contest will close at midnight Hawaii time on September 30th.Good luck!

Honesty and the Friday GiveawayWin a carton of Honest Kids drink pouches, a sampling of the Honest Teas (8 of 'em), and one of the super fabulous recycled pouchesThe Honest Beverages contest closes Thursday, 9/25 @ 10 PM pacific standard time!

A frog in the tub... giveawayWin a Boon Frog PodGiveaway Ends October 1, 2008 @ 11:59pm EST

Birthday Party - Beauty Gift Basket GivseawayWIN:A Gift basket full of these fabulous products. The basket includes one of each of the items listed above.AminoGenesis’ Perfect Reflection anti-aging serumFrownies wrinkle treatment for the Forehead and Between the Eyebrows (FBE)Frownies wrinkle treatment for the Corners of the Eyes and Mouth (CEM)Tight Curves Protein PowderThis giveaway will end on October 2nd

New Giveaway- $25 Gift Card To Build A Bear Workshop!The prize is a $25 gift card to Build A Bear Workshop to give away to one lucky Home Ec 101 reader!End date ??

A Giveaway with a "New View" - Non-Scrap Bribing for SeptemberWin a beautiful frame.Here's the info on this great frame:* Elegant "Live Laugh Love" script and heart-warming etched messages create a unique display for your favorite photos.* Sliding collage design lets you add however many snapshots you choose and place them in your own special order.* Sturdy design offers years of enjoyment.o 15"H x 19"Wo Horizontal displayo Attached wall hookso Wood/glasso By New View Gifts & AccessoriesEnter by October 1Please mention janetfaye sent you!

Cool Baby Kid Dial Complete: Campaign for Clean Hands GiveawayKeep your kids germ free and enter to win a case of Dial CompleteContest ends 10/7/08

A Daycare Life Now that's Handy! GiveawayThe Wonderful People over at List Caddy have generously offered SIX readers a chance to win their choice of COLOR in the List Caddyhttp://www.listcaddy.com/Comment with which color list Caddy you would chose if you won.Read rules for ways to earn extra entriesGIVEWAY ENDS 10/1 @ 12 CSTLinkback Contest!

Enter at KIDAZYThe two winners (one for the boys gift and one for the girls) will be drawn on October 10th so comments must be left by October 9th!For the boys: The Home Depot Deluxe Toolbox with 18 pieces! - Recommended for ages 3+For the girls: The Totally Me! Airbrush Tattoo Set! - Recommended for ages 3+

10th Anniversary of Baby Einstein GiveawayTo enter go to: an ORDINARY LIFEOne winner: Baby Einstein: Baby Mozart and Baby Beethoven DVDGieaway ends Oct. 10th (retail $40)

Review and Giveaway: The Taffy Box from Jst a mom's take on thingsWin a $15 gift certificate toward any item in the store The Taffy BoxThe contest will run until Tuesday, September 30th at 11:59 pm EST

Savin Some Great Giveaway!!Win 100 coupons!!Leave comment to enter. blog about giveaway for extra entry.Ends 10/27

Boogie Wipes GiveawayBoogie Wipes has generously offered 1 lucky reader the chance to win a Boogie Wipes gift basket.Basket will include: A couple packages of 30 count wipe packages, "Boogie mom," shirt & depending on your child a choice of "Boogie baby," or "Boogie Kid," shirt.Giveaway ends 10/7 @noon cst

I will be updating with more giveaways soon!!!

You Can't Win Unless You Enter!

I am so excited I won another two giveaway! I can't even begin to explain how excited I am that I have won yet another two in such a short time. That is 3 in the last two weeks. For those of you who choose not to enter giveaways, I ask you why??

These are the two giveaways I have won:

I am the Grand Prize winner of a Savoring the Moment Gift Bag hosted by My Personal Review

My Prize Includes:

* A coupon for a FREE package of Pillsbury Savorings

* A Set of 6 Glass Charms

* A Wine and Food Matching Guide

* A Wine Gift Bag

* A Wine Bottle Gift Tag

* An Appetizer Plate w/a Wine Glass Holder

* A Wine Bottle Opener* A Wine Bottle Toppers

I am also the Winner of The Coupon Fairy Coupon GiveAWay hosted by My Personal Review

I won an envelope full of 150 coupons!!! I can't wait to get my hands on these to see what is included! I love coupons and I love free coupons even more!!!

So A Great Big Thanks to Shelia at My Personal Review for hosting such wonderful give a ways!

Albertson's Mega Saver

Albertson's Currently has a Mega Sale Running thru Oct 7th. I am definitely finding some stockpile items here.
Albertson's Mega Sale is buy 10 participating items get a $5 instant rebate, buy 20 participating items get 2 $5 instant rebates ($10).
There is a limit of two instant rebates per transaction.
Prices listed are after Instant Rebate.

Deja Blue 6pk = $.50 (That's $2 a case of water, this is a stockpile price for my family, I generally pay $3.99 on sale for a case of water)

Pasta or Rice A Roni = $.50
Use b4g1 coupon to buy 5 for $1.50 or $.30 each
To sweeten the deal use $3 or $5 off meat wyb 10 Pasta/Rice a Ronis - 10 Ronis plus Meat for $3

Red Gold Tomatoes = $.50
Use $.50/2 get two for FREE

Birds Eye Frozen Vegetables = $.50
Use $1/3 to get 3 for $.50 or $.16 each
* the purchase of three will generate a cat coupon for $1/3, so you can keep adding three to your transaction and rolling you q

Snapple Antioxidant Water = $.50
Use $.50/1q = Free Plus $.50 Overage

Chicken/Hamburger Helper = $1
Use $.75/3q = $.75 each

Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks = $1.50
Use $.50/2 = $1 each
To sweeten this deal buy 6, then get a Cat for $3.50 off your next purchase (you only have to buy 5 for cat, but I buy six because of qs) = $2.50 for 6 or $.42 each

General Mills Cereal = $2
Use $1.50/3 = $1.50 each

Ore Ida Frozen Potatoes = $2
Use $1/2 = $1.50 each

Not Included in Mega Saver but definitely worth mentioning
There is a coupon in the ad for $3.99 for a 24 Pack of Soft Drinks with an additional $10 purchase. If you have $1 peelies that makes them $2.99 a 24 pk, through 9/30/08.

Old El Paso Refried Beans, Enchilada Sauce, and Chopped Green Chiles are on sale for $1
Use $1/2 q and Free Old El Paso Seasoning wyb 2 Old El Paso Products = $.33 each


*Don't forget that Albertson's only takes four like coupons per transactions so plan accordingly.

Festival of Frees

Crystal at The Thristy Mama is hosting a festival of frees this week. I hope that this will become a new weekly trend starting on the day the sales start. Anyway, here is what I am find for free. Be sure to check out her site to see what others are finding for free.

Kroger Frees
Trident Gum on Sale 2/$1 use $.55/1 q = Overage of $.05
Land O'Lake Butter on Sale of $1 use $.50 q (doubled)
AquaFresh Toothpaste on Sale $1 use $.50/1 q (doubled)

Kroger Almost Frees
Pilbury Brownies on Sale for $1 use $.40q (doubled) = $.20
Cottonelle reg price $1.19 use $.50q (doubled) = $.19

Walgreens Frees
I found Dove Chocolate Bars regularly $2.58 on clearance for $.59, used $1 q and purchased 18 creating $7.38 overage.

My New Coach Handbag!

Well, I did say that I didn't want to give up my lifestyle.

I was so excited to get the mail today. My Coach bag came. My obsession with the particular handbag started back just before Mother's Day. I had been wanting a Carly, so my husband took me to the Coach store to pick out a purse. The one I picked out was $378, but after she rang it up is was over $400. I just couldn't bring myself to pay that for a purse. I really liked it and really wanted it, but decided on the spot I just needed more time to think over this purchase.

So I came home and thought about it and decided that I could find a better deal on a purse I liked as much or this purse in the future. Coach does not do sales or clearance, but they do have coupons once you start buying from them.

I checked Ebay about once a week for this purse, if it got over $200 I would start looking again. Well, at the first of the week, I found my deal. A BNWT Carly Optic Coach purse (the same one I have been wanting) for $129 plus $5.80 shipping. I only spent $134.80 to have this brand new purse shipped to my home!!!! Now I can afford the wallet too!!!!

The moral of my little story is there is always a deal out there if you are willing to look for it and wait on it. Afterall, I just saved over $265!

Christmas is Right Around the Corner

With Christmas right around the corner now is the time to start planning if you haven't already. I like to sit down with a pen and paper and make a budget.
This year we are doing a family gift (about $350) and then an additional $200 per child.
This is far less than we have spent in the past, but I am certain with all of the great deals out there that with a little creativity and work on my part, my kiddos will have a great Christmas.
We have also decided that this year, we aren't buying Christmas gift for people outside of our immediate family.
In addition to the Christmas boxes at church our family tries to adopt a family or help some of the foster families in our church with Christmas.

Where Do You Get your Qs??

I am constantly asked how I have so many of the same coupons. Well, I buy at least 10 papers every Sunday to get me started. Additionally, I find them:

• On Ebay
• Trade For Them
• Coupon Clipping Sites
• Wine Tags
• Peelies
• Blinkies
• Displays
• Tearpads
• I email companies
• Friends save them for me

And those are just the ways I can think of off the top of my head.

A good rule of thumb is to buy 1 paper for every member of your family. I buy more but I also provide for more than just my immediate family.

Today has been Jammed Packed with Deals

My husband and I go into Arlington every other Saturday or so. He needs a hair cut, we take his dad to lunch, and I get to garage sale on the way and he helps with the kids.

We probably stopped at 10-12 garage sales. I only spent about $55 total but got Colt a lot of name brand two piece winter outfits that were all in EUC. I also picked up Hannah 2 more pr of Jeans, some leggings, and a few shirts. I got Chelsea a pair of jeans and about 5 shirts. I picked up Bailey some Webkinz for her collection. I got Jamie a new bike for $35 (ouch) but his other got stolen and now that he is not at home he needs away to get back and forth to work. And I got a few misc. things. Every thing I got this morning was name brand and in EUC or GUC. I was very pleased.

After lunch, we went to get my hubby's hair cut. Right next door is Once Upon A Child. For those of you who are not familiar with this store it is a children's resale store. So while he is gettng a hair cut I always go next door to shop. I found and outfit I liked and it had a red line drawn through the price tag, so I asked what that meant, in the past it was 50% off but I like to make sure. So the manager, who knows me said that it means they are $.75. So I start looking for red marks.
This is what I got:
(1) Black LS Shirt Hannah $3.99
(1) Polo Hiking Boots Colt $6.50
(1) Puma Shoes Colt $3.50
(2) 1pc Long Polo Outfits Colt $.75
(3) LS Polo Shirts Colt $.75
(2) LS Old Navy Onesies Colt $.75
(1) LS Levi Onesie Colt $.75
(1) Children's Place Polo Onesie Colt $.75
I spent and little over $21.....
The Polo Boots alone retail for over $65

So after we got home, I got on the computer. I have been watching a bedroom set for Jered on Ebay. Until about a hour until the end of the auction there were no bids. At 5 minutes till there were 2 by the same bidder, so I waited until 18 seconds until the end and entered my max bid $301. I won the bid by $1!!!! So Jered will be getting a new Full Size bed with Twin Trundle underneath, a night stand, dresser, deck and chair for his room. This furniture looks Brand New with the exception of a small ding on the trundle where someone stood on the side, it really isn't noticeable and since he will only use the trundle when he has friends over it will be covered by his new bedding I get to go get...
I still have $3694 left to go in my furnishing and decorating budget and have four rooms furnished!!!