Thrifty Ways and Ideas: 2009-07-26

Saturday, August 1, 2009

REMINDER - FREE SCHWAN'S FOOD TODAY

America's Largest Home Food Delivery company is giving away FREE food to the 1st 500,000 new customers.

Click here for details and to order.

Thought of the Day

"As long as anger dominates our disposition, there is no possibility of lasting happiness."

Dalai Lama

Friday, July 31, 2009

It's Friday again!! Lots of things planned for this weekend so I'm sure it will fly by. I am going to a birthday cookout tomorrow night and we are going fishing Sunday (if it doesn't rain). It will be Payton's first time fishing. I just want her to catch a fish. Just 1 will be enough.

I hope you have a great weekend and I'll see you Monday.

Thrifty and Neat Blog Entries Found This Week

1) Decorating Living Rooms with Thrift Store Items - You never now what you will find in a thrifty store.

2) Ideas for Beautifying the Backyard - I have already done some of these things this summer.

3) How to Inventory Hand Me Downs - Meredith has a great system which I plan to use. She has even shared her spreadsheets.

4) Cracker Barrell Double Fudge Coca-Cola Cake - This sounds and looks great.

5) Ways to Save: Improvise - Lydia shares a great list of ways to save money in your everyday activities.

6) Outdoor Room on a Budget - Awesome job in decorating a space on a budget.

7) Six Words That Saved Me $17,893 - Great article by Frugal Dad on how he saved so much money.

8) Seven Household Items you can use Differently or Repurpose - I have never thought about use my George Foreman grill for grilling fruit.

REMINDER - FREE CHOCOLATE FRIDAYS

What is Real Chocolate Relief? Mars only uses Real Chocolate - that means it is made with 100% pure cocoa butter. Go to http://www.realchocolate.com/ every Friday through September to get FREE* Real Chocolate coupon for your favorite Mars brand. If its Mars, then you know it is real chocolate. Giveaway starts at 9am EST every Friday.

FREE SAMPLE OF CHEATING WITH CHOCOLATE

Click here to order.

Thought of the Day

"Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about you own."

Buddha

Thursday, July 30, 2009

FREE BOTTLE OF RICE VINEGAR

Complete a short survey and receive a coupon for a FREE bottle of Rice Vinegar. Click here for survey.

TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY AT BIG LOTS SATURDAY

FREE Subscription to Sport Diver (5 issues)

Click here to order.

FREE NABISCO CALENDAR AND COUPON BOOKLET

Nabisco will send you a FREE calendar filled with $55 in coupons by signing up here.

WALGREENS COUPON - FRIDAY ONLY

This will make deals this week even better. Click here to print.

GARDEN UPDATE

I am enjoying lots of goodies from my garden. This is what we picked over the weekend.

What Did You Get for FREE This Week?

Here is my list of goodies received this week:

Soap Opera Digest

Viva Paper Towel Sample with Coupon

Nescafe Coffee Samples

Address Labels (I have enough of these to last my lifetime)

Old Spice Body Wash with Coupon

Stayfree Pad Sample

Did you get any goodies?

Thought of the Day

"Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others."

Lama Yeshe

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

FREE SECRETS OF GREATNESS BOOK

Click here to order.

FREE FOOD FROM SCHWANS - AUGUST 1

America's Largest Home Food Delivery Company is giving away FREE food to the First 500,000 NEW Customers. MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!

Looking for free food? Who isn't? But you're' just a bit early. The Free Food giveaway promotion starts August 1, 2009. Complete details regarding this offer will be available on www.schwans.com/FREE on 8/1.

*No purchase necessary. Offer ends 9/30/09 and limited the first 500,000 new residential/household customers (i.e., have not purchased any products from Schwan's Home Service, Inc. within the past 14 weeks) who are located in an existing route of Schwan's Home Service. Limited to one offer per residence/household and may not be combined with any other offer or promotion. Local and states sales taxes may apply. Other restrictions apply.

Interesting/Fun/Useful Website

www.dinnertool.com

Brand-New website where you can discover tons of tasty recipes that begin with ingredients you already have.

- Recipe Search by entering ingredients, and focus your search on budget-friendly recipes and more.

- Meal Planning - You are able to select recipes and move them into a weekly calendar that you can save, share and print.

- Shopping List - Get a list of ingredients for your entire meal.

- Offers Coupons - Look for links within recipes for coupons on specific ingredients.