Ways I Saved/Earned Money This Week

- I read all of my MyPoints emails daily for my account and my husband's to add points to receive FREE gift cards.

- Cleaned out my coupon binder.

- Continued to use my FREE samples this week including - lotion, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, stickers and lip conditioner.

- Only used my dishwasher once this week.

- Requested a few FREE samples.

- Stuck to my menu plan this week. No eating out.

- Used my gas rewards card from Save A Lot and saved .10 per gallon when filling up.

- Continued to cut my dryer sheets in half to save.

-  Planned my grocery shopping using sales and coupons. 

- Entered Coke Reward Points, Pampers Rewards and Huggies Rewards points to each account for FREE gift cards, coupons and gifts.

- Cashed in my Huggies Reward Points for a $25 Amazon gift card.  1250 points = $25 gift card, 2500 points = $50 gift card

- Read a couple of FREE magazines = FREE entertainment.

- Took the kids to the movies on Tuesday morning to see a FREE movie.  Part of the free summer movie program.  It was Bryson's first trip to the movies and he did great.

- Stayed home 3 days this week.  Saved gas by doing so.

- Cashed in Swagbucks for a $5 Amazon gift card.

- Purchased 6 kids clothing items at JCP for only $3.70 OOP.  Details here.

- Added a few more items to our vacation food bag.

- Did 3 sponsored posts.

- Payton and I are continuing to read our library books.

- Paid a few bills online.  Money saved without having to purchase stamps.

- Printed several coupons to use on future shopping trips.

- Made Mickey Mouse thank you to send out to guests at Bryson's birthday party.  I had everything I need to make them.  No money spent on supplies.

- Trying to use my ceiling fans a lot more and leave the A/C on 72 if possible. Its been awful hot here.

- A couple of months ago we purchased an above ground pool from some friends who no longer has kids at home.  DH has been installing it himself. No money spent on labor.


What did you do to save/earn money this week?

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Sunday Coupon Preview

There will be 2 coupon inserts in this Sundays paper - 1-Smartsource and 1- RedPlum.

Here is a few of my favorites:

Banana Boat $1/1 sun care product excludes lip balm and trial
Banana Boat $3/2 sun care products excludes lip balm and trial
Barilla $.55/1 whole grain pasta
Bar-S $.75/1 beef franks
Ben & Jerry’s $1/1 frozen yogurt or ice cream
Brawny $1/2 paper towels


You can find a complete list here!


You can also find lots of great printable coupons available from Coupons.com, RedPlum, and Coupon Network.

New Coupons Available

Here is a list of new coupons available. Print them while you can.

  $2.00 off any Rich's Ice Cream Cake or Dessert

$1.50 off ONE Always Pad AND ONE Always Liner

$1.00 off any JOHNSON'S Baby Washcloths product

  $0.50 off Palmolive Soft Touch dish liquid

Mega Swagbucks Day

If you haven't signed up with Swagbucks, you definitely need to. It is a great search engine where you can earn swagbucks every time you search. I average 20-30 swagbucks a day. You can also download the Swagbucks Toolbar and Swagbucks will give you FREE swagcodes occasionally.

You can redeem your swagbucks for great prizes. My favorite prize is Amazon gift cards. With 450 swagbucks you can earn a $5 Amazon gift card. I apply my gift cards to my Amazon account and save them to use at Christmas.

You can sign up for Swagbucks here and earn 30 swagbucks just by signing up!

Thought of the Day

"Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life."

Joel Osteen

Miracle-Gro: The Gro Project's Garden Education

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro. All opinions are 100% mine.

Summer is here!!  When I start planning for summer, I always include on my to do list planting a garden.  When we purchased our land and built our house I always envisioned a garden.  I love fresh vegetables.  Helping my grandmother in her vegetable garden and her flower gardens is a favorite childhood memory of mine.  She taught me so much.   One thing she always used on her plants is Miracle-Gro.

In the past years, I have had a few vegetable plants and herbs.  This year I can say that I have my our first official garden.    Our garden turned into a family project.  Everyone was involved in planting including my 2 year old son.  I have corn, green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, watermelons, squash, zucchini, okra, radishes, rosemary, and oregano.  It is so fun for the kids to watch the plants grow, bloom and to see vegetables starting to grow.   I look forward to cooking with our vegetables and canning for the first time.  

Since the kids have enjoyed this so much, I plan to do other fun garden projects with them.  Have you considered doing a fun garden project?  The Gro Project  has suggestions to help get your started.  It is a lot of fun and a great learning experience for adults and children. 

Be sure to include Miracle-Gro products when doing your garden project.  Miracle-Gro offers several products including:

- Indoor/container: Shake n’ Feed Moisture Control All Purpose Plant Food and Moisture Control Potting Mix

- In-ground: LiquaFeed All Purpose Plant Food Advance Starter Kit

 

I will sharing updates on my garden and pictures of the wonderful vegetables we grow.  

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New Coupons Available

Here is a list of new coupons available. Print them while you can.

$1.50 off 1 liquid Clorox 2 Stain Remover

  $1.00 off one box of BC Cherry Powder 24 ct

$1.00 off any Liquid Plumr Product

$5.00 off any ONE (1) alli 90-Count Product

$2.00 off ONE PACKAGE VIACTIV 60 count or larger

U.S. Cellular - Family Protector App

I am amazed daily by everything you can do on a smartphone.  I don't leave home without my Samsung Galaxy GS4.  I can only imagine what the future holds as far as smartphones.  I can't imagine what my daughter will be able to do when she is able to get her first phone in 10 years.

As a mom of two small children, I don't have to track or monitor texts, emails, or social media accounts yet.  I am sure it will be something that I will doing in the future.  It is great to know that U. S. Cellular already has an app that will make it very easy for me.

The U. S. Cellular Family Protector app has a lot of wonderful features.   The feature I love most is that you are able to monitor your childs location.  I can't imagine letting one of my children leave the house driving for the first time.   know my mom would have loved to been able to monitor where I was at when I first got my drivers license.  This feature would also come in handy if your phone was misplaced.

With the U. S. Cellular Family Protector app you are also able to monitor your child's content including:
- Text messages
- Contacts
- Photos
- Call history (from/to number, date & time,duration)
Monitoring your child's activity is very important in today's society.

You are also able to monitor search history and web history.  Set time limits for using the internet and set scheduled for when your child can make calls, text and browse the internet.  This would work great during the school year.  I know for a fact most teenagers take their phone with them to bed.  Setting time limits would insure they a good nights sleep when needed.

What parent would not love this app?  Being able to do so many things, you would think it would be expensive but its not.  U. S. Cellular offers this app for only $9.99 per month for up to 5 phone lines.  You can also receive a 30 day free trial by clicking here!




Disclosure:  I am a compensated member of the U.S. Cellular Better Moments Blogger Brigade.  All opinions are my own.

Thought of the Day

"To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be need to be in their lives today."

Author Unknown

Wordless Wednesday

Just a couple of weeks and I will be here!  I am counting down the days.

My Favorite Lowes Foods Deal This Week - 6/26-7/2

Here is a list of my favorite deals at Lowes Foods this week. Remember, Lowes Foods doubles coupons up to .99. You can use 20 coupons per transaction. They will accept 4 "like" coupons and 2 "like" internet coupons.

Also, you can earn .05 per gallon fuel rewards with every $100 spent.

Kraft Promo 
Buy 4 Get $1 off  
Buy 6 Get $2 off
Buy 8 Get $4 off instantly

Prices vary depending on how many you purchase

A1 Steak Sauce - $2.50
Use $1 printable coupon

Country Time Drink Mix - $2
Use $1/2 coupon 4/21 SS

Capri Sun - $2
Use $1/2 printable coupon

Kraft Barbecue Sauce - $1
Use $1/2 printable coupon 

Kraft Dressing - $1.79
Use $1/2 printable coupon

Kool-Aid Jammer Juices Drinks 10 pk - $2
Use $1/2 printable coupon 

Kool Aid Sugar Sweetened Drink Mix 8qt - $2
Use $1/2 printable coupon

Philadelphia Cream Cheese - $1.25
Use .50/2 printable coupon 

Kraft Shredded Cheese - $1.77
Use .50/2 printable coupon

Kraft Singles - $1.49
Use .50/2 printable coupon

Kraft or Cracker Barrel Slices - $2.50
Use .75 coupon 6/23 SS

Kraft Chunk Cheese - $1.67

Kraft Delux Mac & Cheese - $2.29

Meats

Babyback Pork Ribs - $3.99 lb.

 Southern Style Pork Ribs - $2.89 lb.


Buy 1 Get 1 FREE 

Blue Bunny Ice Cream Sandwiches - $2.49
Use .75 printable coupon
Final Price - .99

Cheez It Crackers - $2.35

Keebler Chips Deluxe - $1.89
Use .50 coupon 5/12 RP
Final Price - .89 each


Produce

Yellow or White Corn- .30 each

Fresh Express Selected Salads - $1.25

Limes - .33 each

Other Deals

Chex Mix - $1
Use .50/1 printable coupon or
Use .60/1 printable coupon
Final Price - FREE

Smuckers Magic Shell - $1.50
Use .75/1 Smuckers Coupon 6/16 RP
Final Price - FREE

French's Yellow Mustard - $1.50
Use .50/1 coupon 5/12 SS
Final Price - .50 each

Xtra Detergent - $2.50

All Detergent - $3.99
Use $1 coupon 6/2 RP or
$1 printable coupon here or here
Final Price - $2.99


You can find this weeks sales ad here!

My Shopping Trip to JCPenneys - 6 Items for $3.70

In February, I bought Payton her first summer out at JCP using a $10 off $10 coupon.  The first time I washed it, it faded.  I received another coupon in the mail over the wee1 kend for my birthday from JCP for $10 off $10 purchase.  I went to JCP yesterday to exchange my outfit and to use my new coupon. 

Here is what I purchased.

1st Transaction:
Pair of Shorts (Bryson) - $3.99
Shirt (Bryson) - $3.99
Tank Top (Payton) $3.99
Used my $10 credit for returns
Total OOP - $1.06


2nd Transaction:
Yoga Shorts (Payton) - $4.99
White Shirt - $3.99
Black Tank Top - $3.49
Used my $10 coupon
Total OOP - 2.64

New Coupons Available

Here is a list of new coupons available. Print them while you can.

  $1.00 off 1 JENNIE-O Turkey Burgers

  $0.75 off 2 JENNIE-O Turkey tray pack products

  $0.55 off one (1) JENNIE-O Turkey Franks products

  $1.00 off JENNIE-O Marinated Turkey Tenderloin

  $1.00 off any one Brawny 2-Giant Roll or larger

  $10.00 off one BREEZE Litter System

Thought of the Day

"To be beautiful means to be yourself.  You don't need to be accepted by others.  You need to accept yourself."

Thich-Nhat Hanh

Walgreens - Friends and Family Coupon for Wednesday, June 26 ONLY!

Click here to print your coupon for 15% off instore and online for Wednesday, June 26th.  Plus, 20% off all W brand products.

3 of my Favorite Thrifty Pins This Week

Here is a list of 3 of My Favorite Thrifty Pins This Week:

4th of July Strawberrries - Definitely going to make these for the 4th of July next week. 

Crockpot Hamburger Dip - Sounds great.

Oven Baked Parmesan Fries - Great twist to fries.

New Coupons Available

Here is a list of new coupons available. Print them while you can.
 

  $1.00 off One (1) 2000 Flushes

  $1.00 off ONE (1) Brawny 2-Giant Roll

$1.00 off any Advil Respiratory Product

  $0.50 off any ONE (1) Green Works product

  $10.00 off Philips Sonicare AirFloss

  $1.00 off TWO 45oz tubs of Country Crock Spread

  $3.00 off any Remifemin menopause supplement

  $1.00 off any one Silk Fruit&Protein half gallon

Thought of the Day

"We don't meet people by accident.  They are meant to cross our path for a reason."

Author Unknown

My Favorite Drug Store Deals This Week - 6/23-6/29

Here is a list of my favorite deals at CVS this week:

Crest ProHealth Rinse 1 L or 3 D Rinse - $4.99
Receive $4 ECB
Use $1.10 printable coupon 
Final Price - FREE plus overage after coupon and ECB

Venus Razor or Fusion Proglide Razor - $6.99
Receive $4 ECB
Use $5 coupon 6/16 RP or
Use $3 coupon 5/12 P&G
Final Price - FREE plus overage after coupon and ECB

Here is a list of my favorite deals at Walgreens this week:

Mitchum or Lady Mitchum Deodorant - $3 each
Receive $4 RR
Buy 2 and Use (2) $1 coupons from 6/2 SS
Final Price - FREE after coupon and RR

Here is a list of my favorite deals at Rite Aid this week:







Infusium Shampoo, conditioner, or Leave In Treatment - $4.99
Use $2 coupon 6/23 SS
and Use $2 RA Video Values June coupons
Final Price - .99 after coupons

Nothing this week!!

FREE Lance Xtra Fulls Sandwich Crackers

Click here to print your coupon for a FREE Lance Xtra Fulls Sandwich Crackers at Walmart.

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Freebies in my Mailbox Last Week

- Sample of One Beyond Dog Food and Coupon
- CVS Huggies Coupons
- $8 Gillette Coupon
- Sample of Apricot Cuticle Oil
- John Frieda Shampoo and Conditioner Sample plus coupon

FREE Sample of Metamucil

"Like Metamucil on Facebook" and request a FREE sample.

Menu Planning Monday

Monday - BLTs, Fruit Salad

Tuesday - Taco Ring, Spanish Rice

Wednesday - Spaghetti, Salad 

Thursday - Barbecued Chicken, Corn on the Cob, Cream Potatoes, Fried Squash and Zucchini, Corn Bread
 
Friday - Pizza Night

Saturday - Tilapia, Salad, Sauteed Zuchinni
  
Sunday - I try to leave Sunday because dh likes to cook!



You can find other great weekly menus at Menu Planning Monday at Organized Junkie!

New Coupons Available

Here is a list of new coupons available. Print them while you can.

  $1.00 off Fruit of the Loom Men's Easy Care

  $1.00 off Blink Tears or Blink Gel Tears

$1.00 off ONE Delights by Jimmy Dean Flatbread

  $2.00 off Any Katy Perry $9.00 or more Fragrance

$1.00 off RevitaLens OcuTec Solution

  $10.00 off one BREEZE Litter System

  $1.00 off Men's Fruit of the Loom Underwear

$1.50 off (2) Purex or UltraPacks Detergents

$1.00 off 2 HORMEL REV Wraps

  $1.25 off 1 California Pizza Kitchen pizza

  $0.65 off 1 International Delight Iced Coffee

  $0.50 off (2) M&M'S Brand Chocolate Candies