Thought of the Day

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

Confucius

FINALLY FRIDAY

TGIF!

After another episode of being sick, I think my family is heading down the road of recovery (keeping my fingers crossed).

It has been a long week and I feel like I am behind on everything. Hopefully, by Monday morning I will have things caught up. I plan to have a productive weekend.

We are going to fair this evening. Payton is excited and has talked about nothing but the slide and the hobby horses. I'm sure we will have a wonderful time.

Have a great weekend and I'll you Monday!!

AWESOME SC JOHNSON $5 REBATE

Purchase any 3 SC Johnson Products and recive $5 rebate. Most importantly, you can do this rebate 3 times between 10/1/09 and 6/30/10. Click here to print your rebate form which includes a list of items accepted.

WALGREENS: 5 X 7 PHOTO BOOK - 1.99

Become a fan on Walgreen's Facebook page here today and you can get a photo book for $1.99 shipped. You will have 30 days to make your photo book but you do have to log into your Walgreens account and accept this offer.

Thanks to Money Saving Mom for this great offer.

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Thrifty and Neat Blog Entries Found This Week

1) Sour Cream Pumpkin Pie - This sounds wonderful. I am definitely going to try.

2) 3 Budget-Friendly Boys Gifts That Rock - Gifts you may consider putting on your Christmas List.

3) 10 Things To Do with Your Kids This Fall - Great list!

4) Decorating with Pumpkins - Neat ideas.

5) Easy Fringe Fleece Scarf - I love this and may even attempt to make.

6) Homemade Hand Soap - Great instructions on making your own.

7) Oh My Stars Cookie Bars - These sound wonderful.

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Thought of the Day

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

Dolly Parton

What Did You Get For FREE This Week?

This week my mail lady actually left a garbage bag full of goodies hanging on my mailbox on day.

Babies'r'us Birthday Card and Coupon
Ruby Tuesday - B1G1 Free Entree Coupons
FREE Woman's Day Magazine
FREE Carolina Country Magazine
FREE Playtex Gift Pack with Coupons
Dove Coupons
Food Lion Baby Coupons
EOS Lip Balm
Toysrus Coupon and Birthday Card for Payton

I hope you received lots of freebies this week too!

STARBUCKS TASTE TEST CHALLENGE - FREE COFFEE

From Oct. 2 - 5, Starbucks invites customers to join the Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew Taste Challenge at their favorite U.S. Starbucks location. Participants can taste Colombia Starbucks VIA™ next to fresh-brewed Pike Place™ Roast and challenge themselves to guess which one is Starbucks VIA™. Starbucks VIA™ Taste Challenge participants will receive coupon for a complimentary Tall brewed coffee on their next visit as well as an offer for $1 off a Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew purchase.

FREE CARD FROM SNAPFISH - JUST PAY SHIPPING

You can create a free custom card of your choice at Snapfish and only pay approximately $1.49 shipping for a 3-5 day delivery. These look to be like very nice cards. Just use Coupon Code FALLCARD09 by 10/6.

This offer is good for new and returning customers.

THRIFTY THURSDAY - PICTURES

My "home office" now has new pictures. I spent a total of $3 for this project. I found the frames on the sale table at Dollar General for $1.50 each. I already had the picture mats, I just painted them black. The pictures of the fleur de les off the internet at no cost.

2 New Pictures for $3

You can find other great thrifty deals and ideas at Thrifty Thursday at Tales of Bloggeritaville.

Thought of the Day

"If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not capable of developing compassion for others."

Dalai Lama

Wordless Wednesday

GREAT PILLSBURY COUPONS

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls - HERE and HERE
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Pillsbury Toaster Strudel - HERE and HERE


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Thanks to Money Saving Mom!

FREE SAMPLE OF TAMPEX PEARL

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Interesting/Useful/Fun Website

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Thought of the Day

"Action expresses priorities."



Mahatma Gandhi

YOPLAIT WHIPS GIVEAWAY

Looking for a tasty treat to keep you cool as the summer winds down? We have an idea for the easiest, yummiest frozen goody for you Yoplait Whips!

Surprisingly, the delicious taste of Yoplait Whips! can also be enjoyed as a frozen treat! Simply place your favorite Whips! yogurt cup in the freezer overnight and you will have a chilled yogurt indulgence that you don't have to get from the ice-cream truck or at the parlor. So this fall, during the warm, humid days that we are still having before you hit the park or your own backyard, don't forget to stock your freezer with Yoplait Whips! (We suggest removing the Yoplait Whips! from the freezer for 5-10 minutes before enjoying). Yoplait Whips! are currently available in a variety of delectable flavors Strawberry Mist, Chocolate, Key Lime Pie, Orange Crème, Chocolate Raspberry, Lemon Burst, Peaches 'N Cream and Raspberry Mousse. Also, try Yoplait Whips! newest flavor Vanilla Creme which just hit store shelves!

My Blog Spark provided myself a awesome gift pack that includes: "Summer Cool Down" gift bag that includes two free coupons for Yoplait Whips!, cooler tote, popsicle molds and a set of 12 color-changing spoons. I also have one gift pack to giveaway.

How To Enter: (4 Total Entries Per Person)

- Leave me a comment with what is your favorite Yoplait Whips! flavor or what flavor you would like to try.

- Tweet about this giveaway (1 extra entry) and leave me a comment telling you did.
- Blog about this giveaway (1 extra entry) and leave me comment with the post url.
- Follow/Subscribe to my blog (1 extra entry) and leave me comment telling me you did.

This is only valid for US residents.

This giveaway will close on Sunday, October 4 at 9pm. The winner will be emailed and posted Monday morning. You will have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

Good Luck!!

TASTY TUESDAY - MONKEY BREAD

Great recipe to make with your kids.

Ingredients:
3 Cans Biscuits - 10 count
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Chopped Pecans
1 Tbsp. Cinnamon
1 Stick Butter-Melted


Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350°. Mix the cinnamon and sugars together very well in a bowl. Cut the biscuits into fourths with scissors. Dredge each in the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Put a layer of pecans in the bottom of a well greased Bundt Cake pan. Arrange pieces of biscuits on top of the pecans. Continue to layer pecans and dough. Sprinkle remaining sugar/cinnamon mixture over biscuits, then pour the melted butter over the top. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.

You can find other great Tasty Tuesday recipes at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.

Enjoy!

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Thought of the Day

"Attachment constrains our visioin so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective."

Dalai Lama

MENU PLAN MONDAY - 9/28

We are starting the week off sick. Payton and I both have a head cold. So the first couple of days of my menu will be easy to make comfort food. Hopefully, this will make us feel better.




Monday - Baked Potato Soup and Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches

Tuesday - Lasagna with French Bread

Wednesday - Cheeseburgers with Homemade Fries

Thursday - Grilled Chicken Salads

Friday - Eating Dinner Out

Saturday - Spaghetti, Salad, and Bread

Sunday - Family Dinner at Mom's

You can find other great Monday Menu Plans and recipes at Organizing Junkie.

YOPLAIT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer within her lifetime. Since there is no cure, Yoplait and Dr. Kristi Funk, celebrity breast cancer surgeon, are raising awareness about the disease. Watch what Dr. Funk has to say about joining the fight!

You too can make a difference when participating in Yoplait’s Save Lids to Save Lives. Yoplait will donate 10 cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® for every pink lid sent in by December 31, 2009, up to $1.5 million, with a guaranteed donation of $500,000.

Log on to YourLidMatters.com and start your own lid collection team. Print this coupon for $1 off and start collecting! YoPlus just joined the cause with four lids in each pack. Help us prove that every lid does matter.

YOPLAIT WHIPS! REVIEW

Thanks to MyBlogSpark I recently had the opportunity to try the Yoplait Whips! I tried the Chocolate Mousse and I was very impressed.


The taste was great. Who doesn't love something with chocolate flavor. I also froze one and enjoyed a Yoplait Whips! frozen treat with my daughter while playing outside. Yoplait Whips! is available in a variety of flavors - Strawberry Mist, Chocolate, Key Lime Pie, Orange Crème, Chocolate Raspberry, Lemon Burst, Peaches 'N Cream, Raspberry Mousse and the newest flavor Vanilla Creme which just hit store shelves. A little something for everyone.


The price at my local grocery store was .69/cup. If you purchase 3, you can use this .60 coupon off of 3, bringing your price down to .49/cup. If your store doubles coupons like mine does, that would make it only.29/cup. Who can complain about that price? I will definitely be purchasing more for my family.


Disclaimer: My Blog Spark did send me a FREE product for writing this review. My thoughts and review is my opinion.

YOPLAIT DELIGHT GIVEAWAY WINNER

The winner of the FREE Yoplait Delight Gift Pack is

Here are your random numbers:

73
Timestamp: 2009-09-28 02:01:47 UTC

Tara

Tara has been emailed and has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. Thanks to everyone for participating.

I should have another giveaway soon.

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Thought of the Day

"Hope changes everthing - winter into summer, darness into dawn, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy."

Daisaku Ikeda

Thought of the Day

"Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose."

Eckhart Tolle