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The Best Grocery Items from Aldi

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:58:00 +0000

Jason and I have become regular shoppers of Aldi over the past few months. At first I was hesitant, but after trying their products we realized this isn't just another save money for cheap junk store like Save-A-Lot often is, but it really is a good quality store with great products. Here I am going to list the best grocery items from Aldi. These items taste better than I thought they would and are often on our weekly grocery list. If you are going to give Aldi a try, I recommend trying these best grocery items from Aldi.

1. Aldi Fit & Active Ice Cream: Chocolate Bars, Wildberry, and Orange as well as the ice cream cookies.
All of these ice cream bars taste amazing and even better than leading diet ice creams and have low calories!! 100-150 each!

2. Aldi Kirkwood Chicken Items: Any of the Kirkwood chicken items, especially the chicken breasts and tenderloins!! Healthy and cheap and high quality. My daughter loves the Chicken Rings and two bags last her all month when having them for lunch a 2-3 times a week. There are more than you realize in one bag!

3. Aldi Goat Cheese: This was an amazing find! It looked good and I wanted to try something new. It is now one of my favorite foods! Smear it on a wheat cracker and it tastes amazing!! I have only tried the plain and the blueberry.

4. Aldi Produce: Amazing deals!!! And the produce is always good quality. I often purchase the fresh broccoli, romaine lettuce, asparagus, bananas, strawberries, grapes, pineapple, and cantaloupe. I have never had a rotten piece of fruit or anything bad tasting. I wasn't impressed with the apples...mine were a little soft the couple times I purchased them but we prefer really hard and crisp apples.

5. Aldi Berryhill PB & J: Our favorite is their version of Goober Grape. It's cheap, less than $2. Lasts all month. And is quick to make sandwiches with!! It tastes better than the real stuff. Also, their jelly and pb is around a buck each and tastes just as good as name brand.

6. Aldi Clancy's Pretzels: HANDS DOWN the best pretzels we have ever eaten. Yes, that means better than Snyder's. We LOVE the honey pretzel sticks and always have a stock of them. One tub lasts all month!

7. ALL Aldi's Lunch Buddy Stuff: Fruit snacks, lunchables, applesauces, etc. This is a cheap way to pack the kids lunches all week and the lunchables also contain a drink and they're still only around 1.25!! The fruit snacks come in an organic variety that I buy for Kacie and she loves them.

8. All the Aldi Millville Cereal Bars and Cereals: Haven't found one we don't like yet. The honey nut cheerios tastes different than name brand, but it doesn't taste bad just not what you may be used to. Has a stronger honey flavor, but I love it. We also really love the cinnamon toast crunch. And we always have a stock of the Fiber Bars (Very good deal on price compared to Fiber One) and the cereal bars (compare to Nutrigrain). The bars are just as good in quality as the name brands and suprisingly taste better.

9. Aldi Fit & Active Drinks: These are a recently discovered favorite. We love all the flavors: tropical, strawberry, & lemonade. They are 0 calories and don't taste like crap!! They're actually amazing. We love the strawberry. We also always have a stock of this brand's crystal light drink mixes. We love the Grape and Fruit Punch. Haven't tried the peach tea.

10. Aldi Ground Beef: Same quality as other stores. Nothing bad here at all. I buy a large pack and separate it into one pound each. I wrap each pound in parchment paper and put 3 pounds in each freezer bag.

Feel free to comment on your favorite Aldi grocery items!! (You don't have to sign in or sign up to comment on my blog!)

Free Stuff From Walgreens

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:52:00 +0000

Get free stuff from Walgreens every week by following the Walgreens Register Rewards opportunities. Each week you can visit Walgreens and get your 100% free stuff. Every week the stuff is different. Here is a detailed explanation of how you can start cashing in on weekly free stuff from walgreens.

What are Walgreens Register Rewards?
A Register Reward is a manufacturer-issued coupon that is good for a specific dollar amount off your next purchase. It will print at the end of your transaction and the clerk will hand it to you with your receipt. You get a Register Reward when you buy specified products or combinations of products; the specified combinations of products are usually advertised in their weekly sales flyer.

To begin, have at least $10 and look through this week's Walgreen's ad. Which is available HERE on their website, or in your weekly paper.

Look for items that give you register rewards. Many of the biggest cash in items are listed on the front and back pages of the flyer. Don't confuse the "in store coupon, sunday paper coupon, or mail in rebate" offers with the register reward offers. It will say REGISTER REWARDS.

EXAMPLE: Toothpaste is often on sale for 2.99 and gives back 2.99 in RRs, and often items body wash is in the 3.99 with 3.99 in RRs. So, if you purchase the two items for $6.98 you will receive 6.98 in RRs with your receipt. SAVE THE RRs. Return the next week and purchase items that give you RRs with your RRs.

Some people visit multiple Walgreens every week to obtain stock piles of items.
This is how you can get free stuff from Walgreens every week. Feel free to ask me any questions. :)

TIP: Often times items that offer RRs, but cost more...such as something is 4.99 and produces $2 in RRs can be cashed in on freely if you have a coupon for that item. So if you have a 2.00 off coupon and it gives you 2.00 in RRs, you only pay 99 cents and you gain $2 to use next week...or to use down the street at the next Walgreens! Get it?

Cinnamon Fruit Bread

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:08:00 +0000

I got a little creative in the kitchen today for lunch. What started out as me just baking some pears and apples we had sitting around, turned into an amazingly YUMMY homecooked style cobblerish bread dish! We loved it and it is now in my permanent recipe book of creations. Enjoy!

Cinnamon Fruit Bread

Ingredients:

1 package cinnamon muffin mix (just add milk)
1/2 cup milk
3 pears
3 apples (red, fugi, etc.)
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 tbs. corn syrup
2 tbs. brown sugar
2 tbs. butter

Prepare the muffin mix in a bowl with the milk. Set aside. Peel the fruit and dice into pieces. Combine the fruit, cinnamon, corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter in a saucepan on high heat, stir occasionally until boiling begins. Allow fruit to boil in the mixture until just done. In a small, square, casserole dish spray with nonstick spray. Spread half the muffin mix across the bottom. (It will not cover completely, thats OK.) Spoon the fruit, allowing the syrup to drain out and only put in the fruit without the syrup. It is OK if some syrup gets in the dish. With the remaining batter drop clumps here and there across the top. Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes at 450 degrees. Remove from oven and drizzle the remaining syrup over the top to soften the muffin. Allow to cool 15 minutes and serve. Whip cream or vanilla ice cream may be added as a garnish.

You can replace the muffin mix and fruit with any types of fruits and muffin mixes you desire for your own personal tastes. I know there is peach muffin mix out that would be great with peaches, and the same with blueberry. You might also try chocolate muffin mix with strawberries and drizzle chocolate syrup on the top as a garnish.

Saturday Ritual

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:58:00 +0000

Thanks for the post from Al Mills

We enjoy the SatelliteTVFamily channels at my house and watch them fairly often. Since we had our TV set up with additional channels, we have actually started a new weekend ritual. Every Saturday, the kids will get up a bit before my husband and me. They immediately go to the living room and turn on the TV. They love to watch morning cartoons and TV shows that are not on throughout the week. I think the fact they have to wait an entire week to see some of their favorite TV shows has a lot to do with it. My husband and I will get up a bit later and come down stairs. He will make a fresh pot of coffee while I get some breakfast going. I like to change it up, but recently everyone has been requesting French toast. So, I make the breakfast and we all sit around the coffee table in the living room and eat our wonderful breakfast. It is a funny family time, I guess, but my husband and I have really started to enjoy it.

A FREE Credit Report Mailed to You

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0000

A free credit report mailed to you can be difficult to find these days for some people.

However, I have discovered exactly how to get a free credit report mailed to you from all three reporting agencies: Equifax, Experion, and TransUnion.

Most "free credit report" places, are not really free. They want you to join their credit monitoring service by paying a fee, before giving you access to your free credit report.

I thought I would share this useful tip in case you would like to obtain a real free credit report and have it mailed to you.

First visit this link: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/resources/forms/requestformfinal.pdf

Print the form.
Fill it out exactly as the instructions state. (Read thoroughly.)

Mail the form to the address listed at the top of the page.

And it is that simple folks!! I have a few debts I am looking to settle and I haven't gotten my credit report since 2007, so when I looked for this form I figured other people might be interested also in getting a free credit report mailed to you.

Our First Family Vacation

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:59:00 +0000

Jason, Kacie, and I are about to take our first family vacation next week and we are all very excited!!

Where? Florida! :) The weather should be low 80s...perfect...

Our order of ops:
Leave Thursday and drive 8 hours, hotel in Chatanooga, TN late that night. Wake up, drive 8 more hours and arrive at our hotel, THE HILTON ON THE SHORE, Friday evening. Maybe take a night stroll on the beach. Spend all day and night Saturday on the beach!! YAY!!!

Sunday, drive an hour to our Disney World Resort where we will stay for 5 nights.

Monday spend the day at the Magic Kingdom! :D

Tuesday spend the day at the Animal Kingdom! :D :D

Weds and Thurs up in the air!

Friday wake up and come home. Stay at the Chatanooga Hotel again Friday night, and finish driving home Saturday.

Arrive home Saturday evening. Boo. :P

The special thing about this trip is that Jason, nor Kacie, has ever seen the ocean!! (I've only seen it as a child.) Plus NONE of us have ever been to Disney!! I'm almost 30 and I've never seen Disney World. We are probobly more stoked about this trip than our 4 year old!!

I plan on brining my D70 just to try and get some timed family pics of us on the beach. Not taking the D7000 incase it falls in the ocean or something. Sometimes I could throw the D70 there myself.

I just can't even explain our excitement about this trip, and YES there will SO many pictures when I get back that you'll be sick of seeing beach and disney pictures posted all over my Facebook, Blog, and home, I can assure you!!! :)

We will be missing our little Leo, but having someone come a few times to feed and check on him. If you want to come by one day and play with him, let me know and I'll leave you a key!!

Here's a pic of our Coco Beach Hotel for 2 nights:

And here's a pic of our Disney Hotel for 5 nights:

Updates in the life of me...

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:42:00 +0000

Okay so it has been a minute since I have blogged. I have too many interested and not enough time for them all!! Drats. But, I will never stop blogging..although I may have dry periods. Ew...dry periods..anyways..yes, I have issues.

So, a couple weeks ago the BFF brought Hunter (her cat) over to spend time with Leo (my cat). He didn't like him. So next week she is doing it again. If he still doesn't like him after their second visit, I probably will not worry about him getting a social life anymore. That is, until a couple more years when I talk Jason into letting me have an additional kitty. Hehe.

For Hunter and Leo's video, go here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=228573720557761

Speaking of which, Jason and I are doing wonderful. And I have finished rewriting the first chapter of Grimdale Legends, the novel I've been writing. For now, I am working on the outline--trying to get the structure and everything perfect, before I continue writing anymore. I had much of the book written in third person, but it bored me, so first person was chosen. Much more intense, and intimate. Although, you see life through Gabriella's eyes and not the main male character, I hope I don't lose male readers for this reason...but I may write another book in his eyes...or at least a few chapters life Stephanie Meyer did in the Twilight books. I thought that was nice.

I got hired for Dating Head Shots, basically I shoot people for their dating profiles..lol..I start that next month. We will see how that goes...

Waiting on my check from the IRS right now...come on!! I have too much to pay off, and $1,000.00 to put towards our Disney vacation next month. It will be mine, Jason's, and Kacie's first time seeing Disney world, and Jason and Kacie's first time seeing the ocean!!! How cool is that? I'm so excited I can't contain it.

Alright, that is all for now...

Aldi Review: 90% Good Products

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:39:00 +0000

My Aldi review is basically that Aldi has about 90% good products.
Before I started shopping at Aldi, I thought the food would be unhealthy and crappy, much like how I thought about Save-A-Lot. I refuse to shop there...so when Aldi came along I refused to shop at Aldi too. Well,...more and more I would hear people talking about it so I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did.

Almost everything I've tried from there is great. And now, they even carry my favorite pizza. You know the huge pizzas Walmart has? Well Aldi has the same exact ones for 5-6 bucks a piece, instead of Walmarts 8-10. Many items actually taste GOOD, and not cheap. Here is a list of my great finds and favorite Aldi items that actually taste GREAT and sometimes better than their competition brands.

All of these Aldi items taste great...

All Clancy's brand pretzels and chips, frozen pizzas, my favorite pizza "Reggios cheese pizza" WOW!!! The best ever, crystal lights, orange and mountain dew soda (the 7up isnt so good), cheeses, greek yogurts, all the millville cereals, french onion dip (its only 1.09 and taste exactly like prarie farms at 3.00), the milk is wonderful, eggs are fine, fruits are all fine except the apples go bad quickly unless you get the honey crisp apples they are amazing. I've read other aldi reviews and my aldi review here is totally honest and not a paid sponsor post.

A couple notes... we don't like their loaves of bread, except for the oat bread. Also, the starbucks imitations aren't good. Those are really the only bad things I've found for this aldi review. Feel free to ask questions!! Aldi is definitely worth giving a try.

A Few Restaurant Coupons

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:31:00 +0000

First I will talk about some printable food coupons...

TGI Fridays coupons are great for me because I go there all the time. It is my favorite place to go. A little tip, the barbeque chicken salad is the best salad, and any entree that starts with "Jack Daniel's" is simply amazing. So onto the TGI Fridays coupons...well I only have one and it's $5 off $15...HERE.

Dairy Queen coupons are nice for a sweet little treat. Get your Dairy Queen coupon HERE for a BOGO blizzard. Yum! My favorite ones are the Oreo and the Snickers. Mmm.

White Castle coupons...mmm Whities! My favorite thing from there is the bacon double cheeseburgers. A-MAZING! Like them on facebook HERE for some free sweet potato fries!

Wendy's coupons...hey even though this one isn't much, a buck is a buck! Save $1 on any value meal HERE.

Subway coupons are awesome for lunch! Get your subway coupons HERE and score $2.00 subs for customer appreciation month!!

And now for the coupon codes if you are ordering food online...

DOMINOS.COM TUESDAYS: B1G1 FREE LARGE PIZZA CODE: 2xTuesday
PAPAJOHNS.COM: 25% OFF CODE: COKE25 or 25OFF
HONEYBAKEDHAM.COM: 15% CODE: 512910

Katy Junk Removal

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:13:00 +0000

Katy Junk Removal, got junk? I came across a very interested service the other day while browsing the web. Katy Junk removal is a junk removal service in Houston that will come to your house and haul away your junk. If you live in the Houston, Texas area and you have loads of unwanted things laying around that you would like removed, just contact them.

Some of the items they remove are as follows:

Appliances

Furniture

Carpets

Electronics

Computer Items

Leaves, Garbage, Rubbish, etc.

This company does not just throw away your garbage, but they recycle and try to get things re-used as much as possible. They offer same day service, and will call you before they come to pick up your junk. All items in the location are completely removed, and the area will be left clean. The team will inform you of an upfront price, so there are no unanswered questions.

Visit them to learn more: http://www.1800gotjunk.com/us_en/locations/Texas/junk-removal-houston-west/

2011 Christmas Show Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:44:00 +0000

Christmas Shows Schedule
Dec. 2 8:00p How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ABCFAM)
Dec. 2 7:00p Phineas & Ferb's Christmas (DISNEY)
Dec. 3 1:55p Surviving Christmas (TBS)
Dec. 5 6:00p Rudolph's Shiny New Year (ABCFAM)
Dec. 5 8:00p Charlie Brown's Christmas (ABC)
Dec. 5 8:30p The Polar Express (ABCFAM)
Dec. 6 6:30p The Polar Express (ABCFAM)
Dec. 7 9:00p Christmas Vacation (ABCFAM)
Dec. 10 11:30a Happy Feet (ABCFAM)
Dec. 10 10:00p Christmas Vacation (ABCFAM)
Dec. 12 6:00p Flinstone Christmas (ABCFAM)
Dec. 12 8:00p I Want a Dog for Christmas Charlie Brown (ABC)
Dec. 13 8:00p How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ABCFAM)
Dec. 14 6:00p Frosty's Winter Wonderland (ABCFAM)
Dec. 15 6:00p A Chipmunk Christmas (ABCFAM)
Dec. 16 6:00p Mickey's Christmas Special (ABCFAM)
Dec. 17 11:00a Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
Dec. 17 9:00p The Story of Santa Claus (CBS)
Dec. 19 6:30p Aladdin (ABCFAM)
Dec. 24 & 25 All Night/Day A Christmas Story (TBS)

I'm not super big on the channel specialty shows, but more so the classics. Unfortunately this year, there really isn't a good variety. I know there are more Christmas shows out there than this. This concludes my 2011 Christmas Show Schedule. Oh...the nightmare before Christmas is only playing 1 time at midnight so Kacie doesn't get to watch it because that's too late. Boo! Someone should have included it once in the day time.

The Little Red Book of Wisdom

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:49:00 +0000

This is my review of the The Little Red Book of Wisdom.

This book written by Mark Demoss contains practical guidance in all types. Demoss explains his biblical philosophies without "preaching" or shoving his views down your throat. The things he says will make you think, instead of feel pressured to believe one way or another. Sometimes, it helps you decide what you believe just by hearing others thoughts. Personal matters are also covered in a gentle, easygoing way. This little book might be a good inspiration for you if you are stuck in a rut in life and need a little guidance, or just need a strangers opinions and thoughts. Demoss challenges you with a variety of philosophies that he practices himself. The big message here is that if you work hard, and love what you do, success and good things will come your way. You may not be a millionare but you will feel like your life is complete and you can feel proud of yourself if you stand behind what you believe in and you do the things you do for you and not everyone else.

Cheap Magazine Subscriptions

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:54:00 +0000

Cheap magazine subscriptions are here. I have hunted the Internet to find the best cheap magazine subscriptions for my readers and here is my little list. Leave a comment if you know of any other ones.

ELLE magazine 1 year Under $4.00
Use PXSS1204 code at checkout and be weary not to click on ads, such as "free gift offers". They're spammish. You don't have to click continue next to "Click Continue to choose your 5 free gifts" after checkout.

There are also various other cheap magazine subscriptions here.
Free magazine subscriptions are here.
Add them all to your cart before checkout and remember to use your code. Here are the ones I am getting for around the $4 price range:

You can also get a free trains coloring book here for the kids.

And here is a free subscription to LEGO magazine if your son plays with legos. Or get Lego Jr. here for those 6 and under.

A free magazine subscription to Melt Magazine here. Melt is a recipe magazine to use with the cheese they sell, but heck you can substitute any brand of cheese!!

And for moms to be or new mother's get American Baby free here or Baby Talk here.

Enjoy your new free and cheap magazine subscriptions and subscribe to my blog through Google, Blogger, or even Twitter ---> All my latest posts are tweeted after I post them on Blogger.

The Blogger App!

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:35:00 +0000

Guess what? I am now blogging from my Android. This is sweet. If you are a blogger member and want to blog via your smart phone just search for "blogger" in the market. It's free. :) On another note...my toys r us and best buy orders from black friday came in the mail today!! Time to start wrapping presents. Enjoy a pic of our tree. :) Later readers!!

Kristal via Android

Blue Sky Scrubs

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:52:00 +0000

Hey everyone! I wanted to tell you about a place called Blue Sky Scrubs. They have some really nice hospital uniform scrubs for my friends out there in the medical and vet fields. What I like about them is the unique head peices that match the different color schemes, and also there are black which you don't always find. The stitching on the back of some of these scrubs make them look like they have jeans pockets, which I think is a unique and cool addition to these scrubs. You will also find shirts, jackets, and other accessories. However, like I said I really love all the diferrent designs they have to choose from for head pieces. If you are looking for different or unique scrubs, have a glance at Blue Sky Scrubs.

Visit them here:
http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/

Mommy's Black Friday 2011 Trip

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:58:00 +0000

The photo shown here is the checkout lane at Walmart black Friday.
It all started at 7:00 pm Thursday night. I went to look online at Best Buy's deals...and omg...their store sale items were ALREADY available online. I quickly grabbed our Best Buy credit card and looked up the items I wanted. Some things were already sold out online...but what was my most amazing find?

Supernatural Seasons 1 - 6.
Original Price $59.99 Sale: $12.99

Then I get my things ready and start to leave, I was heading to Katie's. Me, her, her mother in law Bev, and her sister in law Deanna were carpooling and going out for Black Friday together...well, Katie calls and tells me everything at Toys R Us is available online too. Well, shit... I run back into my office, whip out the Debit card... put things in my cart. What were my most amazing finds?

Remote Control Millenium Falcons
Original Price $59.99 Sale Price $24.99

Squinkie 2-Packs
Original Price $2.49 Sale Price $0.99

I purchased a handful of other items for 50% off their original price for the kids on my Christmas list.

Okay... NOW I head to Katie's. I pull up and we all cram into Deanna's hubby's truck. Lots of room in the back ;) First stop? WAL-MART.
We get inside and it's about 8:30. We realize Walmart had a change of plans and instead of putting items in our carts and waiting until 10 to checkout..the weasels had all their BF Sale items on pallets in the center of the isles wrapped in shrink wrap with signs saying no touching until 10!!! What happens? Heards of people start piling around the pallets. Me and Bev were at the $2.86 waffle makers and food choppers. Hells yeah!! Original price $12.99 Sale Price $2.86. Katie was stationed at the Tupperware (needles to say, the Tupperware she was supposed to grab at 10 didn't get grabbed cuz she got bored and went gun shopping)... anyways, Deanna was back in toys. 9:15..."OKAY SINGLE FILE LINE EVERYONE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE GETTING HURT! IF ANYONE IS SEEN GETTING ANY ITEMS BEFORE 10 YOU WILL BE KICKED OUT." Everyone is yelling and panicking thinking they are not gonna get their damn $2 waffle maker. So they let the people who have been their all night in the front of the line. Bev stays stationed there to get us all ours...I move down to the vacuums and these smoothie blenders me and Jason want...original price $44.99 sale price $18.99. I wanted a mini vac down on the end, but was afraid I wouldn't be able to get the blender and squeeze there to get the vacuum...so I made a deal with a stranger...she would get me and her a vac and I would get my blender and her one of these crock pots next to my blender. It was chaos.

10:00 hits.
Maybe we should have skipped WalMart black friday.
Too late.

THROW ME THAT...GIVE ME THAT...THAT'S MINE...NOO...AHHHHHH!!@#@#$!$#$%%!!
Thank god I'm 5'11 :) People were begging me to hand them crock pots when they saw me in the front. So I handed a few out and squeezed my way out of there. Quickly exchanging items with the stranger I made a deal with...a total Walmart black Friday cliche.

I glance over to see Bev...couldn't. Too many people...everyone screaming and crap flying around. I was LOLing as I tried to squeeze back to the toys...I couldn't get back there. Change of plans. Got a text from Katie "In lane 5 bitch." I turned around and headed towards her...10 minutes later...I made it through the 3 isles I needed to get to lane 5 where Katie was. We talked for a minute and I decided to try the toys again. Finally after having to move a pajama pallet and running over a girl's foot (sorry) I get to the toys. Grabbed my daughter's table and chairs set original price 39.99 sale price 20.00 and grabbed a handful of barbies original price 12.99 sale price 5.00 and got a text from Katie saying she found monster high dolls on the floor did I want them. Yes...original price 19.99 sale price 10.00. I get up to our lane and found Bev. Put all my stuff from my cart into hers. She was upset that she couldn't get to the kids pajamas. I remember wanting some too...she waited in line...Katie and Deanna in line together up ahead. I ran back to the pajamas, squeezing and moving crap around....I get there...clothes are flying mid-air...I get down on my knees and start digging through the girls...got Bev a few pair for her grand kids and got me some for Kacie original price 10.00 sale price 4.36. I look up...to stand up and I can't. There's too many arms and people almost laying across the pajama stand. I'm stuck on my knees for a few minutes and finally I see a light. I barge up and through it and run back to lane 5. Throw the stuff in our cart and at the checkout there was a few movies someone didn't want and they were on the coke cooler thing...original price 9.99 sale price 1.84...me and Bev found one we both liked. Hehe...checked out...shoved our crap in the back of the truck and we all finally breathed. Then talked about how we almost died. XD

Next...Bev was done and we took her home. Katie, Deanna, and I went to Denny's to eat and wait for other places to open. We did run by Toys R Us later on after most things cleared and Deanna got some things she still needed and I picked up a couple things. Then Target...that was another story. Surprisingly, the crowd was only about half that Walmart was..and there was still stuff left!! YAY...however...we ended up waiting over an hour in a huge massive line that went through about 15 isles curving around the store. We also went to the mall and hit Old Navy..got some long sleeve shirts original price $15 sale price $5...scarves original price 8.99 sale price $1.00...and some other things. The gap had clothes 50-70% off...we went there and we hit bath and body works...I used my coupon in a previous post and bought 3 things and got 4 for free..and SCREW CABELA'S. When we left the mall the Cabela's line at 4:30 am (store didn't open til 5) wrapped completely halfway around the outside of the mall. There must have been 400+ people in line. After this...our trip was through. I finally got home a 6:00 in the morning. And that was my black friday trip...I'm still sleepy and I don't think I am caught up yet. Went to sleep at like 8, and woke up at 12.

Walgreen's Extreme Couponing

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:45:00 +0000

I have always been a couponer...mostly when it comes to finding good sales that I already have a coupon for that product. However, Walgreen's Thanksgiving/Black Friday sale was pretty huge if you are a Register Rewards recycler. Walgreen's extreme couponing is easy. First of all, what are Register Rewards? Well...they work like CVS's easy care bucks. Every week a chosen handful of items (new ones every week) give you register rewards for purchasing them. Out of that handful, 1 - 3 items give you the same amount in Register Rewards that the item cost. Register Rewards can be used just like cash on your NEXT purchase and they can all be used at the same time if you wish.

So, what you do is start out with around $10 - 20.00. Purchase items that give you RRs. For example, Shampoo is 2/$6 and you get $4 in RRs. Purchase enough stuff to start out with atleast $5-10.00 in RRs.

Return the following week and only purchase items that give you the same amount of RRs back. For example, toothpaste is $2 and you earn $2 in RRs. Gather up your items, pay with the previous week's RRs and get new RRs. Bingo. You are now getting free items from Walgreen's every single week and will never need to pay a dime and have begun Walgreen's extreme couponing.

If you have another Walgreen's close by, you can do this at one...go to the other one and do it again. Double free items every week. It also doesn't hurt to occasionally get RR's on items that are like $4 and you get 3 or 3.50 back in RRs, but just stick to as close as you can without losing any RRs.

My last Walgreen's trip was amazing because they had tons of RR items for their Thanksgiving sale. So I got everything in the photo for free....and I got $9.50 in RRs, plus a 0.55 gift card. What happened was I went to Walgreen's A and bought items that gave me $10 RRs. I went to Walgreen's B and bought 9.45 worth of items and paid with $10 RRs and they gave me the extra 0.55 on a gift card...so...I got paid to buy stuff that I actually got for free. Then my receipt gave me a code to get a free RedBox rental! And that's how you do Walgreen's extreme couponing. :)

Bath and Body Works Coupon

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:53:00 +0000

Bath and Body Works Coupon right here. Spend $10.00 and get ONE FREE ITEM OF UP TO $13.00!!

Heck yeah. Even if they don't have any good black friday 2011 deals, you can atleast run in there and grab something for free with this bath and body works coupon. My plan? Purchase a full size shower gel, and a travel size lotion of the same scent and get the fragrance mist of that scent for free. So I will spend about $15.00 and get the collection. I'm fine with the travel size lotions because I NEVER use a full-size bottle of lotion before moving on to the next scent that I like but I always run out of the shower gel. Woo!! I think this black friday my crew might be stopping by our mall for the $1.00 old navy scarves and $5.00 shoes...possibly a few things from Cabela's, but even if we don't I can still run in there later in the day. Has anyone heard of what B&B is even doing for black friday, if anything at all? Because I can't find info anywhere. Well, enjoy your bath and body works coupon.

UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR THE COUPON!!

Free Kids Shoes at Target

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:55:00 +0000

Free kids shoes are available at target with the following scenerio:

Right now at Target you can get $5 off of kids shoes with the coupon code: TGTKK467 at checkout! Sort by price and you will find toddler shoes for less then $5 making them free kids shoes! Or checkout the rain boots! After code they are about 3 bucks.

Shipping is $4.99 but if you have a RedCard you get free shipping on your order.

Kids Hoodies at Aeropostale

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:04:00 +0000

It is the time of year for kids hoodies to go on sale and I have spotted some decent prices at Aeropostale on kids hoodies.

For $19.75 you can get poly fleece zip front hoodies for girls or boys. The girl ones have a cute polka dot print on the inside. The boy's kids hoodies have duo colors on their fleece ones. There are also p.s. kids hoodies with the "psny" written across the front. For less than 20 bucks a piece, these kids hoodies are one of my top picks for winter wear this year. My daughter loves hers, and she has told me it is really comfortable. They seem to clean easily and are durable. There are also a variety of other kids hoodies and coats in many styles and colors, and I really like the coats with the fur around the hood for girls. I think the fur hoods are a current trend that has stuck from last year. The prices are very reasonable for the high quality material these are made from.

Don't forget that when you will receive free standard shipping on your order of $75 or more. :) Click here to shop now.

Giving my kids pumpkin pie duty

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:58:00 +0000

Guest post written by Sharon Allen

My kids have always shown an interest for getting involved in the kitchen. I guess that it's not really surprising, because I'm always cooking and kids can definitely be really curious. I encourage that curiosity because I didn't learn how to cook until I was an adult and I think that's because I never cared to learn about cooking as a kid and my mom didn't force me to learn anything. I don't want to force them to learn anything either, but I'll embrace them wanting to learn.

I told them that they could be in charge of one dessert this year because some of our relatives are bringing other desserts and dishes. I helped them search for recipes online with our wireless internet Cypress and they decided that they wanted to fix pumpkin pie.

I didnt' tell them that pumpkin pie is one of the easiest desserts to fix ever, but I was glad that they picked that because it would be easy for them to make a really good pie and receive lots of compliments on it.

Cheap Marie Claire

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:43:00 +0000

Today at Best Deal Magazine get a one-year subscription to Marie Claire for $3.64 today only (9/19) with promo code VALUE17.

Best Deals this Week!

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:02:00 +0000

The best deals this week are as follows:

TARGET
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24 Packs of Crayola Crayons, Colored Pencils, and 10 Packs of Crayola Markers are all only 99 cents! The crayons at Walmart are only 0.25!

At the St.Louis Targets, girls clothes are on clearance starting at only $1.98.

$5 Gift Card when you buy (2)Nice N Easy Perfect 10 Hair Coloring.
There's a 7-3-11 PG Coupon that came in the mail for $3/1.

RESTAURANT.COM
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Save 80% with coupon code SAVE at checkout. $25 certificates are only $2.

DOLLAR GENERAL
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$5 off $25 This Friday ONLY! Dollar General also accepts coupons!

WALGREENS
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Kleenex are BOGO.
Milka Bars are 2/$3 Use 2 $1.00 Coupons HERE.
Mitchum Deodorant 2/$6
Get $4 Register Rewards to use any time in the future at Walgreens. (When you buy 2)
Use 2 .75¢ Coupon (SmartSource 06/26)
= 25 cents each.

KMART
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1.99 for Skintimate shave Gel, use THIS COUPON = get it for $0.49!

Free Cheerios

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:06:00 +0000

Yum! Grab a free serving size box of Honey Nut Cheerios HERE!

Weekly Wows for 6/26

noreply@blogger.com (MoGirl29) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:26:00 +0000

Weekly Wows for 6/26.

Wow #1: Baskin Robbins has released THIS COUPON good for B1G1 FREE on ice cream.

Wow #2: Target has SoBe Life Water on sale 10/$10 and you get a $5 gift card when you buy 10.

Wow #3: Shout Wipe N Go Wipes is offering samples HERE.

Wow #4: Old Navy online coupon code: onsecret30 gets you 30% off.

Wow #5: McDonalds has a B1G1 Smoothie coupon HERE. (I love the mango.)

Wow #6: Parents magazine is giving out 7 free issues HERE. It's for new moms, but they don't really know. :O