Another great online coupon site

Mambo Sprouts is a great site to register for if you frequently purchase natural and organic products. If you register with them, then you will be included in the next coupon book mailing in February 2010. I received a coupon book in the mail several months ago and they are just now expiring. Here are some online printable coupons at Mambo Sprouts.

Deal Seeking Mom posted that Seventh Generation Diapers might be on clearance for as low as $3.29 at Kroger. A Seventh Generation Diaper coupon is available on Mambo Sprouts site making the diapers a possible great deal! Thanks, Deal Seeking Mom.

Stonebriar Mall- FREE Cheesecake Today!

On Tuesday, September 8th, the first 500 people that bring two cans of soup to The Cheesecake Factory in Frisco at Stonebriar Mall between 3-6 can get a free slice of the new Red Velvet Cheesecake. Get there early because each event will have live music and a special gift for everyone.

Here is the link to the site. Go check it out. I am diggin' the song that is playing on their site by Tamar Kaprelian. This event is associated with Feeding America to drive out hunger. There has been 7,114 cans of soup collected so far and the goal is to reach 100,000.

Free Cold Stone Creamery on your Birthday!

You can go to this site and register you and your family for a coupon for FREE Cold Stone Creamery Ice Cream on you birthday.

Thanks, Kim for the tip!

Don't forget about Free Chick-fil-A!

Today, on Labor Day only, wear any team logo to Chick-fil-A and get a free original chicken sandwich.

CVS visit 9/6

If I am going to honest about it, I actually visited 3 CVS stores. Don't think I am too crazy. There are several within a short driving distance and it was nice to get out to be away from my kids for an hour. I had all of my purchases planned out at the first store. Several things were already sold out or were not stocked for my scenario so I had to change plans.

First Transaction

2- Coppertone Nutra Shield Sunscreen $6.99 (2- $5.00 coupons)= $1.99 each

1- size 4 Huggies Jumbo pack $8.97 ($1.50 coupon + $1.50 goes to rebate at Upromise)

Total= $22.95

Used $4 off coupon on $20 purchase (from Ready fill coupon booklet in Pharmacy)

Used all three coupons that I had ($11.50 in coupons)

Used $6.99 from last week in ECB

My total OOP was.... $0.50

Second Transaction

Large Jar of Frank's Hot sauce on clearance for $0.25

A Pet Shop activity book with marker on clearance for $1.49

LifeLock DVD $2.99 (Honestly not sure what this. Inside the card is a DVD-ROM that you can view on your computer about identity theft. Then, they want you to enroll for $10.00 a month and if you do not cancel your membership during the trial period, you will get a $10.00 CVS gift card.) Hubby wasn't too happy with this purchase. I am not quite sure why he is bent out of shape; you do get $2.99 in ECBs for it! I had to ask up front for the DVD and they grabbed it out of the stock room for me.

Total= around $4.75

Used $3.00 ECBs from last week

My total OOP was... $1.87 but also got $2.99 in ECBs

Third Transaction

I was a sucker for the 90% summer clearance items so I bought

Lion bubble blower $1.29

Adult size swim mask $0.79

2 swim rings $0.19 and $0.29

1 Schick Slim Triple 3 disposable razor (10 ct) $6.99 ($3.00 coupon)

Used $2.99 ECBs (from previous transaction)

My total OOP was... $3.85 but also got $4 in ECBs

10 items for $6.22 and $4.00 in ECB and $1.50 sent to Upromise!

Other good deals at CVS are:

Aussie Shampoo, Conditioner and Styler...Pay 0.99 after ECBs

Neutrogena Cosmetics (BOGO for 3 days only)

Scope outlast...Pay $0.99 after ECBs even better with coupons

Freebies and Deals for Labor Day weekend

Ikea is doing Kids Eat Free Sat. Sept. 5- Mon. Sept 7, 2009. It is for kids 12 and under with a $2.49 value. No adult purchase is necessary. Choose any three kid-sized items to create a meal!

Don't forget about the Chick-fil-A freebie on Monday Sept. 7th. Chick fil-A will be giving away free original chicken sandwiches to anyone wearing any article of clothing with any team logo on it.

Also thanks to The Freebie Blogger for this link to a rebate for a FREE Aspen or Sedona Blue Bunny ice cream. **Item must be purchased between September 5-7, 2009.** Then fill out this rebate form.

Great Deals at Target until Sat. 9-5-09

I have always loved Target but felt like their prices were high...until recently.

I purchased:

3- Glade scented oil candles $1.66 (used a $1.50 Q inside each tin)= $0.16 each

3-Glade scented oil candle refill packs (used 3 purchase a tin and get refills free Q)=FREE

3 boxes of Special K cereal bars $2.39 (used 3 $0.75 Q and 3 $0.50 Target Q*)= $1.14 each

1 box of Special K Crackers $ 2.39 ($1.00 Q and the $0.50 Target Q would not work)= $1.39

But, since I purchased the 4 boxes of special K, it prompted a $5.00 gift card for next purchase.

So each box would actually be FREE (if you count the gift card)

Gold N' Plump chicken breast on sale for $3.10 ($1.00 Q and $1.00 Target Q)= $1.10

4 Sobe Waters $1.00 each (BOGO Q)= $0.50 each

2 Campbell's Select Soups $0.94 each ($0.50/2 Q)= $0.69 each

2 Progresso with extra Fiber soups $2.00 each ($1.00/2 Q)= $1.50 each

2 Apple cinnamon Sense & Spray $5.69 each ( used 2 $4.00 Q)= $1.69 each

*Technically, Target doesn't have to take 3 Target coupons for the same thing on one transaction but I found a nice cashier that pushed everything but one coupon through.

Paid= 16.61 OOP, got the FREE $5.00 gift card.

Then I purchased more Baseball card holders for my coupon notebook in a separate transaction.
Saved $68.63

I am loving Target!

Do you like FREE chocolate?

Every Friday is the Mars Chocolate Relief Day. Go here, fill out your information and they will mail you a coupon for FREE Mars brand Chocolate bar.

Hurry up because there is a limit of 250,000 coupons each Friday!

State Fair in Dallas Sept. 25th - October 18th

The State Fair of Texas will be in Dallas September 25th to October 18th. Kroger is selling discounted tickets for $13.50. If you would like to ride the DART and get dropped of at the front of the State Fair then the cost at Kroger would be $16.00 (including admission).

In addition, I found out through a recent e-mail that the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science will be having discounted admission prices during the dates of the State Fair. It will only cost $1 to get into each building (with admission to the State Fair) The museum is a stone's throw away from the front entrance of the Fair. There will also be extended hours at the museum of 10-6 daily. This museum is so much fun and downstairs is the Children's museum (ages 7 and under). If you haven't been to this museum yet, during the Fair might be a great time to try it!

Few Kroger Deals this week 9/2-9/8

These are some of the deals I have found in the Kroger ad for the week.
I have cut coupons from the last several weeks of newspapers that match with sales.
None of these deals are with printable coupons so unfortunately I cannot provide links to the coupons.

Hefty One Zip bags $1.00 $1/2 Q = $0.50 each
BOGO Ball park franks $5.52 $1/2 Q= $2.15 each
Mission tortillas $1.00 $0.55 Q= $0.45 each
Fuse beverage $1.00 $0.55 Q= $0.45 each
Half gallon Turkey Hill Iced Tea $1.00 $1/2 Q = $0.50 each
Single serve Horizon Milk $1.00 $0.25 Q(doubled to $0.50)= $0.50 each
Tony's multi serve Pizza $2.00 $1/2 Q= $1.50 each
Dannon Danimals and Activia Yogurt $1.88 $1 Q= $0.88 each
Dial Hand soap $1.oo $0.35 Q (doubled to $0.70)= $0.30
Ziplock containers $2.00 $1.50/2 Q= $1.25 each
Oscar Mayer Bacon BOGO $5.99 $1.50/2 Q= $2.25 each

If you have any Kroger deals to share please post in the comment section. Thanks!

CVS visit 9/2/09 $3.41 spent!

My son has afternoon preschool and I thought I would stop into a different CVS today while I was wasting time. I found lots of summer stuff on clearance at 75% off.

The rumors from the cashiers is that whatever is left will be clearanced to 90% off on Sunday.

My purchases were:

All of these were on clearance

2-pairs of nice swim goggles $1.99 and $1.25

Swim mask and snorkel set $1.99

Crab floatie for the pool $0.75

3-plastic table covers $0.49 each

A set of napkins to match $0.49

Nivea body good bye Cellulite Patches $1.25 /$1 Q= $0.25

Nivea body lotion with SPF 4 $2.00 /$Q= $1

Aquafresh iso-active whitening $4.99/ $1 Q

received $3.00 of Extra Bucks= $1

Paid with 9.99 Extra Bucks

Total= $3.41 OOP

Upcoming Chick fil-A Freebies

On Labor Day, September 7th from 10am to closing (nationwide) Chick fil-A will be giving away free original chicken sandwiches to anyone wearing any article of clothing with any team logo on it. In addition you can go to the Chick fil-A website and sign up under join the wave button. It appears as the promotion is still going on. They will send you a coupon for a free original Chick-fil-a sandwich.

For the local North Dallas folks...The Chick-fil-A at Custer and 121 is giving away free chicken biscuits every Friday morning in September from 6-9 am (I am assuming this is dine-in only, let me know and I will post otherwise). Grab a chicken biscuit on the way to school or mother's day out for your little one's. What a nice Friday treat! Chick-fil-A Rocks!

Aveeno Nourish+ Haircare Freebie

Go here to sign up for an Aveeno shampoo freebie.

Daily Freebies

I wanted to share with you a site that you might not know about called shop4freebies. Every day new Freebies are posted and you will be emailed a link to that day's freebies. Most of them require that you sign up with their site and they will send you a free item and sometimes coupons for items that you might normally buy. Today there is a Scrubbing Bubbles gift pack, Bare Naked Grain-ola, Quaker granola bars, Venom drink freebies as well as several others that might interest you. Go check it out. It is fun to get free stuff in the mail!

e.l.f. products arrived!

Thanks to It's Hip to Save for letting me know about this great deal. My order of things from elf (eyes, lips and face) came in today. This is what I got for $13!

The Beauty Encyclopedia which includes: 6 powder eye shadows, 2 cream eye shadows, 1 eyeliner pencil, 1 duo sided eyeshadow brush and smudge brush, 8 lip colors, 1 lip Pencil, 1 lip brush, 2 blush colors, 1 face highlighter, 1 bronzer, 1 blush brush and mirror.

e.l.f. step-by-step DVD guide to applying makeup

3 sets of false eyelashes (always wanted to try these)

light pink nail polish (Free with coupon code)

eyebrow comb and brush

plum pout plumping lip glaze

elf flip flops (Free with coupon code)

Berry pop lip gloss (Free for referring some e-mail addresses)

ALL FOR A TOTAL OF $13!

I am waiting for a $12 rebate check so I actually paid $25.

I ordered this last week and already received my products. I don't know if the deal is still working but go over to It's Hip to Save and follow the detailed instructions if you are interested.

Two cool sites for discounts

I have recently found this site called Groupon.com. The premise is that every day there is one deal in the Dallas area. The company/establishment sets a minimum number of people they want to sign up for the deal. If enough people sign up for the deal/discount then it will be granted to all, if not then nothing happens and your credit card is not charged.

Recent deals that were listed were teeth whitening at Bright smiles at North Park mall, Elizabeth Arden spa services, and today's is $25 of Luckie's Smokehouse for $10. Here is the link.

Also, Restaurants.com has some good deals with coupon codes frequently. The restaurants in the North Dallas area are not that great but I found a really nice one in my parent's home town. I got them (3) $25 gift certificates for a total of $9 ($3 a piece) for taking us to the beach for a week. I will post some coupon codes as soon as I know of any.

Dallas Arboretum upcoming events

Starting Sept 21st is the start on the fall Mommy and me Mondays and Tiny Tot Tuesdays at the Dallas Arboretum. Mondays has Creative movement, Stroller fit and Kindermusik. Tuesdays only has the Kindermusik. Both days (included with your admission) has free crafts, free petting zoo and free face painting as well as all of the other fun things the arboretum has to offer. The great pumpkin festival will be going on from Sept 19-Nov. 1st including 25,000 pumpkins around the gardens.

If you think you might really enjoy these activities it would be worth it to purchase the family membership. We have used ours several times already and ours doesn't expire until March. You can bring up to 6 total people with one card and they don't have to be family. I have taken my neighbor and three kids. We didn't have to pay anything. You get free parking as well.

Check out their site for more events and info

http://www.dallasarboretum.org/

Free Museum Day Sept 26

This coming Saturday is the Free Museum Day!

I wanted to remind you about this opportunity for a free family outing.

http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/

Check out this site and print off your free admission for you and a guest at any one participating museum. You may use one admission card per household. It is only valid on Sept. 26, 2009. Hubby and I will be traveling back to town from my brother's wedding this day but I hope everyone will be able to take advantage of free admission. Check the site to see which museums are participating. I know that the Heard Museum in McKinney is on the list!

Little tip about prescription meds

I never really thought of doing this before but have had some success with finding coupons online for some prescription meds I am on. I found a Nasonex coupon online for $30 off each prescription making my OOP $10 instead of $40.

Also, I am on an acid reducer like Prilosec but there is no generic for Zegerid so I have been paying $40 a month for it. Recently, I found a $30 off coupon online as well making my OOP for this med $10. $60 a month saving on prescription meds is great!

Search around for something you are on. The meds website is a great place to start.

CVS visit 8/30

This one is not available anymore but I wanted to share my find from last week.

I purchased 3 Aveeno cleaning products for $28.oo. I had two CVS coupons- $5 off of a $25 purchase and also a $4 off of any facial products from the Ready fill coupon book that you have to ask for in the pharmacy. I also had a MQ for $10 off of 3 positively ageless products. My total with tax was $ 9.71 and a $10.00 Extra care buck printed off.

It was a $0.29 money maker!

This week I went and bought

2 Welches grape jelly (two $0.75 Q)

1 Glade soy candle ($3.00 Q)

2 Murphy's oil soaps (two $0.55 Q)

1 Dawn dish washing liquid ($0.50 Q)

1 10.00 gift I couldn't pass up

I also used a CVS $4 off $20 purchase Q

Used $10.00 of ECB

total= $9.49 and received 9.99 of ECB!

I sent hubby back with his EC card and coupon and got another Glade product with a coupon and made another $6.99 in ECB. Those are $3.00 money makers!