Lemonade Award

Many thanks to Amy at The Story of Amy for giving me the Lemonade Award. I really enjoy Amy's blog. She shares great recipes and I love reading about her goals. She has such a positive and uplifting outlook that she shares through her blog.

I'm going to pass this award on to the blogs I read that I feel present great attitude and gratitude.

Leaving Excess

Northern Cheapskate

Momedy

Full Nest

Mom Is Broke

The Simple Life of the Boreings

Beans & Rice

Life from the Roof

Here are the rules:
1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs(okay, I did 8 as I'm fairly new to the blog world) which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!
3. Link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

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Deals of the Week 12/7/08-12/13/08

Okay, this was a great week for finding deals. I should probably title this my "chocolate and batteries" week. I'll be using most of the chocolate in gifts. Goodness knows I don't need to eat all of it 'cause that's a lot of chocolate even for me. I also stocked up on mixed nuts, one of my favorite snacks and it helps keep me away from the chocolate!

CVS:

Transaction #1

4 bags Hershey Bliss Chocolates $12

1 bag Hershey Nuggets $2

1 bag Reese's Minis $2

1 bag Hershey Kisses $2

1 bag Hershey Miniatures $2

4 cans Campbell's Select Harvest Soups $6

4 packs of Energizer Batteries $23.96

2 Reinventing Beauty Magazines $1.98(each contain over $25 worth of coupons)

2 Reese's Trees $1(stocking stuffers)

Subtotal: $52.94

Qs Used:

$10 off $50

2-$2.50 off 2 Hershey Bliss

$1.50 off 3 Hershey miniatures, kisses

4-$1.00 off Energizer Batteries

2-50 cents off 2 Campbell's Select Harvest

$21.95 ECBs

Total with tax: $10.39 paid with a gift card

$0 out of pocket

Earned: $20 ECBs

Transaction #2

5 cans Planters NUTrition $15

Q Used:

$10 ECBs

Total: $5 paid with gift card

$0 out of pocket

Earned $5 ECBs

I used my Grocery Game Lists for Walgreens and Kroger this week.

Walgreens--I am loving the $5 Register Rewards with $25 purchase combined with their special sales they've been having this month.

Original price: $51.48

Total OOP after sales & coupons: $8.20

Earned $5 in Register Rewards

Kroger:

Original Price: $72.83

Total OOP after sales and coupons: $50.96

Earned $2 OYNO

Weekly summary: I paid $59.16 for $192.25 worth of products. A 69% savings

For more great deals be sure to check out Money Saving Moms Super Savings Saturday and The Centsible Sawyers CVS Superstars.

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Free Amazing Grace DVD

I just read about this over on Money Saving Mom. Register with Walden Media and you can get a free Amazing Grace DVD and a calendar. I love this movie. What a treat to be able to get it free. Go here to get your free Amazing Grace DVD.

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Free Holiday Song Downloads at Amazon

Amazon is revealing a new song to download for free each day this month up until Christmas day. Go here to download free holiday music.

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Menu Plan Monday 12/8/08-12/14/08

Here's what we have on the menu this week.

Monday: Spaghetti and meatballs

Tuesday: Salmon, brown rice, salad(we never got around to this dish last week)

Wednesday: Grilled cheese & soup

Thursday: Turkery burgers, baked fries

Friday: Stuffed baked potatoes

Saturday: leftovers or eat out

Sunday: Taco Pork Skillet

For more great menu ideas be sure to check out I'm an Organizing Junkies Menu Plan Monday.

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$10 Games

Hasbro's Deal of the Day is $10 games. Lots to choose from.
25% off coupon code: holiday25

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Amazon Deal of the Day

Do you have a Lost fan on your Christmas List? Amazon's Deal of the Day is the Lost-The Complete Seasons 1-3 DVD series for $58.99.

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FREE Redbox Rental Codes

I found this deal over at Slickdeals.net.
Get a free Redbox DVD rental every Sunday at any Redbox kiosk located at a Wal-Mart.
Use the following codes:
Week 1 – 11moms4uS (good Sunday 12/7 only)
Week 2 – 11moms4uA (good Sunday 12/14 only)
Week 3 – 11moms4uN (good Sunday 12/21 only)
Week 4 – 11moms4uT (good Sunday 12/28 only)
Week 5 – 11moms4uA (good Sunday 1/4 only)

Search here for a Redbox kiosk.

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