It's An Honor

I've recently been given awards by two of my fellow bloggers. It's always an honor when someone feels your blog is worthy of recognition.

Denise at F*O*O*D gave me the Splash Award. Denise is a good friend and always has the yummiest looking food on her blog. Check it out. Thanks Denise!

I have been given the One Lovely Blog award by Together We Save. Be sure to stop by her blog and find some of the best deals. Thanks so much for this award. I've enjoyed the opportunity to read TWS.

Now to pass these awards onto some other blogs that I enjoy:

The View From My Beach Chair

Mom's Mutterings

Simply Sweet Home

The Simple Life of The Boreings

THEPAPARAZZIMOM

Mama B

The Beautiful Thrifty Life

Be sure to stop by and check out these wonderful blogs.

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Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act

Well, this is something that gets this self-professed chocoholic very excited. Starting tomorrow, Friday, May 8th at 9 a.m., you can get a coupon for FREE chocolate from Mars every Friday through September. There is a limit of 250,000 coupons per Friday. For more details and to sign up for your reminder go here.

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$30 Coupon Booklet FromHome Made Simple

Home Made Simple is offering a coupon booklet packed with over $30 in savings on brands including Cascade, Dawn, Swiffer and more. Go here to sign up for you coupon booklet.

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All You Magazine Subscription Deal

Through May 31st you can get All You magazine for just $10 for a years subscription. $5 will be deducted from the listed price at checkout. This is a fantastic deal on this magazine. All You is always chock full of coupons and is one of my favorite coupon resources. Go here to get All You for just $10 for a years subscription.

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Swagbucks: An Easy Way To Put Extra Cash In Your Pocket

Are you earning Swagbucks yet? Of all the ways I've found to put a little extra cash in my pocket, this has to be one of the easiest. When you sign up with Swagbucks you can win points for simply doing online searches. Something you probably do many times a day. You can also earn points when you shop or trade in recycled cell phones, MP3 players, video games and consoles. You earn points when you refer your friends. And you can also earn Swagbucks when you refer people who visit your blog and join through your referral link. When your referrals win you win points too!

You can use your Swagbucks to get Gift Cards and other cool prizes. I use mine to for Amazon Gift Cards because they seem to give you the most bang for your buck. I'll be using these to help pay for Christmas gift this year. If your not winning Swagbucks yet, go here to sign up and start putting a little extra cash in your pocket today.

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Outback Steakhouse: $10 Certificate for Mom on Mother's Day

I received this information in an email from Outback. Outback's new menu offers 15 meals under $15. This Mother's Day treat mom to one of Outback's new menu items and she'll receive a $10 Certificate good for her next visit to Outback.

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TGIF: FREE Dessert For Mom on Mother's Day

On Mother's Day, May 10, 2009, T.G.I.Fridays will give Mom a mom-sized serving of Brownie Obsession or a Spiced Up Cupcake with the purchase of an entree. Also sign up for Give Me More Stripes or use your Give Me More Stripes card on May 10th and receive a Buy One Get One coupon valid 6/8/09-6/30/09. See here for more details.

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Walgreens FREE 8x10 Photo Enlargement Wednesday, May 6,2009

Valid today only, you can get a FREE 8x10 photo enlargment at Walgreens. This weeks flyer has an In Ad Q to get this in store. To get this online enter the code MOTHER at checkout.

You can also get 25 prints FREE when you buy 25 or more prints when you use the code BRIGHT25. Valid through Saturday, May 9, 2009. See here for more details.

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A&W: FREE Small Root Beer Float or Freeze With Purchase

Go here to print a coupon for a FREE Small Root Beer Float or Freeze with purchase from A&W. Expires 5/30/09.

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FREE 2 pc Kentucky Grilled Chicken Meal

Oprah and KFC are offering a coupon for a FREE 2 pc. Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal. You can print up to 4 coupons but they must be printed by 9:59 p.m. CDT tomorrow, 5/6/09. Coupon is valid from 5/5/09-5/19/09 excluding Mother's Day, 5/10/09. Go here to print your coupon now.

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FREE Sample Mighty Leaf Tea

Go here to get a FREE sample of Mighty Leaf tea.

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Wal-Mart Kellogg's Cereal Deal

This may be a YMMV deal, however, my Wal-Mart currently has the Kellogg's cereal packaged in the Earth Month packaging for $1.75 a box. Use the $1/1 Kellogg's from a recent insert or the $1 Kellogg's printables from coupons.com that can be found on my side bar and you can get these for .75 cents each.

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Stamp Out Hunger May 9,2009

This Saturday, May 9, 2009, is the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Be sure to place a bag of non-perishable food items next to your mailbox this Saturday. Your letter carrier will pick them up and deliver them to local food banks. For more details go here.

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Walgreens Deals 5/3/09-5/9/09

Register Rewards

Right Guard Deoderant $2.99
RR $2
$1/1 Right Guard 4/19/09 SS
FREE after Q and RR

Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste $4.49
RR $4.49
$1/1 Colgate
$1/1 Colgate printable
FREE plus overage after Q and RR

Pert Plus Shampoo 2 for $5
RR $2 on 2
$1/1 Pert printable
2 for $1 or .50 each after 2 Qs and RR

Bic soleil or Comfort Razors $5.99
RR $2
$2 Bic Comfort 3 Advance Shaver 4 pk. 4/19/09 SS
$2 Bic Soleil Disposable Shaver 4/19/09 SS
$1.99 each after RR and Q

Buy 2 Nabisco Cookies + 1 Gallon Milk
Nilla Wafers 2/$6
Lorna Doone 2/$6
Oreos 2/$6
Newtons 2/$6
RR $3
$1/2 Nabisco printable

Other Deals

8x10 enlargement FREE on Wednesday, May 6th

V-8 Juice & V-Fusion 2 for $6
$1/1 V-Fusion 4/19/09 SS
$2 each after 2 Qs

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CVS Deals 5/3/09-5/9/09

ECB Deals

Kellogg's Smart Start, Frosted Flakes, Special K or Frosted Mini Wheat Cereal 3 for $10
ECBs $5 when you buy 3
$1/1 Frosted Flakes & Frosted Mini Wheats printable here. Can also be printed from the coupon.com button on my sidebar.
$1/1 Frosted Mini Wheats from recent Vocalpoint mailer
$1/1 any Kellogg's cereal from recent insert
.67 each after 3 Qs and ECBs

Zantrex 3 $4.99
ECBs $4.99
FREE after ECBs

Adidas Action3 Anti-perspirant $3.99
ECBs $3
$1/1 Adidas 4/5/09 RP
FREE after Q and ECB

Colgate Max Fresh or Max White toothpaste $2.99
ECBs $2
.75/1 Colgate 2/22/09 SS
$1/1 Colgate May All You
FREE or .24 after Q and ECBs

Spend $20 get $10 ECBs on Coke or Mars products
Vitamin Water 3/$4
Coke 2 Lt 3/$4
Coke 12 Pk 3/$12
M&Ms 9.9 oz - 12.6 oz 2/$5
Snickers Minis or Mini Mix 2/$10

Charmin Basic 12 ct. Ultra Strong or Ultra Soft 9 ct. $5.88
ECB $1
$4.88 after ECB

Other Deals

Listerine Total Care $3
$2/1 Listerine 3/15/09 SS
$1 each after Q

Soy Joy Bars 10 for $5
$2/10 Soy Joy 2/22/09 SS
10 for $3 or .30 each after Q

Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen $6.49 each Buy 1 Get 1 50% off
B1G1 Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen May All You
$3.25 for 2

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FREE Comic Book Day May 2, 2009

Today, 5/2/09, is Free Comic Book Day. Stop by participating comic book retailers to receive your free comic book. Go here for more details.

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2009 Financial Goals: April Update

Can I get a big hoorah! for tax refunds? Once again we got hit with unexpected bills. We had to get a new alternator, a new fuel pump, 2 new belts and some minor maintenace work performed on my car this month all within 2 days. Thanks to the refund we were able to take care of this and still have money for savings. Yay! Here's the update:

1) Pay off my husband's car.
Completed in January. Yay!

2)Make monthly "car payments" into a car savings account each month.
Made 1 months "payment".

3)Build our emergency fund up to six months of living expenses.
Increased savings from 34.4% of goal to 39.4% of goal.

4) Continue our normal contributions to retirement savings.
done

5) Paying extra on our mortgage.
Still rounding up for small extra payments

6)Save $1000 to cover all expenses for next Christmas.
Account is 58.9% funded.

7)Finally, by the end of the year, we plan to evaluate our savings plan and find a way to begin saving for college expenses.
Not there yet.

We also made some minor home improvements and began a vacation savings fund.

It looks like we are on track to meet our savings goals or at least come close in May. Barring any surprise expenses of course.

How was your April? Share your update in my comment section.

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Mambo Sprouts Coupons

Are you looking for coupons for healthy, natural and organic foods? If you live in the following metro and suburban areas: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore/Washington, D.C., Chicago, Denver/Boulder, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, you can sign up here to receive coupon booklets from Mambo Sprouts.

If you don't live in those areas, you can still print coupons from the Mambo Sprouts website here.

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Applebee's: Buy a $50 Gift Card Get A $10 Bonus Card FREE

Now through June 21, 2009, when you purchase a $50 gift card at Applebee's you will receive a $10 bonus card for FREE. Bonus gift cards can be redeemed between 5/11/09 and 6/30/09.

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