November 5, 2009
Goodwill Date with Hubbie
November 4, 2009
Groceries - County Market & IGA
Goodwill Findings
Free Movie on General Mills!
I love to shop for cereal. There are so many deals to be had each week, I have to restrain myself from them. I've been committed to never buying cereal for more than $1 a box, but this week at our County Market there was a great deal on General Mills cereal. (I'll blog about that later).
November 3, 2009
HOT coupon for cheese!

For those of you who live in Champaign and have the zip code 61821, go to coupons.com and print off your (2) $1.50 coupon towards any brand of cheese! Click here to begin!
Print now, while it's still available!
November 2, 2009
Family Circle - 2 Free Issues

For those of you who are interested, there is a complimentary 2 issues of Family Circle Magazine. Just click on this link to fill out your information.
October 29, 2009
Free Food on Mini Vacation

I have it all planned out to where my husband and I can eat for REALLY cheap this weekend while we're on our mini-vacation! It's going to be awesome! Check out our cheap/free meals this weekend:
October 28, 2009
Farmers Market Findings
Amazon: Free Music Album

Thanks to my friend Scott, there's also another Amazon Free Album today. Check out The Orange Mountain Music by Philip Glass. From what I can tell, it's mostly Classical music, some Dance & DJ, Opera & Vocal, and Sound Tracks. Total length of album is a little over an hour long. Can't beat free music!
Amazon: Free Music Downloads

Check out Amazon right now for free music downloads from The O'Neil Brothers Wedding Music. Just click on this link and it will take you straight there. I've already downloaded the songs because they are classic ones that are always enjoyable. So for those of you who are getting married in the upcoming days, or even having a baby, these songs are nice and relaxing. Enjoy, and thanks O'Neil Brothers!
October 27, 2009
Check out Restaurant.com

Okay, so last night I decided to check out Restaurant.com because they are having an 80% off sale if you use the code TREATS when you check out. All you need to do is go to their website and type in your zip code, and it should bring up the restaurants in your neighborhood that have partnered with Restaurant.com.
October 24, 2009
Last Minute Ideas for Halloween Costumes
For those of you who are like me and looking for funny, cheap Halloween costumes, I found this list of costume ideas from this website. I think that I like #14 and #20. Stay tuned and maybe you'll get a glimpse of what I decided to be!
2) Get a bag of white balloons and a box. Put the box over your head and cut out holes for your arms. Paint the box a bright color and the word "soap" across it. Then tape the bubbles to the top of the box around your shoulders and head.
3) Tape a bunch of green or purple balloons all over yourself (wear green or brown clothing underneath). Go as a bunch of grapes.
4) Wear brown clothes. Get a package of fall silk leaves for decorating (you can get 50 in a pack for about a dollar at craft stores). Tape them all over your arms and on a hat. Get a stuffed bird and perch it on your head. Go as a tree.
5) Wrap yourself in a roll of orange felt. Cut armholes and put an orange ski cap on your head. Go as a carrot stick.6) Safety-pin a bunch of cheap watches and costume jewelry on the inside of your coat. Go as a con man.
7) Get a large box and paint it white, green or tan. Make a hole at the top for your head and armholes. Glue on some magnets and some post-it notes with shopping lists and phone numbers. Go as a refrigerator.
8) Get a roll of orange yarn and a few bags of roasted pumpkin seeds. Glue them all over a cheap orange sweat suit. Go as pumpkin guts.
9) Wear a t-shirt displaying your favorite brand of booze. Get a foil pie plate, punch two holes in it at either end, and run string through it. Put it on your head like a hat and tie it. You're a bottle of your favorite drink.
10) Glue some (clean) garbage all over a sweat suit. Go as a trash heap.
11) Throw a white sheet over your head, and cut a hole for your head to come through. Wear a yellow hat and paint your face yellow with make up. Go as a fried egg.
12) Get a poster board, make up a funny advertisement and paint it on. Hang it around your neck and go as a billboard.
13) Put on your rattiest clothes and get a toy shopping cart. Fill it with junk. Go as a shopping cart/bag lady.
14) Dress like a mailman. Get a stuffed dog and sew it's mouth to your pant leg.
15) Get an gorilla costume. Get one of those headbands with the springs on it, but remove the silver balls from the end and glue on tiny toy air planes. Carry a little Barbie doll in an evening gown and you're King Kong.
16) Get a large box. Cut a hole for your head and arms. Wrap it with gift wrapping paper and put a big bow on your head. Make a large gift tag out of construction paper that says, "To: Women, From: God." This year, you can honestly say you're God's gift to women.
17) Wear all black and a pair of dark sunglasses, or glasses with a rubber nose. Get a strip of fabric you can fashion into a sash (like a beauty queens) and use fabric paint markers to write, "Bless you," across it. You're a blessing in disguise.
18) Get a box and paint it white. Make holes for your head and arms. Paint or draw black spots on it and go as a die. If you have a partner, make two and go as a pair of dice.
19) Get an old black sweat suit. Get yellow fabric paint and paint a double-line down the middle, vertically, front and back. Glue some tiny toy cars up and down your front and back and go as a highway.
20) Get a clear plastic bag, and a bag of assorted colored balloons. Step into the bag and make leg holes and arm holes. Fill it with balloons half-blown up, while you're still in it. Tie it off at the neck. Get a piece of paper as a label and write,"Jellybeans" across the front. You're a bag of jellybeans.
21) Get a bunch of Barbie dolls and a black sweat suit. Attach the dolls randomly all over the sweat suit. You're a babe magnet.
22) Get a medium sized box. Cut a hole at the bottom for your head, and a large, square opening in the front. Put pipe cleaners as antennas and glue soda bottle caps on as knobs. Put it over your head and wear all black. You're a TV announcer.
23) Wear a black sweat suit and randomly attach single socks all over your clothes. You're the sock thief from the drier.
24) Get some yellow yarn and brown pom-poms. Glue them all over an old sweat suit. Put an old colander over your head as a hat. Go as spaghetti and meat balls.
25) Wear a clown costume top and paint your face. Get a large box and paint it a bright color. Make a hole for your waist and put it on as if the bottom of a skirt. Go as a jack-in-the-box.
26) Glue a bunch of newspapers to old clothes. Go as paper mache in progress.
27) Get a bunch of small, single-serving sized cereal boxes. Glue them all over some old clothes and bring a big, rubber knife. Go as a cereal killer.
28) Get a box, cut arm holes and a hole for your head. Wrap it in pretty patterned gift paper. Stick a bunch of tissues coming out of the neck, and put on a hat covered with tissues glued all over it. Go as a box of tissues.
29) If you're very pregnant, paint your belly with orange face paint and draw a pumpkin face on the front. Wear a shirt that opens in front and just fasten it above the belly so the pumpkin protrudes. When you put your arms down around your belly, you'll look like you're carrying a jack-o-lantern.
30) Paint your car or bicycle tires with black paint. Lay old clothes front-down on the street and drive over them. Let them dry, put them on and go as road kill.
31) Tie a sneaker to the top of your head, wear all pink and paint your face pink. Go as a piece of gum.
32) Get two large pieces of foam and strap them to your shoulders so one hangs in front, the other in back. Stuff some lettuce leaves coming out of them (or green felt), and on the underside of one glue a big, round, red or brown piece of felt that sticks out of the sides. Go as a sandwich.
33) Get a round piece of cardboard and cut a hole in the center of it. Get a large foil tray and cut a hole in it, as well as a table cloth with a hole in it. Put the cardboard over your head, then the table cloth so it hangs over your body, then the tray. Place lettuce leaves coming out from around the neck hole. You're a head on a platter.
34) Wear a raggedy old pair of shorts and t-shirt, and go unshaven if your a man. Mess your hair up. Get a garden tiki torch from the party supply store. Go as a recent loser from Survivor.
35) Dress as a dog and put a cardboard cone around your neck to keep you from scratching for fleas.
36) Dress as a dog and carry a bottle of your favorite liquor-- you're a booze hound.
37) Glue cotton all over a light blue outfit and carry a water gun to squirt people. You're a rain cloud.
38) Get a pair of angle wings and put them on your back, dressed in your pajamas, fuzzy slippers and bathrobe. Carry around a coffee cup. Your the "Angel Of The Morning."
39) Cut out a cardboard shape like a surf board and cover it with fake spider webs. You're a web surfer.
40) Dress in a business suit and carry around a big jar filled half way up with thumb tacks. Go as the "tacks collector."
41) Get a devil costume and throw over it the ugliest thrift-store blue dress you can find. Be the, "Devil In A Blue Dress."
42) Tape a bunch of white colored balloons to a a skin-colored body suit. Wear a shower cap and carry a scrub brush.
43) Wrap your body in aluminum foil and top your head with a beret. You're a french kiss.
44) Get a rubber pig's nose and wrap yourself in a blanket. Go as a pig in a blanket.
45) Make a green pumpkin shape out of felt and hang it over yourself. Paint a face on it. Go as Jack O' Lantern.
46) Get a bag of moss from the craft store's floral isle. Glue it all over some old clothes and hat and go as a chia pet.
47) Pin underwear to your torso and go as a chest of drawers.
48) Dress like a cat; carry a black bag stuffed with fake jewels overflowing. You're a cat burglar.
49)Attach gum wrappers, small pieces of pink clay to represent gum, soda cups and popcorn bags and a few kernels of popcorn to a black sweat suit, and go as a theater floor.
October 21, 2009
Parenting Magazine: Free 11 Month Subscription

October 14, 2009
Walgreens: Starbucks Frappuccino $1


Shutterfly book for the price of shipping

October 5, 2009
Big Lots Coupon
I was just heading out the door to pick up some goodies for our vacation, when I saw this coupon posted for Big Lots. If you become a member of their rewards program you can print out a coupon for 20% off your entire purchase! Just click here to sign up!
October 3, 2009
Groceries - County Market & IGA
October 2, 2009
Become a Fan of Walgreens on Facebook

October 1, 2009
Walmart Trip saved $22 with Coupons!
S C Johnson $5 Rebate = Freebies!
• Ziploc
• Glade
• Windex
• Scrubbing Bubbles
• Pledge
• Shout
• Fantastik
• Drano
• Raid
• Off
• Saran
• Nature’s Source
September 25, 2009
Fun Fridays!
September 24, 2009
Free Panda Express Entree

Walmart Trip
Amazon: Cheap Scrapbooking Paper

I was reading the usual blogs that I read every day, and here's a great deal I found from FrugalFreebiesandDeals:
September 23, 2009
Coldstone: Free 3 oz. cup with donation
September 22, 2009
Free Redbox at Meijer

For those of you who shop at Meijer, or live near Meijer, check to see if they have a Redbox there. Now through 9/24 you can get a free movie rental code from Redbox, when you use the code 9MEJR24 at checkout. To use the code you will need to visit your local Redbox location, select “Rent with Promo Code,” enter code, select movie and continue to check out. This code expires 9/24 at midnight CST. (Thanks, commonsensewithmoney).
Freebies in my Mailbox
First Day of Fall

My favorite season has arrived and I am so happy about that! I haven't posted in awhile because my family and I have been gone for the weekend, and other than that I am trying to prepare all my outdoor plants for the cooler weather to come. It's been relaxing and enjoyable at the same time.
September 15, 2009
Free photo from Sears

September 14, 2009
Turning 3 Today!
My firstborn son has turned 3 today! I can't believe it. He has grown up so much, and my husband and I agree that he has had less tantrums/meltdowns/naughty chair episodes lately than ever before. I think it's really because we've been keeping him busy with various activities, and I never leave the house without a diaper bag full of snacks! :)
Free Fall Matinees

September 9, 2009
Gift Card Giver

My husband found this new website called Gift Card Giver. They have a really cool idea that I think we should all take in consideration. This group takes unused gift cards and uses them for good. They help stock up local pantries, gives needed items to needy families, etc. It seems like a really good thing that they have going. I don't know about you, but I know that we keep our "unused" gift cards in our glove compartment in our car....and I know that they've just been sitting there waiting for something like this to come up. So I encourage you to check out their website and see what you can do.
If you visit their website, there are also a couple of videos that you can watch at the bottom of their site. Here's a little insert that I copied from their website:
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Four friends had an idea to collect gift cards and give them to people in need. They went to a gathering and asked 8 people how much money in unused Gift Cards they had in their wallets and walked away with $50 in Gift Cards to help people in need. GiftCardGiver.com was born.
Gift Card Giver is a new form of giving. The Gift Card industry has risen to be a 60 billion dollar industry. Ever wonder how many gift cards are unused? More than 10%. That means billions of dollars are waiting to be used for good on Gift Cards.
How many gift cards do you have sitting in your wallet? We guess you have at least $5 of unused gift cards in your wallet or purse right now. What’s 5 bucks going to buy you? Five bucks in Gift Cards may buy you a pair of socks…but 10 people giving 5 bucks will buy a kid a winter coat or 1000 people giving $5 from may give that same kid a warm bedroom to sleep through the night.
CARD ME
It is very simple to get involved:
STEP 1: Use as much of your card as you want (or send a full card).
STEP 2: Write how much is left on your card using a permanent marker.
STEP 3: Place the card in an envelope and send it to us at:
Gift Card Giver
490 East Side Ave SE
Atlanta, GA 30316
September 4, 2009
FREE Candy!!

Saturday: Free Kids Workshop at Home Depot
