FREE AFTER REBATE
3/17 was FREE chicken nugget day at our local CHICK FIL A
SAY CHEESE! I paid 76cents for 12 bags of cheese and a 4 pack of yogurt! how? FOOD LION has shredded cheese 2/$5
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Food Lion Shopping today for my weekly $40 and under "main trip"
Monday: Mexican feast: mexican corn, rice, quesidillia, fajita etc
ICED TEA! and I my family is a fan! This is my TEA cabinet in which I put my "special" tea that is bought, gifted and free samples into.....I have a variety as you can see. I don't drink Hot Tea but I sure love ICED TEA when the weather "breaks." I learned to make ICED TEA "THE RIGHT WAY" in New Orleans. Growing up my mother made INSTANT with LEMON (bleck.......... bleck bleck) I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I tasted the REAL THING.
One of the wonderful things about "freebies" and being a SAVINGS SPECIALIST or ELF is that you can frequently participate in RAOK (randome acts of kindness) without puttin you in the poor house. You can share and help others even in you thought you couldn't afford to do so. One RAOK was done for me this week. One of my local friends put together the little garden you see in the top shelf of my kitchen window..... it is ADORABLE! She also told me how to take care of it and hopefully it will be BEAUTIFUL as it grows....I tend to over water the cacti family plants so wish me luck! :)
If you looked closely in the LOOT pic I posted on previous post you wil see a couple of "gifted" to me items. Envie from Sherry and Goodie box from Allison. I frequently get goodies from other freelancers that cannot use things (everything from sunday paper coupons to items that were saved from the dump) to regift to others that may can use them. I love this and often bring or ship those smiles across the miles....... I have shipped literally all over the country, donated & supported people and organizations locally and globally. It is a blessing to be able to do this....as you see I come from VERY humble beginnings.
here you see several things..... A contest waiting to happen with tornados free coupons and shirts (stay tuned for more info)
a box being packed to share, coupons, samples and notecards all getting ready to be regifted to others. These boxes will go out to someone with a note to pass along what they cannot use with others, or PAY IT FORWARD
Special Occasions. this year for Kelly's 22nd bday , the DH and I were able to get her tickets to see the BEP , 2 of them . She and a friend went to see them live and had a ball. I was lucky enuff to also get in on .....this $7 shirt GDA from LiveNation shortly after the contest so I bought 3 of them .... one for her and one for her to share with her buddies, I was able to use PAYPAL which is basically funded with FREE money from my multi sources of income!
MAGAZINES.....i get a plethora of free & almost free magazines. I have gifted them, upcycled them into bows, donated them, brought them to offices and even freecycled them. this hearty stack of magazines is going to my local tanning salon. The NEED them desparately......... I just have to take my name off them and they will be ready to be shared. WHAT AN EASY & CHEAP way to spread a smile! :)
There are all kinds of ways to be KIND. Most of the time it only takes a few minutes and /or little money to make a person smile or change their mood or even help them make ends meet. I try to spread the wealth as far as I can. JOIN ME in my quest and practice RAOK every chance you get...you may make a new friend in the process! :)
This is the 2010 Town Planner AKA Powhatan Calendar. I got one free at the beginning of the year at going postal. I got another one the other day FREE at the County Administration building when I went to pay my annual $50 for my business license. I love the calendar for the coupons.... WOW! A lot of my favorite restaurants are featured at the very very least. I share the ones I can't use
with those that can. In case this is something you have overlooked or missed, do not delay! I have already used 2 of the El Cerro Azul coupons (one for me and one for a friend) in the last week.....what is there for you?
The Calendar is printed and distributed throughout Powhatan by our Great Chamber of Commerce!
Here is one of my newest additions to my cookbook collection the kitchen , sitting beside a couple of recent snail mail freebies (adkins carb counter, recipe cards, and olympics commemorative stamps) I am going through piles of paperwork and trying to make sure everything has a "home" and is put in its proper place or gifted , shared etc.
RECIPE BOOK can be purchased HERE search for item 0705342964 my particular one is this same one except mine happens to be blue (it was gifted to me and I love it) but ya know I also really love this red one too! :) now............I love the book its quality and I am working to transfer some of my favorites into this book from my head and clippings of the tried and true + what ever I feel you guys request the most! :)
One of my GREAT recent freebies was the opportunity to do a house party for sandwich thins. Not only are the houseparties a great way to have fun, make friends and try new things but often they inspire you to do other things as well. One of the goodies from the house party was recipe cards to set out so that your guests could take preprinted recipe cards and also write down recipes they were interested in. I had some leftover cards so they ended up in my "pile" of things to do something with. (TO SEE PICS OF THE PARTY GO HERE I do believe you will be able to see them?)
I share my "dinners" from time to time on FB with my friends and networking buddies. I am often asked for the recipes of the meals that I mention or take photos of. I have started writing them down (many of them are in my head only) and adding them to a book, once I collect enuff of your requested recipes maybe I will make one of those "do it yourself" cookbooks.......for ya .most of the work and photography will already be done! The houseparty provided $1 off coupons for future purchases and they were on sale at food lion for $2.50 what a deal!
DINNER: sesame ginger turkey smothered with melted smoked gouda, served on multigrain sandwich thins, garnished with fresh spinach, onions, frenchs brown mustard and onion/pepper relish. Side of sweet potato chips and a big ole ray of sunshine
REMEMBER I shop for $40 a week or less.....and I think I eat like a queen!
Middle Schoolers are "fishful thinking" with their chedder Goldfish by Pepperidge Farms!
My stepdaughter, Faith is the "center" of attention in the pic and at lunch with the goldfish that were recently shared with them due to my applying for the Ambassador program that I shared the opportunity with you back in September. I hope you signed up?
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I dont know about your middleschooler but ours is often too busy socializing to worry about eating at all , much less something that is 1/2 way good for her.....
Several weeks before I rec'vd the big box of lunchtime/ snack sized goldfish, I was sent the brochures and nutritional information sheets . I asked my stepdaughter, Faith, to share the goldfish with her friends and to lmk what their reaction was. They sent me this picture in the gym to "show me!" Next they want to know what flavor I am going to let them try next! :) They promise to document their happiness........hm .......... I don't think this group is shy at all , do you ?
There is something for Everyone on the sites.......Nutrition, products, health, information, ideas, coupons etc etc......
For kids aged 6-13 there is a Fishful Thinking contest HERE that you can enter 1x per day
You can FAN the fishful thinking program and find out more about the opportunities if you sign up for the newsletter and/or facebook page
Cleaned up some PILES today..........for some frugal doings which lead to an impromptu shopping trip so at least a "few" of the good deals wouldn't expire. Its sometimes is hard to let them go by (even when you are FULL from stockpiling) especially when you are gong to MAKE money by taking items out of the store.
I was taking a picture of this weeks "loot" for facebook One of my great "in person" friends was filling out some freebies from just my facebook postings and commented once after a few weeks that he had not rec'vd ANY of the freebies he signed up for. (You know how when you first start it seems like you never are going to get anything?) I started taking pictures of my "pile" or "loot" that I accumulated in a weeks time to show him, "YES VIRGINIA there is a Santa Claus"!
I made a few boxes to send "out" to others, that I cannot use. Freelancing friends are generous and send me things they cannot use, I in turn REGIFT them when I can't use , either to a business, organization, person, friend, freecycle, expired to military etc etc............ I saw several things I needed to DO NOW or would go to waste, that no one would be able to use........ so I grabbed my keys and headed out of the door.
After coupons, rebates, discounts and extra care bucks I got all that you see and will come out $5+ richer after all is said and done. Many of the items you see will be used in next weeks menus and other things will be gifted, crafted, shared or consumed. Cool eh?
MORE SAVVY SHOPPING this week at FOOD LION
I Shopped at Food Lion this week , but will be doing more shopping tomorrow, so this is the START of this weeks grocery / stock pile.
