Sweepstakes Galore

Do you like to win?? I think we all do, thus my recent sweepstakes interest. My husband found it quite humorous as I’m sure you will that I have a list of online sweepstakes that I have been entering daily.

I told you last week about Sears Golden Ticket Sweepstakes so I thought I would share a few of the others with you, just in case you want to get in on the fun.

Gain.com is offering the chance to win a washer and dryer for you AND one for a friend PLUS a one year supply of Gain. That is the grand prize and you can enter once a day until 01/03/2009. You also have the chance to win an instant prize from Gain, Wal-Mart, or Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

Coinstarisfreegame.com is going to give someone a $1,000 Amazon gift card. For each entry until 12/31/08 you will also have the chance at an instant win prize from Amazon, iTunes, Starbucks, CASH, or electronics.

Disney is giving away a vacation for 4 to one of their resorts and instant win prizes from HP. You can enter once a day until 03/06/2009. When you get to the site, click “skip intro” in the upper right, then click the “Sweepstakes” tab.

Gander Mountain is giving away Gander Mountain gift cards. The grand prize is a $1,000 gift card. YOU CAN ONLY ENTER THIS ONCE.

Kotex is having a Perfect Fit Sweepstakes. You have the chance to win a trip to New York and a $5,000 wardrobe makeover. When you go to the site, the link is on the bottom right.

Bethanyhouse.com is giving away 3 different gift baskets.

Tyson is offering you the chance for a $5,000 dining room makeover and a host of other prizes.

Tonight was the last night for a sweepstakes over at 5gum. I was excited when I entered my information and it popped up that I won 5 free music downloads—small but exciting!

Best of luck and let me know if you win anything!!
Tara

Great Milk Deal AND a FREE OFFER

I thought I would combine 2 short posts into 1 quick post...

CVS has gallon milk for $3.39 through November 29th.

Could your little one use a new sippy cup??

Juicy Juice will send you a FREE sippy cup when you sign-up for their FREE e-mail newsletter. I received my cup yesterday. It is cute, looks like the picture you will see when you sign-up. My little girl has moved on to non-sippy cups so I am giving this to a friend. Sign-up HERE.

Great Deals at Publix and CVS

CVS
Eight-roll Viva, my favorite paper towels, are on-sale at CVS this week. I bought one pack for $7.99 and earned $2.00 in Extra Bucks!! Making my total $5.99 or 74 cents a roll.

I also went back to CVS and took them up on their offer for a $25 gift card. You have to have a new or transferred prescription to take part. I had a new prescription for my daughter. It was $11 and some change--so I made another $13 dollars--plus the prescription was free when you account for the gift card!! What will I use the gift card for?? I will let you know.

Publix
I had fun in Publix. My local Publix accepts competitor coupons and I had a coupon from Winn-Dixie for $10 off $50. I tried to use this wisely.

My receipt breaks down the savings as follows:
Store Coupon (the Winn-Dixie coupon): $10.00
Vendor Coupon: $10.69
Advertised Special Savings: $19.85
Advantage Buy Savings: $2.40
YOUR TOTAL SAVINGS AT PUBLIX: $42.94

My grand total (out of pocket) for this trip was $37.90.
I SAVED more than I SPENT!! YAY!!

A FEW OTHER FABULOUS FINDS FROM PUBLIX
* Birds Eye Voila was BOGO. I needed 2 more in order to qualify for another FREE Charlie Brown DVD.
*Kellogg's Smart Start was $3.99 and I had a $1.00 coupon. The BEST part: This is another one of those cereals that is labeled TRY FOR FREE. I will send in the rebate and receive $3.99 back. That is a $1.00 profit!!
*Rembrandt Toothpaste was advantage buy for $5.99 AND I had a coupon that made it FREE. I made sure to buy that in this trip so it would count towards the $50 I needed in order to use the $10 off $50 coupon.
*Kraft Mac N Cheese was on sale 50 cents a box--limit 4. I saved 75 cents on each box!

SPLURGE OF THE WEEK
My husband NEVER requests anything specific from the grocery store, he is EASY to please when it comes to food. Thank God!! However, he did send me a cute text simply saying, "How about some fried green tomatoes?" He is a joker so I replied, "What? For dinner."

SO...I did splurge on the fried green tomatoes and the Whistle Stop mix to go with them. They were YUMMY and my hubby was HAPPY so it was well worth the extra $$ spent.

That is all the shopping I did this week.

Blessings,
Tara

Cool Contest/Game

My friend Misty sent this to me. It is a contest from Sears. Let L.L., Ty Pennington, or the guys from Orange County Choppers search for your Golden Wish Ticket.

Links to a few samples and coupons

FREE Betty Crocker Coupons

Betty Crocker is offering a FREE booklet with $10 in coupon savings when you sign-up for their free Dinner Made Easy email newsletter.
Click HERE to sign-up.

FREE Dove Shine Therapy Shampoo Sample

While supplies last, you can request a FREE Dove Shine Therapy Shampoo. You can only request it once. I have already received mine. Click HERE to request yours.

FREE Christina Aguilera Inspire Perfume Sample

I have already received two of these. They arrive pretty fast.
To claim yours, click HERE.

A Charlie Brown Christmas has Arrived--YAY!!

I received my FREE A Charlie Brown Christmas DVD this week. I was so excited. It includes a bonus music download of two songs from the movie and a bonus Peanuts TV Special. If you don't recall the post about how I got this for FREE you can read about it HERE.

My husband L-O-V-E-S Christmas, Christmas music, Christmas movies--all things Christmas--so I am anxious to open this DVD. I can just see us piled up on the living room floor with our daughter and some popcorn making memories with 2 of my most precious and fabulous finds!!

Blessings,

Tara

Has it really been a MONTH??

WOW! Time does fly. It has been exactly one month since I have posted or even seen my blog.

I made it safely to and from Peru. The experience is something that I still can't quite put into words. If there is anything you want to know, please e-mail me and I will do my best to help you out.

As for my blog, I am SO ready to discover some fabulous finds. I am on my 3rd week back and I am just getting to the place that I feel some sort of normalcy. The first 2 weeks I could not even function in my normal routine. For some reason, even the smallest of tasks seemed insurmountable to me. Last night was the first chance that I have had to get my coupons organized. I am going to attempt some grocery shopping tomorrow, but I still haven't read Sunday's paper and ads to know what is on sale.

I did go to some yard sales with my mom Saturday. I think yard sales (good ones) are fun and so does my mom so we had a great time. I came away with the cutest skirt from Dressbarn, a really nice sweater, 3 adorable plaque type hangers, 2 matching puzzles, and a bright pink bin for my daughter's room like I had been looking for in retail stores. Everything looked like new....all for 6 bucks!!

I also found jeans for my really-tall-like-her-daddy daughter at Old Navy 2 for $22. I know they had a slightly better sale last week but it was a great deal to me since finding jeans for her is such a task.

I look forward to posting about more fabulous finds and some normal weekly posts within the next few days!

Blessings,
Tara