My husband is taking notes :o)

Here in Title Town, we have this store that my husband just loves: Harbor Freight Tools. I happen to like this store, too. Can you guess why??

They have really good sales, they offer in-store coupons, and when you sign-up for their weekly newsletter they send all these really great coupons, and as my husband found out, when you click on a coupon in the newsletter you may get lucky and receive an additional coupon.

I said all that to relate this cute story to you.

Today, with coupons in tow, my husband took a trip to Harbor Freight and I joined him. He took his time checking out all the great deals and put a few things in the shopping cart that were needed/wanted for his Jeep project. When he was ready to check-out, he politely told the cashier that he had coupons. When one coupon didn't scan correctly, he patiently waited on someone to come and correct the problem. I can not remember the exact amount he saved. I do know he saved $17.00 on ONE item.

This is the part I really enjoyed: When he was loading all his fabulous finds into the truck he said, "Look at all the money I saved."
I said, " I know, I'm not complaining," to which he replied, "I know, I'm just trying to show you that I can be a saver too and use my coupons." :o)

YOU GO BABY!!!

I thought that was great and funny all at the same time. If your man is into tools and the like and there is a Harbor Freight in your area, then make sure he gets on their email list.

Shoes, Shoes, and More Shoes

It seems like only weeks ago that we bought our daughter several pairs of shoes; however, we were on the search again today for shoes for her growing feet. We always seem to have good luck at Sears so off we went, and lucky we were.

Sears was having a "Buy One Get One half-off sale," which included sale and clearance items. We found one pair of Adidas tennis shoes and a pair of light-up Princess shoes. The Addidas were marked $9.99 and the Princess shoes were marked $4.99. The Princess shoes ended up being $2.49 since they were included with the buy one, get one half off deal.

$12.48 plus tax for 2 pairs of shoes, not bad if you ask me!!

My husband also found some really nice New Balance shoes for $35, but he just got new shoes on the last shoe shopping adventure, so he refrained this time.

We also paid a visit to Payless. They are also having a Buy One Get One half off sale. We didn't buy anything because they didn't have her size. I may have to check back in a few days.

Happy Shoe Shopping!!
Tara

$10 Kohl's Gift Card on the Way

I have earned enough points from MyPoints to be able to trade 1,450 of my points for a $10 Kohl's gift card. It should arrive within 2-3 weeks. YAY!!

My Points is a web site that allows you to earn points for surveys, purchases, etc. You can trade your points for gift cards. I have earned over 1900 points in only a few months. The point opportunities, called MyPoints BonusMail arrive in my e-mail inbox and I simply read the email or fill out the survey...only takes a few minutes.

You can also earn points by clicking through the MyPoints web site when you make purchases at certain places. For instance, we needed to order some things from Oriental Trading so I checked MyPoints to see if they were one of the vendors listed. They were so I just clicked the Oriental Trading button from the MyPoints page and I was awarded points based on the dollar amount I spent. Sounded great to me considering I was already needing to place an order with Oriental Trading.

One other way to earn points is to refer people. Once they sign-up, you will receive points when they do. So if you think you are interested in signing-up, please e-mail me before you do and I will send you a referral. I have 4 left for this month.

I will let you know when my precious Kohl' s card arrives.... :-)

Tara

Publix: Viva Italia Sale

If you love some Italian food as much as I do then you need to make a special effort to get to Publix this week for their Viva Italia Sale!

I can't cover all the details right now, but numerous items are on sale and many are BOGO. For all my ACCOG friends/family, if you are cooking spaghetti for our spaghetti fundraiser you will find all the items you need.

Ragu Pasta Sauce and Ronzoni noodles are both BOGO. Lean Ground Beef is $3.99 per pound. You may be able to get that a little cheaper, but that is LEAN ground beef and it can be pricier.

Hopefully, I can cover more later. Right now I have to get back to workin'.

Blessings,
Tara

Crockpot Sausage Recipe

A few weeks ago I did a post about Menu Planning and I mentioned a sausage recipe. Justine over at Justines Grocery Brags sent me a comment about the recipe so I thought I would share it here with you all.

Ingredients

2 green peppers
1 red pepper
1 1/2 lg. yellow onions
1 can tomato paste
4 bay leaves
2 T. basil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 T. parsley
1 T. oregano
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 can tomatoes (reserve juice)
2 1/2 pounds sausage

In Crockpot, layer 1/2 onion, then pepper, then sausage, then the remaining onion and peppers.

Place garlic, bay leaves, and basil on top. Then, place tomotoes on top. Mix reserved juice and tomato paste and pour on top.

Set crockpot to LOW for 6 hours.

At last hour, pour parsley, oregano, and salt and pepper on top.

Suggest serving over rice.

Title Town Milk Deal

I haven't been doing Title Town milk deals since milk prices have decreased somewhat; however, I saw this deal and wanted to share it with everyone.

Winn-Dixie has store brand milk for $2.99 a gallon. This sale ends Tuesday, February 17th.

NEARLY FREE at CVS

Madagascar 2 came out on video this week so just about all the stores in town have some sort of deal going on for this movie. I found CVS to have the best deal for me. If you purchase $20 in specific Proctor & Gamble products you will receive an instant $15.00 off of Madagascar 2, totaling $4.99 for the movie!! YOU WILL NEED A CVS CARD, it is FREE if you don't have one and you can get it before they ring you up. I would only advise doing this deal IF you need or will use the products listed, not just to get a DVD for $4.99--I will use all the products and they were needed in my home.

If you don't have a CVS ad, you can view it HERE. The products are listed on page 16 of the online ad and the last page if you have a printed ad. You can use coupons too if you have the products listed. Just give them to the cashier after everything is rung up. If you are watching them scan your products, the sale prices won't appear until the cashier hits total. I always add my items up before I get to the register so I will have a general idea of the total.

I bought the Charmin (16 big rolls) for $9.99, Bounty (8 pk) for $6.99, and Crest Pro-Health for $3.96. If you have a little one, Pampers is part of the sell and you probably have some coupons for them. I also had $5 in extra bucks, so don't forget those if you have them. My total for all the products AND the DVD was $22.40--a savings of $28.43 according to my receipt which would be based on CVS non-sale prices.

This deal good thru Saturday!

This will be in Madison's Valentine gift. You should hear her say, "Madagascar, Escape to Africa!!"

FREE at Publix

I picked-up Publix's Advantage Buy flier as I entered the store today and happily discovered a coupon for $4.00 off any 2 Aleve, Bayer (and a few others), this was a STORE coupon which means I can also use a MANUFACTURER coupon in conjunction with the store coupon, per the customer service manager. I knew that was good news because I had a manufacturer coupon for $1.00 off. However, I discovered EVEN BETTER news when I reached the pain medicine aisle: 24 count Aleve was on sale for $2.99 and each box had $1.00 manufacturer coupons attached. I decided to use those instead of mine, so let's add this up.

$2.99 (x) 2 boxes = $5.98 minus $4.00 STORE coupon = $1.98 minus (2) $1.00 Manufacturer coupons (1 for each box) = 2 cents profit or FREE!!!

* At my local Publix, the boxes with coupons attached were on the make-up/soap aisle in a white bin.**

This is also very important for another reason that I am sure my coupon buddies will appreciate: I had one of those Winn-Dixie coupons for $10 off of $50 that you can use at Publix so I was able to add the before coupon price ($5.98) to my total in trying to obtain my $50.

NOTE: When you use a coupon like this one, give it to the cashier BEFORE you give them your other coupons. This eliminates the possibility of them telling you that you don't have $50 or whatever the amount may be.

I walked out of Publix with $72.02 of groceries for ONLY $39.53. I saved $34.29!!

******If you haven't checked out this week's Publix BOGO's, tomorrow is the last day of this week's ad. The new ad will begin on Thursday so go online and check out all the good deals. You can click HERE and it will take you directly to the ad.******

I WON!!

A few months ago I was on a sweepstakes kick. You can read more about it HERE. I actually won something! Now, it wasn't huge but I DID WIN. I was playing a Chevron game. I only played it a few times compared to the daily plays I did on the other sweepstakes. Friday I opened my mailbox and found an envelope from Chevron. I felt a card from the outside of the envelope and I thought it was one of those credit card offers that they send you that has a replicated credit card, NOPE, it was a $5.00 gas card!!!!

Now, personally I thought that was SO COOL!! Yes, they gave away 84,700 of these cards, but hey at least I was ONE of those 84,700. Maybe eventually I will win one of those new washer and dryers that come in a variety of really awesome colors, or maid service for a year, or a few million bucks..you never know unless you play. For now, I am just exuberant about my $5 gift card. THANKS CHEVRON!!

Blessings,
Tara