Thanksgiving is less than a week away! I am running around the house trying to pack for our upcoming trip on Tuesday morning (to visit my husband’s family for Thanksgiving), getting the house cleaned (yes, it takes me days to get my house organized/cleaned….and I absolutely HATE going out-of-town and returning to a messy house…), oh and most […]... read more
California Tortilla is offering a free 4 oz. sample of their turkey chili with any purchase today, Thursday, Nov. 19th, 2009. That’s right – on Thursday, November 19th, every California Tortilla in the land will be giving you a 4 oz. sample of free darn tasty turkey chili with any purchase. And not only that, we’re […]... read more
Yesterday my son and I enjoyed a fun day out at the National Zoo with friends (a great frugal activity in DC since admission is free… except for the parking fee!). Then we did a much-needed grocery shopping trip at Aldi, stopped by Wendy’s to redeem two of our free Jr. Frosty coupons and finally […]... read more
This deal is too good not to share (and might be old news for some of you)! Currently FujiFilm has some awesome promotional codes for their website SeeHere.com that allow you to order 50 free photo cards (think for Christmas, upcoming thank you cards, baby announcements, etc.). One code is freebies4mom-1109 (thanks Freebies4Mom!) **UPDATE** which […]... read more
If you love coupons like me, and you’re looking to get more of them, then I have good news for you! The Washington Post currently has a promotion for $0.59 per issue for 6 months of Sunday newspapers. The normal newsstand price is $1.50 per issue, so this is a hefty savings! The Sunday edition […]... read more
Tropical Smoothie Cafe is offering a free coffee smoothie sample (“caramel cream” flavor) today, Wed. Nov. 11th from 7 AM – 7 PM. For more information click here or check out their FaceBook Fan Page. To find a store location near you, click here. I suggest calling ahead of time to make sure your nearest […]... read more
This past weekend our family surprisingly did not have a lot planned in the way of get-togethers, dinners, work, parties, etc. so we had a pretty relaxing Saturday with nothing firmly planned. We had a guest spend the night Friday and Saturday morning we had a big pancake breakfast at home before our guest headed […]... read more
This weekend, I was honored to have the Washington Post website feature a link to a blog I wrote last week called “Frugal Pampering Day”. I have no idea how my blog post was selected, but all of a sudden I noticed I was getting a ton of traffic from the main WashingtonPost.com webpage and […]... read more
Thanks to a post by Money Saving Mom back in August, I found out that Starbucks now offers a free beverage to you on your birthday if you are a member of the Starbucks Card Rewards program. If you have a Starbucks gift card (it can even have a $0 balance like mine currently does!), […]... read more
I had a great shopping trip today at Shoppers Food Warehouse for their Triple Coupons Event this week! Here’s what I bought: Tony’s Crispy Crust Party Time Pizza (9.73 oz.) @ $1 – $0.50 SS 10/4 TRIPLED = FREE Welch’s Juice (64 fl. oz.) @ $2.79 – $0.75 SS 9/13 TRIPLED = $0.54 Del Monte […]... read more
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