The Dickey's Wish YOU a Happy Labor Day Holiday!

I made the caricature at VistaPrint. Cute huh?

It is one of the many FREE items they have!

Don't Forget your FREE CHICKEN

I know I already posted about the ...

but if you are like me that sounded so far away you did not add it to your calender YET

so here is another reminder. Go get your calender and pencil in a lunch with friends!

See you there!

Weehhh what a week!

This week I had a job interview for a preschool job (I accepted! I will be assisting my friend Jennifer who will now be known as Boss Lady - till I think of something better) we had one Psychologist appt, one Pedi appt, one OBGYN appt, Football twice (including one post game pizza party), a hospital visit with Wonderful Wendy and "moms taxi" ran six camp carpools and drove Carson half way to SC to spend the weekend with our family


Somehow I did manage to get some Starbucks, Sushi and Shopping in (ok more than "some" shopping ) ... Rack Room, Karousel Kids (awesome finds!), Old Navy, Kohls, Justice, Target, Lane Bryant (40% off plus 2xRWD) good thing the mall is not near me huh? and of course I shopped Walgreens and CVS (do I ever miss CVS?) I don't know my total OOP for the week (who wants to know that when money is flying in every direction BUT yours! LOL) but I saved a lot (a concept that Mr J still does not get...sometimes it take $ to save $) in fact I made $$ at CVS where I purchased 2 Children's Advil, 1 Fleet Pedia-lax, 4 bags of Dove Dark Chocolates, 10 Gold Peak Teas and 3 12pk Coke. (I used $21.28 in MQ ($8 of it from my coupons.com sidebar!), (3) $2 CVS coupons and $1 CVS crt) My total profit after ECB is right at $2. WooHoo!

So... I apologize that I have not blogged much... life has been one big blur but I hope to resume my weekly grocery tips, monthly walmart with printables and Wednesday's world wide web soon... and I am still working on setting up subscriptions and Mr Linky (we all know all inattentive and non-tech savvy I am!) as well.

As always if you have any hot deals/tips please email me!

Spam...alama...dingdong

I have pets on the brain today. I mean I am REALLY wanting a puppy (or two). Crazy I know but I can't seem to shake it. To make matters worse on our way to swim at Trish's today we passed a lady selling a litter of CockerSpaniels puppies. Awe, so cute!
So when I saw this SPAM about a pet contest, I had to check it out... and share (who likes spam?) Ebates and SnapFish have joined together for a Cutest Pet Photo Contest! The winners with the top three photos will win Snapfish gift cards for $300, $200 and $100! I voted for the Basset! Awe... now here is the spam -
If you are not familiar with Ebates and/or Snapfish both are running "new customer" promotions.
Ebates will give you $5 for signing up in addition to their customary 1-25% rebates. Plus for every friend you refer they will give them $5 and you an additional $5.
Snapfish is offering 50 free prints to all new customers and 2 prints for returning customers. This is in addition to their current coupon code EBATES10OFF which will get you $10 off any $25 order... and of course place your order thru Ebates for an additional 10% in savings!

Blockbuster!

I have been meaning to blog about Blockbuster for a few weeks. Now I am glad I never got around to it because the news just got sweeter!
We love RedBox but find that in the summer with limited tv and 24/7 children and good ole southern HEAT WAVES Blockbuster works out to be a great deal.
Because there is no contract we join their "Total Access" plan every June and cancel every August - there store is 1 mile from our house so it works well for us (dang there was a post for Works for me Wednesday!) but they also offer online if that is your preference.
Well a few weeks back Blockbuster started a promo where your 1st 2 weeks are free ("a trial"). Well now if you pay with paypal you also get $10 cash back (after one paid month, please read restrictions). In plain English that equates to 6-10+ weeks of free movies! In order to get this deal you must register thru this link. Check it out!
If you register leave me a comment and tell us what your first rental will be and why.

Museums - for FREE

Bank of America is offering free museum entrance to 70 selected museums on the first weekend of every month - you just show any Bank of America card.

Not all museums are included, but there are some very good ones! you can check here for more details.

This is yet another way to plan an affordable "staycation".

NeatO! Free Postcards!

A fellow frugal loopie sent me an AWESOME site - Hippopost - They allow you to create your own free postcard and then they mail it out for you postage free... How cool is that?

I am really bad about printing photos and mailing postcards and have even been tacky enough to send email thank yous GASP but I like this site and can't wait to try it. Later today (assuming my to do list is caught up and it storms as predicted) I am going to play with this and Arts Cow maybe I can go ahead and create our Disney photo book and FINALLY mail my Nana Norma photos of my kidlets.

This reminds me of something I read on Charlotte Fru-Gals... Did you know that you can use/mail almost anything flat that meets the USPS size guidelines? Recycled cards, kids art, your digital prints, paper plates, laminated art....be creative and share your ideas here!

Bzzzzzz

Did you miss out on The Great Sunflower Project?
Well fear not! - Burt's Bees is giving away FREE Wildflower Seed Packets.
You can register here.