Victoria's Secret-free undies with purchase (9/1 only)

Victoria's Secret is offering all of their Facebook Fan's two free pairs of undies tomorrow 9/1 only, with a printable coupon. To get the coupon, become a Victoria’s Secret Facebook fan and then choose the "Secrets" tabl and there will be a link to the printable coupon.

Coupon is good for two free panties up to $17 value, with ANY purchase. Good while supplies last, two undies per person only.

Thanks Freebies 4 Mom

Free re-usable bag from Chi-Chi's

Get a reusable bag free with the purchase of any two Chi-Chi's products.

Go Here for more information or to request yours.

And the winners are:

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Piggy Paint $20 Gift Certificate-Briann & Shaun Neeley
Carolyn's Kitchen Apron-Lynn in MD

Thank you to Piggy Paint & Carolyn's Kitchen for such awesome giveaways!
Winners have been contacted by email.

Free Hallmark Card

I love to have cards on hand, so this is a great freebie:

Sign up to receipt a free Hallmark card, compliments of Walmart. It'll be a surprise which card you'll get, but you'll receive it in about 4 weeks.

Thanks Carrie!

Borders 30% off coupon

Now through 9/2 use this coupon and get 30% off any one book from Borders!

Thanks Thrifty and Chic Mom!

Free photo collage from Walgreens

Walgreens has a had a lot of great photo deals lately. Here's another one.

Get a free 8 x 10 Photo Collage ($3.99 value) from Walgreens when you used code FUNDAY. Just purchase it online and pick up in-store so you don't have to pay shipping. Expires 8/26 (wednesday).

Thank you Common Sense with Money.

One Hour Parties

I just love parties. Attending them that is :) Actually, I really do love planning them as well, but there are some times when life is so busy that it is just overwhelming. And for those times, there is a great company called "One Hour Parties."

One Hour Parties is a Quick, Creative and Affordable answer to all of your party needs from Corporate to Weddings. The really cool feature that they offer (and what I would probably like most on a busy day) is that you can actually rent staff to come and help you with set up and clean up!

If you are one of those people reading this saying, why would I ever pay someone to do this...planning parties is so much fun, then maybe you should consider making money doing what you love. One Hour Parties is the most exciting and fun franchise concept on the market today. They provide easy, creative and affordable party planning solutions for corporate celebrations, kid's parties, weddings and more. The company has just been named Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Hot New Franchise” and the founders were just named the “Top 25 Innovators and Entrepreneurs” by Seattle Business Magazine. For more franchise information, click here.

I found out about this from Twitter Moms this morning!

Yoplait Fiber One Review & Giveaway

Three Lucky readers will each win a Fiber One Gift Bag which will include: a Fiber One yogurt VIP coupon (good for a free 4-pack of Fiber One yogurt), cooler pack, and other storage items for you to carry your snacks and yogurt!!


I eat yogurt everyday, so I was intrigued when I foundout that the new Fiber One is the only leading nonfat yogurt with 50 calories and 5 grams of fiber (20 percent of the Recommended Daily Value).

There are four flavors: Strawberry, Peach, Vanilla, and Key Lime. Thanks to Blog Spark, I received a coupon to try one free flavor and I chose the Key Lime Pie. I thought it was absolutely delicious. I usually eat vanilla yogurt so I was a little hesitant about trying the "fun" flavors but found out that I really liked it, especially for an afternoon snack. It tasted very creamy and actually really like key lime pie.

Want to see for yourself? Here's a $1 off coupon!

Win it: Three lucky readers will win a "Healthy & Fit Weight Management" gift bag that includes a Fiber One yogurt VIP coupon (good for a free 4-pack of Fiber One yogurt), lunch bag with compartments, a plastic meal container, two utensils that contain a spoon, fork, and knife in one, a plastic cup with a lid.

To enter:Leave a comment with what time of day you crave a snack for the most!

For extra entries (up to 3 additional entries):
Blog about or tweet about this giveaway (leave link to status page in comment)
Follow my blog / Subscribe to my blog
Enter one of my other giveaways and leave a comment telling me you did

*Leave a separate comment for each entry.

Please remember to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win. Leave a comment for each separate entry. This contest ends September 11, 2009 at Midnight. A winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be contacted via email. This giveaway is open to US residents.

Disclosure: I received a free Fiber One Gift Bag & a Fiber One Yogurt from Blog Spark.

Nature Valley Granola Nut Cluster Review

I recently had the opportunity, through Blog Spark and Nature Valley, to try out the new Nature Valley Nut Clusters. I like peanuts a lot, but since my father is the ultimate peanut lover I recruited his help in testing them out!

New Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters are bite size 100% natural clusters of nuts, granola and a touch of honey. They come in four tasty flavors; Nut Lovers, Roasted Almond, Roasted Cashew and Honey Roasted Peanut.

Both my dad and I tried them all and liked them all. I think our favorite was probably the Nut Lovers. I liked the fact that they were bite-sized and easy to eat. They were very flavorful. Unfortunately, if you don't have any self control it's easy to eat the whole bag in one sitting.

I know my dad must have really liked them because yesterday when I was at his house I noticed that he had bought some more for himself!

Nature Valley Nut Clusters can be purchased at most grocery stores (mine is Publix and they carry them).

Disclosure: I received one bag of each of the four flavors from Blog Spark.

Lowes Kids Clinic

I love these Lowes Clinics-it gives us something free to do and we end up at a home improvement store every weekend anyways!

This Saturday, August 22nd, Lowes is having their Build and Grow Clinics. As always, it is from 10-11am and completely free!

This week they are building this cute school bus.

Publix Weekly Deals 8/20-8/26

I've been gone on vacation so much this summer I had to take a hiatus from the Publix deals, but they are back now:

Here's my favorite's of this week's Publix deals.

BOGO Deals:

Back to Nature Cookies (9.5 to 12-oz pkg. or Graham Sticks, 8-oz pkg.): $2.99

-$1/1: Printable Coupon

$.45 each after coupon

Lysol Disinfectant Cleaner All Purpose or Kitchen, $2.69

-$0.75/1 Lysol All Purpose Cleaner, exp. 9-7-09 (SS 7/12/09)

-$0.50/1 Lysol All Purpose Cleaner, exp. 9-7-09 (SS 7/12/09)

-$0.40/1 Lysol All Purpose Cleaner, exp. 9-9-09 (SS 8/9/09)

-$0.50/1 Lysol All Purpose Cleaner printable

$0.34 ea. after coupons

General Mills Cherrios, Multigrain, or Honey Nut Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Cookie Crisp or Reese’s Puffs, at $4.99

-$1 off General Mills Cereal printable (Target)

$1.49 each after coupon

McCormick Pure Ground Black Pepper, 4 oz, $3.59

-.75/1 McCormick Black Pepper RP 5/10

-$1 off McCormick Black Pepper RP 5/10

-$1 off any McCormick Spice “Nothing Goes To Waist” booklet

$.79 each after coupon

Uncle Ben’s Country Inn Rice, $1.49
$1/2 Uncle Bens products printable
$0.24 ea. after coupon

Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt, 4 pk, at $2.50

-$1 off Yoplait Fiber One SS 8/09, 7/12

-$1 off printable

$0.25 each after coupon

Taco Bell Home Originals Dinner Kit, 10.75-16.35 oz, $2.69

-$1 off Taco Bell Kits September All You Magazine

$0.34 each after coupon

Luzianne Family Size Tea Bags, 24 ct, at $2.29

-$.60/1 Luzianne Tea SS 6/21

$0.54 ea after coupon

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Yogurt or Sorbet, or Starbucks Coffee Ice Cream, 1 pt, $3.79

-$1/2 Ben & Jerry’s “Whole Deal” from Whole Foods June-August

-$1 off Starbucks Ice Cream RP 8/09, 6/21 (makes it .89¢ ea)

-$2 off Starbucks Ice Cream SS 6/21 (makes it FREE plus overage)

For a complete list of weekly deals visit Southern Savers!

Olive Kids Review & Giveaway

I'm super excited about this awesome giveaway from Olive Kids!

One lucky reader will win a prize package from Olive Kids consisting of: a name tag, book mark, placemat & a set of book mark plates!! Winner gets to choose the designs of each product.

My daughter is just learning to read and she gets so excited whenever she sees her name in print. She always goes through all the mail frantically looking for a piece of mail with her name on it...that's why I know that anything I buy her with her name on it will be an absolute hit. And I have found a company that has some of the cutest products most of which can be personalized.

Olive Kids has a huge selection of products: kids bedding, drawer nobs and pulls (these are so adorable), growth charts, magnets, rubs, placemats, bookmarks, clocks, wall art and more. What I really love about Olive Kids is the fact that it is an affordable alternative to all of the TV character themes. All of their designs are classic kid themes like pirates, butterflies, outer space, mermaids, cowboys, etc. They allow the kids to have a little more imagination instead of being inundated with TV themes. And they have the same designs in all of the different product lines so you can continue the theme even into the bathroom.

I had the opportunity to review a nametag & placemat for Olive Kids. We are getting ready to go on vacation so I gave my daughter the nametag and showed her that she could put it on her backpack. She thought that was so cool. She absolutely loved the design and kept asking me how I got her name on it! And the plastic is pretty thick so I am not worried that it will fall off as we travel all through the airport.

The placemats were much larger than I expected which is absolutely wonderful because it actually covers the area my kids are eating on. I have used other placemats that didn't wipe off as easily; these placemats were very easy to wipe off. The designs on it just makes the table and mealtime a little more fun. And if you want, they now have sets where you can buy the personalized placemat and the matching personalized plate!

Olive Kids has also recently just released a personalized "readers kit" which would be a great gift for a birthday party. It has a personalized bookmark, a personalized book bag name tag, and 12 personalized book plates!

Win it: One lucky reader will win a prize package from Olive Kids consisting of: a name tag, book mark, placemat & a set of book mark plates!! Winner gets to choose the designs of each product.

To enter:

Visit Olive Kids and look around. Come back and tell me what your favorite personalized product is.

For extra entries:

Become a fan of Olive-Kids on Facebook
Blog about or tweet about this giveaway (leave link to status page in comment)
Follow my blog / Subscribe to my blog

Please remember to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win. Leave a comment for each separate entry. This contest ends September 13, 2009 at Midnight. A winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be contacted via email. This giveaway is open to US residents.

Free Victoria Secret Lotion

Between now and September 7, take this coupon in to your local Victoria Secret and get a FREE 1 oz. Pink Body Lotion, no purchase necessary.

Piggy Paint Review & Giveaway

My daughter loves to do her nails. Sometimes she even does mine (and she usually paints my fingers too!!) Other than worrying about getting nail polish on my floor, I've really never thought much about letting her do her nails. The smell of the nail polish always bothered me, but I never really stopped to think about all of the harsh chemicals that go into nail polish...And then along came Piggy Paint.

I received a sample of Piggy paint and polish remover. The nail polish was a vibrant, shiny color and looked similar to any other nail polish. The difference is in the fact that it is "natural as mud" and has no toxic chemicals in it. My daughter was very excited to try this out. The polish dried pretty quickly and lasted for a couple of days. The remover also worked well and took the nail polish off very easily.

Piggy Paint's website is very user friendly. And they have some great ideas on ways to use their paint as a learning tool for your kids. They recommend using it to enhance your child's motor skills, learn their colors and possibly even learn about patterns (by alternating nail polish colors). So it is good for the environment, good for you child and educational at the same time! My daughter gives Piggy Paint a two thumbs up and I agree!

About Piggy Paint:
Piggy Paint is Non-toxic, odorless and kid-friendly, designed especially for little girls. Piggy Paint™ is specially formulated from God’s natural ingredients and dries to a hard, durable finish. There are no toxic chemicals; it’s free of formaldehyde, toluene, phthalates, biphenyl A, ethyl acetate and acetone.


Buy It!
Use the Code LUVIT15L (expires 10/15/09) to get 15% off anything from Piggy Paint, including sale items! Spend $25 or more and get free domestic shipping!

Win it!
One lucky winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to Piggy Paint

To enter:
Visit Piggy Paint and tell me something about Piggy Paint

For extra entries:

Follow Piggy Paint on Twitter

Blog about or tweet about this giveaway (leave link to status page in comment)

Follow my blog / Subscribe to my blog

Please remember to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win. Leave a comment for each separate entry. This contest ends August 24, 2009 at Midnight. A winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be contacted via email. This giveaway is open to US residents.

Fast Food Deals

There are some great deals out there on food; here's a few I've found:

Boston Market: $3 off a $6 purchase. Expires 9/15/09.
McDonalds: Free medium fries and drink when you purchase any Angus Third Pounder. Exp. 8/31/09
Wendy's: $1 off a twisted frosty when you play an instant win game
Arby's: Free Wednesdays; today (8/12) is a free sandwich with purchase of a soft drink
Quiznos: buy any size Mesquite Chicken, Turkey Ranch & Swiss, Classic Italian or Traditional Sub at Quiznos and get your second identical one for $1. (limited time offer)

$2 ribbed shirts @ Old Navy

This Saturday Old Navy has $2 ribbed shirts for sale; while supplies last so I would go early in the morning!

Winner of Silver Dolphin Giveaway!

And the Winner of the Silver Dolphin Book Giveaway is:

Heather L.

Congratulations Heather!! I hope you enjoy your book.

Thank you to Silver Dolphin Books for such a great giveaway.

Free Arby Wednesday!

Don't forget tomorrow (Wednesday, 8/11) is Arby's Free day. Purchase any soft drink and get a free Roast Chicken Club. No coupon needed.

Make sure to call to see if your Arby's is participating, but so far I have not seen any that aren't participating and I have been to Arby's in 3 different states this summer!

Free Milkshake @ Steak 'n Shake

This Tuesday and Wednesday 8/11 & 8/12 and bring this coupon to your local Steak 'n Shake for a free regular mint cookies'n cream milkshake! No purchase necessary!!!

One of my favorite sayings:

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

When all else fails...eat pizza?

I wish I could say this was the dumbest thing I've ever done, but it's not...in fact, those that know me probably won't be the least bit surprised to read about this...

I've been bugging my husband to purchase some super glue and fix the many toys laying around our house that have been broken. I know they aren't expensive toys but the kids love them so I figured they worth salvaging. I decided to play hero and do it myself. I bought the glue no problem. Then I superglued my fingers together. I am still not sure how, but I did. The back of the bottle said to rub oil on it and it would come apart. My fingers came apart, but it left the glue on my fingers and it felt terrible. It was driving me nuts...and that's when I made an amazing discovery. Nothing would take the glue off, until I had pizza for dinner. As I was eating my extremely greasy pizza I noticed that my fingers were feeling better. By the time I finished eating, the glue was completely off. Who knew that pizza grease would remove superglue??? Now, I wonder if I can bottle it and sell it as a remover? Hmmm.....

Honey Kix Winner Announced!

The winner of the Honey Kix Prize Package is kngmckellar! Congratulations!

Winner has been emailed :)

Carolyn's Kitchen giveaway!!

Recently I discovered Carolyn's Kitchen, and call me June Cleaver, but I love the idea of looking this great while cooking!!! I think these aprons are so cute!

Carolyn's Kitchen has so many aprons to choose from there is sure to be one to fit any personality. They make a great gift for any occasion, from a practical birthday present to a wild and fun bachelorette party present! I especially love the gloves!!

About Carolyn's Kitchen:
Inspired by a gorgeous apron and glove set from Paris, Carolyn West, designer, producer and owner of Carolyn's Kitchen, began by discovering 1940's patterns and bringing them to life with her modern interpretive designs. "I wanted to bring back the glamour, sexiness, and cuteness of a bygone innocent era. The gloves and fabrics are new and nicer - it's a new and improved version of the '40's."

Win it: Carolyn has graciously donated the new Lolita Cheeta Apron (pictured above) for me to giveaway to one of my lucky readers!!! Thank you Carolyn!

To enter: Visit Carolyn’s Kitchen and tell me your favorite style apron

For extra entries:

Follow Carolyn's Kitchen on Twitter

Follow my blog/Subscribe to my blog

Blog About/ Twitter this giveaway (leave link to status page in comment)

Please remember to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win. Leave a comment for each separate entry. This contest ends August 19, 2009 at Midnight. A winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be contacted via email. This giveaway is open to US residents.

Free Arm & Hammer Whitening Bookster Kit

If you are looking to whiten your teeth, here's a great deal on whitening:

Get a ARM & HAMMER Whitening Booster kit for FREE!

Kit includes 2 Arm & Hammer Whitening Boosters and 2 Arm & Hammer Advance White Brilliant Sparkle Toothpastes

You do have to pay shipping of $5.99, but it's still a great deal!