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“She said that the sale price was only effective if I used my cell phone to scan the item. I explained to her that I did not have a cell phone. She looked at me as if she had encountered someone from the Stone Age!”
Did you attend this week’s live Super-Couponing workshop? You’re ready to get started with Super-Couponing! Here’s a list of links, websites and offers discussed in class…
Back in 2015, I heavily researched which product to use on our backyard deck, which is made of pressure-treated pine. I selected One Time wood stain, a penetrating outdoor deck stain that is supposed to last seven years…
FREE Black Forest gummy candy, FREE Trolli or Jujyfruits candy, .29 Nice sugar, .63 Sure or Brut, .74 Puffs tissues, .79 Chicken of the Sea tuna, .99 OxiClean laundry detergent, $4.25 Pampers diapers
$1.25 Softsoap body wash, $1.49 Kellogg's cereal, $1.50 M&Ms, $1.50 Twizzlers, $1.99 Hershey's KISSes or Miniatures, $2 Nabisco cookies and crackers, $2.49 Maybelline Falsie Glam mascara, $3.99 Gillette razors
.49 Sweet Baby Ray's dipping sauce, .50 Chobani Flip yogurt, .98 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, $1.24 Clorox spray, $1.46 Kellogg's cereals, $1.49 General Mills cereal, $1.50 Totino's Pizza Rolls, $1.49 Vlasic pickles
.50 Sweet Baby Ray's marinades, .74 Pringles, .99 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, $1 Butterball smoked sausage, $1.25 Luigi's Italian Ice, $1.49 Kellogg's cereal, $1.50 Welch's fruit snacks, $1.74 Gain dish soap, $2 Turkey Hill ice cream
.74 Dawn detergent, $1.50 Garnier Fructis, $1.74 Ajax, Suavitel, Palmolive, $1.88 Cheerios, $6.65 Pampers jumbo packs, multiple ExtraBucks sales
.29 Nice sugar, .69 Oreo Milka, .74 Palmolive dish detergent, $1.50 Garnier Whole Blends haircare, $1.50 Kellogg's cereals, $1.62 Domino sugar, $1.99 Tide Simply Clean, $2.49 Angel Soft bath tissue, $2.99 Gain
FREE Kleenex wipes, .50 Chobani Flip yogurt, .66 Kellogg's Pop-Tarts, .75 Betty Crocker and Mott's fruit snacks, .75 Chex Mix, .75 Renuzit cones, .80 Michelina's entrees, $1.88 Sargento cheese slices, $2.99 Gain detergent
.50 Colgate toothpaste, .99 General Mills cereal, $1.50 Ball canning lids, $1.50 Welch's fruit snacks, $1.75 Sargento Snack Bites, $1.99 U by Kotex, $2 SuperPretzel, $2.25 Dean's ice cream
I stopped in to Dollar Tree to pick up some sunglasses and I spotted this. While Dollar Tree is no longer selling current Sunday Chicago Tribunes for one dollar, they are now selling last Sunday's Chicago Tribune for a dollar!
New Catalina offers for May include brands such as Cheez-Its, Clorox, Dole, Fantastik, Hillshire Farm, Huggies, L'Oreal, and more...
Here's a list of all of the coupon inserts that have expired within the last two months. If you have any of the following inserts in your files, you can pull them out and recycle them...
New Catalina offers for May include brands such as Clairol haircolor, Earth's Best baby, Enjoy Life, Fantastik, Finish, Gerber, Johnson & Johnson and more...
Here's a list of all of the coupon inserts that have expired within the last two months. If you have any of the following inserts in your files, you can pull them out and recycle them...
Calling all fellow ice cream lovers! My local Jewel-Osco store currently has selected flavors of Arctic Zero, Enlightened, and Halo Top pints were marked down to $2.19 and $2.49...
Here's a list of all of the coupon inserts that have expired within the last two months. If you have any of the following inserts in your files, you can pull them out and recycle them...
New Catalina offers for April include brands such as Clorox, Dark and Lovely, Dreamfields, Gevalia, Huggies, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle Pure Life, Suave, and more...
For those who love real-sugar Coke, it's time to snap up the delicious yellow-capped stuff again! Kosher-for-Passover Coca-Cola is again in stores as Passover draws near. For the first time in many years though...
I spotted a great deal on Air Wick Freshmatic air spray refills. The Woodland Pine and Sugar Cookie holiday scents are on clearance for .74 each. The 3/4 SS2 has a $1.50 coupon -- that's FREE air freshener sprays...
Febreze Air sprays, car clips, and Small Spaces air fresheners are all on sale for $2.50. MyMixx has a $3-off-2 ecoupon that should drop these to $1 each. However...
Here's a list of all of the coupon inserts that have expired within the last two months. If you have any of the following inserts in your files, you can pull them out and recycle them...
Here is a list of Catalina offers for the current month. We have new offers from Clorox, Dreamfields, Gerber, L'oreal, Splenda, Talenti, and more...
Whether you're planning a date night out with your love, or a fun-filled evening at home with friends or family, here are some quick, easy, and value-packed ideas to set the mood and surprise the people you love on February 14th...
What exactly is air chilled chicken? Air chilling is a process that's been popular in Europe for over forty years. It is individually processed by suspending it in air and chilling it for several hours...
Here is a list of Catalina offers for the current month. We have new offers from American Greetings, Apple & Eve, Boost, Cascadian Farms, and more...
When we started looking at apartments, we were pleasantly surprised to see how reasonably priced off-campus living is at Eastern. We began apartment hunting in March by looking at several properties online...
Our existing roof-mounted antenna is old and has multiple broken elements from tree branches falling into it over the years. Antennas Direct offered me two antennas to review, and I was really surprised...
One of my readers asked me to tackle a "dirty microwave" and see what Mean Green could do. In preparation, I stopped wiping down the inside of our microwave for (yuck!) two months. All in the name of research, I assure you...
The camp our kids attend has a good way to group and keep track of the kids. Each cabin is assigned its own color, and the colors are also the campers' team colors for the week for all of their sports and "color war" play....
While there are plenty of software solutions for personal budgets, there's something to be said for the simplicity of a budget book -- and she liked the idea of a book that would also organize her bills...
I spotted "Cafeteria Tray" snow sleds on clearance at Target. The entire idea of this cracked me up, as many years ago my friends and I used actual cafeteria trays as snow sleds. We thought we were so creative...
A commercial for the children's Easy Bake oven came on television. My youngest son watched as the girl on the screen baked up a mini cake, and he said "Why don't they make something like this for boys?"
I found this delightful vintage package of two cotton fitted twin-size bed sheets for $1.99 that were made sometime in the 1950s! These sheets have no elastic -- they're truly a "fitted sheet" with a mitered corner...
In addition to buying a few new things to decorate her soon-to-be space, she's also been scouring local stores, resale shops and rummage sales to pick up the rest. She was so proud of some of her recent finds...
As anyone with a deck knows, they are not maintenance-free. This time around, I wanted a deck stain that would last for many years without the disappointing results of the last stain I used...
Whenever you have something new that you've invested some money in, aren't you inclined to try to keep it as nice and new-looking for as long as possible? We discussed getting a piece of glass cut for the tabletop...
One of my friends reached out and said she didn't want to keep her wedding dress anymore. She wasn't sure if it was worth trying to sell it. "You're good with money -- do you think it's worth anything?"
We quickly set a start date, agreeing to start our weight loss journey on August 1st and compare results in three months on November 1st. Further sealing the deal, I got the smaller-sized jeans for myself as an incentive to do this...
I recently came down with a cold that seems to be taking longer than normal to shake. My days and nights have been filled with decongestants, cough drops and syrups. As we head into cold season...
It's that time when many people resolve to live healthier: Eating better, exercising more, and cooking healthier meals and snacks for our families. While we don't eat 100% organic all of the time in our household...
These shrimp are the perfect blend of sweet and savory flavors, and they get a little extra kick from Signature Kitchens' Stone Ground Horseradish Mustard...
What exactly is air chilled chicken? Air chilling is a process that's been popular in Europe for over forty years. It is individually processed by suspending it in air and chilling it for several hours...
If you're following a low-carb or keto diet (as half our household is,) here's a discovery I made recently that you'll be interested in. Farm and Fleet sells both coconut flour and almond flour, and the prices are much lower...
Can you believe August is right around the corner? I hope you've been enjoying your summer as much as we have. We've spent many so many days outdoors -- we've been packing lots of coolers for lunches on the go...
While my first few weeks of low-carbing consisted of a lot of meat, meat, and more meat, I quickly started exploring Keto and Atkins versions of things we regularly enjoyed eating...
Litehouse invited me to try their salad dressings at home and share with you what I made: Bacon-wrapped ranch chicken strips. They were definitely family-pleasers here in the Cataldo house...
There's definitely an initial learning curve in figuring out what you're going to eat. Anything with high amounts of sugar is out, and for this former high carb eater, that meant saying goodbye to cereal, fruit juices...
Here's an easy-to-make after-school snack that will get you in a "Snacksational" mood! My children love frosted cookies, so I created a tasty, frosted fiber-filled treat that gets some of its sweetness from yogurt...
Summer grilling season is in full swing at our house! These long summer nights are perfect for cooking and eating outdoors together as a family. I love grilling out whenever possible...
How far from home do you have to drive before your staycation qualifies as a vacation? Our friends invited us down for a visit to the Indianapolis Zoo. My boys were up for a little road trip...
I cannot fully express in words how beautiful Mount Rushmore is in person. It's breathtaking. I remember seeing it as a child and being in awe of how beautiful it is. My boys, ages 6 and 9, were also completely enamored...
We spent a day at Universal's new water theme park, Volcano Bay. When you hear "water park," you likely envision tube rides, a wave pool -- and Volcano Bay has all of those things. However, they've upped the traditional...
A few months ago, when I went on the All American RV Blogger Tour, one of the gifts I received was a set of Eagle Creek Pack-Its, which are small zipper bags that you can use inside a suitcase to organize socks, underwear and other items: The lightweight bags are made of nylon. After using [...]
One of my favorite travel tips when I’m traveling with carry-on luggage? Always take a second, lightweight tote bag with you that’s slightly larger than the “personal item” you carry on. You just may need it to comply with the airlines’ “One carry-on, one personal item” rule. I typically travel with a rolling carry-on suitcase [...]
I believe everyone should be prepared, even minimally, for a situation in which you may not reach your destination due to weather or other complications. What's in your vehicle's trunk right now? At a bare minimum, I recommend you carry...
For a fresh perspective on Disneyland, I sent my sister and her family on assignment for my blog. Lynn is a public school teacher and mother of two preschoolers. This was her first trip to a Disney park with her children...
During our Universal Orlando Resort vacation, we enjoyed taking part in Universal's VIP Experience. The VIP Experience is a guided tour through Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure...
Our children are on Spring Break, and we're staying in the Midwest "staycationing." In the past two days, we've visited a museum, gone bowling and played at an amazing arcade...
Whether our family's headed to Disney, Universal, Six Flags or another destination, I always bring what my family affectionately calls my "black backpack" on all of our theme park trips. I don't like carrying a purse when we're in theme-park commando mode. A few years ago I discovered the perfect small, yet durable sling-style backpack...
I and 15 other bloggers took part in the All American RV Blogger Tour! This was a first-of-its-kind event designed to send bloggers on a cross-country journey from Indiana to Utah...
Our kids were off school yesterday for an extended Presidents' Day weekend holiday, so our family headed into the city for some almost-free fun at the Field Museum and the Chicago Auto Show...
It irked me that everything else about the suitcase was fine and functional aside from the bad wheel. I looked at replacing the wheel, but I could not find a suitable wheel that was the right size...
I attended a blog conference and brought home an oversized canvas beach bag featuring the logo of one of the conference sponsors. However, last year, that company became embroiled in a bit of a scandal...
Our daughter's new apartment really only has one issue -- limited counter space and no place to put a microwave or other small appliances. I got the idea to build a countertop extension for her kitchen...
Our family has had a fun summer of enjoying days at the zoo, water parks, and theme parks. My kids actually look forward to our lunchtime tailgating, as we can completely set it up in under one minute...
This year, when I asked my son what kind of cake he wanted, he said "Pikachu." The popular Pokemon character is certainly cute, but how to best capture him in cake form? Many of my cakes take shape...
I believe I was around 7 or 8 years old when we made tin can candles, and so I did a quick web search to see if my juvenile memories of it were correct. Incredibly, I couldn't find anything online about how to make these...
While I could put patches over these ripped knees, I also don't want my kids to be self-conscious of an obvious repair job. I want to share how I've been able to extend the life of my sons' jeans by patching them invisibly...
If you've been wanting a large utility tote without spending too much, and you have minimal sewing skills (like me!) read on and learn how you can make your own large utility tote from one yard of fabric for less than $20...
I came up with the idea to make a quilt for her eighteenth birthday. And for the past thirteen years, I've been saving our daughter's favorite shirts as she outgrew them. Everything from T-shirts and sports jerseys to pajamas...
The wax melt packaging recommends that you pour the melted wax back into the clamshell packaging to dispose of it. Being frugal, I couldn't simply throw the wax away. So, we're reusing it in a creative way...
It's getting difficult to find a cake mix that hasn't been reduced from 18.25 ounces to 15.25 ounces. This week, two things came up that made me want to work on a solution of sorts to this issue...
To recreate the Slushy Magic effect, it's important to understand how it works. Each cup comes with three plastic ice cubes filled with salt water. Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than plain water does...
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