Getting Some Free Gift Cards
With the economy the way it is & the holidays coming quickly upon us, I've been hearing from people lately, "Who should I buy presents for & how do I afford them?"My first suggestion is to join Swagbucks. I've got 280 something Swagbucks myself, after having recently cashed a bunch in for 2 Amazon.com gift cards, a Starbucks gift card and an iTunes gift card. If you haven't heard about Swagbucks, you need to! Basically, you log in and use their search engine (which uses Google & Ask.com) and you win Swagbucks which are redeemable for gift cards and other stuff. This is the coolest of my "free" recomm

The Shaw's Deals are Rolling!
I went to Shaw's yesterday & today, and the deal is working!My first transaction, I didn't get any cats going through self checkout, and the customer service person said sometimes that happens at self checkout. Thankfully, they forced the cats for me. I heard later that the Old El Paso products are NOT producing a catalina, so I think that was the real issue.Today, I went to a different store. I did the deal 2 more times, and it worked both times! I was careful to only buy things that were clearly marked with the big, red, "Get $15" tag. The $15 tags have the UP

So Delicious Coconut Coupons!
When I was printing out some coupons for the Shaw's Deal this week, I noticed 3 So Delicious coconut product coupons are available at Coupons.com. There is alos a LaraBar coupon. Go print them out :) They're on one of the last "food" pages for me, and it allowed me to print them out twice.

Awesome Shaw's Catalina Deal This Week!
Do Not Miss the deals at Shaw's this week! Spend $30 on participating products through November 11 and get a coupon for $15 off your next shopping order!They're fofering the usual cake mixes and frostings, but also soup, broth, taco ingredients, paper towels, cereal, tea, and pasta sauce. Definitely some natural-leaning products available :)Check out Wicked Cool Deals for coupon match-ups. HotCouponWorld

Update on $25 Personal CVS Challenge
Still pregnant (37 weeks!) and still working on my $25 personal CVS challenge. Here's the update :)Transaction #34 (October 6)$2.99: Colgate Total Toothpaste$3.99: Revlon Nail PolishUsed $1.50 off Colgate TotalUsed $.50 ECBUsed $4.98 ECB (adjusted down)Broke even - no OOPI had some ECB's I needed to use, so I went ahead and bought my newspapers with them.Transaction #35 (October 11)$3.98: 2 4-in-1 Pumpkin Carving Tool $.99: 1 Halloween Nylon Treat Bag$.44: 1 bag Brach’s Candy Corn$3.50: 1 Boston Globe$2.00: 1 Boston HeraldUsed $9.99 ECB