Easy way to earn swagbucks!

My eyes were just opened up to an amazing new way to earn swagbucks. So if you go HERE and print up these coupons (which are the same ones that are on coupons.com that you would be printing anyways) and use them at the store (whatever store it may be), you will earn 10 swagbucks for every coupon redeemed!!! (takes 8 - 12 wks for SBs to show up in your account, but still.)

How amazing is this? Basically I will be earning swagbucks for doing something I was doing already anyways. Double whammy!

Blog Recommendation

I was just perusing Deal Seeking Mom's blog, as I do daily, and found a couple of posts I thought worthy of sharing here. I would like to recommend this blog if you are looking for just a few that you look at everyday. DSM is a great resource to me and anyone else looking for some great deals!

Head here to find out how to get 200 flower bulbs for $11.o4!

And

Here to find out how to get a great coupon for .75/1 Mom's Best Naturals cereal or oatmeal. I just bought this cereal at Kroger for $1.99 and was super happy with that price. With this Q (after doubling), the cereal will be $1. I got the all natural version of Lucky Charms and it is fantastic and not full of high fructose corn syrup and other crappy stuff!

Delicious Coupon!

I am working on my grocery list right now and searching for Qs to match things I need and want. I came across a good one that I want to share. I recently tried Seeds of Change's Tikka Masala simmer sauce, and let me tell you, it was fan-frickin-tastic. My grandma and husband agreed too! You just simmer 1 lb. of your favorite protein (I used chicken) in the sauce for 10 minutes and voila, you have an amazing Indian dinner that people will give you many compliments on, thinking you did more than just open a jar.

The jars run $3.99 at Kroger, which I really don't think is bad for something that makes a whole meal and super easy. It is also organic, so that factors in to the price. I found that they have a coupon on their site for $1 off any Seeds of Change item. Snap it up, you won't regret it!

Santa Cruz

Just a reminder that the Santa Cruz organic lemonade 4/$5 sale at Kroger ends tomorrow (as far as I know), so make sure to use any of those coupons you might still have from the site. It was in PDF format, so I have it saved on my computer if anyone wants it, let me know and I will email it to you. The coupon is good until 9/30.

Jon is currently doing my CVS and Meijer trips for the sales ending today. I couldn't go b/c Penny was in bed and if she wakes up and I'm not here, all hell breaks loose. I have faith in the ol' DH to come back successfully couponed though! I will update the trips later.

.25 Organic Lemonade

Santa Cruz lemonade is on sale at Kroger this week 4/$5. Use the .75/1 coupon here to get it for .25 per bottle (as the coupon doubles to $1). A great thing about this coupon is that it is in PDF format, so you can print it as many times as you want! This is an excellent deal on a delicious product (personally, I'm obsessed with the strawberry lemonade)!

coupon printing problems

I wanted to let you all know that if you have problems with installing/using the online coupon printing programs (especially the bricks one for coupons.com and virtually every other IP out there), you are not alone! These progs give people problems constantly. For the longest time I could not get anything to print from my laptop. After a lot of screwing around and googling trouble shooting help I finally came across my answer. I had to clear my cookies. And then I had to use Internet Explorer to print from, for some reason. BTW, I did email the Bricks Help link and they NEVER got back to me, so don't bother. Or maybe you will have better luck than I did, who knows.
However, for your trouble-shooting pleasure, I found a wonderful post over on heyitsfree that has tons of great tips, especially in the comments section. Here's is a particularly good one:

"When you download the software, did you actually install it? If you’re on a Windows computer, I think the software downloads and then you have to double-click the file on your computer and run through the installation wizard."

SOOO if you have problems, head on over here!

Hope that helps! And trust me, it is worth it to get the Bricks coupon printer to work b/c you will save TONS w/coupons printed from it.

FREE Sobe Life Water at Target

Buy (10) SoBe LifeWater at 10/$10
Get a $5 Target GC wyb 10
Use (5) BOGO SoBe LifeWater printables (IE) or printables (FF)
FREE after coupons and Target GC!

However, you will need to be able to print from 3 computers to do this deal b/c you can only print 2 Qs per computer. But even if you only have 2 comps to print from, you will get 10 for $3.

rookie mistakes

My Target trip today was one of those times I end up kicking myself for making dumb mistakes that end up w/me paying more than I had planned for things.

I had 2 b1g1 Target Qs that said "only one per transaction" on them, but I figured it didn't matter b/c I had used 2 Qs that said this before w/no problem. I guess b/c it was B1G1, the register actually gave a crap. So my 2nd Q beeped and wouldn't go thru. Normally I would have just taken the offending items off then and there and re-did the whole thing, but it was busy and people were lining up behind me quickly, and I so hate being "that guy", so I just paid. Jon was with me and convinced me to turn around and return the full-price box of cereal and use the remaining B1G1 Q to get 2 more boxes. So I did. In the end, I paid .90 a box for 5 boxes of Kashi cereal which is usually $3.69 a box, so I really can't complain.
My real point in saying all this is that you know you have a real coupon obsession/problem when you let the fact that you would have gotten 4 boxes of cereal for .33 each, but instead got 5 for .90 each REALLY bother you and eat away at you all day. It's dumb b/c really, .90 a box is still an insanely good price on some fancy-ass cereal. But I am still irked...
However, I learned a lesson today and I will not make that same mistake again. And that is pretty much how I've learned a lot of lessons in this Q business. Trial and error.