What's in your mailbox?

Today I received a $10.00 rebate from Rug Doctor!  This will go into my emergency fund.

What's in your mailbox?

So far this week (Mon, Tues, & Wed), I received: 

P&G Brand Sampler:  Included 2 samples of Prilosec (I use this everyday), 3 pack sample of Tampax, and $1.00 of any Cheer
$1.00 SCR from Rite Aid
$3.00 Check from Pinecone Research

Pretty good week so far!

Free Sample of Emierl's Essence Seasoning

Go over here to request your free sample.

Thanks, Cha-Ching on a Shoestring!

Starbuck's Frappuccinos 1/2 price!

From today until May 15, Starbuck's is having Frappuccino Happy Hour from 3-6 p.m. every day!  Man, I love Frappucinos!  See ya there!

Alice.com, Get $10 off Sign up Bonus!

Alice.com is a great way to buy everyday items and not ever leaving your house!  From toilet paper to makeup or baby items to pet food, Alice.com has it all.  They even have coupons for selected items!  Give it a try and get $10.00 off for a sign up bonus.

Dairy Queen Mini Blizzards for $1.99

For the rest of the month Dairy Queen is selling mini Blizzards for $1.99.  My favorite is the turtle flavor.  What's yours?

To Survey or not To Survey

That is the question!  I have found some sites that will pay.  Usually it is not very much, but it is much better than going through the sites that want you to put down credit cards to get a $500 Starbucks card.  I will be listing them periodically.

Cool Recipe Deal from Recipe Lion

There is a great coupon from Recipe Lion for Great American Home Baking.  For $3.47 you can receive a binder with 16 divider cards, 36 recipe cards and a free 9" pie dish.  This normally sells for $71.95.  Go here to get your coupon.

Thanks Recipe Lion!

Beauty Brands $7.98 Hair Spray Sale

Beauty Brands is having their annual hair spray sale for some pretty high end products.  Go here  to check out which products they have for $7.98 and for a location near you.  If there isn't one you can order online and get free shipping for orders over $50.

Free Theme Park Admission for Active Duty Military and 3 Dependents

Anheuser-Busch is opening up their theme parks to the Active Duty Military and 3 dependents.  Go over here to view the participating locations.

Thanks KCL

P&G Sample Pack and Coupon book

Go here to order P&G samples.  You can do this every three months.

Go here for the coupons

Thanks KCL

What's in your mail box?

I love getting free stuff.  Today I got a Family Circle Magazine that I signed up for and also I go a Kohl's $10 Gift!  I get these about 3-4 times a year and it is good toward anything in the store including sale and clearance items!!!  I can't wait to use it.

King Soopers March Maddness Sale--Saved 71%

I wasn't paying very good attention to the ads this week, but low and behold my husband was paying attention at the store!  He happened to come across the mega event for March.  Buy 10 get $5.00 off at check out.  Got a great deal on American Beauty Pasta.  Here it is.

He bought 30 lbs of AB pasta for about $10.  Here's what he got:

17 Spaghetti $.49 ea after $5.00 off at register
6 Elbow Macaroni after $.49 ea after $5.00 off at register

2 Fettuccine $.49 ea after $5.00 off at register

1 Angel hair $.49 ea after $5.00 off at register

4 Quick cook $.49 ea after $5.00 off at register (these had peelies for $.50 which doubled to $.99)
1 Ham steak $3.50
1 Kraft Deluxe $4.99 (he found a $1.00 off blinkie)

Total $78.59
MQ's $3.00
Doubled $1.96
Card Savings $51.20

Total OOP $22.42

King Sooper--Indy 500 event- saved 63%

Check out this haul.  I took the hubby and he saw the items that were on sale.  Deal is buy 10 item and get $3.00 off now and $3.00 off for later.  Here is what I got.

10 Banquet dinners $.99 ea--Indy item ($3.00 wyb 10 & $3.00 later, cat)

10 Banquet Sausage links $.99 ea--Indy item ($3.00 wyb 10 & $3.00 later, cat)

1 Hashbrown $2.99
7 rolls of hamburger at $.75 ea (great mark down)
1 package cube steak $5.24 marked down from $10.01
1 ribeye steak $3.64 marked down from $8.35

Total cost $66.58
Total savings $35.66
OOP $30.92 plus $6.00 in cats
I did this with no coupons!

All in all we spent $.39 ea for 20 items with the Indy promo on the Banquet items.  I just wish I would have had coupons on top of this deal!

Free dog or cat toy!

Go over here to get a free toy for your cat or dog.

Cauliflower Au Gratin

Ok,  I  am back.  I will start being vigalent about posting.  Today I am fixing a Cauliflower Au Gratin with pork chops.  I found some marked down cauliflower at King Soopers and knew exactly what I would do with it.  I do not normally buy produce unless I get a really great deal.  Well, they had two already cut packaged bags for $1.29 ea.    Here's the recipe:

Preheat ovent to 350

1 head of cauliflower or 2 packages pre washed
Basic bechamel sauce (1 tbs butter, 1 tbs flour, 1 cup milk)  I used 3 of each
2-3 cups Cheese (pretty much anything you like)
Salt, pepper and any other spices that you like (I always use garlic--powder form)
Bread crumbs
Parmesean cheese

Cook cauliflower in water about 2-3 minutes and shock

Start bechamel sauce by melting butter and then adding flour.  Cook for at least 1 minute before adding milk.  When you add milk bring to a boil slowly and add salt, pepper and other spices (alot of recipes call for nutmeg also--I am partial to garlic).  When it begans to thicken, add cheese and cook until melted.  You can also add sour cream if you like.  You will have to adjust the amount of milk as the cheese and sour cream will over thicken the sauce.

Put cauliflower in casserole dish and pour sauce over it.

Mix crumbs and parmesean cheese together and put on top.

Cook 30-45 minutes

And there you have it!  Yummmmm!