Restaurant Coupons!

Once again Restaurant.com is offering a $25 gift card for $2. That is 80% off if purchased by 8/31. But you have a year after you purchase them to use them. Use coupon code TASTE over here.

Restaurant.com has teamed up with many restaurants to offer discounts when you dine out. You can enter your zip code and look at the list of participating restaurants (or the zip of where you are going if you want to use it when traveling or as a gift). Then choose your restaurant. There are 26 choices in a 15 mile radius of my zip code. Before you can use the certificate, you have to purchase a minimum amount at the restaurant, the amount varies depending on the certificate amount. Once you choose one and print you can use it right away or up or any time in the next year. Thanks for the heads up Hip 2 Save.

Well, this post may be a bit unusual. But it is one of the best things I have discovered and it may help some of you. I got these beautiful bunions from my mom. Her toes used to make a right and a left turn at the big toe. I remember that she had some pain. Mostly because when we stepped on her feet, she went through the roof. I can't remember anything I ever did as a child that would upset her as much as stepping on her feet.

Well, 15 years ago I had my first bunionectomy with a plan to come back and do the other one next. But it turned out after forced wearing of sensible shoes for a year, the pain left the second foot. I've kept to the sensible shoes with an occasional dalliance for a special occasion. But my feet usually let me know I should not step out on them. Then, this summer, my other foot really started hurting again. Now my Sister Mary 5 is a martyr with pain in her life, and once I experienced just a bit of it, I remembered "this is for the birds." But insurance, decent insurance, is not part of our life at this point. So I thought I would just give a try to those yoga toes you see in the coupon books. Of course I wanted a deal on them, and found a coupon for $1 off Flex-Tastic. So off to Walgreens I went.

Now these look a bit like something you stick on your toes for a home pedicure. And at first my toes said something like "You've got to be kidding me." It was really a stretch and painful to try to force those toes in. And several just sat down and said "I don't think so." I skipped them, and did the best I could with the others. I tried it for 3 minutes and then got them off as soon as the buzzer beeped. Slowly I worked up to the goal of 10 minutes a day, and slowly those toes began cooperating. My pain has decreased quite a bit since then. If I have a day where they are bothering me, I now do this to help alleviate the pain after the shoes come off. My big toe is straightening up. My other toes are free to move about the shoe. The curl in my toes is lessening. Not a bad deal, and really an easier recovery than the surgery. So here it is for the world to see. Sorry I didn't take a before and after photo.

Free Collage at Walgreens

Remember last week when Walgreens was running all kinds of specials on photos? They have got one more this week on Wednesday. You can get a free 8 x 10 collage with the coupon in there ad. Just pick one up when yo get to the store. Or you can do this online with the code FUNDAY when you click HERE. According to My Frugal Adventures, the code is already working.

I just went and made one for my Sister for Christmas. Just don't tell Sisters Mary 5 about it. I was able to use pictures from several online albums I've been printing from last week. You can crop and edit online. After making up to 20 choices I could shuffle around the photos (although, they chose not me) until I liked the layout. Then I changed the background color, title, and width of borders til I was happy and then placed my order. It did accept the coupon code today. I confess that we have a less than mediocre camera for 3 years and have printed once before this week. So I have a lot of catching up to do on printing, tech skills, and scrapping. This week has got me hopping on it. So it has been fun and fairly easy to play with my computer this way. But then again blogging has increased my skills : )

How Fun is That II

If you have been visiting me for awhile here you will know that I made a sad and brief attempt this spring at gardening. My neighbor, friend and fellow blogger Heidi (2 Thinks To Share) rescued me with a topsy turvy tomato plant of her own making. She just put it in a hanging basket drain hole and then put a flower and basil in the top. We have had 3 cherry tomatoes from it and are anticipating 3 more. Pretty exciting stuff over here. But we have loved the basil with tomatoes and mozzerella cheese a few times.

Yesterday Cents was in the yard and told us she had found some blueberries. I went to check it out, thinking some weed had gotten out of hand and sure enough, there were the pokeberries growing where once I dreamed of big fat tomatoes. In my sulk and neglect afterward, the whole area has gone to weeds (well all this couponing and blogging does take some time you know). So The Prof and I pull it out and then he notices a plant with what looks like Tomatoes! Tomatoes, I wish, show me. Well there they are, with some fruit coming on and everything. It has been raining off and on all week and this plant looks like we may eat from it! Who knew. I neglected it all summer long. I wonder what it will do now that I plan on watering it and have thinned the weeds. Heidi, don't laugh to hard at me, I plugged you blog again : )

How Fun is That

In my crazy and slightly compusive coupon adventure, I take two copies of the Sunday paper. I get a third set from my neighbors. Unfortunately, they are snow birds and that source will soon fly off. Last week one of my papers didn't have the coupons, but they delivered them Monday at my request. Today I opened the first paper and 3 copies of the Smart Source insert : ) How fun is that!

Walgreens 8/23-8/30

Here are a few good deals at Walgreens this week:

Reach Toothbrush--$0.99 after in ad coupon
Use $1/1 coupon from 8/2 SmartSource insert
Free after coupons

Barilla Pasta--$1
Use $0.50/1 coupon from the 8/23 insert
$0.50 after coupon

Carmex Lip Balm--on sale Buy One, Get One Free (2 for $2.99)
Use two $1/1 printable coupons
$0.50 each after coupons

And from there Register Rewards:

Buy two Listerine Products at $4 each, Get $3 Register Rewards
Buy two and use B1G1 manufacturer's coupon from the 8/2 SmartSource insert
Use $1/1 manufacturer coupon from 6/14 or 4/26 inserts
Use $1/1 coupon from Walgreens Children's Activity Book (should take $2 off)
Spend $1 out of pocket, Get $3 Register Rewards
Free plus overage after coupons and Register Rewards


Buy 1 Goody Ouchless Hair Accessory at $2.99, Get $2 Register Rewards
$0.99 each after Register Rewards

Thanks Money Saving Mom.

Meijer Deals8/23 - 30, 2009

Here are some good deals at Meijers this week:

$1.00 Kraft Easy Mac (regular price)
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon, exp 9-12
-$1.00/2 Kraft printable coupon

$1.50 Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad, 7.5-7.75 oz box
-$0.40/1 Suddenly Salad printable coupon, use 2 (more coupons available here, here & here)
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon

$3.99 Kleenex Facial Tissue 3-pack: basic, ultra soft or lotion 200 ct boxes
-$1.00/1 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$0.50/1 Kleenex Multipack printable coupon or coupon (from 7-12 or 8-2 SS

$1.34 I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spread, 2/7.5 oz tubs, 15 oz tub
-$1.25/1 coupon (from 6-28 RP)

$1.67 Kraft Regular or 2% Chunk Cheese or Cracker Cuts, 5-8 oz
-$1.00/2 coupon (from 8-2 SS)

Head on over to Macomb Money Savers for more deals, but remember she has double coupons at her Meijers, so her totals will be different. This is just a sample of some of the sales matched with coupons. Savings Angel matches them all up and lists them in order of savings. They do this for Meijer, D&W, Family Fare, Plumbs, Walgreens, CVS, and Target. You can click on the picture on the right of my blog to sign up with them.