20% off at Michael's- Entire Purchase!!! Today-Saturday

This coupon is HOT!!  5/12-5/14)20% on your entire purchase, including sale items. There are various exclusions, like magazines and engraved plates, so you will need to be sure to read the fine print before you head out to shop.


CLICK HERE for coupon :)

My Blog, My Birthday, My BFF

I feel like Frederica on Blues Clues/Elmo- the one who yells "It's my birthday."  I had high hopes of collecting my free birthday sub at Jreks, but there is about a snowballs chance in Hell at this point.  I don't exactly know when I started to really dislike my birthday, but I think it was somewhere in our infertility journey.  Something about mother's day and my birthday so close together made for a fairly traumatic week.  Add my forgetful husband into the mix and I think the day has become a self fulfilling prophecy so to speak.  I have visions of the Extreme Couponing episode with the crazy twins (the pair that had the gazillion packs of diapers) raking in the free birthday loot. I want the birthday freebies, but instead I am very content to be awake and putting up enough fuss to keep nurses hopping in the same spot I took my first breath in.  This year Randy gave me a wonderful gift and I think this is a new chapter in the "embrace your birthday" saga.  He has been working towards the goal of weight loss surgery for about a year and 5/10 was the day of the big event.  In true Coty fashion (at least the Cadyville Coty's) there were of course complications.  Do you expect anything else?  12 hours ago he was awake and can recall in vivid detail being on and off of the ventilator.  The goal of all of this was to extend his expiration date and with that decision we could have very well met a very different outcome yesterday/today.  My father always said I would have made a fantastic Dictator.  After today I agree.  If you hear some commotion today it will just be heads rolling here at Adirondack Medical Center.  So this morning I am dispensing advice and thanking God for the blessings we have.  The greatest gift you could give me this year is to pay it forward and live today to the fullest.

• Do not take one second for granted- blink of an eye and the decks are totally stacked in the opposite direction.
• Thank your support staff.  Administration (doctors) deserve lots of credit, but the Support Staff (Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, etc.) are the ones who are going to kill you quickly.  We can train monkeys to fly aircraft, but LPN, RN, SLP, OT, PT, RD, RT, MD and DO after a person's name do not equate to competence or experience.  I know my attitude sucks, but I have just witnessed the best patient care and the worst in the span of half a day.
• Advocate for someone!  Try to make an hour better for someone who really needs it.
• Be a squeaky wheel- we're the only ones who get the grease!

Thank you for all of the prayers sent our way today.  Please keep sending them.  At this point I am itching for discharge as soon as possible.  To anyone who knows my "mineral oil is a super mouth care option" story- this saga totally tops that one.  I have tried to keep everyone in the loop but there are never enough waking hours to call everyone.  Enjoy the sun.  I am fully expecting my short term memory to max out at any moment- the post it note pile is growing rapidly. 

To the love of my life - forever mine- that's all I need to know! (Cue the Cheesy Kenny Chesney song!). I will never, ever moan and groan about hating my birthday again!!!

Free/Cheap Weekly Roundup

I am moving to a new format for the next few weeks.  I am gearing up for Summer Session lecture and playing nurse maid to my DH.  1 littleish/big laparoscopy is akin to castration and crush injury to a man.  Women try to push a baby out for hours, have ER C-Sections, and run laps around the unit 3 hours later.  We feed everyone, including the relatives that move in for a few weeks, we cook and clean.  I digress....

So Here are my favorite picks of FREE and REALLY Cheap deals at:

• Carefree Pantiliners, $1
• Use $1/1 SS 5/18
• FREE after coupon
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• Got2Be Styling Products, BOGO Free ($5.99)
• Use $2/1 Rite Aid Video Values Coupon
• Stack with the $2/1 coupon from the April issue of ALL YOU
• FREE after coupons
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• Similac Ready to Feed Formula, $4.99
• Use the $3/1 in 4/3 SS
• Or, Use the $5/1 in 4/3 SS
• As low as FREE after coupon
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• Tylenol Precise, $5
• Use $5/1 Printable
• Or, use $5/1 Tylenol Precise  from  5/1 SS
• FREE after coupon
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• Finesse Shampoos, Conditioners or Stylers, BOGO Free ($3.99)
• Use $1/1 Finesse coupon from  5/8 SS
• Or, use the $1/1 Finess coupon from the May issue of ALL YOU
• Submit $2 Mail-in-Rebate form from the 5/8 SS
• 2 FREE after coupons and MIR
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• EOS Lipbalm, $2.99
• Get $2 Single Check Rebate
• $0.99 after Single Check Rebate
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• Stopain Spray or Roll-On or Hyland’s Leg Cramps, $6.99
• Get $6 +UPReward (Limit 4)
• $0.99 after +UPReward
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• Biore Cleanser
• Get a $5 +UPReward when you buy 2
• Use BOGO Biore Cleanser coupon from the 3/6 SS
•  $1.50 each after coupon and +UPReward
  
  

• Walgreen's is offering a great coupon on their Facebook page- $5/1 Nature Made Calcium Tablets coupon! These will cost pennies and may be free.
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• Carefree Pantiliners, 20 or 22 ct $0.99
• Use $1/1 Carefree Pantiliners 5/8/2011 SS or
• Use $0.50/1 Carefree Product 3/27/2011 RP
• FREE after coupon
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• Dulcolax Products $6.99
• 4 pack Suppositories, Laxative or Stool Softener, 25 ct., or Balance 8.3 oz
• Use $1/1 Dulcolax Product 3/13/2011 SS OR
• Use $3/2 Dulcolax Product 3/13/2011 SS AND
• STACK WITH $2/1 Dulcolax Products Walgreens IVC
• Pay $1.99 each after coupons
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• Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaners on sale buy one get one free or 2/$2.99
• Use $1.00/2 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaners 4/17/2011 SS  or
• Pay $0.99 each after coupon and sale
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• Clean & Clear Morning Burst Bodywash $5.99, BOGO
• Use B1G1 Clean & Clear Body Wash 3/27/2011 SS
• FREE after coupon and sale
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• Rold Gold or Lay’s $1.99
• Use $2/2 Lays, Sunchips or Rold Gold Products 5/1/2011 Pepsi Insert
• Pay $0.99 each after coupon
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  Register rewards Deals
• Sun Burnt Gel, 2.5 oz $3.99 Get a $3.99 Mail in Rebate wyb 1
• Use $0.50/1 Sunburnt Gel coupon
• Free + overage after MIR and coupon (form prints at checkout)
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• Nexcare $2.99, Get $2.99 MIR (on package) when you buy one
• Use $1/2 Nexcare Product 4/3/2011 SS Or
• Use $0.55/1 Nexcare Product 4/3/2011 SS
• As low as FREE plus $0.55 overage after coupon and MIR
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• Renew Life Ultimate Flora Probotic $15, Get $15 MIR When you buy one
• Use $2/1 Renew coupon
• FREE after coupon and MIR (received at checkout)
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• Colgate Dental Care 2/$6, Get $4 RR when you buy two, Colgate Gum Defense or Colgate Advanced Toothpaste, 4 oz Toothbrush
• Use $0.75/1 Colgate Toothpaste 5/1/2011 SS or
• Use $1/1 Colgate Total Advanced Product Cooking Light Apr 2011
• Use $1/1 Colgate Total Gum Defense Toothpaste All You Apr 2011
• Use $0.75/1 Colgate Adult or Children’s Toothbrush 5/1/2011 SS
• As low as FREE after coupons and register rewards
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• Gillette Fusion Proglide $9.89, Get $5 RR when you buy one
• Use $4/1 Gillette Fusion Proglide Razor P&G Insert 5/1/2011
• Pay $0.89 each after coupon and register rewards
  
  

NESTLE Catalina Deal: Spend $20 or more in one transaction on participating Nestle products, get a $5 CAT coupon (like $5 cash in coupon form).  You can do this one over and over again. One offer per transaction.

Participating Products:

• Lean Cuisine Comfort Cuisines, 2/$5
• Use $1/3 coupon from the April ALL YOU
•  $1/4 coupon from the 5/1 SS insert
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• Lean Cuisine Market Creations, 2/$5
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• Edy’s Grand Ice Cream, 2/$6
• Haagen Daaz Ice Cream, 2/$7
• Nestle Juicy Juice, 2/$5
• Use $2/4 Printable
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• Poland Spring 3 liter Water, $1
• San Pelligrino Water, 2/$3
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• Coffee Mate Creamer 32 oz, $3
• Use $.75/2 or $.55/1 Printable
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• Nestle Chocolate Morsels, $2.59
• Use $1.50/2 coupon from the 4/10 SS
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• Nestle Butterfinger Bagged Candy, $3
• Coffee Mate Original, $5
• Nesquik, $4
• Boost 6-packs, $5.49
• Use  $3/1 Kids Boost Printable
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• DiGiorno Pizza and Wyngz, $6
• use $1.25/1 coupon from the 4/17 RP
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• Nestle 24-pack Water, $4
• Use $1/2 coupon from the 5/1 SS insert

Thank You Mom's Nite Out Participants!

Goodmorning and Thank You for a Great night out!!  We must do it more often!!!

Here are some of the links we talked about:

Coupon Policies:

Price Chopper

Rite Aid

Walgreen's

Target

Walmart

Penny Auction Sites:

QuiBids

Bidrack

Free Magazines:

They are both bogged down and popping error messages- I'll update this later with links (to decrease frustration)

Swagbucks:

Conagra Coupons

Wicked Cool Deals shared this fantastic batch of coupons this morning!! Thank You!  There is a hot one for $0.50/1 Peter Pan Peanut Butter HERE. Use Code 63829897 to access this coupon. You can print more than the usual 2 coupons.

Here are some other coupons you can print on this site:
$1.00/2 Healthy Choice Frozen Meals
$.50/2 Banquet Frozen Meals
$.00/2 Healthy Choice Soups
$1.00/2 Healthy Choice or Marie Callender Mixers
$1.00/2 Marie Callender’s Frozen Meals
$1.00/2 Kid Cuisine Frozen meals

$.50/3 Chef Boyardee Canned Pastas

John Frieda Target Deal

There is a pretty crazy deal at Target right now, if you are in the market for home hair coloring kits.  I have sworn them off after my last Ronald McDonald incident.

• 2 John Frieda Precision Foam Hair Color $11.99 = $23.98
• Save $10 using (2) $5/1 John Frieda Precision Foam Color 5/1/11 SS
• Save Another $10 using (2) $5.00/1 Target Printable Coupons @ http://www.target.com/
• Pay $3.98
• Some Target stores are offering a $5 giftcard WYB 2 (will check Plattsburgh tomorow)
• If they participate then these turn into a nice $1.02 money maker