Two free $10 gift cards to Emergency Preparedness (for bloggers)

Awesome! My Mom and I were just talking emergency preparedness, so this is a timely frugal find.

1st off; if you have a blog and go to the Preparedness Panty's blog you can read their post with instructions on "grabbing their button".

Next follow their instructions on
How to claim your free $10.00 gift card:

1. Put one of our blog buttons (2 to choose from) on your blog or website.
2. Send an email to blog@beprepared.com with a link to your site/blog so that we can verify the button (put Free $10 gift card in subject line). Include your contact information in the email so that we can mail your gift card to you.
3. That's it. Don't forget to let your friends and family know so that they can win a free gift card too.

You should then recieve a $10 gift card from Emergency Essentials.

Then if you go here you can use their new Food Storage Analyzer tool to imput your stockpile information and it will tell you how many days you have food on hand for how many people you imput!

I used their Grocery Store canned foods analyzer. Just from my canned and bottled goods, they are estimating that my family of 5 could live for 34.87 days. That's GOOD stuff to know.

Everyone always comments on our stockpile and I tell them we could easily live for 30-60 days w/out another purchase. Given what the analyzer told me about my canned goods, I'd say 60 days is VERY realistic. It's also comfortings since we live in the Earthquake state!

After you use the Food Storage Analyzer write a review on your blog and follow these instructions from their website they will send you another $10 gift card from Emergency Essentials.

You will receive a free $10 Emergency Essentials® gift card by doing the following:



1. Go to the Food Storage Analyzer™ and create a free account - Click here to go to the Analyzer.
2. Try out the Food Storage Analyzer™ - Click here for Analyzer instructions.
3. Write a review of the Analyzer and post it on your blog and
4. Important: Copy and paste the code in the box below the red button (under step 5) to the bottom of your review post - this will add the red button to the bottom of your post.
5. Send an email to blog@beprepared.com with a link to your blog post. Put 'Blog Post Giveaway' in the subject line of the email so that we can verify your post and the button. Be sure to include your address so we can mail your gift card.

CVS Clearance

Ever seen that IKEA commercial where the lady is running to her car yelling "Start the car, Start the car" because she got such good deals she was afraid someone would tell her they messed up on pricing or something.

I often feel like that with my bargin and coupon shopping.

Yesterday I hit CVS for a few FREE items that we can use
(2) Glad Reed Diffuser/Soy Candle deal.
$6.99 - $6.99ECB plus I had $3.50 internet coupons. (no longer avail)
(4) And the Free Neosporin Lip care products
$5.89 each - $2.50 clipless Oct. CVS coupon - $3.00 internet printable (no longer avail)

I glanced at the clearanced section and was pleasantly surprised.
3) Pretty Revlon Hair barrettes, .49-.69cents each
8) Kiss My Face travel bottles for .09cents (these will be great in our AnyMarine Boxes!!!!)
3) 10pk of hangers for .72cents (the girls keep raiding our closet for hangers)
1) A cool book at 75% off for a gift. (Reg. price 12.99 got for $3.24)
2) 1GB USB flash drives for $4.99 (DH gave his to the girls for school work)
2) 3in1 Car Wash sponge 90% off
3) Physicians Formula Bronzers 90% off $1.49 (reg. price 14.99) plus I had $1 off manf. coupons for each of the 3 AND they had the sticker so they qualify for the rebate found on physiciansformula.com WOOOHOOO!
3) Bonnie Bell lipgloss lip Smackers stocking stuffers for the girls. 75% off.

With ECB's, coupons (I got a $5 off $15 purchase coupon printed in the store as did hubby's card) I spent less than $15 for everything listed above.

According to my reciept I saved $170

As every store is different, YMMV, but definately worth checking out if you are near a CVS!!!

Did you see the Cathy Comic from Sundays paper?

http://www.gocomics.com/cathy/2009/10/11/

Did you see the Cathy comic strip Sunday? Pretty funny! My Mom is convinced this IS how my life is.

pssst, Mom, I really do DO more than just coupon... even if I "don't have a coupon for it" haha

Disney Movie Rewards Program

Every time you purchase a Disney DVD or go see a Disney movie at the movie theatre you earn points. Once you've earned enough points, you can then redeem them for a reward! They have lots of different rewards available from electronics to toys, DVDs and more!


Currently, you can snag 100 FREE points! Just login or register here, then click on the Blu-ray tab. Once you're there, skip the intro on the TV and press the Play All button. After the movie finishes, you will be credited with 100 points!

Also, don't forget that if you've purchased any Disney movies recently to enter the code from the movie on Disney Movie Rewards.com to redeem more points!

"Real Meal Deal" Rebate

The "Real Meal Deal" rebate:


Buy 5 participating products, get $5 back in coupon savings!
Participating products include:
Duncan Hines Oven Ready
Mrs. Paul's fish
Van De Kamps fish
Lenders bagels
Aunt Jemima breakfast
Hungry Man dinners

Purchases must be made between 10/11 - 11/9/09. You can print the rebate form and check details here.

To sweeten this rebate further, make sure to use coupons for the above products. There are $1.50/1 Mrs. Paul's and Van De Kamps coupons on SmartSource.com and also a $0.75/1 Duncan Hines Whole Grain Muffin Mix coupon! RedPlum.com has a $1/2 Aunt Jemima coupon. Also, the August issue of All You mag. had a $0.50/1 Lenders bagels coupon.

Free Jiff recipe book

Go here to get a free Recipe Book from Jiffy! This book includes nutritional facts and camping recipes.

Gaylord Hotels offering "Grandparents Stay Free"

Gaylord Hotels is offering a "Grandparents Stay Free" promotion just in time for the holidays. This applies to their hotels in:


Gaylord National (Washington D.C.)
Gaylord Opryland (Nashville, TN)
Gaylord Palms (Orlando, FL)
Gaylord Texan (Dallas, TX)

They have packages that include a BOGO night's stay and ICE tickets. You can read all the details HERE, including dates that the promotion is offered.

What a great way to encourage some quality family fun!