Archive for December 2009

New Years! Local NOVA Mall Hours and Sales

Share Fair Oaks Mall SPECIAL MALL HOURS New Year’s Day 1/1/2010 10:00am-6:00pm Dulles Town Center SPECIAL MALL HOURS New Year’s Day 1/1/2010 10:00am-7:00pm 1/2/2010 10:00am-9:30pm Ballston Mall SPECIAL MALL HOURS New Year’s Day 1/1/2010 10:00am-6:00pm Landmark Mall SPECIAL MALL HOURS New Year’s Day 1/1/2010 10:00am-6:00pm Leesburg Corner Premium Outlet Mall New Year’s Day Fri, Jan [...]

Happy New Year! and Donations!

Share Happy New Year!  I’m so excited even though the weather today isn’t the prettiest it sure is nice to to be home and rest with the family.   Plus we are going to make my version of the Starbucks Ginger Bread Latte!  Cheers! I just wanted to send a quick reminder to everyone that it [...]

CVS Shopping Trip 12/28/2009

Share Cost = $22.24 Spent $27.98 ECBS,  OOP = $4.26, Earned $10 ECBs I have a couple trips to the store that I haven’t had a chance to post just because of the   holidays.  Time sure does fly by!   I had over $20 worth of ECBs that I needed to spend that were to expire [...]

Time to throw away coupons and buy newspapers this weekend – 1/3/10!

Share It’s that time of year! Besides Happy New Year! It is time to clean out those coupons. A lot of coupons are going to expire on 12/31/09. The good news is this weekend there will be 4 inserts (2 Redplum, 2 SmartSource)! Here is my 2010 Coupon Insert Schedule. What do you think of [...]

Shoppers Food Warehouse 12/26/09 – 01/1/10

Share Del Monte canned veg .88 $1 / 8 from 11/15 RP = 8 for $6.04 (.75 each) or $1 / 4 IP Del Monte Solutions – Stretch your food dollars. Crystal Farms Shredded or Natural Cheese $1.99 Lay’s potato chips $1.99 Tropicana Pure Premium OJ $2.99 Pepsi 24 pack $5.99 Assorted Pepsi $1 peelies [...]

Merry Christmas!

Share From my family to yours – Merry Christmas, and see you in the New Year! I will continue to do the best I can and post any interesting deals as I find them.  I will be taking a break like most bloggers and enjoying the holiday season, but when I find interesting tidbits to [...]

How to make a Stocking?

Share I guess you can say I’ve always been frugal in some way or another.   I might not have used coupons as much as I do now and I didn’t always reach for the lowest out of pocket expense but I loved to make crafts with scrap fabrics.  Did I mention that I like to [...]

The Best Ham Recipe

ShareI’m a huge fan of Food Network!  I love watching all of the shows especially shows that teach neat tricks and easy simple to do meals.   A couple years ago I saw one of my favorite shows Good Eats – Alton Brown host and it was a show about Ham!   I’ve never cooked a ham [...]

Shoppers Food Warehouse Ad Match Up 12/17 to 12/24

Share Nabisco Snack Crackers 8-10 oz Box selected varieties 2 for $4 = $2 each Kraft Chunk, 4.5 – 8 oz package, selected varieties, Shredded or Cheese Crumbles 2 for $4 = $2 each Campbell’s Gravy – sale price 2/$1 .35/4 – 11/08 SS insert; 1/15/10 .40/4 – 11/08 SS insert; 1/15/10 .40/4 – 10/11 [...]

Making your own Holiday Envelopes!

Share This last year I got Martha Stewart Living for free!   The magazine has a lot of creative ideas. This evening I was looking for Christmas labels and I found this creative idea for envelopes. Using the Martha Stewart method and you don’t have to spend any money! Use some of the scrap wrapping paper [...]