Deals
Giveaway: $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
I am excited to announce a new giveaway on Blessings Multiplied! The winner of this giveaway will receive a $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Card! The best part about this card is you can use it for books, educational items, games, puzzles, and much more. Summer is quickly approaching and you may want to get a book for an upcoming family vacation! We love to read in our house so any trips to a book store are considered fun and relaxing for all of us. Here’s how to enter the giveaway:
Enter the Giveaway (up to 5 entries per person)!
- Sign up to follow my blog (if you haven’t done so already) and leave a comment below telling us how you follow Blessings Multiplied. Put a separate comment for each way you follow Blessings Multiplied (Email, Twitter, or Facebook) plus an extra entry for your bonus answer! Each comment counts as an entry into the giveaway.
- Sign up to receive Blessings Multiplied via email
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- BONUS – you can get a bonus entry into the drawing if you leave a separate comment below sharing what type of items you enjoy picking up at Barnes & Noble.
- EXTRA BONUS – My husband recently built a book shelf for the kids birthday! The kids love having their own book shelf in their room and can be found reading quietly next to the shelf several times throughout the week! You can get extra bonus entry by making a guess on how many books we have on the kids book shelf (picture below). The person who gets closest to the actual number of books on the shelf will get an additional 5 entries into the drawing! 🙂
All comments must be made by May 31, 2013 at 10:00 PM EST to be entered into the drawing. Good Luck!
The actual gift card may or may not be identical to the one pictured above.
Save A Lot: Deals for the week of May 1 – 7, 2013
The Save A Lot weekly ad deals are listed below for your convenience. It is a great time to stock up on some Save A Lot deals. Sign up for the Smart Shopper Club, by doing so you will get a $5.00 off of $25.00 coupon!
Meat and Seafood
Fresh Split Chicken Breast – $0.99 lb
Ribeye Steaks– $5.99 lb
Boston Butt Pork Roast – $1.59
Aberdeen Farms or Jamestown Bacon (16 oz) – $2.50
Holten Seasoned Beef Patties (8 pounds) – $19.99
Schooner Tilapia or Swai Fillets (32 oz) – $4.99
Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage (12 oz) – $1.99
Use $1.00/1 coupon found on Winetag Hangtags
$0.99 each after coupon*Pick 5 for $19.99 promotion on going! Pick any 5 specially marked packages of your favorite cuts or types of meats, vegetables and more.
Fridge and Freezer
Coburn Farm Large Eggs (1 dozen) – $0.99
Home Churned Spread (45 oz) – $1.99
Fairgrounds Bologna (16 oz) – $0.99
World’s Fair Ice Cream (54 oz) – $1.99
Senora Verde Burrito (4 oz) – $0.45
Banquet Frozen Dinners, Assorted Varieties – $0.99
Use $0.75/8 coupon found on select Banquet packages (Expires 5/31/14)
$0.90 each after couponHinsdale Farms Pancake & Sausage Corn Dogs (25 oz) – $4.99
Fairgrounds Sliced Lunch Meat(14 oz) – $2.99
Produce
Fresh Strawberries (1 pound) – $1.99
Fresh Roma Tomatoes – $0.99 lb
Fresh Idaho Potatoes (10 pounds) – $2.99
Sweet Corn – $0.33 each
Grocery
Port Side Chunk Light Tuna in Water (5 oz) – $0.69
Mantia’s Elbow Macaroni (16 oz) – $0.89
Tipton Grove Apple Juice 64 oz) – $1.59
General Mills Cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix, Golden Grahams, or Cocoa Puffs (10 – 12 oz) – $1.99
Use $1.00/2 coupon from insert 3/24 Smart Source (Expires 5/14/13)
Use $1.00/2 coupon from peelie found on select cereal boxes
$1.49 each after couponSweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce (28 oz) – $2.39
Wylwood Canned Vegetables, Corn or Green Beans (14 – 15 oz) – $0.49
Save A Lot Today Soda (2 liters) – $0.89
Crystal 2.0 Purified Drinking Water (24 pack, 16.9 oz each) – $2.29
Splash Out! Fruit Punch Juice (10 pack) – $1.99
Senora Verde Dipping Chips (10 oz) – $1.99
Senora Verde Salsa, Mild or Medium(16 oz) – $1.69
Old El Paso Taco Dinner Kit (8 – 11 oz) – $1.99
Use $0.60/3 printable coupon from CouponWeb
$1.79 each after couponSunny Delight (45 oz) – $0.99
Little Hug Berry Blends Fruit Juice Barrels (20 count) – $2.99
General Mills Chex Mix or Gardetto’s (4 oz) – $1.00
Use $0.50/2 coupon from insert 3/24 Smart Source (Expires 5/18/13)
$0.50 each after couponLuck’s Pinto Beans (15 oz) – $0.69
Remember you can use the $5/$25 printable coupon to sweeten these deals! Plus you can earn up to 5 additional $5 off $25 coupons for sharing the coupon with your friends. For more information about Save A Lot’s coupon policies go here. If you find additional deals or savings please let me know and I will add them to the list. Please make sure to check with your local Save A Lot store, the ads do vary per region.
Reading Eggs – FREE Two Week Trial
Reading Eggs is offering a Free Two Week Trial Offer. All you have to do is sign up to try out their reading program, no credit card required. Do you have a little one that is just starting to read or one who wants to increase his or her reading skills? Then this may be the perfect time to check out Reading Eggs program.
You want reading to be fun and easy for your child so why not try out Reading Eggs and see if it is a good fit for your family. Reading Eggs strives to make learning to read interesting and engaging for kids whether they are just beginning to read or increasing their reading fluency. Through the use of reading games, activities, songs, and other resources your child will pick up great learning tools that will help them on the road to becoming a proficient reader.
The kids will work through various maps that on their level and will earn golden eggs, ribbons, trophies, and other rewards to encourage them to continue learning more. Reading Eggs is an interactive program that our family has used in the past for our young readers and our kids LOVED it! They got a kick out of working through the maps, accomplishing goals, and earning rewards. The kids can even customize their own “reading egg” avatar to match their personality.
All you have to do is click the “free trial” button once you get to their homepage and get started!More information about Reading Eggs:- Reading Eggs was developed by an experienced team of teachers, educational writers, animators, and web developers. People who have interacted with children and have taught kids to read.
- Reading Eggs focuses mainly on the core reading curriculum skills and strategies that help readers develop more successful reading skills as well as builds their reading confidence level. The program is perfect for ages 3 to 12.
- Each reader can work through the Reading Eggs program at his or her pace so if you have a young reader and more advanced reader in your home both would be able to focus on their specific skills.
- A more advanced reader would move through the first few maps a little more quickly because it may be more of a review for him or her until they reach a point where the information is newer and more challenging for them, whereas, a new reader would work through the first maps more slowly but steadily as they get more excited about the program and earning rewards.
- Reading Eggs launched in the United States and Canada in 2011. Since launching they have had over 500,000 subscribers and have presented more than 15 million lessons.
Our readers will receive a Free Two-Week Trial Offer! Register now for a two-week trial of the Reading Eggs program. No credit card is required. Help your child learn to read, increase their phonics skills, or increase their reading fluency with Reading Eggs free two-week trial!
A special thanks to U.S. Family Guide and Reading Eggs for offering a free two-week trial to my readers. Any specific product information was provided by Reading Eggs and U.S. Family Guide, however, the opinions expressed in this post are our own. We received a complimentary subscription for sharing information and our family’s experience regarding Reading Eggs.
Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry (Two for One Admission Coupon)
Our family loves Charleston, South Carolina and we especially enjoy all the amazing family activities in the area. Whether you live in the Charleston area or love to visit it one neat place explore with the kids is the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry.
Nine interactive exhibits, including a two-story Medieval Castle, a pirate ship and a dedicated Art Room, allow your children to explore the arts, sciences and humanities through their own hands-on experiences. Weekly classes expose children to the arts, movement and foreign languages.
Regular admission: $10 per person over 12 months old, $8 for SC Residents, free for children under 12 months old. The Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry and US Family Guide are giving my Readers Receive Two For One Admission to the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry with this exclusive coupon!
A special thanks to U.S. Family Guide and Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry for offering a special discount to my readers. Any specific product information was provided by Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry and U.S. Family Guide, however, the opinions expressed in this post are our own.
Travel & Vacation: Kennedy Space Center
Karlie has had a fascination with anything space related for several years now. She loves to talk about rockets, planets, astronauts, and more! Back when the girls were in preschool (more than 3 years ago) she received a Chic-Fil-A Kids Meal from school and inside it was a coupon for Kennedy Space Center. She asked if she could hang the coupon up on the refrigerator so maybe sometime when we go to Kennedy Space Center we can use it. The coupon was on the refrigerator for a long time (even after it expired). We did get a great deal online for a food package while at Kennedy Space Center (buy one get one free coupon) which covered all our food and snacks for the day.
A few months ago we made it to Kennedy Space Center. I still remember the day we told her we got tickets and were going to Florida. I think she jumped up and down, clapping, and giggling for several minutes. She was over joyed and immediately counting down the days until we would leave for Florida.
Our whole family had a blast exploring Kennedy Space Center. It was really neat to see all the history and learn so much about space, rockets, and everything else we could soak in that day. We arrived at Kennedy Space Center a few minutes before it opened and left as they were closing the gates. It was a neat experience!
We are getting closer!
Starting to see some cool stuff – United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Karlie is on-the- edge-of-her-seat excited her dream to visit Kennedy Space Center is coming true!
We made it!
Daddy and girls strolling on into Kennedy Space Center, so cute seeing the girls excited and holding hands.
They look so tiny next to the base of this rocket!
Daddy and the girls trying it out!
Karlie is soooo excited and has looked forward to going to Kennedy Space Center for YEARS!
Sweet Brina had a grand time. Even though rockets are more of Karlie’s love she had a lot of fun exploring the area with us.
Save A Lot: Deals for the week of December 19 – 25, 2012
The Save A Lot weekly ad deals are listed below for your convenience. It is a great time to stock up on some Save A Lot deals. Sign up for the Smart Shopper Club, by doing so you will get a $5.00 off of $25.00 coupon!
Meat and Seafood
Family Pack Stew Meat – $2.99 lb
Hickory Springs Bacon (12 oz) – $1.99
Beef Round Roast – $2.49 lb
Hillshire Farms Sausage (12 oz) – $1.99
Use $0.75/2 coupon from insert 10/14 Red Plum (Expires 12/1/12)
$1.68 each after couponPork Sirloin Chops – $1.59 lb
Chicken Drums or Thighs – $0.99 lb
Pork Sirloin Roast – $1.39 lb
*Pick 5 for $19.99 promotion on going! Pick any 5 specially marked packages of your favorite cuts or types of meats, vegetables and more.
Fridge and Freezer
Coburn Farms Whipped Topping (8 oz) – $0.79
Pillsbury Grands! Jr Biscuits (12 oz) – $0.99
Use $0.30/2 coupon from insert 10/21 Smart Source (Expires 1/12/13)
Use $0.40/3 coupon from insert 11/11 Smart Source (Expires 2/2/13)
As low as $0.84 each after couponTropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice (54 oz) – $2.99
Ore-Ida Potatoes (30 – 32 oz) – $2.49
Brown ‘n Service Sausage Links and Patties (6.4 oz) – $0.99
Eggs (dozen) – $0.99
Mr. P’s Pizza, Pepperoni or Supreme (6.5 oz) – $0.79
Ginger Evans Crescent Rolls – $1.49
Mrs. Smith’s Pies, Cherry, Apple, or Pumpkin (27 oz) – $2.50
Use $1.00/1 coupon from insert 11/18 Smart Source (Expires 1/19/13)
Use $1.00/1 coupon from insert 12/2 Smart Source (Expires 2/2/13)
$1.50 each after couponHome Churned Butter Quarters (16 oz) – $1.99
Produce
Apples, Assorted Varieties – $0.99 lb
Carrots – $0.39 lb
Green Cabbage – $0.25 lb
Biggins Potatoes (15 pounds) – $3.99
Sweet Potatoes – $0.25 lb
Grocery
Red Gold Ketchup (36 oz) – $1.00
Frank’s Hot Sauce (12 oz) -$0.79
Kerr’s Potato Chips (3.75 oz) – $1.00
Betty Crocker Potatoes – $0.99
Hawaiian Punch, Assorted Varieties (128 oz) – $1.99
Ginger Evans Granulated Sugar (4 pounds) – $1.99
Ginger Evans Flour (5 pounds) – $1.69
Kaskey’s Condensed Cream Soups – $0.50
Colburn Farms Evaporated Milk (12 oz) – $0.69
Colburn Farms Sweetened Condensed Milk (14 oz) – $1.19
Ginger Evans Sweet Chocolate Chips (11.5 oz) – $1.79
Ginger Evans Light Brown Sugar (32 oz) – $1.49
Ginger Evans Powdered Sugar (32 oz) – $1.49
Grissom’s Brown & Serve Dinner Rolls (12 oz) – $0.99
Sunny Delight (48 oz) – $0.99
J Higgs Potato Chips (10 oz) – $1.49
Save A Lot Today Soda (2 liter) – $0.69
Remember you can use the $5/$25 printable coupon to sweeten these deals! Plus you can earn up to 5 additional $5 off $25 coupons for sharing the coupon with your friends. For more information about Save A Lot’s coupon policies go here. If you find additional deals or savings please let me know and I will add them to the list. Please make sure to check with your local Save A Lot store, the ads do vary per region.
Gift Giving: 12 Days of Christmas
It’s that time of year again…..excitement is building and the countdown to the final days of Christmas draws nearer. This year we decided to spread the Holiday Cheer out at our house this year by doing the 12 Days of Christmas again. I did this last year and the year before; both years it was a huge hit!
Christmas morning can be so busy and this allows an opportunity to spread the fun over 12 days instead of packing everything into one day. Starting December 13th the girls will be able to open one a day with the last one being opened on Christmas Eve. The cost in the previous years was less than $20 total, including boxes and wrapping paper, however, we decided to add their “big” gift to this stack. Most of the gifts were bought on clearance over the past year and their big gift really wasn’t that much because we got a great deal on it. We did a joint stack for both of our girls, although you can choose to do a stack for each person.
12 Days of Christmas
- Day 1: Reindeer Christmas Socks (purchase last year after Christmas on clearance with rewards)
- Day 2: White Christmas Teddy Bear Shaped Soap (purchased last year after Christmas on clearance and with rewards)
- Day 3: “B” and “K” Candy Cane Striped Christmas Ornament for each girl (purchased last year after Christmas on clearance with rewards)
- Day 4: Christmas Stocking Sticker Craft (purchased on clearance with rewards)
- Day 5: Two Colgate Kids Christmas Toothpastes (purchased on clearance with rewards)
- Day 6: Two Christmas Games – Pin the Star on the Tree & Christmas Checkers (purchased on clearance with rewards)
- Day 7: Christmas Bear Pez Dispensers and Pez Candy Packs (purchased with rewards on clearance)
- Day 8: Disney Cars Christmas Spiral Notebooks (purchased on clearance with rewards)
- Day 9: Gingerbread House Kit (purchased on clearance)
- Day 10: Princess and Frosty Hot Chocolate Tins Sets (found on clearance at Kmart and used gift card)
- Day 11: New Winter PJ’s for each to wear (picked up on sale)
- Day 12: New Digital Camera’s (purchased when it was on sale with Swagbucks gift cards)
Their cameras are their “big” items for Christmas this year. Jake and I decided to give them to the girls for the last day of their 12 Days of Christmas so they would have the cameras to use on Christmas Day. The girls are taking more and more pictures these days. The inexpensive, non-English digital cameras that we bought for them several years ago have held up remarkably well. Whenever their cameras are not working over the past several months they were asking to borrow mine to use so we decided to do a little research, save up (including earning Swagbucks) and get them a little better quality cameras this year since they both are showing a big interest in photography and creative writing. The cameras made my typical $20 or less 12 Days of Christmas gifts a little higher this year but since it included their big gift for the Holidays I am okay with that because they will be so excited to start using them. This time around we got the same camera, but in different colors to help keep track whose is whose without putting names on each camera.
Other Ideas for 12 Days of Christmas:
- Hair Accessories
- Facial Cleansers or Make Up – if you have a teenager just starting to wear makeup or want to update your collection my Mary Kay contact is doing a 12 Day of Christmas set! If your husband is looking for something awesome to get you he may want to contact Ann too.
- Socks or Tights
- Chapstick
- Socks
- Gloves or Scarf
- Card Game
- Construction Paper
- Markers or Crayons
- Matchbox cars
- Small Toys
- Baby Doll Clothes
- Christmas Underwear
- The ideas are endless!
I wrapped them in the original boxes or found ones around the house to put the items into. The Christmas paper was purchased on clearance and I used a coupon. Many of the items we purchased on clearance throughout the year and / or used CVS – ECBs and Walgreens – Register Rewards, Swagbucks Gift Cards or Coupons. I cannot remember the price for all the items but with the rewards it very reasonable price for 12 gifts and some days had multiple items in them.
We did a joint stack for our girls to save money, however, the items we picked match their individual interests (for example, the pj’s were themed to match each girls tastes). When the girls walked into the room and saw the stack of gifts they were super excited. Love seeing their faces and hearing their comments when they first see the stack.
Pampers Gifts to Grow – 10 Free Points
You can receive another 10 free points from Pampers with a new Gifts to Grow code!
This code is different from the previous codes I have given.
- Use Code: SPC125WINTR12PA
(Expires 12/9/12 at midnight CST)
You can save up the rewards to purchase gifts! For more information about the Pampers Gift to Grow Program and how you can start earning Pampers “Gifts to Grow” Rewards for your family go to Pampers Gifts to Grow!
New Upromise eCoupons for December 2012
Upromise has posted their new eCoupons for the month of December 2012. Remember to activate your eCoupons to get additional savings. If you have not yet signed up for Upromise you can get more information regarding on our experience or directly at the Upromise website.
This month they have 26 coupons you can activate for bonus savings. Once you activate your eCoupons all you have to do is scan your rewards card or purchase the items at the store and the cash will be added to your account. You don’t even have to carry any coupons to get the rewards!
You can go to their website for more information on the Upromise program, it’s free to join.
Love It – BluApple
I am very excited to share with you a little item that has saved me a lot of time, energy, and money over the past year while helping our family eat healthier! I have been asked many times how I can purchase marked down fresh vegetables and fruits without them going bad within a day or two…..well, I am going to share my little “secret” with all of you. If you love to eat fresh fruit and vegetables, but wish they would stay fresh longer I have stumbled upon something that will really brighten your day! 🙂
When I got the BluApples I was a little skeptical, to say the least. How can these little blue apples really help extend the life of my fresh fruits and vegetables?! Do they really work? Is it worth the cost? And many more similar questions.
I waited for a few weeks and found an amazing deal on these little BluApples. I was able to get these free (only had to pay $3 shipping). Unfortunately, I haven’t seen that deal again otherwise I would stock up on some for my family and friends. Either way these little apples have more than paid for themselves MANY TIMES OVER!
Our family loves to garden, buy fresh fruits and vegetables, however, when our fridge is full of produce sometimes fruits and vegetables would go bad before we had a chance to eat everything. The BluApples extend the life of our fruits and vegetables (even ones that I buy which are already on the “edge”) for weeks! These BluApples really do preserve the produce and help the items last much longer!
I used to clean out my fruit and vegetable drawers out about once a week. Now I do it once a month and sometimes longer because the items in the drawer are staying fresh. Enough of my raving, here are some more facts about this neat apple:
- 2 Bluapples – Last for 3 Months Each – Additional Absorber Refills Available Separately (Our BluApples lasted longer than 3 months, typically lasted 5 to 7 months)
- Prolongs freshness and storage life of fruits & vegetables
- Made In USA
- Put in refrigerator crisper drawers
- Place in the fruit bowl on the counter or anywhere you keep fruit
- Pays for itself dozens of times over in the the first year alone
- Extend storage life of your produce (up to 3 times longer)
- Average household can save up to $600 per year
How Do The BluApples Work?
- Ethylene gas is given off naturally by fruits and vegetables as a signaling mechanism in order to coordinate uniform ripening. However, once concentrated in your refrigerator or other storage areas, the presence of ethylene gas continues to speed up ripening and hasten spoilage.
- The BluApple is designed to provide effective ethylene gas absorption for three months in a typical home refrigerator produce bin or storage container.
- The active ingredient does not “wear out”, but continues to absorb ethylene until it has reached its capacity.
This would be a wonderful gift for any cook in your family. It really does WORK (and BluApple is not paying me to say it either). Your Mom, wife, sister, friend will probably come back to you in a couple months thanking you again for this gift. Hey, they even make you a special meal out of some the fresh produce just to say thanks!
You can pick up the BluApple Ethlylene Gas Absorbers – Starter Pack of 2 – Refrigerator Fruit & Vegetable Preserver on Amazon for around $9.95 with two packs of or many major retailers. If you have a Swagbuck Amazon Gift Cards you can even get this it for free! You’ll love it!
“Love It” is a series of posts on items that I use regularly in my household that I love! There are some items in our daily lives that make life more enjoyable, efficient, or just plain fun. I will be sharing with you some of the products that have been given to us (or to me) that have made it to the top of my list. It’s my way of giving a huge thumbs up!
