What's Going On In Wylie, Texas This Weekened?

I have just a few fun things to share for this weekend!

#1- Tonight is Ladies Night Out/Customer Appreciation at The Mulberry Bush. The Mulberry Bush is a children & maternity consignment store here in town. Tonight the owner, Ann, is having wine and cheese plus 20-30% off everything.

I have a huge stack of $2 off Dove Visibly Smooth Deodorant coupons that I'm dropping off for Ann to share. The coupons were a gift from Dove with a new pack of deodorant, to share with readers. Yay blogging!

The Mulberry Bush, 800 Park Blvd Suite B, Wylie, Texas 75098, 972-941-8107

#2- Clean Up-Green Up is happening right now!!! Today the hours are 1-6pm and Saturday 8am - 4pm. It will be behind City Hall on Centennial Drive (near Walmart on Highway 78).

Please bring your: Trash, Brush, Appliances, Electronics, Cardboard, Scrap Metal, and Tires. Document Shredding will be available Saturday only (from 8-12 ONLY).

Please no household hazardous waste (paint, oil, batteries, light bulbs, antifreeze, etc...). Identification will be required (water bill or Drivers Licence). For more information, contact the city of Wylie Parks Department at 972-442-8195 or e-mail parks@wylie texas.gov, or click here.

#3- Wylie Farmers Market!!!! I noticed a sign for this last night as we were strolling down Ballard Street. The Farmers Market will be held the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, starting in May through the summer.

Hours are 7am - 1pm and it will feature fresh fruit, vegetables, bedding plants & flowers, handmade crafts, Texas food, etc. Look for it downtown, in the empty lot between Quick Response Computers and the Farmers Insurance building.

For more info (including participating) call Contact Ellie Hughes at 972-429-1437 or click here.

Have something fun to share , please let me know!! :)

Donate A Box Of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (Plus Print Coupons!)

Here's a win-win!

Visit Kraft's Share A Little Comfort page, you can click a button and Kraft will donate a box of Macaroni & Cheese to Feeding America for free! You can visit once a day and donate a box.

Plus, you can print a B3G1 Free Mac & Cheese coupon and a $1.50/2 Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese or Velveeta Shells & Cheese.

Shopping On The Cheap At Walgreens

I went to Walgreens primarily use some Register Rewards and get toilet paper. I didn't find anything I "needed" this week that offered RR back. Since all my RR expire on the 18th, I figured I should get shopping!

I had planned on getting the Angel Soft that's on sale but changed my mind once I got there, since the Charmin Basic 9 pack is on sale.

Charmin Basic $4
3 Tuf paper towels $2.67
Box of Cranberries $1.00
Windex Antibacterial $4.29

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$1.00 off Charmin coupon from the P&G book
$.59 Wags/Tuf coupon (saved $.90)
$.40 off Windex newspaper coupon
$9.00 in RR

Total cash paid OOP, $.63. I could have used my Walgreens gift card, but chose to use my debit since I could get $10 cash back. I only needed $10 and figured it was worth the saved trip to the bank and waiting in the drive thru. I wish ATM's still offered $10 bills!!!! Anyway, I saved $11.30 on this trip. I still have $4 in RR that I can hopefully roll next week and not blow like I did today.

The good news is, I'll submit the Windex Antibacterial trigger rebate from last Sunday's paper and get back $4.29. Yay!

Have a good Walgreens trip? Leave me a comment. :)

My CVS Trip This Week, No Real Money Spent!

Nothing too exciting about this week's trip. I was in the need of a new razor (or cheap blades for my current model) and some fabric softener. The CVS brand fabric softener has always been good to me, and I hang dry most of our stuff. Anyway, back to the trip, keep reading.....there's NO cash OOP. :)

2 Schick Quattros $17.98
CVS Fabric Softener $2.50
Bayer Quick Release $2.00

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(2) $4.00 off Schick Quattro newspaper coupons
$10 in ECB from last week

Paid to CVS gift card from MyPoints, $4.68, no cash out of pocket and I got back $10 in Extra Care Buck ($4 for each razor and $2 Bayer). I saved $22.48.

Razors are another item I've sold on eBay. I'd group at least 2 together or maybe a razor and pack of blades. Another way to look at it, group items together where you think it will be a good $9.99 auction or store item. Just some ideas!

Happy shopping (and selling)!

Awesome New Fiber One Printable!

Here's a great new Fiber One printable coupon that I received this morning from Pssst (General Mills).

$1.35 Printable Chocolate Mocha Fiber One Bar Coupon

The coupon will only be available until May 21st, so hurry and get it printed. Then keep your eye for a sale! :)

Free Roastburger At Arby's On Wednesday May 13th

Tomorrow is Wednesday FREEbies at Arby's. Arby's will be offering different freebies on Wednesday's throughout the summer. Here's the scoop for tomorrow:

"This Wednesday (May 13) Arby’s is giving away a Free Roastburger with the purchase of any drink! No coupon is needed – just come in on Wednesday and ask for it. Choose from the All American, Bacon ‘n Cheddar or Bacon ‘n Bleu."

No coupon needed? Very nice! Here's the schedule for the next few weeks:

May 13th - Free Roastburger with any Soft Drink purchase
May 20th - Free Chocolate Malt Swirl Shake with any Sandwich purchase
May 27th - Free regular Roast Beef with any Soft Drink purchase
June 3rd - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase
June 10th - Free Roast Chicken Club sandwich with any Soft Drink purchase

To sign up for e-mail scoop from Arby's, click here.

Kroger Groceries, eCoupons, And Samples...Oh My!

I finally made it to Kroger yesterday (it had been well over two weeks). Running out of milk was what finally triggered the trip. I like to go on Thursday or Friday and if I don't make it one of those days, I can't ever squeeze it in. Until now! My daughter is out of pre-school and twirling is over for the summer as well. Ahh...a free schedule, for a few months at least! Anyway, back to groceries. I spent $52.44 total yesterday.

I'd hate to cover any good deals, since a new circular start tomorrow.

I will point out the FREE Fiber One Bars. That coupon was a Kroger coupon mailed in a "thank you" pack about a week ago. Thank you Kroger!

I saved a total of $42.65 this trip and earned 71 Fuel Saver points.

When Kroger shopping remember to load the eCoupons before you go. Here's the 3 that I check:

P&G eSaver

Shortcuts eCoupons

Cellfire eCoupons

Last but not least, here are two fun samples from Kroger's sample page.

Mighty Leaf Tea sample

AVEENO® NOURISH+ Shampoo and Conditioner sample

I guess that's 3 cheers for Kroger shopping!

Looking For Printables? How About $50 In Savings From Kraft?

Since I'm signed up with KraftFoods.Com I got an e-mail today about their new printable coupons that were just loaded. Some are pretty cool! Here are my favorites:

$1.00 off Velveeta
$1.00 off Wheat Thins (there's also a Ritz and a Triscuits)
$1.00/2 Easy Mac Cups
$1/00/2 Velveeta Shells & Cheese Cups
$1.00 Planters Nuts
$1.00 off Kraft BBQ Sauce

And many more....Click the banner below to sign up and start saving, just head to coupons at the top!

How About Free Stuff To Make Your Monday Happy?

I'll tell you, it has been mostly overcast (sometimes rainy) here for about 2 weeks. Maybe some freebies will bring out the sun...? At least your mailbox will smile!

Pull Ups sample from Walmart - I am happy to report I did not get this one! We are done potty training here, yippee!! Getting ready to do the same? Request a Huggies Potty Training Success DVD from Huggies.

Also, here's a Dora Printable Potty Chart from Pampers. While at Pampers, be sure to enter this free Gifts To Grow code for one point, "HAPPYMOTHERSDAY".

Cottonelle Ultra Toilet Paper sample from Walmart.

Parent’s Choice Infant Formula also from Walmart.

Check out all of the Walmart samples on Walmart's Free Samples & Trials page.

Nature Made TripleFlex Joint Health from Sam's. Leave the member number blank if you're not a Sam's member.

Nescafe Taster’s Choice Stick Pack Sample

Don't forget about the FREE Häagen-Dazs tomorrow!!!!!!

Have you thought about Father's Day yet????? How about making FREE a personalized shirt for Dad? You can add photos, you own text, etc. Shipping charges do apply. Thank you VistaPrint!!

Have the 411 on more freebies? Please leave me a comment or drop me an e-mail at wyliemom@live.com. Thank you!

Wylie Mom's Weekly Recap- Week 19

It seems being a lazy eBayer week 17 and 18 caught up with me!

Saved - $100.52

- $2.99 at Sonic (free Wacky Pack cpn)
- $1.00 at Redbox--NOTE, Today is the last day for the free Movie Mondays. Starting in June they will text one free rental code a month for the summer. Another good thing coming to an end.
- $55.76 at CVS and $40.77 at Walgreens

eBay Sales - $77.78

Misc. Income - $45.99

- $10.99 Walgreens rebate loaded (last one!
- $10.00 CVS gift card, cashed in some of my MyPoints.
- $25.00 for doing an eBay interactive survey

Weekly Impact - $224.29
Yearly Impact - $7,063.99

I haven't done this in a while, but let's gross the numbers up. You can read about the grossing up here, basically I factor in the impact of taxes and minimal work expenses such as gas and clothing, not child care!! That being the case, I would have made $229.05 for the week and $9,418.65 for the year. For the year, that breaks down to $12.39 an hour, or about $25K a year with no child care costs. Nice! :)

My eBay sales consisted of 8 items, 7 of them being from the store. The one and only auction item is my item of the week, 4 Boxes of Visine that I got for FREE ($.48 profit really) at CVS. I have found that grouping 2-6 like items together works best for most drug store items, when selling them on eBay.

Have a great week!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all my mommy readers!

Everyone, be sure to call mom today!

Great Ideas Are Waiting For You At Kraft's Recipe Page

Did you know I don't like to cook? It's true! For those folks who love to cook, I know this will be hard to imagine. I don't care what we eat, I don't usually plan a meal more than 12-24 hours ahead of time, I don't sit around thinking of yummy things to make, etc. So all that said, here's one of my secrets, Kraft's recipe page. You can pick what meal or dish you're looking for, select which type of meat (if you were looking at say dinner) and you can even organize the recipe list by # of ingredients. That's my favorite part! I'm a 5 or less ingredient kinda gal. The Baked Ziti recipe is my favorite. It's yummy and easy! Be sure to add your favorite recipes to your virtual recipe box, so your favorite recipes will be quick to pull up.

Check out Kraft below...

New Coupon Toolbar To Check Out!

I was impressed with this one! For instance when you click on "Coupon Codes" it takes you to Retail Me Not (one of my favorites), it has weather, news, SlickDeals, eBay, etc. It's all totally customizable! To check it out, click below.

Rockin' The Register Reward Deals At Wags

The last of my Walgreens rebate was loaded to my gift card...how sad! But, I am getting the hang of the RR deals. Unlike CVS, when you roll Register Rewards you need to be very careful that you don't use bucks from the same mfg. that you are trying to get bucks for. For example you can can't pay for a Colgate item with Colgate RR and expect to get get more Colgate RR back. It's a little confusing, but you can do it!

Here's what I got this week:

Transaction #1

2 Bounty's $3.00
Niagara Spray Starch $1.99
Colgate $4.49
Right Guard $2.99
Charmin $3.29
Brownie $.99

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(2) $1.00 Bounty coupons from mailed P&G book
$1.00 Charmin coupon from mailed P&G book
FREE Right Guard printable coupon
$.75 Colgate newspaper coupon
$.99 Wags/Niagara coupon (saved $1.00)
$6 in RR
$2 in RR

Total OOP = ZERO, $.80 paid to Wags GC and I got back $2.00 in RR for the Right Guard and $4.50 for the Colgate.

I had this closer to zero, but the register would not allow me to use a third $1.00 Bounty coupon, so we took off a 3rd Bounty and added the brownie. If I didn't have the kids and a line behind me I could have found a better filler!! Like more starch...? Duh!

Transaction #2

2 Listerine Advanced $9.00
Right Guard $2.99

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$1.00 Listerine newspaper coupon (it wouldn't take the second coupon and again, kids were in tow and a line behind me so I didn't feel like fighting for a $1. It was WAY TOO close to lunch and nap time!)
FREE Right Guard printable coupon
$5 in RR

Total OOP = ZERO, $3.00 paid on Wags GC and I got back $4.50 in RR for the Listerine and $2.00 for the Right Guard.

Transaction #3

2 Pert for Men $5.00

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(2) $1.50 Pert newspaper coupons (from last Sunday)
$2.00 in RR

Total OOP = ZERO and I got back $2.00 in Register Rewards!

Overall, I spent ZERO cash out of pocket (OOP) but paid $3.80 from my Walgreens gift card. I ended the week with $13.00 in RR, that's the same as I started with. Total savings $40.77.

Don't forget your FREE 8x10 at Walgreens today only (Wednesday)!!! Use the promo code MOTHER during online checkout. Yay!