Get Paid to Recycle!

This is a tidbit of info that had my digging around in the trash.  Luckily, it was just my office trash so there wasn't anything yucky in there; now that I think about it most of it should be recycled anyway.

Did you know that if you have a Staples Rewards card they will pay you $2 in Staples Rewards (which can be used to purchase anything in the store or online) for every ink cartridge you recycle at the store?  Me either! Evidently, that is the case and they will give you said $2/cartridge up to 10 cartridges a month, even better!

On top of that bit of info they will also give you another 10% back on all ink purchases.  Gotta love a deal like that!

Yes, Dear Couponing Episode Rerun

I was searching Tivo in an effort to set it to record Extreme Couponing on TLC on Dec 29 and ran across this old episode of "Yes, Dear" that is set to rerun. I thought you guys might enjoy it as well.

Jimmy and Christine take Greg and Kim on a getaway weekend, but Jimmy's use of coupons and stand-by travel leave them wondering whether they will make it out of the airport.

Showing on TBS 12/20/10 @ 08:30 AM

I also found this show you may want to check out.... (I plan to as I'd not heard of it before).

Smart Cookies -"Focus on Family" -Talking to teens about money; the evolution of coupon clipping. Airing on IONLIFE  - 12/17/10 @ 05:30 PM or 12/18/10 @ 09:00 AM

My Binder Organizer On Ebay

Ok, you may have read in the last couple of weeks about my coupon organization issues.  I'm now on my 4th organizer.  For my third organizer I attempted to go the binder route and didn't care for it.  So the binder is now listed on Ebay.

There are many other systems on Ebay just like it but I'm selling this one cheap, at just $9.99 (most of the ones like this go on Ebay for over $20, which is still less than the materials cost).  The binder alone cost me $10.








Included in this binder (in addition to what is stated in the ad) will be quite a few coupons, actually about 75% of the coupons from this last weekend's paper (and I bought 2 papers), as well as a few I've picked up in other places.


Just thought I'd share here, in case anyone might want this item, or know someone who might want this for Christmas.

Free Batteries and Hey Where's My Money?

So right now is the time to pick up some batteries, if not cheap then how bout FREE?

There are awesome deals on batteries all over the place.  Like at Rite Aid right now you can get 40 batteries (and 2 Eco Tools) for less than $5 after rebates. (thanks Hip2Save).



But, I like Free MUCH better than cheap and right now you can get some free batteries at both Staples and Office Depot.  Yes, you have to pay upfront but then you get it back via either Work Life Rewards or Staples Rewards (depending on the store).

I hit up Office Depot a couple of weeks ago to pick up a couple of packs.  Their deal is on 20 packs of Energizer Max batteries.  They are $12.99 and you get 100% back on Work Life Rewards (normally it's just 1%).  While we were there I also picked up a ream of paper (they had a good deal where I got a $15 Itunes card free for buying the paper, making it a sweet deal).  So this week I got an email updating me on my WLR status and was bothered to see that I only had a balance of just over $2!  Hey, Where's my money?!  So I had to go digging and finally found this info on their website in regards to the extra 99% back on the batteries:

Energizer® Max® AA Batteries 20 Pack qualifies for 1% back everyday. With this promotion you will receive an additional 99% back in Rewards for a total of 100%. Allow 4 to 6 weeks for additional Rewards to post to your account.

Ok, I feel better now and hopefully I've helped keep at least one other person from freaking out over their rewards.

BTW, in case you were wondering the deal at Office Depot is good through Christmas Day. 

There is a similar deal at Staples on 20 packs of Duracell batteries (AA).  In both cases there are coupons out there for $1-$1.50 off each brand which could take either of these deals from FREE to money maker.  It may just take a few weeks to get your money back, but by then you'll be needing some ink and paper after printing off all the new coupons at the beginning of the year!

Swagbucks: Extra 30SB When You Sign Up

If you haven't already signed up for SwagBucks, you may want to do so before the end of the year.  Signing up now will net you an extra 30SB when you enter code: JoinIn2010. 

This is only good for new signups (sorry, it sucks).

Once you sign up, be sure to do your searches on a daily basis.  You may need to do several searches in a row in order to earn points (when you earn points you will see a banner at the top of the page telling you how many you earned).  You can earn Swag Bucks for searching two times a day, so do some searches in the morning until you earn some Swag Bucks, then do some more in the evening to earn again!  It really is that easy.

I also found another great way to earn some SwagBucks this last week.  Do you Groupon? If so, then be sure to go to Swagbucks before you purchase your deal and click on "daily deals"; you'll see Groupon Deals and Living Social Deals, as well as other Daily Deals that you can earn Swagbucks for completing.  This was something I just happened upon and it just so happened that there was a deal that day that I was already planning to purchase.  Now that I know, I'll be going that route before purchasing any daily deals.

Wednesday Window

The Wednesday Window is an awesome way to check out other blogs and get a feel for whether or not you'll enjoy them off of just one post. Click the window below to be taken to the list, on the list you will find what each blogger feels to be one of their best posts.

Santa Savings on Cellfire Tomorrow (Thursday)

Tomorrow (Thursday) from 1pm to 5pm EST Cellfire is giving away Santa Savings! Just log into your account (or create one if you don't have one already) and you will automatically get a coupon good for $.50, $1, $2 or even $5 off your next grocery purchase.

Not familiar with Cellfire? What?! Does your grocery store have a shoppers card? Cellfire allows you to load coupon savings directly to your shoppers card so that they instantly deducted at checkout. No need to carry coupons with you to the store (of course you can carry them and stack printed coupons on top of the cellfire savings for even more savings). Even if your grocery store of choice doesn't offer a store loyalty card you can use still Cellfire, as they have printable coupons available too!





*EDIT* - Just thought I'd update with what I got... I'll feel totally jipped at getting just a .50 coupon in my cellfire account, but I'm hoping you guys did much better. Eh, .50 is still .50 more than I had, so I'll take it!

Have you printed your .50/2 Milky Way coupon yet?

I love Milky Way Dark so when I saw this coupon I had to print it off.  Combine it with the Walgreens In-Ad coupon (for .39 Mars candy bars) and get 2 Milky Way bars for just .28 cents.

Find the Coupon on Coupons.com

Easy Pizza Pasta Recipe (with coupon links)

So, Coupons.com has a new coupon posted for Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta. If you are lucky, Publix will include this when they put Ronzoni on BOGO next time... if not, hopefully you'll catch it on sale somewhere soon. If you can catch it on a good sale or BOGO, you should be able to get 2 boxes for close to free with this coupon (they usually run around $1.50/box).

This is a recipe that I created years ago after trying the pizza pasta at American Cafe (no longer around). I decided I could recreate it. This is so easy and you can really make it your own.

Pizza Pasta
1lb chicken (chopped and cooked)
1 green pepper (diced)
1 small onion (diced)
1 box penne pasta
---Ronzoni Smart Taste
---Muellers pasta
1 jar spaghetti sauce
--- Muir Glen
1 package pepperoni
---Armour pepperoni
2 cups shredded mozzarella or Italian blend cheese
---Kraft shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 400.  Cook pasta according to box.  While pasta is cooking, cook chicken. Add onion  & green pepper and saute.  Once pasta is cooked and drained, mix in chicken/veggie mixture,  spaghetti sauce and half the package of pepperoni.  Pour into casserole dish.  Top with remaining pepperoni and cheese and bake for 20 minutes (until cheese is just starting to brown).  Let stand for 5 minutes and serve.

You can also do this recipe with Italian sausage instead of chicken, if you prefer, or omit the veggies, add mushrooms or any thing else you like on your pizza.

Near Nashville? See Dave Cheap (and help someone less fortunate)

Right now Dave Ramsey is offering up tickets to his Nashville show on Feb. 5 for just $19.95 each. I just snagged 2 tickets. If you aren't familiar with Dave Ramsey, you should be. He hosts the best (imo) talk radio show in the country. Instead of politics or sports, he talks about money and YOU. Actually, he lets us do the talking, as he takes calls throughout his show and answers your personal finance questions.

Dave has also put together Financial Peace University, a 13 week class teaching you how to handle your money. We are just finishing this class up (tonight if it doesn't get snowed out) and I am happy to say that is some of the best money we've ever spent. We were already on board the Dave Ramsey bandwagon and had already resolved to start doing a real budget and saving more money, but taking the class has really given us some good motivation and we've learned a lot. There have been plenty of weeks where one or both of us wished we didn't have class that night, but every time we've come away glad we went and feeling like we learned something new.

So back to the point, if you are near Nashville get tickets and go see him. And while you are there getting your own tickets, buy one (at half price) for someone less fortunate. Dave is running a special where you can buy a ticket for just $10 to send a lady from Mercy Ministries to see Dave, and possibly change her life and yours all in one.