Every Saturday, from noon til 3, Santa and his elves have set up shop on Macy's third floor and are ready to hear children's holiday wishes (for kids up to 10).
Also on hand, the Horton Hears a Who "Whomungous holiday card craft center."
for more info:
314.436.6500
check with location for exceptions
12/6/08
Oxymoron
While researching free things for you to do with your family, I came across something funny a couple of times:
FREE WITH PAID ADMISSION
haha.
FREE WITH PAID ADMISSION
haha.
12/5/08
What Are You Doing Tomorrow?
One of my first posts was about Lowe's & HomeDepot's clinics/workshops for kids. Tomorrow, we're headed to make the ART EASEL, then home to (finally) trim our tree (while listening to those free tunes from Oprah).
Friday Free Bees
Free Chiquita Bites (up to $1)
Go here to print out the coupon.
Free Teasta Tea
Go here & use TRYME as the code.
Free Playtex Drop-Ins Original Nurser System
Go here to register.
Free undies, plus $30 off 75 coupon @ Express.
Go here to print out your coupon.
Free six-month mag subscript., you can choose from Vogue W, Glamour, Allure, Self, Lucky, Domino, Vanity Fair, or Conde Nast Traveler.
Go here & fill out form, NOTE: Use 85924565 as the 'promotional code'.
Free sample of Warm Delights Minis
Go here to join Betty Crocker.com & I'm assuming, to get your sample in the mail?
Free Dunkin Donuts Coffee
Go here to request your sample (original out of stock, only choice is dark).
Free Fruit Roll Up Sample (must supply a school name)
Go here to give the info, then you must confirm email, & wait 6-8 weeks for your sample.
Go here to print out the coupon.
Free Teasta Tea
Go here & use TRYME as the code.
Free Playtex Drop-Ins Original Nurser System
Go here to register.
Free undies, plus $30 off 75 coupon @ Express.
Go here to print out your coupon.
Free six-month mag subscript., you can choose from Vogue W, Glamour, Allure, Self, Lucky, Domino, Vanity Fair, or Conde Nast Traveler.
Go here & fill out form, NOTE: Use 85924565 as the 'promotional code'.
Free sample of Warm Delights Minis
Go here to join Betty Crocker.com & I'm assuming, to get your sample in the mail?
Free Dunkin Donuts Coffee
Go here to request your sample (original out of stock, only choice is dark).
Free Fruit Roll Up Sample (must supply a school name)
Go here to give the info, then you must confirm email, & wait 6-8 weeks for your sample.
12/4/08
Double Up (edited!)
This morning I went to www.kmart.com to check out their coupon policy. A pleasant surprise was seeing that there is a email club you can join. Within hours, I had a $5 off $50 coupon in my inbox. I printed it out & will take it with me to Kmart when I go cash in on the double coupon special!
Kmart has only 2 days remaining in their DOUBLE COUPON special. The catch is that it must be $2 & under.
And be sure to monitor the transaction... the last time around there were a few of the items that didn't double, so I had to go back to the store & get the difference.
HCX, Hair Color Experts, Ballwin, Missouri
The HCX, located at 15065 Manchester Rd., Ballwin MO 63011 is under new ownership.
The HCX salon is an upscale, yet affordable, place which specializes in color. Please don't assume that leaves them lacking in other services, just not the case. Their cuts are top of the line, done by stylists who are professional & continually upkeep their skill & style by attending classes, shows, seminars & trainings by top companies.
Don't take my word for it, go check out the salon this Saturday at their Salon Open House, Sat. Dec 6th from 9-5pm.
Here's what you can expect at the open house:
- $5 facial waxing
- $5 bang trim
- free chair massages
- free food and drinks
- 20% off all retail
- hourly giveaways
*Sat Dec 6th only*
12/3/08
Mr Shelf
I know my garage sales. And one thing I do know is that different areas of St Louis, will yield you different 'finds'. Older parts will score you older things (thank you Captain Obvious). Newer yuppier parts sell newer clothes, newer trinkets.
I'm not likely to score big (in the town I'm currently living in) when it comes to outfits for my kids (altho sometimes I do!) -- if that's what I'm looking for, I'd most likely head to West County.
But here in my town, 20 miles south of the city, there's a potpourri of finds.
Like this little number...
Thank you wonderful shelf.
But I gotta tell ya, when I found Mr Shelf, he looked a lot different than this. For starters, he was blue (& I don't mean sad). His brackets were hung so that I knew he was more of a horizontal hottie.
The first thing I did was knock out one of the "internal wall" (for lack of a better term). I wanted to get rid of the symmetry. I also wanted to go tall (like me!). So I banged newer brackets in at the ends to make Mr Shelf an "up & down" number.
My next order of biz was the color. I took the "bitter green" paint, which has went SO far for our family. Bitter green was first used for our basement walls, then our cabinet (which will make its debut next), then other accessories (such as this great shelf) for our first baby's nursery.
And now that we no longer have babies (yet instead, toddlerhood & preschoolhood rule our lives) we don't need a shelf for a nursery (as the nursery no longer exists). And Mr Shelf was promoted, to the KITCHEN.
And goodbye went the chunky board books & choo-choos.
And hello to antique porcelain quails (25 cents at garage sale).
And plastic retro metal-handled mugs (a nickel, I'm not even joking).
I'm not likely to score big (in the town I'm currently living in) when it comes to outfits for my kids (altho sometimes I do!) -- if that's what I'm looking for, I'd most likely head to West County.
But here in my town, 20 miles south of the city, there's a potpourri of finds.
Like this little number...
Thank you wonderful shelf.But I gotta tell ya, when I found Mr Shelf, he looked a lot different than this. For starters, he was blue (& I don't mean sad). His brackets were hung so that I knew he was more of a horizontal hottie.
The first thing I did was knock out one of the "internal wall" (for lack of a better term). I wanted to get rid of the symmetry. I also wanted to go tall (like me!). So I banged newer brackets in at the ends to make Mr Shelf an "up & down" number.
My next order of biz was the color. I took the "bitter green" paint, which has went SO far for our family. Bitter green was first used for our basement walls, then our cabinet (which will make its debut next), then other accessories (such as this great shelf) for our first baby's nursery.
And now that we no longer have babies (yet instead, toddlerhood & preschoolhood rule our lives) we don't need a shelf for a nursery (as the nursery no longer exists). And Mr Shelf was promoted, to the KITCHEN.
And goodbye went the chunky board books & choo-choos.And hello to antique porcelain quails (25 cents at garage sale).
And plastic retro metal-handled mugs (a nickel, I'm not even joking).price of old blue boring shelf, $1.00
paint, $0.00 (free, leftover from basement)
bracket, $.50
voila!: $1.50 awesome one-of-a-kind shelf
Walmart Coupon Policy
It's not a bad idea to print the Walmart Coupon Policy out & stick it in your coupon caddy.
My Shopping List for this Evening
ALDI:
Semi-Sweet chocolate chips (12 oz.) - $1.29
Marshmallow creme (7 oz.) - $0.95
Buehler's® Holiday Sugar Cookie Dough - $1.99
Pillsbury® Holiday Funfetti®Cake Mix - $.89
WALMART:
2 TRIAL SIZED J & J First Aid Kits, .99 each
-$3 (off 2) -->(Go here to print out a coupon for J & J First Aid kits)
FREE after coupon!
Betty Crocker Butter & Herb Potato Pouches, $0.88
-$0.40 coupon (find it on the right in my coupon box)
.44 after coupon!
Betty Crocker Cookie Pouch, $1.00
-$0.75 coupon (look in the coupon box on the right)
0.25 after coupon!
2 boxes of Chex Mix, $1.66
-$1/2 (coupon is in coupon box on the right)
1.16 ea. after coupon!
Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers, $1.00
-$.60 (coupon in coupon box on the right)
0.40 after coupon!
Campbell's Cream Soups $0.60 ea.
-$0.50/3 or $0.25/3 coupons from inserts
0.43-0.52 after coupons!
Progresso Soup, 3/$2
-$1.10/1 (coupon on right)
FREE after coupon!
Strawberry Whole Grain Poptarts (8 ct box) $1.66
- $1.00 peelie on ea box!
0.66/box after coupon!
Whole Wheat Gold Medal Flour $2.76
-$1 off coupon (go HERE to print out coupon)
1.76 after coupon!
Honey Bunches of Oats - Just Bunches Cereal 2/$2
-$2 printable HERE
FREE + after each coupon!
Vlassic Pickle "Ovals" $1.38
-$1 off Vlassic Printable HERE (exp 12/31)
0.38 after coupon!
Wet Ones, $0.92 (Trial Size)
$0.75/1 printable
0.17 after coupon!
among other various items I won't bore you to list...
Semi-Sweet chocolate chips (12 oz.) - $1.29
Marshmallow creme (7 oz.) - $0.95
Buehler's® Holiday Sugar Cookie Dough - $1.99
Pillsbury® Holiday Funfetti®Cake Mix - $.89
WALMART:
2 TRIAL SIZED J & J First Aid Kits, .99 each
-$3 (off 2) -->(Go here to print out a coupon for J & J First Aid kits)
FREE after coupon!
Betty Crocker Butter & Herb Potato Pouches, $0.88
-$0.40 coupon (find it on the right in my coupon box)
.44 after coupon!
Betty Crocker Cookie Pouch, $1.00
-$0.75 coupon (look in the coupon box on the right)
0.25 after coupon!
2 boxes of Chex Mix, $1.66
-$1/2 (coupon is in coupon box on the right)
1.16 ea. after coupon!
Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers, $1.00
-$.60 (coupon in coupon box on the right)
0.40 after coupon!
Campbell's Cream Soups $0.60 ea.
-$0.50/3 or $0.25/3 coupons from inserts
0.43-0.52 after coupons!
Progresso Soup, 3/$2
-$1.10/1 (coupon on right)
FREE after coupon!
Strawberry Whole Grain Poptarts (8 ct box) $1.66
- $1.00 peelie on ea box!
0.66/box after coupon!
Whole Wheat Gold Medal Flour $2.76
-$1 off coupon (go HERE to print out coupon)
1.76 after coupon!
Honey Bunches of Oats - Just Bunches Cereal 2/$2
-$2 printable HERE
FREE + after each coupon!
Vlassic Pickle "Ovals" $1.38
-$1 off Vlassic Printable HERE (exp 12/31)
0.38 after coupon!
Wet Ones, $0.92 (Trial Size)
$0.75/1 printable
0.17 after coupon!
among other various items I won't bore you to list...
12/2/08
LITTLE WOMEN *WINNER*!
Follow each video (sorry, taken w/ my digital whose memory kept 'shorting out' on me) to find the winner...
are you still there?....
thanks for your patience...
the big winner!
Congrats to the BIG winner! I'll be getting your tickets to you by Saturday evening!
12/1/08
Gotta Love Walgreens, My Loot (edited to include zyrtec coupon link!)
my loot from the weekendHere's what I did...(not that it will help you now, but it might help for next time)
Go here, specifically to page 4. There is a $1.50 off Colgate coupon. I used that + the in store coupon (1.50 off). That makes the toothpaste (after the 2.99 sale) free.
Intuition razers were on sale for 3.99. There was an in-store coupon for 3.00 off. That made them 99 cents (plus tax). I would've gotten more, but the girls in front of me, knew what they were doing & took EVERY SINGLE ONE off the shelf (save for the one I found in the wrong spot).
Now for the deals for today...
There is a coupon, for today & tomorrow only:
Go to my sidebar, click on coupons.com button & it will take you to the printable coupons...you will find walgreen's coupon there.What did I buy w/ mine?
Go here for a GLADE starter kit b.o.go. x2Wags price 3.99. You'll get 2 for that price (when you use the coupon), then open one up & there is $3 off your next purchase (use it on another & pay only 99 cents for it!).
I was thrilled to see Walgreens carries WARM mist vaporizers/humidifiers (I have had a hard time finding them) & they're 10.99 after rebate (cheapest around I think).
Wags brand ziplocs, 1.99
zyrtec for my allergy girl, 9.99 (minus a $2 manufacturers coupon) (go here to get yours)
my $5 off $25 coupon (print from my side bar!)
plus tax
voila! $28.85 for all that (& remember, it'll be $5 less once I get my rebates back!!)
my 2nd purchase (you didn't think I'd let a 2nd coupon go to waste, did you?!...)
marie calenders 2/$5 x 4 (our dinner!)
degree deodorant 2/$5 (minus a $1 coupon)
softsoap 99 cents
glad trashbags 5.99 sale
bic soleil rzrs 3.99 sale (minus a $3 manuf. coupon)
cascade 15 ct 3.50 sale
all detergent 1.79 after in store coupon x 2
flameless tea lights (perfect for preschool fingers!) $5 for a six pack (cheaper than the ones they're featuring for sale!)
after my $5 off 25.00 purchase coupon, I only spent $29 (w/ tax!!)!
Another Free Santa
Santa at the Old Log Cabin
Get your picture taken with the big guy himself on Saturday (Dec 6)
from 1 - 3 p.m. in Old Town St. Peters.
11/30/08
Weird Science
Last winter, we must've went to the St.Louis Science Center at least five times. I don't know what is better, the free admission, the life-like dinosaur that my kids love to hate, or the fun 'discovery room', where your time allowed seems to FLY by.
Parking on the "new" side of SLSC costs $8...but park on the other side of the highway (in Forest Park) & park for free (at least the last time we parked there, in the spring).
There are multi-levels & a morning or afternoon spent there won't even show you all the exhibits!
Parking on the "new" side of SLSC costs $8...but park on the other side of the highway (in Forest Park) & park for free (at least the last time we parked there, in the spring).
There are multi-levels & a morning or afternoon spent there won't even show you all the exhibits!
Check out the Science Center's new KIDS CLUB. It's FREE to sign-up and you get great stuff, like a backpack, plus giveaways and discounts, including meals, ice cream, tickets and more from places like Six Flags St. Louis, the Gateway Grizzlies, Eckert's, The Pasta House Co., Krispy Kreme, the OMNIMAX Theater, the ExploreStore, and Build-A-Dino at the Science Center. Plus, you'll receive e-mails withcoupons and special KIDS CLUB information and invitations to St. Louis Kids Magazine Kids Fest other KIDS CLUB events.
Free Bees
Share the love & get a free magic eraser.
Join Arby's club & get a free shake.
Print out this coupon for $1 off Rayovac batteries. Last I checked, these were at the 'dollar spot' at Target. If that's the case, you'll only be paying tax.
Get your free sample of Pantene.
Get a free sample of Bertolli's premium sauce.
Thanks Costco for a free diaper sample. (I love diaper samples, they're in their own package, perfect to stick in the car for emergencies -- & w/ it having its own packaging, it doesn't get car 'yuck' on it!) Also, it asks for your COSTCO member ID, but it's not a required field.
Free Kotex sample, thanks Walmart! (again, so perfect for the glove box, just 'in case'!)
Sample the new scent of GAIN! These are great to sit in your laundry room. I have before, run out of detergent (between stock ups) & had my bacon saved by a sample!
Thanks Walmart, for the Always sample!
Boy, this post has gone feminine product! Stop leaks before they happen! Walmart, again.
Some of my freebie (or free bee) tips!...
1. establish a "spam email address"
I did this years ago. I chose yahoo (it's free), but other options include hotmail, gmail, etc.
Join Arby's club & get a free shake.
Print out this coupon for $1 off Rayovac batteries. Last I checked, these were at the 'dollar spot' at Target. If that's the case, you'll only be paying tax.
Get your free sample of Pantene.
Get a free sample of Bertolli's premium sauce.
Thanks Costco for a free diaper sample. (I love diaper samples, they're in their own package, perfect to stick in the car for emergencies -- & w/ it having its own packaging, it doesn't get car 'yuck' on it!) Also, it asks for your COSTCO member ID, but it's not a required field.
Free Kotex sample, thanks Walmart! (again, so perfect for the glove box, just 'in case'!)
Sample the new scent of GAIN! These are great to sit in your laundry room. I have before, run out of detergent (between stock ups) & had my bacon saved by a sample!
Thanks Walmart, for the Always sample!
Boy, this post has gone feminine product! Stop leaks before they happen! Walmart, again.
Some of my freebie (or free bee) tips!...
1. establish a "spam email address"
I did this years ago. I chose yahoo (it's free), but other options include hotmail, gmail, etc.
2. alter your cookies, your java, or whatever, so that "fields" (blanks) have an auto-fill. I don't know the computer terms for this -- all I know is that when our computer was fixed (post virus) it had this all of a sudden. I think you can get this option on google. but it's a major times saver! it fills in blanks for you (w/ info you previously used for that particular blank) for forms.
3. organize your samples as they come in. I keep a cosmetic bag (there are actually THREE of them) that I throw trial sizes in (of shampoo, soap, shave gel, etc.). Then, when we're headed on a trip, it's already ready to go. Also consider the girl scout's april showers, shelters, churches, mission trips, etc.
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