Free water at Walmart!

Whenever another blogger post a freebie deal I'm always a little hesitant to spend a ton of time printing off coupons, I've been burned before. I don't know what it is but apparently stores in Michigan don't feel the need to stock or price things at the same levels as elsewhere, too many times I've read about everyone getting a great deal only to find a local store doesn't stock the items.

So today when I saw a few blogs advertising free water at Walmart I was skeptical, since we were going shopping anyway I figured I'd print two coupons and give it a shot. And I'm glad I did.



I found these 6 packs of water in the Wal-mart dollar aisle (not with the other water products) and was able to use my two coupons to score 12 free bottles of water! As we were checking out the couple in front of us had a 12 pack of the same water - I so wanted to stop her and tell her she could have bought two packs for free; but sometimes I think I Matt thinks I'm crazy when I talk coupons with total strangers so I refrained myself.

Anyway check out the Everyday Eating site to print your coupon HERE - I was able to print two per computer.

Baby Coupons for Alcohol??

No I haven’t lost my mind but I understand you are probably wondering why I am posting pictures of Catalina coupons huh?

I just thought it was a funny situation. Last weekend Matt and I made a quick run to Meijer to purchase two products, some Neosporin and an alcoholic beverage. At the check outs we received three Catalina coupons; diapers, baby laundry soap, and Juicy Juice.

The only thing I can think of to explain this is that Meijer thinks alcohol leads to babies.

The X and Y of Buy - Book Review

You’ve got to get out and read The X and Y of Buy written by Elizabeth Pace. This book textbook is written unlike any other. In fact if I would have had more books like this in college I may have opened them.

The X and Y of Buy is billed as a way to “sell more and market better by knowing how the sexes shop” and it delivers.

Pace has a great writing style, there were many times while reading that I actually laughed out loud. The X and Y of buy is jammed packed with facts and pertinent stories.

I honestly enjoyed reading this book and learned so much, it’s written with a corporate sales person in mind but the techniques can be used in so many ways. I’m already thinking of ways to use the ideas with people at work and am highly contemplating giving the book to my Realtor. I can see it boosting sales in any field or in my case if you’re not in it for the sales, the ability to connect with those you work with on a new level.

Book Sale Manager - Site Review

As anyone who has read this blog for more than a few weeks knows Matt and I LOVE books and book sales. We are total book geeks – in fact books are one of the reasons I didn’t post on the Fourth of July – we were at our annual Bargain Books sale. I forgot to take a picture of our purchases but trust me there are some great reads.

And since I’ll take any opportunity to talk books I wanted to let you know about a great resource for how you can find out where local book sales are taking place. When we first started shopping at book sales we never knew when they were happening and missed out on some great opportunities. I have our three favorite sales memorized but we still missed one in April – it was horrifying.

That’s where the new site Booksalemanager.com steps in – by using their site you’ll never miss a sale again. There are a few sites out there that list book sales but they often don’t have a search feature so you’re left scrolling pages of sales trying to find the right one. It can be very frustrating trust me. Booksalemanager.com is an easy to use search function with a clean page design so you only get the information you’re asking for.

Booksalemanager.com allows you to search for sales within a few miles of your zip code. You can also search sales by their size and varying time frames. Once you find a sale or sales you want to attend you can add them to your calendar and receive email notifications reminding you. See I told you you’d never miss a sale again.

Right now the site is still growing and will be adding sales significantly in the future so if your search didn’t find anything too close today keep checking back. They provide all these services for free, to the buyers and sale organizers which I find amazing.

Book sales are a great way to find reading material at a severely discounted price, I highly recommend you give one a shot. Take a few minutes right now and search the Booksalemanager.com site to find a sale nearby.

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Expired Military coupons

I’ve forgotten to send out a military coupon reminder the last few months but I wanted to make sure we all get our expired coupons mailed out this month.

If you have expired coupons take the time to mail them to a military family overseas.
This month I’m mailing mine to:

Stuttgart, Germany
Army Community Service
Unit 30401
APO AE 09107

To find out more about sending military families your expired coupons check out THIS post.

How Could you do That?! - the abdication of character courage and conscience - Book Review

This weekend I finished Dr.Laura Schlessinger’s book “How Could you do That?! - the abdication of character courage and conscience”

The book is a collection of stories from the callers on her radio show and a discussion of how we as humans make less than desirable choices in life. The book is only 269 pages so it should have been a quick read but I found reading it to be slightly tedious. I just couldn’t get into, like I said the book is full of examples but lacks any flow to the stories. The only connection being we all make dumb choices in life.

Dr.Laura used the book to express a strong opinion on childcare and relationships in general. She often uses the pages to convey her stance on two parent families and having one parent at home. I have to agree with her, I’m sure the best solution is having at least one parent at home rather than two full time working adults. Yet, there are times I felt like she was saying if your children are raised with two working parents or in a single parent home they will turn out to be hooligans. I am the product of a divorced, single parent working mother home and I think I turned out ok. I finished high school, went to college, and didn’t have any children at a young age, as Dr.Laura would have you believe happens to everyone from this predicament.
There are a few parts of the book that made me stop and really think about the situations and how they applied to my life so it wasn’t a total loss.

The book has a two star rating on Amazon.com so I’m guessing other readers feel the same way I do.


Books Read in 2009: 22
Books to Read: 28