Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Free items/cupons website
I just went to Freeflys.com and found a pile of free samples. I requested a pile of samples, and once I get them in the mail, I will review them :)
Monday, March 12, 2012
New items to try at the store!
So this past week grocery shopping at Shaws in North Windham, I picked up a few new items to try. They were on sale and I had a coupon, which made them the right price to try.
The first item was the Kraft MilkBites. They were $2.99 plus a $1.00 off coupon off 1 box of 5. I had two coupons, so I bought their chocolate granola bars and their peanut butter bars. The chocolate granola bars were for me and the peanut butter ones for my boyfriend. The peanut butter ones were gone in about 2.5 days, and my boyfriend keeps threatening to finish off my chocolate granola bars. The chocolate bars taste like an incredibly creamy granola bar. I'm not usually a fan of granola bars because they can be dry or chewy, but these were creamy and delicious!! These, for the right price, and I definitely want to try the strawberry ones next.
The next two items that I bought were two different flavors of the Kraft Fresh Take. Again, these have a regular retail of $2.99 and I had two $1 off 1 package coupons. Friday night we tried the Cheddar Jack and Bacon Fresh Take. This tasted very good. I covered chicken in the cheese and bacon mix. (FYI, follow the instructions on this one - I didn't and realized that the chicken would have been better covered if I had followed the actual instructions before hand). I put the chicken in a Pampered Chef stone ware dish, then covered the chicken in the remainder of the cheese and bacon. The package said that it would cover 6 pieces of chicken, I only used 2 large ones because I am only cooking for 2. The cheese and bacon turned nice and crispy, and the smell was wonderful.
The other Kraft Fresh Take that we tried was the Italian Parmesan. I loved this one better than the Cheddar Jack and Bacon package, and I loved that one! This time, I cut up about 1 pound of chicken into strips, and actually followed the directions on how to coat the chicken in the mixture. I then put the chicken in the Pampered Chef stone ware dish, and put the little bit of remaining cheese mix spread out on top of the chicken. This was delicious! There was no flavor that was too over powering - the bread crumbs, seasoning and cheese complimented themselves quite well.
Now, after saying all of those great things about the Fresh Take products, after buying the chicken, I would not pay much more that the $1.99 that I did for it. We spoke about making this from "scratch". If that is less expensive, then we will definitely be going in that direction with the store brand products. The Fresh Take packages also said that it would work with fish or pork chops, so that might be nice for variety.
The last item that I picked up was some Kraft Belvita Blueberry Breakfast Biscuits. I had a free sample of this at work, and it's a good thing I did. After trying a bite, I was shown the package and asked if I would pick that up off the shelf to buy. I replied with a "no" because the package made it look like a health food which to me says that the item would taste like cardboard. The blueberry tastes quite good. While shopping at Shaws, I walked passed a display with them on sale for $2.99 (regular retail $3.49) with a stack of $1.00 off coupons off 1 box. Each box has five individually wrapped packages, each package is one serving which is 4 biscuits. I would have purchased the package for $2.99, not a penny more, but the $1.99 is even better. I had one package this morning for breakfast, and it is surprisingly filling! About the time that I start counting the minutes to lunch, I was still full. With this item, looks are definitely deceiving.
Oh, over the weekend, I went to to my Swagbucks account and found some cards that I liked, and for only 119 swagbucks ordered them! I can't wait for them to come in the mail! This is a good little minor set back to my goal of getting a FREE $50 Home Depot or Lowes gift card. I haven't made up my mind on which I would like yet though. At least I have some time to think!
Thanks again! :)
The first item was the Kraft MilkBites. They were $2.99 plus a $1.00 off coupon off 1 box of 5. I had two coupons, so I bought their chocolate granola bars and their peanut butter bars. The chocolate granola bars were for me and the peanut butter ones for my boyfriend. The peanut butter ones were gone in about 2.5 days, and my boyfriend keeps threatening to finish off my chocolate granola bars. The chocolate bars taste like an incredibly creamy granola bar. I'm not usually a fan of granola bars because they can be dry or chewy, but these were creamy and delicious!! These, for the right price, and I definitely want to try the strawberry ones next.
The next two items that I bought were two different flavors of the Kraft Fresh Take. Again, these have a regular retail of $2.99 and I had two $1 off 1 package coupons. Friday night we tried the Cheddar Jack and Bacon Fresh Take. This tasted very good. I covered chicken in the cheese and bacon mix. (FYI, follow the instructions on this one - I didn't and realized that the chicken would have been better covered if I had followed the actual instructions before hand). I put the chicken in a Pampered Chef stone ware dish, then covered the chicken in the remainder of the cheese and bacon. The package said that it would cover 6 pieces of chicken, I only used 2 large ones because I am only cooking for 2. The cheese and bacon turned nice and crispy, and the smell was wonderful.
The other Kraft Fresh Take that we tried was the Italian Parmesan. I loved this one better than the Cheddar Jack and Bacon package, and I loved that one! This time, I cut up about 1 pound of chicken into strips, and actually followed the directions on how to coat the chicken in the mixture. I then put the chicken in the Pampered Chef stone ware dish, and put the little bit of remaining cheese mix spread out on top of the chicken. This was delicious! There was no flavor that was too over powering - the bread crumbs, seasoning and cheese complimented themselves quite well.
Now, after saying all of those great things about the Fresh Take products, after buying the chicken, I would not pay much more that the $1.99 that I did for it. We spoke about making this from "scratch". If that is less expensive, then we will definitely be going in that direction with the store brand products. The Fresh Take packages also said that it would work with fish or pork chops, so that might be nice for variety.
The last item that I picked up was some Kraft Belvita Blueberry Breakfast Biscuits. I had a free sample of this at work, and it's a good thing I did. After trying a bite, I was shown the package and asked if I would pick that up off the shelf to buy. I replied with a "no" because the package made it look like a health food which to me says that the item would taste like cardboard. The blueberry tastes quite good. While shopping at Shaws, I walked passed a display with them on sale for $2.99 (regular retail $3.49) with a stack of $1.00 off coupons off 1 box. Each box has five individually wrapped packages, each package is one serving which is 4 biscuits. I would have purchased the package for $2.99, not a penny more, but the $1.99 is even better. I had one package this morning for breakfast, and it is surprisingly filling! About the time that I start counting the minutes to lunch, I was still full. With this item, looks are definitely deceiving.
Oh, over the weekend, I went to to my Swagbucks account and found some cards that I liked, and for only 119 swagbucks ordered them! I can't wait for them to come in the mail! This is a good little minor set back to my goal of getting a FREE $50 Home Depot or Lowes gift card. I haven't made up my mind on which I would like yet though. At least I have some time to think!
Thanks again! :)
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Last weekend & vacation plans
This past weekend was fun. Friday night my parents and I went "upta camp" in T3R4 Maine and met up with my Aunt and Uncle. We are lucky that my Grandmother bought a camp up there in the 1960's for us to all enjoy. We spent the weekend snowshoeing, ice fishing and sledding. There are camps up there available to rent from two different people - my aunt and uncle and from Frank and Ruth. One of the gentlemen that owns another camp up there gave me some homemade maple syrup! I can't wait to try it!
For my next vacation that I would like to plan, I want to go up to Rangeley for a few days then up to camp. My dad, uncle and one of their friends co-own a hunting camp in Rangeley. No running water, an out house, and a wood stove. Luckily there are plenty of things to do in Rangeley - hiking at Saddleback Ski Mountain, lakes to swim and fish, restaurants to eat at and tons of small stores to shop in! I want to take my boyfriend up there for maybe 2-3 days, then head over to Spring Lake.
At least the Spring Lake camp between May and October has running water and indoor plumbing. The Spring
Lake Association shuts off the spring fed water every fall when the threat of frost and freezing water becomes too great. Our Spring Lake camp has a propane fridge, stove/oven, hot water tank (only a 5 gallon tank though) and lights. It's like high-class living in the middle of no-where!
Well, tonight I've got to plan the weekly grocery shopping for the two of us. Luckily I won't have to worry about supper tonight - it's a annual Casco Days planning dinner meeting.
For my next vacation that I would like to plan, I want to go up to Rangeley for a few days then up to camp. My dad, uncle and one of their friends co-own a hunting camp in Rangeley. No running water, an out house, and a wood stove. Luckily there are plenty of things to do in Rangeley - hiking at Saddleback Ski Mountain, lakes to swim and fish, restaurants to eat at and tons of small stores to shop in! I want to take my boyfriend up there for maybe 2-3 days, then head over to Spring Lake.
At least the Spring Lake camp between May and October has running water and indoor plumbing. The Spring
Lake Association shuts off the spring fed water every fall when the threat of frost and freezing water becomes too great. Our Spring Lake camp has a propane fridge, stove/oven, hot water tank (only a 5 gallon tank though) and lights. It's like high-class living in the middle of no-where!
Well, tonight I've got to plan the weekly grocery shopping for the two of us. Luckily I won't have to worry about supper tonight - it's a annual Casco Days planning dinner meeting.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Cool Websites for free stuff!
I just came across this website called Points2Shop . The site looks promising - watch videos, take surveys and play games, get credit and earn prizes with the credit points!
This also seems to be very similar to SwagBucks. With this website, you can get credits for searching the web, games, video clips and much more. I've earned over 5,000 credits so far on this one, and just need a few more credits to get a $50 gift card to Lowes or Home Depot. I can't wait on this one because there are so many things I need for my house from these places.
One of my goals this summer is to get a garden started and some fruit trees. I am hoping that these will have minimal cost and lots of reward to help with the cost of food.
Can't wait to start finding more money saving tips...
This also seems to be very similar to SwagBucks. With this website, you can get credits for searching the web, games, video clips and much more. I've earned over 5,000 credits so far on this one, and just need a few more credits to get a $50 gift card to Lowes or Home Depot. I can't wait on this one because there are so many things I need for my house from these places.
One of my goals this summer is to get a garden started and some fruit trees. I am hoping that these will have minimal cost and lots of reward to help with the cost of food.
Can't wait to start finding more money saving tips...
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