What’s so great about October?  If you asked me, I’d say the cool, early morning and late evening breezes.  For the past 5 or 6 months, the heat in my city has been unbelievable.  But so far this month, I have gotten a little relief… the overnight temps call for a light sweater. 

Other people might say that they like the October trees.  In October, the trees turn beautiful shades of red, brown and orange.  While I agree it is that the colorful trees can be picturesque, I don’t care for October trees. 

Why not?  Cause for me… it creates too much work for me.  In I have 4 trees in my front yard and 3 in the back.  Two of those are huge oak trees.  Trees in October equals dead leaves all over the lawn.  Oak trees in October equals dead leaves and acorns all over the lawn.  Cleaning up after 7 trees is not my idea of a good time.

My children also dislike October trees.  For them, this means that their Saturday mornings no longer means sleeping in late or watching cartoons.  Their Saturday mornings are now devoted to raking leaves, raking acorns, and more raking leaves. 

But yet in still, the kids love October because at the end of the month they receive a little reparation in the form of Halloween treats.  My daughter (6 years old) loves Trick or Treating.  And my son used to look forward to it too.  But now that he is gotten older (14), the take from Trick or Treating no longer excites him.

Last year while my daughter and I went Trick or Treating… my son and the DH stayed home to pass out goodies.  But this year, my son asked if he could do something more thrilling.  My son suggested that we go to Kings Dominion again.

We went to Kings Dominion amusement park a couple of summers ago and had a great time.  But Kings Dominion is 1,000 miles from us… there is no way we can travel 1,000 miles from home during the middle of the school year. So Halloween at Kings Dominion won’t work for us this year. We will have to find something a little closer to home.  However, if you are near the VA or DC area… spending Halloween at Kings Dominion may be a great idea. 

Every weekend during the month of October, the park hosts it Halloween Haunt.  They have several Scare Zones, spooky Mazes, and wicked stage Shows.  These serve to frighten the big kids (13 and up - parents included).  And to shake up the little kids… they have some less hair raising attractions such as a Talking Pumpkin Patch, the Foam Pit and a Meet & Treat.

And plus, you may be able to save some money off the price of admission when you look here:

Buy your tickets online and try using this coupon code

Special on Haunt Night when you purchase your tickets in advance

More coupon codes courtesy of Retail Me Not

Save $10 on season passes with this coupon found in the Entertainment Book

Discounts especially for Virginia Tech employees

Discounts especially for Virginia Governmental Employees Association members

Have you guys ever watched Jon and Kate Plus 8?  It is a semi-reality type show that comes on the TLC channel.  The cameras guide the audience through the life and times a couple (Jon and Kate Gosselin) plus 8 - (8 children a set of twins - age 7 and a group of sextuplets - age 4)  Needless to say… 8 children under the age of 10 all in one house… every minute is filled with adventure, joy, mayhem!

I am not really interested in spying in on the lives of others.  I have enough adventure, joy, mayhem within my own family.  But every now and then, I check out an episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8… and each time I tune in I love it.

There is a similar show that comes on the Discover Channel.  Meet the Duggars - 17 children and one on the way.  Ok I have nothing negative to say about the Duggars.  They seem to be a very happy, well adjusted family.  But in the cynical words of my DH… they are just a little too kipper to be believable.  How can everything be so happy, so orderly, and so peaceful in a house of 17 kids?  I just don’t see it.  Now granted the Duggars kids are spread out over 18 or 20 years (and all of the Gosselin kids are still kids)… But still… things can’t be that kipper with 17 kids, a man and his pregnant, hormonal woman in one house.

The Gosselins seems to be a bit more real.  I especially like the sit down chats with Jon and Kate.  They tell it like it is.  Their world does not seem sugar coated.  They disagree, they complain, they agree that having so many kids is not easy… yet it is also obvious that they love and enjoy their children and love each other.

Anyway, the other day my daughter and I were watching an episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8 and she asked me would I like to have 6 babies at one time.  Well that one was easy to answer… Absolutely not!  Then she threw me a curveball.  She said what would I do if she was part of sextuplets.  Uhhhh… yeah cute.

**sigh** I had to be honest with her.  I said baby, I love you but… (yes there is a but…) if your were a part of a sextuplet, I would have to give you and all of your brothers and sisters away.

My daughter got a little bothered by my response.  I guess she was expecting a difference answer.  I tried to cajole her by telling her that she would not be away, away.  I have a huge family.  My grandmother had 13 children… 10 girls and 3 boys.  I would give one baby to 6 of my aunts as an early Christmas present.

That may sound un-motherly, but 6 babies… at one time… seriously folks, I would go insane.  The babies would be better off with my aunts than with a mentally unstable me.

Fortunately… for my sanity… this was only a hypothetical question.

My hat goes off to the Gosselins… cause there is no way I could do it.  I really would go nuts.

… and broke.  Imagine the cost to feed and diaper 6 babies.  Pampers make it little easier though.  They have a special savings offer especially for the parents of mutiples.  And here are some other ways to save on Pampers:

Discounted prices at Amazon

Free shipping on Pampers Swaddlers

Pampers coupons at thecouponclippers.com

Pampers Gifts to Grow

Enter to Win Free Pampers

Pampers coupons at EBay

Other Promotions from papmers.com

Everyone tells me that I am a pretty good cook.  But here is a little secret, just between you and me…. I’m not.  I’m ok… but great?… That is stretching it a bit. 

Now, my mother, she is a great cook.  She likes to make all of that good hometown, uniquely southern kind of food.  And she enjoys cooking.  She cooks everyday!  When I was a kid, she would make meals that took 2 or 3 hours to prepare… and she worked full time. I don’t see how she did it.  It seems as if I don’t have enough time in the day to slave over a stove.

I cook about 5 times a week.  However, I don’t enjoy the cooking part so much. I enjoy sitting around the dinner table with my family and talking about our day. 

But because I don’t care too much for the cooking part… I try to make the process as quick and convenient as possible. I am the master of 30 minute meals.  Actually, sometimes I can whip a great meal together in 10 minutes, no kidding.  And it tastes like I have been in the kitchen for hours.

So to me, it’s kind of like I am fibbing if I say I’m a great cook.  Well, for one, I don’t like cooking. Secondly my meals are ready in 30 minutes, tops… so obviously I don’t put much effort into it.  I think great cooks enjoy cooking and I’m sure they put more effort into it than I do.

Anyway, I am sitting here contemplating what we will have for dinner.  I found this recipe for some 15 minute turkey tacos.  It sure looks tasty in the picture… and it is healthy.  (Ever since I lost a few pounds, I have been on this health kick.) 

But I don’t feel like cooking today.  I think we are going have to do take out tonight… or maybe we can dine in. 

My children really enjoy eating at the Golden Corral.  They like it because it is an all you can eat place.  I dislike it because it is an all you can eat place. Heading to dinner at an all you can eat buffet is not the best idea when you are trying to watch your calories.  The temptation is too overwhelming and I always end up going back for seconds. 

Oh how cute. My daughter was standing here as I wrote this… eavesdropping on my conversation with you guys.  Anyway, she just ran down the hall and yelled in excitement to her brother that we are eating at the Golden Corral tonight. 

I did not say anything about eating at the Golden Corral tonight!  All I said was that my children like it and I don’t like it.  But I guess kids read things the way the want to read it. 

Ohhh… that just gave me an idea.  Maybe I can use the Golden Corral as a bargaining tool.   My daughter can get what she wants and I can get what I want.  She wants to eat at the Golden Corral tonight… I want the jumbled pile of shoes in my closet put away back neatly in their boxes.   So let me go talk to the girl so I can propose my little deal.

By the way if you are looking for some Golden Corral deals, you can start here:

- Purchase a $20 gift card for $15

- Purchase tickets to see both Janie Fricke and T. Graham Brown and receive a $10.00 Golden Corral Gift Card for each ticket purchased.

- Rent the Golden Corral Movie of the Month and get a coupon for a free lunch buffet

- Enter for a chance to win $40 worth of Golden Corral coupons

- Printable coupons if you are in the Saratoga area

- 15% off at the Golden Corral when you stay at the Pigeon Forge Hampton Inn

- November 17th is Militray Appreciation Day at the Golden Corral

Oh my goodness, children have so many needs (wants) these days! My son is now 14 and will be entering high school in two days. (My baby, he is so grown up… and it happened so fast!) But anyway, since he was 11, he has been begging me to get him a cell phone. He claims everyone has one but him.

Although he has been persistent in his request, I never really gave it much thought. But now that he is entering high school, I am reconsidering.

For the past summer he has come up with better justification than “everyone else has one”. He has begun playing to my sense of fear. He gives me all of these emergency scenarios in which a cell phone might save the day.

Also, as he gotten older, I have been losing my overprotective mother grip. But now I can see how a cell phone can help me regain some of the control back. I can kill two birds with one stone. I can give him the cell phone that he desperately wants. And I can get the control I want… because he will only be a phone call away from me at all times.

Last month my cell phone service contract with Sprint expired. So now I have the freedom to select any service provider. I have looked at a few, but I think I may settle with the new AT&T (formerly Cingular, formerly Bell South Mobility)

My first mobile phone was with Bell South mobility. Even back then, they had those roll over minutes. I really made use of that feature, and I’d like to have it again.

AT&T also has free mobile to mobile. Right now, I have to pay an extra fee for the same thing from Sprint.

And I like the free call forwarding. I can use that feature to forward calls to my desk phone when I am at work or my house phone when I’m at home so that I won’t use up anytime minutes. Sprint charges a per use fee for call forwarding.

Besides, AT&T has great family plans. I can get three lines for a little as $70. And… AT&T also has some great specials, discounts and rebates offers:

> They offer a wide selection of free phones.

> Many rebates of up to $150

> For WA, OR, CO and TX residents, Car Toys is offering rebates of many AT&T mobile phones, valid through 8/5

> Save $100 on the AT&T Tilt after Mail-in Rebate promotion card, plus, get a FREE GPS Accessory Kit with separate Mail-in Rebate

> Courtesy of Howard Forums, a list of many AT&T bonus minutes, text, media packages and other codes

> 10% discount off regular monthly rate for AFGE unions members

> 12% discount off regular monthly rate for College of New Jersey employees

> 8% discount off regular monthly rate for Indiana University students and 12% discount off regular monthly rate for Indiana University employees

> 15% discount off regular monthly rate for UC Berkley employees

> 5% discount off regular monthly rate for Communications Workers of America union members

> 10% discount off regular monthly rate for Union Plus members

> 15% discount off regular monthly rate for University of Kentucky employees

> Enter your work or school email address here or here to see it you qualify you are eligible for a discount

> $25 from CashBaq, that can be used in additional to the coupons listed here

> $31.50 rebate from Big Crumbs

In this corner…

Standing 6′0, weighing 180 pounds, Queens, New York born and bred, former street hustler, ex con, survived being shot 9 times, multiplatinum record selling rap artist, the man behind G-Unit Records, two acting credits under his belt, creator of Vitamin Water, hard abs, killa body, millionaire and entrepreneur extraordinaire, better known to the world as 50 Cent… Mr. Currrrrrrrrrtis Jackson!!!!

(crowd goes wild)

In this corner…

Born in 1962 through the ingenuity of Glen Bell, started its humble beginnings in the small town of Downey, California, sold at the tender age of 16 to Pepsi, subsidiary to Yum! Brands, holding its own with nearly six thousand locations across 4 continents, home of the Big Bell menu, sole mastermind behind the Chihuahua craze, sales in the billions, filling more than 2 million hungry bellies every year, tacos anyway you want.. sliced, diced, tethered or tossed, Mr. Thinking Outside the Bun himself, yo te quiero… Tacooooooo Belllllll!!!

(crowd goes huh?… just stick with me people, I am going somewhere with this… I think!?!)

Let’s Get Ready to Ruuuuuummmble!!!!!!!!

Announcer out…

Referee in…

Ok Mr. Cent, Mr. Bell… I want a clean fight, no hitting below the belt, holding, tripping, or biting off ear lobes. Got it? Ok, touch gloves, gentlemen and get ready to fight!

Referee out…

Commentator (me) in…

Tsk, tsk, tsk on Mr. Bell. Apparently he’s not fighting the clean fight. So now Mr. Cent is suing.

Mr. Bell made a rather simple request. He asked Mr. Cent if he would change his name to either 79, 89 or 99 Cent… (just for one day) in order to promote Mr. Bell’s new “79-89-99 Cent Why Pay More” campaign. In exchange, Mr. Bell would make a donation to a charity of Mr. Cent’s choosing.

Mr. Cent declined, citing that he has a reputation to maintain. What would the fellas in the neighborhood think if fity… fity cent, went around rapping about 99 cent tacos? I am flattered Mr. Bell, thanks, but no thanks… it ain’t happening.

According to the federal suit Mr. Cent filed on Wednesday, Mr. Bell would not take no for an answer and ran the ads starring a 50 Cent imitator. Mr. Cent claims that he image was stolen without his permission… and to top it off, he was neither compensated nor was a donation made to a charity on his behalf.

Commentator out…

Referee in…

10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Mr. Bell is out for the count.

But these Taco Bell coupons and deals are not…

Enter the Taco Bell Frutista Freeze contest by August 31^st to win two coupons for a free Frutista Freeze

For my New York friends… get $1 off any combo meal or Buy 1 Get 1 Free bean burrito or Buy 1 Get 1 Free crunchy taco

For my Hawaiian friends… Purchase an A&W Good Deals for Good Deeds Fund-Raiser coupon book and you’ll find 8 Taco Bell coupons hiding inside

Complete this My Local Taco Bell Concert Series VIP Ticket Sweepstakes Entry Form to win tickets to Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Huck Jam (enter by August 4) or PROJEKT REVOLUTION 2008 (enter by August 8 )

Live in Michigan? Sign up here to get email notices about Taco Bell deals

Buy the 2009 Entertainment Book and get 2 for 1 Taco Bell discounts in California and Kansas

Oklahomans… go on a diet and get a free taco… fresco style

I seldom watch HGTV. I like the shows but every time I tune in I get all of these ideas about how I can razzle this and dazzle that. And razzling and dazzling HGTV style gets expensive. So I purposely try to limit my expose to this channel.

However yesterday, I sort of got caught up. I was innocently flipping through the channels when the batteries on the remote gave out. And miraculously the station it stopped on… HGTV. Yeah I could have gotten up and changed the channel. But I figured it was meant for me to watch it. Why else would my batteries die at that very moment?

So all day yesterday… I was immersed in HGTV. And sure enough I now have all of these creative ideas about how I can spruce up the house. In particular, I want to revamp the guest bathroom. Right now it is themed with blue and yellow fish. I had been content with that for many years, but now all of a sudden I want to do something a little bit more HGTV-ish.

Although I would love to do a complete remodel with new tiles, sink, tubs, toilet and other fixtures, my budget only affords me the basics. I think I am going to repaint the walls and replace the yellow and blue fish accents with something that is a tad swankier.

I have a vision in my mind of what the newly designed bathroom will look like. So today I began looking around for items that embodies that vision. I found everything I need all in one place… Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Bed, Bath and Beyond is a retail chain that specialize in home décor. And even with the downturn in the housing market, the company has managed to maintain decent profits. I like Bed, Bath and Beyond. Shopping at this store give us grown ups an opportunity to reconnect with our inner child by playing house. Just about anything you need to your beautify home can be found in any of their hundreds of locations. And plus you can take advantage of these special savings.

Amazing Bargains

Clearance Items

Here is a coupon for $10 off of a $30 or more purchase. It’s expired, but Bed, Bath and Beyond has been known to honor expired coupons.

By the way, they also accept competitor coupons so you can also use this Linens N Things coupon to get 20% off a single item purchase.

- Now through September 2^nd enter here for a chance to win over $40,000 in prizes, you can enter daily

- Sign up here to get on Bed, Bath and Beyond’s direct mailing list. Once you register they’ll send you valuable in store coupons

- Many Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons are available for sale on eBay (there are also a few gift cards available for sale as well)

- Refer a friend to sign up for the gift registry and get a referral reward of $25 off a $50 purchase

- Save for college with this 1% contribution to your Upromise account

- Redeem Citi Thank You points for a $25 Bed Bath and Beyond Gift Card

- University of Pennsylvania students and alumni… earn a $25 gift card for spending $150-$300 or a $40 gift card for spending over $300, valid through September 30^th

My son has been away at camp all week. Today I had to make the 260 mile trip to pick him up. I left out at 5 this morning and returned home at 3 this afternoon… a long drive to say the least. Anyhow on the way there I got myself into some legal trouble… nothing too serious though. I was pretending to be Maria Andretti and got caught.

I was doing 68 in a 55… (at least that is what the officer said. But I say I’m innocent until proven guilty.) I asked the cop if she could give me a verbal warning instead of a ticket. But she was not up for negotiating. She wrote me the ticket and told me to have a great day.

A speeding ticket? That’s just great. I haven’t gotten a ticket in years. And in two months I have to renew my auto insurance policy. If they realize that they are insuring a Mario Andretti wannabe, my premium will go through the roof. So I have to do my best to prevent that from happening.

There are two things I plan to do.

First of all, I won’t just mail a check to pay for the ticket. Past experience has taught me that appearing for court is better choice. Some people like to fight tickets in court. But I will not fight it. I’ll concede to the judge that maybe I was going a little bit over the limit. And more then likely, the judge will reduce the ticket to a lesser violation. Then with all the remorse I can muster up, I’ll ask if it’s possible that this minor infraction not be reported to the DMV. And that judge will likely say ok. No report to the DMV means that my insurance company will not hear about this… Or at least this is how I hope the story will play out.

Second, I need to take precautions to make sure this does not happen again. The most logical solution is that I never speed again. And while I can promise ya’ll that I won’t, chances are that I will. I don’t try to be Little Mrs. Speed Racer… it is just that sometimes I can lose perception of speed. So I’m going to get a radar detector. And this way, when it beeps, I’ll be reminded check the odometer to make sure I am in compliance with the posted speed limit.

Best Buy has a pretty decent selection of radar detectors… as well as other promotions and specials.

• Save 10% on any single item from select categories or save 12% on any single item from select categories with your Reward Zone program membership
• Apply for your Reward Zone Master Card to quickly rack up points on your Best Buy purchases
• Rebates on Energy Star products
• Pay $30 when you buy two $19.99 video games
• $20 Price Drop on the Panasonic FS3S Lumix Digital Camera
• Write a product review and win $1,000
• 5-15% off select digital camera, plus free shipping
• 5-15% off select digital camcorders, plus free shipping
• Save $50 on Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 - Windows
• 12-25% off select GPS systems, plus free shipping
• Free shipping on Lexmark Printers
• Save $350 on Sony - VAIO Laptop
• Recently reduced items at the Best Buy Outlet
• Weekly Sales Event
• No interest for 90 days when you use your Best Buy credit card

Ok, it is time for me to be honest with you guys. I am the type of vacationer whose destination sometimes depends on which out of town relative has a spare bed or sofa that I can crash on for a week. I love to vacation but the expense is often more than my penny-wise budget can bear. And while I enjoy reconnecting with distant relatives, the sleeping on the sofa thing just ain’t working for me anymore. I’m getting older and the lumpy sofa is not good for my back. And anyway, it makes me feel like a moocher. So I have given up on this method is saving money.

I am planning to take a trip for my birthday, which is only a month away. I haven’t settled on a location as of yet… but one thing I know is that I will not spend this vacation sleeping on the couch. This decision really broadens my possibilities. That means I can go anywhere I want… (well, within the confines of my budget that is)

Although I have come to this “no more sofas” conclusion, my budget has not changed. This means I have to figure out how to squeeze in lodging expenses without going over budget. I have been looking ways to do that. And I discovered that this will be easy to pull off if I take advantage of Expedia coupons and specials.

Expedia has all kinds of great deals going on:

Free gas card when I book my hotel through Expedia

Save 30% on flights through booked though 7/31 for travel up to 9/5, plus get 20 points per dollar from Memolink

Third night free at Starwood Hawaii when booked by December 16

Round trip flight on Delta for as low as $216, good through July 31

4 night hotel stay plus air fare to Hawaii for under $1000

4 night hotel stay plus air fare to California for under $500

Last minute 4 day Mexican cruise on the Royal Caribbean for $219

Las Vegas hotel room for only $29 a night

Save $10 per night enter when I enter this code, good through July 31 for travel through September 30

All inclusive Cancun and Riviera Maya vacations… flight and hotel for $740

A 2 day free car rental from Europcar, valid until July 31

A 4 day Bahamas cruise for $189 on the Norwegian

Get money back on Expedia purchases when I use these sites:

Get 2.8% cash back from cost.com

Get 1.8% cash back from bigcrumbs.com

Get 2.4% cash back from fatwallet.com

Get 2.0% cash back from mrrebates.com

Get 1.0% cash back from ebates.com

Get 1.0% cash back from cashbaq.com

As you can see, I have a lot more budget friendly choice when I book with Expedia. I think I may go on a cruise. I have not been on one in awhile and 4 days in the Bahamas for $189… that’s a bargain. As soon as I am done talking to ya’ll… I am going to book that cruise. And after I am done booking it, I need to get prepared.

Since I’m going to Bahamas, I need to work on looking good in my bathing suit. So, I’ll try extra hard to drop another 5 pounds.

Anyway, enough of my babbling, I’m getting excited… No more couches for me and I’m going on an inexpensive Bahamian cruise!

This post was included as a part of the 141st Festival of Frugality at Almost Frugal.

Does everyone remember Jared? He’s the guy who lost 240 pounds by eating Subway for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It’s been about 8 years since Subway revealed to the world Jared’s new slimmer look. Recently I have been seeing Subway commercials that congratulate Jared on his 10 year anniversary of keeping it off. I am so proud of Jared. Losing so much weight and maintaining a weigh loss of that magnitude can be an insurmountable feat for anyone.

Recently I have embarked on my own Jared-esque weight loss journey. My diet is not as Subway rich as Jared’s was, but I do eat there just about everyday for lunch.

In my local Subway, there is a larger than life cardboard replica of the skinny Jared holding up a pair of his fat pants. Every time I go in there, I rub his flat cardboard belly for inspiration and good luck. The folks in there think I am loony. But I tell them, loony or not, that belly rub is working or me.

I don’t know if it is the belly rubs or the subs or maybe the combination of the two, but over the past thirty days I have lost about five pounds. That is little more than a pound a week! If I keep it up, I might get myself a spot on TV commercial right next to my Subway hero.

And despite my obvious intention of using Subway to help me attain my weight loss goals, I actually like the food. It beats those microwaved Lean Cuisines and Health Choices. Hands down, no competition… it’s more filling and tastes better.

Typically I get the same thing every time I visit Subway. My favorite sandwich is sweet onion chicken teriyaki with Swiss cheese on a 6 inch slice of honey oat French bread. I like it topped with sweet onion sauce, black olives, cucumbers, tomatoes, three jalapeno peppers (just 3 else my mouth would be on fire) and extra spinach leaves (I like to get the extra spinach for the added antioxidant, vitamin A and vitamin K)

And man, do I love this sandwich? My mouth is watering as I think about it. The bread is freshly baked. The veggies are crisp and flavorful. And the whole thing only costs me 384 calories and 9.5 grams of fat.

Anyway since I’ve been eating out for lunch everyday at Subway, I’ve been on the hunt for ways to stretch my subway dollars. Because Subway is a franchise, you may not be able to use the same coupons in every location. But here is what I found:

Subway coupons for select Florida restaurants

Subway coupons for select New Jersey restaurants

Subway coupons for select Utah restaurants

Subway coupons for select California restaurants

Many locations now sell the most popular foot long subs for $5, at some restaurants every foot long is only $5

Earn points that can be redeemed for free stuff when you reload your Subway cash card

Sign up here for the latest Subway promotions

Test drive a Vespa and get a $5 Subway gift card

Get Subway cheap coupons and find cheap gift cards at EBay

Subway coupons sent to your cell phone

Enter here for a chance to win a $50 gift card

No sure if these will work, but I’ll give it a try

(Ok I might be getting a little ahead of myself on this post, but according to recent polls… it’s practically a given.) 

So what do we really know about our future First Lady? 

She’s smart… not everyone can say that they graduated from both Harvard and Princeton.

She’s not that hip but she can give a mean fist bump.

She can’t pronounce Nevada.  That’s one thing we have in common.  I can’t ever get the word right either.

She’s sexy… Barrack has got his groupie and Michelle has hers.  At 44 she’s got men lusting over her.  That’s pretty cool if you ask me. 

She’s been on both sides of the track… she grew up on the south side of Chicago where her father earned a modest income as a pump operator.  Now she lives in a $1.5 million dollar home and before she took a leave of absence from her job, she was earning over $200K a year

She’s gone Greek… earlier this year she was inducted into the AKA sorority.

She’s not well liked by the folks in the UK… apparently they feel she has her nose in the air and is angry and abrasive

She dresses well… her fashion sense stir up a lot of discussions. 

She’s married to a man who defends her honor… It’s nice to see that chivalry still lives. 

And she shops at Target! Could you imagine bumping into to the first lady while she’s pushing a cart around in Target?  I wonder if she uses coupons when she shops there.  I am not sure if she does, but I definitely do.  And so can you.  Here are some great Target offers that you don’t want to miss.

Savings From Target Optical 

$25 lenses with the purchase of any frame

$199 designer eyeglasses

10% off a 4 box contact lenses purchase

Free shipping on purchase from select departments

Save $50-100 on these best sellers (Hurry, this offer ends on the 19^th)

Sign up for a Target Visa gets 10% off on the first day of purchases, get another 10% off day when you earn 1,000 point, and if you use your card to purchase a prescription in the pharmacy the you can get yet another 10% off day

Enroll your Target card in the Take Charge of Education program, and 1% goes to your favorite school

Earn 9% cash back when you shop through Big Crumbs

Earn 5 to 10 points per dollar through MyPoints

$4 for generic drugs

Over 200 items that are selling for 75% off

Save $5 on a $50 online purchase, (just use this link and the savings will automatically be applied at checkout)

Free 8X10 and no sitting fees at the portrait studio

Free $15 iTunes gift card with select iPod purchases at Target

$3 off Partyware purchase of $15 or more

Printable Target grocery coupons: (These are valid thru 8/2)

$1 off Sutton & Dodge Angus beef

50 cents off Archer Farms artisan bread

50 cents off Pepperidge Farm cookies

50 cents off Pringles chips

50 cents off Quaker granola

$1 off  when you buy two Keebler Rite Bites 100 Calorie

$1 off Classico pasta sauce

$1 off Skippy peanut butter

$1 off Smuckers fruit spread

$1 off Archer Farms frozen appetizer

$1 off Colgate Total Advance (good through 6/30)