Free preschool worksheets

My daughter and I have been working on "at" words.  I found these free printable phonics sheets.
These are a great supplement to the kindergarten hooked on phonics books that we are using.  I particularly like the idea of making a memory game out of the at words.  Just print two copies of the at flashcards.  Cut and play.

This site also has some pre-printing practice worksheets that I'm going to print out as well as letter printing worksheets.

Mega Swagbucks Day!

Today and every Friday is Mega Swagbucks Day!
That means it should be even easier to collect your swagbucks and get even more just by doing your searches. I've earned over $50 in free gift cards just by searching with Swagbucks! I don't know how many times I've gotten swagbucks for searching for Facebook or other places I go to regularly.  If you don't know much about swagbucks check out my article on how to get free gift cards with swagbucks.

Safeway I wish you knew your own coupon policies!

So I'm at Safeway tonight with my plan all ready.  They're having this great deal on  Marie's dressing that I was going to get in on.  If you buy 5 then each are only $.99.  I happen to have 5 coupons for these for $1 off making them all free. I packed these into my cart along with some fuji apples that are on sale for .88/lb. The cashier put all my coupons through with no problem and then decided that on second thought she wouldn't take the coupons after all.  She said that since the item was only $.99 she couldn't take $1 off.  I said "well, can't you just take the coupon down to $.99?" and she said no.  Now, since she was the cashier manager (according to her name tag) I didn't really think I could do anything.  So I just paid for my apples and went on my way.  I knew this wasn't quite right so I called corporate at 1-877-723-3929.  I politely asked if it was Safeway's policy to not accept coupons that were higher than the price of the item. She said no. In cases like this the coupon should be adjusted down. So she apologized and talked with my Safeway and then connected me.  My safeway also said that my cashier should have adjusted the coupon down and didn't understand what the issue was.  


I wish I had asked for a manager while I was there or called while I was in the store but I just wanted to get home.  The employees should know the coupon policy as well as their customers.  

Milk coupons!

I don't know about you but my family goes through a lot of milk.  In fact we consume at least 2 gallons per week.  These days I almost always use a coupon for milk and here is a site where you can print as many coupons as you want.  I've used milk coupons at Safeway, Walgreens and CVS.  If I used one of these coupons all year I'd save  over $57.  I don't know about you but it is worth it to me.  Just go here to get your milk coupon.  Also go here to get cheese and other dairy product coupons.  Just scroll to the bottom of the page.

Update:  I've used these coupons from the newspaper before.  I think they're from Smart Source and never had a problem.  However, tonight at Safeway the ones I printed didn't work.  Lame.  I'll have to look into it a little further. 

UPDATE:  I figured out why they don't work at Safeway.  Wrong brand of milk. Oops!  But our CVS and Walgreens carry this brand so they work just find there!

Six Months of Free Magazines from Thriving Family

 Right now you can get six months of free magazines at Thriving Family Magazine. This is a magazine from Focus on the Family. Just go here then scroll down to the bottom of page.  Hurry!  This probably won't last.  I just did it and there's no credit card involved.

If you're having Papa Murphy's Pizza at the superbowl why not cookies too?

Love me some cookies. 
This is a printable coupon for Free Cookie Dough at Papa Murphy's Pizza. 
Purchase any Family Size Papa Murphy's Pizza at regular menu price and get a full pound of freshly made cookie dough with real Hershey’s semi-sweet chocolate chips at Papa Murphy’s Pizza.


This coupon is good until 2/28.

Get the best deals on your online purchases

 Too bad money doesn't grow on trees.

You're wasting money if you're shopping online without getting a percentage back every time.

I use 2 sites to get cash back on all my online purchases.  I always compare the two to see which one has the highest payout and coupon code for whatever store I am shopping from.

The first site is Ebates. You get a $5 sign up bonus if you’re a new member and then a certain percentage back for purchasing through their site.  I have seen up to 10% cash back!  Plus they make finding the codes for your stores simple.   Ebates tracks the purchases you make and sends you a rebate once you hit $20. You can also get a few dollars for referring new members to Ebates.  Godiva, Target, Barnes and Noble, Staples, Old Navy and Overstock.com are among the over 1200 online stores you can shop from by using Ebates.  They send out a rebate check every 3 months if your balance is over $5.01.  This does not include your  sign up bonus.  So the first check that you receive will be at least $10.01.

The second site that I use that offers cash back on your online purchases is Shopathome. This site also offers coupons for over 3,000 online stores.  It offers printable coupons as well. It works similar to Ebates in that it offers a percentage cash back for your online purchases. Shopathome has a little higher wait for payout.  You have to hit $20 but I definitely think it is worth the wait.  I shopped online a lot during Christmas and I am at $18.06 and counting.

Remember how I said I always compare between these two.  Well I almost always use Shopathome when I make my Avon purchases because they usually offer a 9% cash back reward whereas Ebates usually only offers 4% cash back with Avon.  I say usually because both sites vary their cash back rewards and sometimes they'll offer specials and double days for different online stores.


With Valentines Day coming up this is the perfect time to check one of these sites out!  Once you use these you'll never want to shop online without it.

Follow my referral codes if you join.   That way we'll both benefit!

Just click on the word Ebates
Or click on Shopathome


Let me know if you join or if you have any questions.