Let the Turkey Day Frenzy Begin!!

So this year I am cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the first time... well.. the first time with actual guests!  Not counting the one turkey day that hubby and I did together when we were dating.  That was a crazy fiasco where I decided I needed to make my OWN whipped cream and apparently everyone was sold out!  Long story short I went home with a traffic ticket for not coming to a complete stop leaving a gas station.. and no heavy whipping cream!

This year will be different.. I already have the whipping cream ;)

But it won't be short of insanity.  Early morning I am going out to hit up CVS and Rite Aid.  Both retailers are starting their black friday sale on Thursday.  If you haven't seen them yet or don't get the newspaper or sign up for online emails, you can check out their ad scans here!  Both stores have quite a few free items if you have their discount/rewards cards.  By free I mean you pay for them upfront, but get print outs for discounts on your next shopping visit.  I like this because not only do I get some items I may need or want for a discount, but I can use the print out $$ on purchases of items that are not usually on sale.  I think you ulitimately want to use print outs to buy things that give you more print outs so you essentially never have to actually pay for anything again.. but I haven't mastered this art yet.  I still feel obligated to only get things I actually will use, which doesn't always coincide with there rewards $$ sales!

Then after all the fun and festivities I will be heading to Toy's R Us.  They are starting their black friday sale on Thursday.  They will be having additional sales of toys on Friday not included on Thursday, but lucky me everything I want to snatch up for Eve is onsale Thursday.  Tag Jr. books will be on sale for $7.49 and with a few of these print out coupons I should be able to score her books for $2.50 each.  You have to watch a video and enter a sweepstakes, but then you can print the coupon twice.  I am hoping these coupons are good for Tag Jr. books as well as Tag books.  Only time will tell!!  There was also a $3 off coupon in the November Parenting magazine.. not as good as $5, but still a great discount!  In the meantime, here is a freebie book!

FREE LeapFrog Tag or Tag Junior Book

To snag a free LeapFrog Tag or Tag Junior book just head on over here to snag a FREE LeapFrog Tag book or Tag Junior Board Book ($10.99 value)! All you need to do is link any LeapFrog toy you currently own to the LeapFrog Learning Path. The Learning Path is a FREE online resource that lets you see and share in your childs play and learning with LeapFrog. *Limit one offer per household and allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

How to get it: Click the "Print" button on the CVS site to print a coupon for a free 5-count box of hand sanitzier wipes redeemable at any CVS MinuteClinic. This offer is good until 12/31/10.

*Request your coupon for a free 5-count box of hand sanitizer wipes now while supplies last!

PetSmart: Premium Dog Food $0.99!

PetPerks card, you can snag AvoDerm Premium Dog Food from PetSmart for as low as $0.99 after the coupon found here!

Buy 1 AvoDerm Dog Food 4.4 lb bags $5.99 (you must use your PetPerks card to get this price)
Use the $5/1 AvoDerm Pet Food coupon found here
Final Cost $0.99

FREE Sample of Burt's Bees Natural Lotion!

Go on over here to snag a free sample of Burt's Bees Natural Body Lotion!  This one requires quite the song and dance to sign up.  I just click no for everything (I HATE SURVEYS!!) and then liked them on facebook.. what a girl will do for free Burt's Bees!!  But when you do finish, they list quite a few free samples!  You may be able to bypass all the bs and go straight to burts bees on facebook, like them, and tell them what your skin is saying to get a free coupon :)

A Few of Today's Online Groupons ~Everyone Can Do Them!  And it may be a good way to score some cheap last minute gifts!! 

Just go over here and change your location to Colorado Springs – $10 for $20 Worth of Decadent Sweets at Chocolate.com *ONLINE*

Go on over here and change your location to Memphis - $15 for $35 of Gourmet Coffees, Teas, and Gifts from Joe’s Coffee House Online *ONLINE*


Go on over here and change your location to Pittsburgh - $35 for a “Big Wall Graphic” Panoramic Wall Mural from LTL Prints ($84 Value) *ONLINE*

Go on over here to check out the deal for your local city!

** If you're not interested in any of the deals above, but would like to start seeing the deal of the day for your city or town, you can go on over here to set that up.  Right now, if you are local to Philly they are doing another 3 laser hair removal treatments for $99.  You can buy two for 6 treatments and that covers the recommended number of treatments for it to be permanent.  This is the way I intend to finally become hairless!  LOL!  I will just keep buying groupon's when they become available!