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National Celiac Awareness Month

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Was going to make some dumb joke here, but realized that for someone with a gluten-intolerance that could be life-threatening, it’s not funny… so

Mambo Sprouts has tons of coupons and recipes on their site.  Remember when I told you to sign up for their emails because of the high value coupons on “healthy” stuff (unlike the 4000 pudding cups we’ve all gotten in the past week – well, not me! –  insert halo here).

WELL, DO IT!  NOW!

Off now to scout out the last few Con Agra deals in North America.  Wish me luck.

Ideal sweetener changes

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Last July I opened a box of Ideal brand sweetener (from Meijer) and found that the contents of most of the packets had lumped-out (my technical term).  Oddly enough, the second package from the same order was fine.  Called customer service and they investigated.  This morning I received a call from them saying that:  1) mine was the first in a group of similar complaints 2) they were replacing the paper packets with foil (to eliminate humidity issues during transport) and 3) they were mailing me out a replacement.  My shipping info had never made it into the database and they had been unable to ship before.

Sometimes all it takes is a phone call…

Buyzooka

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I’m posting today’s Buyzooka just cause it’s kinda odd (and thus appeals to me).  Hard to type with puppies on your arm, but I’ll try…(originally posted as Butzooka)  It’s a 24 karat facial and free eye-lifting from a school (fancy pants word used was institute) in Skokie.  Maybe it would be fantastic, maybe a marketing gimmick, you be the judge.

Auntie Anne’s Pretzel update

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JUST got two emails from Buyzooka with the info on the free food (is good).  The voucher for the Freebie pretzel is being mailed (make certain your account has all the correct info) and the BOGO pretzel is the email verification.

While I like cinnamon/sugar, I like cheap/free even more.  My recommendation would be to hold off on anything until that voucher shows up in the mail.  The BOGO expiration date is 11/24/10, so plenty of time…  and oh, god, did I really have to post that picture again?!  now i’m drooling…time to hit the the poppycock…damn

Monday am – pretty Con Agra pix

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Thought I’d check out Jill’s site last night.  Usually she posts Monday am, but occasionally it’s earlier.  I know most of us have worked out the various scenarios already (been done to death, actually), but I wondered if another person would see different stuff.  Her site was basically toast until I just gave up and went to bed (would not load beyond home page).

Well, her posts this morning just blew me away!  Not that there was anything new with  the Con Agra combinations, but because of the way-cool little pictures!  I called my husband over to look at them all and he thought it was set up for people who can’t read!  Although, now that I think about it, he’s probably right.  Most of the people who contact me about cats not printing haven’t read the entire post or written down the product combinations needed to hit the $25 threshold!

How many papers should I get tomorrow?

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IF you are going the dollar store route – get at least four (maybe more?) Tribs.  There is a surprise mid-month P&G insert with, among other coupons, a $1 off Gain dish soap.  Can you say “More free dish soap.”  Since DG and Wal Mart both sell this for a buck or less, getting the paper for a buck means it’s paid for itself – any other coupon you use is a freebie.  There is also a $4/1 SINEX coupon, so if you get the paper today, run over to Wags for more free money (see prior posts).

Don’t forget, dollar stores generally put out their Sunday Tribs on Saturday afternoon.  Make certain that not only does your paper have a sealed plastic section, but open the bag after you’ve paid, but before you leave the check out area, to make certain that you have all three inserts:  P&G, SS and RP. There have been lots of thefts reported from all over…

Define organic, please

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I subscribe to a whole slew of newsletters, all seemingly designed to scare the crap out of readers.  Case in point:  just what constitutes/defines an organic egg? Read here for the whole WTF article; it’s actually very informative (and not too long).

Today’s groupon

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Here’s a voucher I might actually use.  This bakery has two locations, one of them in Oak Park where my mom lives, so it’s not too inconvenient  (No, mom, I don’t mean visiting you is inconvenient!)  Lately I just cringe when I see bakery goods completely covered with icing, frosting, candy bars – and those are just the bread loaves!  Seriously, it’s becoming really hard to find a turnover or bear claw without the extra junk on top.  Come on people, these are sweet already!  A dark thought:  maybe all these bakeries are getting kick-backs from the diabetes organizations…

Happy Birthday!

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A public “toast” to my very good friend, Cheung, on the anniversary of her 39th birthday.  When she got her Panera card the other day, the guy accidentally subtracted 20 years from her profile – I still think she slipped him a tenner!

Again, happy, happy birthday.

4get 4less

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No pictures to post of this trip BECAUSE I DIDN’T BUY ANYTHING!  They’re running a buy 10 Kraft get them for a buck.  Well, since we all have the $5/5 Kraft cheese printables that reset a week or two ago, I decided to pick up another 30 cheese packages (yes, we like cheese and it freezes so well).  They had a sign up on the shelf that there was a limit of 5 transactions (so mine would have been counted as three).  When I got to the register and everything was rung up, the cashier had to check at customer service if she could accept the coupons.  A asst mgr came over and said they had been sent an email that they were not to accept Kraft coupons, not because they were fraudulent, but because the instant price drop on sets of ten takes the place of the coupons! and she believed it!

The following is the email I just shot off to corporate.  Doubt they give a rat’s ass about it, but we’ll see:

I attempted to use the Kraft $5/5 printable coupons at the Bolingbrook store and was told by the asst mgr(?) that they had received an email from corporate that they were not to accept any coupons because the Kraft cheese was already on sale and the discount had been factored into that price.

Inasmuch as I have used coupons for years, I find this very hard to believe, and resent making an unnecessary trip, since obviously, I did not make the purchase.

Their store tagline is:  KICK OFF to Savings.  That’s not what I’d like to kick off…