Obviously this is not an illness with which I am very familiar… This is more of a public service announcement (or PSA to be trendy).
Isabelle Caro died last month at the age of 28. When this photo was shot in 2007 she weighed about 59 pounds. I chose the “black bars” photo, but honestly? there is nothing sexy at all about her puny little deflated water balloons. Nasty, scary and tragic.
Now excuse me while I figure out ways to add Super Weight-On to PITA’s meals.
Figured it was about time to call up those competent marketing folks at Sobe, since the last coupon we received had a December 31 expiration date. Good news! They have not bothered to change their Sobe voice prompt; now I can learn all about that Sobe Challenge once again... Maybe they should rename it Clue, since they definitely need one.
Even though the customer service girl was absolutely certain we were in the database and would get our coupons, I had her check. We can all rest easy now, since yes, we are in the computer for processing (their numbers were right, too) and the replacement coupons being mailed have an expiration date of February 28, 2011.
Sorry, ladies, but the guy’s already taken…read the whole Trib article here. What I especially like is that all these bunnies are so unique and individual. Since the latest gf is 23 and he’s 84, there’s going to be one hell of a learning curve (when I was born we didn’t have airplanes, microwaves, hot tubs, fantasy football, women had only recently been allowed to vote…). Should make for some fun dinner conversations.
This should tide you over while I finish cleaning and errands. Got confirmation that the Sinex is part of the wags Nyquil deal (see prior post), so use your coupons and get a $6 MM for each 4 you buy. The December P&G inserts also had the “Buy 2 Vicks products get 1 Puffs” coupons. I used up most of these during the last sale, but still have a few to stack with the $4 Sinex coupons.
Maybe I’m late to the seder, but just found this article in the Trib. Naturally I had to hear this trio for myself and my gift to you is this song: “Blame the Jews.” Check out the other songs under Sean Altman’s channel.
Now off to see what I can scrounge up for a last-minute gift for a 16 year old girl (Bieber in a box, maybe?). I’m thinking Revlon nail polish, Pond’s make-up cleansing wipes, Yardley soaps, and other appropriate stockpile selections…hmmm, maybe I should clear with PITA first, as my definition of appropriate may not be someone else’s. or anyone else’s…
Our first mistake stop was the SuperTarget to dump a bunch of coupons (well, at least I’m being honest). Good news is that the Air Wick candles that were $2.99 are on clearance for $2.54 – unfortunately, I had one coupon ’cause they had lots on the end cap. Here’s the loot: 4 boxes of cuties ($1 coupons); 4 Beneful dinner ($2 coupons); 3 NYC polish (Target & All You coupons); 21 Eveready batteries, assorted types ($1 coupons 10/3 and 11/21); 24 Wonka Bars on clearance for $1.38 (IP coupons). Total came to $98+. Seriously…after coupons we were at $19.69, so I burned a few of my many gift cards… The last time I was at Target I had problems with some coupons (hahahaha), not coming off. The supervisor, Dennis, was very helpful and made the deal work. This time, not so helpful. The only coupons that wouldn’t come off were 3 Target coupons for the nail polish, so the cashier called him over and surprisingly enough, he remembered me. Made some comment about coupon problems again (which I chose to consider a joke) and then retreated to the wall where he started talking on his little walkie-talkie about the customer at register 11 giving them problems with coupons, had been there before with coupons, etc. And definitely loud enough for me (and anyone else who actually gave two shits about him) to hear. I mentioned to the cashier that if he didn’t moderate his tone he was going to have a close personal contact with my fist. Actually thought about using the red phone, but you know what? Sometimes the best revenge is to have my legitimate coupons bring the total down from $100 to zip, knowing that I’m walking out the store and he ain’t…
Next we tried to get more fudge at another Fannie May: they were all out, too. sigh… Hallmark at Danada Square doesn’t carry the assortment of chocolate candy that others do (made by Fannie May, conveniently), double sigh... stopped at Wendy’s for burger, chicken nuggets, two fries: $2.14 (spending money like a drunken sailor).
Last stop was Jewel to check on my special order of chicken broth. Yeah! it was in, so got my 12, along with 5 more hummus, 3 tortillas, cilantro, peppers and a loaf of rosemary/olive oil bread. Total after coupons was $10.07, so burned a few RRs and forked over $3.07. Gah!!!!! everyone wants my money!
| OK, maybe I’m a little slow here, but how can you say that no purchase is necessary, but only Blockbuster Express customers renting a DVD can enter? Are they just handing them out at the kiosks? As an early Happy New Year wish to all of you, we are giving away 150 coupon booklets – each containing promo codes for 30 nights of first night free rentals. All BLOCKBUSTER Express customers renting a DVD or Blu-ray disk between December 20th – 31st will be entered into a random drawing to win. Winners will be announced in January 2011. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The BLOCKBUSTER Express Win 30 Nights of DVD Rentals and Golden Ticket Game are subject to complete rules available at blockbusterexpress.com. |
Trotted out in the frigid air to get the final deal of the Avenue week. Here’s the breakdown: 8 HC mixers; 2 Pam sprays; 2 Swiss Miss, used 8 HC coupons, 2 $1 Pam coupons from the Dom’s book, 2 $1 Swiss Miss coupons from Dom’s book to bring me down to $10.28…WTF? The $5 instant came off, but the $1 HC Avenue discount did not. I knew that the Avenue site had been down since last night (figured it was WikiLeaks supporters).
Good news is I brought yesterday’s receipt with me so they could see the discount I should have had – bad news was explaining why I was using a Dominicks card … ouch …
I need to hit Jewel at 5 ’cause that’s 24 hrs after my last visit with this card! This one has the magic $2 off HC Mixers on it and we certainly don’t want to do anything to screw it up. So stopped earlier and picked up two duplicate orders: 7 HC mixers and 3 Eagle condensed milks. Total was high because I still have not received my coupons so only had the six .55 Eagle coupons. With them I would have had an OOP of $3.07 all for the condensed milk, so that’s not bad. I’m pissed about the mail because they keep screwing with the route. We’ve gone from one mailman every 7 or 8 years to increasing the size of the route, then having three mailmen in six months, then throwing substitutes into the mix. Is it any wonder that the new mailmen confuse our street with ones with completely different names and locations? So yes, I’m pissed about it and I want my coupons!
I’ve kind of forgotten about the magic coupon machine spitting out those $2.50 coupons for the Planters nuts, especially since all the bags are expired! Seriously, what is wrong with this company? They paid huge fines to the state of New York for selling expired products and now? Well, today’s haul was two bags on two cards: one expired in September and one in October… I’ve seen bags marked August! Even I know that you can’t keep nuts too long before they turn rancid, although this has not yet happened and my nuts are fine (and yes, I luv the way that sounds).
This article was in the breaking news section of today’s Trib. I don’t understand it, frankly. Is Aurora so desperate for cash that it will just seize money without probable cause and then ignore Court orders to return same? Remind me to set mapquest to avoid toll roads and Aurora!