End of Month and Year

Not only are we at the end of the month, but the end of the year! What an amazing year it has been. I will be doing some posts about resolutions and changes in the new year, but for today, here are a few reminders of end of the month tasks in the coupon world:
1. Now is a good time to go through all your coupons and pull out all the ones that are expired or will expire soon. Many expire at the end of the month and especially the end of the year!
2. The next few days are great for printing coupons. The ones from December might be gone soon, so print all you want today. The first of the month is when many sites release new coupons, so you will want to check them all at the beginning of January to see what new ones they roll out or refresh from last month.
3. Make sure all your Single Check Rebate receipts for Rite Aid are entered so you can request your check.
4. Get all your receipts in order so that you can add up all your spending and saving for month and tweak your budget for next month if need be.
5. Make sure you have ordered all the Swagbucks prizes you wanted. They have limits on how many of each one that you can order in a day or month so if you are stocking up, make sure you ordered all you could for December and then order your limits for January.

Where can I find printable coupons you ask? Here are some of the best places to look:
Coupons.com
RedPlum
SmartSource.com
Coolsavings.com

You might want to double check and make sure that you have loaded all of the cellfire.com and shortcuts.com coupons that you might want to your shopping card as well.
happy 2011

Easy Crock Pot Chicken

Easy Crock Pot Chicken (from RS Christmas Dinner)

4-8 Large frozen chicken breasts (depends on the size of your crock pot-I use the one's from Sams/Costco)
1-2 Pkgs. of dry Ranch Dressing powder (again depends on how many pieces of chicken you use)
1 cube of butter(no substitutes) cut into slices
1 bottle of Italian Dressing (any brand)

Place Chicken breasts in Crock pot with the butter placed on top of each piece. Sprinkle the dry dressing powder on all of the pieces of chicken. Pour the Italian dressing over all the pieces of chicken (be sure to get all of the pieces). Cook on high in the crock pot for about 5-6 hours. Serve with rice, baked potatoes, or noodles When serving, ladle some of the juice from the Crock Pot over the chicken to make it moist.

Any questions-Leann Martineau (480) 892-3435 dmartineau6@cox.net

Chili's Coupons

Click here for Chili's coupons good Monday December 20th

and one more if you click herevalid on Tuesday December 21st

Cranberry Orange Punch

I am not a punch person at all but I love this recipe! I found it a long time ago and use it anytime I need a good punch I can count on. At this year’s open house, it was quite a hit with many others as well.

Ingredients
32 oz apple juice
12 oz frozen cranberry concentrate
2 liter ginger ale
2 cups orange juice

Directions
Combine the juices in your serving vessel and then pour in the ginger ale. I have done several different things to help keep it cold, without diluting it, during my events. I have washed and frozen cranberries to float, sliced oranges and then frozen them and this time I used a silicone mold to freeze orange juice with cranberries in it in the shape of flowers.

Christmas Turtles

This one is super easy and one that the kids may like helping you with!

Ingredients
Small twisted pretzels
Caramels
Water
Nuts
Chocolate chips

Directions
Line up small twisted pretzels on parchment paper. Microwave caramels in a bowl with a little water to thin it. Put the hot caramel in a piping bag or zip top bag. Squeeze enough on top of pretzels to fill them in. Top each with peanuts, almonds, pecans or any other nut. Microwave chocolate chips until smooth and melted and then put in a piping bag or zip top bag. Pipe on swirls on top and then let set on the counter until all the layers are set. Everyone will be popping these sweet treats!

Michael's 50% Coupons

Michael’s has put out a whole slew of new printable coupons! The best of which is 50% off any one regular priced item. This is my favorite coupon of all because instantly, just what I am looking for is half price! Get this great coupon and more HERE.

If you shop at Michael’s a lot, make sure and sign up on their website for their email newsletter! They send out coupons all the time that are specific to the recipient that I can not share on here.

Yankee Candle Coupon

Click HERE to print out this HIGH VALUE Coupon for $10.00 off a $25.00 or more purchase of Yankee Candles. Coupon expires on 12/24/10. This coupon can be used at Kohls and Bed, Bath and Beyond (just to name a few) in addition the the Yankee Candle Store. This is GREAT Coupon to stack with your % OFF coupons from these stores! Both Bed, Bath and Beyond and Kohl’s have Yankee Candles for 25% off this week!

At BED BATH AND BEYOND
BUY 1 Large Classic Jar Candle $18.74 AND
BUY 1 Small Classic Jar Candle $7.49
USE $10/$25 Yankee Candle Coupon HERE AND
USE 20% OFF Coupon on the back of this weeks Sales Ad
Final Price= $12.98 (plus tax) for BOTH Candles!