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Whoo hooo - my husband signed up for Papa John's Rewards card and since the "coin" landed on heads for the big game - he won a large 1 topping pizza and a 2 lt Pepsi . . . not often that my husband signs up for these kinds of deals :)  Years of training have finally sunk in :)

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Frugal deeds for the day:  I won more vegetable seeds on Listia.com and hope to win another batch in an hour or so.  I also ordered a discounted Lowes giftcard to go with my $20 off $100 coupon.  Other than that, most of this afternoon has been spent mopping, doing laundry - mainly linens, etc.  I still have that 2 hours of cleaning services GROUPON looking at me - it's on days like this I wish I could just call.  Oh, for lunch, we stopped by another Burger King and got free onion rings - and a treat.

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Frugal deeds for the day:  Pictured above are the Daffodils that have decided to bloom.  The weather has been so odd.  I was going to spend most of the day cleaning - but I picked up my daughter from a sleepover and then took her to the beauty school to have her hair "done".  Then I stopped at Wal-mart and picked up a few more grocery items and headed home to clean.  But instead, I took a short nap.  I then picked up my daughter and we headed for Burger King for their free onion rings.  Much to my daughter's delight, they now serve Veggie Burgers - I opted for a vanilla iced coffee.  Then rain started and it started to get cold.  So, instead of turning the heat up, I decided to do some cooking for meals to cover today and the next couple of days.  I ended up making coconut macaroons - yummy - and half are in the freezer - the other half for this week - if they last.  I used the Thai Curry sauce with tofu, mushrooms, spinach and carrots.  Also cooked a batch of brown rice.  To use up my Glen Muir organic tomato paste and sauce, I used the last (I found another bag in the freezer) of veggie crumbles, mushrooms, spinach, a bit of basil pesto.  I made a big batch of wheat pasta - part of it got mixed with a bit of EVOO, basil pesto, sun dried tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and parmesan cheese.  I baked the rest of the pasta with the sauce with a bit of mozzarela on top.  And to use up some apples - I used the rest of macaroon batter, added the sliced apples, topped with a bit of butter, brown sugar, and oats.  Tomorrow, I will make a salad - have lots of asparagus, artisian lettuce, spinach, carrots, etc. left.

2/4 Expressions PUREX Triple Action Laundry Detergent Free Coupon GIVE AWAY!

Purex has provided me with three coupons for a full size free bottle of the new Purex Triple Action laundry detergent.  I have used my bottle of the detergent - and am very happy with the results.   My opinions are my own, I am not being paid to provide any statements.  In honor of Purex in providing me with the coupons, and to give three readers the chance to try the detergent for themselves with no obligation, I am holding my first "Give away".  So, if you like to try the detergent with the free product coupon, click here to enter:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8JHWJM5
I will take entries until  1 p.m. CST on 11 February and will generate 3 numbers on a random generator and announce the winners later that day.  Good luck - and hope you enter and win! :)  P.S., I swear I won't sell or use your e-mail address for any purpose other than to contact you should you win a coupon.  Thanks!

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Frugal deeds for the day:  Today, I received a free copy of Forbes in the mail.  Stock market was nice - hope I don't jinx it :)  I took a nice long nap.  For exercise, I did a lot of mopping today - multi-tasking :)  I also decided to apply for the emigrantdirect credit card.  Chase Ink requires $5000 in purchases in 3 months - emigrant just requires 1 use . . . and I was going to ask my husband to apply.  Sadly, it appears it is by invitation only - my own "code" - pre-fillled data . . .

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Frugal deeds for the day:  I was productive at lunch time today - I finished the scarf - and my daughter plans to wear it tomorrow and I finished off the dish cloth.  I plan to do some batch cooking this evening - and then a lot of cleaning tomorrow.  Added:  Hmmmm - INGdirect sent me a credit card application - use it once and get a $200 statement bonus.  But then, I looked on-line and see Chase Ink Business has a $250 bonus.  Nothing like last year - bunches of miles and gift cards for us.  It is like "free" money to us since we do pay our credit cards off every month - so, why not a bonus?  I will sleep on it.

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Frugal deeds for the day:  Pictured are the baking pans I won on shopgoodwill.com - $20.XX for the pans including shipping.  They were wrapped in a bunch of bubble wrap that I will be re-using too.  I am trying to decide if I should sell one to help defray the "cost".  Ran my errands at lunch today.  I bring home compost materials from work - today - tangerine peels and egg shells.  After work, I drove to Aldi for .69/pint of fresh mushrooms, .49 avocados, and .99 for packages of 2 crowns of brocolli - ended up spending $6.XX.  Then to Kroger, got Odwala Protein drinks for .15 on manager's special, organic asparagus for 1.00 a bag - got 3, organic baby spinach $1.00 a bag and some strawberries - which were $1 cheaper at Aldi :(