20% Off Custom Blurb Book

Blurb continues to wow me each year with how easy they make it to create your own high quality custom book. Use Blurb's 2013 Gift Guide to find inspiration! I love the ABC children's book on page 6 and the cookbooks on page 7. The Gift Guide is also an instruction guide for how to make a beautiful Blurb book gift for anyone in your life. Get a head start on your Holiday gifts by creating your own Blurb book and save 20% through 10/7 with code EARLYBIRD20.

So Very True

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Papa Murphy's Deal

We LOVE Papa Murphy's Pizza.  Click HERE to print a coupon to grab a Large 5-Meat Stuffed Pizza for just $10.00.  Valid thru 10/31/13.

Free Kids Meal From Outback Steakhouse

REMINDER:  There are just a few more days to take advantage of this deal....
Here's a nice one from Outback Steakhouse that we don't see very often!  Click HERE to get a coupon for a FREE Kids Meal with the purchase of any adult dinner entree.  Valid thru Thursday, October 3rd, 2013.

Last Day!

Free Gardening Clinic - This Saturday

Add whimsy, warmth and flair to your home and garden displays... Calloway's will demonstrate some great new items for fall, along with tips and tricks about how to mix and match them to make your own unique displays. From hay bales to scarecrows, pumpkins to decorative gourds and ribbons, they can show you the best of decorating for the fall season. Get inspired and have fun! Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 10:15 a.m. This Saturday morning garden clinic is free. Attend this clinic at any Calloway’s Nursery (Dallas and Fort Worth) location.

Free Honey Sesame Chicken Breast - 10/2

Mark your calendars! Try Panda Express' new Honey Sesame Chicken Breast FREE in stores on Wednesday, October 2. Download your coupon here: http://bit.ly/14EFXdK

Free Container Gardening Clinic - Today

Looking to freshen up your yard for the Fall? Calloway's is doing a FREE clinic TODAY Saturday, September 28th on Container Gardens. Learn the secrets of how to combine old favorites and a number of brand new plants into gorgeous container gardens. Colorful containers are the perfect solution to dress and refresh your patios, entryways, and even interior rooms for the Fall season. Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 10:15 a.m. This garden clinic is free. Attend at any Calloway’s Nursery (Dallas and Fort Worth) location.

FREE Beef Taco @ Taco Cabana - Oct 1st

 

Save On Sketchers, Timberland, Aerosole & More

ShoeBuy.com $15 for $30 worth of shoes, bags, and more from Shoebuy.com + free shipping!

Free Container Garden Clinic - TOMORROW

REMINDER:  This is tomorrow if you're interested....
Looking to freshen up your yard for the Fall? Calloway's is doing a FREE clinic this Saturday, September 28th on Container Gardens. Learn the secrets of how to combine old favorites and a number of brand new plants into gorgeous container gardens. Colorful containers are the perfect solution to dress and refresh your patios, entryways, and even interior rooms for the Fall season. Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 10:15 a.m. This garden clinic is free. Attend at any Calloway’s Nursery (Dallas and Fort Worth) location.

Popular Daily Deals

Want to get a jump start on your Christmas shopping?  You may be interested in some of today's Daily Deals:

Pay $10 for $120 towards NuMe's award-winning hair styling tools.  Featured on The TODAY Show, NuMe's state-of-the-art, safe hair styling tools include ceramic flat irons, award-winning curling wands, hair dryers, extensions, and more; all tools have been carefully selected for effectiveness, longevity, and safety

UPDATE:  TODAY ONLY you can save an extra 25% on this deal when you enter promo code Sleepover25 at checkout.  So that brings this deal down to just $9 (WOW!!!)

This is COOL!  I may just have to grab one of these for Zach for his birthday (shhhhh....don't tell him).  Sleep under the stars with the Stars Projection Clock - a special touch to any room that's great for sleepovers.  Features an alarm for early morning, weekday wake-ups; time (both 12-hour and 24-hour formats); and week, date, month, and year.  Available now for just $12 ($69 value).

UPDATE:  TODAY ONLY you can save an extra 25% on this deal when you enter promo code Sleepover25 at checkout.  So that brings this deal down to just $11.25 (and that includes shipping!!!)
Get a Pajama Pouch for just $15 SHIPPED (yep, that includes shipping).  The Pajama Pouch™ is a plush, cuddly dog named Cooper, who's a comforting friend for any sleepover, and great for at-home use! Holds your little one's pajamas, toothbrush, and other items Place the Pajama Pouch on their bed, and when it's time to go to sleep, they'll easily be able to find and put on their PJs! Also features a tooth fairy pocket for your little one to place lost teeth!

Creamy Nutella Dip

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Holy moly!  I saw this recipe online last night and literally went out to the kitchen and wrote the ingredients down on my ongoing grocery shopping list, as this is one I WILL be doing TODAY.  I am a Nutella FREAK, and you wanna add cream cheese and Cool Whip to it and call it dip?  I'm in!  Head HERE for the recipe - it looks super easy and ridiculously tasty.  You're welcome.  :)

Free State Fair Admittance When You Wear Dickies Clothing (10/3)

If you are planning a trip to the State Fair Of Texas, you know how EXPENSIVE an outing that can be!  Here's a way to save - Thursday, October 3rd is Dickies Day at the Fair.  Wear ANY Dickie's clothing and get in FREE!  I am thinking if you don't have any Dickies clothing in your closet you could swing thru a Goodwill or Thrift City and pick something out for cheap. Combine that with your kids' free tickets, and perhaps everyone can get FREE admittance!  And while you're there - have a corndog (or three) for me!  :)

Every Day With Rachael Ray - $4.50 Subscription

Today's Deal Of The Day at Best Deal Magazines is a one year subscription to Every Day With Rachael Ray for just $4.50.  I have a subscription to this magazine and love it!  Everyday with Rachael Ray is every busy home cook's go-to-guide for great food, good fun and inspiring ways to relax, laugh and enjoy life. Features 30-Minute Meals, Weeknight Menu Planner, $10 Dinners, Rach's faves for fun, beauty, style and home, plus hundred's of food and entertaining tips. If you love cooking then Everyday with Rachael Ray is a magazine you will thoroughly enjoy each and every time it arrives! Order your subscription today for just $4.50 for one year!

Funny Face Pizzas

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These little funny face pizzas are a nice alternative to the traditional sandwich fare.  For some reason my kids really like the Lunchable pizzas, so I know they'll like this.  Start with sandwich thins, and spread with 2 tsp. pizza sauce.  Place a slice of American or Swiss cheese on top.  Then here comes the fun part!

Meet Pierre the Pizza Man…

Use a white American cheese slice. Then use a thick slice of red onion for the mouth.  Place a fresh mushroom slice upside-down for a nose. Place a black olive slice  on top of a mini pepperoni slice for each eye.  The eyebrows can either be thin strips of green onion or chives. 

Meet Robbie Rabbit…

Use a white American cheese slice  for this face, too.  Cut a thin green pepper ring to use for the mouth. On top of the center point of this strip, place a mini pepperoni slice for the nose.  Two slices of pimiento-stuffed green olives are the eyes.  Place three carrot shreds on each side of the face for whiskers. Pre-shredded carrots make this very convenient.  Finally cut one regular-size pepperoni slice in half and position the halves for the ears.

Meet Freddy Freckles…

Use a slice of yellow American cheese for this face.  Cut a curved, thin strip of green pepper to the length you want the mouth to be.  Place it onto the cheese.  Then, place  half of a ripe olive for the nose and two cherry tomato slices for the eyes.  Snip fresh chives and make “freckles” for each cheek.  For the eyelashes use Parmesan cheese shreds.

Meet “Starry-Eyed” Sam…

Yellow American cheese is used for this face.  Cut a curved, thin strip of green pepper to form the mouth.  The nose is a ripe olive half. The layered eyes are a slice of pepperoni topped with a white American cheese tiny star cut-out. Then short pieces of parsley are placed under the pepperoni for eyelashes.

Meet Magnificent Mortimer…

Use a slice of white American cheese for this face.  Cut a thin, curved and creative-shaped strip from a slice of pepperoni. Place this pepperoni strip onto the face and add half a pepperoni slice for a tongue. A thick wedge of green bell pepper is used for the nose.  The layered eyes are  yellow American cheese circles topped with mini pepperoni slices.  Tuck a very thin strip of red onion under each eye for the lashes.

These are just some suggestions to get you started.  The possibilities are only limited by your imagination!  Many thanks to the Land O' Lakes Test Kitchen for this fabulous idea.

FREE Kids Meal From Outback Steakhouse

Here's a nice one from Outback Steakhouse that we don't see very often!  Click HERE to get a coupon for a FREE Kids Meal with the purchase of any adult dinner entree.  Valid thru Thursday, October 3rd, 2013.

Popular Baby Coupons

$50 Voucher To Create Your Own Stuffed Animals = $27!

This fun deal is back again....and makes a great LAST-MINUTE gift!  You have likely never heard of Happy Toy Machine.  But I have - and Plum District is offering a FAB deal on a Happy Toy Machine credit.  Click HERE to pay $30 for a $50 credit to this fun website that lets you design your own crazy custom plush toy, and then they will CREATE it for you and ship it to you.  HINT:  "Like" Plum District on Facebook, and they'll send you a code good for 10% off your purchase, bringing the price of this deal down to just $27.00.

You design your own toy by picking the body parts, colors, facial features, and decorations. You can even add your name or a personal message. If inspiration isn't striking, you can also choose a cool toy of someone else's design from their gallery. For more information on Happy Toy Machine, visit their website at www.happytoymachine.com.  This is a GREAT deal and a $50 credit will go a long ways on this site.  
About a year ago Groupon had a voucher available for Happy Toy Machine.  I bought it for fun, so both AJ and Zach designed their own stuffed animals.  Zach went all crazy and made up something he calls (appropriately enough) "Nightmare."  AJ designed a cat that looks like our Jack.  He sleeps with it every night.  If you've got creative kids who like stuffed animals - they'd really enjoy this!
Here's our two Jacks.  The real one, and the stuffed one.  Actually, they're both stuffed - he just ate breakfast!  :)

If you've got a kiddo who is into Minecraft, you'll be thrilled to know that Happy Toy Machine will now let your child create their own Minecraft plushes, including plush blocks of TNT, bricks, etc. They're really cool and are sure to be a hit at Christmas time!

And if ALL THAT wasn't enough to sway you....you'll also receive a FREE one year subscription to Family Fun magazine with this purchase!  YAY - we love that magazine!  :)

KidzEyes Survey Site

Have you ever heard of KidzEyes?  My kids have all been members at one time or another.  KidzEyes is an online research panel composed of kids ages 6-12.  Their clients are interested in hearing kids' opinion about their products and services for children.  We have participated in surveys from Scholastic, Lunchables, and many more.  Most of the surveys are directed at children, who have the opportunity to complete them online and earn points.  These points can then be redeemed for a check once you reach a minimum of $10.  Typically my kids were able to cash out for $10 checks a few times a year.  Some surveys were very short, and earned just a few points, some surveys are more detailed and earn lots more points.  There are even special projects that come up periodically where they can be paid a straight fee of $20 or so.  I would say on average they get 1-2 surveys a month.  It's not time consuming at all, and is something they can totally manage themselves.  Plus they get REALLY excited when they get that check in the mail!  As a parent, I found that this helped give my kids a little insight into how advertising and market research works.  In some cases, they looked at kids advertising a little differently after participating in surveys - not a bad thing at ALL!  :)

Go HERE for full details, and to join.  We have really enjoyed the experience and have never had a problem. I'd highly recommend it.  (and no, I am not getting paid a fee to refer you)

There is also a sister-survey site called TeensEyes that Sam is a member of.  He just got an email from them about a survey, took it, and checked his point balance.  He has $24.50 available in his account.  He couldn't hit the Cash Out button quick enough!  He's got a check headed his way.  Check out TeensEyes HERE.

Kids Eat Free At Dickey's Today

Just a reminder, kids eat FREE every Sunday at Dickey's Barbecue Pit.  12 and under only.  1 free kids meal per paid adult meal of equal or greater value.  Dine-in only.  Must order from kids meal menu.  Not valid with other offer.

Banana Bread Dip

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I am a big fan of Banana Bread - so when I saw this DIP version, I flipped out!  Whodathunk that you could turn this into a dip?!  But is sounds amazing.  Head HERE for full details.  It sounds delish.  Looks like you could whip up a batch in minutes (and in my household, that's probably about how long it would last!).

For My Friend Jacque, Who Is A True Artist

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My Bad :)