GETTING READY FOR THE BIG GAME…AND A GIVEAWAY!

Are you ready for the Big Game on February 7, 2009? What food/snacks will you be preparing? My DH and boys usually have chips and dip/salsa, hot wings, and plenty of refreshments.

A recent survey conducted for Old El Paso Green Chiles found that the majority of Americans will be gathering around the TV to watch the Big Game at home with friends and family on February 7, 2010.

61% of adults plan to watch the Big Game. Whether you’re planning a huge party or you’re just looking forward to kicking back at home with your friends and family, Old El Paso Green Chiles can help you spice up the festivities!
Old El Paso Green Chiles, which come in 4.5 and 7 oz cans, are a simple way to liven up your go-to favorites. Fat-free and with only 10 calories per serving, Green Chiles are not spicy, but will add a unique flavor to your dishes that the whole crowd will love! According to the survey, Americans will be clamoring for these great game time dishes:

• Chips and dip or salsa 67%
• Wings 57%
• Nachos 33%
• Veggies and dip 29%
• Chili 24%

Perfect for your dips and salsas, as well as your nachos and chili, Old El Paso Green Chiles can help you score a mealtime touchdown with your guests this year. For more ideas, check out these quick (with a prep time of less than 30 minutes each!) and delicious recipes that incorporate Old El Paso Green Chiles and will have your fans cheering for more!

• Nachos
• Green Chile Dip
• Green Chile Cornbread
• Taco Nachos
• Black Bean Dip
• Slow Cooker Salsa Chili
• Seven-Layer Bean Dip
• Skillet Nacho Chili
• Southwestern Dip

…and now for the giveaway:

Old El Paso and MyBlogSpark have provided me with a “Tackle the Taste” gift pack which includes 2 cans of Old El Paso Green Chiles, as well as a football-shaped ceramic serving platter, two sets of football themed plates, cocktail napkins, and a “football field” table runner. Now how cool is that!!

They have also provided me with an additional gift pack to give away to one of my lucky readers.

To enter, simply post a comment with an answer to this question:

• How would you use the Green Chiles if you won this gift pack? (if your “contact me” information isn’t listed on your blog, or you don’t have a blog, please leave an email address where you can be contacted if you are the lucky winner)

Want more than one chance to win? For *Bonus Entries*, you can:

• follow my blog and leave a separate comment stating you are following
• post about this giveaway on your blog and leave another comment stating that you have posted

That’s 3 ways to win this awesome gift pack! Better hurry, this contest will end at 10:00 P.M. January 22nd.

Winner will be chosen by random.org. The winner will be contacted by email and will have 24 hours to reply before a new winner is chosen. U.S. entrants only.

Good luck!!

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THIS WEEK AT MEIJER AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT MAY INTEREST YOU

Here's just a few things from Meijer this week that caught my eye.



MEIJER:

• LIPTON RECIPE SECRETS $1.00/EACH USE 0.75/2 CPN FROM 11-16RP TO GET EACH PACK FOR 0.50



• AUNT MILLIES BREAD $1.25/LOAF USE 0.50/1 CPN FROM 1-11RP TO GET EACH LOAF FOR 0.25



• KEEBLER CLUB OR ZESTA CRACKERS ARE 1/2 PRICE USE $1.00/2 CPN FROM 12-14RP



• UNCLE BEN'S BOIL-IN-BAG RICE OR BROWN INSTANT RICE 2/$4 USE $1.00/2 PRINTABLE OR USE $1/2 CPN FROM 1-11RP TO GET THEM FOR $1.50 EACH.



• CHI-CHI'S SALSA $0.99 USE $1/2 CPN FROM 12-7SS TO GET THEM FOR 0.50/EACH



• DINTY MOORE BEEF STEW $0.99 USE 0.55/1 CPN FROM 1-25SS TO GET IT FREE!



• PLANTER'S PEANUTS DRY ROASTED OR HONEY ROASTED $1.88 USE $2/2 CPN FROM BUD BOWL COUPON BOOKLET TO GET THEM FOR $0.88 EACH



• NABISCO TRISCUIT OR WHEAT THIN CRACKERS 2/$4 USE $2/2 CPN FROM 1-25SS TO GET THEM FOR $1 EACH.



• PORK STEAKS $0.99/LB

AND FOR THE FEW OTHER THINGS THAT MAY INTEREST YOU:

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I RECENTLY POSTED ABOUT A CPN FOR A FREE 2-LITER OF DIET DR. PEPPER HERE but here's another one: ANOTHER FREE 2-LITER OF DIET DR. PEPPER THERE'S A LIMIT OF 1 PER PERSON, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST 2,000,000 TO REQUEST YOUR CPN. BETTER HURRY!!

Get a NASCAR®-Licensed Pitcher for free when you buy three family size boxes of Lipton® Iced Tea Brew or Lipton® Cold Brew. YOU CAN GO HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS AND PRINT OUT YOUR FORM

OUR KROGER "MEGA DEALS" AND A FEW FREEBIES FROM WALMART

There are too many items to list each one with their original price, cpn amt, and final price, etc... so I'll just list what all we picked up and total it at the end. I'll start with the "mega deals" first

• QUAKER INSTANT OATMEAL
• 3 BAGS ARMOUR MEATBALLS
• 4 CANS ROTEL TOMATOES
• 2 JARS PACE PICANTE SAUCE
• 6 BOXES KLEENEX WITH LOTION ($0.19 EACH...AND THEY COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME...sniffling and sneezing as I am typing...lol)
• 5 BOTTLES FRENCH'S MUSTARD
• CATTLEMANS BBQ SAUCE
• 2 BOTTLES KEN'S SALAD DRESSING
• 5 BOTTLES FRANK'S BUFFALO WING SAUCE
• 2 JARS KRAFT MIRACLE WHIP
• 1 JAR KRAFT MAYO
• 12 BAGS GREEN GIANT STEAMFRESH VEGGIES
• 4 CONTAINERS DAISY SOUR CREAM
• 4 PKGS KRAFT SLICE CHEESE
• 6 PKGS KRAFT SHREDDED CHEESE (I WAS HOPING TO GET SOME CPNS FOR THIS, BUT THEY WERE ALL GONE.)
• 2 GLADE AIR FRESHNER SPRAYS

NOW FOR THE "NON MEGA ITEM DEALS"

• 4 COFFEEMATE CREAMERS
• 2 ROLLS JIMMY DEAN SAUSAGE
• 3 NEWSPAPERS
• 4 PKGS. QUAKER RICE CAKES
• GAIN LAUNDRY DETERGENT
• 4 PKGS HAMBURGER & HOTDOG BUNS
• 6 JOHNSON & JOHNSON BUDDIES BAR SOAPS
• 2 BIG BOTTLES ELECTRASOL DISHWASHER GEL
• 2 JARS KOSHER DILL PICKLES
• 1 BAG OF CHEETOS

THAT SHOULD BE 89 ITEMS. THE TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS WAS $154.72.

THE TOTAL OOP WAS $60.88.

AND DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR COUPON BOOKLET OVER BY THE BEER AISLE. THERE ARE COUPONS FOR HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH DIP MIXES, CHARCOAL, KC MASTERPIECE BBQ SAUCES, HORMEL PARTY TRAYS, HORMEL PEPPERONI, HORMEL CHILI (WHICH REMINDS ME...SOMEONE TOOK ALL THE HORMEL CHILI ALSO!!!) , PLANTERS PEANUTS, NABISCO CRACKERS, AND JOHNSONVILLE BRATS, SAUSAGE, AND COOKED SAUSAGE. PLUS THERE ARE $85 WORTH OF REBATES ON EVERYTHING FROM DELI ITEMS TO TV'S. ALL OF THESE COUPON AND REBATE OFFERS END 2/01/09.

WE ALSO MADE A QUICK TRIP TO WALMART. MY DH NEEDED SOME HAIR GEL AND I HAD 4 MORE GILLETTE COUPONS I WANTED TO USE. WE PICKED UP THE 2 BOTTLES OF HAIR GEL AND THE SPOT ON THE SHELF WHERE THE SMALLER SIZE BOTTLE OF GILLETTE BODY WASH WAS FOR $2.00 IS NO LONGER THERE. SO, I DIDN'T GET TO USE THOSE COUPONS. BUT...I DID SNATCH UP 3 TUBES OF SUAVE HAND LOTION($0.97 EACH) FOR FREE BY USING THE $1.00 OFF 1 SUAVE LOTION CPN. WELL, GUESS THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE FOR NOW. HOW DID YOU DO THIS WEEK?

FREE 2 YEAR MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION AND A LITTLE REMINDER

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And a little reminder to mail in those receipts for your $120 P&G coupon book. You can read more about that HERE . I mailed mine out this morning...can't wait till they get here!

JUST WANTED TO SHARE A FEW GREAT COUPONS

COFFEE-MATE 15oz LIQUID OR POWDER $1.50 OFF 1

COTTONELLE TOILET PAPER 0.50/1 4 roll pack or larger. MORE FREE TOILET PAPER (use your browser's back and refresh button to print this twice.)

FREE BOTTLE OF SUAVE BETTER HURRY...THIS OFFER ENDS AT 11:59 PM TONIGHT

NOT A PRINTABLE BUT STILL A GREAT COUPON...FREE 2-LITER BOTTLE OF DIET DR. PEPPER IN FEBRUARY 2009 ISSUE OF COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE PAGE 39

MEIJER COUPON MATCH-UPS (1-11 to 1-17) AND A NEW FAMILY FAVORITE RECIPE

We just finished supper and this is what we had: ASIAN CHICKEN WITH PEANUTS. It was delicious!! And, I'm stuffed!! So, I thought I would take my "can't move cause I ate too much time" and try to match up some meijer deals with some coupons so I can send DH on an after work run. This is what I've come up with:

• HORMEL PEPPERONI: $1.00 each use 0.55/1 cpn from 11-9-08 ss? = FREE
• CHEX MIX $1.00 USE 0.50/1 cpn from 12-7-09 ss = FREE
• TOTINOS PIZZA ROLLS $1.00 (15 count) use $1.00/1 printable coupon (I printed this one a while back from coupons.com. I believe it's no longer available, but there are cpns in 1-11-09 ss for 0.35/1 which would make them 0.30/box) Total price=FREE-$0.30/box
• AUNT MILLIE'S ENGLISH MUFFINS: $1.00 use 0.35/1 cpn in 1-11-09 ss to get them for $0.30/pack
• PILLSBURY GRANDS $1.00 use $0.25/1 cpn from 11-23-08 ss to get them for $0.50/each
• SKIPPY PEANUT BUTTER: $1.33/each use 0.40/1 cpn to get them for $0.53 each. (Looks like DH will be making a couple of stops at Meijer because I'm stocking up on this. We go through ALOT of peanut butter lol)
• BISQUICK: $1.99/40 oz box (Another great stock up item) use cpns from 12-14-08 ss for 0.60/1 = $0.99/box
• BIRDS EYE VOILA COMPLETE MEALS : 2/$6 use printable cpn HERE to get them for $2.00/ each
• 3 lb bag yellow onions $1.00
• PILLSBURY TOASTER STREUDELS $2.00 use $1/1 printable cpn HERE to get them for $1.00 each.
• Betty Crocker Frosting: 3/$4 use 0.50/1 cpn from 12-14-08 ss to get the frosting for 0.33/each. There is also a cpn for the "supreme" brownie mix (also on sale at 3/$5) in that insert, It's also 0.50/1 and that will make the brownie mix 0.67/each
• Pure Protein Bars : $1.00/each use 0.50/cpn from 1-04-09 RP to get them for 0.50/each

This was just a quick matchup, so I'm sure I'm missing a few good deals. If you know of any more, please feel free to share. And don't forget that on the 10/$10 items, you get the 11th item FREE. I haven't had a chance to look through the Kroger paper yet, but I'll try to get some cpn matchups for there when I get home from work tomorrow evening. Well, supper has settled and now my Sleep Number Bed is calling me. (yeah, right...I wish I had a sleep number bed...anyone have a cpn for that? lol )

My Kroger Deals for the Week Of Jan. 5

First time I've done any shopping since the New Year...and I must say, I didn't do too bad!! I'll start with the P&G Promo that's going on...Buy $25 worth of stuff/get back $5 on non P&G products...So, here goes:

• 5 BOTTLES PANTENE SHAMPOO: 3.29 EACH = 16.45 MINUS 5/$2 CPNS FROM DEC. INSERT = $6.45/5 BOTTLES
• DAWN DISH SOAP: 2.50 MINUS 0.25 EQ AND 0.50 CPN FROM DEC. INSERT = 1.25
• CREST PRO HEALTH: 2.50 MINUS 1.50 EQ AND 1.00 CPN FROM DEC. INSERT = FREE
• 2 FOLGER'S COFFEE:5.48/EACH NO CPN :{
• GILLETTE FUSION RAZOR:4.99 MINUS 4.00 CPN= 0.99 + USED A CPN FOR BUY GILLETTE FUSION RAZOR, GET GILLETTE SHAMPOO FREE.
• GILLETTE SHAMPOO: FREE + GOT BACK 2.00 FROM GILLETTE SHAMPOO EQ :}
• 1 ROLL BOUNTY PAPER TOWELS 1.03 MINUS 0.25 EQ AND 0.25/CPN DBLD TO 0.50 = 0.75 OFF WHICH = 0.28/ROLL

NOW FOR THE NON P&G ITEMS:

• 2 COTTONELLE'S: FREE
• 2 RICE-A-RONI RICE PILAF 1.19 EACH USED 2/0.50 CPNS DBLS TO 1.00 EACH = 0.19/BOX
• 2 STARKIST TUNA POUCHES 1.85 EACH USED 2/0.55 CPNS FROM SMART SOURCE MACHINE DBLD TO 1.00/EACH = 0.85/EACH PLUS USED A THIRD CPN B2G1F AND GOT THE THIRD ONE FREE.
• 11 POWERADE ZEROS 0.89 EACH USED 11/0.40 CPNS DBLD = 0.09 EACH OR 0.99 FOR 11 BOTTLES
• 2 SUAVE HAIR SPRAYS: CLEARANCE PRICE 0.83/EACH = 1.66/2 MINUS 0.50/2=1.00/2= 0.66 FOR 2 BOTTLES
• KROGER POTATOES-2.48/10 LB
• KROGER ONIONS-1.99/3 LB
• 2 BAGS NO YOLK EGG NOODLES: 2.09/EACH MINUS 1.00 CPN = 1.09/EACH
• 2 BAGS WACKY MAC: 1.89/EACH MINUS 1.00 CPN = 0.89/EACH
• 2 BOTTLES MAYBELLINE FOUNDATION: 7.99/EACH MARKED DOWN TO 4.79 EACH MINUS 2/3.00 CPNS = 1.79/EACH
• FRANK'S RED HOT SAUCE: 1.19 MINUS 0.50/CPN DBLD TO 1.00 = 0.19
• 2 BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM (PINT); 3.49 EACH - 2/3.00 CPNS = 0.49/EACH
• 9 SOFTSOAPS HAND SOAP: I SCREWED THIS ONE UP!! I PICKED UP 4 SOFTSOAP KITCHEN'S AND THEY RANG UP @2.19EACH. THE OTHER 5 WERE 1.00 EACH USED 9/0.35 CPNS DBLD TO 0.70/EACH = 0.30 FOR THE 1.00 ONES AND $1.49/EACH FOR THE KITCHEN ONES :{ (YOU WIN SOME...AND YOU LOSE SOME)
• BIRD'S EYE STEAMFRESH MEALS FOR TWO...SHRIMP ALFREDO...FREE BECAUSE I PLAYED THE GAME ON THEIR WEBSITE AND WON A FREE DINNER!!
• 8 JOHNSON BUDDIES USED 8 1.00 CPNS = FREE
• SUAVE DEODORANT 1.00 USED 0.55 CPN DBLD=FREE
• KROGER KETCHUP 1.19
• 2 JARS RAGU PASTA SAUCE; 1.79 EACH = 3.58/2 MINUS 0.50 EQ AND 0.50/2 CPN DBLD = 1.00/2 TOTAL OF 1.50 OFF = 2.08 FOR 2

I THINK THAT IS IT? THERE SHOULD BE 65 ITEMS... TOTAL OOP = $44.84... WITH A TOTAL SAVINGS OF $119.49. SEE, I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T DO TOOO BAD...

ANOTHER FREE MAGAZINE OFFER

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More Coupons and Freebies for you guys...

Here's some more coupons I ran across tonight after I got home from work. There is a limit of one per household.

$1.00 off Softsoap brand skin essentials body wash,
$1.00 off Softsoap SPA Radiant Body Wash
$1.50 off Colgate Total Advanced Whitening, Advanced Fresh, or Advanced Clean toothpastes (4 oz or larger only)
$1.00 Colgate Sensitive toothpaste
$0.40 off Palmolive Scrub Buster
And there's one for softsoap hand soap refill, but for some reason I couldn't get it to print.

You can find all of these HERE


FREE HUNTING DVD OFFER FROM HORMEL FOODS with 2 upc's and $2.00 s&h: HERE Would make a nice little stocking stuffer for the hunters in your life.

FREE GIFT GIVING LABELS HERE

$1.00 off any Guerrero products (corn tortillas) HERE

Well, guess that's it for now. It's almost 1 am. Time to get to bed!!