How awesome is this!!! Because July 15th is apparently National Gummi Worm Day, Jelly Belly is offering 25% off your Gummi Worm purchase through July 15th. Click here to get your discount!

Wes will LOVE knowing about National Gummi WOrm Day...I wonder if there is a National Gummi BEAR day too?!

Thanks Mommy Octopus.

List of my favorite grocery deals this week (if the deals is highlit, it means I think it is really great):

Hyvee

• Kellogg's Cereal $1.98 (Rice Krispies 18 oz, Frosted Flakes 23 oz, Bite Size Mini Wheats 24 oz, & Froot Loops 17 oz)
• Purex Liquid Laundry Detergent 50-60 oz $1.88
• California Green Seedless Grapes $.97/lb
• Cucumbers 2/$1
• Green Bell Peppers 2/$1
• Athenos Feta Crumbled Cheese 2/$4
• Midwest Country Fare Sugar 4 lb $1.48 (with in ad coupon)
• Coke Product 2 Liter Bottles 10/$10
• Jif or Smucker's Peanut Butter 16-18 oz 2/$4
• Old Orchard 100% Apple Juice 64 oz $1.18

In addition to the regular weeklong sale, Hy-vee is also running a 2 day sale Thursday July 8 & Friday July 9 that includes the following deals:

• All You care to Eat Chinese, Pizza or Salad Bar $5 (Dine in only)
• Meat 15% off sack sale

There is also a 4-day Best of Savings Sale running today, Wednesday July 7-Saturday July 10 that includes the following:

• Roberts Half Gallon Milk $.77 (limit 2)
• Chicken of the Sea Chunk Tuna oil or water pack $.37 (limit 4)
• Hy-Vee 2 Liter pop $.37 (limit 4)

No Frills Fresh

• 80% lean Ground Beef $1.67/lb (Beef Patties are $1.87/lb)
• Our Family Sugar 4 lb $1.48
• Coke Product 2 liters 10/$10
• Tomatoes on the Vine $.99/lb

Bag N Save

• Famous Dave's BBQ Sauce $1.99 (19-20 oz)
• General Mills Cereal 11-13 oz Cinnemon Toast Crunch, Honey Nut Cheerios, Reese's, Cocoa Puffs, Golden Grahams or Cookie Crisp $1.49
• 90% Lean Ground Beef $1.98/lb
• Green Giant Russet Potatoes 5 lb $1.98
• Kool Aid Envelopes $.05 each (limit 20)

Baker's (Remember their sales are almost always WITH card)

• Lots of 10/$10 items including Coke 2 liters, Kroger fruit, Barilla 12-16 oz pastas, anf Birds Eye Vegetables (to name just a few...)

Aldi

• Cantelope $.99
• Necterines, Plums,  & Peaches $.29 each

Super Saver

• Boneless Beef Chuck Roll $1.96/lb
• Boneless Chicken Breast 10 lb pack or more $1.88/lb
• Boneless Beef Whole, Untrimmed Eye of Round $1.96/lb
• Bing Cherries 11 lb $11.98 ($1.09/lb)
• Kellogg's Cereal $1.98 (Mini Wheats, Frosted Flakes, Raisin Bran 17-20 oz)
• Apricots $1.28/lb
• Land O Lakes Gallon Milk $2.18 (limit 2)
• Coke Product 24 packs $4.98 (Limit 2)

***Remember that I generally just price match at Walmart as much as I can rather than go to all the stores separately! I LOVE being able to do that. You can also pricematch at Target, but I find it easier to pricematch at Walmart.

You may recall that I told you here and here about FREE books I got from Read It Forward.

If you too are interested in reading advanced copies of new books, I would recommend checking out the Read It Forward website each month and signing up for a chance at getting any book that looks interesting (there are 3 new ones each month and readers are randomly selected to get them). I sign up for all the books each month and hope to get one occasionally-even if the book may or may not be one I want to read, I sign up. My husband would probably like the ones I would not...

This month's books are pictured above! They look good...

Today's Salt Lake City Groupon is $7 for $15 Worth of Hawaiian Fare and Drinks at Pounders Hawaiian Island Grill.

As with all the deals, make sure you check out the fine print before purchasing. To sign up for Groupons, click on my referral link here (this does NOT commit you to buying any deal-you choose what you buy) and to see the Salt Lake City page, including today's deal, click here.

Not sure what Groupons is? Then click here to read all about it!
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WOW-this is a particularly great deal for us moms at home with kids this summer!! I will certainly pick up one of these today!!

This weekend's Omaha Groupon is $7 for Three Open Bounces at Pump It Up (Value of $22.47-that is 68% off!!).

As with all the deals, make sure you check out the fine print before purchasing. To sign up for Groupons, click on my referral link here (this does NOT commit you to buying any deal-you choose what you buy) and to see the Omaha page, including today's deal, click here.

Not sure what Groupons is? Then click here to read all about it!

Tuesdays Travels today will focus on a place I used to live as a teenager: Denver, Colorado. My dad attended Law School at DU for 3 years, so I lived in Denver (ok actually Aurora) Colorado from 6-8 grades. So, much of my Denver knowledge is from a young teendaged point of view. I do not want to tell you to just go hang out at Cherry Hills Mall, so I did some research on this one!!

As always, I will use the following categories for this Denver post as part of my Tuesdays Travels series:

• General Information
• Getting there
• Accommodations
• Transportation
• Food
• Attractions and activities
• Shopping

General Information

Denver is the capitol city of Colorado and is located right by the beautiful Rocky Mountains! Nicknamed the Mile High City due to it's elevation, it is a beautiful city with a variety of food and fun options! It is where I lived when I fell in love with the theatre, so it has a special place in my heart!

Getting There

Denver is fairly centrally located in the west, so driving to Denver is certainly an option to consider. If you live in Omaha, it is a pretty quick drive for a vacation-only about 7-8 hours.

You may also look into flying. You should be able to get good deals into Denver as it has the largest airport in the country and has 6 airlines that go to/through Denver. It is a hub for United Airlines and Frontier Airlines. I recommend reading my Tuesdays Travels: Overview post for info on how I search for best flight prices and options.

Accommodations

When I have visited Denver in the past, I have always had friends or family to sty with. I don't anymore, so when I go back to Denver, I will simply do what I always do and start by looking up hotel deals on the following websites: Expedia, Hotwire, Travelocity, and Cheap Tickets. You could also try to make an offer at Priceline, but I only try one offer there, then if I do not get it, I go somewhere else that works with me better than they do.

Transportation

I will tell you that the airport is pretty far outside the city, but luckily there are many options for travel between the airport and the city. You can of course rent a car, but there are other options as well. Many hotels have shuttles between the airport and their hotel. There is also public transportation available, and you can probably walk to some of the places you want to go depending on the location of your hotel. The city of Denver has a great website on which there is an excellent page about transportation options in town. Please see that page here.

Food

The main 2 food experiences (away from my house) I remember from living in Denver were both fairly expensive, but were both not just meals, but full experiences: Casa Bonita and Mataam Fez.

Mataam Fez is a Moroccan restaurant complete with sitting on the floor and belly dancers. It is a lot of fun, but as I mentioned it is fairly expensive and it is not is a great neighborhood. In fact it is in a terrible neighborhood, but well worth the experience-just be careful going from your car inside to the restaurant!

Casa Bonita is a must do for any families visiting Denver. It is every child's dream dinner. They are the self proclaimed "World's Most Exciting Restaurant". The multi-story, Mexican-themed restaurant includes a 30-foot-tall waterfall, cliff divers, fire jugglers, strolling mariachi bands, a pirate cave, magicians, puppet shows, skee-ball machines, etc, etc. Be warned though-you are not going here for the food! It is terrible-well all is terrible except the all you can eat sopapilla desserts. But, you have to purchase an entree to enter, so buy something cheap and be warned it will not be good food. Then plan on watching the cliff divers, enjoying all the entertainment, and eating a lot of the sopapillas-they are heavenly! It is the only truly edible thing in the joint in my opinion.

I actually have read multiple reviews today that recommended eating at Taco Bell on your way over to Casa Bonita, then looking at your required entree purchase more as an admission fee. If you are looking for a uniquely Denver "dining" experience though, do NOT miss Casa Bonita!! (I have to refer you to the funniest and possibly most accurate review I have ever read about this place, but with a warning that there is some poor language involved in the review. See it here.)

In my 3 years of living in Denver, those were by far the most memorable dicing experiences I had, so I recommend trying one or both of these great experience places!

As far as being frugal in Denver, I would try to get a hotel with a kitchen area and stop by your local Walmart or King Soopers and get some food to eat in your hotel!

Also, when you are planning to go to Denver, start checking out City Deal Tracker's Denver site daily to see what deals you can snag there. They list Groupon as well as 2 other Groupon-like daily deals. (As a total side note, if you do join and buy a Groupon, I would really appreciate if you do so under my referral link here.)

One more site to check out is MyDenverDeals.com.

Attractions and Activities

Here are a few lists of things to do from me (there is way more to do that I am listing!):

Choose from these "Must see/do" for first timers

• Denver Zoo
• Downtown Aquarium
• Professional Sporting events (Basketball: Nuggets at the Pepsi Center, Football: Broncos at Mile High Stadium, Baseball: Rockies at Coors Field, Hockey: Avalanche at Pepsi Center, Soccer: Rapids at Invesco Field at Mile High.)
• 16th St Mall
• One of the many parks or reservoirs (Like Cherry Creek reservoir-where I spend a lot of time in my youth!)
• Red Rocks Park & Ampitheatre (Beautiful!!)
• Coors tours
• US Mint tour (reservations required)
• Denver Art Museum (On the first Saturday of every month, admission is free for Colorado residents.)
• Skiing or hiking

How to get discounts on some on the attractions that cost:

• Also, when you are planning to go to Denver, start checking out City Deal Tracker's Denver site daily to see what deals you can snag there. They list Groupon as well as 2 other Groupon-like daily deals. (As a total side note, if you do join and buy a Groupon, I would really appreciate if you do so under my referral link here.)
• Look for discounts online
• Look in the travel books
• Ask at the hotel for discounted deals-they often have discounts available if you ask.
• Ask locals when you get there!
• Check out MyDenverDeals.com.

Free Attractions (My FAVORITE!!)

• 16th St Mall Trolley
• Many parks.
• There are 850 miles of off-street bike paths you can explore!
• Tour the Colorado State Capitol
• US Mint tour (reservations required)
• Coors tours in Golden
• Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison
• Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs
• Red Rocks Park

There are literally thousands to choose from. Since I have no clue what you will be interested in, can I recommend that you check out a travel guide (you can often find these at local libraries), go through it and pick the things you really want to do.

And Remember, you cannot so it all! Pick your favorites, then start looking for discounts.

Shopping

Check out some of the following fun and interesting shopping destinations:

• The teenager in my wants to send you to Cherry Creek Mall and tell you to scout out the boys...  :)
• Tattered Cover Bookstore is SOOO Denver and a must see for book lovers!
• 16th St Mall

Conclusion

These are just the things I have learned in my Denver travel/living and research and my opinions on traveling to Denver. I am not the definitive Denver expert by any means. Please feel free to add your own tips and tricks to this and feel free to ask me any questions you might have.

Today's Salt Lake City Groupon is $49 for Three One-Hour Photo Sessions, a 15-Image CD, and 25% Off Print Orders with a Free 8" x 10" Print from Val Westover Photography (Up to $420 Value).

As with all the deals, make sure you check out the fine print before purchasing. To sign up for Groupons, click on my referral link here (this does NOT commit you to buying any deal-you choose what you buy) and to see the Salt Lake City page, including today's deal, click here.

Not sure what Groupons is? Then click here to read all about it!

This weekend's Omaha Groupon is $10 for $20 Worth of Bar Fare and Drinks at Danny's Bar & Grill .

As with all the deals, make sure you check out the fine print before purchasing. To sign up for Groupons, click on my referral link here (this does NOT commit you to buying any deal-you choose what you buy) and to see the Omaha page, including today's deal, click here.

Not sure what Groupons is? Then click here to read all about it!

Hey. FYI, Papio Fun Park is having Medical Appreciation Day On July 11. $5 Extreme Wristbands to anyone with a Medical I.D. Card and all the guests they want to bring! Check out details on their website.

Sheridan's Lattes & Frozen Custard is oprning a new store in Omaha at 2615 S 180th (next to Target) this week. To celebrate their grand opening they have a couple fun offers this week.

First, from Wednesday July 7-Friday July 9th, Buy 1 Dessert, Get one Free (of Equal or lesser value)!!!

Second, from Saturday July 10-Sunday July 11, FREE cones for Kids!!!! And BOGO hot dogs!

I LOVE Grand Openings!! We will be stopping by!