Here are my favorite deals in Omaha grocery this week:

Hyvee

• Blue Ribbon Beef 7-Bone Chuck Roast $2.49/lb
• Hy Vee Chicken or Beef Brothe 14.5 oz $.38 (limit 4)
• Hy Vee Yogurt $.29 (6 oz)
• Coke Product 12 packs 3/$11 (abotu $3.66 per 12 pack or about $.31 each can)
• Hy Vee Stuffing mix chicken, turkey or pork, 6 oz $.88
• Buy a Hormel Cure 81 Whole Boneless ham @ $2.99/lb, Get a Honeysuckle or Jennie-O Frozen Turkey FREE (with in ad coupon)
• Athenos Hummus 7 oz 2/$5

In addition to their regular week long special, HyVee also has a 1 Day Sale Saturday 11/12 that includes the following:

• 7Up Product 2L $.59 (limit 8)
• Hy Vee 64 fl oz milk $1.28
• 80% Lean Fresh Ground Beef $1.88/lb (sold in 3 lb roll for $5.64)
• Banquet frozen Dinners $.68
• XTra Laundry Detergent 58-75 fl oz 5/$10
• Kraft American Cheese Singles $1.99 (16 oz, limit 2)
• Dole Premium bananas $.39/lb

No Frills Fresh

• 80% Lean Fresh Ground Beef $1.99/lb (it is cheaper at Hy Vee's one day sale Saturday, but I wanted to include this one as well in case you miss the Saturday sale)
• Our Family Cream Soup $.19 ( with qualifying purchase)
• Pepsi Product 20 packs $4.88 (with qualifying purchase of 2-this is only $.24 each can)
• Buy one Norbest Turkey at $1.49/lb, get 1 FREE

In addition to their regular week long special, No Frills also has a 3 Day Price Buster Sale Friday 11/11-Sunday 11/13 that includes the following:

• Busch or Busch Light 18 pack $9.99 (I have no clue how good or bad this is but it is a limit 2 so it must be pretty good)
• T Bone Steak $4.99/lb

Also this Week, No Frills Baker's Square location only has the following:

• Our Family 16 oz Bacon $2.99
• Fresh Asparagus $1.88/ lb
• Our Family 1 lb butter $1.99 (limit 2-additional $2.49)
• Our Family 24 pack Water $1.99

Bag N Save

• Boneless Beef family pack Petite Sirloin Steaks or Mini Sirloin Roast $2.99/lb
• Marie Callendar's Pot Pies or Dinners 5/$10
• Our Family Cheese 8 oz Shredded or Chunk $1.39 (with qualifying purchase)
• Our Family Stuffing mix chicken, turkey or pork, 6 oz $.69 (with Qualifying purchase)
• Our Family Pineapple 20 oz $.69 (with qualifying purchase)
• Our Family Cranberry Sauce $.59 (with qualifying purchase)
• Our Family Manzanilla Olives $.99 (with wualifying purchase)
• Haas Avocados $.69 each

In addition to their regular week long special, Bag N Save also has a 4 Day Sale Thrusday 11/10-Sunday 11/13 that includes the following:

• Chips Deluxe or Fudge Shoppe Cookies 13-14 oz $1.68
• Roberts Cottage Cheese or Sour Cream (24 oz) $1.77
• 8 inch Pumpkin Pie $2.59

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

• Kroger Value Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts or Thighs $1.79 lb
• Red Bell Peppers 10/$10
• Bakers Gallon Milk $2.77
• Dillons Large 18 ct eggs $1.88
• Doritos 11-14.5 oz or Cheetos or Fritos 7.75-10.5 oz $1.99 (with qualifying purchase)
• Land O Lakes Butter $2.49 with qualifying purchase

Aldi

• Butterball whole turkey 10-20 lb $1.09
• Red Grapes $.79/lb (sold in 2 lb clamshell for $1.58)

Super Saver

• Yellow Onions $.47/lb
• Crystal Farms Shredded or Chunk Cheese 8 oz 2/$3
• Best Choice Frozen Vegetables Regualr or Steamable 12-16 oz $.58
• SaraLee Pies 37 oz $2.98
• Fresh Mangos $.66 each
• Best Choice Apple Juice 64 oz $.98
• Sara Lee White Bread 20 oz or Mama Lupe's Flour Tortillas Burito size 8 ct $1.44
• Hershey's Baking Chips 10-12 oz 3/$5

Fareway

• Pepsi Product 24 packs $5.99 (must purchase 2 ans use in ad coupon-this is about $.25 each can)
• Swanson Broth 2/$1 14.5 oz cans
• Campbells Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Chicken Soup 3/$2 (10.75 oz excludes fat free and healthy request)
• Yoplait Greek Yogurt $.88
• On the Vine Tomatoes $.99/lb
• Mrs Grimes 15 oz can Chili, Black, Navy, Red Kidney, Pinto or Northern Beans 3/$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.

Go now and like Scotch Brite on facebook then enter to get a free Greener Sponge! (Click on their Special Offer tab on the left if you do not see the offer right away. Hurry though only first 100,000 will get one! Who knows if that will last a while or go quick-usually they go quick!!

Boo Yeah! One of my favorite freebies is back again today only! Tiny Prints is doing their free Christmas Cards again today!! YES! (You may want to check out this post about the one I made earlier this year to see how awesoem these cards are!) I think these are a great way to encourage your kids to keep behaving well! My kids loved it!

So, how do you get this one? Go like Tiny Prints on Facebook. Then click on the Special Offer tab on the left. Then you just have to follow the directions.
Warning-the site is going slow so this freebie takes some patience.

So, I promised you that I would share my spooky Halloween dinner. I did not yet. Whoops. I will tell you though it was awesome.

We ate Monster meatloaf, Ghost mashed potatoes, Jello Worms, and Goblin toes (fried pickles). It was a delightful meal if I do say so myself! Here are a few pictures taken by my handsome husband:



And of course Wes (my handsome husband) could not help but take the parts of his meal and make a creepy monster man out of them:

It was a fun and yummy meal! I L.O.V.E making theme holiday meals! Yumm-O!
If you would like to know how I made any or all parts of this meal, comment or shoot me ane email. If there is enough interest I will post it on here-otherwise I will just respond to individual requests. I just don't want to spend the time to type it all out unless it is something you WANT (since it is a deals blog after all not a recipe one).

I owe you all a big fat apology and explanation. Last week was complicated and I knew it would be. I knew I would be unlikely to be able to post, but I could not explain because one of the big complicated things I had going on was a surprise. A surprise for a lovely young lady that reads my blog!
Let me explain. This is my youngest sister Melanie:

She is about to leave on an 18 month religious mission for our church. Before she leaves, she wanted to go to Disneyland with our baby brother. In fact they have been saving up for this. Well, my dad decided we should surprise her and have myself and my sister Andrea show up at Disneyland. As it turned out, due to work schedules and stuff, I was only able to go for one day-Friday.

So, I boarded a plane with my baby boy on Thursday evening at 7 pm, and after a layover I arrived at LAX at about midnight (that's 2 am in my time zone). I took a Super Shuttle to my hotel in Anaheim and arrived there about 1:20am (3:20 my time). I tried to get the baby to sleep so we would be well rested when they family arrived at like 8am. It did not work.

I managed to surprise my brother and sister. Check out this ultra blurry picture of their surprise as they saw me and baby E:

We spent a very cold and rainy and gloomy day at DL and California Adventures. We left a bit early since we were all soaked to the bone and cold and I had to feed my baby (who was already at the hotel with my parents). I rested and took care of baby for about 2 hours before we had to turn around and head to LAX again for me to return, I got took the red eye which left LAX at 12:45am (LA time-2:45am my time) and had a layover then finally arrived home at 10:30 am. Phew-it was a fast and furious trip!

In spite of the tight time restraints and the gloomy weather, I had a great time and was glad to get to spend the day with my family. Sadly my sister Andrea and I were unable to go the same day out there so she arrived in LA as I arrived back home on Saturday morning. They had a blast the rest of the weekend though I hear (with great weather). Here are some of my fun pictures from my day away:




Thanks for sticking with me and continuing to read my blog. I have a lot to catch up on!

A While back I joined Crowd Tap (which is a place you get to share your opinions and sometimes even get to sample awesome items). One of the places they work with is Old Navy and I joined hoping to sample some SWEET Old Navy clothing. You may remember that after applying and not getting to sample anything, I was finally chosen to do an Old Navy Sample Share through Crowdtap. You can see my review of that here. It was a blast! I could not wait for another opportunity!

Lucky for me I did not have to wait long!! I was lucky enough to be chosen to to an Old Navy Outerwear Sample Share! Yeah! So I grabbed Jessica and we ran over to Old Navy yesterday to pick out some new coats!

Both of us had our babies with us had out babies with us (ages 2mo and 7 mo) Our poor children had to sit through a lot of their mommies trying on stuff! There were so, SO many great Outerwear options!! There were like 6 coats I really liked, and 3 I LOVED and had a hard time choosing between. Jessica had a similar experience. Before I show you some of the cute options we tried on, let me throw out a quick shout out to the employees at the Village Pointe Old Navy on Omaha, Nebraska-SOOO nice and helpful the whole time! Helping us grab coats and sizes and telling us how cute they were and all kinds of great service (without being totally obnoxious)! It was great!

So, here are some of the coats Jessica and I tried on that we didn't choose in the end:




Jessica actually LOVED this white coat below but wondered about the functionality of having a white wool dry clean only coat with a new baby around.
In the end she did end up with a Dry Clean only coat still, but it is not white so may not be so tough to keep nice with kiddos around. And I must say, I am a HUGE fan of her choice (it was my top choice initially but they did not have it in my size at that location):

I came down to three favorites. For me living in the Nebraska biting cold windy winters, this absolute favorite Red riding hood coat was totally not functional for my purposes. But I LOVED It and deliberated long and hard over it anyway:


This long black coat was warm and cute and probably the best options for a functional warm coat to last through this Nebraska winter. It was REALLY warm. I thought it's only downfall was a lack of a hood, but the neck went up high to cover your neck so that was great!

BUT in the end I actually went with a less functional than the last coat, but more functional that the Red dream above. It was a bit more of a fashionable choice than I usually make and as a mom of 5 kids I usually shy away from Dry Clean only clothing, but this coat was simply irresistible in the end:

If you also want the chance to become a Crowd Tapper so you can sign up for future sampling events, please join through my referral link here and we can start tappin together! :)

***By way of Disclosure, I was given a coupon for me to get a free ON Outerwear item, as well as a free coupon for a friend. Thanks CrowdTap and Old Navy for this fun experience and these free coats for me and Jessica!!***

Here are my favorite deals in Omaha grocery this week:

Hyvee

• Their big weekly promotion it so get your Thanksgiving Turkey FRRE-you have to buy a Hormel Cure 81 Whole Boneless Ham at $2.99/lb  and then with the in ad coupon you get a 10-12 lb Honeysuckle or Jennie-O Frozen Turkey free.
• Hy Vee 100% Natural Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast $1.77/lb
• Hy Vee Frozen Vegetables 16 oz regular or 12 oz quick steam $.68/lb
• Hy Vee Pop 12 packs 4/$8.88
• Plums $.99/lb

In addition to their regular week long special, HyVee also has a 2 Days of Savings Sale Thursday 11/2-Friday 11/4 that includes the following:

• Hy Vee Large Eggs 12 ct $.88
• Tostitos or Sun Chips 9-13 oz $1.88

No Frills Fresh

• Our Family 18 ct Large Eggs $1.45 (limit 3)

No Frills Fresh has a deal where you save $5 when you buy any 10 of the participating items. (which translates to $.50 off per item). The following items are part of that sale. The price I am showing is price AFTER the $5 off::

• Crisco 48 oz Cooking oil (vegetable or Canola only) $1.98

And exclusively at the Bakers Square location:

• Buy one Norbest Turkey at $1.49/lb, get one of equal or lesser value FREE!
• Honey Crisp Apples $.99/lb
• Dr Pepper or 7Up 2L FREE with an additional $5 purchase (with in ad coupon)

Bag N Save

• There is a Meal Deal this week-Buy a 3lb+ Boneless Beef Rump Roast ($3.99/lb-cheaper at Super Saver fyi) or 5lb+ Bone in Pork Butt Roast ($2.48/lb) and get the following 4 items FREE: 1lb bag of Carrots, 5lb bag of Russet Potatoes, 3lb bag Yellow Onions 6Ct Dinner rolls
• Pillsbury Cake Mix $.39 each (limit 2 and with qualifying purchase)
• Coke Product 12 packs 3/$11 ($3.66 each which is sadly an OK price these days.)
• Clausen Pickles 20-32 oz $2.99

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

• Dr Pepper Product 12 packs 3/$10 ($3.33 each)

Bakers has a deal where you save $5 when you buy any 10 of the participating items. (which translates to $.50  off per item). The following items are part of that sale. The price I am showing is price AFTER the $5 off:

• Campbells Cream of Mushroom Soup 10.75 oz or Swanson Broth 14.5 oz $.49
• Pepsi Product 2 L bottles $.99
• Oreos $2.48
• Doritos 11-14.5 oz $1.99
• Land O Lakes Butter 15-16 oz $2.49

Aldi

• Grape Tomatoes 10 oz Clamshell $.99
• Countryside Creamery Butter Quarters 16 oz $1.99

Super Saver

• Best Choice All Purpose Flour 5 lb $.88/lb (limit 2)
• Best Choice Butter 1 lb $1.83 (limit 2)
• Best Choice 18 ct Large Eggs $1.73
• Rotella's Bread B1G1
• Norbest Whole Young Turkey (10-22lb avg) $.88/lb (Plus there is an in ad coupon for $1 off this item)
• Farmland All Natural Untrimmed Boneless Pork Loin $1.97/lb
• Red Delicious Apples $.66/lb
• Roma Tomatoes $.48/lb
• Roberts Milk Gallon $2.98
• Spaghettios Original 15 oz 2/$1

In addition to their regular week long special Super Saver also has a 3 Day Price Buster Sale Friday 11/4-Sunday 11/6 that includes the following:

• Xtra Detergent or Nice N Fluffy Fabric Softener Assorted 35-68 use $1.98
• Banquet Frozen Meals $.77
• 7Up Products 6 pack .5liter bottles $1.88
• Calidad Tortilla Chips 12 oz $1.35
• Farmland Sausage Links or Rolls 12-16 oz 4/$5
• Pears $.87/lb
• Fresh Sweet Potatoes $.66/lb

Fareway

• Chex Cereal 12.8-14.25 oz 3/$4.50 (with in ad coupon)
• Fastco Broth Basted Turkeys $.49/lb (with  in ad coupon-WITH $50 purchase. only worth it if you already planned to spend at least $50 there) Without the coupon it is $.78/lb
• Dole Salad Blends and Kits (excluding premium) 5-12 oz bag $.99
• Boneless Beef Rump Roast $2.99/lb
• 10 lb Tubes 80/20 Ground Beef $1.99/lb (sold in the 10 lb tube for $19.90)
• Pepsi Product 6 pack 24 oz bottles 4/$12 with in ad coupon
• 7Up Brand Product 12 packs 3/$10
• Coke Product 12 packs 3/$11 ($3.66 each which is sadly an OK price these days-this price only good with in ad coupon)
• Bag Full of Cookies 1ll varieties 36-72 count $5.99
• Fareway Shredded Cheese all varieties 8 oz 2/$3
• Baby Red Potatoes $.58/lb
• Idaho Russet Potatoes 10 lb bag $1.99
• Mississippi Sweet Yams $.49/lb
• California Red Seedless Grapes $.97/lb

***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.

I love this site and love their freebies! TODAY ONLY, you can get a FREE Thanksgiving Day Greeting Card from Tiny Prints! Use the coupon code FREETHX11 at Checkout! You can either Ship it to yourself for FREE or directly to the recipient for $0.44. I love to make these cards for my kids. I just have them sent to me for free then give them to the kiddos! They love them and it a special thing I can do to make their day!

Note-I am trying to make mine now-the site is going slow so be a bit patient. You can see the cover for the one I am working on above-cute, eh?!

jdeal is a Daily Deals site with (as they say) seriously surprising deals." Usually their daily deal is something like the deals on other daily deals sites, but every once in a while they mix it up by offereing a chance to win gift cards as their daily deal. Today is a mix up day where the deal is a chance to winf one of 2 $75 gift cards to Old Navy. Now I can tell you that I went shopping at Old Navy yesterday for a coat (outerwear as they call it). I found some Sah-weet Outerwear there and should you win one of these jdeal gift cards, you could get a great deal on a great coat...outwear purchase (or really whatever you want at Old Navy). All you have to do to enter for a chance to win is to sign up for jdeal here, then click to "buy" today's deal. Quick and painless! Please let me know if any of you win!!!

I L.O.V.E. doing fun holiday themes dinners for my family! And to be honest, I tend to go a bit overboard! In fact, tonight I am going all out (I promise I will share it later). This Halloween I had so many ideas for great creepy Halloween themed meals! But I have to admit as I was researching online there were tons of search results that pointed to making "worms" for dinner-out of Hot dogs. You will not believe how easy and frugal this creepy Halloween dinner is!! After looking at a bunch of online ideas I put mine together like this:

I chose not to serve on buns as my kids don't like that. Here is what I did.

1. Cut up Hot Dogs into strips (I cute each one into 6ths)
2. Boil sliced hot dogs in boiling water for just a couple minutes until they start to curl.
3. Take out of water. (Maybe strain it to make sure there is not excess moisture)
4. In a frying pan melt about a Tablespoon of butter.
5. Add the curling hot dogs and a Tablespoon or 2 of Ketchup (to your own taste and vision-they look creepy with the ketchup)
6. Fry for like a minute or 2.
7. Serve as you wish (I just served a bowl or worms-you could serve worm sandwiches or something if you want!)

Here is Mr Beckee's Deals (Oh he will love that I called him that) trying out the worms:

This was a well loved EASY, QUICK, FRUGAL meal that YOU could totally give your kids tonight before you they go out and get all that sugar!!

Tonight's dinner includes Monster meatloaf, Ghost Mashed Potatoes, and Jello worms. Here is a preview of what they look like:

I found the Jello recipe on Pinterest. It originated from the blog The Idea Room. Go check it out! It is AWESOME!