I'm back, with a fun Free Drink from Starbucks!

I've been gone for a long time.  Basically since I started house shopping.  Well, since then I found a house and I've been battling contractors for a while trying to update a 50's style kitchen and bathroom.  And let me tell you, there are good 50's styles... and there are bad 50's style.  A pink bathtub with baby blue wall tile is not my idea of a good 50's style bathroom. 

Anyway - The time for the fun stuff. 

July 13, Noon to 3 p.m.

 

Enjoy a free Tall (12 fl. oz.) handcrafted Starbucks Refreshers™ beverage at participating stores. No purchase necessary. Limit 1 per person.   

I will be visiting the local Starbucks after lunch on Friday for sure!  I haven't tried these, and I am ready. :)

 

"Real Kitchen" Hit the big time!! Well, sorta.

Yay for Real Kitchen!  Real Kitchen is one of my favorite to-go places of all time.  See former blog post here. 

And someone finally gave them some recognition.  Go here for a video on real kitchen.  (They don't let people embed it.)

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.  I LOVE Real Kitchen... The cupcakes are to-die-for!  In the center of each cupcake is... well... the only way I can describe it is a - flavor pocket.  If you have a caramel cupcake they put a pocket of caramel in the center of the cupcake.  Its gooey and delicious.  Similar if you have a lemon cupcake, they put a lemony gooey delicious flavor pocket in the center. 




I really have a taste for Real Kitchen cupcakes now...

Earn $5 in Pals Rewards!!

Go here to play a quick flash game on facebook.  You can earn $5 in pals rewards money.  All you have to do is get $100 in your virtual cart and you'll get $5 REAL dollars!  Its really not that hard (although the virtual carts are a bit difficult to control).  Make sure you have a Petco Pals card or register one when your done playing the game.

There are a TON of items for less than $5 at Petco, so you can find stuff for free.  Petco has a ton of items for Dogs, Cats and Fish.  There are also some items for Gerbals, Birds and other smaller animals.

Anyway, I hope your pet enjoys its new $5 toy or treat. :)

This is ADORABLE!!

C sent me this.  I literally had a smile on my face the entire time I was watching it... So cute.

Ever hear of Savored?

C introduced me to Savored - go here Basically, if you spend $10 you can get a 30% discount on your entire bill (including liquor!)

Right now they only have restaurants for Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Denver Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and DC. (Unfortunate for my Milwaukee friends.)


I LOVE going to nice restaurants, but I feel guilty buying a bottle of wine when I can get it for 1/3 of the price at a liquor store.  So knowing I get 30% off really helps the guilt. :) 

Most of the restaurants are pretty nice.  I'm going to Boston later this year for my cousin's wedding so I plan on using this to go to a nice restaurant there.

Caribou Coffee is my new favorite

Caribou coffee has become my new favorite coffee shop.  Today they are offering another BOGO offer here. C and I just took a stroll down to Caribou (and enjoyed this wonderful sunny and warm weather) and got our morning coffee.  (well he got tea)

Just print off the offer, or show it on your smart phone.


Happy Leap day all. :)

Free ABP coffee mug.

Wow,  Its been a LONG time since I last posted.  Sorry!  I've been really caught up with house hunting.  C and I have officially looked at 20 houses.  We made an offer on one home, but someone else made a higher offer.  So we are still looking.

After our last outting, we have 2 possible houses that we like.

But anyway, back to the free coffee mug.

Au Bon Pain is offering a free coffee mug here if you sign up for their email club  ABP is next door to my work so a lot of people I know frequent there.  I don't know the exact prices, but I know if you have an ABP reusable coffee mug you get a discounted price on a regular coffee.  Normally ABP makes you pay for the cup, but if you sign up its free. :)

ABP usually does this once a year and I got my free coffee mug last year.  

To make matters even better, on your 1 year "anniversary" of signing up for the email, you get a coupon for a free coffee AND pastry!

ABP doesn't bombard me with emails either.  They probably send me an email once a week about a new item.  Quite frequently it has a coupon in it also. :)

Need a good laugh today?

One of my friends sent me this link.

Its a guy's blog who has a full time job of leading urban youth on nature hikes.  He posts one quote a day (ish) of the funny things kids say. 

I highly recommend reading it.

Some of my favorites

More Free stuff for Valentines Day

 Well my boyfriend and I returned a few hours ago from Caribou coffee with our BOGO.  Since then I have found a few other free items for today.  Reference my previous post here for additional items I mentioned that are free today.

• Go here to get free k-cup hot chocolate. :) Supplies limited.  You will probably have to refresh the page a few times.

•  Want some ice cream?  Go to Ben and Jerry's today from 5-8 PM.  You can get a free scoop of Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream.  I have no idea if this flavor is any good, but free is free. 

• Do you love Bath and Body works?  Use this coupon for a FREE signature collection travel size item of your choice.  One of my friends got me a bunch of travel items for last Halloween.  She gave me hand sanitizer and lotion.  They come in handy ALL the time.  I use the sanitizer every time I have to open a garbage can because for some reason garbage can lids REALLY gross me out. 
  
  On a side note.  This coupon is good until 2/20.  So you still have a few days to make it to a Bath and Body works.

• Burger King has a BOGO deal also.  It lasts until March 5th (I think).  Go here for details.  Essentially buy any Original, Club, or Italian Chicken Sandwich and get another for free. :)

On a side note.  While the next free item is for February 28th, free is still nice. 

• IHOP will give away a free short stack of pancakes in honor of "National Pancake Day."  In return they are asking for a small donation for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals(c) and other designated local charities.

A few V-day Freebies. Hopefully more to come

Interested in getting some freebies next Tuesday?  (BTW - Tuesday is Valentines day... )

• BOGO at Qdoba - No coupon necessary... however a little public humiliation is required.

 

• I also know that Caribou Coffee is offering BOGO (At least the one at 20 N Michigan is).  I plan on going there.  

Speaking of Caribou Coffee - Did you know if you stay in the store you get 1 free refill on a regular cup of coffee?!?  I just learned that a few days ago.  Had I known that in college I would have frequented Caribou Coffees a lot more than Starbucks.

• Free cookie (with no purchase) at Quiznos go here for the coupon 

Local McDonalds makes HUGE mistake

I've heard people say "there is no such thing as bad press."  However, I beg to differ.  Especially in this case.


A local McDonalds said petting a stray pitbull is more dangerous than eating at McDonalds.  As if Pitbulls don't have enough of a bad rep, McDonalds airs an advertisement against Pitbulls.  Is this local McDonalds hurting so much that they have to put down poor dogs?

I can't imagine how this ad ever got to the radio... Do you know how many people would have to be involved before it aired?  I can't imagine that the person who read the ad was willing to say that... Just insane... and STUPID. Isn't there a saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?"  Obviously, the Marketing Rep did NOT learn that in school.

One of my friends parents own a McDonalds, and I'm sorry, but Corporate PR should have dealt with this already.  I am very disappointed in Corporate McDonalds. 

I would like to point out that usually, when Dublin is at the dog park, the bully breeds do NOT start the dog fights.... 


McDonalds - I haven't been a huge fan of you for the past few years, I'm more of a fan of local restaurants than chains, but I will never visit a McDonalds after this.  As far as I know, the only apology that has been issued is a tweet... Come on Corporate McDonalds... Step up to the plate, issue a formal apology and feature some wonderful and kind pits in your national commercials.

Great deal on K-Cups

I <3 my Keurig.  I wish I was joking, but it is probably my favorite appliance ever.  I know the plastic cups are bad for the environment, but I'm sorry.  I love them!!

Anyway, today, Eversave has a GREAT deal!  Pay $17, and get $35 worth of K-cups from http://www.coffeeforless.com/

What makes this deal even better is a discount code "EASY2" applied at checkout.  This takes $2 off the total making it $15 for $35 worth of products.  Here is the link. 

Coffee for Less has a 100% price match guarantee.  So if you find your K-cups for less, they will reimburse you the money. :)

I bought K-cups and checked staples.  Staples was $2 cheaper.  So make sure to check there! :)

My order was below

Green Mountain Coffee Decaf K-Cups Variety Pack 22ct	6503B	$14.99	Ordered: 1	$14.99
Green Mountain Coffee Half-Caff Blend K-Cups 24ct	6999B	$14.99	Ordered: 1	$14.99
Celestial Seasonings India Spice Chai Tea K-Cups 24ct	14738B	$14.99	Ordered: 1	$14.99
CoffeeForLess Gift Certificate Gift Card Sender SM Gift Card Recipient SM

I sent myself a gift card so I wouldn't have to pay $7 in shipping.  I'll use the gift card on the next time I want k-cups.
The total was 49.95.
However I bought the groupon for $35.  Which means I paid only 14.95. 
The groupon cost me $15, so I really paid - 29.95


HOWEVER, each K-cup was $2 cheaper at staples, which means I get $6 store credit (which I will use on my next k-cup purchase. )
AND coffeeForless gives you 50 loyalty points for each price match correction.  100 loyalty points gives you a $1 store credit.

Which means I have a $7 store credit, and a $5 gift card left.

Total paid was $17.95 with a $12 store credit.  :)  Not bad for 70 k-cups total. :)