7-Eleven is offering medium Slurpees for $0.49 today through Memorial Day!  The offer is valid at participating locations only.

Also, I’m hearing that Burger King maybe be offering medium frozen lemonades for $1.00 through Monday as well, but I can’t find anything to confirm that.  Thanks, Mojo Savings!

6PM is having a sale on Keen this weekend!  You can get Keen shoes, apparel, and accessories for kids and adults for up to 50% off here, plus all orders get free shipping!  Since this is a closeout sale, sizes and styles are limited-quantity, so shop early for the best selection.

Go here to shop the Keen sale at 6PM.

May is National Burger Month, and if your name happens to have “Burger” in it, you can get a free burger at Smashburger on Tuesday, May 28th! You must show ID, and the burger that you’ll receive is the Classic Smash.

The only Burger I know is Hamilton Burger of Perry Mason fame but maybe there are some of you real people with a foodie name! :)

Just a reminder that this Saturday is the second free tennis event for kids!   COS Tennis is hosting a free tennis play day this Saturday, May 25th from 10 AM to noon at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs!   Kids up to age 14 can attend to play tennis games and activities from 10 AM to noon.  They’ll provide all of the equipment, plus some prizes and refreshments.

Visit COS Tennis for more info.

Groupon has a deal today for the local Mollica’s Italian Market & Deli: you can get two entrees with two side soups or salads (up to a $29.90 value) with two large cannoli (an $8 value) for $18.95.  There’s also a similar deal for lunch.  You can buy up to two per person, and the Groupon is valid for 90 days after purchase.

The 50% off Groupon deal for Johnny Carino’s is still available as well.

Once we move, we’ll be on well water and septic for the first time in our married lives.  I realized the other day that this could be a huge learning curve for me, so if you have experience with well water and septic systems, please share your tips!  (Keep the horror stories to a minimum, please, so as not to cause me to worry. ;)  I think laundry is my big question right now – no clue if the water will be hard or soft or what, and I’m thinking that could really change how I do laundry.  Or is it not a big deal?  Please help me!

So, how many of you iron on a regular basis?  I was talking to my sister the other day and mentioned I was ironing, and she said “I thought I was the only one that ironed these days!”  I don’t iron a ton of stuff, but I iron all of Jeremy’s dress shirts and have for as long as we’ve been married.  I shy away from stuff that needs to be ironed for myself and the kids (curse you, rolly-uppy hems on girls’ skirts!), but both Jeremy and I like his dress shirts pressed so I’ll do that to my dying day.

Speaking of ironing, my oldest said that we should hire a servant when we move because the house is big – and he suggested paying the servant $1.00 a day.  I don’t think the house is big enough to warrant a servant but if we can find one for $1.00 a day, I’d totally take the help! Maybe I should ask him if he wants the job…

This morning reminded me so much of the day of the first trip that Jeremy and I took to Colorado Springs, right after we were married.  We came in at night, during a horrible storm, and stayed at a hotel that we are now like, “Hmm, probably wouldn’t stay there now!”  The next day was foggy and cool, like this morning was, and we drove around in circles in the Broadmoor area for hours, trying to figure out how to get on Gold Camp Road to get to Cripple Creek.  (Of course you can’t by getting on Gold Camp north of the Broadmoor, because there’s a collapsed tunnel, but the maps didn’t tell us that, and the fog made it even more complicated!)

I guess the foggy days are so rare here that every time there is one, it brings back that memory!  It’s a good one, though, because that trip to Colorado was the one that made us decided that we really wanted to live here.

Cool off with a great deal from Dutch Bros coffee kiosks of Colorado Springs: this Saturday, they’ll be debuting their new lemonade and the price will be just $0.25 on this day only!  The lemonade is made in Boulder – though I’m guessing maybe the lemons aren’t grown there?! :)

The deal is valid at the three Colorado Springs Dutch Bros locations: Platte & Union, Colorado & Weber, and Circle & Palmer Park.  This deal is valid Saturday, May 25th only!

Recently I realized I hadn’t gotten my personalized coupons in the mail from King Soopers for awhile.  This has happened before, but an update to my King Soopers card fixed it.  But, I just got an email from someone else who’s stopped getting them, too, and I’m wondering if they’ve just totally stopped sending them out.  Have any of you received the personalized coupons in the mail from King Soopers lately?  Click here to comment.

You can earn double fuel points (2 points for every dollar) on grocery, not gift card, purchases at King Soopers now through June 30th!  You have to load a special digital coupon to your King Soopers card to receive the bonus, and it looks like you have to load it once per month (so you might want to set a reminder to do it again on June 1st).

Go here to load the double fuel points coupon to your King Soopers card.

Both Salvation Army and Arc Thrift Stores will be having a 50% off sale for Memorial Day weekend!  Salvation Army will have the entire store (excluding jewelry) 50% off on Friday, Saturday, and Monday; and Arc will have 50% off everything except current color tags this Saturday through Monday.

Just a reminder that this deal is today!  Sonic is going to be selling a lot of corn dogs starting this week: they’re offering corn dogs for $0.50 each this Thursday, May 23rd, to celebrate the end of school!  And, I’m pretty sure that I also saw a sign that said something about $0.50 corn dogs during happy hour (ongoing) but I can’t seen to find that online anywhere, so it may vary by location.

Happy end of school to you, whether you celebrate with Sonic corn dogs or not. :)

The Rockies won on Tuesday (scoring four runs), so this deal is on for Thursday, May 23rd!

The day after the Rockies win, you can order online at PapaJohns.com and use coupon code ROXWIN to save 40% off your entire order, and they will donate 10% to a Colorado charity! The ROXWIN does not work if you have any discounted items in your cart. The code is valid at participating Colorado Papa John’s locations the day after the Rockies win, regardless of how many runs they score.  (The Rockies Taco Bell deal is only when they score seven or more.)

This post (watch the video) from my friend Jen cracked me up.  I can totally see Jen doing this, and I have to admit that I’ve done it once myself, when Jeremy and I were on a business trip to Las Vegas and were broke (prior to going to Vegas, haha).  I totally need to remember this next time we travel because I could fix a way better breakfast with a griddle, pancake mix, and some syrup that you get in the hotel lobby!

I’m gearing up to do another big round of freezer cooking in the next few days.  I’m hoping to try America’s Test Kitchen’s Make-Ahead Pizza recipe and see if it’s worth the effort.  I know homemade pizza is super easy, but I’m hoping the recipe works well so that we can have pizzas in the freezer that are truly freezer-to-oven.  We used to buy frozen pizzas semi-regularly, but the super good deals on those have been pretty much non-existent and I really don’t like spending $10 on two frozen pizzas (if I buy the cheaper ones, I have to buy more of them!).  So, anyway – tell me I’m crazy for trying to make my own frozen pizza, but I don’t really care. ;)

One of my goals this summer is to develop a good routine for myself and the kids.  This past school year was chaotic due to not having a great rhythm to our days, and I think we’d all do better with a little more structure.  So, my goal is to wake up at 6 and work until 8 (note: I will not be waking up at 6 regularly until the baby is consistently sleeping through the night, but we are getting there!), then feed everyone breakfast at 8. After breakfast, until 9, is cleanup time, where everyone pitches in and we do laundry and clean up the kitchen and sweep and mop and touchup bathrooms and whatever else, and I do not work (on the computer, that is).  During the school year, we’ll do school in the morning, and I’ve promised the kids that we’ll do a walk or something outside after lunch every day.  Then, I’ll do the rest of my work in the afternoon.

So far, the parts of the routine that we’ve implemented in the past week have gone well – the kids actually referred to “cleanup time” after breakfast today and it took no time at all for them to consider the after-lunch walk a given.  The biggest change for me will be trying to do the bulk of my work in the afternoons, because right now I do most of it in the mornings and it’s hard for me to stop working when there’s still stuff that needs to be done.   Since we are out of school for the year, I’m still working some in the mornings, but I’m trying to gradually ease that into the afternoons.

(For the few of you that I’d told I’d write a post about juggling what I do, it’s coming.  Someday.  But if you are curious about how I juggle stuff, then you probably realize that it’s hard to find time to write it! :)

It’s time to stock up on charcoal for grilling this summer!  The best deals on charcoal are almost always found around Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day; and Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Walmart usually compete for the best prices.  Here’s what they have on sale for Memorial Day weekend:

Walmart: two 15-lb bags (30 lbs total) for $6.98 or $0.23/lb

Lowe’s: two 20-lb bags (40 lbs total) for $9.99 or $0.25/lb, limit two

Home Depot: their flyer isn’t out yet, but I’ll update when it is

So, it looks like as of right now, the best per-pound deal is at Walmart.  All of these sales should be valid through Memorial Day – Monday, May 27th.

The Barnes & Noble at 1565 Briargate Blvd will be having a free Hands-On Lego Storytime this Saturday, May 25th at 10:30 AM:

Read, build, play! Join us for Hands-On Learning Storytime with Lego, featuring Grow, Caterpillar, Grow! Appropriate for ages 2 to 6. Limited supplies, so please arrive early.

Find out more info here.

We are pleased to again be partnering with Tim and Dave at Trusted Lending Advisors as our sponsor this month!  My husband, Jeremy, is a local realtor and frequently refers his clients to Tim and Dave since they always give great service and make the whole mortgage process go very smoothly.  (And, I’m excited that we are now doing our own home purchase through Tim and Dave – more on that in a few days!)   Here’s some info for those of you thinking about purchasing a home:

Anyone that’s been looking at purchasing a home has heard that interest rates won’t stay this low forever.  Of course, we’ve been hearing that for a couple of years, and they are still incredibly low (here’s a blog post from awhile back on what determines interest rates).  But, it’s starting to look like that is coming true: the Mortgage Bankers Association is predicting that interest rates will rise to 4.4% by the end of 2013, and the end of sub-4% rates seems to be near.

Then, the Colorado Springs housing market has the lowest amount of homes for sale than its had in years, which means that there is more demand for the houses that are on the market, and that, in turn, drives prices up.  Jeremy‘s definitely seen prices go up over the past year in all but the very highest price ranges.

Coupling those two factors together, it seems like it may be getting close to the end of the “sweet spot” for buying a house.  If you are thinking about buying a house, it’s time to get started – contact Tim and Dave at Trusted Lending Advisors at (719) 266-8183 or visit their website.  Be sure to mention that you heard about them on Springs Bargains so you can get a lender credit for your appraisal (up to a $400 value) on any closed loan transaction!

Due to the Memorial Day holiday, there shouldn’t be any inserts on May 26th, so if you only subscribe to the paper for the coupons and want to put your newspaper on hold, here’s the information to do that.

Online
Put the Denver Post on vacation hold
Put the Colorado Springs Gazette on vacation hold

Via Phone
Denver Post: 303-832-3232
Gazette: 1-866-632-6397

Katie of Kitchen Stewardship is offering five of her ebooks for $7.40 total through Bundle of the Week this week!   Katie’s focus is on a natural, whole foods lifestyle and her ebooks are in-depth looks at the topics covered.  (If you like details, Katie’s your girl!)  Here are the books that are included in the bundle (click on the links for details on each book):

Healthy Snacks to Go
The Everything Beans Book
Smart Sweets
Is Your Flour Wet?
The Family Camping Handbook

Plus, when you buy the bundle, you’ll also receive a 50% off coupon code for her latest book, Better Than A Box!  The bundle is available through Monday, May 26th only, and you can purchase it here.

Also, if you were interested in purchasing the Gluten-Free Baking Mix Cookbook from Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures, today (Wednesday) is the last day to get it for $0.99!

Coupons.com released a bunch of new coupons this morning – here are direct links to them!  If you click the name of the coupon you want below, it will automatically clip it for you.

$1.00 off ONE meat-free Gardein™ frozen entree
$0.50 off TWO BOXES Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
$0.50 off TWO BOXES Nature Valley Granola Bars
$0.75 off TWO any LARABAR UBER bars
$0.75 off ONE BAG Food Should Taste Good chips
$0.50 off any CAREFREE product
$0.50 off ONE BOX Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
$0.75 off Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch cereal
$0.50 off any ONE BOX Chex cereal
$0.75 off ONE BOX Multi Grain Cheerios cereal
$0.50 off ONE BOX Original Cheerios cereal
$0.75 off 2 Betty Crocker Frosting and cake mix
$0.50 off select Bisquick products
$0.50 off TWO Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad
$0.75 off Cascadian Farm product
$0.80 off FOUR BOXES any flavor Hamburger Helper
$0.50 off one (1) 16oz 4pk of Amp Energy

Safeway has a four-day sale this weekend (Friday-Sunday) instead of their $5 Friday deals, so there’s a few extra days to pick up some of their good deals on 12-packs of Pepsi, Coke, and 7Up and mayo, among other deals.

These deals are valid May 22-28, 2013.

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Wednesday only, you can subscribe to Outside Magazine for $4.99/year at DiscountMags.com! Use promo code COLORADOBARGAINS after you add it to your cart to get the price to drop.  You can buy up to two years at this price, and the subscription is not subject to auto-renewal.

Lots of great deals on meat at Albertsons this week! They are also doubling coupons up to $0.50. They don’t have a coupon policy and it varies wildly by cashier, so be prepared for anything. :)

These deals are valid May 22-28, 2013.

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