Reader Request: where to camp with kids?

March 9, 2010
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Mandy evidently has springtime on the brain – she’s already thinking about camping! She emailed to ask this question:
Where’s the best place to go camping with young kids within an hour of Colorado Springs?
So, camping experts, what suggestions do you have? We just started camping in the past year or two – something [...]

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Don’t forget: free Panda Express tomorrow

March 9, 2010

Don’t forget to stop by Panda Express tomorrow (Wednesday) to try their new Honey Walnut Shrimp for free!  No purchase is necessary.
Valid at participating locations only, and you’ll want to call to make sure our Colorado Springs locations are participating.  Haven’t had time due to working on website problems.
Again, thanks for your patience.

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Today’s Chick Fil A freebie

March 9, 2010

Today Colorado Springs Chick Fil As are giving away free Yogurt Parfaits as part of their Customer Appreciation Week! My freshly-squeezed lemonade yesterday was awfully yummy – thanks, CFA!
Thanks for your patience with the shortage of blog posts – dealing with some major site problems on this end and haven’t even had the courage [...]

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Free pasta at King Soopers and Safeway!

March 8, 2010

Megan and Traci found a great use for the 55¢/1 Barilla pasta coupons that came out in yesterday’s paper. It’s on sale for $1 at both King Soopers and Safeway, so after doubling, you’ll net some free pasta!
If you want to stock up on pasta but don’t have enough coupons, don’t forget that Safeway [...]

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It’s Customer Appreciation Week at Chick-Fil-A!

March 7, 2010

Don’t forget that this is Customer Appreciation Week at Colorado Springs Chick-Fil-A’s, and today they’re appreciating you by giving you a free medium sweet tea or freshly-squeezed lemonade!
Here’s the rest of this week’s freebie lineup. We’ll see you there!

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New printables: Kraft Deli Deluxe, Dial soap and body wash

March 6, 2010
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Hot new printable coupons up at !  If you want ‘em, print ‘em – they’ve been disappearing crazy fast lately!

$1/1 Kraft Deli Deluxe Slices
$1/1 Dial body wash, bar soap, or liquid soap (no size restriction, I believe!)

And from :

55¢/1 Challenge butter
50¢/1 C&H sugar products 2 lb or larger

Those two products (butter and sugar) are ones [...]

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Sunday’s coupon inserts: hot coupons for free dental care, plus some for Safeway’s frozen food promo?

March 6, 2010
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Just took a look at and I’m seeing some hot coupons in tomorrow’s inserts!  Here’s some of the frozen food ones that may go along with Safeway’s frozen food promo, I’m not 100% sure these particular brands and varities are included:

Freschetta Multi or Single Serve Pizza Save $1.25/1
Tyson Any’tizers Bag snacks Save $1.00/1
Tyson Any’tizers [...]

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Two hot Walmart clearance tips!

March 6, 2010
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Two readers submitted clearance finds for Walmarts here in Colorado Springs!  Rene said:
I wanted to pass on a screaming deal I found at the Walmart on Woodman. They have girls character thermal pj’s for $1 and what was left of their selection of girls hanes sweats and sweatshirts. They had a pretty good selection of [...]

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Two lucky winners this week!

March 5, 2010
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Kathy is the Commentor Of The Week for her tip about Albertsons announcement that they are doubling and tripling coupons! Thanks for the hot tip, Kathy – we wouldn’t have known if not for your tip!
As a thank you to Kathy for her contribution, I’ll be contacting her via email and sending her a [...]

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Free meal at Panda Express next week!

March 5, 2010
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Just saw via Panda Express’s Facebook page that they’ll be giving away servings of their new Honey Walnut Shrimp next Wednesday, March 10th! As usual, it’s valid at participating locations – last time they did a promo like this, the stores in the Springs did participate, so here’s hoping they do so again.
I’ll give [...]

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Let’s chat: what receipts do you save?

March 5, 2010
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This past week I bought some CFL bulbs to replace a few lights that had burned out.  This time, I bought name brand, since we purchased an off-brand at Walmart the time before and they only lasted as long as a “normal” bulb.  I happened to think that I should keep the pacakaging in case [...]

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Whole Foods on North Academy: one-day sale tomorrow!

March 5, 2010
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Whole Foods on North Academy is celebrating their 6th anniversary tomorrow and they’ll have lots of vendors on-site, including Organic Valley farmers Scott and Robin Mitika from Elbert County. Melissa commented on the Wall and said there are supposed to be gluten-free vendors, as well, and I’m hearing there will lots more in-store sales [...]

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Free bag of Sun Chips – first 100,000!

March 5, 2010
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Become a fan of Sun Chips on Facebook and get a free 10.5 oz bag of their chips!  First 100,000 only, limit one coupon per mailing address.  Thanks, !
Here are some other freebies that I’ve shared in the sidebar Freebies area in the past day or two:
Nescafe free sample for Facebook users
Ideal Natural Sweetener sample
Free [...]

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Albertsons is doubling coupons!

March 5, 2010
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Thanks to Kathy for commenting to let us know that Albertson’s published a one-page ad in today’s Gazette that stated they are doubling and tripling coupons!
This definitely changes the ad review for this week – I thought I’d update with some of the cheap and free deals.  However, this is going to be difficult to [...]

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New coupons at Target = new free stuff!

March 5, 2010

Erin has a whole list of items that are free at Target with their new printable coupons, combined with manufacturer’s coupons!  We’re talking free BandAids, free toothpaste…
I’m hoping our shelf prices here are somewhat close to what they are in other regions.  Anyone else feel like we get great sales, but shelf prices at Walmart [...]

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