Frugalissa Finds: November 2010

FREE holiday fun at the Blount County Public Library

>> Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Julie at Sharing Savings With You posted the Holiday activities at Blount County Library.

Also make sure you read her post on Holiday activities at Knox County Library this December HERE

Kroger Updated List Week of November 28

>> Monday, November 29, 2010

Here is the updated list of all the Mega Sale items at Kroger this week.

Happy Shopping!

Target Deals Week of November 28

Here are the Target Deals this week.

Sharing Savings With You: FREE Holiday Fun at Your Local Library

A group of us local Knoxville Bloggers decided to do a series on different Holiday tips to help our readers through the Christmas season. These different posts are presented by Blue Frog Creations, Coupon Katie, Coupon Mommie, Couponing in Critical Times, Coupons Are Money, Frugalisa Finds, Frugally Farming Family, Knoxmoms.com, Knoxville Mamabelle, Knoxville on a Dime, and Sharing Savings with You .

Today’s post is from Julie at Sharing Savings with You.

She is sharing FREE Holiday Fun at Your Local Library

Here is what has been shared so far:
My post on Black Friday
Knoxville on a Dime shared Online Holiday Shopping Tips
Knox Moms shared Free Holiday Events and Activities for Kids in Knoxville
Blue Frog Designs shared Couponing for Charity: Black Friday's freebies & money makers

Two Scoops Designs Giveaway

This week's Giveaway is from Two Scoops Designs. They are giving away 1 Christmas bow, 1 valentine bow, 1 white bow, and 1 chocolate brown bow. This has a retail value of $24.

Here’s how to enter to the Bows.

1. Leave a comment telling me what your favorite Christmas tradition is with your family. You must do the main entry!!!

2. Additional Methods of Entry - Share about this giveaway the following ways and receive entries for each.

**Leave a separate comment for each to let me know where you have shared it!

-Subscribe to my Email Newsletter– even if you already receive it, add an entry as a comment. (1 entry)

-Add Frugalissa Finds to your blog roll or subscribe as a Google Reader. Leave the link to your website/blog in a comment. (1 entry)

-Follow Frugalissa Finds on Facebook and Two Scoops Designs on Facebook– then post on Facebook Frugalissafinds.com is offering a Two Scoops Design Giveaway! Check it out and enter with a link to this post. In the comment put if you became of a fan of one or both pages in two separate comments. (1 or 2 entries)

-Post this giveaway on your blog. Then come back and leave the link to the post. (1 entry)

It is very important you leave a separate comments if you enter more than once. So if you leave a comment with your favorite Christmas tradition, become a Facebook fan of Frugalissa Fans and Two Scoops Design that would be 3 entries and you would leave 3 separate comments stating what you did. There are lots of ways to win.

Giveaway ends Friday, December 3rd at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be drawn using Random.org and announced Saturday, December 4th. I will post the winner on Frugalissa Finds.

CVS and Walgreens Deals Week of November 28

>> Sunday, November 28, 2010

Here are the CVS deals this week.

Here are the Walgreens deals this week.

Kroger and Ingles Deals Week of November 28

It is Mega Event at Kroger this week. I'd wait to shop for a day or so and check back here to see if there are more unadvertised deals. Last time there were 150 unadvertised deals.

Here are the Kroger deals this week. This is UPDATED!!!

Here are the Ingles deals this week.

Cedar Springs Christian Stores Specials and Important info

>> Friday, November 26, 2010

I received an email today from Frugally Farming Family encouraging people to shop Cedar Springs Christian Stores this Christmas season. They among other local businesses here in the Knoxville area have been hit hard due to the economy. Due to Amazon, Kindle, and Itunes and the deep discounts other "big" companies provide it is hard for local businesses to stay afloat.

Someone asked why they should spend more money at Cedar Springs when they could get the items cheaper at Amazon. A son of one of the original owners answered this question in one word “pornography.” After looking into it, one of their customers found that Amazon not only sells soft pornography, but they also sell hard pornography. I have actually seen this first hand as there was a link floating around Facebook with a link to a book on Amazon that virtually was "How to become a pedophile" Which I wholeheartedly DISAGREE with. I find this sick and disgusting.

One of the best things we can do is pray for Cedar Springs as they have been a shining light in the Knoxville area for the past 34 years! Please consider shopping locally this Christmas as well as encouraging others to do the same! The daughter said that online purchasing is having a huge impact on many local businesses, and she has many friends who owned Christian bookstores who have had to go out of business! Christ is the reason for the season! The local Christian bookstores allow us to keep Christ in Christmas! Please support your local businesses this Christmas season!

They are offering some of their specials for Cyber Monday! You can also see all of the Cyber Monday deals from Cedar Springs Christian Stores HERE. Be sure to sign-up for the $5 in-store coupon as well as get on their mailing list and email list (check right side bar) to receive their sales paper and additional coupons each month!

Earth Fare: 50% Seafood and $2 off pie

>> Thursday, November 25, 2010

Click here to get coupons for 50% off seafood and $2 off pie at Earth Fare this week.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. ~E.P. Powell

I want to wish all my readers a Happy Thanksgiving!!

I am so thankful for all of you.

I don't know why Thanksgiving is becoming the forgotten holiday. Since when are people unable to wait one day to get to shopping for things they don't need? It pains me stores are open and those working have to be away from family so big businesses can make a buck. I am all about saving money but I will not sacrifice my time with my family and enjoying a holiday together.

Stepping off my soapbox

Please enjoy this great holiday with family and friends, take time to reflect on God's blessings over the year, take a break, eat, relax and make wonderful memories.

Be thankful!

GAP: Black Friday Sale! 50% Off Entire Store

>> Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Get 50% off the entire store until 10am only at GAP on Black Friday.

Offer ends at 10am sharp at all Gap, GapKids, babyGap, and GapBody stores.

Certain restrictions apply. See store for details.

More info HERE

Half Off Depot: Schakolad Chocolate Factory

Today on Half Off Depot get $25 Worth of Chocolate at Schakolad Chocolate Factory for $12.50.

Candied Yams

Candied Yams (This is heaven on a fork)

This is my all time favorite Thanksgiving side dish

Ingredients
2 pounds Sweet Potatoes, quartered or Canned Yams
½ cup Butter
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
2 cups miniature marshmallows, divided
ground cinnamon to taste
ground nutmeg to taste

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.

2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Peel potatoes and boil until slightly underdone, about 15 minutes. Drain and cool. If you use canned yams then NO NEED TO DO THIS STEP

3. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, brown sugar, 1 cup marshmallows, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted.

4. Stir potatoes into marshmallow sauce. While stirring mash about half of the potatoes, and break the others into bite-sized chunks. Transfer to prepared dish.

5. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cover top evenly with remaining marshmallows. Return to oven and bake until marshmallows are golden brown.

Target:Mossimo Jeans $6.25 each shipped

Target’s Deal of the Day is Buy One Get One 50% off Mossimo Jeans.

Plus use this 10% off Coupon Code UZXPI33P to take an extra 10% off of your order.

There are some other BOGO 50% off deals on clothing. So make sure to check it out.

I just got 2 pairs of Mossimo Jeans for $6.25 each after the discount and coupon code.

Plus I got free shipping.

Couponing for Charity: Black Friday Freebies and Money Makers

Today's post come from Blue Frog Creations and she talks about

Couponing for Charity: Black Friday Freebies and Money Makers

Here is what has been covered so far:

My post on Black Friday

Knoxville on a Dime shared Online Holiday Shopping Tips

Knox Moms shared Free Holiday Events and Activities for Kids in Knoxville

Free Holiday Events and Activities for Kids in Knoxville

As I mentioned last week, a group of us local Knoxville Bloggers decided to do a series on different Holiday tips to help our readers through the Christmas season.

These different posts are presented by Blue Frog Creations, Coupon Katie, Coupon Mommie, Couponing in Critical Times, Coupons Are Money, Frugalisa Finds, Frugally Farming Family, Knoxmoms.com, Knoxville Mamabelle, Knoxville on a Dime, and Sharing Savings with You .

Today's post is from Ali at Knox Moms shares Free Holiday Events and Activities for Kids in Knoxville.

If you missed my post on Black Friday make sure to read it and then Knoxville on a Dime's post on Online Holiday Shopping Tips.

Best Black Friday Deals

>> Tuesday, November 23, 2010

This is why I love the blogging community. Couponing to Disney has put together 4 awesome lists for Electronics, Movies, Toys and Video games and Electronics. She tells you specifically which items are the cheapest and where to go to get that item (she does the homework for you). Make sure you leave her a comment thanking her for her HARD work. That is a lot to do.

She uses the 5 biggest retailers to compose the following lists.

Best Buy, K-mart, Target, Toys R Us, and Wal-mart.

Price Comparison for Electronics

Price Comparison for Movies

Price Comparison for Toys

Price Comparisons Video Games and Electronics

Walmart Price Matching Black Friday Deals

Walmart will be price matching competitors Black Friday ads.

Make sure you print it out and keep it with you in case you run into any problems.

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 22, 2010 – Walmart is kicking off three days of savings, typically reserved only for the Friday After Thanksgiving, on this seasons' must-have holiday gifts, including the strongest “price match” guarantee in the market. In fact, Walmart is one of the only retailers that will price match competitors’ ads on “Black Friday.” Customers simply bring in competitors’ ads and Walmart will match the price of any identical product right at the register, making Walmart the easiest place to save this holiday season.

Here is the whole Press Release

7-11:Free Slurpee on Black Friday

On Black Friday 11/26, while shopping go to 7-11 and get a FREE Slurpee. Make sure you print off the coupon beforehand.

CVS:Black Friday Deals

Here are the Black Friday CVS deals

Crayola:Rebate

Make sure you use this Crayola Rebate Form if you will be buying Crayola products this holiday season.

You’ll get over $20 in savings on select Crayola items.

Groupon:51% Off Ticket to “The Nutcracker”

Today's Groupon is a great deal. You can buy one orchestra-level seating ticket (a $41 value) to the Appalachian Ballet Company’s production of The Nutcracker for $20.

Groupon customers must call to reserve their seat for one of the following shows at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium:
Saturday, December 4, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 5, at 2 p.m

Snacks and Fun for the kids on Thanksgiving

>> Monday, November 22, 2010

Need a snack to tide the kids over until the big Thanksgiving feast?

Here's a healthy option they can have fun making themselves.

Check it out HERE

Check out this cute cupcakes for the kids. Easy to make and so fun to eat.
For the recipe go here

Snack on this Bird and keep the kids busy.

Check it out HERE

Ikea: Free Breakfast 11/26-28

If you go to IKEA between Friday, 11/26 and Sunday, 11/28 you could get FREE breakfast.

This is limited to one per customer.

Titanic Museum Tour

My family and I had the opportunity to tour the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge on Friday 11/19, and it was a great experience. They are in full Christmas decor with decorations, lighted tree and snow. The decorations are so beautiful. This was the first time we had been to Titanic Museum and we were so excited to go.

When you enter the boat you are given a card with information about one of the passengers. Then at the end of the museum you learn if they survived or not. My daughter and I's passenger survived but my husband and son's passenger perished.

There is lots to see and interact with at this museum which is great with young kids. You get to feel a real iceberg, dip your hands into water that was the same temperature as the ocean water was when the ship hit the iceberg. (My son proceeded to splash my daughter and drenched her with it) You can hear sound bites from that time. It was very cool to see and experience.

The staff there were wonderful. They were all dressed as if they were on the Titanic down to hairstyles. There is a part of the museum that is fun for children called the Tot-Titanic Play-and-Learn Room. They steer a ship and talk to Polar the bear My kids loved that.

At the end we got to see REAL snow come down and see the Christmas lights on the tree and outside the Titanic. We had a wonderful time.

It will snow every Friday and Saturday at 7pm until January 1st. I recommend trying to go one of those days to see that.

You cannot take your camera inside but you can take pictures outside which is fun since it is decorated there too.

Order your tickets ahead of time and you may get a discount ordering them online directly from the Titanic Museum website.

Target Deals Week of November 21

>> Sunday, November 21, 2010

Here are the Target deals this week.

Thanksgiving Tips and more

Here is a great website for all things Thanksgiving.
Recipes, crafts, printable planners and more...

Kroger and Ingles Deals Week of 11/21/10

Here are the Kroger deals this week.

Here are the Ingles deals this week.

Toys R Us:Thomas the Train Black Friday Deal

>> Saturday, November 20, 2010

Here is a sweet deal if you have a Thomas the Train lover on your Christmas list. Toys R Us will have the Thomas the Train Early Engineers set for $12.49 and the Wooden Thomas & Percy Starter set for $14.99 on Black Friday.

Use the $10 off coupon from Parenting, the Early Years magazine or Family Fun November issues to get it the roundabout for for $2.49 or the Thomas and Percy set for $4.99.

If you don't have the magazine ask friends or family if they get it.

Thanks, Common Sense with Money

CVS and Walgreens Deals Week of November 21

Here are the CVS deals this week.

Here are the Walgreens deals this week.

Hallmark Coupon: $10 Off Coupon

This is a HOT deal!! So hurry and do it before it is gone.

This is for all moms or those who are expecting a baby. When you sign up you get a $10 off your purchase of $10 or more coupon at Hallmark.

This expires on December 24th so it would be great to do some Christmas shopping with.

The Winner of the Keefer Style Creations Necklace is....

The winner of the Keefer Style Creations necklace is......

GINA H.

She says her fave item is the

"3 circle washer hammered necklace is AWESOME! Love everything though!"

Congrats, Gina. Email me to make arrangements to get the necklace.

These faboulous jewlery pieces make great Christmas gifts for family, friends, and teachers. Lisa's last day to order is December 3rd. So if you want to order make sure you do so by that date.

Here is her etsy shop so you can shop.

Keefer Style Creations Giveaway-LAST DAY to ENTER!

>> Friday, November 19, 2010

You have until 11:59pm TONIGHT to enter to win this necklace from

Keefer Style Creations

GO HERE get all the details and to enter to win.

Avoiding the HoliDAZE!

I have a sweet friend, Becky that has a pretty cool blog called The Word of God and a Cup of Joe. You may remember her from her Summertime Sanity series she did on her blog and I talked about here as well. Well, she had this post this week that really got me thinking.

It is titled Avoiding the Holidaze. I encourage you to read it.

The Holiday Season can be full of stuff, parties, commitments and STRESS. This season I encourage you to get back to what it is all about.

"Make Christ the center of every activity and make it simple."

How can you make the next six weeks Holy-days for you and your family?

Starbucks: Buy One Holiday Drink, Get One Free!

>> Wednesday, November 17, 2010

When you go Starbucks November 18th-21st from 2-5pm and buy the following holiday drinks you can get one free.

Caramel Brulee Frappaccino
Caramel Brulee Latte
Eggnog Latte
Gingerbread Latte
Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Peppermint Mocha
Peppermint Mocha Frappaccino
Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha

Also Starbucks has an upcoming “12 Days of Sharing” promo!

Just text 12DAYS to 29943 to sign up. You will receive one offer per day starting on December 1st. More info HERE

Your guide to Online Holiday Shopping

A group of Local Knoxville Bloggers including Adventures in Momville, Blue Frog Creations, Coupon Katie, Coupon Mommie, Couponing in Critical Times, Coupons Are Money, Frugally Farming Family, Knoxmoms.com, Knoxville Mamabelle, Sharing Savings with You and myself are doing a series on different Holiday tips throughout December.

Monday I got to share with you my Black Friday tips.

Today’s post is from Knoxville on a Dime.

She gives a Guide to Online Holiday Shopping.

My favorite tip from her is:

Comparison Shopping
There are so many ways to comparison shop online.
You can Google an item, use Swagbucks and earn points when you search for items,
you can also use one of the price comparison sites out there like BizRate, NexTag or PriceGrabber. These sites search online merchants for the item you are looking for and list where to buy it and how much it is. The best thing to do is have your list with you while doing this and jot down the price and where it is because next you will want to check for coupon codes and free shipping offers.

Earth Fare:Free Sugar

Go HERE for the coupon

There are also coupons for turkey and shrimp so make sure you print those out too.

Keefer Style Creations Giveaway

>> Monday, November 15, 2010

Keefer Style Creations is giving a Frugalissa Finds reader a Handstamped Bird Blessed necklace. You can personalize the necklace with names and birthstone charms. Make sure you check out Lisa' site she is a nurse at Children's hospital and on the side she makes beautiful jewelery to fund her missions trips to Haiti.

Here’s how to enter to win a necklace.

1. Head on over to Keefer Style Creations on Etsy then come back to this post and leave a comment telling me your favorite piece. You must do the main entry!!!
2. Additional Methods of Entry - Share about this giveaway the following ways and receive entries for each.

**Leave a separate comment for each to let me know where you have shared it!

-Subscribe to my Email Newsletter– even if you already receive it, add an entry as a comment. (1 entry)
-Add Frugalissa Finds and Keefer Style Creations to your blog roll or subscribe as a Google Reader. Leave the link to your website/blog in a comment. (1 or 2 entries)
-Follow Frugalissa Finds on Facebook and Keefer Style Creations group on Facebook– then post on Facebook Frugalissafinds.com is offering a Keefer Style Creations Giveaway! Check it out and enter with a link to this post. In comment put if you became of a fan of both. (1 or 2 entries)
-Post this giveaway on your blog. Then come back and leave the link to the post. (1 entry)

It is very important you leave a separate comments if you enter more than once. So if you leave a comment with your favorite piece, become a FB fan of Frugalissa Fans and Keefer Style Creations that would be 3 entries and you would leave 3 separate comments stating what you did. There are lots of ways to win.

Giveaway ends Friday, November 19 at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be drawn using Random.org and announced Saturday, November 20. I will post the winner on Frugalissa Finds.

Knoxville New Sentinel Interview-11/15/10

If you are local to Knoxville make sure you read the Knoxville News Sentinel today or read the article online. Eight other bloggers and I share in an article titled, East Tennessee money-saving momma bloggers share tips.

Black Friday Tips

A group of Local Knoxville Bloggers including

Blue Frog Creations, Coupon Katie, Coupon Mommie, Couponing in Critical Times, Coupons Are Money, Frugally Farming Family, Knoxmoms.com, Knoxville Mamabelle, Knoxville on a Dime, and Sharing Savings with You are doing a series on different Holiday tips throughout December.

Today I get to share with you my Black Friday tips.

Make a list. Who are you buying for?
Get the paper or go online to get the ads. There are websites that list the ads for the stores. Like Black Friday 2010, Black Friday Ads, Thanksgiving Black Friday Ads, or Black Friday Info. You can go to these websites and get email alerts too. Write down what stores have what and at what price so you are prepared. Keep the ads with you so in case store A is sold out you know what other stores have the same product. Also keeping the ad with you helps if you come across a deal that you did not notice in the ad you can compare the price to the other sales to make sure it’s a good deal.

Use Coupons
You can find store coupons and coupons for a lot of things this year. Go to Awesome Freebies and Deals. You search online for coupons for the items you are looking for. When I am looking for something, I google the item or store and coupon code, so an example would be The Children’s Place coupon code. You would be surprised at the coupons you can find on toys and electronics. Also look into products with rebates too.

Make a plan
Figure out what time stores open and make a game plan and order you plan to go to them in.

Figure out what stores price match
No sense in going to store A for one thing when store B has more things on your list. Wal-mart, Target, Best Buy are some stores that price match.

Have a partner
Divide and conquer. Maybe one of you goes to electronics while the other toys. Or 1 person goes to one store and another the other store with each others lists. I did this last year and saved myself a trip to Toys R Us and Kohl's. My 2 friends got the stuff on my list and I got a couple things my friend needed while I went to Target. Grab your cell phone or walkie talkie too so you can call each other if you have a question or problem. My hubby laughed when I said walkie talkie. Sometimes you can't get the best cell reception with hundreds of others on their phones and you all are in a metal box. So a walkie talkie can come in handy.

Leave the kids at home
Waking kids at the crack of dawn and then trying to shop just don’t mix. Talk about stressed out. Black Friday is insane enough let alone dragging kids along. You really will not get much down with them in tow. Plus you are buying gifts for them so that can be quite tricky.

Wear layers and pack a snack and water
It is cold in line outside waiting for the store to open then once you get inside it is hot and the adrenaline is flowing. You also want to stay hydrated and a snack helps keep the energy level up.

If Black Friday scares you….
Do your shopping online in your jammies that morning or the days leading up to it. Retailers this year have gone crazy with pre-Black Fridays deals. Also retailers hold back deals for the Monday after Thanksgiving otherwise known as Cyber Monday. Websites like Black Friday Info help you find deals in the comfort of your home.