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Orlando: $9 for $20 Worth of Pan-Asian Cuisine and Boba Tea at Bento Cafe

Tampa (St. Petersburg): $12 for $30 Worth of Gourmet Market Goods at Kalamazoo Olive Company in St. Petersburg

Miami (Coral Gables: $6 for $12 Worth of Raw Vegan Fare at La Vie En Raw Café

Jacksonville Beach: $14 for a Five-Attraction Pass at Adventure Landing (Up to $31.49 Value)

Fort Lauderdale (Wilton Manors): $7 for $15 Worth of Pizza and More at Humpys Pizza & Panini

Even if you don’t live in these areas, you can still purchase them and send them as gifts to people that can take advantage of them. Just make sure that they use the Groupon before the expiration date (usually 6 months from the date that it was purchased).

Click on either of the two images above to find out all
you need to know about this program from The Home Depot.

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get a FREE Chili’s Appetizer When You Join their Email Club.

This is a VERY LIMITED TIME promotion, so please join
as soon as you possibly can.

I originally was going to title this “I Love Swagbucks“, but it sounded a tad bit weird.

A couple of days ago I won my 7,000th Swagbuck and am holding on to them until I use them to purchase gift cards, mostly to Amazon for Christmas and Hanukah shopping ($5.00 Amazon GC is only 450 Swagbucks). Maybe a few of those Amazon Gift Cards will be given away to some lucky FrugalFloridian.com readers.

For those that have no idea what swagbucks is, it is a search engine that pays you to use it. No, NOT EVERYTIME you search, but you will be surprised how often you will gain “SwagBucks” just for typing a few characters into their search bar.

Here is the painless method to join (and find out more prior to signing up):
1. Go here and register.

Both Kathy and I have enjoyed searching via SwagBucks, and like telling people about the company.

After a much needed break, we are now back home and went grocery shopping.

Publix: Total Spent $23.56,  Saved $64.95,  74% Savings

Here are the coupons we used:
1 – $5.00/$50.00 Albertsons Coupon from 9/1 Orlando Sentinel
3 – Coupons for FREE Publix Water (.5Ltr/6pk)
2 – $5.00/5 Kraft Cheese/Dairy Coupons from PRINT
1 – $1.50 Newman’s Old Coupons from PRINT
2 – 50¢ French’s Mustard from PRINT
1 – $1.00/2 Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix or Syrup from RP 5/2
1 – $1.99 Hellmann’s Mayo Coupon from Albertsons Insert
2 – 50¢ Hellmann’s Mayo Coupons from PRINT (Target)
2 – 75¢ Hellmann’s Mayo Coupons from PRINT
1 – 99¢ Bull’s Eye BBQ Sauce Coupon from Albertsons Insert
1 – $1.00 Bull’s Eye Coupon from PRINT
2 – 50¢/2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snack Coupons from PRINT
2 – 50¢ Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers Coupons from PRINT
1 – 55¢/2 Mueller’s Pasta Coupons from Plan on Pasta Booklet

Hello Everyone,
Kathy made it very clear on Friday that I needed a break and we decided to redeem some points, load the kids into the car, and escape to the beach. The one rule was that I had to leave my laptop at home.

I could explain how I get to this point, but it is really boring. Suffice to say is that not only do I burn the candle at both ends, but will also take a match to the center portion. I need a break sometimes. Getting 4 hours a sleep a day is “normal” to me. I did not say it was healthy, just my normal.

My life has always been like this sinking my teeth into things and not letting go until it is finished. The only thing is, in running the type of blog that FrugalFloridian.com is, there isn’t a finish. Just a ton of research and lots of typing, which is my weak spot. Though the weeks change, there is a pretty set schedule to the way FrugalFloridian.com operates.

So, I turn to you my readers, I need help in typing the weekly Central Florida inserts. All I need is for 3 readers to step forward and type up their choice of the Albertsons, Winn-Dixie or Publix inserts in our style (name of product, size, and price as a text file), and I will do the coupon match-ups. You would receive the insert as a PDF file, and all that I ask is that you are able to type the information in correctly. This would be a voluntary position for the time being, but an important one because you would be helping your fellow FrugalFloridian.com readers save money. I realize I could just tell everyone to head on over to website so and so to find their Albertsons, Winn-Dixie, or Publix information, but most of them do not cater to Florida readers, and the few that do either point out only what they feel are deals or present the information in a sometimes confusing manner. Also, from day one I have firmly believed that people have a differing view on what a deal is to them, and I like including the entire insert, minus store brands. After all, though to many of our readers, a diaper deal is important, but to others, getting BOOST for a buck or two is just as important to them.

So, can 3 people help me in the typing department? The timeframe I need the typing done is Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning.

Please leave a comment if are able to help FrugalFloridian.com continue helping people save money.

Thank you,
Mark

Hello Everyone. Shopping  just was not in the cards today. Kathy and I may not shop this weekend. We have enough to last us through most of next week. We will have to buy some milk and veggies at some point, but I am just not up to doing much right now.

I need to listen to my body and just let it relax and lay off the two pots of coffee which is actually a pot before 11am and then nursing the second pot all day and at some point mixing the grounds and what is left in the pot together and feeding it to our garden.

Though we did not shop for groceries, please share how your shopping trip went this week. Even if you are just starting out, that is OK,
we and your fellow readers are here to help.

If you have never filled out a Mister Linky before, simply state how much you SAVED this week (We use “FrugalFloridian SAVED __%” for the name, and then if you have a blog, feel feel to post a link DIRECTLY to your blog’s post for this week’s savings.

Hello Everyone,
As you can see, the weekly lists for Publix, Albertsons, and Winn-Dixie are not yet up. For that I am truly sorry.

Since Tuesday night I have felt very tired and unlike the usual borderline exhausted feeling I live with, but ignored it and worked through it as best as I could. I just drank stronger coffee and ate a bunch of high energy food. Being ill from Tuesday through Thursday is just not an option for me for several reasons, one of which is FrugalFloridian.com. Especially this week because I did not have safety net in my Mom, some call them Mother in Laws, but I call Kathy’s Mom Mom. Sleeping just seemed to make matters worse.

Right now the lists have been typed, but I am lagging big time as I sweat (but do not have a fever), really strange feeling. In the middle of updating our online coupon database, and then doing the actual match-ups. I hope to be done around 4pm.

Thank you for your patience, Mark

Orlando (Winter Park): $20 for $40 Worth of American Bistro Cuisine and Drinks at The Bistro on Park Avenue

Tampa (St. Petersburg): Stained-Glass or Glass-Fusing Classes at Grand Central Stained Glass & Graphics in St. Petersburg. Choose One of Two Options.

Miami: $15 for $30 Worth of Sushi and More at Planet Sushi

Jacksonville: $10 for $20 Worth of Pub Grub and Drinks at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s

Fort Lauderdale: $16 for One Dozen Cupcakes at Sweeter Days Bake Shop

Even if you don’t live in these areas, you can still purchase them and send them as gifts to people that can take advantage of them. Just make sure that they use the Groupon before the expiration date (usually 6 months from the date that it was purchased).

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Go to HERE (a Kraft website) and click on the “Get Coupon” button. If you want to print the same coupon twice, just click on your browser’s back button. By redeeming the coupon(s), Kraft will donate 5 meals to FEEDING AMERICA.

Here is the fine print from the above Kraft website:
The $5 coupon can be redeemed with the purchase of any 5 KRAFT cheese or dairy products (6 oz. or larger, unless otherwise specified). Offer valid 9/1/10–11/7/10.
Kraft Foods will donate up to 1 million meals to Feeding America. The monetary equivalent of a meal will be donated. $0.70 = 5 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local food banks. Offer excludes Breakstone’s and Knudsen Cottage Cheese and Sour Cream in CO, CA and ND.

I found this flier with store coupons inside on 8/30/10 at a SW Orlando Publix.

The Coupons, all of which will expire on 9/25/10 are:
B2G1 SmartNourish or Yogurt Blends, any
B2G1 Gerber Graduate Items, any
$5.00/2 Gerber Good Start Infant Formula Powders, 24-25.7oz cans

$2.00/1 Huggies Baby Wipes Refills, 184-360ct
$2.00 from PRINT
50¢ from SS 8/22

$3.00/1 Huggies Pull-Ups Training Pants or Goodnites product, any
$1.50 from SS 8/22

$5.00/1 ANY Huggies Diapers
$3.50/2 Snug & Dry from PRINT
$2.00/1 Little Snugglers from PRINT
$2.00/1 Little Snugglers from PRINT
$1.50/1 for ANY from SS 8/22
$1.50/1 Little Snugglers or Little Movers from SS 8/22
$2.50/1 Little Snugglers from SS 8/29
$3.00/1 Pure & Natural from SS 8/29

Time to go to the corner market, which around here usually means the 7-Eleven, CVS, or Wags, and look at today’s Orlando Sentinel.

If you are lucky enough to live within 5 miles or so of an Albertsons, there should be a $5.00/$50.00 coupon on the front page of their insert. This coupon is valid 9/2-5 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).

If you are tired of driving to the corner market just to purchase the Orlando Sentinel, why not sign up for home delivery (at up to 65% OFF)?

Read this POST from the other day for all the details.

Right off the bat here is a quick summary of some of the featured items:

4 Day Sale Items (9/2-5)
Snow Crab Clusters, $4.99/lb, Limit 10lbs
Rib Eye Steak, Bone In, $5.98/lb
Extra Large White (aka Uncooked) Shrimp, $3.99/lb
Eggland’s Best, Large Eggs, $1.29, Limit 2

B1G1 Fresh Express Salad Blends, Premium Salads or Cole Slaw, no price shown
$1.00 from PRINT (Though for their Artisanal line, the coupon does work)

7 Day Sale (9/1-7) Items, Must Have Coupon at Check Out, Limit 1 Coupon per customer, Limit 2 Free per Coupon:
B2G1 St. Louis Style Pork Ribs, no price shown
B2G1 Boneless Petite Sirloin Steak, no price shown
B2G1 Split Chicken Breasts, Bone-In, no price shown

B2G1 Ball Park Meat Franks, 16oz, Regular or Bun Size, no price shown
75¢/2 from RP 8/1
75¢/1 from RP 8/1
FREE Sara Lee Buns WYB 2 Ball Park Franks from TEARPAD (this is a manufacturer coupon, and though it has a Publix logo on the front it does not have one on the back, nor does it state redeem ONLY at Publix).

Olive Garden Gift Card Promotion:
Buy $50.00 in Olive Garden Gift Cards and receive $10.00 OFF your next shopping visit. Must purchase in one transaction. Limit one coupon per transaction. Coupon prints at register. Valid 9/1-9/14.

Have a great day today, and I will have the complete Albertsons, Winn-Dixie, and Publix deals with match-ups online soon.

Here is the current Winn-Dixie Make-A-Meal deal for September 1-7, 2010.

You must use your WD Customer Rewards Card in order to receive this deal.

Purchase a Pork Spareribs Slab (2ct) Vacuum Packed, $2.79/lb and receive the following items FREE:
Winn-Dixie Garlic Bread Baguette, 16oz, Foil Bag

Bull’s-Eye BBQ Sauce, 18oz
75¢ from SS 8/29

Winn-Dixie Baked Beans With Pork and BBQ Sauce, 16oz
Pepsi product, 2Ltr
Winn-Dixie Foam Plates, 50ct
Winn-Dixie Printed Napkins, 120ct

Limit One (1) Offer Per Transaction With Your Customer Reward Card.

Orlando: $5 for $10 Worth of Café Fare and Drinks at Boston Coffeehouse

Tampa (St. Pete Beach): $10 for $20 Worth of American Fare at Philthy Phil’s Waterfront Bar & Grill

Miami (Aventura): Spa Services at Beniley Waxing Center & Spa. Choose from Three Options.

Jacksonville Beach (Atlantic Beach ): $30 for Five Drop-in Classes at Ocean Yoga Center

Even if you don’t live in these areas, you can still purchase them and send them as gifts to people that can take advantage of them. Just make sure that they use the Groupon before the expiration date (usually 6 months from the date that it was purchased).