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Every Friday is Mega Swag Bucks Day (MSBD), which means better odds of winning BIG Swag Bucks denominations – up to 10,000 in one search! It’s completely Free and Swag bucks can be traded in for rewards such as gift cards, electronics, apparel, household goods and much more!

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.

If you are new to couponing, you really want to subscribe to all you magazine. If you have never seen all you magazine (exclusively at WalMart stores or various sites online), it is packed with money saving coupons and is one that I read every month as soon as it arrives in our mailbox. Kathy and I regularly find coupon match-ups weekly using this magazine.

As Billy Mays used to state, “But Wait, There’s More…” in this case I want to tell you about allyou.com and their DAILY FREE SAMPLE page (the link goes to the FREE SAMPLE for October 15, 2010, and as of right now (8AM EDT) has not been unveiled.

Here is the awesome part about the giveaways. All you usually need to enter is your first initial, last name, email address, SOMETIMES your birth date month/year, and the address that you want the samples mailed to. Most of the items are health and beauty, but once in a while they do toss in household items. The other really cool thing, and what just cost me over an hour of my life because it has been a few weeks since I visited the site, is that you can go back a few months and still request the samples (if they are still available). So go sign up for some NAME BRAND FREE stuff from allyou.com

Here is a list of the coupons that appeared in the October 2010 issue of all you magazine.
If you would like to subscribe to this magazine (12 issues/$19.95),
please click HERE or the cover image above.

Here are the coupons, all of which are manufacturer:
Buy 1 NYC New York Color Eye or Minute Nail Polish product Get ANY NYC product of Equal or Lesser Value FREE, exp 10/31/10

B1G1 SoyJoy Bars, exp 12/31/10

50¢/1 Gerber DHA & Probiotic Cereal, 8oz, exp 10/31/10
50¢/1 Sister Schubert’s product, exp 12/24/10
50¢/1 YoCrunch Fruit Parfait, exp 1/16/11
50¢/1 New York Frozen product, exp 12/24/10

50¢/2 Wonka Sluggles Gummies, 6.5oz, exp 12/31/10

75¢/1 Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste, exp 11/30/10
75¢/1 Halls Refresh Bag or 3-Stick Pack, exp 12/31/10
75¢/1 SuperPretzel product, exp 12/31/10
75¢/1 Marzetti Caramel Dip, 12oz+, exp 11/30/10
75¢/1 Viva Towels Big Roll, 2pk+, exp 12/4/10
75¢/1 Colgate Max White or Max Fresh Toothpaste, exp 11/30/10

$1.00/1 Healthy Choice Steaming Entrée, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/1 Body Fortress product, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Pure Protein Jillian Michaels Whey Protein, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Pure Protein product, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Met-Rx product, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Wilkinson Sword Tech 3 or Oasis Triple Blade Razor, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Hartz Crunch ‘n Clean Dog Biscuits, exp 3/31/11
$1.00/1 Dole Real Fruit Bites, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/1 Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator, exp 1/30/11
$1.00/1 Nivea Lip Care product, exp 11/30/10
$1.00/1 V8 Soup, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/1 Marie Callender’s Fresh Flavor Steamers, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/1 Osteo Bi-Flex Liquid Joint Action, exp 11/5/10
$1.00/1 Disney or Marvel MultiVitamins, exp 11/5/10
$1.00/1 Colgate Wisp, 4 ct.+, exp 11/30/10
$1.00/1 El Monterey Mexican Snacks (taquitos, tamales, mini chimis, or quesadillas), exp 1/31/11
$1.00/1 Stouffer’s Farmer’s Harvest, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Stouffer’s Sautes For Two, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Success Rice product, exp 12/22/10
$1.00/1 Fast Fixin’ product, 20oz+ or Fast Fixin’ On The Go, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/1 Barber Foods product, exp 11/4/10
$1.00/1 Endust product, exp 12/21/10
$1.00/1 Trend Liquid Laundry Detergent, 100oz+, exp 11/21/10
$1.00/1 People Magazine, exp 11-19-10
$1.00/1 Pedigree Dentastix Treats For Dogs, exp 11/21/10
$1.00/1 Pedigree Marrobone Treats For Dogs, exp 11/21/10
$1.00/1 Simple Green, 22oz+, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/1 Ozium Air Sanitizer, exp 11/30/10

$1.00/2 Kid Cuisine, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Banquet Boneless Chicken, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Marie Callender’s Large Pot Pies, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Healthy Choice Café Steamers, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Healthy Choice Complete Meals, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Fuze, 18.5oz, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/2 Wet Ones Canisters, Singles, or Wipes, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/2 Reddi-Wip Cans, 6.5oz+, exp 12/5/10
$1.00/2 Edy’s Branded product, 48oz+, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/2 Swiss Miss Pudding, 4pk, exp 11/30/10

$1.25/1 Fast Classics Bag, exp 12/31/10

$2.00/1 Nivea Body Wash or Shower Gel, exp 11/30/10
$2.00/1 göt2b Styling product, exp 11/30/10
$2.00/1 Nature Made Fish Oil, exp 11/22/10
$2.00/1 Ester-C Vitamin C, exp 11/5/10
$2.00/1 Pedigree Jumbone Treats For Dogs, exp 11/21/10

$3.00/1 Rimmel Lash Accelerator Mascara, exp 11/21/10
$3.00/1 Osteo Bi-Flex Caplets, Softgels or Powders, exp 11/5/10
$3.00/1 Flex-a-min Supplement, exp 11/5/10

$4.00 OFF Dr. Scholl’s For Her Fast Flats AND Insole, exp 12/31/10
$4.00/1 Zegerid OTC, 14ct+, exp 12/31/10

$5.00/1 Gerber Good Start Formula, 24oz+, exp 10/31/10
$5.00 Mail-In Rebate on a Libman Freedom Spray Mop

There you have it, all the coupons from the October All You magazine. Remember, you can have this magazine mailed to your home. Click HERE for more information.

UPDATE: Race Day Registration Begins at 6:30AM Saturday, October 9th at Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves.

If you have never been to the Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves, this is a wonderful way to get an overview as you help raise money to promote women’s health in our area. The very easy course goes through most of the Village, plus a portion winds through a neighborhood just North of the Village.

Advance registration for the Community in Pink 5K and Fun Walk in Winter Garden, FL ends at 12PM EDT TODAY. Race Day registration begins at 6:30AM at Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves. 5K starts at 7:30AM, followed by the Fun Walk at 10AM. More Info: http://bit.ly/cyZq70

Hello all. Here are a few of the tweets I posted today. If you do not already do so, please follow me on twitter at twitter.com/FrugalinFla

Fisher-Price product recall info: http://service.mattel.com/us/recall.asp

Orlando Business News: Orlando is 8th worst traffic city http://bit.ly/bz7ybp

Is Facebook Legally Private? It Depends Where You Live http://bit.ly/bCldzs

Orl Sentinel Is this an AARP event or mini-Woodstock? http://bit.ly/9WIohs

Orl Sentinel Be a pest when it comes to ensuring your pet’s safety http://bit.ly/abThFo

I just deleted the entire back story as to why I decided to go to the Florida DMV Office located at 4101 Clarcona Ocoee Rd in Orlando to purchase an original certified copy of my State of Florida Birth Certificate.

For me, paying the $14.00 fee made so much more sense as opposed to spending an entire day going through all my folders and hoping I find it. YES, we had it in a folder filed away, but none of the envelopes that holds each person’s papers contained my magical proof of actually being born.

From the time I parked to the time I drove away, with a crisp certified copy of this most official piece of paper, was LESS THAN 10 minutes.

So, if you need a copy of your State of Florida Birth Certificate, check your with your local DMV office to see if they offer this service yet.

Just received my Albertsons weekly insert via the US Postal Service and THERE IS a $5.00/$50.00 coupon. Which means that there will be one in the 9/29/10 Orlando Sentinel, which is available all other Central Florida.

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.

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

Hello everyone. I am still figuring out how to juggle a new job (need to help pay the bills of life after all) and keeping FrugalFloridian.com alive.

One change I have had to cut back on is the store lists. I know that FrugalFloridian.com was one of if not the ONLY site(s) that would post the entire list of weekly featured items. The biggest thing is that I manually would type the lists, which took too much of my time away from other daily activities in my life. I tried all but paying someone to do the typing for me. Currently I am still in discussions with some of the companies to offer me a major hand in this task. The major obstacle is that they have never had a partnership with anyone else like I am offering them. It is a long shot, but I tossed it out to them and they are mulling my offer over.

As for finding and then reporting on the tearpads, blinkies, and more, that I find in the stores, that will not change, as you can see by the posts below.

I mentioned a need to help pay the bills of life at the beginning of this post. FrugalFloridian.com, just did not make the kind of money that I needed it to make in order for me to remain the stay at home Dad that Kathy and I envisioned.

When we created FrugalFloridian.com Kathy and I knew that we did not want to turn it into a site that so many other site have morphed into. One thing we wanted the site to be easy on the eyes, no eye-straining color schemes, offer the info in very easy to find areas, BUT above all, we wanted to help you know Where and How to Save Money in the Sunshine State. I would like to think that though we do not tell you about every single opportunity to save money at stores that we know do not exist in Florida, that we have helped you save a decent chunk of change.

One last thing in regards to FrugalFloridian.com, I am still tweaking one area that I know will continue to help our readers save money, and make it easy to do so. It is proving to be tougher then I thought it would be to port from a behind the scenes resource that Kathy and I use daily to a resource that we can host on this site. It IS do-able, just needs some work before it is ready for the big reveal.

Every Friday is Mega Swag Bucks Day (MSBD), which means better odds of winning BIG Swag Bucks denominations – up to 10,000 in one search! It’s completely Free and Swag bucks can be traded in for rewards such as gift cards, electronics, apparel, household goods and much more!

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.

A couple of months ago Kathy and I knew we need to do something to save on the power bill. From a test last year we knew we could both survive with the AC set to 78 degrees. We just keep the ceiling fans on and I am happy. Only when we have company over to we go to a lower temp.

Though we have no control over the price we pay to the power company, we DO have total control over how we use the power supplied to our home. We have certain givens that can not be turned off, such as the spare stand up fridge/freezer in the garage, and the two AC units that run pretty much nonstop in our house during the summer months (set to 78 degrees TYVM). We also average a load of laundry per day and run the dish washer either every day or will skip a day or two.

So, with the above items, what one item could we do with out? We picked the dishwasher. I headed to one of my favorite stores, IKEA, and purchased a wooden plate drying rack. The agreement was that we would hand wash and air dry our dishes for a couple of months and see if the amount of power we used, based on our monthly bill decreased or not a dramatic amount.

Well, after two months of a water bill that was nearly DOUBLE of what it has usually been before the test, we expected to use more water then the amount needed by the dishwasher, but DOUBLE the amount? Not so much. Yes, the power bill did go down over the past couple of months, BUT no where close to offsetting the amount that the water bill increased.

During our testing period, the only thing we changed in our lifestyle was that I hand washed the dishes (btw that means filling one half of kitchen sink with hot water and dish soap, and then the over side as the rinse off area. We knew we were going to use more water. Cutting down on water use was not the point, saving a bunch of money on the power bill was.

Outcome of the test, anybody want to buy a used wooden IKEA Dish Drying Rack?

Please Click the Above Image to Learn More.

The October 2010 issue of All You magazine landed in our mailbox on 10/21/10. If you have never seen All You magazine (exclusively at WalMart stores or various sites online), it is packed with money saving coupons and is one that I read every month as soon as it arrives in our mailbox. Kathy and I regularly find coupon match-ups weekly using this magazine.

If you would like to subscribe to this magazine (12 issues/$19.95),
please click HERE or the cover image above.

Here are the coupons, all of which are manufacturer:
Buy 1 NYC New York Color Eye or Minute Nail Polish product Get ANY NYC product of Equal or Lesser Value FREE, exp 10/31/10

B1G1 SoyJoy Bars, exp 12/31/10

50¢/1 Gerber DHA & Probiotic Cereal, 8oz, exp 10/31/10
50¢/1 Sister Schubert’s product, exp 12/24/10
50¢/1 YoCrunch Fruit Parfait, exp 1/16/11
50¢/1 New York Frozen product, exp 12/24/10

50¢/2 Wonka Sluggles Gummies, 6.5oz, exp 12/31/10

75¢/1 Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste, exp 11/30/10
75¢/1 Halls Refresh Bag or 3-Stick Pack, exp 12/31/10
75¢/1 SuperPretzel product, exp 12/31/10
75¢/1 Marzetti Caramel Dip, 12oz+, exp 11/30/10
75¢/1 Viva Towels Big Roll, 2pk+, exp 12/4/10
75¢/1 Colgate Max White or Max Fresh Toothpaste, exp 11/30/10

$1.00/1 Healthy Choice Steaming Entrée, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/1 Body Fortress product, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Pure Protein Jillian Michaels Whey Protein, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Pure Protein product, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Met-Rx product, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Wilkinson Sword Tech 3 or Oasis Triple Blade Razor, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Hartz Crunch ‘n Clean Dog Biscuits, exp 3/31/11
$1.00/1 Dole Real Fruit Bites, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/1 Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator, exp 1/30/11
$1.00/1 Nivea Lip Care product, exp 11/30/10
$1.00/1 V8 Soup, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/1 Marie Callender’s Fresh Flavor Steamers, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/1 Osteo Bi-Flex Liquid Joint Action, exp 11/5/10
$1.00/1 Disney or Marvel MultiVitamins, exp 11/5/10
$1.00/1 Colgate Wisp, 4 ct.+, exp 11/30/10
$1.00/1 El Monterey Mexican Snacks (taquitos, tamales, mini chimis, or quesadillas), exp 1/31/11
$1.00/1 Stouffer’s Farmer’s Harvest, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Stouffer’s Sautes For Two, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/1 Success Rice product, exp 12/22/10
$1.00/1 Fast Fixin’ product, 20oz+ or Fast Fixin’ On The Go, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/1 Barber Foods product, exp 11/4/10
$1.00/1 Endust product, exp 12/21/10
$1.00/1 Trend Liquid Laundry Detergent, 100oz+, exp 11/21/10
$1.00/1 People Magazine, exp 11-19-10
$1.00/1 Pedigree Dentastix Treats For Dogs, exp 11/21/10
$1.00/1 Pedigree Marrobone Treats For Dogs, exp 11/21/10
$1.00/1 Simple Green, 22oz+, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/1 Ozium Air Sanitizer, exp 11/30/10

$1.00/2 Kid Cuisine, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Banquet Boneless Chicken, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Marie Callender’s Large Pot Pies, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Healthy Choice Café Steamers, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Healthy Choice Complete Meals, exp 11/28/10
$1.00/2 Fuze, 18.5oz, exp 10/31/10
$1.00/2 Wet Ones Canisters, Singles, or Wipes, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/2 Reddi-Wip Cans, 6.5oz+, exp 12/5/10
$1.00/2 Edy’s Branded product, 48oz+, exp 12/31/10
$1.00/2 Swiss Miss Pudding, 4pk, exp 11/30/10

$1.25/1 Fast Classics Bag, exp 12/31/10

$2.00/1 Nivea Body Wash or Shower Gel, exp 11/30/10
$2.00/1 göt2b Styling product, exp 11/30/10
$2.00/1 Nature Made Fish Oil, exp 11/22/10
$2.00/1 Ester-C Vitamin C, exp 11/5/10
$2.00/1 Pedigree Jumbone Treats For Dogs, exp 11/21/10

$3.00/1 Rimmel Lash Accelerator Mascara, exp 11/21/10
$3.00/1 Osteo Bi-Flex Caplets, Softgels or Powders, exp 11/5/10
$3.00/1 Flex-a-min Supplement, exp 11/5/10

$4.00 OFF Dr. Scholl’s For Her Fast Flats AND Insole, exp 12/31/10
$4.00/1 Zegerid OTC, 14ct+, exp 12/31/10

$5.00/1 Gerber Good Start Formula, 24oz+, exp 10/31/10
$5.00 Mail-In Rebate on a Libman Freedom Spray Mop

There you have it, all the coupons from the October All You magazine. Remember, you can have this magazine mailed to your home. Click HERE for more information.

Orlando: $12 for $25 Worth of Cupcakes and More at Sweet! By Good Golly Miss Holly. Help Support Florida Hospital for Children.

Tampa (St. Petersburg): $10 for $20 Worth of Pizza, Drinks, and More at Tour de Pizza in St. Petersburg

Miami: $20 for Five Classes or $30 for One Month of Unlimited Classes at Belly2Abs Wellness Studio

Jacksonville: $25 for $100 Worth of Furniture at Circle K Furniture

Fort Lauderdale: $12 for $30 Worth of Waxing Services at Totally Bare Wax 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).

From their iTunes page, “Savings are right at hand. With this convenient new app from Publix Super Markets, all the best deals in our weekly ads are right at your fingertips. Browsing by department name or favorite brand is fast and effortless. And if you’re out and about, we’ll quickly locate the store nearest you so you can find great savings wherever you are.”

Currently this is only for the iPhone, and has been updated to run on iOS 4.

To download your FREE copy of the Publix Ad app, click HERE.

When Kathy and I started FrugalFloridian.com over a year ago, as far as we knew at the time (and Kathy had already been doing couponing for several years online) there was not ONE blog that had Floridia Centric grocery store pricing. Yes, there WERE blogs that were based in Florida, some even had Florida cities in their name, but the majority of the information presented was based on out of state information and like the other sites, treated our state as a second class shopping area. Pricing was not the same, blogs that listed only the final price were using double/triple coupons in their equations, it was a frustrating time. Out of that frustration FrugalFloridian.com was born. Our main goal was to show people Where and How to Save Money, whether it be at the grocery store, shopping for other items at stores, and on things to do in the State of Florida.

Starting next week I will have the new format in place for how the Florida based coupon match-ups will be presented for Publix, Winn-Dixie, and Albertsons. This change relates only to the weekly inserts, and not the other monthly inserts.

You will still post when I find Blinkies, Tearpads, Booklets, etc. and other stores. Such as, showing you where to find high value coupons for the stores in Downtown Disney.

In the coming weeks I will debut a feature that I know our Florida based readers and visitors to the Sunshine State will appreciate immensely.

True to the name FrugalFloridian.com, we will continue to show you Where and How to Save In Florida.

This coupon has been reset, meaning you can print 2 more
of these coupons PER COMPUTER. Just wait for the first coupon
to start printing, then click on your browser’s back button.

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