I am so excited that I just can not hold it in anymore! I have been looking for a way to bring in extra income for my family and nothing ever seemed to be a fit for us. FINALLY! I have found the shoe that fits perfectly! A friend of mine introduced me to a company called Thirty-One a couple of months ago and I fell in love! I decided to wait and pray about it. On May 5, I decided to take the leap. I decided to become an independent consultant for a number of reasons:

1. Extra Income
2. MOMMY Time!
3. Quality, Reasonably priced items
4. I love what the company is about!

I love monogrammed items and around my area they are just too expensive and the products that are priced decently are not of good quality. The embroidering is also pricier around here. Let me give you some background on the company and then I will introduce you to some of the products.

Thirty-One is a faith based company based on Proverbs 31, which speaks of a woman and her worth. Our mission is to Celebrate, Encourage & Reward women through offering quality products and an outstanding opportunity to become successful business owners.

Thirty-One specializes in personalization. There are so many cute purses, bags, totes, lunch bags, and travel items. What to do with your hot flat iron? We have just the travel bag for it! Thirty-One offers the CUTEST products and fabric patterns! And with 26 thread colors and fonts you will be sure to find something perfectly suited for your personality. The great thing is that all embroidery is only $6 (per piece)! Think about the many gift giving opportunities you have coming up: birthdays, graduations, baby/wedding showers, house warming, Mother’s Day, and teacher gifts are all coming very soon. Our items are attractive, affordable, and fun!

If you are looking for extra income for your family and are not sure what to do I can tell you that this is the perfect time to consider Thirty-One Gifts! For the month of May if you sign up to be a consultant and qualify in your first 30 days you will get the cost of your kit back! In your kit you will receive $300 worth of products for just $99! To qualify you simply need to have $1000 in sales! That is so easy! Here is what you will receive in your kit:

If you are not looking for extra income but want to consider purchasing these amazing items you can get this awesome All-In-One tote for just $5 when you purchase $31 in product! That is a savings of $14.50! You can have it embroidered for just $6! This makes an awesome teachers gift!

If you want more than your budget can handle you can consider having a party! You can choose the traditional come into your home party OR we have a couple of other options available! You can choose to have an online party or a catalog party or a combination of both! If you decide to have a party and your party is $500 or more you will be eligible for DOUBLE the hostess rewards! That means you will get 30% of sales in FREE PRODUCTS! You will also get at least 3 items at half price and anything beyond that is 10% off! Thirty-One loves their hostesses, customers and consultants and they are reminded every month with different specials!

Do you see now why I was so excited about sharing my opportunity with you! I am so excited to be a part of this terrific company and I want to extend that opportunity to all of you!

You can visit my website at www.mythirtyone.com/ashleymoore if you would like to shop or learn more about the company or contact me about becoming a part of this wonderful company! I look forward to hearing your feedback!

Ok, I am sure you have noticed that my posting has gone down dramatically over the last month. The reason for this is I have had several medical issues come up which has required me to make 4 trips to the ER, 3 trips to my regular doctor and 2 trips to my local Urgent Care. I must go this week to my regular doctor to get referrals to a Neurologist and Cardiologist. I have been doing a lot of praying and hope this will be resolved soon.

What I am going to ask of you all is this, I am in need of guest bloggers until I can get my medical issues resolved. I would like for the posts to include subjects that go along with the theme of my blog.

• Grocery Savings Posts
• Money Saving Posts
• Coupons and/or rebates available
• Money Saving Events
• Recipes
• Ways to cut back around the house.
• ect.

I am also in search of someone that can do CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens match ups on Sundays. If this is something you would be interested in doing please contact me at ashley@getgroceriesfree.com and I will get back with you ASAP!

Thanks for being loyal readers and I look forward to hearing from you all!

If you have a child, or know someone who has a child, with diabetes this is a must have freebie for you!

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FREE GEO TRAX DVD

FREE Sundiwear Stickers

With summer nipping at our heels more and more people will be spending more time outside. Protect yourself and the kids with this great freebie. Simply apply this little sticker and it will alert you when you need to apply more sunscreen! Get your free box of Sundiwear Now!

Free Childrens Place Socks

This coupon is good only in stores. Print out the entire page and visit your local Children’s Place to redeem. You are required to make a $10 purchase but with the great sale they have going on right now you will get a lot of great summer clothes for that small $10 purchase! Free Children’s Place Socks Coupon (thanks to Saving Our Cents)

The Jesus You Can’t Ignore

John MacArthur is an author with a mission. His mission is to minister to as many people as possible. That is his position behind his soon to be released book. He is giving away his soon-to-be-released book with no strings attached. There is no obligation or pressure to purchase anything! This is simply an expression of their commitment to “Unleashing God’s Truth One Verse at a Time”.  Free copy of “The Jesus You Can’t Ignore”

Free Family Records Organizer CD-ROM

Cindy over at Shopping Thrifty is where I first came across this awesome freebie! T Rowe Price is offering up a FREE Family Records Organizer CD-ROM. This offers you a place to store all of your important family information. This CD is Mac and Vista Compatible! Visit T Rowe Price and pick up your free CD. T Rowe Price Free Family Records Organizer

I am a member of Bzz Agent and they were so gracious to send me coupons for the Chili’s Guiltless Grill Entrees to review and report on. This evening my family and I wanted to go and take advantage of those AWESOME coupons. We do not visit the Chili’s restaurant because they serve alcohol and they allow smoking, which my daughters asthma can not tolerate. I thought this would be a good opportunity to try their food to see if we could start ordering via the to go option. I phoned the take out number to the Rocky Mount, NC location to place the order and explained that I wanted to place a take out order for 4 Guiltless Grill Entrees and I wanted to pay for my order with the free coupons. I was immediately asked what the bottom of the coupon stated to which I replied “Only One Entree Discount Per Coupon” and was put on hold. The manager, Don Wright, came on and asked if he could help me. I was surprised that I was put on with a manager but I told him the same thing I told the first person that answered. His response was that I could only use one coupon per order. I stated that the coupon did not read that way but that I would like to place 4 orders. He responded in the same manner stating that I still could only use one coupon TOTAL! My husband then spoke with him and explained that I received these coupons from a very reputable website and they were requesting that I try the entrees and give my honest review in every venue available to me. His response was that we still could not use more than one coupon and that we would also have to purchase something in order to use it. His response also included ‘Every customer is a review’.  My husband also stated that our honest review will include that his Chili’s does not honor their own food vouchers and the manager still would not honor their coupons. I need to repeat that these coupons do NOT state one per order, customer, transaction, etc. They state “Only one entree discount per coupon.” That means that  I can order 4 entrees in one transaction. I am not trying to misuse these coupons nor am I asking the manager to bend/break the rules in order for me to use these coupons. When Bzz Agent requests you take on a campaign if there is any kind of purchase necessary to be a part of the campaign they will let you know in advance. This is kind of like being a mystery shopper. If you are asked to mystery shop at a restaurant they will reimburse you for set expenses. When you do that shop, if they don’t reimburse for drink, chips, tip, etc. then you don’t order them. This is the same type of situation only you are sent the coupons to use instead of you spending your money and them reimbursing you.

Above is the pamphlet Bzz Agent sent me with the coupons. In it they give suggestions on how to use the coupons and “Bzz” about the entrees. If you can see in the second picture one of the suggestions is to “Go In A Group”.  If the coupons were not to be used in a “group” then the coupons would have stated it on them. 

So I am leaving my honest review on the Chili’s Guiltless Grill Entrees:

“While the pictures look good it is impossible for me to give an honest review on the food. The manager and staff of the Rocky Mount, NC location is something to be desired and, in my opinion, are not accommodating at all towards their frugal customers. I feel it would be in your best interest to steer clear of the Rocky Mount, NC Chili’s Restaurant when trying to use any type of coupon with them.”

Have you had the same type of situation happen to you with the Chili’s Restaurants chains? If so, please leave me a comment below. I intend on contacting their corporate office concerning this situation.

* Edit to change the title name. – Due to many of you bringing it to my attention that it seems as though I am attacking Chili’s in a whole, I have made the necessary changes to this post to reflect my issues towards my local restaurant.

One year ago today I started this blog! I feel that I have come a long way since first starting to coupon and I just know that I will learn more as time goes on. I want to thank those of you that read my blog and if it were not for you I would have no reason to post here.

I hope you enjoy this cute little video from You Tube:

If you have seen the movie “Horton Hears A Who” and loved it then this is a MUST SEE for you and your kids! My daughter went on a field trip this morning and I tagged along and I am so glad I did! We had the pleasure to see “Seussical the Musical” and we had a blast. Here is a video from you tube of the opening act:

Again I highly recommend this and give it three thumbs up!

The NFL playoffs are going on right now and we have been watching them. Tonight we decided to throw a “Playoff Party”. The guests were the kids, my husband and myself. The kids really get a kick out of having these family parties and we enjoy it as well. While my husband and I were preparing the food he suggested I take pictures and add them to my blog. He said it is nice to show everyone my deals but why not show them what we do with them as well. He is absolutely right. Here is what we prepared this evening:

Chili with Cornbread

French Bread Pizza (only half shown)

This bread (free with coupons) was HUGE! My husband could only eat one slice of the pizza and the kids only ate half of one slice. Of the four slices we still have one left. This is another complete meal for my husband or two of my kids! We also had some leftover pasta sauce (free after winetag coupon) that was used on the pizza so I decided to take some meatballs out of the freezer (purchased for $2.86 on 12/31 at Walmart) and toss the sauce and meatballs in a pot. I will stick these in the fridge and save them for either Spaghetti and meatballs or Meatball subs. My family loves for me to make the subs with lettuce, tomato and Provalone cheese (YUMMY!).

Meatballs and Pasta Sauce

After I emptied the pasta jar I almost threw it away but I noticed that it had the word Mason on it. I also noticed that the lip will fit the mason lids so I decided to wash the jar and save it for canning or gift giving. My local Big Lots sells the lids for these jars. Once I had a chance to look back the cost of these meals came out to about $6! Not bad for 3 meals for 5 people.

If you are unaware of this wonderful website I highly suggest checking it out.

www.Taylortownpreview.com

She shows you the preview of the upcoming coupons. I like to check it out because this lets me know whether or not I should be prepared to purchase more papers or put out an ISO early. If you want to assist me in my quest to keep my resolution this year please feel free to send me the coupons you are not going to use. Here is my ISO for this coming week:

SMARTSOURCE
553100320764 Aquafresh Premium Toothbrush, any $1 (4-18-09)
553100120753 Aquafresh Premium Toothpaste, any 5.6 oz.+ .75 (4-18-09)
541383460505 Beano To Go Product, 12 ct. only .50 (3-31-09)
514500555828 Birds Eye Steamfresh Meals for Two Variety, any $2 (2-14-09)
514500550359 Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetable or Rice Variety, any .35 (2-14-09)
541679130082 Boost Glucose Control Nutritional Drink, any $3/2 Multipacks (2-15-09)
541679151827 Boost Kid Essentials Nutritionally Complete Drink Multipack, any $2 (2-15-09)
541679100511 Boost Nutritional Energy Drink, any $2/2 Multipacks (2-15-09)
917000100351 Dial Multibar Pack, Liquid Hand Soap or Foaming Hand Wash, any .35 (3-31-09)
552700100847 Finish/Electrasol Powerball Tabs, Gelpacs or Quantum, any $2.50 (2-1-09)
541757110555 Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges or Light Gourmet Cheese Bites, any .55 DND (3-31-09)
519200300754 Lysol Bathroom Cleaner, any .75 (3-2-09)
529200300754 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner, any .75 (3-2-9)
517400600506 Minute Rice Product, any .50 (3-28-09)
529200000288 Muellers Pasta, any .55/2 DND (2-28-09)
529200000554 Muellers Whole Grain Pasta, any .55 DND (2-28-09)
550000130509 Nestle Coffee-Mate Liquid or Powder Creamer, any .50 (4-5-09)
516000430247 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn, any .50/2 boxes (2-15-09)
510158778756 Sensodyne ProNamel Toothpaste .75 (3-31-09)
510158770750 Sensodyne Toothpaste, any except trial size .75 (3-31-09
577975700766 Snyders of Hanover Multigrain Snack, any 5 oz.+ $1 (3-31-09)
574030140758 Sorrento + Plus String Cheese, 6 or 8 oz. only .75 (3-31-09)
574030144756 Sorrento String Cheese, any 24 oz. only .75 (3-31-09)
574030140505 Sorrento String or Stick Cheese, any 6 oz.+ .50 (3-31-09)
562338110504 Spray n Wash Product, any .50 (2-15-09)
551000410509 V8 100% Vegetable Juice, any 46 or 64 oz. or 5 or 5.5 oz. 6-pk. .50 (3-31-09)

SMARTSOURCE #2
500067530828 Benefiber Product, any $2 (3-31-09)
500067539821 Benefiber Stick Pack Product, any $2 (3-31-09)
535000500750 Colgate Adult or Childrens Toothpaste, any 4 oz.+ .75 (1-24-09)
535000610756 Colgate Adult Manual Toothbrush, any .75 (1-24-09)
535000550762 Colgate Total Advanced Whitening, Clean or Fresh Toothpaste, any 4 oz.+ $1 (1-24-09)
543000260505 Cool Whip Whipped Topping in a Can, any .50 (2-1-09)
500025110840 Equal Packets, 100 ct.+ $2.50 (4-4-09)
580793000253 Fuze On-the-Go, any .25 (4-30-09)
580793000765 Fuze On-The-Go, any 6 pack $1 (4-30-09)
503084130767 Garnier Nutritioniste Cleanser or Moisturizer, any $1 (4-30-09)
500043600767 Gas-X Product, any $1 (3-31-09)
543168550364 GE Energy Smart Compact Fluorescent Lighting Product $1.50 on 2 (3-31-09)
570074320781 Glucerna Product, any $1.50 (3-1-09)
550100240368 Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers, any $1.50 on 2 (3-31-09)
530900992759 Healthy Ones Meat Sliced Fresh from Deli or Deli Pre-Sliced, 1 lb. .75 (3-31-09)
530900100758 Healthy Ones Packaged Lunchmeat, Franks or Smoked Sausage, any .75 (3-31-09)
544100341767 Hood Simply Smart Milk, any $1 (2-28-09)
543000200501 Jell-O Pudding Snacks or Gelatin Snacks, any .50 (2-1-09)
577782300357 Johnsonville Smoked Turkey Sausage .35 (3-1-09)
536000510404 Kleenex Lotion Facial Tissue .40 (2-28-09)
500067200783 Maalox Product, any $1.50 (3-31-09)
535000370759 Palmolive Pure + Clear Liquid Dish Soap, any 20 oz. .75 (1-24-09)
543000126337 Post Shredded Wheat Cereal, any $1 on 2 (2-15-09)
549000150402 Powerade Zero, 32 oz. .40 (2-15-09)
571691700765 Rubbermaid Easy Find Lids Premier or Produce Saver Container, any $1 (3-31-9)
571691300767 Rubbermaid Tote or Clear Tote, any 12 quart+ $1 (3-31-09)
546100300508 Sargento Natural Cheese Snack, any 5 oz.+ .50 (3-31-09)
543002106504 Snapps Product, any .50 (6-30-09)
523400400503 Soft Scrub Product, any .50 (3-1-09)
574182110357 Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap, any 7.5 or 12 oz. .35 (1-24-09)
522200115143 Speed Stick 24/7 Antiperspirant/Deodorant, any except .5 oz. B1G1F up to $3.99 (1-24-09)516000730750 Total Cereal (Whole Grain, Raisin Bran, Honey Clusters, Cranberry Crunch, etc.) .75 (2-14-09)523700710555 Tyson Refrigerated Chicken or Steak Strips .55 (4-5-09)
541800620550 Welchs Squeezable Jam, Jelly, Spread, any 22 oz. or Reduced Sugar Spread, 18.8 oz. .55 (3-31-09)

SMARTSOURCE #3
516000440246 Betty Crocker Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Roll-Ups, or Fruit Stickers, any .50/2 (2-28-09)
516000420248 Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Shapes, any .50/2 (2-28-09)
516000531258 Betty Crocker Potatoes, any box or pouch except Potato Buds .25 (2-28-09)
516000457503 Fiber One Chewy Bars, any .50/1 box (2-28-09)
516000507604 Fiber One Complete Pancake Mix, 28.3 oz. .60 (2-28-09)
520000310249 Green Giant Frozen Boxed Vegetables, any .50/2 (2-28-09)
520000312502 Green Giant Just For One Vegetables, any .50 (2-28-09)
520000331503 Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers Frozen Vegetables, any .50 (2-28-09)
516000450504 Nature Valley Granola Bars, any .50/1 box (2-28-09)
518000811354 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Pastries, any .35 (3-28-09)
541196110246 Progresso Soup, any .50/2 (2-28-09)
570470920509 Yoplait Kids Cup Yogurt or Yogurt Drink, any .50 (2-28-09)
570470920325 Yoplait Go-Gurt Yogurt, Fizzix Yogurt, Smoothie, or Trix Multipack Yogurt, any .75/2 (2-28-09)
570470920356 Yoplait Go-Gurt Yogurt, Fizzix Yogurt, etc. Kids Cup Yogurt or Yogurt Drink .35 (2-28-09)
570470900228 Yoplait Yogurt Cups or Smoothie, any .40/6 (2-28-09)

VALASSIS (RED PLUM)
503084121765 Garnier Fructis Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment, any except trial size $1 (5-1-09)
503084122762 Garnier Fructis Style Product, any except trial size $1 (5-1-09)
508137000769 Johnsons Baby Product or Johnsons Buddies Product, any except trial size $1 (3-31-09)
538000551333 Kelloggs Special K Cereal, any 11.4 oz.+ $1 on 2 (2-15-09)
538000840338 Kelloggs Special K Cereal Bars or Bliss Bars, any 5 ct.+ $1 on 2 (3-1-09)
508004992876 KY, Tucks or Soothing Care Product, any $3 (7-1-09)
542300100764 Ludens Throat Drops, any 30 ct. $1 (4-4-09)
553885120009 One Touch Ultra Smart Blood Glucose Monitoring System $30 (1-31-09)
553885120009 One Touch Ultra 2 or Ultra Mini Blood Glucose Monitoring System $20 (1-31-09)
516837992765 Pepcid, Mylanta, Lactaid, Rolaids, or Imodium Product, any except trial size $1 (3-31-09)
516837992000 Pepcid, Mylanta, Lactaid, Rolaids, or Imodium Product, any except trial size $4 on 2 (3-31-09)
574170992767 Sally Hansen Nail Product or La Cross Implement, any $1 (3-31-09) (Walgreens)
522776100550 Splenda No Calorie Sweetener Product, any .55 (4-4-09)
522776111556 Splenda No Calorie Sweetener with Fiber Product, any .55 (4-1-09)
500045992846 Tylenol Childrens, Childrens Plus, Childrens Motrin, or Pediacare, no trial $2.50 on 2 (3-31-09)574300992766 Visine Product, any $1 (6-30-09)

VALASSIS (RED PLUM) #2
511111139782 All Liquid Laundry Detergent, any 96 load+ $1.50 (2-22-09)
511111100409 All or Surf Laundry Detergent, any .40 (2-22-09)
530000300331 Aunt Jemima Mix or Syrup, any 24 oz.+ $1 on 2 (3-31-09)
530000220509 Captain Crunch Cereal, any .50 (3-31-09)
551500937759 Crisco Puritan Canola Oil with Omega-3 DHA, any .75 DND (3-31-09)
544500610555 Hillshire Farm Deli Select Lunchmeats, any 8 oz.+ .55 (2-15-09)
571249600820 LOreal Facial Skincare Product, any $2 (3-29-09)
571249800824 LOreal HIP Eye or Lip Product, any $2 (3-29-09)
571249230751 LOreal Kids Product, any .75 (3-29-09)
571249840820 LOreal Lip Product, any $2 (3-29-09)
571249860873 LOreal Makeup, Powder, Blush or Concealer, any $3 (3-29-09)
571249810823 LOreal Paris Eye Product, any $2 (3-29-09)
571249210760 LOreal Vive Pro Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment, any $1 (3-29-09)
572745450766 Perdue Short Cuts, any $1 (3-8-09)
530000510334 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, any $1 on 2 boxes (2-28-09)
530000120700 Quaker Instant Oatmeal, any .70 (3-31-9)
530000260505 Quaker Oatmeal Squares Cereal, any 16 oz.+ .50 (3-31-09)
530000138552 Quaker Oatmeal to Go Breakfast Bars, any .55 (3-31-09)
530000110602 Quaker Old Fashioned or Quick Oats, any 18 oz.+ .60 (3-31-09)
530000544766 Quaker True Delights Granola Bars $1 (2-28-09)
508346200776 Slim-Fast Bars, any Multi-pack $1.25 (3-31-09)
551500100351 Smuckers Jam, Jelly, Preserves, or Fruit Spread Product, any .35 (3-31-09)
551500510556 Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter Product, any .55 (3-31-09)
551500260550 Smuckers Uncrustables Sandwiches, any .55 (4-30-09)
580000700167 Star Kist Pouch Product up to 4.5 oz. B2G1F up to $2.10 (2-28-09)
548500100337 Tropicana Pure Premium Juice Product, any 64 oz. $1 on 2 (3-31-09)
541000242750 Wish-Bone Salad Spritzers Dressing, any 7 oz. .75 (2-28-09)

With a new year comes new resolutions. I have made several personal resolutions but I have been reading a blog that has inspired me to try something new. I am doing something that I have never done before and I am going to need lots of encouragement. I am going to try to feed my family of 5 on $2500 this year. Grocery shopping is something that I am really good at and finding great deals are another specialty of mine so having this goal is going to make me even better at it. So now that I have made this resolution for 2009 I am off to post my first deal!

Ashley

Total $ saved this year $0
Total available to spend $2,500.00