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Enter the Glade Design & Shine Contest

Share your creativity with the world by designing the next

 Glade® Scented Oil Candle Decorative Glass Holder.

 If your design is a winner, it could be produced 

and sold in stores!

Enter here --> http://www.gladedesignandshine.com/default.aspx

4th of July Print Sale! 4¢ Prints at York Photo!

Meal Deal Monday: Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter has a promotion that they do where you can purchase an entire meal for usually under $10. The first one I did was back in June with the Rosina Meatballs special. How it works is that you purchase "x" number of items and get "x" number of items free to make a complete meal.

In June I participated in the Meal Deal by purchasing and receiving:

• Buy 32oz Rosina Meatballs 
• Get Free...
• 13oz Celentano cheese Ravioli
• 24oz Newman's own pasta sauce
• 11oz Pepperidge Farms Garlic Texas Toast
• one 2 liter Pepsi product
• Total cost was $7.75 which saved at least $10.42 before taxes

This week I choose to purchase the breakfast special:

• Buy 12oz Hormel Bacon and 12oz Johnsonville breakfast links
• Get free...
• 1 dz HT Grade A large eggs
• 1/2 gallon HT premium orange juice
• 20oz Simply Potatoes hash browns
• 6ct HT english muffins
•  Total cost was 8.99 saving at least $8.26 before taxes...but then there were coupons!
• On the Hormel bacon was coupon for .40 off Pillsbury grands biscuits.
• they were on sale some $2 for two and some $2 for four
• there was a "blinkie coupon" to get .75 off three
• there was a in store "penquin coupon" for the simply potatoes $1 off two
• that brought my total cost with taxes to only $13.34
• BUT WAIT THERE'S STILL MORE...
• I recently purchased a newspaper subscription and received a $10 HT card
• I transferred a prescription to HT and got $20 added to my vic card
• OUT OF POCKET COST FOR THIS WAS NOTHING. 

I would say this turned out to be a great combination of watching your budget by participating in coupning, promotions and sales at places you were going to shop anyway. Thanks to the great staff at the 1151 Tryon Village Drive location for their customer service each time I shop. They know me almost by name now! But they always make sure their customers get all the qualifying purchases, and in this case mine today were FREE! 
  

Bonefish Grill: Vinter's Burger Contest

Enter for a chance to win a dinner for ten at Bonefish Grill by letting them know why you love their Vinter's burgers. The most creative submission will win a dinner for 10 at Bonefish Grill and 10 runners-up will receive a dinner for four. All entries must be received by midnight on June 14th, 2010.

FREEBIE: 20 photo prints at Snapfish

Right now snapfish.com is offering 20 free prints of your uploaded photos. Just pay shipping costs!

FREEBIE: Kraft Sandwich Shop Mayo

Kraft has new flavored mayonaise to give your sandwiches a makeover. View their commercial on YouTube or go straight to the Start Sampling.com order form for your two free sample packs! Yum!

FREEBIE: Subway English Muffin Melt - Today Only

Subway is giving away a FREE English Muffin Melt!

  This breakfast offer is Tuesday, June 8th from 7am - 11am; no additional purchase required!

Contact your favorite location to be sure they are participating in this giveaway.

FREEBIE: Chic-fil-A Spicy Chicken Sandwich

Want to try the new Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Chic-fil-A? Visit their site and make your reservation to try it before June 5th!    http://getspicychicken.com/?source=emailinsider

Sign up for Birthday Freebies

Here are some links to get free stuff on your birthday.  You can get free stuff usually when you join their email club and then again on your birthday. 

  

These places are specific to Raleigh, NC

http://activerain.com/blogsview/982802/raleigh-nc-free-food-on-your-birthday-    

 These you can search by zipcode and was found on the N&O website

 http://www.freebirthdaytreats.com/default.aspx

We have enjoyed free meals and more on our birthdays and wanted to share these deals with you as well. Remember, if you don't want to see a bunch of extra emails, just open another account to rangle in all your great savings signups that you'll see here on our site. If you know of any not listed, please add them in the comments section! 

Mother's Day Dining Specials

Here are some great places offering Mother's Day Special Dining Menus.....




Yancy's at Farmington

Brasa Brazilian Steakhouse

	Join us Mother's Day Weekend at Brasa Brazilian Steakhouse Moms are the best - they pick us up when we fall down, offer hugs and kisses to make the hurt go away, and give us unconditional love. This year show your mom how much she means to you.  Brasa's Annual Mother's Day Brunch Sunday May 9th, 2010 Join us for an exceptional menu of classic brunch favorites ~Brunch~ $18 Adults - $10 Children (12 and under) Brunch includes four of our most popular rodizo items, filet mignon wrapped in bacon, chicken wrapped in bacon, garlic steak and Brazilian sausage, and cinnamon roasted pineapple. Made to order omelet station, french toast, waffles, fresh fruit, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, quiche and much more! ~Dinner~ Our regular menu selections will be available Sunday evening Friday & Saturday                                 Sunday BrunchLunch Hours 11:00am - 3:00pm               Brunch Hours 10:30am - 3:00pmDinner Hours 5:00pm - Close                   Dinner Hours 5:00pm - 9:00pm *Live Jazz Music in the Lounge* Celebrate Mother's Day with Family and Friends at BRASA! To Make Reservation Call: 919-544-3344 or log onto www.BrasaSteakhouse.com

Mimi's Cafe

BAHAMA BREEZE

 

Smithfield's Chicken 'N BAR B QUE

What: Dine in with us! When: Mother's Day, May 9,2010 Where: Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q Why: We would love the opportunity to brighten your Mother's Day!

Out-Of-State Customers We have not forgotten about you! Please click here to see our shipping schedule for Mother's Day! A complimentary, handwritten card can be included upon request! Visit us at www.weshipbarbq.com to place your order!

Crazy Fire Mongolian Grill

Just let her create her own stir with all the meats, seafood and veggies. Add the oills and spices, then hand it over to your griller to cook up for you! 

PLEASE let them know ahead of time if you have any allergies or are vegetarian.

Mother's Day Lunch is only $5.95 and Dinner is just a buck more.  Don't forget to ring the gong for mom!

America’s Next Top Model Casting Call

Wanna Be on Top? Are you a woman between 18 -  27 years  age, at least 5'7" (no weight limits) and think you could become America’s Next Top Model?  Then plan to strut the catwalk at Raleigh CW22's local Top Model casting call.

Thursday, April 8th, 5pm - 9pm

The NC Museum of Natural Sciences

11 West Jones Street

Raleigh, NC 27601

Every qualifying candidate that registers will be interviewed and videotaped on-site. And each contestant must bring the following:

1. Photocopy of driver’s license 
2. Social security card 
3. Completed application 
4. Three photographs - professional photo's not required
•  headshot
•  full body in a bathing suit 
• full body in clothes. 

A photographer will be on-site if needed, for a nominal charge. If you meet the requirements, contact: Kim Rivenbark, WLFL/WRDC Promotion Mgr   (919-872-9535)

Nationwide Castings
To be considered for a casting appointment nationwide, please email the following people at these locations. For areas that deadlines have passed, you may still get lucky - so give it a try anyway!
Chicago -- amylee1021@gmail.com -- email by March 19
Alabama -- dpcasting@gmail.com -- email by March 25
New York -- castingt@gmail.com -- email by April 2 
Dallas-Fort Worth -- ronnieincasting@gmail.com -- email by April 9 
Los Angeles -- michelleincasting@gmail.com -- email by April 14

PAWS Product Testing: HALO Spots Stew

The little "fur-girl" usually gets a special canned food meal on most holiday's. So in accordance with celebrating Easter, she enjoyed lamb by way of HALO Purely For Pets natural pet care products. I knew of the pet brand from watching The Ellen DeGeneres show - she became a co-owner in 2008 after they helped her beloved cat go from bald to beautiful. I finally visited their site last month and was pleased with some of the things I read...

Our Mission: To provide people and their pets with honest information and wholesome products to better the lives of animal and the people who love them.  

Halo, Purely for Pets evolved from three guiding principles: balance, nature and love.

Our commitment to wholesome, natural, quality pet products is unparalleled.

Halo products produce vibrant, happier, healthier pets — inside and out. We guarantee you’ll see the results.

Let's see...a product I can trust; a site containing tons of information on taking better care of pets; special offers  AND a free, no risk trial offer via FREE COUPON, it keeps getting better with HALO, Purely For Pets. So with dog in cart, I selected two varieties of their canned Spot's Stew. Their site encourages pet parents to read the ingredients. I found it to contain real meats, vegetables, herbs and whole grains. Pets are eating healthier than most people! And considering the limited choices on the nearly bare shelves, I'd say it's been a very well received product. 

"Madame snack-a-lot" certainly enjoyed hers, all you could hear was "nom, nom, nom". She e stayed glued to that bowl of Spot's Stew Wholesome Lamb Recipe until there wasn't a drop left. When finally coming up for air, tips of her curly ears had a faint aroma of a meal done right! 

  

Another promise they fulfilled was sending a $5 off coupon to subscribers who forwarded an email to friends. I received mine last week and will be ordering soon. Since this is where you'll always FIND A BETTER BARGAIN, put your savvy shopping skills to work by checking out the 50% off limited-time-specials when purchasing online. Select a minimum of $5 and AFTER entering payment info, you'll be able to enter promo code BetterBargain5 on the screen that asks you to submit order. (exp 5/31)


A big THANKS! to the folks at HALO, PURELY FOR PETS for providing us with our very first promo code offer! We hope our pet parents leave comments to tell others about how their PAWS benefited from using these holistic products made especially for loving homes! 

Easter Recipes, Tips, Events, Dining & Delivery

All of the information below was compiled from emails I received to help celebrate Easter. Some offers require you to sign up with them, but what's one more email when they're gonna offer you savings? I suggest making an account using a free service like Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, etc. for all non business related registrations. 

Tips and Coupons 

Betty Crocker offers advice on everything for your holiday planning from start to finish.



All You Magazine's website always has helpful articles, tips, recipes and of course, coupons. I need to renew my subscription with them.


Hormel has several tips and recipes for Easter dinner.  As with most sites, you must be a registered member to print coupons and take part in special promotions.


Pillsbury  be adventurous and try one of the Bake-Off® finalist's recipes. They're competing for a $1 Million Grand Prize.


Coupons.com can help you save on your purchases it's a great source for internet printable coupons.

Local Events

North Hills Mall  In Raleigh is having a Scavenger Hunt with the Easter Bunny. You can win prizes, contests, and giveaways from MIX 101.5 and the many shops and restaurants at the mall. Saturday, April 3rd starting at 12pm on the Commons.

Crossroads Plaza The annual Cary Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny is on Saturday, April 3rd from 10am - 1pm.

Moore Square Egg Hunt Raleigh's biggest and best! Saturday, April 3rd, 10:30am. Over 10,000 eggs for kids in four separated hunts for kids of all ages. Visit the Main Tent marked with the large "Raleigh Easter" sign to receive a gift bag. There will be live music, balloons, inflatables, and of course candy. ALL FREE!!!  If you don't live too far away, this is a great time to visit downtown Raleigh.

Little Sprouts Storytime  Celebrate Spring with "Tales of Peter Rabbit" at the A.E. Finley Education Center,  Mon, April 5, 10am – 11am. Learn about the fuzzy critters that make the park their home, play games and make a craft.

Dining and Delivery 

Ruby Tuesday sent me a 25% coupon to use on Easter only. The code was unique to my membership or I'd post it. Check for locations that serve Sunday brunch and sign up with them to get your coupon!

Brasa Brazillian Steakhouse in Brier Creek is having their annual Easter Brunch from 11am - 3pm. I've only been for lunch & dinner,so this seems like a good time to try their brunch service.

The Duck & Dumpling In downtown Raleigh is having their first-ever brunch with a twist including spicy basil duck, tofu pad thai and tropical fruit platters. Sunday, April 3rd from 11am. to 3pm. I've only been there for lunch, but it was wonderful!

P.F. Chang's has a special prix-fixe menu for two. Find your location and make a reservation.

Easter isn't just for kids!

Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q check for a location near you or maybe even place an order to have it shipped to you!

Dickey's Barbecue Pit - It's not too late to order a boneless smoked honey ham! Durham and Cary will be open 11a-4p on Easter. Kids always eat free on Sunday so find your closest location.

If you have any tips or know of any events, please leave a comment for others visitors!