Operation $40K

We have had a few fun photo shots with different photographers lately. Some have been paid jobs and some, like this one, for the pictures. We now have a full portfolio and are meeting with agents. She LOVES it and this is a simple way to sock more money away for college. =) As long as it's fun, and she wants to do it, I will be happy to take her... I just have to approve of the "job" instead of her blindly being assigned to something, after all we have family values. I'm not a rookie to this - I did a bit of it in and after high school (back when I was younger and much thinner, LOL) I was a big hit for mall catalogs/fliers and hair shows. Someday, maybe I will share a few of MY pictures... =) Every photographer has had fun with her and wanted to use her again, our last with 3-Bean Studios on a shoot for CourtneyCourtney Designs. (and no, she isn't wearing any make up) You can see Susanne's post about it and some more pictures HERE .

I zipped over to http://www.iheartwags.com/ and scoped out the upcoming ad - it is NOT all the deals in the flier, just the ones that are FREE, or almost FREE. Tylenol Precise Pain Relief $5.00 -use the $5/1 from the 2/19 RP Final Price: FREE Just For Men Autostop hair color $6.99 Get a $3 RR -use the TRY ME FREE Rebate Final Price: $3 Money Maker Other sale items: Pringles 2/$3 Seed Packets $.20 - with in ad coupon Bubble Knee Highs 3 for $1.00 Big Roll 1000 Sheet TP $.59 each or 2 for $.88 -- personal care pantries LOVE single rolls! 

I zipped over to Iheartcvs.com and scoped out the ad for the week: FREE Boiron Coldcam 60 ct $6.99 Get $6.99 ECB - limit one Final Price: FREE CHEAP Eclipse Gum (18 ct.) - $1.00 Buy Three, Get $2 ECB (Limit 1) Final Price: $.34 each after ECB Maybelline Face, Eye and Lip Products Buy $10, Get $3 ECB (Limit 1) -use $1/1 Maybelline New York Eyeshadow or Eye Liner from 2/9 RP Insert -use $2/1 Maybelline New York Foundation from 2/5 RP Insert -use $2/1 Maybelline New York Lip Product from 2/5 RP Insert -use $1/1 Maybelline New York Mascara from 2/5 RP Insert Select Nivea Products Buy $10, Get 3 ECB (Limit 1) --Nivea Lotion, Gel, Cream - $6.88  -use $1.50/1 Nivea Body Lotion from 2/12 RP Insert --Nivea Body Wash or Body Scrub - $4.88 -use $1.50/1 Nivea Body Wash For Women from 2/12 RP Insert -use $1.50/1 Nivea For Men Body Wash from 2/12 RP Insert --Nivea Lip Care - 2/$5 -use $1/1 Nivea Lip Care Product printable -use $3/2 Nivea Lip Care Product...

There will be ONE inserts this weekend – RedPlum. HERE is a preview of this weekend’s inserts. (Sigh....) Here are my favorites:  Cheer Save $2/1 detergent (3/31) Meow Mix Save $1/1 dry cat food 3lbs+ (4/14) Purina Save $.50/1 Friskies cat treats (4/19) Purina Save $2.50/1 Beneful 3.15lb or 7lb bag dog food (3/25) You can also check the clipping services to stock up on favorites from past weeks - look at them HERE  or look at the online printable offers HERE

You can find them here -- at Totally Target. Make sure you thank Kerry for her great work! :) Happy Shopping!

My favorites are in red! Here is a full list of the coupons available: $1/1 Activia® $1 off All You magazine’s April issue and L’Oréal® Youth Code $2/1 BIC® Razors $1/1 Body Fortress $.50/2 DOLE® Canned Fruit2 $.50/1 Duncan Hines® Comstock® or Duncan Hines® Wilderness Pie Filling $10 off $25 purchase at Fashion Bug $1/2 Glade® Spring Collection products $.75/1 Gum Star Wars™ Toothbrushes $1/1 Hot Pockers Snackers (25 oz.) $.75/1 Jack’s® Pizza Buy (5) Lean Cuisine and Nestle Pure Life and get FREE Skinny Cow Frozen Snacks Item $1/1 L’il Critters® Calcium $3/1 Lysol No-Touch Kitchen System Buy ParchmentBake™ and get $1.00 off Birds Eye® Veggies $1/2 Mrs. T’s Pierogies $.50/1 New York Brand Dip ‘N Sticks $1.50/2 NYC New York Color $3/1 Osteo Bi-Flex $25.00 Off Rug Doctor Mighty Pro X-3 $2/1 Rug Doctor Oxy Steam or Pet Formula (60 oz.) $2 off $4 purchase of Sally Hansen Beauty Tools $2/1 ScandalEyes Mascara $2/1 Seeds of Change® Certified Organic Garden Starter K...

It is simple: Learn more about living a little "greener" life, earn points, redeem them for coupons! These are often high value coupons for things like Yoplait, Dove, Kashi, Coke, Gain, etc. In less than five minutes, I had 100 points, enough for two different coupons! If you haven't joined yet, Sign up HERE and you can receive an extra 110 Swagbucks when you use the code BIRTHDAYBASH12 when signing up for a new account. You’ll also receive the standard 30 points, so you’ll get a total of 140 free Swagbucks if you’re a first-time sign-up! Maybe you are luckier than I am - I don't live in an area where I can get points for the recycle garbage that gets picked up each week, but you could! THAT could add up real fast! The best part? It's FREE! =)

Egg-citing Easter Cash Giveaway hosted by Coupons For Wisconsin and Operation $40K , along with this month’s guest host: I'm A Full Time Mummy ! What Is The Egg-citing Easter Cash Giveaway? The Egg-citing Easter Cash Giveaway is a cash giveaway event open to any blogger or business interested. Easter is Sunday April 8th, the giveaway will be open for entries from 4/1-4/8. There will be one grand prize shared across all of the blogs that participate, winner will be announced on Easter Sunday (4/8). The grand prize will be a Paypal cash prize or a gift card of the winner's choice! The amount of the prize will depend on the number of blogs participating. The event will focus on Twitter and Facebook pages. How To Get Involved Bloggers wishing to be involved will need a Facebook and/or Twitter PAGE to promote as part of the event. There is a $3 participation fee which gets you one follow method (either Facebook or Twitter). $2 will go towards the prize with a $1 administration fe...

Sometimes I join with other bloggers to be able to offer a larger prize package. The downfall? I have to wait until the winners are announced, just like you and they aren't always posted on the hosts Raffle Copter. This is a summary of the last few that I participated in, and who the winners were. Congrats to them! =) Football Frenzy = Entry # 18441 Tami undefined Be Mine Valentine = Peter Duthoy Fall In Love With Fluff = Entry # 161674 Brandi undefined. Forget the Resolutions = Entry # 544 Kisa undefined. Epic Giveaway: Soda Stream Kit ------ Sophia Marie Cuisinart Grind and Brew ----- Peggy Smith Xbox Kinect with 2 games ------ Shelia Finney Wintermantel $75.00 Choice Gift Card ( Target, Walmart, Amazon, Toys r Us) ---- Debbie Africa Mcloughlin Onyx Tree of Life Necklace From Vixens Jewelry ------ Claire Dossin Black ROXY purse --------- Rhonda Tester Guinn Bags of gourmet Popcorn from Freedom Snacks ------ Tiffany Drew 14 x 18 silkey sensory tag blanket from BabyJack...

Welcome to Consultant "Week" (that really lasts TWO weeks, LOL)! Every two days, we will feature another company and another consultant, who has a special giveaway for y'all - with a value over $25.00!!! AWESOME - right? =) We are kicking it off with Pink Papaya! Pink Papaya is a company offering the highest quality spa products for all to enjoy. They have created a spa collection with three wonderful product lines: aromatherapy, using 100% pure essential oils; body and bath, made with luxurious scents and botanical extracts; and skincare, fusing science with nature. So escape, relax and enjoy a Pink Papaya spa party with family and friends. If your dream is to create a career that fits your lifestyle, let us help you.We have innovative tools to help you run smooth and successful parties and recruit and manage a team. Pink Papaya is a state-of-the-art party plan company with terrific compensation, reward and support services for our consultants. What is ...

While Miss Sarah was at Karate yesterday, I was close to Walmart - so I zipped over, I also hit Target. Between the two, I got all that you see here, for less than $20.00 =) Let's start with the pan. I have an addiction. It's sad. You will see in a few weeks when I talk about stockpiling gifts and making your own birthday cakes instead of paying $25.00-40.00 for a store bought one. The 3 heart bowls are being tucked away for next year - what a fun way to start the day! Cereal in a special bowl. =) The Valentine's Day Candy corn packs are for Easter Bunny Cake Pops (you will see later, if they turn out), Lovey Tissue is always great for that special person's birthday. The cookie cutters and votive holders went to the "gift stockpile", the foam stickers will go to our "Art Cart".  The rest are for the Easter Egg Hunt. I have an Egg Hunt scheduled for the kids of the consultants in my Tupper Team. It's fun to have things INSIDE the plastic e...

It's that time of year again, The Princeton Club is giving us all an incentive to work out and loose weight, by donating to local food pantries! If you are working on shedding that holiday "bonus"  ... please consider just joining us online! For each pound of weight you lose or hour you work out, 10 pounds of food will be donated to the Second Harvest Foodbank - up to one million pounds! I've joined and I'm asking my friends to get in on this as well. .. please pick Bethel Lutheran Church if you don't see your favorite pantry on the list, we have an extensive Homeless Ministry and reach out to a lot of people. If you were shooting for a one pound loss each week - you could help donate over 200 pounds of food over the next 4 months as this runs through May 31st. That is a LOT of help to those who need it. =) **You can also pick the "for each hour worked out" option! Sometimes we have to work out 2-3 hours to loose that one pound, so it could add...

FUN HAIR DAY~ We have more time in the "let's get to school" rush so we have been playing around. This came from the Barbie movie she has been watching...the Diamond Castle. One of the girls had this style through most of the movie and now Miss Sarah sports it. Anything is possible thanks to Pinterest and YouTube, LOL!

Sentry Coupon Policy is here Check to see if your store takes IPs (Internet Printable Coupons) before printing some of the matched up deals...not all do. Remember, Not everything in the ad is a good bargain, it's not all ON sale but is all FOR sale Produce Deals Remember my guidelines: $1/# or less for fresh produce Weigh the bags and get the heavier ones (potatoes, onions, apples, etc) Meat Deals Remember my price points: $1/# or less for whole birds, $2/# or less for most meats, $3/# or less for beef roasts and bacon, $4/# or less for seafood Screamin Deal of the Week? Hormel Flavored Pork Loin Fillets $6.99 - use $1.00 off HORMEL ALWAYS TENDER meat   (doubled at Sentry on Cottage Grove Rd in Madison) and it's only $4.99 -- a little more than the $2/# that I shoot for as it's about 1.7# but they are TASTY and EASY to make - with NO waste. Grocery Deals Chicken of the Sea Chunk Light Tuna $.66 each (5oz.) Oscar Mayer Bologna or Cotto Salami $1.00 with in a...

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I know I talk about donating to your local food pantry a lot. OK, MORE than a lot, LOL! One thing you need to do first: find out what they need/want .  Picking up supplements free at Walgreen's is no bargain if you are planning to donate it and keep the RRs -- if they have absolutely no use for them. You aren't really "making money" at Walgreen's - just spinning your wheels. Most pantries are MORE than glad to have people donate items -- but they usually have a list of what they normally offer and what they offer if they have extras on hand, or the budget to add those items to their inventory. Here is a list of what most smaller pantries usually stock: Applesauce Canned Stew Canned Tuna Tuna Helper Cooking Oil Peanut Butter Jelly Bagged Rice Boxed Jell-O Macaroni and Cheese Saltines Crackers Boxed/Bagged Cereal Canned Tomato Paste Packets of Spaghetti Sauce Mix Package of Spaghetti Canned Soup Canned Vegetables Canned Fruit Canned Pork ...

I told you before that I am a scrapper - and host a few weekend crops a year. Here are just a few projects that I did at our last crop: A quick layout about our last trip to the cabin... Simple, just like their quick little "summer romance" One about Miss Sarah's trip the to Bippity Boppity Boo Salon on our Disney trip last fall...   I masked it, used color mist sprays, and had fun with way too many embellishments. Using my scrap paper to make a few cards... and a few of the extra butterflies I had punched out. And a cute little one that will go to Miss Sarah after her Ballet Recital this June...  with glittery hair and dresses, thanks to my Stickles (glitter glue). Thanks for looking ---

First of all, I wish you had Smell-O-Vision on your computer! This basket smells A-MA-ZING! =) I taught a coupon class for the Friesland Mom's Group last night and they surprised me with the incredible gift basket: One dozen farm fresh eggs The sweetest smelling lavender calendar 3 home made goats milk soaps, all in different scents (Bear-honey, Hydrangea, Lemon Grass) $10 Papa Murphy gift card Ghiradelli Chocolate Raspberry Squares (whole bag!) A photo book A whole sheet of stamps A bottle of Pampered Chef Dill Mix Pampered Chef cookbooks (2) Mary Kay travel pack (in a cute pink bag that I know Miss Sarah will say is for her Barbies....) 3 pc Mary Kay Timewise skincare collection All of that was IN ADDITION to the box full of items they gave me for my church's Blessing Bag program ! This is the secret gift you give yourself when you join the Couponing Culture: you meet the most incredible people. Thank you again ladies!! Blessings- Dannelle

Thank you for all the great items for our Church's Blessing Bag Program! Welcome to my site! I LOVE helping people save money at the stores so they can put it to a more effective use for their families! I saved $40,000 in less than one year from just making a few simple changes in our family budget - you can too! Couponing and Meal Planning are just the tip of the iceberg - but account for about 50% of my savings! You will find my class schedule , recipes and most importantly, printable coupon links all on their own pages, at the top of my blog...along with tabs for the different stores and the local stores' coupon policies . I am on Twitter and Facebook too (under Operation 40K) if you want to schedule a class or have any questions, please just shoot me an email at op40K@aol.com . Blessings, Dannelle

We should see a good deal on this at Walgreen's soon, print it while you can. :) $1.00 off any Adult LISTERINE mouthwash GET COUPON

We zipped over to the bread outlet yesterday and picked up a few things: My 12 Grain bread His Cottage Bread A loaf of generic white bread A pack of Strawberry Rolls It was bonus 25% off day so we only paid $3.51 - LESS than one loaf of Cottage Bread at Copps! The generic loaf is for making Breakfast Egg Bake . Who wants to use a $4 loaf of bread to just cut up and bury under other items? The Strawberry Rolls are a lunch box treat...once in a while, I like to let Sarah have something that the other kids do: processed crap. HA! It may sound bad to us, but to kids - it's cool to "be like the rest of them"... so once in a while, I indulge. Here is the budget: $100 -$7.90 (Miss Sarah having one school lunch a week) +14.38 Copps Trip 2/4 $106.48 +$4.19 Copps Trip 2/8 $110.64 - $4.87 Copps Trip 2/11 $105.77 -$16.47 Sentry Foods Run $89.30 -$42.00 Dinner Out 2/14 $47.30 -$13.14 Copps 2/16 -$3.51 bread outlet 2/15 $30.65 to go

Saturday 2/11 CHILDREN OF THE RAINFOREST at Olbrich Gardens : (we've seen them before - awesome!) Hale O Malo Polynesian dance group Performances at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm, Tickets available at the door: $3 ages 13 & up, $2 children 12 and under, Free for ages 2 and under Olbrich welcomes back Hale O Malo Polynesian Dance Group from Milwaukee. Be enchanted by the movement and rhythms of live dancers, drummers, and musicians and hear traditional Polynesian instruments. The Children of the Rainforest series offers performances for families to celebrate cultural differences in rainforest regions around the world, and is generously sponsored by William Wartmann. - - - - - - - - - Madison Winter Festival Over ninety truckloads of snow will transform the inside lanes of the Capitol Square into a race and recreational venue. The cross country ski race courses will go the entire way around the square as they did during the festival's inaugural year in 2005. Meanwhile, the ...

This is my chest freezer today, after I put the 20 pounds of ground turkey (At $1.00 a pound) that I got to day at Copp's in it. (yes, I went on a NON-double coupon day - don't pass out!) =) I know, I know - I keep talking about how I am trying to EMPTY it for the deals next month  (National Frozen Food Month) and it's full to the brim. HA! Some progress..... BUT, there is hope! My brother doesn't have a chest freezer - only the little one at the top of his fridge. I have been slowly sending him those Pillsbury Scrambles kits and Pizza Rolls, by the end of this month, I should be free of them. Besides the ground turkey, I also grabbed a gallon of milk ($2.59) and dozen eggs ($1.05). I used milk and egg vouchers from the General Mills cereal deal a few weeks ago (2 of each). Grand total? $53.44 for $13.14, saving 75.4% I'll update the budget after the bread outlet post :)

We had it in the budget to eat out for Valentine's day -- it's become our little annual tradition: Ginza! We are creative in what we order and enjoy the show, as well as Miss Sarah gets her "Japanese Soda". After all is said and done, we got a small box of leftovers and bring home our white rice - which becomes a Fried Rice Meal here, in a few days. :) Gotta love a Two-Fer! Grand total paid? With tip it came to $42.00     Our Monthly $100.00 Budget $100 -$7.90 (Miss Sarah having one school lunch a week) +14.38 Copps Trip 2/4 $106.48 +$4.19 Copps Trip 2/8 $110.64 - $4.87 Copps Trip 2/11 $105.77 -$16.47 Sentry Foods Run $89.30 -$42.00 Dinner Out 2/14 $47.30 to go I can get 20# of that ground turkey - easy peasy!

Sadly, there is no DOUBLE double Daze this Saturday, it was just the one shot last week. We have a MUCH better ad this week so it would have been fun! =) That being said, here is what jumps out at me: 1) Ground turkey!!! Louis Rich Ground Turkey is on sale for $1.00 a pound, normally $2.49. Do I really have to say " stock up alert " on this? USE it to bump up your $25 totals so you can double your five coupons! SIX of them = $14.94 (shelf price) -- and build from there. ***CHECK WITH YOUR STORE -- there is a rumor that Copp's is clearing it out to replace it with a different brand! You might not get a rain check for this item if your store is out. 2) Ocean Eclipse Fish Fillets They are on sale for $1.00 each, normally $1.50 and most are 4oz size. This is great for Salmon, Tilapia and Pollack...and portioned out already for you. Yum! 3) Buy 10, Save $5.00 General Mills Items You can stack these with manufacturer's coupons to maximize saivngs! Here is a l...

Do you have expired coupons? Do NOT throw them out --  you can still put them to good use!! Our military families give up so much for us, that there is one simple thing we can do to give back to them: send them our expired coupons! I know, it sounds wacky - but they can use them for up to 6 months past the expiration date at the Commissary (for edible items) and their PX (for personal care items).  Here are a few things you need to know -- It takes a while to get them to the people who will use them, once a package is shipped over seas. That means all coupons have to be mailed with at least 4 months to go. All coupons have to be sorted into two groups: things people eat and things they dont. That is the difference between the Commissary and PX. You can only send manufacturer's coupons -- no store or restaurant coupons. Operation $40K has adopted a base in the UK through the Overseas Coupon Program and will be sending out monthly packages...you are more than welcom...

Here are the NEW ones -- RedPlum Grocery Coupons $1.00 OFF ANY Tums® (24 ct. or larger) Catalina's CouponNetwork Grocery Coupons Baby 75¢ off when you buy any FOUR GERBER® SmartNourish™ 2nd Foods Baby Food Books & Magazines $2.00 off when you purchase any PEOPLE® Magazine Personal Care $1.00 off one GARNIER FRUCTIS STYLE product $1.00 off any Adult LISTERINE mouthwash SavingStar Grocery eCoupons Buy 1 issue of People® Magazine, Save $1.00. Expires 3/19/2012. Buy 1 box of Kleenex® Hand Towels, Save 75¢. Expires 3/7/2012.