Tales from a frugal-centric, fitness-crazed, food lovin' gal.
Posted in Life on Oct 30th, 2009
Today only, get 50% off your entire purchase at Payless. How uncanny is this? I was waiting to purchase pink slippers for my Halloween costume, because I was trying to decide between the cute-but-twice-as-expensive slippers at Payless and the plain-jane-but-will-do-the-job-fine $6 slippers at Target. Well, now I can use this coupon, and I don’t have [...]
Posted in Deals on Oct 27th, 2009
If you register your credit or debit card with JCP Rewards right now, you’ll immediately be able to print a $10 Welcome Gift voucher which you can use online, over the phone, or in-store to purchase anything which is $10 or more. Use it in-store on a clearance item which is right around $10 and [...]
Posted in Life on Oct 27th, 2009
Southwest Airlines is giving away 2 FREE Rapid Rewards credit simply for subscribing to Rapid Rewards e-mails. Here is how it works: 1. Go to this link. 2. Sign up for both Rapid Rewards E-mail Update and The Rapid Rewards Report 3. You will get 2 emails each confirming that you will receive 1 Rapid [...]
Posted in Life on Oct 23rd, 2009
Medco is offering $20 off any purchase from their new Medco Health Store. Shipping is free for first time users. You’ll need a Medco Rx mail order account, or be able to register for one if your health insurance uses Medco for their prescription mail order service. Enter: MHS10 for $10 off at checkout Enter: [...]
Posted in Finance on Oct 22nd, 2009
I’m back to rate chasing again! Now that I’ve purchased my house, my credit score can afford a few dings from credit pulls. Yesterday, I drove ALL THE WAY TO FREAKIN’ BFE North Scottsdale ( ~1hr drive EACH WAY for me) to sign up for a new Optimum Rewards Checking Account at Bank 1440. Am I crazy, you ask? Well, after doing the math it [...]
This past weekend I held the first official dinner party at my house. One of the guests was vegetarian, so I took the opportunity to try out this recipe that I had bookmarked in the latest addition to my cookbook library, Cooking With All Things Trader Joe’s. The recipe called out to me because of its [...]
Posted in Finance on Oct 20th, 2009
Open enrollment for benefits starts next week at Intel, and I plan on switching from my Cigna Open Access Copayment Plan to a Health Savings Account (HSA) at that time. I figure some of my friends might be in the same boat, so I thought I would share some of my research on the HSA/HDHP [...]
Posted in Life on Oct 18th, 2009
While Tony and I were in Oregon, we stopped by Eugene to visit with Corri and her family. Corri is one of my oldest friends from Camp Verde. I can remember being in Brownies with her, and going to her third or fourth grade birthday party. But it wasn’t until 8th grade that we really [...]
