Xmas Shopping Done Easy

I love, love shopping online! It is super convenient and easy.

I have been trying to find a good deal on the dvds Toy Story 1 and 2. I searched everywhere online and didn't see any super great deals.

Sunday's Smart Source coupons 09/19 had a form to join Disney Movies. You got 5 movies for $1.99 each and had the option of buying 2 more to lessen your agreement. You also got free shipping on this order. O.k. I know, their movies cost more and the shipping is ridiculous. But I only have to buy 3 more movies in the next 2 years. I figure each movie will cost $20 plus $4 shipping (not sure of the actual costs). So I am looking at an additional $72. Hopefully way less.

This is what I order today. These will be both Xmas and Bday presents for my son.

Your shipment will include the following items:

Toy Story Special Edition (2010)

Toy Story 2 Special Edition (2010 Release)

Monsters, Inc.

G-Force

The Aristocats Special Edition

The Rescuers

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD + Digital Copy


*Subtotal $21.90
Shipping & Processing $0.00
*Total $21.90
*This amount includes the cost ($21.90) of the Promotional items you selected

I just got 7 movies for $3.13 a piece!!! So add the $72 (for the next 3) and it comes to $9.39 each for 10 movies (o.k not as great). Though of course I am just making up the cost for the additional 3 I have to buy. So this could vary. So again less than 10 bucks per movie is still a good deal.


This is a picture of my son with the same offer we recently received in the mail.



The funny thing about that picture (aside from the goofy face) is that he is the one who asked me to take a picture of him with that ad. Hmmmm....was he trying to get me to do a post of this and actually buy movies from there???

Slow Cooker Sunday

Slow Cooker Sunday sounds better than Crockpot Sunday, right? Even though I call it a crockpot.

Today I am attempting to make a sort of Apple Crisp. I am writing this as it is cooking. I hope that it turns out well. I haven't had Apple Crisp probably since I was in 8th grade and a friend of mine used to make it all the time. Yep, it's been that long. I don't recall myself ever making it nor anyone else in my family. Have no clue why. I always thought it was rather tasty.


The ingredients:
apples (I am using the precut kind since my son declared he no longer wanted them in his lunch)
cinnamon (not pictured)
brown sugar (Rolling Stones anyone?)
butter/ margarine (again not pictured and mine says buy before May 2010 yep, we never use margarine or butter ever apparently) it wasn't opened so that is why I used it
oatmeal (I used 2 packets of the plain)
vanilla (just a tad)
I was going to also add flour but again mine was super old (not opened though) but I decided to not bother
honey (not pictured)




As you can tell I am just using what I have on hand and seeing what happens. I am starting it out on high and then will more than likely put it on low.

I buttered the bottom and sides of the crockpot and then added the apples. Cinnamon on top and then brown sugar, vanilla and oats. Then I added some honey on top.


Almost done:


My son's portion in his Spiderman bowl or as he says ciderman:




This turned out yummy but nothing like Apple Crisp. My son really liked it (of course any child likes sweets right?). He probably liked it more than most since he gets sweets maybe once a month if even that much (yes, I'm kind of strict). I definitely think this would be good warm with vanilla ice cream on top. But of course I have the smallest freezer known to man so ice cream is never in there.

And the Winner is...........

I'd like to try Chocolate Raspberry frozen :) *Thanks* for the giveaway! -
"theluckyladybug"

I will be emailing you shortly.


Thanks to everyone who entered!!!



I cannot wait until I have my next giveaway. Stay tuned for details........

Contest is now closed

The winner will be announced and emailed sometime tomorrow (Wed) instead of today. My son got hurt at school so I am spending some much needed tlc time with him. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Pampers Points

Here is a list of Pampers Gifts to Grow points. It should give you a total of 534 points. These codes do expire but they seem to last way longer than the Huggies points. It does take a lot of points to redeem something but if you have to buy diapers and wipes you might as well get something back from them. Especially since now the Caregivers Market Place no longer offers cash back on Huggies products. Which is very upsetting! I figure I have close to a year on using Pull Ups maybe less if I get lucky and was looking forward to the 75 cents back per pack.

Pampers Gifts to Grow program has changed but they finally got their website working correctly. I recall when they first changed over I not only lost all my points (which they never gave me back) I also was unable to log in for 3 months straight. They also no longer charge shipping aside from Shutterfly items.


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You might want to periodically check to see if there are any coupons to print out for your Pampers products.







Here are some additional last minute points:


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Contest is Closed

You can get 2 extra entries if you tweet about this giveaway (make sure you link it back to this post).

You can also get 2 extra entries if you post it on your facebook again make sure you link it back to this post.

**Make sure you comment that you did so and give me a link to it.

I will announce the winner sometime tomorrow night!!





I have another giveaway for my readers. This one is from Yoplait and MyBlogSpark.

One lucky reader (who enters) will win the prize pack containing the following: 1 coupon for a free sample of Yoplait Whips! yogurt, a canvas cooler bag and a set of four ice cream cone shaped popsicle molds.






I also received one prize pack and as soon as my son saw it he wanted it! He is actually using the cooler for his lunch bag. It is working out quite nicely. It is nice and roomy for all of his lunch items. I cannot wait to make various frozen treats with the ice cream cone molds. I just have to wait until I have some room in the freezer (I HATE having a small refrigerator/freezer). :(

Did you know that Yoplait Whips has nine flavors : Chocolate Mousse, Chocolate Raspberry, Key Lime Pie, Lemon Burst, Orange Créme, Peaches `N Cream, Raspberry Mousse, Strawberry Mist, and Vanilla Créme? I have tried a few of them myself and have really enjoyed them. I haven't tried them frozen yet but plan to buy some more on Monday when I go to the grocery store. So I will freeze a couple of them and let you all know what I think. I am thinking of freezing the Orange Créme and the Raspberry Mousse one.



You have a many ways to enter to win. The more you do the better your chance. You can enter each way 1x. For each entry make sure you leave me your email address so I can contact you. I will not publish any comments. So no need to worry about your email address becoming public. ***No matter how you enter you must leave a comment with your email address and if you added me as a friend or follow me on twitter you must let me know and let me know what name you go by on that site. Or else I will have no idea. Thanks!!

You will get 1 entry for each of the following:

1- Tell me which flavor you like or think you would like frozen?

2 - Friend me on Facebook.

3- Follow me on Twitter.

4 - Subscribe to my newsletter (still working on it - leave your email addy in comment - and let me know you want to subscribe).

You will get 3 entries for each of the following (they are all free to join):

5 - Join me here on Cashcrate using this link.

6- Join me on Swagbucks using this link.

7- Join me on Inbox Dollars using this link.

8 - Sign up for paid surveys from SurveySavvy.com using this link.



For each entry make sure you leave me your email address so I can contact you. I will not publish any comments. So no need to worry about your email address becoming public.

Winner will be chosen on Tuesday, September 14th. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me or else a new winner will be chosen. I will email the winner and also post the winner on my blog. So be sure to check your email including your spam/bulk folder and also check this blog!

Do You Swag?

If not you should!! This is an extremely easy way to get giftcards for places such as Amazon.com. I have already cashed out 10 - $5 giftcards for Amazon.com. I don't even have any referrals either! So this was just from using them as my search engine. I didn't download any toolbars either. Though I believe that is an option to get even more swag points.

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CrockPot Sunday - Cheesy Onion Enchilada Casserole

This will hopefully be a regular feature on my blog.


I have been craving cheese and onion enchiladas lately. I desperately miss Don Pablos. I have tried other Mexican places but I have yet to find one that replaces them. :(

I usually make them in the oven but I have to say no matter what I can not get them to turn out like the ones at Don Paublos. No matter if I barely put any sauce on them or no sauce at all they turn out too mushy or turn out too dry (without sauce). Good but mushy. So I decided I will just deal with the mushy!

I have heard that you can make them in your crockpot and decided to try. I realized right away that it would be difficult and very messy to keep them rolled up. So I decided to just got with a casserole type dish.

I wasn't sure how much stuff I would need to make these so I have way more items in the picture than I actually ended up using. I decided to go with corn tortillas since I had a whole bunch leftover. I prefer flour ones but I believe the corn ones are supposed to be better for you (don't quote me on that though lol). I didn't even use the box kit and will save that for another time.




1 - The ingredients. Which I did not end up using the box mix.





2- Me not knowing what I was going for while assembling them.





3 - When in doubt add more cheese.





4- Looks done to me!




5- The end result. Yes, again with the paper plates.



Again I was impressed with how this turned out in the crockpot. It was quite yummy! This is something I will definitely make again. Next time I will add black olives and refried beans to this casserole.

Yoplait Whips Giveaway!!!! Low Entries!!!!!!!

I have another giveaway for my readers. This one is from Yoplait and MyBlogSpark.

One lucky reader (who enters) will win the prize pack containing the following: 1 coupon for a free sample of Yoplait Whips! yogurt, a canvas cooler bag and a set of four ice cream cone shaped popsicle molds.






I also received one prize pack and as soon as my son saw it he wanted it! He is actually using the cooler for his lunch bag. It is working out quite nicely. It is nice and roomy for all of his lunch items. I cannot wait to make various frozen treats with the ice cream cone molds. I just have to wait until I have some room in the freezer (I HATE having a small refrigerator/freezer). :(

Did you know that Yoplait Whips has nine flavors : Chocolate Mousse, Chocolate Raspberry, Key Lime Pie, Lemon Burst, Orange Créme, Peaches `N Cream, Raspberry Mousse, Strawberry Mist, and Vanilla Créme? I have tried a few of them myself and have really enjoyed them. I haven't tried them frozen yet but plan to buy some more on Monday when I go to the grocery store. So I will freeze a couple of them and let you all know what I think. I am thinking of freezing the Orange Créme and the Raspberry Mousse one.



You have a many ways to enter to win. The more you do the better your chance. You can enter each way 1x. For each entry make sure you leave me your email address so I can contact you. I will not publish any comments. So no need to worry about your email address becoming public. ***No matter how you enter you must leave a comment with your email address and if you added me as a friend or follow me on twitter you must let me know and let me know what name you go by on that site. Or else I will have no idea. Thanks!!

You will get 1 entry for each of the following:

1- Tell me which flavor you like or think you would like frozen?

2 - Friend me on Facebook.

3- Follow me on Twitter.

4 - Subscribe to my newsletter (still working on it - leave your email addy in comment - and let me know you want to subscribe).

You will get 3 entries for each of the following (they are all free to join):

5 - Join me here on Cashcrate using this link.

6- Join me on Swagbucks using this link.

7- Join me on Inbox Dollars using this link.

8 - Sign up for paid surveys from SurveySavvy.com using this link.



For each entry make sure you leave me your email address so I can contact you. I will not publish any comments. So no need to worry about your email address becoming public.

Winner will be chosen on Tuesday, September 14th. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me or else a new winner will be chosen. I will email the winner and also post the winner on my blog. So be sure to check your email including your spam/bulk folder and also check this blog!

Tuesday, September 11th, 2001

Let us never forget the many who passed on this day. Let us also never forget the brave men and women who risked their lives trying to save and help others on this day.





Here are some amazing and very disturbing photos from that very day. I warn you, they are graphic. They made me cry.








* Photo credit - AP Photo/Graham Morrison

Recipes and Coupons

I highly recommend printing coupons from these 2!

Crafts

Here is a Way to Make Some Extra Money

I will be posting various ways to make some extra cash for this holiday season or even next holiday season (one can never start too early!).

Free Artisan Egg Sandwich with Any Purchase at Wendy's

Go here to print a coupon for a free breakfast sandwich at Wendy's (with any purchase). Remember to hot the back button 2 or 3 times to print another!

I plan to use one of my coupons soon and will let you know what I think.

Survey Sites - Get Paid to Take Surveys

Now you won't make your rent this way but you can make some extra cash for Christmas or next years vacation.