$25 Restaurants Gift Certificates....$2!!

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I'm tired of cooking.  There.  I said it.  These dreary post-holiday days make me reluctant to stand at the stove thinking up ingenious uses for leftover hams & turkeys.  Well HOORAY!  Restaurants.com  is having an 80% Off Sale!

Right now, you can get a $25 Gift Certificate
to select restaurants in your area for only $2 when you use the code CHEER.

Locate a restaurant close to you at Restaurant.com

*These gift certificates usually require a $35 purchase - so think of them as a REALLY GOOD coupon for a nice dinner out.
OOOOHHH!!  I just saw that Medieval Times place on the list!!  I love that place!!!

Harvey's Highlights 12/30 - 1/5

Coupon Match-ups:

Campbell's Chunky Soups - 2/$3
Buy 4 and Use $1/4 from 12/13 SS
Makes it $1.25 each

Sweet Sue Chicken & Dumplings - B1G1 Free (@ $2.99)
Use $1.50/2 from 9/13 SS
Makes it .75 cents each

Hot Pockets - 3/$5
Use $1/3 printable from HERE (manuf. coupon w/Target logo)
Makes it $1.33 each

Farm Rich Meatballs - $4.99
Use $1/1 from 12/6 SS OR
Use .75/1 printable from HERE
Makes it $3.99 - $4.24

Yoplait Yogurt Cups - 10/$6
Buy 6 and use B6G1 Free coupon from 11/8 SS
Makes it .51 cents each

Snyder's Pretzels - 2/$5
Use $1/1 from 12/6 SS
Makes it $1.50

Boost Nutritional Drinks - $7.99 (6 pk)
Use $1/1 printable HERE (Manf. coupon w/Target logo)
Makes it $6.99

Nursery Water - .99 cents/gallon
Buy 2 and use $1/2 printable HERE
Makes it .49 cents each


Other Deals:
Coca-Cola Products (2 litre) - 5/$5
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix - 2/$1
Mahatma Yellow Rice 2/$1
Totino's Pizza Rolls - 5/$5
Carolina Pride Smokies or Franks - B1g1 Free
Nature's Own English Muffins - B1g1 Free
Tom's Potato Chips - B1g1 Free
Tangerines (3 lb bag) - B1g1 Free
Apples (3 lb bag) - B1g1 Free

Thanks Pink Coupon Cafe!!

New Years Eve: Family Style!

Happy New Year's Eve to all of you out there!  Are you going to do anything fun tonight?  While lots of people are going out to celebrate the beginning of a new decade, I've really enjoyed the last several years we've spent at home celebrating the night "Family Style".  Here's how we ring in the new year with our 4 boys - aged 3, 5, 7, and 9:

• THE BALL:  We make a "New Years Ball" out of a halloween pumpkin treat bucket, covered in tin foil, with a string of white christmas lights wound/taped around it.  I am sure you can imagine how ghetto-beautiful this is.  But it matters not!!!  Hang it from the ceiling fan, plug in the lights, and INSTANT AMBIENCE!  It also makes a fine disco ball for the dancing that will ensue...

• PLAY DRESS UP!  That's right - we dress up.  And not in the strict sense of the word either.  I make my hubby wear that too-tight-vest that I think makes him look like one of the "Newsies" (HOT!), I put on some crazy formal gown (I have a collection of odd vintage-wear), and the boys come out of their rooms in clothes ranging from "Date-Casual" to "Head-To-Toe-Cowboy" to "Batman".  Addie, our 3 year old, said he'll be "dressing up" as a dinosaur this year.  Cool.
  

• SNACK IT UP:  Don't skimp on the party treats - kids can smell a sad hors d'oevres table a mile away.  Bust out all the couponing treats you've been squirrelling away, and even go out and splurge on something unexpected.  Our kid buffet this year includes M&M's, Nuts, Chips, Pizza Rolls, Mozzarella Sticks, Taco Dip, and various sodas.  (Hot wings for the husband of course)

• DANCE PARTY:  We put on music and just let people do their thing.  Other time-fillers: Charades, balloon-volleyball, make-a-noisemaker craft(soda bottles and beans), board games, movies.

• MAKE SOME NOISE: When the midnight hour arrives (or, about 9 o'clock at our house) we go outside and bang pots and pans together shouting "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" to the neighborhood.  If you have nicer cookwear, you might opt for poppers, noisemakers, or those things you pull and confetti comes out!  

• GROWN-UP TIME:  Our kids still can't stay up till midnight, so my husband and I put them down (we let them "Slumber Party" together if they're still wired) and we watch an old movie after they're in bed.  Later on, when the ball drops, we'll do a clumsy but sentimental slow dance to Auld Lang Syne.  

 Well - that's how our family rings in the New Year .....  Now tell us how YOUR Family does it!

Have a Joyful & Blessed New Year!!

FREE New Years Eve Movie Rental

Once you put the kids to bed, you're either going to be stuck watching Ryan Seacrest introduce tweenie bands, stuffing your face with any and all snackfood in the house before your New Years Resolution Diet has to "officially" start at midnight, or both.

Fortunately, you can run out and rent a FREE movie Instead!

Redbox code ACME25 is still working - and can be used once per debit/credit card!

FREE Dora the Explorer Game Download!

This $19.99 game can be yours free, just by signing up HERE for updates from Nickelodeon/Nick Jr!  You'll get an email with a code and instructions - and I assume you can stop getting updates anytime you please.  I would say that "little girls" are going to love this...but I have 2 little boys who think that she's a "Super-Cool-Exploradora" too!

- Thanks, PinkCouponCafe!

NEW L'oreal Printables

Coupons.com has some great new printables for L'Oreal makeup and haircare.  This will surely make for some VERY cheap products at drugstores soon!  Here's what's available right now, but I wouldn't bet on those being around too long!  *TIP: Many Rite-Aids have L'Oreal marked down up to 75%!!

$2/1 L’Oreal EverPure Shampoo, Conditioner or Treatment
$1/1 L’Oreal Eye Product
$2/1 L’Oreal Makeup, Powder, Blush or Concealer Product
$2/1 L’Oreal Hair Color
$2/1 L’Oreal Lip Product
$1/1 L’Oreal Skincare Product
$0.75/1 L’Oreal Vive Pro Product