Mariannes Motifs

Old Fashioned Humidifier - Boil a Pot of Water

I have concocted a lovely old fashioned humidifier.  I boiled a huge pot of water on the stove.  In it is a sliced lemon (old lemon was ready to be thrown out) cinnamon sticks, pickling spices, old vanilla bean, some old dried up bay leaves, and other lovely stuff from the spice rack.

I am going to get some moisture in the air and get the house smelling yummy at the same time.  And I cleaned out the fridge and spice rack at the same time.

I didn't have to buy anything for this, worry about cleaning out a humidifier, or purchase any special fragrance or lighting fixtures.  I just need to remember to keep adding water and turn off the stove when I am done with it. 

Cuisinart 3 Cup Food Processor $35.99 - 67% off and free shipping

This is the deal of the day for sure.  Normally selling at $110.00, Amazon has this handy smaller size food processor on sale for $35.99 and that will automatically qualify for free super saver shipping.  Great excuse to order some K-cups on sale while you are at it.

Deal on Organic Maple Syrup

This is the good stuff, folks.  Super yum at an affordable price.  As the poster on Slickdeals stated, this price is lower than Costco.

Use coupon code BASCOM35 to get 35% off and you can use Subscribe and Save for an additional 15% off.

Outback Steakhouse Deal

I read on Slickdeals.net that you can get a coupon for a free entree at Outback by signing up on their "Keep in Touch" page.  The coupon gets mailed to you and is said to be a free entree with purchase of drink and another entree.

We love to go to Outback for a special treat so I went ahead and signed up.  Outback is the one restaurant where I can expect my boys to behave like little gentlemen.

Sign up URL here.

Great Deal Knorr Fried Rice Side Dish on Sale 40% off

Here's an interesting deal - Amazon has Knorr "Sides Plus Veggies" vegetable fried rice for 49% off.  (Free shipping for orders over $25.00)  It comes in a bulk pack of 12 for $14.09.  I use the pilaf mix they make and it is very good.  I haven't had the fried rice yet.  Since this comes out to $1.17 a package and they are a dried rice in a shelf stable package this seems like a pretty good way to stock up your pantry.

You could have fried rice every other week and have a good part of your meal planning all set for 3 months.  And if you don't want 12 of the same thing --- here's an idea -- use half yourself and donate the other half to your local food bank. 

This is one of those things that can be a side dish, or add some scrambled egg or meat to make it a main dish.  Watch the sodium - sometimes prepared foods like this can have a lot.

Cash4Gold Caveat Emptor

After my good experience dealing with selling my gold online I was interested to see some ripoff warnings about some of the most advertised places that have you send in gold.  Check out this article on Consumerist.com called The Article Cash4Gold doesn't want you to read.

That's why I liked that the place I used (see first link) had their rates published on their home page.  They also give you an itemized list of each type of gold you sent in, weight, and price offered.

It looks like from the reviews that local pawn shops are actually pretty fair about prices too.  Good to know.  I've got more to sell and I am going to do the same thing I did before and go with gold-cash.com.  I used the money I made from them to clean my gutters.  But of course after sent the stuff in to them I found 4 more things to sell.  My husband's way back ex-girlfriend (from like 15 years ago) left 2 ugly plain wedding bands with him before she dumped him.  (Yes, her loss is my gain - thank you.)  Also found 2 things I forgot to send in before a broken chain and a locket I picked up at Goodwill  for $7.48 that may or may not be real gold but looks real to me. 

50% Off Boston Market Family Meals on Labor Day Weekend

Wow - this is a fantastic deal.  Boston Market is having a special next weekend (Saturday 9/5 - Monday 9/7) where you get half off any Family meal or Market feast.  You can feed your whole crew on the cheap this weekend.  You can sure bet where I am going to be heading on Saturday!  Are they still offering the extra whole chicken for $1.99 with a family meal purchase?  I hope so.

You can get the coupon right on there website (or below)

Stop by any Boston Market® restaurant September 5-7, 2009 and receive 50% off your purchase of any Family Meal or Market Feast.

This deal is simply too tasty to pass up!

 

Coupon Codes Website - CouponChief

Whenever I am shopping online, as soon as I see the field for entering coupon codes or promotional codes, I open up a web page and do a web search for "the name of the company coupon code" to see if I can find a deal. You can find percentage off coupon codes, free shipping codes, and more out there if you are lucky. 

The Google approach is hit or miss, however, and can take up some time.  Some of the sites are not easy to navigate, codes are expired, or they have the keyword in their page, but no actual code for the site you are looking for.  I have found a site I can go to first - that is easy to navigate and doesn't waste your time.  It's called Coupon Chief and it's at http://www.couponchief.com.

Right now some of the front page codes they have listed are Dell Coupons, and Legoshop Coupons.

Coupon Chief also has an interesting feature where if you submit coupon codes to the site and people use them you can get a share of the sales.  I assume this works when the shoppers click through the Coupon Chief site.  They have an easy to use page for submitting codes as well.  I get codes in the mail from retailers all the time, so I might try this feature.  It's nice to share the information, even without making any money from it.

Children's Place Boys Cargo Shorts on sale $3.99

This is a good deal - get next year's size and be ready when the hot weather rolls around again.  They also have the boys short sleeve polo (orange color) on sale for the same price.

Children's Place are good quality cloths.  They also run a big bigger than the comparable size at Target or Walmart.   More like a GAP kids fit and wear.

Amazon "Manager's Special" Tea K-Cups 44% Off

If you love tea, or just want to have a variety of types of K-Cups for your guests, or business break room, this is a great deal.  Amazon is having a "manager's special" on a variety of grocery products, one of which is Timothy's World Cranberry Green Twist.  It's a light green tea with a slight cranberry flavor.

At 44% off these K-Cups Tea come out to 27 cents a cup!  Order some of the delicious and popular Coffee People Medium Extra Bold Donut Shop (which is also on sale) and you can get the order with free shipping for orders over 25 bucks.  Or get the subscribe and save to get an extra 15% off.  For the Donut Shop coffee that is .33 cents a cup.  Great deal.  You can cancel the subscribe and save any time and they have a lot of choices in the frequency.  I got mine on a 6 month frequency so I can rotate and try different ones.