$20 Thanksgiving Dinner at Walmart

Most of you know that I am so NOT a Walmart fan.  I don’t often shop there and I don’t recommend deals there (for a lot of reasons – none of which are the point of this post) 

Most of you also know that I have very strong feelings about being charitable.  Especially for those of us who are blessed with being able to obtain food and household products for our families with little money out of pocket.  We are blessed, you know.  And I hold that with each blessing comes an obligation --- to bless someone else. 

So as we approach Thanksgiving and thinking about giving – why on earth does my mind wander over to Walmart??  Well, this time, Walmart is doing something good.  Something really good.  Something that will make it easier for those who chose to give not only thanks but to give someone else something to be thankful for too.

Starting November 4th, Walmart is offering the opportunity to purchase complete Thanksgiving meal for right at $20.

This is a list of common ingredients for a real old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner – the kind your grandma used to make. If this is something your family needs this season --- rush right over to Walmart and give thanks --- If (like mine) your family is pretty well set for Thanksgiving but would love to make it better for someone else – then rush right over to Walmart and give thanks too. 

Here’s the deal  $20 for all of this:

One 12-pound Grade A turkey*

Three 11 to 15.5-ounce cans Green Giant vegetables

Two 14-ounce cans Ocean Spray cranberry sauce

Three 6-ounce boxes of Stove Top stuffing

One 5-pound bag of red potatoes

One 12-count package of Sara Lee dinner rolls

One 22-ounce pumpkin roll cake

*Turkeys are being offered at 40 cents/pound so if you go up or down on the turkey, the final price will go up or down as well. 

See you at Walmart?? (I can’t believe I said that!)

This will surely bless alot of people and give them a lot to be thankful for.

Fleece Robe for Charity: CVS

Krazy Koupon Lady had a super idea for supporting a charity this week.  It might cost you a little bit of money (depends in if you have a $5/$25 coupon floating around)

3 Days only, Sunday-Tuesday

Fleece Robes (pink, lavender or blue) $5.00

($40 value)

Add this in to your shopping trip for school supplies etc

Here’s what I’m thinking to make this work for me

$3.98	Caliber Recycled School box $1.99 Earn $1.99 ECBs Limit 2 FREE after ECBs
$1.98	CVS Brand or Caliber Filler paper 150 sheets $0.99 Earn $0.99 ECBs Limit 2 FREE after ECBs
$3.98	CVS Brand or Caliber Mini Composition Notebook $1.99 Earn 1.99 ECBs Limit 2 FREE after ECBs
$1.98	Paper Mate Pens $0.99 Earn $0.99 ECBs Limit 2 FREE after ECBs
$6.99	Philips Earhook Headphones $6.99 Earn 6.99 ECBs Limit 1 FREE after ECBs
$18.91	Subtotal of Free School Supplies
$1.98	2 Johnson and Johnson Mini First Aid Kits $.99  Buy 2 Earn 2ECB  Limit 5
$5.00	Fleece Robe
$25.89	Total Merchandise
$18.89	-      $5/25 CVS for taking the survey -      2x$1/1 Johnson and Johnson coupon from 8/2
$20.91	-      ECBs coming back to you --- I think I just made money by donating this robe to the shelter for Battered Women --- How cool is that?

A Time To Give

I am so jazzed about a new blog carnival:  A Time to Give.  Most of you who read here know that I am passionately committed to the idea of giving --- using coupons and hunting down deals and steals just means that I can give at a level that would never be possible otherwise.  I love the way Saving and Giving put it --- "part of the reason we live frugally is to be able to give generously".  Yes, yes, yes and AMEN even... that is so on the spot.

We give in a number of ways --  one of which I want to share here --- many of you know about donating to the food pantry etc ---- well, we also support our local Humane Society.

I have to admit that when this began I had no idea that the Humane Society needed anything other than time and money.  Little did I know.

The Humane Society ALWAYS needs laundry detergent, garbage bags, paper towels, Q-tips (for cleaning ears), cleaning products (for cages and floors), and shampoo (dogs gotta get clean too).  Our local Humane Society also runs a Pet Food Pantry (how cool is that?)  They discovered that many of the people who were surrendering animals were doing so because they simply couldn't afford to feed them.  With the pet food pantry, those dogs and cats can remain in their homes with the people who love them.  It is less heartache for everyone!! and fewer animals to manage in the shelter.

Last week with the Unilever deals at our supermarket, I was able to bring in 12 bottles of laundry detergent!! It cost me NOTHING -- just the time to organize the deal, clip the coupons, and run the two transactions.  The free Mighty Dog coupon in the paper a few weeks ago yielded a pile of free dog food for the Pet Food Pantry.

This week, I'm giving to our friends at the Humane Society in a different way.  I'm cleaning up at CVS on the Mars Candy bars -- using the $1/2 coupon from the paper and my free Mars coupons from the Chocolate Fridays to get a whopping total of 30 Mars Candy bars --- for NOTHING (actually CVS is paying me $5 to carry them out of the store.)  I'm setting up two candy bar bouquets --- 15 candy bars each (they're big -- the first one is done already).  One of them will go to the Humane Society as a treat for the many volunteers who work countless hours cleaning cages and walking dogs.  The tippity top bar is a $100,000 Bar --- with a note --- If I could give you this, I gladly would --- in the meanwhile, enjoy this basket of appreciation

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Soup-er Bowl Sunday

I cannot believe that after all the mountains of HC soup I've carted home and passed on from Shaws, that I'm out looking for soup this week, but I am. Yep, I'm on the hunt for free or very cheap soup. Any kind, any style, any flavor -- I need soup.
Why?? you ask. Well, its like this. The church that we're attending for January and February (pulpit supply lets you visit a lot of churches) is having a Soup-er Bowl Party and stocking the local food pantry with (you guessed it!!) soup. After that, they're moving on to peanut butter (I think I still have 12-15 jars from Shaws last week), macaroni and cheese (this is gonna kill me. I have never bought the blue boxes and cannot believe that I'm even going to consider it), and finally juices.
So -- if I'm going to this Soup-er bowl party (and I am) then I need to bring some soup for the food pantry. Honestly, I think this is an incredibly clever idea and I'm tickled pink to help. I just wish I'd known before the ConAgra deal ended. I could've had a ton of free soup for this. And since these folks don't yet know how I shop --- it could've been a ton of fun to watch the faces. I've GOT to work on this.