Tallahassee Italian Family Festa - 55% Discount!!!

I know some of my local readers will be taking in the Festa, so thought I'd save y'all a few lira.

$9 for Two Adult Weekend Passes to the Tallahassee Italian Family Festa February 19 and 20 ($20 Value). Children 12 and under get in free. As always, be sure to read the fine print; it's brief. 8-]

HALF off Amazon Gift Card!!!

This was WAY too good to not share!

This is a blue moon deal, for sure! For $10, at LivingSocial, you can get a $20 Amazon Gift Card! You know this one will go fast! Limit one!
Oh, and they gave me $5 (Deal Bucks) to use on my next purchase! 8-]

Disclosure: If 3 people snag the deal using my link, my deal is free!

Winter of our discontent

This has been one bodacious winter, particularly for someone with multi-generationally thinned blood who tends to hibernate whenever temps get below 50. Here's hoping the worst is over and I can crawl out of my cave and bask in the sunshine again. Not that there's any sunshine in which to bask today.

Not much new going on in our little patch of forest. I don't make resolutions, but I have determined to get on with commencin' to start to get ready to prepare for thinkin' about maybe adding a little more active activities to my days. My brand new, as yet 'unrid' bicycle is gleaming at me, longing for a non-frigid, non-rainy, non-peekid day to hit the pavement. Soon, Bikey, soon. The mini-tramp has been seeing more of me, as have the light weights. I still can't get to the treadmill, but the path is beginning to open up.
We have been noticing an occasional ammonia-like odour in the bedroom. I finally MADE Duller drag out the big turns-the-dark-to-daylight flashlight and peer under the house last night. As I suspected, a cat has made his/herownself at home under there. Not EVEN wanting a repeat of last year's kitten escapade, we are taking measures to make its new home as unattractive as possible. Aluminum foil on the back step really did keep them off a few months back, so we might start out with a giant tin foil hat. 8-} My first thought, of course, is to call Dobie for a Day. Sorry, cat lovers, but I like them less and less every time some dropped off unwanted pet drags cat fleas into our yard. (And I thought I couldn't possibly like them less).


Today's outstanding Groupons:
*Orlando:Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
*Gainesville/Ocala/Pt. Charlotte/Naples: Earth Origins Market
*Dunnellon: Dunnellon's Florist

*Lakeland: Cookie Jar Bakeshop

*Jacksonville: Matthew's Restaurant

*Montgomery, AL: Smoothies-N-Things Cafe and 'Faust' at Opera Birmingham

Gainesville Groupon - $5 gets you $10

I promise this blog is not turning into a deals promo! But after several days of not-for-me offers, today's deal is right up my alley. Next time I'm in Gator territory, this'll be a nice change from drive-thru burgers! That's another thing I love about Groupon. The deals don't expire quickly. This one is good till 15 June 2011! Some are good for a year!

The link should take you to a drop-down menu where you can choose your city. You have until midnight tonight to snag this deal.

OH, and if you happen to be closer to the Tampa Bay Area, you can get $20 Worth of Barbecue Fare and Drinks at Luckie B's Bar-B-Que for $10! Naples neighbours get 30 days at Fat2Fit Boot camp, a $287 value, for $40! Jacksonville... $9 for a 90-minute Okefenokee Swamp tour! In Fort Lauderdale, you can pig out at Skyline Chili for 1/2 price! Not in Flarda? Look for your city in the drop-down menu.

Disclaimer: Yes, I get a little bonus for each person who uses my link to sign up. 8-}

Get the real deal! (shameless plug) 8-}

Have y'all checked out Groupon yet? It's my favourite 'deal' site ever! All the others I've seen offer discounts on ski jackets or designer bags or spa days... I reckon those are nice enough for people who will actually use them. But I just can't see forking over what would buy a month's groceries for a purse with somebody else's name on it.

Groupon, on the other hand, comes up with what I consider relevant offers. So far, I've treated Duller to a couple of really nice lunches within reasonable distance from his office. We even got a half-price deal for our favourite local healthy-eats coop! Boy, did I ever get excited over that one! AND we have tickets to the museum. Not your ordinary be-quiet-walk-through-look-at-the-walls kinda museum. This one is all outdoorsy, with a natural habitat zoo and historical buildings. I've always loved this place, but hardly ever get to visit. Now we're all going for half price!

I'll never forget our first visit. There were chickens and such wandering around and we happened upon two roosters in the midst of a little spat. A guinea hen was running around them, trying her best to get them to talk it out like reasonable adults. Finally, she just jumped in between them and broke it up. That was over 20 years ago and we still laugh about it. And I still lament my lack of a video camera! 8-}

Anyhow, why not see what they have in your area? Haven't you always wanted to jump out of a plane? How about for less than half price? Yes, Groupon has a few of those not-for-everybody deals, as well. But check back tomorrow and they're likely to have just what you've been looking for.

Monday Morning Mystery - Missing!

So sorry there's no mystery today. I've been dealing with computer 'issues' all day. To make it up to y'all, I'll share a couple deals I've stumbled upon.

First, free peppermint pancake puppies with any purchase at Denny's. Good till 11 December. The link should take you right to a printable coupon. Please let me know if the link doesn't work.

Next, half off any Boston Market family meal or market feast... this weekend only (not dates on coupon). Just print the coupon and enjoy.

I'll try my best to get back on track this week. My schedule has drastically changed since I started couponing in earnest and doing online surveys, etc, for pocket change. I just wish I'd gotten serioous about the coupon thing soooner. Last week, between BOGO deals and coupons, I got about $112 worth of groceries for around $42! I've been reading reports from people who actually do better! Can y'all imagine?!

Anyhow, I'm kinda getting in the groove here, so things should be back to some semblance of normal right soonly. Thanks ever so for being so patient. 8-}

Have a JESUS-filled day! ^i^

Free Florida State Park Admission

Celebrate Veterans Day with Free Entrance to State Parks

In honor of our nation’s veterans and active military personnel,

day-use entry will be free to all state parks on Veterans Day,

Wednesday, November 11.

Chicken for a BAWK?!

If you haven't heard, Boston Market has a super coupon deal going on this week. You get a quarter white or three pieces of dark with mashed potatoes (here, they let you choose a different side) and cornbread for a buck. This one expires on 1 November. There are other coupons here, as well. You might want to get there early in the day. Duller tried around noon and after work and both times there were unbelievable crowds waiting in line. He said about 60 people in front of him and by the time he got to the counter, as many behind and more coming. Just as he got up to second in line, they announced they were out of dark meat, cornbread and most sides. Wonder if it's that way all over.