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Its been a while since I posted a great deal but with Christmas coming I know everyone is going to get back in the swing of deal spotting. I am so excited about this one I may not be able to sleep tonight!

Toys R US has select Hasbro games on sale buy 2 get 1 free and they are priced at $7.99 each.

Buy 3 Sorry or Monopoly games

Use (3) $ 0ff printable coupons here

Pair those with this $5 off $25 printable coupon here

**You will have to pick up another item priced at at least $1.03 to cover the overage the coupons give you**

You pay only tax!!!

This is a great gift and if you don't have anyone to buy for who would like this gift, please buy and donate. I have accumulated quite alot of toys and clothes in my upstairs and I can't wait to get closer to Christmas and start picking names off the trees to donate it to! If you will take the time to go to Toys R Us and pick up these games, I would be thrilled to add them to our Christmas collection!

A little while back I told you about a project my family and I had decided to start called Couponing to Christmas. You can read all about it here. Basically after buying for a needy family this past Christmas we began to think about all the items we could have to donate if we used the great deals we find all year long to stock up on toys, clothes, etc. I've been working on it a little bit, just checking for clearance items and great deals. I will continue to update this list and hope that it will be a mile long by Christmas but here is a running list of what I have so far: 3 long sleeve shirts size 18 months ATM toy bank Monopoly card game Pictureka card game 3 packages of fake fingernail kits Please leave me a comment and let me know if you are doing anything like this in your area. Just think of all the kids who could have a wonderful Christmas, who otherwise wouldn't, if all of us crzy couponers joined together for this!!

Pampers Jumbo Pack 9.99

Eye Shadow Applicators on clearance .24

Nail Polish on clearance .24

Lipstick on clearance .49

Tootsie Roll Suckers (for my 1 year old) .88

Lipstick on clearance .49

Biore Moisturizer on clearance for 50% off 4.99

Fake fingernails for little girls 1.50

Fake fingernails for little girls 1.50

Fake fingernails for little girls 1.50

Cover Girl Simply Ageless Foundation BIGI 15.82

Cover Girl Simply Ageless Concealer BIGI 12.99

Cover Girl Mascara BIGI 8.99

Cover Girl Eyeshadow kit BIGI 8.99

Cover Girl Foundation BIGI 6.99

Cover Girl Foundation BIGI 6.99

Used:

$5 off $25 purchase

Cover Girl BIGI face product 12.99

Cover Girl BIGI face product 8.99

Cover Girl BIGI face product 6.99

$5 off 2 simply ageless products 5.00

$2 off Pampers Jumbo Pack 2.00

Total Out of pocket $9.42 (The price of the diapers alone)

I accomplished quite a few things with this trip so I'm very excited!

-My 9 yr old has a birthday coming up in 2 weeks and the lipstick, fingernail polish and eyeshadow applicators are going to be added to some other little items and make a make up bag for her to do make over with.

-The fake nail kits will be going into the Christmas toy fund I am working on. If you have no clue what I'm talking about, you can read my previous post about Couponing for Christmas here. You can see the running list of the couponing for christmas here.

-All of the make up (except the mascara I desperatly needed) will be added to my donation bag. I keep this bag on a shelf above my washing machine. When it gets full, I transfer it to a box and when the box gets full I donate it to a shelter or some other charity center who can use it. Check out this post that will tell you everything that is in the donation bag as of now.

Hello all, long time no blog! Well, the holidays were crazy and now that they are behind us I want to start doing some new things on the blog. I am planning a big move for the blog, which I am working on now and will let you know as soon as it is finished! It's going to be fun though! One of the things that I am working on for the new blog is going to be keeping a running update of a year long project my family and I have started. Here is a little bit about it, more to come soon! Every year my family and I find a family who is in need at Christmas and we all work together to provide them a great Christmas. My sister is a 5th grade teacher and so this year our family was one of her students. A 5th grade little girl, with a 3 yr old brother and a mom who weren't going to have a Christmas at all as the mom has fallen on tough times this year. As a mom, the thought of having to tell my kids that there would be no Christmas was more than heartbreaking. So we all started shopping! Keep in mind we found out about this on Wednesday afternoon and the gifts needed to be bought, wrapped, and delivered by Friday. The Elves had a mission and alot of work cut out for them. We shopped Wednesday night and Thursday and when it was all said and done the little girl and her brother had about 15 presents a piece, toys, clothes, etc. And we had a few things for the mom as well. It was so much fun to do it and to know that they were going to have a good Christmas!! It was also a great oppurtunity to teach my 8 year old that having everything that we do is a blessing and that others dont always have the same blessings and we should do for others as much as we can. All and all it was a great learning experience for her and it drove home the point that it truely is better to give than to receive! My mom and I decided right then that if we, as frugal bargain shoppers, worked all year long to go get the great toy deals and things that we run across all year, we could provide Christmas to alot of kids!! We are going to convert my upstairs that isn't used into Sant's workshop! I have already started buying toys and clothes that I have found at great sale prices and wrapping paper that is all over the place on clearance. I can not wait to see what we have by the time Christmas comes next year! I hope that we can clean out every Angel tree in town!! On of the features on the new blog is going to be to keep a running list of all of the things we purchase through the year. It will be a fun way for us and everyone to see how it adds up and what we have by then. I would like to challenge you all to do the same thing! It you see a great toy deal, even if you don't have a young one that age, snag it and put it in your Christmas toy bank! It will be a great year long feeling of giving and then the excitement at Christmas....well I'm excited just thinking about it! Let me a comment and let me know if you plan to participate! We can start a whole network of people who are Couponing for Christmas!!!