Everydays An Adventure

Freebies

This picture shows all the stuff I got FREE in my mailbox in the last week.  Most of the freebies I get I use and the ones I don't I give to a friend who sends boxes to a relative who is serving overseas in Iraq.  So I am sure you are wondering how I find out about these freebies.  Everyday day I visit freebies4mom.blogspot.com to see the latest that Heather has listed.  I only request ones that she has listed because I know that she has researched them and they are good.  A lot of them come straight from Walmart and sometimes even have great coupons with them.  My freebie collection came in handy this past week when we packed for vacation and didn't have to purchase any travel size toiletries as I had received so many freebies!  Some of the individually wrapped diapers, wipes, pantiliners etc. I put straight into the glovebox in the van for those unexpected emergencies.  I even had a sample of papertowels and an individually wrapped trash bag the came in handy on our vacation!  Go ahead visit her site and you'll enjoy going to the mailbox again!

My Favorite Fresh Guacamole!

My friend, Megan, shared this recipe with us and we can't get enough.  The splash of orange juice sets this recipe apart from most Guacamole recipes.  The sweet citrus orange juice contrasting with the sour citrus lime juice really enhances the flavor. 

Unfortunately avocados have been very expensive lately.  Luckily we found some on sale the other day.  Tonight we whipped up a batch after the kids went to bed because we didn't want to share!  So if you find a good deal on avocados you should try this.

2 ripe avocados

1 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp. garlic, minced

1/4 lime (just the juice)

1/4 orange (just the juice)

1/4 Serrano Pepper (just enough for some flavor but NO seeds unless you like it spicy!)

1/2 Roma tomato - diced

1 slice red onion - diced

1 tsp. cilantro

Halve the avocados and discard the pit.  Scoop out the avocado into a mixing bowl making sure to get the flavorful darker green part close to the peel.  Add remaining ingredients and mix.  Grab a bag of chips, your favorite beverage (Mine is the Mango Breeze Margarita or the Samba Sangria. You can find them on my other site here) and enjoy!  Everdays An Adventure 

Free Slurpees

This Friday 7-eleven stores are giving away free 7.11 ounce Slurpees in honor of 7-eleven day.  I have heard that each store only has a limited number of these 7.11 ounce cups so we plan to go early in the day.  My kids love Slurpees so this will be a big hit!  You can check out slurpee.com for more info or to find a location near you.   Happy 7-eleven day!

Why I love CVS...

   

I MADE money on this deal!  I paid $4.49 for each of these sticks and earned $10 in ECBs.  Actually I didn't even use real money to pay for them - I used ECBs that I had already earned from previous deals!  Pretty cool isn't it?!  Yes, CVSing has become a new hobby of mine.  In January a friend of mine introduced me to moneysavingmom.com and my life hasn't been the same.  Crystal has two wonderful articles on her blog called CVS 101 and Making CVS work for you.  Once you read these two articles you will be ready to start taking advantage of the wonderful deals CVS has to offer.  Consider yourself warned - CVSing can become addicting!!