A bird does not have a chance in this world. Free chicken is everywhere. Monday October 26th, KFC will giveaway 1 piece of their grilled chicken to any and every customer that visits one of their 5000 participating stores. There is no coupon needed and the offer is valid all day long.

Across town, a competitive spirit was brewing. El Pollo Loco issued this statement, “On Monday, October 26th, El Pollo Loco is inviting you and your followers to visit us on Twitter and Facebook and share with us Why FLAME-GRILLED chicken is better than oven “grilled” chicken.”

It is believed that this is to combat the KFC grilled chicken giveaways but no rumors have been confirmed. Winners will win free chicken for a year or 52 two-piece meal certificates.

Who will win? We will!

What will I do this weekend? I am thinking that it is time that I get out and shop more. I am staying true to my savings mantra and shopping for free. I am gearing up for an amazing sale on September 27th so I will not purchase very much. I plan on only purchasing the free items. I know that sounds like an oxymoron but its true.

Here is my shopping list:

Reeses's Candy 2/$1 with in-ad cpn pg 2
- .55 (S 8/23)
Final Price FREE with overage if you have 2 coupons

Roots of Nature Hair Product $6
- $6 RR
Final Price FREE

ThermaCare Heat Wrap single wrap $2.49
- $2.49 RR
Final Price FREE

Oral-B Indicator Toothbrush 2/$4
- $2 RR
- Oral B Toothbrush B1G1F (RP 8/23)
Final Price FREE with coupon

Try and say that 3 times fast! Free Pharmacy Fun is a great title for this particular post because the pharmacies are giving away the farm! Here are some deals you should grab as soon as possible!

There are even more deals, you just can't miss at CVS.

Paper Mate 1.2 pens 10 ct., 99¢
Earn 99¢ Extra Bucks (Limit 2)
Final Price after Extra Bucks: FREE

Caliber or CVS/Pharmacy filler paper or 150 sheets, $2
Earn $2 Extra Bucks (Limit 2)
Final Price after Extra Bucks: FREE

Caliber or CVS/Pharmacy memo book 50-80 sheets, 99¢
Earn 99¢ Extra Bucks (Limit 2)
Final Price after Extra Bucks: FREE

Caliber or CVS/Pharmacy No. 2 Pencils 24 ct., $1.99
Earn $1.99 Extra Bucks (Limit 2)
Final Price after Extra Bucks: FREE

1″ Vinyl Binder, $3
Earn $3 Extra Bucks (Limit 2)
Final Price after Extra Bucks: FREE

More Freebies that Get you the Bucks

CVS/pharmacy pantiliners 22 ct., 89¢
Earn 89¢ Extra Bucks (Limit 1)
Final Price after Extra Bucks: FREE

Kodak Picture Movie DVD, $9.99
Earn $9.99 Extra Buck (Limit 1)
Final Price after Extra Bucks: FREE

I am focusing on FREE right now but there are even more deals to be had. You can find even more ways to spend your extra bucks by visiting our friends at The Work at Home Mafia! Remember, you can use your Register Rewards from Walgreens at CVS to help maximize your savings!

Wienerschnitzel is celebrating National Hot Dog Month with a free chili dog. You could also opt to beat the heat by getting a FREE small ice cream cone. Freebies are taking place on July 14th from 5-8pm.

I typically use Twitter to let you guys know what I am up to, but I have actually gotten a lot done this morning. I am still actively adding things to the blog and the Schmooze all day long. You truly never know what you might find around here at any random time of the day. I have posted some freebies (still working on that as we speak). The post prior to this one was a call Focus Group participants in the DFW area.


I have added jobs to the Now Hiring section of The Schmooze and there are also some great deals of the week provided by our friends at The Work at Home Mafia. Please check out T.Rochelle and the Schmooze throughout the day for more work at home news (I am working on something awesome)!

Oh and the Redbox code for today is : RBXTHXU6 (anywhere)
DVDATWAG (at Walgreens Only)
BREAKROOM

Today was a good day. I was a bit bummed so I decided to beat the slow mailman and go and get my OWN grocery ads. Its a good thing since he NEVER left my ads. I really am sick of not getting my ads.

While I was out, I decided to get a few things for free that I knew I could get off the top of my head. I was at Albertsons so I decided to get the Fisher snacks, some Dial Basics, Suave deodorants, and a couple of bottles of Soft Soap. I had some expired coupons for Soft Soap and the lady was kind enough to take them even though my daughter grabbed them thinking the coupons were good. She was very kind about it. She asked if I had coupons for the SoftSoap and I told her no I had some expired ones my daughter grabbed by mistake. She took the coupons anyway and told me to enjoy my day of freebies!

Of course, this meant I had to return to the store with 5 Fisher Snacks coupons! I bought 5 more Fisher snacks (the cashier's favorite) and once she bagged them and told me how I was not going to leave any for her, I tied the bag and wrote "Thank You Amber" and told the manager to hold the bag for her with the receipt inside. She was very surprised. She was also very interested in why I had so many coupons! I guess she will have to find out the blog way lol!

Oh and before I forget, I found those Glade Sense and Sprays at Walmart (the Market) and paid $1 for each!! Total out of pocket for the day $7. 56!!

*****Work at home leads are now posted in the Schmooze as well as details on how to get some free stuff for yourself! *****

Things have officially began to change around here. We have a daily blog, a forum, a nice logo, and weekly coupon inserts for our members. You will also find a freebie calendar that is out of this world. Freebies are added daily, including weekends. There is an announcement bar that keeps you informed on the latest information added to the Schmooze, how to find us on Twitter, and information on our Blogtalk radio show. If that is not enough, we have daily work at home leads, work at home information and education, links to companies who hire from home, and a live chat available all day everyday!

This is just the beginning so there is always something new at the Schmooze. We gear a lot of the savings posts toward local DFW sales but there is truly something for everyone. We have deal watch at major department stores and we welcome your input.

If we all get together and share what we have seen and what we know, there is nothing we can do. Working at home IS possible and we can help you do it! Just click on our message board icon and look for our daily list of work at home leads. To begin Schmoozing, just click on our new colorful logo provided by the Work at Home Mafia, where everyone is family! When you see the afro, its time to Schmooze!

MAY
20 - Free Chocolate Malt Swirl Shake with any sandwich purchase
27 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase

JUNE
3 - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase
10 - Free Roast Chicken Club with any soft drink purchase
17 - Free Regular Sidekickers with any sandwich purchase
24 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase

JULY
1 - Free Regular Beef ‘n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase
8 - Free Orange Cream Swirl Shake with any sandwich purchase
15 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase
22 - Free Roastburger with any soft drink purchase
29 - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase

AUGUST
5 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase
12 - Free Roast Chicken Club with any soft drink purchase
19 - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase
26 - Free Regular Beef ‘n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase

Voila! I am done. This is a week of shopping. This is a few trips to different Walgreens, 3 bottles of Listerine, 6 boxes of Excedrin, 15 boxes of Sambucol (gave some away before the picture), 60 bottles of Fructis (gave some too), 168 boxes of Colgate, and 21 Glade Lasting Impressions. Oh yes, and all for free! The only thing I bought was 2 Thingamajig candy bars at each store for $0.50 a piece, but they were unfortunately unable to make the photo. They are so addictive!!!!

With a little determination and sites like Work at Home Mafia, Refund Cents, and my Frugal Folks savings club at Virtual Vocations, you can enjoy freebies like these!!! I know its hard to believe so I will break it down for you:

I have been recouping from the mega sales over the weekend so my apologies for not posting. I just knew I needed to gather as much stuff as I could before I showed you some of my savings photos. I am serious about being frugal. I figure the best way to teach awareness is to lead by example. I am going to show you all how to live life frugally. I will also give you chances to enjoy the fruits of my frugality. I will be giving away free prizes as our journey continues.


Before I get too into our journey, lets talk about working at home for a moment. I always tell you that there are jobs out there but now I want to tell you how to search on your own. Message boards are always a good start with any job search but a lot of the work needs to be done by you. If you find a company that you have deemed questionable, Google it. Google is your friend. It will help you find all the information on a job you can possibly find. I will give you an example:

WESTatHome is the name of our questionable company. The site looks very professional but lets keep looking. Search Google for WESTatHome. Now change the search to West at Home scam, still good? Perfect! Do not stop there, search their website for a hiring section. If they are hiring for the same job on their website then you know you have a legit company and West is a legit company.

Now try this with envelope stuffing or rebate processing. Its not pretty. It is also not legitimate work and can land you in jail with a felony on your record.

Work at Home Leads:
Editor
Customer Service/Tech Support
Tech Support
Freelance Writer
Chicago Editor
Blogger
PC System Blogger
Embarq
Selective Insurance

Deals to Watch for:

Redbox Codes
Walmart has Barbies for $3
Catch the deals at Walgreens!
Free toothpaste
Free Garnier Fructis Hair Products
Sambucoll for $1
Free Excedrin
How?

With all the recent talk about scams, I figured you guys would like to know about the free webinar on March 3rd, presented by Chris and Mike of Rat Race Rebellion. I figured I would share this with everyone. No work at home person should be without this valuable information:

Parenting E-book
Free Educational Resources
Free for you and our troops
Free Electronic Filing
Airborne
Pet food
Can't Sleep
Gas Tips
Free Water

Need to work (at home)
Write for moms
Non-phone job
Work in Colorado only
Dallas-Admin Asst.
Blogger w/Political Mind
Copywriter
Verifier_Chicago
Graphic Artists
Investigator
Freelance Writer
Data Entry
Bloggers
Illustrator
Bookkepper (local) **Bookkeeper**
Celebrity Blogger
Neilsen (bilingual writer)
3DGame Artist
Writers
Copy Editor
Transcription
Tech Saavy Writer

I'm trying to get the word out more and more about working at home. With companies like Microsoft having major layoffs, its imperative that we keep more irons in the fire. Companies do not have a lot loyalty to their employees and its best that you try and get as many side jobs as possible. Remember the rule ......Never Pay to Work!

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Today we're gonna party like its 2009! I would say 1999 but Obama was not President in 1999 so how much fun would that be? I am thoroughly excited about the inauguration of Obama because I actually had something to do with this election. The fact that many of us voted for the first time this year is meaningful (whether you were for or against Obama). It means we cared enough to change something! It was the first time in a long time that this country was in a major aggreement. We all agreed that it was time for a change to come!



Now it's time to party! I just don't know what to cook first. I know I am going to make a butter cake with chocolate sour cream icing and light sweet pecan crumb coat. As far as the Inauguration dinner, well hmmm.... since the Obama's forgot to send me a complimentary all expense paid ticket complete with airfare and lodging....I guess I will have to make something myself. I am thinking that maybe we should have some chicken Diegos (named after my baby boy).

Diegos are stuffed with chicken that has been sauteed with bell peppers and onions and placed along side some pepperjack cheese and rolled in homemade Indian bread and deep fried in cooking oil. On the side, I will serve some homemade salsa, sour cream, refried beans, and enchilada rice!

As for drinks, I am not too big on alcohol so I think I will make some virgin mojitos using lime juice, mint and ground vanilla sugar (compliments of my mocallete), and ginger ale.

I think that will be it....what....that's enough. Oh didn't I mention the only folks that will attend the party is the people that reside here! Look Obama is President ....he ain't paying for the party! We still have to be frugal!

With that being said I wanted to announce the fact that I will now bring you freebies and discounts along with more cost saving ways to survive in this economy!

Oh yes and job leads too (of course)!
Onpoint is hiring of course (you would have known that days ago if you followed my leads everyday at VV)
There is free make-up for those who want to beautiful as their New Years Resolutions!
Today.com is hiring bloggers.
Soccer Blogging
California TV lovers
Illustrator
Web Application Development
Princeton University
Kelly Services
Analyst
Nurse
Lead Underwriter
Blogger
Freelance Writer
DVD Formatting
Blogging
Boston Product Survey
Blogger
Blue Mountain Arts is looking for poems again! (direct link)
Humor Blog
Copy Editor