SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE AMAZON 5 DOLLARS AND UNDER

I love using Amazon's Subscribe & Save program.  Currently, Amazon is offering an extra incentive to their program:  If you order 5 or more items, you will save an additional 10%!!  Their normal percentage off is 5%, so this is a great deal!

Today, while putting together my 5 items, I was having a tough time trying to find a 5th item.  I didn't want to spend a ton of dollars just to get 15% off of my order, so I started looking for items that were $5 or less....and I found quite a few of them!  I compiled a list to help you meet your "5 a month" goal so you can get your 15% off!!

Prices as of today ($5 and Under), 4/30/16:

Maxwell House Iced Coffee Concentrate

Yogi Honey Lavender Tea

Queen Helene Cocoa Butter

LÄRABAR, Gluten Free Fruit & Nut Food Bar

Seventh Generation Laundry Sheets

Dial Complete Foaming Antibacterial Hand Wash

True Lime/Cherry Limeade Stick Pack

Fiber One Chocolate Chunk Cookie

Simply Organic Turmeric Root Ground

Simply Organic Ginger Root Ground

Annie's Chewy Gluten Free Granola Bars, Double Chocolate Chip

CLIF CRUNCH - Granola Bar - Peanut Butter

Suave Men 2 in 1 Shampoo and Conditioner

Vaseline Lip Therapy, Creme Brulee

One of the best things about Amazon's Subscribe & Save?  You can cancel anytime! So, if your order comes and you decide you don't want to continue with it at all, or want to change our your items for different one, it's no problem!  The flexibility of the program is awesome!

Let me know what great deals you found that were $5 and under for Subscribe & Save.  I'd love to hear about them!  :)

10 TAX RETURN IDEAS

10 HILARIOUS WAYS TO SPEND YOUR TAX RETURN

This morning, I woke up feeling the need for laughter...seriously...sometimes I just crave something FUNNY!  I also knew that I wanted to post something on this blog about tax time.  It is already April 7 and the tax deadline is coming closer and closer....and for some people, that means REFUND (providing that the government doesn't shut down).....that's a whole 'nother story!)

Anyhoo....I was cruising the internet highway and found some really hilarious tips on spending your tax return over at Won't Change The World.  I made a few changes here and there, to the original find.  Hope you enjoy them!!

1.   Give your tax return to me.  Seriously!  I'll spend it wisely!!  ;)

2.   Twinkies. Spend the entire return on Twinkies. I know food is often not a long term investment. Trust me when I say, Twinkies will last longer than you do. HA!

3.   Adopt fifty cats. This is a win for everybody involved. The animal shelters are over crowded and the cats need a home. Some people spend all their lives becoming the Cat Lady (or Man), you can do it in a weekend!

4.   Keep buying the same pair of pants from Goodwill and donate the pants back anonymously. Watch with pleasure as you confound the staff. The pants will become legend.

5.   Spend the entire wad on stamps and thank you cards. Thank random people listed in the phone book for strange things. “Ted, love the chinchilla!”

6.   Buy everyone at a bar a drink… of warm milk. Sing lullabies until you are kicked out.

7.   Hire a bodyguard to follow you around work. When co-workers inquire, look around, tell them the location of your last vacation, touch your nose, and scamper away. Then use all your vacation and sick time to disappear for a while. Let one of your co-workers “discover” you in the parking lot, disheveled and in tattered clothing.

8.   Married by Elvis in Vegas. Sometimes, memories are worth more than money.

9.   Give it to your dog to invest...he/she could probably do a better job than some of those fancy-pants financial advisors....and, it'd be cheaper!!  :P

10.  Hand random strangers dollar bills...tell them it fell from the sky.  Watch as everyone starts looking up.  Walk away...far away...  ;)

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HAHA!!! GOTCHA!!  ;)

DUSTING OFF THIS BLOG

It certainly has been awhile since this blog has seen any action.  I thought I'd post a recipe that was popular with reader's a few years back.  It still is as yummy today as it was back then!  

SOUP SUPPER

I love to buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store....I can serve the chicken for supper one night, along with potatoes and a vegetable, and then I can use what is left from the chicken to make soup!  If you don't care about the extra fat in your stock, you could make this all in one day.  However, I like to "de-fat" my stock, so it takes a bit longer.

Ingredients:

1 leftover store-bought rotisserie chicken

1/2 bag (6 oz) extra wide noodles

2 quarts chicken broth (boxed/canned or from bouillon) 

2 big carrots, peeled and sliced into rounds or half-rounds

salt and pepper

In a large stockpot, place the chicken along with the sliced carrots.  Add enough water to cover the chicken and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.  I like to simmer until the chicken comes off the bones easily.  I then take the chicken out of the broth, remove all of the meat, and return the bones and skin to the water.  Put the meat back in the fridge and simmer the stock for about 4 hours.

**I've found that if you put the leftover chicken pieces in with the bones while you're making broth, the chicken meat tends to lose nearly all it's flavor. Better to save it & add in later.

After the stock is finished, strain and cool.  Then I refrigerate the stock overnight and the next morning, I take off the fat that has risen to the top.  I save this in a container, in the freezer, to make suet for the birds.*Recipe for that coming soon!

I place the stock back on the stove and add the canned broth (if you want a thinner soup, you can add more broth after the noodles are cooked).  After the stock has started boiling, I add the noodles and cook until tender.  Then I cut the chicken up into cubes and add it to the pot.  Heat on low until chicken is warmed through.  Salt and pepper to taste and Voilà!!  SUPPER!!!!