VOCALPOINT!

Have you joined vocalpoint yet?
Vocalpoint is a website for woman to join to try new products. A lot of times, if your quick to request on an offer, you can get a voucher for a FULL SIZED PRODUCT! awesome...

go here to sign up. theres a new offer usually every month, and its completely free to join!

Fred Meyer Deals for the week of 10/3

Head over to Frugal Living NW for this weeks deals at Fred meyer.. (slim pickens this week, but there a great stock up price on Tillamook shredded cheese!!!)

Free sample Beyond Body Heat pain relief patch

Heres a fun freebie. Fill out a short survey here for a free sample of Beyond Body Heat Pain Relief Patch. allow 8-10 weeks shipping..

Make-your-own Baby Wipes!

I was so excited when i found this "recipe" to make my own baby wipes. Great for babies with extra sensitive skin. Those little wet paper towels can get spendy!! Especially with little tiny babies that.. well, need them every 2 hours. All you need is a roll of paper towels (cut the roll in half using kitchen shears or a really sharp knife.) Make sure its the JUMBO rolls of paper towels, or the recipe needs to be reduced. Then using a tupperware or airtight container,

MIX

2 cups of water
2 TBS of baby oil or mineral oil (FINALLY found a use for that HUGE bottle of baby oil)
1 TBS of baby wash (optional but it smells so nice)
3 drops of tea tree oil (This is an antifungal which helps with diaper rash, and runs about $10 a bottle, but c'mon 3 drops? it will last you a lifetime)
Fred Meyer carries this in natural care, burt's bees section. Also this keeps any mold from growing on your wipes..store bought wipes have alcohol in them which dries your baby's skin, but kills mold! who knew?


Mix all the ingredients gently in your tupperware then place the half roll of paper towels inside. Seal the lid and tip the container upside down. After all the liquid is absorbed open the container and take out the little cardboard roll in the center. Start your wipes from the center. Ta-da! Home made cheap and perfectly functional baby wipes!!! no more overwhelming baby powder smell. YAY!!! Good luck and enjoy!

Blackberry Season

Its tough to beat the taste of fresh produce... with one exception... FREE fresh produce... it just has better flavor ;)

I put Ethan down for a nap at my mom's yesterday and took advantage of Oregon's most bountiful weeds.. the blackberries. I dont know what it is but the berries were HUGE this year. Handfuls and handfuls of them.

Anyways, I washed and crushed my berries, and put most of them through a strainer, and made the most amazing seedless(mostly) blackberry freezer jam. It was so easy!

Just buy a box of Surejell pectin and follow the instructions on the box. And this works with pretty much any fruit. Just make sure you measure your fruit and sugar very carefully, or the jam wont thicken properly. (Had this unfortanate experience with raspberries last month. We have LOTS of raspberry syrup.)

Hope you get a chance to get out there and pick!

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Rite aid deals this week

Head over the Frugal Living NW for this weeks' rite aid deals and matchups..

Im going tomorrow.. ill let you know how it goes...

In the weekly circular, they have the 2 $25 gift card coupons for up to 2 transferred prescriptions..You can transfer 2 every 6 months.. in this case i transferred mine to safeway, and now back to rite aid (i marked it on my calendar 6 mths ago... keep checking back, im planning to post on tracking that $50 in gift cards to see how far i can stretch them, using the Rite aid Single Check Rebate program, and their new +UP rewards... stay tuned! :)