a way to save money...

We often get asked how we save money other ways than just couponing. I have to make most of Reese's food due to her allergies, but it has been a huge money savings to us. I bought all the containers you see in the picture with coupons and sales. I buythe produce that is on sale for the week and make enough for the week and enough to freeze. By my estimates, making my own baby food is more than 70% savings! And I have learned so much about various fruits and veggies!

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FREE SCARY PANCAKES!

IHOP is offering one free pancake to kids 12 and under tomorrow. They get whip cream e candy, and a strawberry to decorate it. Guess where we are eating tomorrow night!!! Yum! Yum!
click the heading to go to their website and read about it!

Thanksgiving craft e-book

Check out this fun free e-book with fun crafts that you can use with your kids, for you school teachers, or church teacher!

Upcoming beginner coupon class

Stay tuned...we will be having a beginner coupon class coming up soon, on a Sunday afternoon. We have to finalize a few details, but several of you have asked and we wanted to let you know. More than likely it will be the second Sunday of November at 2pm. Please shoot us an email if you are interested. You can also host a class at your home, church, or work. Just email us your idea and location and we will come to you.

cheap pie!!!

Kroger has banquet pie on sale for 75 cents. There is a 35 cent Coupon in the 10/24 SS. Since Kroger doubles coupons 50 cents and under, making pie 5 cents! Now that is a SWEET deal!

Free John Frieda sample

Click HERE to get yours! 

Sunday's Coupon insert preview for 10/31. Click HERE

There will be 3 this week: SS, RP, and P&G!!! Yippee!! I love P&G weeks!!

Spirit of savings walgreens game

Have you played Walgreens instant win gift card game? Click on the heading to gorge game! Hope some of our readers win gift cards!

free rouge magazine!

Have you signed up for your free fall issue of Rouge magazine from P&G? If not, click here to sign up today!
https://www.rougemag.com/en-US/Pages/Register1_Secure.aspx

How can you involve your family in couponing?

Brandi and I are often asked about how time consuming couponing is and we hear some say that they don't have time and that they don't want it to take away from family time. Well your absolutely right. We don’t want that either so here is some ways that we have heard others and ourselves involve their families. One tip that I read from a fellow couponer was that she pays her kids to cut out her coupons. She paid them per coupon a few cents. One way I involve my kids when they are with me is to make it a game to look for the blinkie machines and now that my oldest understands money and can read, I give him an item on my list to find and to bring me the correct size per the coupon. This incorporates learning as well...he is reading, following directions, and learning the value of money. This has also made my kids a little more aware that things are expensive but that coupons are out there for so many things. It is a common question in our house when discussing going out to dinner "mom...where do you have coupons at?" We also have begun to teach patience in our instant gratification world. I often encourage ten to wait on wanted items until we have a coupon and thus they are more likely to help mom find it too! Encourage your kiddos to help out...they will feel important and learn the value of saving a dollar!

Deals only good today

Old navy has 10% off code only good today ONSAVE10 on your entire purchase.
Also click the heading to print off some steinmart coupons!

free hardcover photo book

Don't forget that today is the last day to take advantage or the free 20 page hardcover photobook. I made several of these last year for the grandparents for christmas!

Free Blockbuster Kiosk movie rental!! Monday 10/25

Just use code BBXMDY!!!

candy dissappointment, customer service sastisfaction!

I splurged on a huge bag of Herseys candy the other day and when I got home with it, I was a bit irritated to find that the four kind of candy assortment bag (95 pieces) was more than fifty percent milk dues...of course my least favorite of the four kinds. Plus all the Reeses were smushed. So I gave Hersey a call and let them know how unhappy I was. They were very apologetic and are sending me a refund check for the full price of the purchase. That was a total surprise...but a nice one!

Free sample of Kleenex!! Click HERE

This is while supplies last so hurry!

graveyardmall.com cheap finds

Graveyardmall.com has some great deals on religious material. Prices are already super cheap and you can use code rel95 to get an additional 95% off!!!!! They had bible studies, cd's, mo.ids, ect. Also worth mentioning is that they have tons of fatheads on sale for$ 26.00, which is at least 69% off the prices I have seen them retail for...I am thinking christmas present!

Loving one another through couponing

"A new command I give you: Love one another, just as I have loved you."  John 13:34

In times like these, we love to reach out and do just this.  With all the freebies, etc. we get each week, we like to reach out through our church and community to spread God's love.  We have almost 3 full baskets of goodies ready to give to a needy family next week.  It is amazing what we can do through Christ.  If you have a nice stockpile, it is super easy to give without worry.  God's word teaches us to "open our arms to the poor and extend our hands to the needy."    God bless everyone!

Free pink crochet headband (while supplies last)!! Click HERE!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  The Hairbow Company is giving away 1500 PINK crochet headbands. 50 headbands available per day, once they are gone, they will be available again the following morning.
To receive your free headband, simply add it to your cart, and checkout. You may order other items while you shop, or simply 'buy' your free headband. Once they run out for the day, they will re-load and be available the following day.
Limit one per customer. Limited Quantities. No purchase necessary. Allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.

Free Bath & Body Works Get Gorgeous bag with purchase!!

Over $100 value!  This Limited Edition set features award winning beauty products from Patricia Wexler, MD - MMPi.20 Skin Regenerating Serum (0.5 oz.) and Instant De-Puff Eye Gel (0.5 oz.), plus a makeup pallette with the season's hottest colors - six gorgeous eye colors and two cheek colors, three Liplicious Lip Colors (0.47 each) in Frozen Daquiri, Black Cherry and Whipped Vanilla, and samples packettes of Supersmile Whitening Toothpaste and Fekkai Glossing Duo.


Free with any $30 purchase!  There are lots of sales going on right now!  Enter code GETGORGEOUS.

50% off Bird's Eye prices at Publix

The Steamfresh are on sale at 50% off which made for 90 cents a bag!!  Pair this AWESOME price with the $1/3 q from 9/26 SS and you have a great AND healthy side dish for 56 cents!!  Also, frozen veggies retain many more nutrients than canned.  :)

Pin numbers on Internet printable coupons

So while at my favorite Publix this morning, I stopped and had my "how's it going" conversation with the management.  But something during this discussion is still urking me.  One of the managers said she had a lady that came in and used 2 coupons with the same Pin number on them, then 6 with the same Pin!  (The Pin is the 16 digit number typically found under the expiration date area.)  When the manager stated that they should be different on every coupon, the customer came unglued on her.  She proceeded to tell the manager that when you hit "back" and print your 2nd coupon per computer that this 2nd coupon prints with the same Pin as the 1st.  Now, I have done this check myself just to see, and I have NEVER had the same coupon print with the same Pin.  Jen and I try to make sure that every class we teach knows this, so I know it wasn't any of our great clients.  This Pin is the ONLY way retailers can tell if the coupon is PHOTOCOPIED.  Please know that photocopying coupons is a crime, not only here on Earth but also in the eyes of our Heavenly Father.  Jesus didn't steal so we shouldn't either.  God bless and happy saving!!

Happy Mailbox day!!!

Here's the breakdown:

The Limited q's

Free Wisk samples with coupon

Quaker coupons and free sample of the new Life bars

Free bottle of Advil coupon

Check from Parent's magazine equal to the amount of the subscription I declined

$5 Gift Card to Publix

Free sample of the new Jergens lotions

Free sample of Aleve

Free sample of pink earplugs with coupon




Since I started couponing, I LOVE going to the mailbox!!!

P&G samples back! Click HERE to pick yours

Scroll down and click on "Get Coupon".  Then, login to your account to choose your samples and q's!!

Sears ad-match policy

Did you know that Sears will ad-match any item a competitor sells for their advertised price?  I didn't until I saw it posted on a small board beside me while I was waiting in line the other day.  I LOVE ad-matching, and I love the retailers that accept competitor q's even more!! 

Publix Penny Item 10/20

Today's Penny Item is Greenwise toilet paper!!!  My fav!!  It's a 4 pack you get for a penny with any $10 grocery purchase PRE-Q's. 

Today's Groupon!

Today's Groupon...sign up for email alerts today so you know what the daily deals are...
Bowling is like taking a road test: the only way to win is to knock over more obstacles than everyone else. Cruise to victory with today’s deal: for $5, you get two games of bowling and shoe rental at Strike and Spare (up to a $12.50 value). Choose from five locations in Nashville, Hendersonville, Murfreesboro, and Gallatin.

Home Depot Workshops are back!

Ebates!

Have you signed up for Ebates! yet?  Do you do a lot of online shopping?  If so, Ebates offers a lot of cash back for purchasing via their site...and for the month of October they are offering double cash back at tons of stores!

Sign up today and start earning money back on your purchases...I have already gotten two checks from them in the past year...how cool and easy is that kind of money back in your pocket?

Colorado Tourism Give-away

 
Has anyone signed up for this?  I wish I could win this trip!
You never know...my hubby won 4 seasons of One Goal Soccer tonight for a $5.00 donation...the gift is worth $280.00!  Yippee!
 

A free way to donate to charities!

All you have to do is register with your email address, and then start clicking on the charities that you would like to support.  You can click each day to donate and in return they give you points.  Earn enough points and you can purchase gear from the store!  How cool and a fun way to donate with no money out of pocket!

Free Halloween Tote!

Free Benefield Dog Food!

We don't have pets...but a reader said that Target has Benefield Wet Food for $1.69, Click the heading above to go to purina's site and get a $2.00 off coupon.  Reminder that Target adjust coupons down to the price of the item...but hey, Free dog food, is free dog food!  Keep in mind that if you don't have pets, there are lots of animal charities that will take your donations.  If you need a charity to donate it to here in the Nashville area, let me know and I can give you info for the Brown Dog Foundation that our friend Carol Smock runs.

Some cheap finds at Target today!

Yes, I went back to Target today...had to snag my "cheaper" puffs for Reese.  While there, I strolled about looking for some deals...a few toy deals to mention:

Playskool Sit’n Spin $14.99
Use the $5/1 coupon from the 9/26 SS
Final cost $9.99!

Jenga and Farm Uno on sale for $10.00

Endcap clearance in toy section had speedo items for kids...shoes, swim helper devices, goggles, life vests for 30-70% off.  Some super cheap prices on speedo shoes for boys and girls ($4.00 and under), $1.00 for speedo goggles (we go thru these like candy for some reason!), and life vests for $11.00 and under (yep, I paid $29.00 for HRO's at the beginning of the season...bummer!)

Also on endcap was a baby that was "real acting" and she was marked down to $11.93, down from $29.99. 

Kraft Caramels down 50 cents at $1.49 (my hubby loves these and they rarely go on sale!)

Barber chicken frozen corden blue on sale for $1.40 for a 2-pack! And get this...ALL YOU Oct issue has a $1/1 barber product and smartsource.com has a $1/2 barber chicken...YUM, YUM...talk about a cheap dinner!  Super Target in Smyrna had a bunch, so I plan to go back and get a few!

Frozen green giant veggies on sale (big bag) 2/$5.00, there are several coupons at bettycrocker.com and pillsbury.com that would make this an even sweeter deal!

Frozen collard greens (big bag) on sale for 40 CENTS...why am I excited...I can't stand the stuff, but it seems to be a food that the baby likes and it is hard to come by food for her...so yes, I snagged several bags of this nasty stuff, however cheap!  Hope she likes the frozen kind as well as Cracker Barrel's!

Welch's grape jelly marked down to $1.49 and there is a 55 cent off coupon in the 8/1/10 SS.  Good price for Welch's.

If you need diapers, Target has the $5.00 back giftcard when you buy two big packs.  There is $3.00 off one Huggies Pure and Natural (my favorite kind!) at Smartsource.com and $2.50 off one at Huggies.com.  Pair that with the printable Target coupon of $3.50 off diapers and wipes (size restrictions, must buy big pack of diapers and wipes) and I had a $1.00 off printable huggies wipe coupon that I "think" came from target.com printables...but not certain...anyways, that makes for $26.00 and some change for two big pack off diapers and two big packs of wipes...great deal!

Happy Target Shopping, and PLEASE, PLEASE check your receipt to make sure the coupons come off correctly at Target! 

Free Blockbuster Kiosk movie rental!! Monday 10/18

Just use code MNDY1 to get your free rental!!  Happy Monday and God bless you all!!

Free sample of Wisk deep clean. Click HERE!

So, you just gotta ask sometimes!

I know some of you guys have read about our allergy struggles with Reese and finding ANY packaged foods for her can be a challenge...I mean how do you make stuff without corn, dairy, and soy...there isn't much.  But, I found these puffs at Target that are free of all of that stuff and she loves them...but as far as puffs go, they are on the expensive side-of course, cause they are organic.  So, I emailed the company a few months ago and asked if they had coupons for them.  They sent me back a great email full of info about the company, coupons for a bunch of other products, a newsletter and a list of ingredients in all their foods...BUT no coupons for puffs, which they said they didn't have.  Bummer...while I appreciated the other coupons, reese can't eat any of their other stuff cause none of the rest is free of all of her allergens. 

But guess what I got in my email last night?  A pdf coupon for $1.00 off of two puffs!!!!!!!!!!  YAHOO!!! 
I don't know why they created one...maybe I wasn't the only person that asked for one...maybe this is a one time deal, but it does pay to email companies with questions, praise, and yes-even complaints (if they are vaild complaints!).

So, guess where I am going today...Target, and yes I will be keeping my eyes peeled to make sure that they take off the right amount on my coupons, so frustrating but the only place that sells these around here!

It's been awhile...

Just a quick note to say that I am sorry you haven't seen a lot of posts in the last few weeks...we (Jen) took a family vacation and my service was sketchy at times and then my husband's grandmother passed away last week and we quickly re-packed our stuff and drove to West Va.  It has been a hectic and tiring few weeks.  But, we are back, and I am up and at this morning looking for deals to post!  Happy Monday on this cooool fall morning-we gotta get that heat fixed!!!  :)

Free Victoria's Secret tote with ANY Pink purchase!!

Enter code: PINKGIFT10!!! 

Krispy Kreme coupon

I bought one of my sons two dozen doughnuts for his class for his birthday and I noticed at the bottom of the receipt that you could call and do a short survey and get a coupon for buy one, get one free dozen doughnuts! Now that is a sweet deal!

mega swagbucks day

It's mega swagbucks day! Last week I won 150 swagbucks which is half the amount needed to buy a$ 5.00 amazon.com gift card. Have you signed up yet?

Always keep an eye out...

So I have posted about this before, but for hou newbies I wanted to tell you about the latest random places that I have found coupons. One was what appeared to be junk mail from our heat and air company actually turned out to be a $25.00 off any service coupon...just as a random thank you ( or maybe because they know we.have to fix our heat exchange, but whatever the case, I am thrilled to have it for our upcoming expensive repair!).

The next one was on the back of a sample pack of shampoo...i almost missed it and threw it away.
Third was in a paper that randomly started showing up at our house called the yes shopper, from the Tennessean.
Keep you eyes peeled for coupons in unknowing places!

A few random foodlion finds!

A few items that I found at foodlion that are mostly peelie coupon deals.
Jennie-O ground lean turkey is on sale for$ 2.99 (a great price in itself for this brand) and each pack has 55 cent off coupons! Makes it almost half off.reg. price!
Peelie coupon found on sunnier orange and sunny d 2 liters for $1.00 off of two making them 54 cents a piece.
Pillsbury sweet desserts are on sale for 2/5.00, with$ 1.00 off of one blinkies in front of them making it$ 1.50 each
There was a ton of peelies all over the store in Lavergne...hopefully your store has the too!

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Target clearance alerts

Just wanted to give a heads up about all the great clearance finds that I saw last night at the Smyrna Target...keep in mind that this could vary by store, but have found for the most part that they tend to all run the same clearance, but sometimes the pricing is different. OK, so on to the finds...many of their hairdryers, flat irons, curling irons are on clearance of 50%...prices ranged from$ 7.00-25.00. I picked up a travel flat iron and travel hairdryer for under$ 20.00 bucks for both, plus the iron came with a heat bag! Endcap clearance was a little picked thru, but I saw norelco lens shavers marked down to$ 120.00, down from$ 199.99, giradelli chocolate bars mrked at a buck, duel pack of softsoap bodywash marked down to$ 4.00, and BEST of all, school uniforms ( polo's for boys and girls, and dresses and skirts) marked down to$ 1.75-3.98!!!!! What a great price for these items and my kids don't wear school uniforms, but the wear solid polo type shirts with everything so i snagged one in every color for both boys and they had at least five colors for the boys shirts and two colors for the girls clothes. These clothes were.just basic solid pieces and paired with cute shorts, capris, or tights would make great add to fall clothes or stock up for next summer, that's what i did!

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Target's ripping-off software in the news!!

This was so interesting to me that I HAD to repost!!  Check out how bad this is all over the US!!  Click HERE to view.   CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS!

HUGE MM on Thermacare at Rite Aid 10/17

Thermacare: $2.99- $2.99 SCR
- $1 Video Value q online
- $3 man. q HERE - must register (at bottom) 
= $4 Money-Maker!!  YIPPEEE!

Check your Arby's receipts!!

So, it appears that on the back of every Arby's receipt, a FREE sandwich offer prints!!  Just call the 800 # or do the survey online within 2 days to get your code!!!  I love FREE!

Free sample of Kotex!! Click HERE!

Ways to utilize your stockpile.

We often get asked "Why should I stockpile...or why do you stockpile?". While there are many answers to this question, I wanted to give you an idea of how stockpiling by two families paid off in savings in a big way. Recently my family traveled on vacation to the beach. All together there was 8 of us that went. Normally on our vacation it would not be unusual for us to spend 300-400.00 dollars on groceries for the week to feed the two families. However, this year we decided to work on our "list" weeks ahead and bring along as much as possible for free or cheap. We always rent a house or condo, so we have to fully stock the kitchen and many items around the house such as paper products. Both families brought totes of food and supplies. We brought items such as coffee, paper towels, condiments, drinks, sunscreen, peanut butter, cereal, soap, toothpaste, shampoo, ect. just to names few. When we went to the grocery for mainly cold items like milk, eggs, and cheese. The savings this year was great and for a great deal of mine, I just opened my stockpile and tossed it in a tote, threw it in the back of the truck and off we went! I estimate that between the two families we provided $400.00+ of free/super cheap food and supplies! A lot of the stuff we brought was samples or freebies that we signed up for, like our free ronco pasta! Hope that gives you an idea of how much savings you can rack up with a little thoughtful planning, and as always remember that so many o your local charities would love to have any of your stockpile items, especially with winter quickly approaching!

A super easy way to give just by clicking!

October is breast cancer awareness month

click on the picture to read the latest news on breast cancer and to know the facts for yourself and loved ones. Education is prevention!

Free ecards for halloween!

Free Blockbuster Rental Monday 10/11

Just use code MMBBX2 at your local Kiosk!!

New Publix Yellow Flyer begins tomorrow!

I want to point out that the Ball Park hot dogs (BOGO for $2.99 right now) will be SUPER cheap with the $1/1 Publix q that'll be in the new flyer!!! $0.49 for Ball Park with Publix q and even better if you have a man. q!! God bless!

Walgreens Money-Maker!!

Buy 2 Vicks Sinex- 2/$10
Use 2- $4/1 (9/26 P&G)
Pay $2.98 and get back $5 RR's!!!!

Mega Swagbucks Day!

Friday is mega swagbucks day and you could win up to 10,000 points just for searching the internet! I love Fridays cause I always have at least one big sway amount. You do not have to download anything, you can just search via their web page, but I did notice that I earn a lot more swagbucks since I added it to my toolbar and unlike some toolbars, it didn't slow down my computer! Swagbucks can be used to purchase things like amazon.com gift cards, which I love!!! Click the heading to sign up for your free account today and start earning free money for doing what you already do on the computer! TGIF!!!

A word of caution...

So, I have never tried to use a restaurant.com gift certificate, but was wanting to make our family vacation as affordable as possible without sacrificing our usual way of doing things, which includes eating out a lot. So, I spent a lot of time looking at the available places on this site to eat near where we would be staying. I our purchased three high dollar certificates for little of nothing. Excitedly our entire family talked today about what all we would order from the menu, loaded up and away we went...to a closed down restaurant. What??? Seems I purchased a gift certificate for a restaurant that no longer is in operation. I have not had a chance to contact them yet, but am very interested to see what the response is. So, word to the wise, call and make sure your restaurant is actually open! I noticed they listed Sir Pizza in Smyrna as one you could buy and the are shut down too....strange to me that they do not verify this type of info before selling the coupons! Now I wonder if the other two places are open!

Free e-book with halloween crafts!

So, I am getting in the "spirit" of things and excited about halloween and fall crafts with my kids! One of my kids has a birthday Oct. 13th...so we also have a lot of celebrating to do this month! Click the heading above to get two free e-books with some great crafts for your kids or classrooms!

Spooky Halloween recipes!

Need some inspiration for classroom party or birthday this month? Check out this link to some spooky, easy halloween treat recipes! Click the heading to go to the link!

Free Emergen-C sample. Click HERE

Click Sign up. One free sample per household.

Yankee Candle Sale! Click HERE

I snagged 5 small jar candles that burn 25-40 hours each for $21 shipped right to my door!! Use the code sgame to snag $10 off of $25. Their mix and match sale is 3/$15 and includes small jars, home fragrance bases and tea lights!! After your 3, each item is $5. Snag 5 of your choice!! God bless!

Thanks Jenni!

New Publix q's to print! Click HERE.

These are store q's that go FAST, so hurry and print. :)

Vistaprint is offering more new freebies!

Kraftmaid contest sign up is back! Win a dream kitchen!

Some Publix freebies I want to point out....

I paid $8.14 total for all this.  I visited more than Publix, but here are the freebies I want to point out:

Glade Tough Odor Solutions  $1.99
- $1/1 man.q
- $1/1 Target q

Progresso bread crumbs  $.97
- $0.50/1 Progresso product from coupons.com

Sundown Vitamins  starting at $2.99 (X 2)
- $6/2 Publix Green Flyer q
- $1/1 man.q peelies on the bottles

Publix Penny Item 9/6

Today's penny item is Publix coffee. You get it for a penny with any $10 pre-q grocery purchase! God bless everyone's shopping and remember to share with all your brothers and sisters in Christ. We discourage shelf-clearing as it is simply greedy. Have a blessed day!

New Food Lion q's!! Click HERE!

The Orville popcorn will go NICE with the sale at Publix today!!

New Publix weekly ad sneak-peek available! Click HERE!

If you printed the wonderful Target $1 off produce q, you'll be happy at the deals that you can put together with it starting Wed!!

Updated Rite Aid info!!

Soooo, I was at my fav Rite Aid today and the GM informed me that.....are you ready for this??.......Starting October 17th, our area will include the LONG NATIONAL AD!!! So finally, all the great deals will be available to us!! Yippee for no more "SHORT ADS"!!!

coupons.com new coupons released!

New month means new coupons! Do not wait to print your coupons, they are only available for a limited amount of prints.
Click on the picture to go print your coupons today!

A cool FREE way to give!

What an awesome site...you register your name and email address, then click on the organizations you want to help...they earn money for each click (you can click each one once a day) and you earn reward points for clicking that can be used towards merchandise! What an awesome way to give back just for clicking a button. Registration was quick and easy! Won't you please give back by clicking today? Click the picture to sign up today!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I urge all of you to click on the picture and go read the latest info on breast cancer, signs, symptoms, and treatments.

New printable Target q's released! Click HERE and print!

My favorite $1/1 Produce q is back!!! YIPPEE!! Print now because I can speak from experience last time this q became available, it was gone in 24 hours!

Beauty and the Beast coupon!

Yipee! Are you a member of Disney Movie Rewards? If not, you may want to go join if you want a copy of the new Beauty and the Beast diamond edition that is being released in 4 days. Members can print a 10.00 off coupon for the blueray/combo pack. Now, I also heard (but have not clarified this for sure) that you can pre-order a copy at toys-r-us and get an additional 10.00 off...now doesn't that sound like a sweet deal??? Leave us a comment if you have pre-ordered a movie at toys-r-us and let us know how that process works!

mapco promotions!!

Mapco stores are going to have some awesome deals on 10-10-10, including$ 1.10 per gallon gas at 5 secret locations. They are offering clues at their website mapcomart.com and via facebook and twitter. I hope this cheap gas is in my area! If you think you can guess any of the locations, leave us a comment!

Free Bath & Body Works Secret Wonderland lotion!

Click HERE to print your q!  No purchase necessary.  :)

BOGO Large Yankee jar candle q!! Click HERE!

This makes for $25 in savings!  These candles burn 90 hours and smell up my whole house!  I'm heading over there today.  Sale ends October 3rd.