Olive Garden $1 Kids Meals

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Family Kids Night Out

6/23-6/26, 2016 use the coupon below

 and see offer HERE

All Tucson Kids Eat Free (or cheap) HERE

All Phoenix Kids Eat Free HERE

Zinburger's Fabulous Food + Giveaway Winner!

We had the opportunity to go to Zinburger after school on a recent Friday. It was such a treat and although it was a busy afternoon during happy hour- the service and food were fabulous.

The Ahi Burger is out of this world tasty.

 The sides are worth it! I love the zucchini fries.

My husband is more into the traditional fries- which are also very good.

We had never tried their desserts and we opted for the chocolate cream pie. First off, it was a gigantic piece that gave all of us a nice portion of whipped chocolatey goodness. The server also recommended the shakes. Next time, we will be going that route because there was not any room left after dinner and the pie.

 The winner from our $25 gift card giveaway is 

Applebee's $25 Gift card GIVEAWAY

ARIZONA FAMILIES now has 100 Facebook Fans!!!

 I am so excited and I am happy to see that people are finding good deals and fun events...

spend quite a bit of time at the blogging and it is so rewarding to see it grow.

So in celebration I am having a giveaway!

I hope that you are hungry! 

I have a $25 gift card to Applebee's to give :)

Methods of Entry:
Do one or all of the following

• Leave a method of contact-email, facebook, twitter, google. Make sure contact method is up to date in your comments.

1. Join the Arizona Families Community on Facebook for more information. Come back and leave a comment letting me know you've done so!(If you already are a FB fan that counts too!)

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Prize: ~One winner will receive a $25 Applebees Giftcard good at any Applebees in US!  No expiration date.

This giveaway ends at 10 p.m. on Sunday March 13th and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

New Mimi's Coupons! B1G1 Breakfast

To get this Mimi's coupon just print HERE and it will be valid 2/22 through 2/24 and you will receive one free breakfast entree when you purchase another breakfast and two beverages.

I might use this during Rodeo vacation :)

IHOP BOGO coupon

This might be a nice way to avoid all the craziness of Valentine's dinner reservationsa and have breakfast with your valentine!  Printout this email and get a free entree when you purchase a second one at IHOP only on February 14, 2011!

Sonic BOGO printable Coupon

If you are in the mood to hang out with those carhop waiters/waitresses or just wanna drive thru HERE is the coupon for you!  If you wait until Wednsday and have kiddos they can get kids packs for $1.79 too -no coupon needed

Buy one get one free burger at SONIC

Restaurant.com $25 gift certificate for $2!

I love this company!  Now through Valentine's Day February 14, 2011 you can get 80% discount HERE!

use the code LOVE at checkout!
We use it at Bamboo Club, Amereeno's and Ecclectic Cafe frequently!  If you have never used them before it is very easy!  

Basically it will have the rules similar to this for Amereenos:  Minimum purchase of $35 and 18% gratuity will be added before discount.

So if you spend right around $35 then take off the - $25 Restaurant.com certificate and then +$2 you paid for the certificate back on you would pay $12 for $35 worth of food plus tip!

If you go out this is the way to do it...Plus you can search in other cities if you are going out of town or wish to give them to somebody out of town.

Breuggers-Free bagels today 2/8/2011

I know this has been just about everywhere...I'm hoping they don't run out :)  Anyhow just in case you haven't heard Breuggers bagels is giving  away three free bagels for their birthday go HERE like and print coupon.  This is awesome to go with all the super cheap Philadelphia Cream Cheese from Fry's!

La Salsa Coupons YUM! $5 off $15

I really like their nachos and with this $5 off $15 coupon my family can eat out for about $10!!!!  The nachos are GIGANTESCOS (GIANT) for and the kids meals are great portions and you can ask for Horchata (which my little ones love) and the Hubby always gets different stuff but around....$10 for all of us.

Of course to stay true to their name they have literally 8  yep OCHO salsas diferentes....

FREE Panda Express Firecracker Chicken Breast + 2 more coupons!

Easy peasy just PRINT this out and you can get a free single serving of Firecracker Chicken breast at Panda Express on 1/23/12, no other purchase necessary-one per person.

In addition, this year there are 2 more coupons: Free firecracker chicken with entree purchase 1/24/12-2/14/12 and a 10% pff coupon for thos dates too!

Peter Piper Pizza $20 for $10!

City Deals is at it again!!!!  Go HERE and sign up to purchase $20 worth of certificates for the Tucson area Peter Piper Pizza Restaurants for only $10 do kinda like Buy One Get One Free!!!!

Jamba Juice Coupons- I tried them yesterday!

You can go HERE to print these three Jamba Juice coupons that do not expire until 1/19/11. I decided to give them a try yesterday morning on my way to work and the oatmeal was yummy-there are different flavors to choose from :
(blueberry/blackberry/banana/apples and cin/brown sugar)
I chose apples and cin-YUM!
I also got the Coldbuster drink that says $2 but my cashier says no the code made it a $1 !!!!!

Tucson Values Teachers Discounts Back for 2011

The AWESOME discount card for teachers that gives discounts at retailers and restaurants around Tucson is back for 2011!!!!

I am so excited :) I was worried that my Walgreens discount of 15%-20% was gone but it is back YIPEEEEE! Really I am very happy there are also discounts at Gadabout, JJill, Cik-Fil-A and El Charro among many others.

Check it out and get your card HERE.

Dine4az.com = Printable Coupons!

This website offers printable restaurant coupons. Go to Dine4az.com and check out offers in your area-Phoenix and Tucson areas!

In Tucson, I found the Eclectic Cafe and Good Egg among others!

New Mimi's Coupons! B1G1 Breakfast

Mimi's is offering a nice Buy one breakfast get one free coupon for when you may be out for those after Christmas sales and returns.

Just go HERE to print it! it is good for one free breakfast when another is purchased and two drinks. Good ALL day December 27th through December 29th.

Buy 1 Get 1 FreeChik-Fil-A

The Chik-fil-a El Con in Tucson is offering a cool promotion....
Save your receipt from your entire purchase on Friday, December 17, 2010 and get the same entire purchase for FREE FREE FREE on another day before December 31, 2010.

Buy 1, Get 1 FREE at Mimi's!

I have been out of town and away from computer access for the past week...it feels good to be back :)
Here is a new printable coupon for Mimi's B1G1 lunch or dinner entree for Wednesday 12/1 or Thursdat 12/2.

Gift Idea for teachers + Restaraunt.com deal

Get 80% off Restaurant.com $25 Gift Certificates! Use code GOBBLE at checkout now through 11/25/10.

That's a $25 gift Certificate for $2!  It's a great addition to any gift you are giving this year.  It would be really cut to make a to/from gift tag that you fold the gift certificate into!

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Gift Tag Project:

Cut out two circles that are the same size and that will fit a gift certificate when you fold it into a square or recangle.

Glue along the edges in a U-shape to leave an opening at the top. After glue dries, insert folded certificate.

Cut out two small rectangles for the top of the Ornament gift tag.  Hole punch at the top and use decorative zig-zag scissors for the bottom.

Glue the topper to the top of the ornament on both sides.  Tie a string to the onament and write to/from on the tag.  Add this to any gift you are giving this year as an extra special gift!







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Another idea for this same ornament is to use it for teachers gifts, this is what I plan to do for my kids teachers. Here is a picture of a similar idea:

We will be using a Rosemary Christmas tree and decorating it with these Ornaments filled with $5 gift cards.

Step 1: Write a letter to the teacher to find out her likes and favorite stores. 

Step 2: Write a letter to the parents to ask them to send in $6.  I have this as a document if anyone is interested, just email me. 

The money will go towards buying a $5 gift card for their child and the extra $1 will go towards buying a Rosemary Christmas tree that retails for $10 at the major Hardware stores. 

Step 3: Have the students decorate their ornaments and write their names on the back. You can ask the art teacher and volunteer that day or you can pull kids out of the class room 4 at a time to decorate them (with permission from the teacher of course)  I am having the kids do marble painting over the ornaments (before the yellow topper is added) with green, white, red paint.  (egg carton with paint,marbles in each tray, use spoon to scoop marble out and place in a box top where the ornament is laying flat.  Have the kids roll marbles over the ornament)

Step 4: (optional) On the morning of the last day before break bring the tree into the class and have the teacher sit at the table, have the kids line up outside class door and hand each child their ornament.  Have the kids come in and decorate the tree one by one and say "Merry Christmas" to the teacher. 

Note: the trees are kind of small, so I made 8 ornaments and the rest are rectangular shaped to resemble presents, these get laid at the bottom of the tree.

What a great teacher present, huh?  My son has 15 kids in his class, so that makes $75 worth of gift cards to his teachers favorite stores!  That is a gift that is not only special because the kids helped make it, but usable!

I will repost a picture when I we get the tree completed for the teachers.

LAst DAY-Restaurants.com $2 for $25 gift certificates!

If you haven't checked out restaurants.com, now is the time to do so....Just go HERE to get local (or vacation) $25 gift certificates for $2 -that's 80% savings!

Use the code GIVE when checking out.

If you are going out of town for the holidays you can put in any zipcode to find local participating restaurants.

Let us know in the comments if you have used these before and where?

I always use mine at The Bamboo Club at Park Place Mall :)

Another Mimi's Coupon B1G1 Breakfast

Here is yet another Mimi's coupon good for Buy one get one free breakfast 11/8-11/12, 2010.

They have very tasty muffins and fresh OJ :)