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September 1, 2011 20 Comments

Food on Fridays: Coffee Coupons

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Two of my three teenage daughters are starting to drink coffee. The Belgian Wonder and I drink what we make at home, so the girls are on their own if they want to try a fancy coffee shop drink. I’m not shelling out $2 or $3 for that stuff.Always on the lookout for a deal, our eldest spotted a flyer that came in the mail with coupons for Dunkin’ Donuts. She clipped them, stuffed them in her wallet, and took note of the expiration date: August 31, 2011.August 31 was Wednesday, and that evening, after a soccer match, she gasped. “The coupons! Can I try to get the free coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts? It’s just around the corner and this is the last day!””Well, I guess,” I said, “but it might be closed this late in the day. It’s a doughnut place, after all. That’s kind of a morning thing.””I’m gonna try!”They were open.With the coupons, my daughter got a free iced tea and a free coffee, as well as a free doughnut with the purchase of a $1 latte.

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    1. Hazel I Moon says

      September 2, 2011 at 2:39 am

      I always get excited when something is Free or almost so. We purchased an 8 ounce package of Hills Cappachino Mix, take 1 scoop mix, 1/2 tsp instant coffee, 1 cup water or milk and put into your blender. My hubby adds some sugar but to your taste.
      Your girls might enjoy a home made drink just as good (or almost anyway) We pour ours into plastic glasses and put into the freezer for awhile until it gets mushey. We like it!

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      • annkroeker says

        September 2, 2011 at 10:00 pm

        I love this idea, Hazel–in the car today, I mentioned it to two of the kids and suggested we should learn how to make some special drinks.

        They said we need to invest in a blender.

        It’s true. We don’t have one.

        Maybe my deal-hunting daughter can find a blender on sale or use a coupon to bring down the price? 🙂

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    2. Janis@Open My Ears Lord says

      September 2, 2011 at 3:15 am

      You’ve raised some smart, money-saving girls! And somehow the latte always tastes better when you’ve secured an over-the-top deal! They could start a blog on clipping coupons:)

      Blessings,
      Janis

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      • annkroeker says

        September 2, 2011 at 10:01 pm

        Janis, I have to say, two of the girls are money-savers, but one is a spendthrift. If she has money, she can’t WAIT to spend it!

        But even the spendthrift admired the deal that the saver brought home! 🙂

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    3. Emily @ Recipes to Nourish says

      September 2, 2011 at 3:56 am

      Thanks for hosting! This is my first time posting here. I shared a super yummy Chocolate Fudge Sauce recipe. Thanks again 🙂

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      • annkroeker says

        September 2, 2011 at 10:01 pm

        You are welcome, Emily–I will slip over to check out your fudge sauce recipe. Yum!

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    4. Stephanie S. Smith says

      September 2, 2011 at 8:46 am

      I love coffee. And coupons. Win win!

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      • annkroeker says

        September 2, 2011 at 10:02 pm

        I drink more tea than coffee, but I’ll taste almost anything new if I get it for free!

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    5. Hazel I Moon says

      September 2, 2011 at 8:50 pm

      I will write a blog soon about “Being bent out of shape.” I seldom get angry or “ticked off,” but my pet peeve is: I hate it when bloggers post their advertising instead of making a nice comment. I am not referring that they mention their recipe, but when they only comment about the many other places they are advertising I get bent out of shape. Thank you Ann for hosting the very best Food site out there.

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      • annkroeker says

        September 2, 2011 at 10:04 pm

        I am honored that Food on Fridays is considered so highly by you, Hazel. I should probably have made clear in my post today that I wasn’t compensated in any way by Dunkin’ Donuts for writing that post. They sent the coupons to every resident, not just me as a blogger. I’m not famous enough to get many requests to advertise for companies! 🙂

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    6. Lea H @ Nourishing Treasures says

      September 3, 2011 at 10:50 am

      I shared: Make Your Own Pizza Dough, and Lea’s No-Carb Parmesan Fried Fish.

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    7. Lynn Hopper says

      September 3, 2011 at 12:48 pm

      What happened to that nice little hand-held blender? You can have mine if you need one…

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      • annkroeker says

        September 3, 2011 at 1:35 pm

        I still have the hand-held immersion blender, but it doesn’t make smoothies very well. It does better with smooshy things than with frozen things (it’s terrible with ice and frozen fruit).

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    8. Trish Southard says

      September 5, 2011 at 2:42 pm

      I’m inspired to clip a couple coupons. I also buy the dinner books from the local football players and they never get used. I just opened one up and noticed they have a scan card to put on my key chain! Thanks for a great suggestion Ann.

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      • Ann Kroeker says

        September 5, 2011 at 3:33 pm

        Great! Enjoy a few little freebies through your dinner book–maybe you can have coffee with a friend or dinner out half-price with your husband! 🙂

        My girls had two more coupons and got two more free coffees at Dunkin’ Donuts, but I think they had to buy a breakfast sandwich to get one of them. So they pooled their loose change, split the sandwich and then each had a coffee.

        I’m going to flip through the Sunday coupons this evening to see if I can find any keepers!

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