Frugal Science Gal

The second rule is that I have the honor of giving this award to 10 other wonderful blogs. 

Thanks so much to Shanna over at Mommy of One and Counting for the Versatile Blogger Award!!  She has a great site and I really think you should go check it out!!


Right after I made this post I saw that I received the same award from Cheap Geeks Anonymous!  I feel like we have so much in common!  We are both college students, both won't post pictures of ourselves, and both started our blogs within the past few months!!  

The guidelines for accepting this award require the recipient to (1) thank the person who gave it to you; (2) tell 7 things about yourself; and (3) pass the award on to 05 bloggers, whom you have recently discovered and think are fantastic.

1. I am a student at the BEST University in the World!!  

2. I LOVE Cheese...Like absolutely have to have it every day!!

3. I get a thrill when checking the mail!  

4.  I just got my first REAL job offer!!!  I'll be starting when I graduate!!

5. I have 3 amazing nieces and an adorable baby nephew!

6.  I LOVE buying gifts!!  I get so happy to find something that I know someone will love!

7. I obsessively dab the grease out of my food.  It's strange, I know...I take every one of my french fries and wrap it a napkin and squeeze.  People tell me to just not eat the food, but I like it!  I never not eat something I like, I just make it less fattening by squeezing out some grease!   

So...For the 5 Bloggers I Recently Discovered and Love!!

1. Jessica's Coupons

2. Extreme Personal Measures

3. Sarah's Blog of Fun

4. Money Saving Maine-iac

5. Midgetmomma $1200 Budget

Thanks for everyone who entered this giveaway!!!  

I know that this was all over the news a while back but I just had a conversation at dinner tonight with someone who apparently missed this memo.  The point is that if you are trying to be "Heart Healthy" and eat the right food...try to stay away from Tilapia.  There are a lot of other fish out there that are a lot better for your heart health than Tilapia.  


According to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, this is mostly due to the fact that most Tilapia, now purchased in stores, are farm raised being fed corn-based foods which increases the amount of Omega-6 Fatty Acids and arachidonic acid.  In a post by Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D. from the Mayo Clinic they write that Omega-6 Fatty Acids "are thought to paly a role in clotting function, are inflammatory and susceptible to oxidation- thereby possibly increasing risk for blood clots, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and cancers."


Of course, everything is good in moderation.  It is essential that you have Omega-6 Fatty Acids, but in the average diet there is a surplus of Omega-6 Fatty Acids and a lack in Omega-3 Fatty Acids.  The Omega-3 Fatty Acids are the ones that keep your heart healthy and farm-raised Tilapia is one of the groups of fish that has a higher percentage of Omega-6 Fatty Acids than Omega-3 Fatty Acids.  


So the next time you go to the store...make sure to think about what you are really buying.  
And please, when you are having a dinner conversation...don't say that someone is wrong about a topic, without knowing the facts yourself.

Articles for you to read on this material:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tilapia/MY00167
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/866321/tilapia_a_bad_fish_for_heart_health.html?cat=5
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/articles/2008/07/11/popular-tilapia-might-not-help-heart.html

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This Giveaway will end on July 17, 2010 at 11:59 pm CST.  This giveaway is open to US Residents only.  


*This Review is based on my own, honest opinion of the product.  I received this product free of charge and with no compensation.  

Purchase 1:

• 2 Gillette- $4.49 each
• Use BOGO Gillette Body Wash (P&G 06/06/10)

Use $4 Schick RR from last week

Receive $4.50 Gillette RR

Pay: $.49

Purchase 2:

• Herbal $2.99
• Use $1/1 Select Herbal Essences Products Coupon (RP 05/16/10)

• 2 Gillette- $4.49 each
• Use BOGO Gillette Body Wash (P&G 06/06/10)
• Renu Sensitive Contact Solution $7.49
• Use $2/1 Bausch & Lomb ReNu MultiPlus Solution printable
• Royal Pudding $.39

Use : $6 Nivea RR + $6 Nivea RR (Both from last week)

Receive $2 Herbal RR + $4.50 Gillette RR + $7.50 Renu RR

Pay : $0.36

Purchase 3 :

• Renu Sensitive Contact Solution $7.49
• Use $2/1 Bausch & Lomb ReNu MultiPlus Solution printable
• Royal Pudding $.39
• Dean French Onion 8 oz $.99

Use $4.50 Gillette RR + $2 Herbal RR

Receive: $7.50 Renu RR

Pay: $.37

TOTAL:

Pay: $1.22 Out of Pocket 

Receive: $19.50 RR to use for next week!!!  


I did walk in with $16 RR from last week but I'm walking out with $19.50 RR for next week so even after the $16 RR and the $1.22 in cash, I'm walking out with $2.28 more than I walked in with!  Not to mention all the products I walked out with!  I LOVE couponing!   The shampoo, French Onion dip, and pudding is for us but we will be donating the body washes and contact solution!  

    



These are the items that I received in my Mailbox this Week!!

• Zero Water Pitcher won from Tatum's Family Reviews!!
• Robby Wash won from Just Another New Blog

• Free Playtex tampon and $1/1 Coupon
• Free Crest White Strip from Walmart

I have had the absolute privelege of doing a Review on a product from CSNstores.com.  It was SO hard to pick out a single item because they have so many amazing products.  All of their prices are VERY reasonable and less than retail prices.  And to top it off...their customer service is WAY above any customer service that I have spoken to over the phone and through e-mail!  I actually got off the phone smiling because the Customer Service Representative made me happy!!

The Item I chose to do a Review on was the Cuisinart SmartPower 7-Speed Electronic Blender in Chrome.


The instructions said to add liquid products first so we added milk and ice cream and mixed that.


We then added strawberries and bananas and mixed that.


Once we did so, everything was very homogeneous and smooth.

Look at all the different buttons on this blender!!  Love it!!

It made the absolute best smoothie ever!  It was so smooth and the quality of the blender was amazing!


The retail value of this blender is $87.95 but CSNstores.com has it for $69.95!!  Please take a look at their website!  You will not regret it!  I have fallen in love with so many items that I just can't pass up purchasing because they are such a GREAT price!!

There are several giveaways for CSNstores.com Gift Cards going on right now:
Bargain Hunter- $60 CSN Gift Card Giveaway Ends 6/21/10
That's It Mommy- $40 CSN Gift Card Giveaway Ends 6/22/10
Family American Style- $40 CSN Gift Card Giveaway 6/26/10
Get Along Home- $40 CSN Gift Card Giveaway 6/30/10
Dandelions and Daffodils $40 CSN Gift Card Giveaway 6/30/10
All Aboard- $25 CSN Gift Card Giveaway 6/30/10
Extreme Personal Measures- $40 CSN Gift Card Giveaway Ends 7/1/10
Saving With Sense- $100 CSN Gift Card Giveaway Ends 7/1/10
Go Yay- $100 CSN Gift Card Giveaway 7/7/10
Frugality is Free- $40 CSN Gift Card Giveaway 7/7/10
Just Another Blog- $40 CSN Gift Card Giveaway 7/17/10



*I received this product from CSNstores.com in order to do this review.

*I am being compensated for this review by French Toast at the completion of this giveaway.  

• Dove Sample
• Eucerin Sample
• Old Spice Sample
• Chik-fil-A
• Kraft First Taste Coupons
• Free Kraft Explosion Mac and Cheese
• John Frieda Sample

The purchase was...

• 2 Old Spice Bodywash- $8

           Use BOGO Coupon
           Receive $8 ECB

• Nivea Skin Firming Lotion- $7.99

Started With:
$10 P&G RR and $2.50 Kimberly Clark RR


Purchase 1: 

• Hershey's 4/$10
• Receive: $5 RR

• Nivea For Men Active 3 Body Wash (16.9 oz.) $5.99
• Use: $3/1 Nivea For Men Body Wash (RP 05/02/10)
• Receive $5.99 RR
• (4) Reach Floss- $.99
• Use (4) $1/1 Reach Floss 

After Coupon Price: $12.99
Use: $10 P&G RR and $2.50 Kimberly Clark RR
Pay: $.49 Out of Pocket
Receive: $6 Nivea RR


Purchase 2: 

• Nivea For Men Active 3 Body Wash (16.9 oz.) $5.99
• Use: $3/1 Nivea For Men Body Wash (RP 05/02/10)
• Receive $6 RR
• Schick Hydro Razor $7.99
• Use: $4/1 Schick Hydro Razor (SS 06/13/10) [Some areas have $5/1 making this a better deal]
• Receive $4 RR
• 1 Butterfinger- $.39

• Hershey's 4/$10
• Receive: $5 RR

• Nivea For Men Active 3 Body Wash (16.9 oz.) $5.99
• Use: $3/1 Nivea For Men Body Wash (RP 05/02/10)
• Receive $6 RR
• Schick Hydro Razor $7.99
• Use: $4/1 Schick Hydro Razor (SS 06/13/10) [Some areas have $5/1 making this a better deal]
• Receive $4 RR
• 1 Butterfinger

TOTAL

After Coupon Price: $7.37

Use: $5 Hershey RR from Purchase 3

Pay: $2.37 Out of Pocket

OVERALL PURCHASE:

Paid: $5.23 (Before tax)

Received: $16 RR to use for next week

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