FREE! Naked Juice - With Overage + 2 more FREEbies

I have been stocking up my supply of Naked Juice! Fruits, veggies, convenient yummy-ness that is usually reserved for a special treat. Well guess what? There is a way to actually get PAID to purchase Naked Juice --don't walk RUN to your nearest Walmart -- and pick up a couple more freebies while you're out! Let me explain how!

I wrote awhile back about a couple of apps that I've used to help me save money HERE! The deals that I am sharing with you today uses two of those great apps!

Here's the simple summary!

Starting price of one 15.2 oz Naked Juice at my Walmart $2.98

• Receive a $1 rebate from Ibotta (use my referral link for an extra $2!)
• Receive a $1 rebate from Shopmium (use my code  MUKYKERJ to sign up and get a FREE Lindt Chocolate bar )
• Print a $1 coupon from Naked Juice website (you can print 1 per day!)

= FREE!!! PLUS OVERAGE OF $.02! (here in FL we don't pay for food tax, but out of state, you would pay only for the cost of tax!)

While you're at Walmart don't forget to pick up your free Lindt chocolate bar and Greek Yogurt!

Lindt Excellence or Classic Recipe 3.5 oz
Receive full rebate from Shopmium after purchase (must use my code  MUKYKERJ to sign up and get your FREE Lindt Chocolate bar)
= FREE!

Yoplait Greek Yogurt 5.3 oz is $1 at Walmart [excludes Greek 100 variety]
Receive $1 rebate on 1 from Ibotta (use my referral link for an extra $2!)
= FREE!

...And if you want EVEN MORE SAVINGS...stick with me as I explain  more details that could let you get PAID for purchasing these products! (I'm not even kidding!)

• Sign up for Free at TopCashBack.com using my link HERE
• Sign up for Free at Cardpool using my link HERE
• Log into your new TopCashBack.com account, search for Cardpool and click through to the Cardpool site and log in
• Purchase a Walmart.com gift card for the amount you desire (you can use it for GAS too!
  Use that gift card for your Naked Juice purchase! 
• Scan your receipt into the Receipt Hog app - which also adds up "coins" for cash back on grocery receipts  

Here is the breakdown of savings -- TopCashBack will reimburse 2% of your Cardpool purchase, and Cardpool's Walmart gift cards are discounted by 3%! Receipt Hog gives you several coins per receipt  (depending on amount spent) which will cash out for $5 PayPal when you reach 1000 coins.

Learn more about discount gift cards HERE

Final Tips

• Be sure to double check your items in both apps to ensure that they match the offer even before you check out (using the barcode scanner IN the apps)
• Screenshot your coupons from the print preview and paste and shrink them onto a Google Doc to fit more on a page before printing. 
• The Naked Juice coupon can be downloaded once per day, per computer. 
• Don't forget to return to the TopCashBack site half-way through the month or so for your processed return!
• Sign up for Venmo (similar to PayPal) through the Ibotta app when you cash out, you can get $5 extra! 
• Don't forget that your spouse or teen can also download these apps, which adds even more savings!
• Refer your friends to these sites/apps for more credit! (notice my referral links when you hover over the sites/apps, thank you for supporting our family!)

I know it may sound complicated, but it can really become quite simple, and patterned! I am here to answer any questions that you have about the apps or the websites -- there are lots of freebies and ways to save using these tools! 

Comment below if you have any trouble, and I will answer your questions the best way I can!

Weekend Mondays

Welcome to a wonderful weekend Monday on Mitchael Journey! I'm so glad you're here :) Mondays are one of my favorite days -- I link-up at Oak + Oats to share my posts and build community, I have Art Journal connect group, and it is a family day for us --  since Sunday is a work day for him, Monday is my husband's day off! We really have enjoyed our Mondays, and I'm excited to share today, that my first guest post is LIVE on Homegrown State of Mind TODAY!
Check it out HERE:

Go explore Julie's blog, read her story, her posts and be sure to add some comments on my post over there to show some lovin' from Mitchael Journey!

You can link to Julie's blog at anytime through her button on my side bar. It has been so fun to collaborate with her :) AND --stay tuned, she will be guest posting on Mitchael Journey soon and she is going in on a GIVEAWAY with myself and Kelli at A Deeper Joy in August! There's a lot to get excited about today, my weekend Monday!

5 Big accomplishments for me this week in regards to blogging:

• I made a Facebook Page for Mitchael Journey --LIKE it HERE and let me know what you think!
• I learned what a Favicon was and designed one for my page using this free generator! So now, instead of the silly Blogger symbol -- I have my own little blue triangles! I actually took a screenshot on my Chromebook from my blog background! The result? Look at that lovely tab! vs.
• I made a new FREE Printables tab that I am looking forward to building into more resources!
• aaand I BOUGHT A DOMAIN NAME! Notice that there is no longer .blogspot attached to my website! I went through Go Daddy.com and got a sweet deal! They are always running promotions or coupons through their site or RetailMeNot! Simple, clean MitchaelJourney.com! Paid up for the next 2 years!
• My first guest post is LIVE - One more shot out! Don't forget to check it out HERE! It has been so fun to write for Julie's blog, kinda fun to have a goal and deadline, actually!

And there you have it! 

Comment below and let me know!
Do you like the new additions? What have you been changing on your blog?

Blessings, 

Flashback Fourth

I have so many wonderful childhood memories from celebrating Independence Day with my family! Today I'm going to have you step into my world -- a journal that I kept as a log book and outlet to record my daily life as a kid! I want to welcome you to my Composition Notebook! I actually have quite a stack of these ol' notebooks, filled with stories that make me smile and laugh, full of nostalgia! Where will I flashback today? To an illustrated version of what I wanted to remember from 14 years ago, July 4th, 2000.

I started with my classic date heading with the 2000 overlapping like the Olympic rings and description of what I was wearing. And of course, it was a tie-dye red, white, and blue shirt! Proud and Patriotic!

I love the part in the above pages where both my mom and dad are present -- Mom reading to us in the pool! In the water, who could believe that? She was so cool and risky! And then my dad, washing the car and shooting some hoops with my sister -- if you can make it out in my handwriting, I'm pretty impressed by him!

I wrote of the 300 fireworks my neighbors had purchased, a solo man-and-his-dog canoe trip that I felt was pretty epic, and a passage of scripture that I was memorizing, Psalm 119:17-19. So far, I haven't memorized the whole thing, who knows if I ever will, but I still have the first 42 verses committed to memory, and believe it or not, but there's even a tune to go with it! I am blessed by my hard work as a youth memorizing scripture. Psalm 119-- that was just one I decided to memorize on my own to see how far I could get! You were a pretty cool kid, Andrea Greene -- I have a lot to learn from that age of myself!

And now, page 4 -- the FIREWORKS and our family tradition...the MUMMY ROLL! Each year we always went to the same place to watch fireworks as a family, a large grassy hill where we would await the show. My dad would bring a large raggedy quilt and we knew that the wait for dark skies would be filled with dizziness and laughter! We would lay down on one end of the quilt, get all rolled, tucked, and wrapped up, and then pushed down the hill like little mummies unraveling right at the foot of the hill! Whew! We'd get going quite fast down that big hill -- oh, the Mummy Roll!

My quirky tales of the 4th are complete with fireworks taped in the pages, drawings of some sort of antenna-ed representation of my family, weather, trampolines, canoes, kittens, and 3-legged dogs! The important part about it all, my family was found throughout those pages, and all of my daily journal pages, for that matter. Sometimes I am struck when I see my son or other kids experiencing new things and remember...this is their childhood! Be present in the pages of their story, how they would tell it! Read to them in the pool, wash the car -- but then shoot some hoops, roll them down the hill and watch in amazement as sparks burst through the sky in remembrance and celebration!

Remember When

a guest post by my husband, Josh Mitchael

®Sarah Kay Crawford

September 17th, of 2011 was an incredible day- the day I committed to loving, caring for, and cherishing my best friend for the rest of my life. I’ve heard a lot of people talk about their wedding day and, honestly, I’ve come to find that too many of them say something like, “it was all a blur” and “it was the most stressful experience of my life” or my favorite, “oh, I don’t remember it at all”. Well...for a few of significant reasons, I remember our wedding day very well.

® Sarah Kay Crawford

® Becca Pascoe

The first reason had to do with something Andrea and I decided when we got engaged- we wanted to remember our wedding day! I know...crazy right? We had seen a lot of our friends get married and shared I likes and dislikes of the ceremony, music, reception, cake, etc. The more we talked the more we started to see how much work goes into a wedding. Now, I’m not at all suggesting that we didn’t want to put a lot of work into our wedding. After all, Andrea and I spent most of our engagement apart. Communication was hard. Thank heavens for technology. We planned the wedding over Skype dates and sporadic phone calls. We worked hard to keep things simple, affordable, and enjoyable.

® Heather Charise Foley

The second reason I can recall much of my wedding day is because IT WAS A BLAST! I’m not sure how many dudes can actually say they had a good time at their wedding. It’s not because I love weddings either (confession- there are many things I would choose to do before attending a wedding...shocking). I had my best friends for groomsmen and so many of our friends and family (over 300 people) came out to support and witness our marriage. We had fun, laughed, cried a little, and all because we wanted to make it a day to remember, not one that was so insane we would be unable to process it.

® Heather Charise Foley 

The final reason I can recall my wedding day is most essential- we centered our marriage on Christ’s love for his people. Andrea and I are committed to loving God, loving each other, loving people, and showing it so we can see can help as many people as possible become totally committed to Jesus Christ. We figured why not make our wedding all about the crazy love of God.

® Becca Pascoe

I’m crazy in love with Andrea because she is a reflection of Jesus. She is compassionate, an exhorter, and an incredible servant. She is so intelligent it’s embarrassing for me sometimes. She is healthy not only when it comes to physical food, but she continually fills herself through prayer, reading the Word, and investing in people. I couldn’t have found a better friend and hotter wife to marry...Yes she is very hot.

If you’re getting engaged and getting married soon, I have wisdom to share with you:

1. Love God, love each other, love people, and show it.

2. Nurture and cherish your relationship with your wife. Marry her everyday.

3. Pray, read scripture, and serve together. God honoring couples are unstoppable.

® Becca Pascoe

Here’s some practical reminders and advice once you tie the knot:

1. You’re on the same team. Work together to resolve conflict.

2. Do not talk about money after 9pm. At that point there’s nothing you can do about it.

3. Have sex. You’re married. It’s worship :)

4. Go on dates often. Make your spouse feel like they’re just as hot if not hotter than when you first started dating and couldn’t keep your eyes off of each other.

5. Talk about your finances. Give at least 10% to God. Create margin in your finances. Spend money on things that actually matter. Save money all the time.

6. Set aside at least 15 minutes each day to talk. We call this FaceTime. Makes sense- time in each other’s faces. Be open and honest. Put down your freaking smart phone. Listen. It matters.

© Heather Charise Foley

I love you, Andrea!

-Josh