Good morning, everyone!

Well, today's coupons have been added to the database. As always, there is an Excel spreadsheet version available for download at the bottom of this post.

Be sure to check out Parade Magazine this morning, since there are some extra coupons in there today.

Also, make sure to clip the mail-in form for a coupon for a FREE box of Honey Bunches of Oats cereal. As far as promotions go, I thought this one was pretty clever. Post is offering to send you a coupon for a free box of Honey Bunches of Oats if you fill in that form and send it in with five coupons for other cereal brands. We've had a lot of cereal coupons over the last few weeks, so it shouldn't be too hard to come up with five. Even if you don't like the cereal, you could mail in your form and donate your coupon to a food bank.

And finally, my very happiest Mother's Day wishes to all the moms out there. Enjoy your day, and happy clipping!

In light of all of the financial stress American consumers are feeling nowadays, Wal-Mart has launched a new Web site to help shoppers stretch their money. You can read tips from experts and share your own.

If you want to check it out, you can find it at http://www.walmart.com/savemore. 

Procter & Gamble is running another contest in which you could win $3,000 toward house cleaning services for one year. Boy, that sounds nice, doesn't it?

The contest is being run in conjunction with Cascade. The Grand Prize winner gets the $3,000. Six first-prize winners will get $1,000 toward house cleaning services. And daily winners will receive Cascade products. You can enter here.

This is a big graduation weekend around here, and if you're attending one of the area's numerous graduation ceremonies, there's a good chance you're going to be toting a gift card. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans will spend $4.4 billion on graduation gifts this year with nearly one-third (32.4 percent) of Americans purchasing at least one gift this year.

But, cash is still king, with 56.8 percent of Americans reporting that they'll give cash.

The Raleigh area has been selected by Mattress Firm for a test program where shoppers are able to pick mattresses using a color-coded system. Called Comfort by Color, the system associates a level of comfort with a color for easy buying decisions. So, firm mattresses are all yellow coded, plush mattresses are orange, pillow tops are red, and contoured mattresses are green. The system is being tested in 10 stores in this area but is expected to be rolled out nationwide later this year.

I can't help but think of other color-coded shopping concepts, like The Grape's color-coded wine system. I guess we really are visual beings...

Back in March, I wrote about Andy's Burger, Shakes & Fries "Big A" Challenge. Andy's invited customers to come in and attempt to eat this huge burger (50 oz.) plus an order of fries and a 24-ounce drink as fast as they could. The top 10 qualifiers would face off for a $1,000 cash prize and of course, bragging rights.

So the contest finally took place, and the winner was Joe "The Gentleman" Menchetti, a Connecticut man who is not a professional eater but does participate in eating contests frequently. He polished off the whole meal in five minutes and 15 seconds. He calls himself "The Gentleman" because he always wears a tux to such events. Here he is, for those of you who just have to know what he looks like.

And don't worry... if you missed your shot this year, it seems Andy's is going to repeat the event in 2009.