MORE Freebies and Coupons!!

Request this coupon book and in it you'll find a coupon for FREE Cascade dishwashing rinse! Thanks Nicole's Nickels!

FREE pet food sample Thanks Nicole's Nickels!

It's FREE CHOCOLATE FRIDAY!! Thanks Nicole's Nickels!

$1/1 9.5oz bottle of Starbucks Frappuccino. Remember to push the "back" button on your browser to print it twice!! Thanks Money Saving Mom!

Free sample of Sensible Portions Cheating With Chocolate snack! Thanks Money Saving Mom!

Leave a comment on this blog and get an email for a FREE bottle of Whisk laundry detergent! Thanks again Money Saving Mom!

Toys R Us is having a 75% off Clearance Toys! Wow! Let me know what you get if you stop by!! Thanks Craving the Savings!

Read this article on Best Restaurant Deals. Very interesting! You don't have to stop eating out to stay on budget, just make better choices! Thanks Amy!

Freebies!

Print this coupon for FREE Jack In the Box tacos on Aug 4th.

FREE spinning top. Email toys@biggby.com with "Mail my Biggby top to" in the subject line to get one!

Sign up for Taco Cabana's Eclub and get a FREE Fajita dinner with drink purchase! After you enter your info, it will direct you to a map of locations in your area. Be sure to click on the one you plan to visit to complete your Free Fajita dinner request.

Print this coupon for BOGO (buy one get one FREE) Jamba Juice smoothies!

If you're like me and you're trying to do things more naturally, you might be interested in this FREE guide to herbal supplements. I know that there's all kinds of great herbs out there, but which ones are good for what things??? I just ordered mine to help answer those questions. :)

Origins is doing FREE mini-facials every day through Aug. 2nd AND you can get a FREE 30ml Origins cleanser with skin care purchase. Cool!

Complete this survey to get 2 FREE Shamwow's in the mail!! I love these!

Free Stuff!

You just can't get better than free. . .

Honey Bunches Of Oats on sale at Tom Thumb for $1.99- $2 coupon = FREE!

Also, don't miss the $30 GC w/new or transferred prescription in Tom Thumb's ad (Target and CVS honor competitors' prescription coupons).

Get a savings booklet from Nabisco with $15 in coupons and a $20 rebate! Go here for details.

Don't forget! Tomorrow is 1/2 price cheesecake day at The Cheesecake Factory!

Never Buy Travel Size Products Again!!

I NEVER buy travel sized products for vacations, the gym, etc. How? Well, I keep a good stock of FREE samples in my cabinet. Here's a few:

Loreal Advanced Revitalift Deep Set Wrinkle Repair

Free Sample of Vaseline Aloe Fresh

Free Sample of Bodycology Hand and Body Lotioin

Free Sample of Nivea Touch of Sparkle Bodywash

Free Sample of Nivea For Men Active 3 Bodywash

Free Sample of AquaFresh Extreme Clean toothpaste

Wake up with FREE Caffeinated Soap


Plus, it's FUN to check the mail every day! Almost each and every day, I get something FREE in the mail by requesting samples. Here are some more:

Free Sample of Total Blueberry Pomegranate Cereal

Free Sample of Dunkin' Donuts Coffee

Free Sample of Gain with Febreeze

Great Deal from Kraft and Albertsons

Go here to get the shopping list of items that you can purchase from and spend $25 in one transaction at Albertsons. The register will print you a $5 coupon good on your next purchase and a rebate form for $20! Wow! It's kind of like $25 in FREE Kraft products. There are other stores that it's good at, but check the website. Albertsons is the only one in my area. Remember: this (and all rebate/coupons offers) is only good if you are going to use the products. Don't buy stuff you don't/won't use! Don't shop until 8/7/09; cash register receipt must be dated 8/7/09-8/23/09. I bet there are/will be coupons out there for these products too. That will make it an even sweeter deal!

CVS Loot

Whew! I got almost everything I wanted at CVS today!! They were out of a few things, but I expected that. Because I used ECBs from last week, my total OOP for everything in the picture was . . . . . .drumroll please. . . . . $1.46, AND I got almost $13ECB to use for next time! YAY!!! See my previous post for how to do this for yourself. Let me know if you need some help or clarification. If it's your first time CVSing, and you don't have ECBs to use yet, you'll have a higher OOP, but it will continue to roll over on future purchases and next time, you won't have much OOP at all!

Sunday Ad Deals

TARGET

• Be sure to cut out the coupon from the Target ad for a $10GC with new or transferred prescription. CVS Matches scrip coupons.
• I'm not sure how much candy bars are at Target, but you can stack the $1/2 (7/26 RP) and the $1/2 (7/26 RP TARGET COUPON) and get $2/2 candy bars. You'll probably make some money!

TOYS R US and the DISNEY STORE are giving away FREE lunch kits with Backpack purchase. We've checked out the ones Disney has on line, so we're headed to Toys R Us today to see their stock and make our (I mean Alex's) decision. So many cute choices!! When we got to the Disney Store today, the promotion had ended. :( We had already decided that Alex could have a Toy Story backpack though, so we bought the set anyway. The backpack was on salle for $15.99 and lunch kit for $8.99. Not terrible, but not as good as last week. Bummer!

WALMART

• 24ct Crayola Crayons, 2ct Elmers Glue Stiks, or 4fl oz Elmers School Glue $0.25 each
• $1.50 Bic 10pk mechanical pencils x2 - $1.00 off 2 (here) = $1.00 each

• Bushnell Wireless Weather Forecaster $50.00- $50.00 MIR (here) = FREE! limit 3!!

  I couldn’t find any of these online or in the store.

• 70 sheet 1 subject spiral notebook $0.15 (I wonder if they'll go down to $0.05 this year, like they did last year??)
• Crayola Markers, colored pencils, Dixon pencils, Bic Cristal pens $1 (Will they go down to $0.88?)
• Mainstays Area Rug $19 (If they have any cute ones left, I think I'll get one for my classroom)
• Sterilite 3-Drawer Cart $9
• Sterilite 18 Gallon Tote $3.50

STAPLES

• Elmer's Glue, BicMatic Grip pencils ( I wonder if the $1.00 off 2 coupon will work on this, EARNING you $0.50?), Manual pencil sharpener, cap erasers, 3x5 index cards, or slider pencil case $0.25

OFFICE MAX

• Crayons $0.01
• blunt or pointed scissors $0.20
• assorted erasers $0.25
• 2 or 4 pocket poly folders with or without prongs $0.25

OFFICE DEPOT

• Compass $0.05
• 4pk scholastic glue stick $0.20
• 1" school binder $0.75
• pencil slider box FREE w/ $10 purchase (limit 3)
• Really Useful Boxes, Plastic Storage Boxes, or Filling/Stacking Crates $2.99
  
  

CVS

• Arm & Hammer 2x liquid laundry detergent 2/$6.99 - $2ECB= 2/$4.99 limit 3
• Colgate Advanced Toothpaste 4oz $2.88-$2.00ECB-$0.75 (7/26 SS)=$0.13 limit 1
• Georgia-Pacific Copy Paper 500sht 2/$10-$5ECB=2/$5 limit 4
  Caliber Composition Notebook 100sht $0.99-$0.99ECB=FREE limit 2
• Mars Candy Bars 3/$2-$1.00/2 (7/26 RP) =3/$1
• Caliber Erasers, push pins, or binder clips $0.99-$0.99ECB=FREE limit 2
  Caliber Pencil or Index card case $0.99-$0.99 ECB = FREE limit 2
• Pilot Easy Touch pen 2pk $0.99-$0.99ECB = FREE limit 2
• Swingline Tot stapler or Caiber sticky notes 2 pk $0.99-$0.99=FREE limit 2
• CVS Tampons $1.89-$1.89ECB= FREE limit 1
• Schick Intuition, Quattro men's, women's razor 1ct or Cartiridges 3-4 ct $8.99-$2ECB-$4 (7/26SS) = $2.99 limit 1
• Aussie shampoo, conditioner or styler $2.99-$1ECB-$2/2 (7/26RP) =$1.50ea OR use the BOGO (7/26RP) and get them for $1.50 also (it's $1.5o instead of $0.99 because the limit is 1).

And, tomorrow. . . Mardel! Great stuff this week!

MARDEL

• $5 SALE- Folder Holder (LOVE THESE), Lesson Plan/Record book, Scheduling

Pocket Chart, Monkey Mischief, Poppin' Patterns BTS Apple, or Frog Calendar

Bulletin Board Sets, Instant Personal Poster Set: Read All About Me!, Trend Mini

Bulletin Board Sets, My Class Rocks! T-Shirt or Tote bag.

I'm off to CVS! I'll post later on what I got. . . Have fun!

Do you use Natural Cleaners?

I've been thinking about using natural cleaners for a while now, but didn't really know where to begin. A few weeks ago, I bought a big box of baking soda and a gallon of white vinegar, but they've been sitting under the sink, unused, since then.

Well, today I made my first natural cleaner! I poured 1/4 cup baking soda and 1 cup vinegar in each of the toilets and let it sit for a moment. Then I scrubbed a little, and voila! Nice, sparkly clean toilets! Then I dumped 1/2 cup of baking soda (instead of bleach) in the washing machine with my sheets (and detergent). Now I'm excited to try some other natural cleaning methods because that was too easy, not to mention cheap! Maybe I can stop buying commercial cleaners all together and just search the internet for a 'recipe' each time I come across something new I need to clean. My husband is going to hang a clothesline up for me to air dry some of our laundry. That will save money on power and dryer sheets! :)

What tips do you have for natural or economical cleaning methods?

Coupons at the Dollar Tree

Did you know you can get Sunday papers at Dollar Tree?????? That's 1/2 price! I was there today (Saturday) and they had a whole bunch of them on a rack as you walk in the door! I think the reason they had so many left is because there was only 1 (Smart Source)coupon insert this past week. Check out Sunday Coupon Preview to see if tomorrow's paper will have many of the coupons you use. If it does, it would be worth a trip to Dollar Tree to pick up some extra papers! Let me know if you get some, I'm wondering if they stock them on Sundays, or maybe they get the leftovers from around town and stock them in the store on Mondays??? I'll check tomorrow and update.

Also. . . I got an extra Smart Source coupon insert this week, did you? I'm now getting a bundle of grocery store ads thrown on my driveway on Wednesdays, like the newspaper. It's the same ones that I used to get in my mailbox, but now they're in little plastic sleeve on my driveway on Wednesday mornings. Well, this week, there was also the Smart Source coupon insert. Score!

Free Cinnabon and Coffee!

Saturday July 25, 3-7pm, go to Cinnabon for a FREE Cinnabon tasting and cup of coffee! Thanks CouponDad!

It's Freebie Friday!!!!!!!

I regularly request free samples and I get fun "surprises" in my mailbox every day! Here's what I requested today:

Free chocolate!

Free Gain with Febreeze Freshness sample!

Free Always and Tampax sample pack!

Walmart ALWAYS has lots of samples to request! Right now they have samples from Playtex, Nicorette, Bodycology, Parent's Choice, Goodnights, and Viva:

Cool FREE opportunity to send your name to Mars!


FREE EVENTS

JULY
25 - Lakeshore Free Kid Crafts make a buggy welcome sign 11-3pm
25 - Lowes Build and Grow Kids Clinic make a helicopter 10-11am
27 - McDonald's Free Mocha Monday 7am-7pm


AUGUST
Staples Teacher Appreciation Days free gift bag to first 100 teachers
1 - The Home Depot Kids Workshop make a message center 9-noon
1 & 2 - Museums on Us (free admission for Bank of America customers)
4 - National Night Out
8 - Lowes Build and Grow Kids Clinic make a powerboat 10-11am
15 & 16 - National Parks Fee Free Weekend

Thank you Motherload!

Need Computer Work Done?

Check out the Tech Junkies. They are tech savvy college students looking for work. The best part is that they only charge 1/2 of what the Geek Squad charges, AND they will come to YOU! They can do just about anything, so if you need some computer work done, call them 24/7 @ 817-312-9417

National Cheesecake Day

Although, it isn't near as good of a deal as last year, you might be interested to know that The Cheesecake Factory is offering 1/2 price cheesecake slices if you dine in on July 30, 2009. Yum! You can also become their Facebook fan, and register to win a trip to Las Vegas for you and 9 friends. http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/shareit/shareit

FANTASTIC DEALS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got home from STAPLES and got tons of free stuff!

2pkg thin Expo markers $1 ea.
2 small magnetic white boards $2 ea.
1 FANTASTIC Swissgear backpack $37.49-$37.49 (will recieve in Oct. Rewards)= FREE!
2pkg Zebra Cadoozles (mech. pencils) $2.99-$2.99 easy rebate = FREE!
1 Staples Slim battery operated pencil sharpener $10-$10 easy rebate = FREE!
2pkg Zebra Sarasa Gel pens $4.99-$4.99 easy rebate = FREE!
2 pkg Handy Lines Highlighters $4.99-$4.99 = FREE!

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!! I'm SO excited about all the fantastic FREEBIES I got at Staples!! I know some of you don't like to do rebates, but let me tell you, Staples really does have an EASY rebate system. All you do is go on line to www.stapleseasyrebates.com and type in the rebate offer number and the rebate number on your reciept. Then put in your name and address, and POOF! You're done! NOTHING TO MAIL IN!! How easy is that?! Then I write down how much I'm expecting to recieve in my "Rebate Book," which is just a little notebook that I write down all the rebates that I've submitted. Then when I get the rebate check in the mail, I mark it off in my book. I can check to see if I have or haven't gotten one I'm supposed to, and if I haven't then I can call and check up on it. Don't be scared of rebates. They're a great way to save money!

I also swung by World Market and picked up my FREE bag. (It was about 1:30 and they still had some). If you're going to the one in Arlington Highlands, call before you go to see if they have any left: 817-375-5199

Then I went to CVS and got more great deals:

1 gallon of Schepps milk $2.99-$1 ECB = $1.69
2 pkg filler paper $2 ea- $2 ECB = FREE!
2 pkg papermate pens $0.99-$0.99 ECB = FREE!
2 memo notebooks $0.99-$0.99 ECB = FREE!
2 Speed Stick mens deoderants $2.99- $2.00 ECB =$0.99

CVS ECBs (Extra Care Bucks) are another of my favorite ways to save money! Since they are an ongoing thing, I use them to pay for my purchase the following week, and usually have little or no out of pocket expense (OOP). PLUS, I get MORE ECBs back for the next time around! I love it!

In a little while, I'm going to head to Target for a few things:

Composition Notebooks $0.50
Elmers glue sticks $0.20/2
Pink erasers $0.20/2
Hand held pencil sharpeners $0.20
Rulers $0.20
Mens Graphic T's $5
Schick Quattro Titanium Razor $6.99 - $4.00 (6/14 SS) = $2.99

FREE and Cheap Nestle Pure Life water!

Thanks Red for this: "You can get $1 off coupon for water [here]. Walmart is supposed to have [6 packs] on sale for $1. So its free!!" YAY! Free is good! Then go here to get a rebate form for a case of FREE Nestle Pure Life water!

Become an Empowered Consumer

I love Freebies 4 Mom's article Become an Empowered Consumer. Read it if you're new to bargain hunting, couponing or even if you're not! It gives you great info about manufacturer and store policies and other great tips. She says, "It's all about standing up for yourself and it might just save you some money!"

FREE Lasagne at Spaghetti Warehouse on July 29th

Become a Facebook fan of Spaghetti Warehouse, and on July 27th after 5pm, via Facebook, they'll send you a coupon for FREE Lasagne to be used on National Lasagne Day, July 29th from 11-3. Click here to become a fan! Awesome! Thanks Free Sample Freak!

$0.99 Bruster's Ice Cream June 19, 7-10 pm

If you're like me and you LOVE Bruster's Ice Cream, you'll want to check out this event! Bruster's Arlington is celebrating National Ice Cream Day by having an ice cream eating contest, a frozen t-shirt contest, drawings, prizes, and $0.99 single dish, sugar or cake cones! Don't forget, they always give FREE baby cones to kids under 40". What fun! Update: There's not much on the website about this (I got the info in an email for being a sweet rewards member), but I did find this, "Call 817-419-7000 to sign up as a participant." Email me and I can forward the email to you. :)

Free STARBUCKS pastry on July 21

On Tuesday, July 21st, from opening to 10:30 am, you can get a free pastry! Just print this invitation and bring it in! Enjoy!

New STAPLES deals tomorrow!

I checked out a sneak peak of tomorrow's Staples ad. You can get a FREE backpack if you are a Staples Rewards customer (click here to enroll online). All you do is purchase any backpack at regular price, then in October, they'll mail you that amount in Staples Rewards! Cool! I always need more printer ink, so I'll probably use the rewards to get some of that in October. Also, FREE after easy rebate (and they are very, very easy to complete online: nothing to mail in) Zebra Mechanical Pencils, Zebra Retractable Gel Pens, and Pentel Retractable Highlighters.

FREE Sample of Vaseline Aloe from Costco

Go here to order your FREE sample of Vaseline Aloe Fresh Hydrating. You DO NOT have to be a member to order this sample; just leave the membership number blank. Mine came in the mail today and it's a very good sized sample (2fl oz). I'll be keeping it in my purse!

Free Mini Lock

Ronald's lock shop is giving away FREE mini locks to the first 22,000 people that request them. I just requested mine thanks to Free Sample Freak!
Go here to request yours!

Arby's Free Food Wednesdays

Every Wednesday, you can get something FREE at Arby's! Today (7/15/09), you can get a FREE Regular Roast Beef sandwich with the purchase of any soft drink! Another great, cheap option for dinner tonight!
Enjoy!
~H

Wienerschnitzel Wednesdays

As I drove past my local Wienerschnitzel, I noticed a sign that said $0.25 hot dogs on Wednesday evenings! I think the times were from 5-8. Call the one nearest to you to see if they do it too!! What an easy and cheap Wednesday dinner!

$0.99 SONIC Chiller Coupon

Thanks to Freebies for Mom, I just printed a $0.99 Sonic Chiller Coupon. It's like a limeade, cherry limeade or strawberry limeade and softserve ice cream mixed together. Sounds Yummy! Get yours here.

FREE Iced or Hot Mocha at McDonalds TOMORROW!

For the next four Mondays (7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3) from 7am-7pm, you can get a free 8oz hot or 7oz iced mocha! AWESOME! Call your local Mickey D's to make sure they're participating.

Sunday Shopping Update

Well, CVS was a bust; they were out of everything! I think I saw them restocking various items around the store (not the ones I wanted), so maybe they just got a truck in *fingers crossed* and I can check again tomorrow, or try another store.

World Market, also a bust. They were out of bags. Did anyone get one? What time did you go to the store? I'm wondering how early they ran out. This isn't the first time they've done this giveaway. Hopefully they'll do it again soon!

I got everything on my list at Target and even rolled the $5 GC from the Sobe waters and the $10 GC from the ink cartridges over to another transaction of sobe waters and a few other things, so I ended up with 20 waters and another $5 GC to take home for next time.

Staples was good too! I got 2 reams of printer paper and after the rebate they will only have cost me one cent!!! I also got my 20 packages of pencils for $0.20! (Teacher's get a 20 item limit with ID). I'm going back tomorrow for round 2!

Great deals this week 7/12/09-7/18/09

• World Market- swing by and pick up your FREE shopping bag! (No purchase necessary, while supplies last)
• Staples- The one cent sale has begun!!!! This week it's pencils (8pk, limit 2 per customer) ***HINT*** Last year teachers were allowed to gt 15 or 20 packages for one cent each with ID. Also, go back every day this week and stock up! There's also a $5 off $20 coupon in the Sunday Ad if you have other items to purchase there.
• Target (Remember: Target allows you to “stack” coupons! This means they allow you to use one manufacturer’s coupon AND one Target coupon on a single item!! Check out A Full Cup for the Target Coupon Generator!)
• Frosted Mini-Wheats or Rasin Bran Crunch $1.88 - $1 (6/7 RP) = $0.88
• Banana Boat Kids SPF 50 lotion $6- $1 (5/3 SS) = $5
• Secret Deoderant $1.99- $1 (7/5 PG) = $0.99
• Sobe Lifewater 10/$10 - Free $5 Target GiftCard with purchase of 10 Sobe Lifewaters = 10/$5 or $0.50 each!
• HP single pack no. 56 or no. 94 ink cartridge $23.49 – Free $10 gift card with purchase of any 2 HP single pack ink = 2/$36.98!
• Women’s sunglasses 2/$10
• Kids’ Hanes underwear $5
• Women’s tees/polos/tanks $8
• Ziploc 2-5 ct containers or selected 7-100 ct bags 3/$7
• Finish 20+5ct Quantum or 32 ct tablets or Gelpacs $3.49-$2.50 (7/12 SS) = $1.49
• Cutter Skinsations Insect Repellent 2/$8 - $2 (7/12 SS) = 2/$6 (if you have 2 papers, use 2 coupons and get them for $2 each!
  
• CVS- Lots of great ECB deals this week (If you're not familiar with Extra Care Bucks, go to cvs for newbies and learn all about it from Erika).
  • 1 Subject Caliber or CVS Notebooks $0.99-$0.99 ECB= FREE! (limit 2 per card)
  • 8ct Paper Mate pens $0.99-$0.99 ECB= FREE! (limit 3 per card)
  • Colgate Toothpaste or Toothbrush BOGO! (-$0.75 (6/28 SS) AND -$1 (7/12 SS) Use them both!
    
  • Caliber or CVS 12” ruler $0.99-$0.99 ECB= FREE! (limit 2 per card)
  • Caliber or CVS school glue $0.99-$0.99 ECB= FREE! (limit 2 per card)
  • Caliber or It’s Academic 5” scissors $2.99-$2.99 ECB= FREE! (limit 2 per card)
  • Gain 2x Ultra Laundry Detergent 24-32 loads $5.99-$2.00 ECB= $3.99
  • BOGO All Almay Cosmetics!
  • Gillette Fusion/Power $7.99-$4.00 ECB = $3.99- $4 (6/7 PG)= FREE!
    
  • Milk (1Gal) $2.69-$1.00 ECB = $1.69