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Friday, June 11, 2010

FREE Family Film Festival at Regal Cinemas



Unfortunately our local theatre is not participating in this, but hopefully yours will! The FREE Family Film Festival is safe, lots of fun and a great way for kids to spend a weekday morning in the summer! Tickets for their 2010 Free Family Film Festival are exclusively available at select theatres’ box office on the day of the show.


You can also select a state by clicking here to find participating theatres in your area along with what films are playing each week!


Selected G or PG movies start at 10:00am every Tuesday and Wednesday during the festival. Tickets and seating are first-come, first-served and are limited to theater capacity.

FREE Pedometer and Walking DVD


Get a free pedometer and walking DVD when you sign up for Tylenol's "Just Keep Moving" campaign. You will also get access to exclusive articles, helpful tips, and guided workouts. Limit one offer per household. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

How I save so much money by using coupons.....


Good Morning!!!

Recently I have had alot of requests for me to explain how I save so much money by using coupons, so I decided to repost this for those that have recently joined and are interested. So hang in here with me...it's alot of info, but I think it will really help you!

So my Sunday evening usually consists of sorting, cutting and clipping all of my coupons. I sort out the ones that I want and put those in a one pile. I take the others that I am not using, mark them with the date and put in a bag for possible future use. Each week I check the new ones that I have and go over the older ones that I have kept from previous weeks (after I go through the Kroger ad to see what's on sale). I have used quite a few that I thought I never would, so I wouldn't throw any of them out until they expire.

Here comes the time consuming part, I go through the local Kroger ad (that's where I do my shopping) and look at the sales. Then I match up the coupons that I have with the sales. My kroger doubles up to .99, which is amazing! So a coupon that says it's worth .75 is really worth $1.50, and so on. That applies as long as it doesn't say "Do Not Double" across the top of the coupon. I will not buy anything that is not on sale or that I do not have a coupon for, other than meat. If you wait long enough, pretty much everything comes on sale at one time or another. So you usually are able to match up a coupon and a sale for most items. So after I match up my coupons with the sales, I go to my free menu planning website here and plan out our meals according to the current sales. It's nice because my meals are planned out for the week and I know that I have everything that I need for them.

I have saved alot of money by stopping "quick, pick up" trips to the store. I would go in to pick up one or two things that I had forgotten and walk out with way more and even worse, I was paying full price for the stuff. We have cut our yearly grocery bill down from over $3400 a year to an average of $1500 a year! The only difference is that before I was buying mostly store brand items and now it's almost always name brand items that I'm getting and its way cheaper!

So after I get my coupons cut, clipped and organized, my coupons matched up, and my meals planned I make my list. This is very important in saving money!!!! Always make a list and stick to it!!! I mark if I have a coupon (c) or a rebate (r) beside each item on my list, that way when I check it off I make sure that I have the coupon for it or I make sure I separate the rebates to get individual receipts. Prior to going, I also put all of my coupons in order according to the store layout, I have our local Kroger memorized to a T. So as I'm going through the aisles I put the items in my cart, check it off my list, and put my coupon in the very front pouch of my coupon organizer so at checkout I'm not scrambling around like a madwomen looking for coupons.

I also recommend going to the store on Monday if at all possible!!! They start to sell out of the items that have good coupon matchups by Tuesday and most of them are gone by Wednesday, so the earlier you can get there the better!

I know this sounds like alot, so you can decide if it's worth it. But after a few times, it almost becomes a second nature and you will get quicker at it. To try and make things a little easier on you, I recommend checking out Pink Coupon Cafe's Weekly Matchups every Sunday evening. She is awesome and posts the coupons, the sale and the link (if it's an online coupon). So definately check her out! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask or leave a comment!

It's MEGA Swagbucks Friday + Bonus Swagbucks for joining!




I have told you about Swagbucks in the past. If you still haven't signed up today is the day to sign up!!! You get 50 swag bucks just for signing up!

There are several ways to earn swagbucks, here are a few of them:

Get PAID to search online for the Google searches you already do! (TODAY is also MEGA swagbucks day, which means you can earn even more for searches!)

Get swag bucks for taking the daily polls from their home page.

Get bucks for viewing the daily special offers from their home page.

Sign up friends and you earn bucks when they win bucks for searches.


Now, what can you get with these bucks? There is a whole catalog of free stuff that you can get with your swag bucks. You can get electronics, gift cards (I always get the Amazon.com gift cards, they are my favorite) and much, much more!


You can sign up here and you will get 30 swagbucks instantly, then in step 2 enter the code: SUMMEROFSWAG in the swagcode section of the signup page. This will give you 20 more swag bucks!


So start searching the internet today via swagbucks and watch your swagbuck add up!!!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Pinecone Research is Taking Applications!



The Pinecone Research application is open again right now!


I LOVE Pinecone Research! This is a really great company to work with and I totally recommend it. They pay $3 per completed survey (these are very short, quick surveys) via PayPal and occasionally will mail out products for panelists to test. I’ve always found them to be very pleasant to work with and they pay very quickly.

Pinecone is an excellent survey site, and it’s not often that they open up their membership registration. I have been with them for many years and have never had any trouble getting paid! I would recommend applying now if this sounds like something you’d be interested in! It will not be open long!

FREE Sample of Nivea Happy from Walmart


Walmart has a FREE sample of Nivea Happy Sensation Body Lotion available. You should receive your sample in 4-6 weeks!

FREE Tea Sample


Request a FREE sample of Language of the Leaf Tea. Just enter your name on the lower left hand side of the page. Then enter your email address and complete the form on the next page for your shipping information

Make sure you decide which type of tea you would like before you get to the second page(there are alot of types and they are all posted on the first page)because they will ask you what kind of tea you would like to sample. I chose peppermint, what did you choose?

FREE Sample of All-Oxi



Click "Get A Free Sample" at the middle of the screen to get a sample of All Oxi-Active Detergent from walmart! You should receive your sample in 3-4 weeks!

FREE Mini EOS Shaving Cream


Request a mini EOS Shaving Cream! Your should receive your sample in 6-8 weeks!

FREE Redbox Rental


Enjoy a FREE one-night Redbox rental from any Redbox on June 21, 2010 when you "like" them on facebook! You will get your code and can use it at any Redbox on June 21!

Don't forget about your Kraft Rebates!!!


I just wanted to remind everyone to get their Kraft Rebates sent in! I just sent mine out today!!! If you requested a Kraft Summer Sampler Pack in May, you should have received one of these forms. Each pack contained a mail-in rebate form for $10.00 back when you purchase $30.00 in qualifying Kraft products between May 23 and June 13. They must receive the form by June 28, 2010 in order for you to receive your rebate!

So this is your friendly reminder....to make those purchases and get the rebate and reciepts send in!

Last Chance to Request Your P&G Sampler


I'm bringing up this post again for all of our new fans! P&G lets you request freebies from them once every 3 months. Register with them (which you can do in the previous post under "P&G Everday Solutions") they let you choose which samples and coupons you would like to receive. Different accounts are offered different items, so log on to see what your offers are and share them with us!

Here's what I was able to request:

•Sample of Pantene Solutions Shampoo & Conditioner
•Pampers Cruisers With Dry Max
•Free sample of Bounce
•Free sample of Prilosec OTC
•Free Package of Cascade Action Pacs
•$1 off Tide Plus Febreze Freshness
•$3 off Tide Stain Release
FREE One Day Pass to Sam's Club

I posted a pic of yesterday's freebies and in that pic you can see all of my goodies from P&G. So check it out and sign up!

I will post about this again in July, because we will be able to request another package at that time! :)


This would be a great freebie to share with your friends!!!!

Programs that I participate in to get FREE items


Wow...I can't believe how fast my blog and my facebook page is growing! Thank you so very much to each one of you! Thank you for your support and thank you for continuing to spread the word, so we can help as many of your friends and family as possible! That was the reason that I started this page and I really enjoy hearing back from you guys. It makes me happy to know that you are enjoying it! So thanks again and please feel free to leave a comment!

I posted this about two weeks ago, but we have so many new people I'm posting it again. I don't want anyone to miss out on these great programs! So here are the programs that I recommend signing up for. These are the programs that I have joined and participate in. I get so many coupons for FREE items because of these programs...they are well worth the time to sign up!

These work for the companies for many different reasons. One is word of mouth...the partcipants will get to try their product for free...if they like it they tell 10 people and so on, that's the basic concept. It does work, because I have found myself doing it. This is done with both existing and new products on the market. The company will usually send you a coupon for a full size item, and if you like it they hope that you will tell your friends and family.

There are others that will use you to "test" their products. This is usually done with new products also. They will usually send you a coupon for a full sized product or will actually send you the product itself. I've gotten shampoo, conditioner, Oil of Olay Pro X (that was valued at $45.00 alone!)tons of food products and many other things this way. Again, they hope if you like it you will tell others and buy it yourself. These usually include valuable coupons too to pass along to friends and family! Usually they ask that you fill out a quick survey, it takes no more than a minute or two. If you do that, then they will send you more stuff. So try to always fill out the surveys if that is the case...it's well worth it!!!

Others will send you actual sample sizes, which are usually decently sized. They almost always include valuable coupons too. I recommend always requesting the samples, sometimes you will be pleasantly surprised and the sample will be full sized! But if not, it's worth it just for the coupons, even if you're not a fan of samples.

A new thing that has started on Facebook is if you become a "fan" of a certain company they will either mail to you or let you print off a coupon, these are usually for a free item. Sometimes it will just be a coupon, but they are usually high dollar coupons. I have recently started getting into that and I'm loving it!

The key to ALL of this is to be QUICK!! You need to grab it AS SOON as you find out there is an offer/sample/coupon! These are limited quantities and they tend to go very quickly! I will be posting offers as I find out about them. That's why I recommend subscribing to this blog, so you get the updates as soon as I do and you are able to request it before they run out.

OK, so the programs that I recommend are all free..these are the ones that usually send coupons and/or samples: General Mills Pssst Program, this is usually samples and high dollar coupons; Proctor & Gamble Everday Solutions, these are usually high dollar or free coupons...you would be shocked at how much you can save from this one alone...P&G makes a ton of products! Kraft First Taste is really good too, it's usually high dollar or free coupons.

The word of mouth marketing programs are She Speaks, you will receive full sized products or coupons for full sized products and my favorite which is Vocalpoint, it is ridiculous how much stuff I get from them, and again it's always full sized products plus coupons.

Some other websites that I recommend to either print off coupons or load them to your shoppers card are: Smartsource, Coupons.com, cellfire, shortcuts, and Kroger ECoupons. Also look for blinkies in the store that will have coupons for you to take (they are the small machines that are attached to the shelves that will spit out a coupon as you walk by) and also look for peelies on the products themselves. I may not purchase the product right at that time, but I will take the coupon if I know that I will use it later, so keep your eyes open for those!

Last but not least, I also get alot of free items with rebates. Yes, they are a pain, but they are well worth it! Just make sure if you are planning on sending rebates in you have the original reciept, so you may have to have the cashier seperate items if you are going to do more than one product. I have gotten free Oil of Olay prodcuts, free Olay Quench Lotion, a free Razor, free turkey and many other things because of rebates, they are well worth the trouble!

*I am in no way affiliated or compensated by any of these programs the views expressed here are my personal opinion and recommendation.

Time to check your Kraft First Taste Accounts~

This is for those that still haven't received any coupons recently in their Kraft First Taste Accounts!


The scoop again in the blogging world is that some Kraft First Taste members can log in to their account and are able to request the following coupons mailed to your home:
•$1/1 Package of Kool-aid Fun Fizz Drink Drops
•$1.50/1 Package of Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Shaved Lunchmeats
•$1.50/1 Nabisco Crackerfuls
•$1.50/1 Kraft 100 Calorie Packs
•$1.50/1 Kraft Homestyle Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
•$1.50/1 Digiorno Deep Dish Pizza


This is a great program to join...I just got coupons for all 6 items for FREE last week...it instantly took $20 off of my bill! So check it out!

Let me know if you were able to score these!

***Don't have a Kraft First Taste Account? Check out the "Programs I participate in to get FREE items" post. You can sign up there under "Kraft First Taste".***


*All coupons are offered while supplies last!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Free Journey to the Stars DVD

Free Journey to the Stars DVD From NASA

Free Sherman's Travel Magazine

FREE subscription to Sherman's Travel Magazine!

Mid week Mailbox Check!


So I know that my cousin Toneka had a super great day with her mailbox check! I was surprised to find that I had a pretty good one myself when I got home this afternoon! : )

Today's Freebies

-Cosmo Mag
-Martha Stewart Living Mag
-4 sticks of Dove Deodorant (I paid .50 per stick through Medco.com for these)
-Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner
-Cascade Extra Action Pacs
-Coupon for a FREE carton of Tropicana OJ
-Tide Sample
-Bounce Sample
-Special K Protein Bar + Coupon
-1 Day Pass to Sam's Club (I think I'm going to check it out!)
-FREE Recipe Cards from Cooking Club of America
-2 Prilosec OTC Packages
-Kraft Rebate for $10

Has anyone else had the freebies start rolling in? What have you received lately? We'd love to hear!!! :)

FREE Bayer Contour Blood Glucose Meter


Free Bayer’s Contour Blood Glucose Meter!

Just:

•Fill out the information

•Click the SUBMIT button

•Print your coupon and bring it to your local pharmacy with a prescription from your doctor (or simply have your doctor call in the prescription)

•They will give you your free CONTOUR® meter on the spot

FREE Kids' Cookbook!


This is another fun summer project with the kids! I love to cook and bake so this will be great for our house!

You can download a copy of Red Robin's Kids' Cookbook! This cookbook includes 50 inventive Gourmet Burger recipes from Kids across the county and back-to-school safety tips.

Kids Bowl FREE all summer long!


I wanted to post this one for everyone too! I just received my first packet of tickets...I think I am going to take my kids next week. It will be fun!!!

Looking for another fun and free activities for the upcoming summer season? Check here to see if your local bowling alley participates in the kids bowl free program! I know our local bowling alley does partcipate! This is another fun and FREE activity. Kids under 12 can bowl 2 FREE games per day, all summer long!

Join Borders "Double Dog Dare" this summer to get FREE books for your kids!


I know I posted this one a while back, but it's just been a slow week and I wanted to post this for all of the newbies that have recently joined, welcome by the way! :) Want a way for your kids to earn a free book this summer? Join Border's "Double Dog Dare"! It's for kids 12 and under, they will earn a FREE book after reading 10 books There are 10 titles to choose from for your FREE book. Starts May 4 and ends August 26. This is a super easy, fun, and free activity for your kids this summer!

FREE Sample of Crest 3D White Strips


I wanted to bring this freebie up again since it is still available! Get a FREE Sample of Crest 3D Whitestrips from Walmart.com! (Click on the "Request Sample" tab at the top) When I've requested this in the past, it has also contained a $10 coupon and I'm assuming this one would be the same. You should receive your sample in 4-6 weeks!

FREE Sample of Emergen-C Blue


You can request a FREE Sample of Emergen-C Blue!

Your FREE samples will be shipped within 4 weeks.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Free Sample Aveeno Hair Care Products

Get your Free Aveeno Hair Care Sample

FREE Salonpas Pain Relief Patch


Get a FREE Salonpas Pain Relief Patch or Arthritis Patch! Just fill out the info and you should receive your patch in the mail in about 6 weeks! Offer valid in the 50 United States including APO/FPO addresses, and District of Columbia. Limit of one request per household. Offer good while supplies last.

New Email Subcription Option

Hi everyone! It's looking like a slow day today, but I will be posting a few freebies shortly! In the meantime, I have had a few followers request that I start an option for an email subscription, so I have now made that an option. If you are interested just go to my blog and you will see an option to "enter your email address" to the right of the page, underneath "followers". I think this is a great idea, because you will receive ONE daily email of everything that I post, which I am hoping will serve as a reminder to everyone and make it easier for everyone to get in on all of the freebies! Let me know what you think!

Thanks :)

FREE Personalized Father's Day Photo Card (.99 Shipping)


You can get a FREE Father's Day Photo Card from Kodak Gallery right now (you just pay .99 shipping), this offer ends Friday! So, you may want to hurry to ensure you get in on this deal! I make one of these every year for my husband and he always seems to enjoy them! They don't take long to make and it's something he can keep forever!

Monday, June 7, 2010

FREE Sample of Pristine Skin Care Products


Receive a free sample of Pristine Skin Care Products! Just fill out the form, make sure you confirm the email that you receive and you should receive your product in 4-6 weeks! :)

FREE Bounty Paper Towel Sample


Get a FREE sample of Bounty paper towels from Sam's club! Member number NOT required this time. You should receive your sample in 4-6 weeks! :)

FREE Chavrie Goat Cheese!


Join the Chavrie For the Love of Goat Cheese club here to receive a coupon for FREE Chavrie cheese. Maximum retail value of store coupon is $5.50.

UPC: 7055178653 (You will need this)

FREE Sample of UnderJams Nightwear


Get a FREE sample of UnderJams Night Wear, just enter your info and you should receive your sample in about 10 weeks! :)

FREE Tin


Receive a FREE Tin from the Almond Board of California! Fill out your information, answer 2 survey questions and make sure to check the last box to receive your free tin! I don't believe this has Almonds in it...sorry! :)

FREE Nabisco Cookies!


Today is the day to print a coupon for a FREE package of Nabisco Cookies when you buy one package of Nabisco cookies, one gallon of milk and any other size milk (this can even be one of the really small individual servings). Visit the “Cookies & Milk” tab to print the coupon and make sure to redeem by June 25th! Coupon offer ends 6/7/10 at 11:59 PM ET. (*Restrictions apply.)

My Latest Shopping Trip.....


Hello Everyone!

I will catch everyone up in a bit on the freebies we missed this morning! :) I just wanted to share my latest trip to the grocery with you! I believe this is an all time record for me! I went today and only purchased items that I had coupons for (with the exception of milk). My total before my coupons was $148.25, my total after coupons was $25.35...and what makes it even better is that I received a $10.00 grocery perk back, so after that, my total out of pocket expense was $15.35! I have posted a pic of my groceries so everyone can see how much I got and how little I spent and most of the items are name brand too! (Just click on the pic and you will get a much clearer view). It really pays to take the time to match up the coupons with the sales!

I will be posting some more freebies in a bit! :)

FREE Prodcuts from Medco Health Store!!!


MEDCO is offering a different $10 off code again with .99 shipping! This time I ordered a 15 Day Weight Loss, Cleanse and Flush Kit plus an e.l.f. Plumpling Lip Glaze all for a total of $1.54 including shipping!!!!!

If you are NEW and placing your FIRST order, use code FIRST10 for $10 off ANY order then use the other code for another $10 off!!!(may have to be in a seperated order, I'm not sure)

This code is good for $10 off ANY order (no minimum) when you use coupon code DR10 at checkout (remember if you are new use the FIRST10 code first) + Shipping is ONLY .99 cents! You will need to apply code after you enter your credit card info. Then it will take you to the screen where you enter the discount code and then you confirm the order after that! I just got a message from them stating that my last order has been shipped!!! Let me know what you scored!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Summer of Swag starts tomorrow!


Tomorrow is going to be a big day for Swag Codes, AT LEAST 5 different codes will be coming your way on Monday! (You just enter these codes and get the points for them)

It's the kickoff to their Summer of Swag! They have some really big stuff that they will be debuting this summer - things you've been asking for. It's definitely going to be a summer to remember at Swagbucks! So start using that search engine and watch them add up so you can score some FREE items too!

In the meantime, this coming week is going to be a BIG one too. In addition to going code crazy on Monday they will be highlighting a different bill every day - BIG bills, too. As an added bonus, every day the featured bill will be awarded to every 7th win on Swagbucks! On Monday, that bill will be the 25 Swag Buck bill!

This might be a good time to get some more referrals...

Think about it - if you have 6 friends that you've referred, chances are that one of the seven of you will win the big bill during the day, so go ahead and refer some friends so that they can take advantage of Swagbucks too! If you haven't yet signed up for Swagbucks, you can sign up and automatically earn 30 Swagbucks by clicking here!

I've earned $10 of Amazon Gift Cards in the last two weeks alone! So check it out!

FREE Coffee or Tea from Organo Gold!


FREE sample of Coffee or Tea from Organo Gold!

Choose from

Organo Gold Gourmet Black Coffee

Organo Gold Gourmet Latte

Organo Gold Gourmet Hot Chocolate

Organo Gold Gourmet Mocha

Organo Gold Gourmet Organic Green Tea

The King of Coffee

FREE Fine Gift Soap Samples




Just Fill out the form to receive 5 FREE samples from Fine Gift Soaps! No strings attached! You can let them surprise you (they will send their newest arrivals) or you can choose up to 5 from the following:

Thymes
Olivina Napa Valley
Mediterranean Spa
Aromafloria
Helan Vetiver & Rum for Men
Thymes Sweetleaf Baby
Noodle & Boo Baby
Linea Bimbi Baby