Help the dogs and cats affected by the storms, for free!

because every dog and cat deserves a decent dinner! 

Get your daily dose of Kibble Karma... Click to Play Bow Wow and Meow Trivia and help feed hungry shelter dogs and cats!

If the above Bow-Wow and Meow links don't work, please click on this link for dogs, http://www.freekibble.com/ or this one for cats, http://www.freekibblekat.com/

 

ALL Kibble raised today at Freekibble and Freekibblekat to will be donated to homeless dogs and cats in storm stricken Vermont and North Carolina - AND if we reach 1 million pieces, Halo, Purely for Pets, will match it with ANOTHER Million pieces! Spread the word... they need us!

Want a Daily Email Reminder? 

Click here to sign up... the more kibblers, the more kibble!

Absolutely Adorable Slippers! $3.99 +S&H

One of today's Tanga deals is for these absolutely adorable 

 ESNY Totes Isotoner Satin Ballerina Bridal Shoes w/ Rhinestones

Available in Black, White & Ivory Styles!

they're a whopping $3.99 + $2.99 shipping!

and don't forget to go through Ebates for 2.5%!

No Coupon Inserts this week!

Sad but true, there will be no coupon inserts on Sunday, September 4th.

Free Breakfast!

From September 6 – 10, 2011, participating Chick-fil-A® restaurants are giving away a variety of FREE breakfast entrées to customers who make a reservation online.


go here to see if there are reservations available at a location near you!

75¢ off any One Shedd’s Spread Country Crock

linky here for a printable coupon for 75¢ off any One Shedd’s Spread Country Crock!

Free Outback Steakhouse Steak?

apparently tonight Outback is giving away one million free steak dinners, in what they're calling "The Great Aussie Steak Out"

go here to see if you're in time to register!  One per household, of course.

$1 off King's Hawaiian Sub Rolls

click here to print a coupon for $1 off any two packages of King's Hawaiian mini sub rolls!

$1 off three Green Giant frozen veggies

clickie for printable coupon

$5 Shoe Shine kit!

one of the "daily deals" at Tanga is for a free shoe shine kit... there's a $4.99 shipping charge.

clicky


now, I bought this same kit for my husband earlier this year and it's really neat!  it comes in a nice, shiny black zippy case and is both super handy, and quite guy-friendly.

$1 off 28oz or 48oz Pine-Sol

Apparently Pine-Sol is coming out with some new scents, and putting out a rare coupon!
click here to print!

$2 off pork ribs

This has got to be one of the strangest coupons i've ever come across!

$2 off any fresh or previously frozen pork ribs, 2lbs or more
it's a Bricks printable, so you should be able to print two of them.  when matched up with marked-down meat, this might be a good deal?
(I don't eat pork, so I don't know!)

more Skintimate shave gel coupons!

did you miss the last one? go here to print the new one!

wanna Bzz?

BzzAgent is recruiting new Agents for the Dr. Scholl's® Massaging Gel Insoles BzzCampaign.
People eligible for this campaign are:


     •    Men
     •    30+ years old
     •    U.S. residents


clicky here www.bzzagent.com/go/dr-scholls

Hill’s® Science Diet® "Love by the Dozen™" Instant Win Game & Sweepstakes

go here to register to play Hill's Science Diet "Love by the Dozen™" Instant Win Game & Sweepstakes.

I admit, that normally I am NOT a fan of their pet foods, but last night I won a Hill’s® Science Diet® Variety Pack just by clicking on the right can.  So we'll see if it arrives, and what the kitties think!

Skintimate cream shave coupon

I can never remember precisely what it's called - but it's the one that the package is upside down?

here's a $1.50 off printable for it!

Another really good deal for All You magazine!

not as good as the other deal, but also not as much money upfront.

this is $6 for 6 issues!

if you're new to EverSave (a daily-deal site, like Groupon) you'll get a $2 credit to use on your first "Save", and you can use coupon code SHARE along with that!
so the deal starts at $10 (again, for six issues) but then -$2 and -$2 = $6, so a buck an issue.  not too shabby!

possible free burger from Ruby Tuesday

Be one of the first 100,000 people to sign up and receive a free Burger from Ruby Tuesday!

I just signed up for a coupon for a free Burger from Ruby Tuesday!  you should check to see if they're still available!

Garnier Moisture Rescue Gel-Cream Moisturizer sample!

I adore this stuff!
it regularly goes on sale at CVS, and you can frequently find $1-off coupons for it.
it's moisturizing, without being oily or heavy or greasy, and it keeps my skin really feeling soft and hydrated and *without* causing the breakouts (haven't I outgrown that yet?) that most moisturizers do!



a one-use sample of it is currently available from Walmart here!

if it is the same sample I got once before, it will come on a postcard with a coupon :)

Free Advil?

I've heard a rumor that the smaller, 24-ct bottles of Advil are on sale at Walmart for $2

which, when combined with the $4 off 2 coupon from the 05/22 SmartSource insert would mean two bottles for free!

or, if you haven't printed this $2 off Advil coupon it should work, too!

Free Fresh Express Salad kit!

Fresh Express^® salads washed in Fresh Rinse^™ are ready to eat...not ready to wash.


Fresh Express^® has developed a breakthrough, eco-friendly produce wash called Fresh Rinse^™ that is 7x more effective in cleaning salads than traditional chlorine wash,¹ but is still gentle on lettuce.

If you're already a VocalPoint member (if not, sign up! it's free!) click here to see if  the Fresh Express^® salads washed in Fresh Rinse^™ are available at a retailer near you, and sign up for a coupon for a free bag!

• Environmentally friendly
• Acceptable for use on organic produce

¹Based on average reduction of bacteria (Total Aerobic Plate Counts, and indicator for the level of microorganisms on a product)

*Must be a Vocalpoint member; limited quantities available. Only one package will be mailed per member. Please allow 5-7 weeks for delivery. Offer only available in certain areas.

20 free 4x6 photo prints at Target!

got summer holiday pictures you want prints of?

this week, Target is offering in-store prints of 4x6 digital photos for 10¢ each - and if you go to their coupons section and print a $2 off 20 4x6 digital prints coupon that makes 'em free!
(if that link doesn't work for you, it's the third line down under "Target Stores" near the bottom of any Target page, and click on the Photo category)

7-11

Today is 7 / 11 and to celebrate, the 7-Eleven stores are giving away free 7.11oz size Slurpees!

Join Me on CrowdTap!

Crowdtap is another way for you to connect with well known brands while earning cash and free products in return! 5% of what you earn also goes to the charity of your choice.
How does it work?
You earn points by answering surveys, polls, referring friends and more. You also can apply to host parties for brands and receive FREE products to test out and give your opinion on.
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When you Sign Up, you start off with 300 points and are a level 1. The more you participate, the more points you earn and the higher you move up. Those with higher levels are eligible to apply for the hottest parties.
Right now you can apply to try out the Adidas Sports Bra and Workout Pants if you are a level 3 or higher. Just click on the New Actions tab to see if you were extended this offer.

Subscribe to Woman's Day for $2 !

one of today's deals on Eversave is a deal for Woman's Day magazine for $5
and if you use coupon code SHARE you can save an additional $3 --
so that makes for $2 for a 12 month subscription!
 

Happy 4th of July!

if you're using SwagBucks, they're giving out a 10-buck gift to help us celebrate & it will be good until 8pm (east coast time) or 5pm (west coast time)

go to their blog here to find the code!

Request your Organize in Style P&G Coupon Booklet!

go here and fill out the form to request a coupon booklet to be mailed to you!

these come out several times a year and have lots of great coupons!

Downy

have you gotten your sample of new Downy Unstopables yet?
(yes, they spelled it that way. i don't know why!)

Almost Overage!

So, a few months ago Recyclebank had one of their coupons on sale for only 10 points - a coupon for two free cans of  Friskies® Tasty Treasures® canned cat food.  I ordered some, and I've had them in my coupon binder ever since - none of the local stores I've checked carry that particular type :(
but today, we were driving down towards Atlanta, so we stopped at a Walmart in another town - and they had it!
So we got 8 cans of cat food (free!), used the coupon I was lucky enough to be able to print from Dixie Crystals Sugar's facebook page a few days ago for a free (or, rather, "up to $4 off" any Dixie Crystals Sugar product), I picked up a small bag of The Goodlife Recipe catfood and used a $1 off coupon for it.
Our cashier took the full value (!) of the sugar coupon off, not just the price of the 4lb bag

and when our total wound up being a negative number, the poor cashier looked SO confused! I explained to him that, according to the Walmart coupon policy, that he was allowed to give me cash back....I was about to tell him he could call a supervisor over to ask, because I was curious as to whether it would actually work....but my husband decided to grab a couple of sodas from one of the cold cases right there by the register, so our total wound up being a dollar and some change.

it was so much fun, getting so much for so cheap!  i just had to share :)

are you in VocalPoint?

if you're a member (or even if you're not, it's free to join and worth it!) click here to get a sample of the new Glad^® ForceFlex^® OdorShield^® with Febreze^® trash bags!

coupons for berries

sign up for Driscoll's email newsletter and you can print a fifty-cents-off coupon for their berries!
http://www.driscolls.com/index.php

you can print two coupons - and they'll print in the *middle* of the page.

Mega Swagbucks!

Today - and every Friday - is Mega Swagbucks Day!

What am I talking about?  well, everyday, Swagbucks gives out "bucks" for using their search engine thingie (like Google) - not points on every search, but randomly throughout the day, as you search for things, you may get points.

and on Fridays, they give out larger amounts! 

For my browser, I use Firefox, and I have installed Swagbucks as one of my built-in search engines, so to search for things, all I need to do is type in whatever I'm looking for in the box beside the address bar - super simple!

Popchips BOGO

printable buy-one-get-one for Popchips!

these are so tasty! kindof expensive for chips - they're in the Healthier section at our Kroger - but at BOGO, that makes the price more affordable :)

Hey, Kool-Aid!

printable for $.50 off of five packets of Kool-Aid - if your store doubles, this could make them free!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

no deals, coupons or sales to share - just a wish for a happy Father's Day to Daddies everywhere :)

Chocolate!

a SmartSource coupon for $1 off two 6-bar packages of Hershey's Chocolates!

1 FREE 8x10 photo print at Walgreens!

got summer vacation photos?  graduation photos? finally get the pictures off of the SD card in your digital camera?

from today until the 18th, if you use code 1FREEBIE at Walgreens, you can get one free 8x10 print - order online, pick up in the store.  

Today only @ CVS

today, (Wednesday, June 15th) only!  at the Magic Coupon Machine at CVS - scan your ExtraCare card and get a coupon for either a 2L *or* a 12-pack of Pepsi or Diet Pepsi for 99¢ !

i also got a coupon for $1.50 of any Kiss brand eyelashes or nails, which i stacked with two $2 off coupons and combined with the current sale promotion of Buy Two & Get $5 ExtraBucks

(two boxes of lashes @ 3.99/ea = $7.98 -$1.50 -$2 -$2 = $2.98 (paid with ExtraBucks, of course) and then i got $5 in ExtraBucks back! i love it when CVS pays me $2.50 to get all dolled up :)

and if you go to the In-Store Coupons section of their webpage, you can print out a coupon for a FREE bar of new Hershey's Air Delight candy bars! these don't expire until 8/20, so plenty of time to find them in your local store :)

free Green Bag Tag @ CVS

ok, so have you signed up for the ExtraCare Card at CVS yet?  

if so, it looks like the Magic Coupon Machine is giving out coupons this week for a free Green Bag Tag!

I picked up an extra one, I'm not sure just yet if I'll keep it in the car as a backup - because, yes, there are those times that I forget my coupon binder! - or if I will keep it to give away to someone later. :)

that's in addition to the $10 free gas card promotion!   it looks like the promotion is going to be happening every week this summer, with different items every week.    

it's spend $30 on "select items" and then get a $10 prepaid gas card!

if you can combine those items with coupons, and they're items that your household uses regularly anyway, then it's a fantastic promotion!  we took advantage of it this week, but I don't know if the deals will align as well for us in the weeks to come.

y'all get this weekend off!

just a reminder, there will be NO COUPON INSERTS in this Sunday's newspaper!

so either take the day off from clipping and filing; or use it as an opportunity to clean out your coupon organizer and rearrange it, if needed.

have a safe holiday weekend, y'all!

oh, how I love CVS!

About a month ago, over at Smart Care Living there was a coupon-by-mail offer to get a free 5-pack, or $7 off a larger package of Zyrtec (an over-the-counter, or OTC, allergy medicine) - and I got mine in the mail yesterday!

Today, we were out running errands and stopped in at my favourite CVS store, and when I scanned my ExtraCare Card at the Magic Coupon Machine, it gave me another $3 off of a $10 Healthcare purchase coupon!  I say another one, because I used one earlier in the week, along with some ExtraBucks that were expiring!

But today I combined my free Zyrtec coupon with their advertised price on Puffs @ 2/$3 (I got three boxes) and used the $3 coupon with it! yay!

so the breakdown is that i got five individually packaged Zyrtec pills (which are so handy when travelling!) and three of the full sized (not the small square) boxes of Puffs (the nose knows!) for $2.05 AND then I got a $1 ExtraBuck back for it having been a fourth scan of my Green Bag Tag

so, yay!  Allergy medicine and Puffs for $1.05

As a footnote, I am aware that Puffs are not thrifty, nor are they environmentally friendly, but they are a small thing that makes my everyday life easier and more comfortable....and I use allergy medication regularly (although normally I get the CVS brand Loratadine for my once-daily medication) so this was a particularly good deal for me!

Couponing 101, part 5

CVS!  Walgreens! Rite Aid!

most major drugstores have Loyalty Card programs - those plastic hangtag thingies on your keychain?  free to join, but handy for discounts!

each store has different programs, and different quirks.  personally, i find trying to get all the deals at all the stores to be too much of a hassle.   so i suggest you pick one to use most often.

i'm a big fan of CVS - there's a huge, clean, well-lit, 24-hour location not far from our house and i freely admit i enjoy going there!

but whichever drugstore you choose.... it isn't just for prescriptions and getting pictures developed!  truly!  some of the most amazing bargains you can find when couponing, will be found at the drugstore!

CVS has their ExtraCare card, and their ExtraCare Beauty Club.  both free to join, but with fantastic benefits!

and when you first join the ExtraCare Beauty Club, a 10% off beauty items coupon will print out on your receipt! it expires after 3 days, and doesn't include sale items, but it's a nice welcome bonus!

i know i told you before that i'd only ever tell you to pay for two things, but if you can add the purchase of a 99¢ Green Bag Tag to your first CVS purchase, it will pay for itself.  See, they're encouraging their customers to use reusable shopping bags, so if you have your Green Bag Tag scanned with each purchase where your bring your own bag (or buy something that doesn't need a bag, like detergent), with every fourth scan, you'll get a $1 ExtraBuck printed on your receipt.  (you can only get credit for one scan per card, per store, per day)

straight off the top, CVS will give you 2% of your purchases back, quarterly, as ExtraBucks, $1 for every two prescriptions you have filled there, and the ExtraCare Beauty Club will give you $5 ExtraBucks for every $50 you spend on beauty items.

every week, different food and household items go on sale at CVS - and they're very coupon friendly! - i can almost promise you'll be amazed at some of the deals!

Couponing 101, part 4

in my opinion, the secret to truly saving money - substantial savings, i mean - using coupons, is to match your coupons with what's on sale.

think about the products you use everyday - shampoo, toothpaste, bar soap, dish liquid, laundry needs. if you're 100% brand-loyal, that's okay (there are certain things i'm brand loyal about, too!) but if you're willing to be flexible, at least with some things, that's where savings can really add up.

now think about the foods you and your family like...what do you like to have in the fridge/freezer/pantry?

some things, like milk and lettuce, it's hard to stock up on!

(not impossible, though. you certainly can freeze milk with no problem. but it does taste different after you thaw it, and it's best for cooking.)

if you can invest even a little extra into your grocery and household budgets - to shop for things at their best prices - it truly does save money in the long run!

a good example is dish liquid - Dawn, Palmolive, Ajax. it regularly goes on sale for under a dollar, and occasionally you'll find 25¢ coupons (particularly in the P&G Brandsaver coupon inserts that come out periodically)

do you know how much your groceries actually cost? if you make yourself a Price Book - it can be a notepad or even just the back of a junk mail envelope - and jot down the price of things you buy regularly, then you can compare the prices at different stores.

you may be surprised at where you can find the best deals!

....but i have to say, i'm not a fan of driving all over town just to get a lower price on a few things. it's not worth the time, gas, or wear & tear on your car)

Couponing 101, part 3

you've probably heard of or been to Coupons.com? you can print out most of those same coupons through MyPoints, or through Swagbucks.

which means you'd get the same value on the coupon *plus* Points or Bucks for every coupon you redeem!

there are a few coupons every now and then that you can only get by going directly to Coupons.com - so it is good to check there occasionally - but for the most part i print all my coupons through MyPoints (they also have links to SmartSource coupons and to Cellfire) or through Swagbucks.

MyPoints will send you emails.

most of the ones they call BonusMail will have a link at the bottom to click for 5 points.

i also get between one and five survey invitations a week - usually 10 points if i don't qualify, more if i do qualify and complete the survey.

NOT counting the coupons, i get about 50 Points a week....for very little effort.

true, you do need to accumulate several thousand points before you can redeem them for the "good" rewards, but it really doesn't take that long!

Plus, if you print and use the coupons (only counts if you USE them, just printing them doesn't count!) you get 10 Points per coupon AND 25 bonus points if you use more than 10 in a month!

Also, if you make online purchases, you can get Points from a lot of popular merchants. you can also get substantial points for certain offers - things like NetFlix or home-printable postage offers. nothing i'd suggest you do *just* for the points, but if you were planning to sign up anyway, then it's a fantastic deal!

now, Ebates! oh, how i love Ebates. much like how you get Points from MyPoints, when you shop online, except it's actual cash-money. a percent of your purchase credited to your Ebates account. You get a sign-on bonus (usually between $5 & $10) and then once you've gotten a certain amount in your account (i think it's $5 - but that doesn't include your sign-on bonus!) and they pay out quarterly. i have mine sent to my PayPal account!

before i make ANY online purchase, i check with Ebates to see if the merchant is listed!

finally, Swagbucks.

it's a little more complicated, but not by much. basically, it's a search engine. like Google. you don't need to download or install their search bar - although if you use Firefox as a browser you can install Swagbucks as an option in the built-in search in the address bar.

you can earn Bucks for searching for things on the internet. not with every search, but if you're searching the 'net anyway, you may as well see if you can earn a little while you're at it. And they have the same print-through option as MyPoints, so you can print the Coupons.com coupons through them and earn Bucks when you use the coupons.

when you visit the site daily, you can earn about five Bucks a day, not counting searches.

again, it doesn't sound like much, i know! but with less than an hour's worth of effort a day,

Points and Bucks can really add up!

and then you can redeem them for gift cards - my favourite is to redeem them for CVS, but i've also redeemed them for Walmart gift cards and Amazon certificates.

Couponing 101, part 2

one of the next things i suggest you do, if you haven't already, is to open a new email account.

i like Gmail - it's free and has lots of storage!

see, this way, you have what some people call a "junk" email account.

but, really, it comes in handy for signing up for things (coupons and deals, etc) without clogging up your primary email account.

but DO remember to check it, at least once a week!

after that go and join Ebates, Swagbucks and MyPoints using your new email account.

go ahead. i'll wait for you here! :)

Couponing 101, part 1

Hi there!

your friendly neighbourbood coupon lady, here :)

to start off with, the basics of couponing? there are only TWO things i will suggest that you pay for.

1. a newspaper subscription.

if you already subscribe to your local paper, with a Sunday delivery, then great! you're halfway there!

if you don't have a subscription to your local paper, i'd look into a Sunday-Only subscription service to the next major city's newspaper.

for example, we get our local city paper delivered every day, but we also have a Sunday subscription to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

and what i have noticed is that the AJC's coupon inserts have more pages than our local paper - oddly, our local paper doesn't always get some of the more high-value coupons!

every six months or so, Groupon has a deal for a six month Sunday Subscription to the AJC for about $30; and there's also this deal for $28 for 3 months of Sunday only delivery.

i'm sure there are other deals out there (especially if you're not near Atlanta!), and there's

always the option of picking the 'paper up yourself, of course.

if you don't currently have a newspaper subscription, and don't particularly want one, you can use the Sunday Coupon Preview to get an idea of what coupons will be released, and decide if you want to head out and pick up a 'paper -- or if you already have a subscription, decide if you want to pick up extras.

the catch is that "Regional coupon inserts & value differences are to be expected!" so sometimes only certain areas (of a city/state/region of the country) will get certain inserts and/or specific coupons (like i said before, sometimes our local paper doesn't get all the same coupons as the AJC!).

write the date on the front page to make your life easier later, and KEEP the coupon inserts! 

i have an accordion type file folder that i keep the inserts in, one month's worth per tab.

2. All You magazine.

it is so totally worth the subscription price ....you can find subscriptions on Amazon, and you can pick it up at newsstands, but for the best price get it here. where the price is 15 issues for $15 or 30 issues for $25 (so $1/issue or 83¢/issue).

i really do have two subscriptions, and it really is worth it.

don't expect to be wowed by the articles, but some of the recipes are actually okay - and there's a two-page pullout calendar month in each issue which is sort of handy.

you can check this list to see all the coupons in the May issue, to get an idea of whether or not you're interested :)  

...there's one other 99¢ item i suggest, as a good value, later on, but it may not apply to you or your shopping area.

now, it doesn't matter if you're the type of coupon user who has a few coupons tucked into your wallet, if you have all your coupons in an envelope, if you use the small accordion organizer, or if you've graduated into a three-ring binder - i've done ALL of those, and you have to find the way that works best for you!

All You!

Hello B-Pals, Sparkly Sisters and Savvy Savers!

i've sent you here so you can snag the very best price i've found anywhere on All You magazine!
15 issues for $15 ($1 an issue) or 30 issues for $25 (83¢ an issue).

click here for the best price on All You!

or you can subscribe through Amazon, starting at $10 for 6 months.

your choice!

Happy Saving!