Mama's Money Saving Tips

Walmart's Black Friday Specials Revealed!

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:11:00 +0000

The coveted Walmart Black Friday circular was just released to shoppers on Facebook and Walmart.com to help families plan their holiday shopping and get more Christmas for their money.

All-day long on Thanksgiving, shoppers can get great online-only specials and save with free “Fast, Faster, Fastest” shipping options.

Examples of a few of the incredible online savings include:
*46” HDTVs for under $400
*Electric Ride-Ons for children, priced under $40
*Choice of four select Blu-ray™ discs for only $20

Walmart Store’s Black Friday events will be held at the following times* (ONLINE TIMES and SUPPORT MAY VARY): Get in early on Thursday to save on xBoxes, Paula Deen cookware, Barbies, inflatable Snowmen and more! Friday brings even more savings on Emerson TVs, Goodyear tires, LG Blu-ray Players, Smartphones, Magellan GPS, iPod Touches and many of your other favorite gifts!

*10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24) – Top Toys, Home and Apparel
*Midnight on Black Friday (Nov. 25) – Electronics! Electronics! Electronics!
*8 a.m. Nov. 25 through the weekend – Gifts for the entire family; electronics and more

Save on Amazing Online Specials at Walmart.com while Supplies last!

$2 for a $25 Restaurant Gift Certificate

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:53:00 +0000

Here it is again. Restaurant.com has their $25 gift cards for as low as $2! They have many popular Restaurants to choose from. These will make great stocking stuffers or presents for Christmas. This deal won't last for long though.

Restaurant.com customers can get $25 gift certificates for as low as $2 with use of promo code "HAM". Get it now thru 11/15/11.

Print Coupons for Veterans

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:19:00 +0000

Last Sunday in your Smart Source (SS) insert you will find a page of coupons for the Wounded Warrior Project. It is a list of coupons that you can find on the Believe In Hero’s, Wounded Warriors Project webpage HERE.

There are 4 pages of coupons including:
*save $.50 on 3 Pringles Superstack cans ($.99 @ this weeks Kroger mega event)
*save $1.00 on 2 cans Ocean Spray cranberry sauce (also $.99 @ Kroger mega event)

For more information on WWP and their mission to honor and empower wounded warriors, visit woundedwarriorproject.org. You can donate there to also help the cause.

Thanks, IHeartTheMart!

Walmart deals under $1 from 11/6 coupons

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:43:00 +0000

Johnson & Johnson Red Cross Mini First Aid Kits: $.97
$1/1 Neosporin or Johnson & Johnson Red Cross Product, exp. 12/31/11 (SS 11/06/11)
Total: FREE + $.03 overage

Pepcid AC Max Strength (8ct): $4.38
$4/1 Pepcid Product, exp. 11/13/11 (SS 11/06/11)
Total: $.38

Hall’s Cough Drops (30ct): $1.18
$1/2 Halls Drops, exp. 12/31/11 (SS 11/06/11)
Total: $.68 each

Thanks IHeartTheMart!

Friday is Megabucks on Swagbucks!

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:56:00 +0000

Sorry for the late post, but better late than never. Friday is their day where you have a better chance to earn big Swagbucks. I earned 20 SB today searching for some free fall wallpaper for my desktop. I already redeemed 5 gift cards to amazon.com for $5 each (will be able to order something for hubby's christmas present).

NEW TO SWAG BUCKS? Signing up is free, easy, and fun! If you use your Swagbucks to search on a regular basis you should be able to get anywhere from $5 – $20 in gift cards a month just for starting your search at Swagbucks (just like you would google or yahoo). My husband and I both have acconts so it's easy to cash out $50 worth of gift cards in a month. Go here and start searching to win some free stuff!

Toys "R" US Crayola Crayons for $.25

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:40:00 +0000

Toys “R” Us has Crayola crayons on sale 4 for $1 tomorrow and Saturday. You can also pricematch this deal at Target or Walmart. These will make great stocking stuffers, or you can donate them to any Toys for Tots donation boxes or Operation Christmas Child* shoeboxes.

*Idea: If you have an overload of Halloween candy, you can donate that to the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes as well.

$5 coupon on $15 PepsiMax Purchase

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:19:00 +0000

SavingStar has a sweet coupon that if you buy $15 worth of Pepsi Max products, you get $5 back into your Savingstar account. My Frys (Kroger) store has Pepsi 2 ltr for $.89 wyb 10, so I will be sure to get $15 worth. This offer is good until November 30th, so hurry on over to Pepsi Max Facebook page and get the deal.

If you don't have an account with Savingstar yet, you'll need one to get their awesome coupons. Just add your store loyalty cards, and e-clip their coupons. When you reach $5 in savings, you can request a payout in prizes or cash.

Extreme Couponing Experience

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:15:00 +0000

About a week ago, my local grocery store was having a sale that if you buy 10 participating items, you save $5. I didn't have much money left for food, so I thought I might check the ad and my coupons to see if it might work.

With coupons and the sales promotion, I got all 22 of the items above for $13.70.....the price before all the discounts? Approx $47. That's a 71% savings!

That is actually my second extreme coupoing experience since I started 2 months ago. My first was when I went to Walmart to buy a phone card for my "throw away" phone. I took my coupons and noticed I had this $6/2 schick razors coupon....I had 6 of those coupons. I found a package of Schick razors that was $1.98 (looking back, i think it was the wrong pkg). That meant I'd be getting back $2 for each pkg. Anyway, I had bought a $5 movie, a few food items, the phone card and all those razors.....with all the razor coupons (and food coupons for the food items)...I paid only $13.75 OOP*....that's less than the price of the phone card. The items w/o discounts and coupons actually came to around $50......that's at least another 70% savings.

ANybody can do it, you just have to find the right situation and store. I still have yet to try CVS deals for ECB because of low $$. I did get to buy a few bars of soap and dish soap for cheap. They ended up being like$.49 each with coupons.

(*Dislcaimer- I do have Food Stamps from the state so prices will vary....in the walmart experience, I hadn't paid attention to how much I paid with FS

New Layout

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:29:00 +0000

I found a free blogger template @ BTemplates today and decided it looked great for this blog since the last template looked a little dull. I deleted a bunch of stuff as well because it was looking too cluttered. I now just have to add my linkbacks to twitter, facebook, etc and tweak a little more....but for the most part, it's done. I haven't checked all the links (especially in the Freebie Community section), so if you find a dead link, let me know in the comments. What do you think?

Get Free Gift Cards with Swagbucks

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:02:00 +0000

If you haven't searched much with Swagbucks this week, then today is the day to get searching. Friday is their day where you have a better chance to earn big Swagbucks. I earned 11 SB earlier just searching for a movie title I was inquiring about. I already redeemed 4 gift cards to amazon.com for $5 each, and have enough for one more.

NEW TO SWAG BUCKS? Signing up is free, easy, and fun! If you use your Swagbucks to search on a regular basis you should be able to get anywhere from $5 – $20 in gift cards a month just for starting your search at Swagbucks (just like you would google or yahoo). My husband and I both have acconts so it's easy to cash out $50 worth of gift cards in a month. Go here and start searching to win some free stuff!

Added new stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:41:00 +0000

SInce it's been quite awhile, I have to re-do links and banners and update with any new information. I added new bloggers I follow, and had to update some new links in my "Shopping" and "Earning" lists. If you come across a link that's broken, let me know in a comment below. Thank you.

It's been awhile

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:47:00 +0000

I have been out of the blogging loop for quite some time. I have recently started couponing and trying to find ways to save again so I decided to try this blog again.

I will post about any new coupons, blogs about saving, deals at stores that I've found, and anything else that pertains to saving (or making) money.

Stay tuned!

Free Lava Lamp Nightlight

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:54:00 +0000

Retro meets Practical. This is a really cute addition to the Lava Lamp family....the Lava Lamp Nightlight!

If you want to get one of these FREE, go quickly (given out to the first 10,000).

FREE Lava Lamp Nightlight

A coupon worth $50 free in new Adwords accounts

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:33:00 +0000

I stumbled across a blog giving away FREE coupons worth about $50 for your AdWords account. This guy is giving them away for free and asks only that you link to his blog post about the coupons (simple enough). In order to recieve this coupon though, you MUST have a NEW AdWords account (14 days old or less).

I just sent him my info with this blog post and we'll see if he has any left to give. I will post any updates if I get the coupon or not. I guess it's worth getting FREE money to promote your sites!

Get an AdWords coupon FREE (a $50 value)

I'm Back In The Saddle Again

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:56:00 +0000

As the great Aerosmith says "I'm back in the saddle again"...lol.

I have come back to update on my blogs once again, bringing everyone new Free items, Super Deals, and other great money saving ideas from around the web.

I will be slowly adding new things and making updates to my site layout, so bear with me. I may not post EVERY day, or I may post many things in ONE day....so there is no definitive to when and how much I will be posting. That is determined by how much time a day I can devote away from my sweet little angels (hahaha).

I have a new site full of nifty deals, free stuff, sign ups (for newsletters and whatnot), contests, shopping, free trials, and lots more. Check it out! It is just a small addition to my blog, it does not replace it. So feel free to visit both sites daily in case anything new is updated!

On Hiatus

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:39:00 +0000

I've been slacking on my posts for both my blogs (as you can see my last post was in June) due to school and trying to get my life on track.

I will start posting again sometime soon, but until then, visit any of my favorite Frugal sites, blogs, and Sponsors on this blog.

And thank to all the people who still visit my blog!

Redbox Free Movie Monday 6/01 TODAY ONLY

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:39:00 +0000

This code is good for Monday, June 1, 2009 ONLY.

Use promo code FM63H7 for a free overnight Red Box Rental. After that you will be charged $1/day. This can used once per credit/debit card.

The next code should be emailed to me the First Monday of July (I think it's July 6th). I will post any new updates on Free Redbox codes if I hear anything different.

80% off at Restaurant.com extended until 5/31

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:38:00 +0000

Restaurant.com is having an awesome sale on their gift certificates. Use code SPECIAL at checkout to get $25 gift certificates for just $2!

And what makes it better, you can get cash back for purchasing these gift certificates at this great price. At UPromise.com, you can get 15% cash back on your purchases from Restaurant.com. They also have a Preferred Dining program for more cash back. Make sure you buy a Gift Certificate from Restaurant.com that is also a Preferred Dining Restaurant at UPromise. You get cash back for the certificate AND cash back for using your credit card at the restaurant for whatever is over the gift certificate amount. If you apply (and are approved) for a UPromise credit card, you can use it at get $25 after your first qualifying purchase. That's a load of savings!

Alternitively, CashBaq gives a 25% cash back rewards at Restaurant.com and you also get a $5.00 bonus for signing up with them!

Mr. Rebates has a 20% cash back offer with Restaurant.com AND you also get a $5.00 sign up bonus with your first purchase.

Free Ice Cream @ Walmart on May 30th

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:02:00 +0000

Get your Free Ice Cream on Saturday May 30th from 11am to 4pm. They have a small variety to choose from (including Ben & Jerry's and Blue Bunny). Check your local Walmart for participation.

NO Thrifty Thursday today

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:43:00 +0000

I'm not able to compile my Thrifty Thursday post today due to studying for my Final Quiz today. Instead, check out the list below for great Thrifty Ideas.

Mommysavers

MoneyPants

Ideal Bite - Sign Up for Fun, Free Eco-Living Tips (and frugal too)

Webfloss-High class living on a middle class budget

$5 Dinners

It's Frugal Being Green

FREE Oscar Meyer HotDogs...today ONLY!

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:06:00 +0000

You can only get this coupon TODAY (until midnight) so hop on over there and sign up for your FREE Oscar Meyer Hot Dog coupon. They send it in the mail so you'll recieve it in about 6-8 weeks.

Get Quiznos Coupons in your email

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:21:00 +0000

If you love Quiznos sandwiches as much as I do, then you'll love getting their coupons by email. Join the Quiznos Q Club and get Quiznos updates and access to coupons. I haven't tried the new Torpedoes yet, but I will try now that I'll get some coupons for other yummy things at Quiznos.

Making Money Monday: YouData

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:48:00 +0000

YouData is an easy program to join and make quick money for less than a minute of work. All you do is view ads, then visit the website....that's it! You make about $.15 per ad/view. The first time you sign up, you'll get about $5.00 worth of ads/views to click on. Each week thereafter you may only accrue about $1.00 or less.

Fill out their personal surveys to maximize amounts of ads you get (the more they know, the more ads they'll send based on your interests). They pay out automatically to your Paypal account each Friday. The best part is, you can get up to $1.00 for each new MeFile you refer. Specifically, for each of the first 100 times one of your referrals is paid for their attention, you receive a $0.01 referral bonus.

So as you can see, you make quick and easy money for less than a minute of your time. It's not a "Get Rich Quick" program...but money is money, right? I mean, I've only made about $10.00 total in 2 months....but that's $10 I didn't have before, and it was easy enough to do with my 2 babies running around always needing attention.

Click Here if you'd like to join YouData.

Freebie Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:09:00 +0000

It's another Friday and I have some NEW freebies (and a few that are re-occuring):

Free Chocolate- Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act is giving away FREE chocolate to the first 250,000 people who register with them EVERY FRIDAY until 9/25/09

Free Yoyo Lip Gloss- you may have to call their 1-800 number, I was experiencing technical difficulties getting to the form....

Free Sample Hawaiian Tropic Sun Care- great stuff to have during the summer heat

Free Sample Sun Crystals- an all natural sweetener sample...you can also print a coupon for $1.50 off

Free Sample Always Clean- sample pad of pads that have an individually wrapped wipes attached to them

Free Eye Hope anti-aging cream- request is through their Facebook application

Free Popcorn- courtousy of Yahoo in light of tv's going digital June 12th (the link is on right sidebar titled "last date night with your old tv")

Free Sample Don't Bite Me! Patch- another great freebie for when you are outdoors and there are tons of bugs out

Free Sharpie or pen- first 300 sweepstakes registrants (each day) will receive a free Sharpie marker or uniball pen

Free Tom's Friend mug- In anticipation of the upcoming film, Tom's Friend, we are pleased to offer to the public a free "Tom's Friend" 11 oz. coffee mug.

Free GP-X marker- call (800.521.3047), or fill out their online form. These markers are for industrial use only, therefore your free marker sample(s) will be mailed upon verification of the company information submitted.

Free Resume copies and business cards from Staples- Staples is having a Career Stimulus program from now until June 13, 2009. The are giving away 20 resume copies and 40 business cards.

Know of a great Freebie that you've come across? Feel free to share it with me in a comment and I'll post it here!

Barter, Trade, and Swap: Getting Through the Recession Cheaply

noreply@blogger.com (Christina) — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:17:00 +0000

You need something but don't have the money? You've got valuables that you don't want to pawn for less value than it's worth? The community of Bartering/Trading/Swapping is a great way to get through the recession without having to pay out-of-pocket for the things you need.

I recall a story not too long ago about an individual named Kyle MacDonald starting a swap chain with something as small as one red paper clip. He ended up with a House 14 trades later! (Read about it here) Now, not all trades can be successful as that, but you can trade just about anything these days. Swap services (need a handyman or some dentistry work? How about babysitting?) or goods of all sorts (tv, house, toolbox, clothes, whatever you have). It's definitely a great way to get what you need without having to pay (and it's even a form of recycling...yay for GREEN) in these hard times. I found a great article about how to get started the smart way called 7 Keys to Smart Bartering by Emily Brandon at USnews.com. There are some great tips on bartering and swapping, including watching out for taxing on bartered goods.

Here are a few sites online that Deal with Trading/Swapping/Bartering:

BarterBee- uses a point system to "buy" music, movies, and games...I guess you earn points whenever you use the site...FREE membership, you just pay for shipping on your items

BarterBucks- uses "trade dollars" as a currency....you also need a credit card to sign up. I think they have membership fees, but I couldn't find out more. If anyone has joined this community, I would love some feedback...either positive or negative.

BarterQuest- Free membership, just pay for shipping. Has a matching system, or you can browse their categories.

Best House Swap- Free membership...Post your listing on their bulletin board, find a match, and they draw up contracts and everything needed to make the new house YOURS. Premium membership is available for $29.95 for additional benefits.

Online House Trading- Uses a search based matching system to find the house you want. There is a fee of $29.95 to use the service. They do have a 7-day FREE trial in case you'd like to check it out before you buy.

Swap Thing- FREE membership. List your items, search for an item. Any cash transactions, including shipping, are negotiated between swappers, and easily allocated through your PayPal account.

HomeExchange- Featured in the comedy "The Holiday" with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet. Home Exchange is the vacation alternative where people swap houses for a short time. There is a membership fee of $99.95 for a one year unlimited Membership...if you don't make an exchange in that year, they give you a second year FREE.

CouchSurfing- I just had to add this one....much like HomeExchange, instead complete strangers offer their "couch" to other complete strangers to stay for a day or more. It's a great way to go on vacation without having to pay high hotel bills...plus you kind of have a local to show you around town! They have safety features (like verification and references) to make the couch surfing safe for everyone. Best of all, the service is FREE!

If you have any success stories, feedback on any of the above swapping sites, or know of any more great swapping communities, please feel free to leave me a comment or two. ;)