Friday, January 15, 2010

Save money on paint!

If redoing a bedroom is on your Resolution list, here's a deal you might be able to use:

Get a $5 rebate on 1-gallon or $20 rebate on 5-gallons of paint at Home Depot. Paint must be purchased by February 17. View the rebate form here.

The qualifying brands include:

■ BEHR Interior and Exterior Paints and Primers, Decorative Finishes, Waterproofers, Stains and Cleaners
■ GLIDDEN® Interior and Exterior Paints
■ RALPH LAUREN® Paints and Specialty Finishes
■ FRESHAIRE CHOICE Paint

Thanks, Moneywise Moms!

25% off entire purchase at Old Navy

This is going to go quick, so hurry up and find this one!

Click Here
2. Click on the $7 yoga pants to the right
3. The waist band on the pants will turn bright pink
4. A 25% off coupon will pop up
5. Click on Make Coupon
6. Print out your coupon or email it

Note: These are unique coupon barcodes. One time use

Thanks, Slick Deals!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Free Wet Wipes

Print this $1.50 off a canister of Wet Ones wipes when you take the pledge to stop the Sperad of Germs. Then next week use them at Walgreens next week (starting 1/17) to score two canisters for free!

Buy two Wet Ones Canisters 2/$4 and earn a $1 RR
Use two $1.50/1 Wet Ones Printable Coupons
Free after coupons and RR!


Thanks Common Sense with Money!

Free E-Book - Pure Pleasure


If you have Kindle or just want to listen to a book on your PC, here's a free e-book from Amazon.

Download a free copy of Pure Pleasure by Gary Thomas here.

Get a $15 Target gift card for trying out Wii Fit

Awesome deal if your target is participating! (select locations in CA, TX, GA, FL), Mine isn't participating, but maybe yours is...

Stop by our Target event tent to try Wii Fit™ Plus and
get a $15 Target GiftCard® while supplies last*.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

$1 printable coupon for StarKist Tuna

Vocalpoint has these $1 off coupons for StarKist Tuna Creations packets. It is reported that Walmart has them for $1.48 so that makes it only $.48 after coupon. Or you can get them at Meijer cheaply or free at Kroger!

Thanks Deal Seeking Mom!

Monday, January 11, 2010

Free Bagel From Einstein Bagels

Become a fan of Einstein Bros. and get a coupon for a free bagel and schmear! Once you are a fan click on the “free bagel” tab to be able to print your coupon

Thanks Common Sense with Money!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Wholesale Club shopping: to do or not to do??? (Giveaway)-CLOSED

Right before the holidays I was given the opportunity through Blog Spark to get a 3 month trial membership to BJ's. I am just about at the end of the trial membership so I thought I would share my findings with you:


The first time I went to BJ's, I didn't buy anything. Instead, I simply wrote down all of the items that I would normally purchase and their prices (Note, I left my kids home for this endeavor :) Then I went over to my favorite shopping store, which is Publix, and compared the prices. I then compared BJ's with Publix. In addition, I took the items that I know are quite often buy one get one free and compared that sale price with BJ's, my results surprised me quite a bit.


I found that on the basic staple items: orange juice, milk, butter, and eggs that BJ's was significantly cheaper even then when I find the items on sale at Publix. However, I was disappointed because even though they carried my brand of Orange Juice (my family is very orange juice specific) they didn't carry any orange juice with pulp in it which just won't fly in my family. And I found that even though the milk was cheaper it was not antibiotic and hormone free so it also wasn't an option for my family. The eggs and butter were definitely a pretty significant savings as well.


Meat was definitely cheaper here than at a grocery store without sales; however I found that Publix offers the same prices when the item is on sale. For instance, every 6-8 weeks Publix has chicken breasts for $1.99 a pound but is normally $3.99 a pound. BJ's is always $2.99. So, if you can utilitze the concept of stock piling you can do better at Publix; however for the convience of purchasing what you want when you want BJ's is a terrific option.


Because I don't purchase a lot of pre-packaged foods there wasn't a lot of savings to be found on a normal basis; however I did find that for large parties (which we seem to have a fair amount) their sheet cakes and drinks and chips can save almost enough to justify the membership fee alone.


I was super excited that they will take coupons...as it allowed me to score some pretty good deals. For instance they had Welch's sparkling cider priced at 4 for $6.99 and we had those $2/2 coupons online right before Christmas, which means I got 4 bottles for $2.99!!


In summary: At first, I was not overwhelmed with the amount of savings. And I was fairly disappointed in the fact that many of the specific items I purchase on a regular basis were not available there. I can do better stockpiling when things are on sale. However, when looking at all of the information, overall, on those occasions when I need to purchase items and I haven't planned well enough or it is last minute BJ's has a lot of savings to offer.


The fact that they also have a gas station which is almost always $.03 or more cheaper combined with the fact that they accept coupons I have decided to go ahead and purchase a full membership for the year which is $45. My thought is that, especially with having a new baby this upcoming May, that although my intentions are to never shop without coupons & always stockpile, life sometimes gets in the way and BJs will allow me to still save money.


In conjunction with this BJ's shopping experiment, BlogSpark has graciously given me a $25 gift certificate to BJ's that I can offer one lucky winner!!


Win one: One lucky reader will win a $25 gift certificate to BJ's.
To enter: Leave me a comment telling me what item you would love to stock up on at BJ's.
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Please remember to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win. Leave a comment for each separate entry. This contest ends January 19, 2009 at Midnight. A winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be contacted via email. This giveaway is open to US residents.


Full Disclosure: I received a 3 month trial membership and a $25 gift certificate for writing this review. Free trial membership, gift card, information and giveaway have all been provided by BJs Wholesale Club, General Mills and MyBlogSpark. The statements above are my honest feelings, but represent only that, my feelings and opinions!





Monday, January 4, 2010

Staples Deals this week 1/3 to 1/9


Free after Rewards
This week purchase an Avery heavy duty view binder and get the full price of it back in staples rewards! Limit 4. It seems like they have free after rewards items quite often, so if you get started with this you can keep rolling your rewards in the future! * Rewards are mailed in February.

Free after Rebate:
Scotch pop-up desk grip tape dispenser, $3.99-$1 instant savings - $2.99 easy rebate = FREE
Pentel Hyper G retractable gel pens, 4/pack $6.99-$3 instant savings -$3.99 easy rebate=FREE

Only $1!!!
Westcott 7" straight-handlee scissors, reg. $6.29
Staples 1-subject poly notebook, reg. $2.49
Staples black/white composition book, Reg. $2.49
Staples Pull & Seal #10 envelopes, 25/pack, Reg. $3.99
BIC ClicMatic .7mm mechanical pencils, 4 pack, Reg. $4.79
Staples 100% recycled writing pads, letter size, Reg. $5.79
Quartet Endura Glide dry erase markers, 4 pack, Reg. $4.49

$1 after rebate
Staples Photo Plus 4x6 paper 60/pack, $9.99-$8.99 Rebate = $1.00
HammerMill CopyPlus copy paper 500 sheet ream $6.29-1.29 instant savings - $4 rebate=$1

Leap Frog Tag books!

Target has the tag books on sale for $9.99 this week. Use the $4 off coupon and score them for $5.99!!!!
 
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