Saturday, November 21, 2009

Cheerios Giveaway Ending Today at Noon


If you want a chance to win the Cheerios Spoonful of Stories Giveaway, be sure to enter here by noon today.

You have two ways to enter this giveaway:
1. Comment with your name, email and favorite children's book.

2. Subscribe to Frugal Living NW through your reader of choice or by email. You can also become a Google follower. Leave a second comment with your name and email, indicating how you keep up with Frugal Living NW.
And check back later for a new $50 Safeway Gift Card giveaway!

Friday, November 20, 2009

Warning: Kohl's Cash Expires Saturday


If you received Kohl's Cash from the Safeway promotion a couple of weeks ago, note that it expires tomorrow (November 21). Make sure you redeem it!

Huggies: Pure & Natural Diaper Sample


Huggies is offering another sample of the Pure & Natural Diapers -- this time it's 3 diapers in newborn or size 1 and a coupon.

The package will take 4-6 weeks to arrive.

Dave Ramsey.com: $10 Sale

Dave Ramsey is having a big sale on all of his books, CDs, DVDs, software and more: only $10 each! Free shipping for orders over $65.

Our favorite sale item is by far the Designer Envelope System (aka: The Dave Ramsey Girl Wallet). It's the perfect way to use the "envelope system," where you spend only cash, and looks stylish to boot.

If you're short on cash, add this to your Christmas list!

A few new options...

I've added a couple new options to the website that you may want to check out. I realize that both of these are a long time coming, but I'm remarkably bad at figuring out this blogging stuff...


:: Facebook Fan page -- Finally, you can publicize your affection for the frugal life to all your Facebook friends. Click on the link to the right or just search "Frugal Living NW" on Facebook. I'm planning post the "Deal of the Day" on our wall.

:: Email Subscription -- You now have the option of subscribing to Frugal Living NW through your reader or by email. Enter your email address in the box on the right and new posts will come directly to your email account. No more checking the blog numerous times a day looking for new info.

We'd love for each of you to become a Facebook Fan and subscribe, either though email or your reader. It's a great way to keep updated and join in the community!

Angela

Rite Aid: NEW $3 Off $15 Purchase Coupon

Print off this new $3/$15 Rite Aid coupon. Expires November 28.

Subway: FREE Reusable Lunch Bag w/ Kid's Meal Purchase


Purchase a Fresh Fit for Kid's meal at Subway and receive one of four reusable lunch bags.

Thanks, Frugal Living & Having Fun!

The Body Shop: 3 for $30 Today Only

If you or someone on your Christmas list loves The Body Shop products, this is the deal for you!

Today (November 20) from 3-6 pm ONLY, get any three items for only $30 (prepackaged gifts and gift cards excluded). Here are a few of the biggest savings:
  • Wise Woman Regenerating Night Cream -- $32
  • Moroccan Rose Body Butter -- $20
  • Japanese Cherry Blossom eau de Toilette -- $25
  • White Floral Candle Garden -- $24
  • Nature's Minerals Foundation -- $25
  • Eye, Lip and Cheek Palate -- $30
You can combine multiples of three in one transaction and the discount will still apply.

Thanks, Julia!

Safeway: More Coupon Booklets

While you are looking for these coupon booklets at Safeway, be on the lookout for two more I just saw yesterday.

















This Glade booklet was found on a cardboard display at the end of the soda aisle.




























This Pharmacy booklet was found at the pharmacy, shocking, I know. There are a couple food items included:

$1/1 Safeway OJ
$1.50/2 Progresso Soup - These are Safeway coupons and can be combined with manufacturer's coupons as well as cellfire and shortcuts, this could make for some inexpensive soup!

Rebecca

Walgreens: $5 Off $25 Purchase Coupon for Sunday & Monday

Walgreens has released a $5/$25 coupon good for Sunday and Monday (November 22 & 23). The $25 must be after all Walgreens store and manufacturer's coupons, meaning the least you will pay is $20 out-of-pocket.

I will post some deal scenarios using the $5/$25 coupon when I put up the deals on Saturday.

Puffs Ultra Soft & Strong $1 Off Coupon


Go here to sign up for a $1/1 Puffs Ultra Soft & Strong coupon to be sent to you by mail.

Thanks, Mrs. Buys!

Thanks Safeway!

As I was standing at the checkout at Safeway a man behind me, upon seeing my coupons, jokingly said, "So are you going to get paid to shop here?". To which I said, "That's my goal!". Well, I did come away having spent money, but it sure wasn't much considering all that I walked out with!

Safeway Transaction #1

Box Satsuma Mandarins $4.48
(2) Progresso Chicken Broth $3.25 BOGO
-$1/1 (found this at a Safeway last week, someone had left it!)
-$.50/1 Cellfire
-$.50 SAfeway double
=$.63 each!
(2) Morningstar Veggie Bites $2.49 each (on clearance in Damascus, there's tons more!)
-(2) $2/1 (found in booklet on outside of freezer in front of product, ton's more as well)
-(2) $.50 doubles
= FREE!!!
(2) Sunkist Orange Soda, (1) 7-Up $1
-$1/2 Sunkist
-$.50 double
=FREE plus $.35 overage after deposit!
-$1.37 after 10% discount from Grand Reopening card sent to me!
Total OOP: $3.98!!!
So I ended up getting all of this for free and paying $.50 less for my box of oranges!


Safeway Transaction #2

Home For The Holidays Promotion

(6) Nestle Chocolate chips $12

-(3) $1/2 Nestle

(2) Coffeemate Creamers $3.49 each

-$3 off Coffeemate using super coupon

-(2) $1/1 IP's

(2) C&H sugars $1.69 each

-(2) $.45/1 IP's

Bisquick $2.50

-$.60/1 Bisquick

-$.60/1 cellfire (forgot to load the shortcuts coupons:( )

Dreamfields pasta $2

-$1/1 Dreamfields

-$2 Safeway Doubles

-$2.69 from 10% off card
-$5 HFTH catalina

Total OOP: $6.07!!! and received a $5 catalina!

I think I just might start to become a little addicted to this promotion now that I have it rolling. I plan on baking alot this holiday season, though, so this will really help me do so on a small budget. Yay for couponing!

Check out the other HFTH participating products here.

Rebecca

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Toys 'R Us: Mr. Potato Head Only $1.99

Toys 'R Us is having a great Doorbuster Sale Friday and Saturday (November 20-21). If Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head are on your shopping list, this deal just may be the best of the season:
Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head on sale $3.99
Use $2/1 coupon
$1.99 after coupon
You can view the rest of the Doorbuster deals here.

Thanks, Moms By Heart!

Safeway: Sunkist Soda Moneymaker Until Saturday


Sunkist soda is included in the Safeway 3/$1 Soda sale until Saturday.
Buy 2 Sunkist and 1 other participating soda (could also be Sunkist) = $1
Use $1/2 coupon from 11/15 SS insert
Use Safeway double (-$.50)
FREE with $.50 overage after coupon & double
Thanks, Abundant Food Savings!

Cheerios: FREE Books Giveaway and Review

My kids and I recently had the opportunity to check out the new Spoonful of Stories promotion from Cheerios. Here's the description of the promotion:
Over the past eight years, Cheerios has given away more than 40 million children's books by distributing them free inside cereal boxes and has donated $3.2 million to First Book, their non-profit partner, which provides books to children from low-income families. The program is part of Cheerios' ongoing commitment to helping parents provide their children with a healthy, nutritional and educational foundation.

Beginning this month, Cheerios is again bringing books to the breakfast table, by providing six million children's books free inside Cheerios boxes. The books are for children ages 3 to 8 years old, and include a new book in the popular "Trucktown" series, available only inside Cheerios boxes. And for the first time, all five books have been specially printed in both English and Spanish.
This year's books are:


Junkyard Fort, Tea for Ruby (author: Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York!), Sleepyhead, Ballyhoo Bay and What's Under the Bed?

All five books are paperback and in color. And they expose your kids to Spanish, which is pretty cool.


I have recently seen these specially marked boxes in stores (the book is actually inside the box -- no mailing involved!). These books will be a great addition to a stocking or a niece or nephew's Christmas gift, especially if we get a good Cheerios sale and can get the box for under $1 (my base price for cereal).

Cheerios provided Angela the Spoonful of Stories gift pack and information through MyBlogSpark.

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Cheerios and MyBlogSpark are also offering one Frugal Living NW reader the chance to win their own Spoonful of Stories gift pack. The winner will receive:
  • a set of the five Spoonful of Stories books
  • a box of Cheerios
  • a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble
You have two chances to win this giveaway:
:: Leave a comment with either your or your kids' favorite children's book. Also include your email address so we can contact you if you win.

:: For a second entry, subscribe to the Frugal Living NW RSS feed or become a Google follower. Mention you're a subscriber or follower in a second comment.
Comments will close and a winner randomly selected on Saturday, November 21 at Noon.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Giveaway Winners: Safeway Gift Card and Seventh Generation Coupons

Here are the winners to this week's giveaways:

Three sets of Seventh Generation coupons:


mauk3@: Whoo hoo Im expecting a baby in February and these would definately come in handy!
amybalas@: LOVE 7th generation diapers!
Thompson Family: Thank you! I hope to win...
$50 Safeway Gift Card:
Deanna G: I love Safeway! I could definitely use this :)
Deanna entered the giveaway at 3:38 am -- It paid to forgo sleep this time!

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone else for entering!

Target: Del Monte Vegetables Only $.20 Each


There's a great deal on canned vegetables at Target this week:
Buy 8 cans of Del Monte Canned Vegetables ($.45/each) = $3.60
Use $1/8 coupon from 11/15 RP insert
Use $1/6 Target store coupon -- you can now only print 2 Target store coupons per computer
$.20 each after coupons when you buy 8
Thanks, It's Hip to Save!

Sweet Printables!

There are two S&W Beans coupons on Redplum.com right now that will make for some very cheap beans. I had to enter the zip code: 63366 to find these.

The coupons are: B2G1 Free and $.50/2.

Winco usually has these around $.60 a can so you'll be getting three for almost the price of 1!

Thanks Clippin' with Carie!

$1/1 Coffee-mate Holiday flavors coupon

$1.50/1 Wet Ones wipes -- sign the pledge to stop the spread of germs

$1/1 Pillsbury Holiday Cookie Dough -- save it for when the Thanksgiving variety go on clearance next weekend at Safeway

For the baking season get your $.45/1 coupon for C&H Sugar.

And for my personal favorite salad dressing I'll be using this $1.25/2 coupon for Wishbone Bountiful dressing. Also good on other Wishbone brands.

Hooter Hider Nursing Cover - 50% Off! Act Fast




BabySteals.com has Hooter Hiders on sale at more than half off today only! These steals go extremely fast so if you think you may want one you'll need to be quick. In fact, one pattern is already sold out!
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They are $14.99 plus $3.75 for shipping. The $3.75 is a flat flee which makes each consecutive one you order even cheaper. These would make a really great baby gift. I absolutely love mine!
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Haven't heard of BabySteals? Every day at 9:30 am they post ONE super deal until they are sold out. I have seen some really sweet deals on here, so check it out!
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Rebecca

Kraft Food and Family Magazine + Cookbook Only $5.94


I was so sad to find out that the Kraft Food and Family Magazine was starting to charge for a subscription. I have been enjoying the recipes for free for a couple of years now. It's the perfect recipe magazine for me -- super easy, simple recipes that contain many ingredients that I already have in my stockpile. Granted, some of the meals call for Velveeta and other highly processed food. But it's easy to substitute real food for the suggested "fake" food (don't be offended, I eat TONS of fake food too).

There's a great deal running right now at HSN.com on this magazine -- $6.99 for a year subscription plus a FREE Kraft Food and Family Cookbook. Use the code C56574 at checkout and your total drops to $5.94.

But it gets even better! If you shop through Ebates or ShopAtHome, you will receive 6% cash back, making the subscription and cookbook only $5.58. If you're a new customer with either site, you will also receive a $5 sign-up bonus. To order through Ebates or ShopAtHome, follow these directions:
  • Click on the website's link above
  • Create a new account or log into your existing account
  • Search "HSN"
  • Click on the HSN.com link; you will be taken to the HSN.com site
  • Search "Kraft Food and Family Magazine" or a few key words
  • Order and make sure you remember to enter the code C56574 to receive the discount
  • Your cash back rebate (and sign-up bonus) at Ebates or ShopAtHome will appear in a couple of days
Thanks, The Thrifty Mama!
 
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