Archive for the ‘Frugal Living’ Category

Review & Giveaway: Soda Stream Home Soda Maker

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 12:09 158 Comments

I’m a HUGE soda drinker (my vice, alas), so when I started seeing the SodaStream Fountain Jet home soda making machine around the blogosphere, I absolutely had to contact them to see if I could review one for myself.  Naturally, I was ecstatic when they agreed to let our family try one out!  A prompt [...]

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Proudly Hosting the Festival of Frugality!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 9:16 1 Comment

Our humble little blog had the awesome opportunity to be part of a blog carnival this week, so we are the proud hosts of the “Festival of Frugality” today! (For those unfamiliar with a blog carnival, it’s basically a collection of blog links on articles related to a certain topic…in this instance, frugality). Here are [...]

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Frugal Holiday Entertainment: Redbox Codes!

Monday, November 23, 2009 20:33 No Comments

There is a new Redbox code available to get a FREE movie:
DLLNS26
If you are new to Redbox, there are some other codes that you can use:
DVDONME
DVDATWAG (Walgreen’s locations only)
BREAKROOM
Additional Info:
Remember that these codes can be used once PER CARD. Meaning rent one on your ATM card, one on your Hubby’s, and one on the family [...]

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Twilight Freebies!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:11 No Comments

I don’t know if any of my readers share my passion obsession with Twilight, but here are a few fun ways to celebrate New Moon, out  this Friday, November 20th (I’m sooooo stoked).  Buy your tickets ahead of time through Fandango, and get a music download for each ticket you buy.

Here’s another cool Twilight deal [...]

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Tips for Thanksgiving Grocery & Produce Sales: Week of 11/11

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 20:49 2 Comments

Note:  No, I’m not confused on the dates for this post.  As most of you know, grocery sales run on a Wednesday through Tuesday cycle (rather than the traditional drugstore and supercenter cycle of Sunday through Saturday.  For more information on sales cycles and planning your grocery shopping to maximize savings, check out this post [...]

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Target: Holiday Glade Moneymaker Update–New Coupons

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 19:05 No Comments

There are $12 worth of new Glade coupons available from Right@Home and Target currently is running a promotion:
Buy 5 candle tins, refills, or jar candles at $2.50 each, Get a $5 Target Gift Card.
Here’s how you can combine these new coupons with the Target deal to score almost-free or more-than-free Glade products:
Buy 2 Glade candle [...]

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Freebie: Thanksgiving Recipe eBook

Monday, November 9, 2009 15:55 No Comments

Quality Health is one of my favorite sources for freebies and health-related samples. Their newest fun offer is a Thanksgiving recipe eBook that you can download free after a page or two of offers for newsletters, etc. They’ll place you on a mailing list for future offers.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t [...]

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Freebie: Glow Perfume

Monday, November 9, 2009 13:45 No Comments

Jennifer Lopez has a new fragrance, My Glow, sign up here for your free sample. Not sure if this will be a sample vial or a scent card, but even the scent cards work great as  a lingerie drawer freshener.  Tiny vials are great for one time uses or *Bonus Tip*: Use perfume samples to [...]

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Home for the Holidays: Green Your Clean and SAVE

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 17:16 No Comments

Clean Home, Healthy Home: Green Your Products and Save $360 a Year or More
If you are spending an average of $30 a month on cleaning products for your home, you could save over $360 a year by making your own cleaning products.  The following is a room by room list of products in your home [...]

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8 Ways to Reuse Those Halloween Pumpkins

Monday, November 2, 2009 14:46 No Comments

Frighteningly Resourceful: Clever Ways to Use Your Leftover Halloween Pumpkins
The costumes are packed away, the candy’s been demolished and the trick or treaters have all retired with their little tummies full of sweets.  You’ve planned a few awesome recipes for all that leftover Halloween candy and hit the clearance sales for some awesome goods for [...]

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