Sunday, November 29, 2009

HOW TO SHOP FOR CYBER MONDAY #1 MAKE A LIST AND CHECK IT TWICE !!!!! I am talking about WHO to buy for not WHERE to buy, as almost EVERY ONLINE RET




#1 MAKE A LIST AND CHECK IT TWICE !!!!! I am talking about WHO to buy for not WHERE to buy, as almost EVERY ONLINE RETAIL SHOP will be having sales and promotions
sit down in your PJS and grab a cup of coffee and GET READY TO SAVE BIG TIME!
I have done EXTENSIVE research on the cybermonday sites / sales etc and have found that
our FLBYU shopping TECHNIQUES in the past are STILL THE BEST WAY TO SHOP so here is how we do it.............
photocredit: highposition.net



MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING A CREDIT CARD THAT REWARDS YOU FOR SHOPPING WHENEVER POSSIBLE

THIS DISCOVER CARD will reward you with $50 CASH BACK if you purchase $599 in 3 months **********HINT: pay your bills whenever possible with this card to easily reach your $599 and write a check instantly to cover so you have no finance charges 0% apr and 0% annual fee to start!


AMAZON SUPER STORE / SUPER CENTER LINK for CYBER MONDAY
IS HERE

***they also have a credit card and if approved you get $30 credit to your bill
search for "credit card" and choose AMAZON REWARDS I get GC from them EVERY MONTH or SO for my spending on this card! you can too!

REGISTER YOUR CASH BACK CREDIT CARDS HERE
this site is a CASH BACK / INCENTIVE to save for COLLEGE or OTHER SAVINGS ACCOUNT
I have my CVS card and a few of my CREDIT CARDS registered and when I use them I automatically acrue a small percentage back to RECOUP later. I do NOT suggest doing your shopping thru this site but instead just registering your cards for usage later........... I have other cash back sites listed below......... that I do recommend.


I also use AMERICAN EXPRESS, BASS PRO SHOPS & BARNES AND NOBLE to make my purchases and EARN GC that I use as gifts!
B&N (front page when clicking thru TOP RIGHT small pic , get $25 GC for successful sign up) BPS has $50 after first purchase, I have successfullly gotten BOTH of these GIFT CARDS for THIS CHRISTMAS!




CYBER MONDAY SITES there are several "sites" dedicated to cyber monday. I don't really find them helpful as most of them are just LISTS of sites you can shop thru. I offer an extensive listing of sites to shop thru that are reputable and established HERE but here are some strategies to help you save even more.




SIGN UP FOR THE FOLLOWING CASH BACK / POINTS PROGRAMS
tonight or today there are FIRST TIME USER BUCKS for the FIRST 3 PROGRAMS
if you are a "newbie" DO NOT DOWNLOAD anything from any of these sites as the programs will try to override each other and may cause you to NOT collect from any of them in the long run. YOU MAY BE OFFERED POINTS OR CREDITS TO DO THIS REFRAIN FROM THE TEMPTATION. :)

photocredit: condodomain.com

#1 MR REBATE
#2 CASHBAQ
#3 EBATES
#4 BING
#5 MYPOINTS ***THIS IS NOT A CASH BACK BUT A POINTS FOR SHOPPING PROGRAM that you can cash in points for GIFT CERTIFICATES / GIFT CARDS to use later
#6 SWAGBUCKS ***THIS IS NOT A CASH BACK BUT A POINTS FOR SHOPPING PROGRAM that you can cash in points for GIFT CERTIFICATES / GIFT CARDS to use later

When you want to shop at a certain store tomorrow open all of these site windows on a different TAB and compare cash back / point rates **********BE CAREFUL USING CODES IN ADDITION TO THE SITES ABOVE unless the SITE LISTS THE COUPON THEY WILL NOT ALWAYS PAY YOUR CASH BACK when using an UNAUTHORIZED CODE
THE MOST RELIABLE CODES will be listed on the REBATE SITES!

AMAZON SUPER STORE / SUPER CENTER LINK for CYBER MONDAY IS HERE
updated cybermonday (started TONIGHT) and will continue thru tomorrow
they promise to be watching other sites and price matching, free S&H on many item
and some lightning deals, I will be shopping there on and off all day!


ALSO OPEN MY FLBYU SHOPPING PAGE HERE if you do not have time or energy to use the cash back programs , you can always help me by shopping thru the links I have listed, I do get "nickels" when people click thru and shop thru my links

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY USING CODES in conjuction with my links
feel free to try, it won't hurt either of us! :) other CODE SITE:
http://www.retailmenot.com/cybermonday/ NOT AS RELIABLE but often has a larger amount of codes ^^^^ ALSO you can GOOGLE for a code
example: GAP+ COUPON+ CODE+2009 you may also get expireds but worth a shot if you found NOTHING thru the sites I have listed


CHECK YOUR EMAIL for private offers from sites you may have purchased from in the past
I had a few of them that ROCKED! one of which you may want to check out NOW for future if you haven't signed up for notifications is MAgAZINE.COM I often get $5 off any purchase from them which makes my purchase almost FREE , AS I SHOP AND FIND THE DEALS I will be posting to this blog
BOOKMARK IT and also sending out GDAS via email and Facebook
so stay tuned and ENJOY cybermonday !



GOOGLE CHECK OUT has some offers to be aware of
GO HERE to sign up AT CHECK OUT if you see logo (shown on left)
then check out thru this venue for ADDITIONAL savings to what I have listed above!
HOME RUN DEAL!
  • Buy.com $5 off $30
  • Tigerdirect $5 off $30
  • Toys'R'Us $10 off $60
  • Sierra Trading Post $5 off $30
  • ShoeBuy.com $5 off $30
  • Petco $5 off $30
  • Ritz Camera $10 off $100
  • Blue Nile $20 off $120

Thursday, June 11, 2009

KASHI panel w/ coupons, samples and more


$1.50 coupons / printable for KASHI WAFFLES
buy at SUPER TARGET for $1.79 *honey oat variety or 29 cents after printable
coupon HERE





$1.50 off these YUMMY cereal bars! I absolutely LOVE the blackberry graham cracker ones
and love the SAVINGS too! GO HERE to get your coupon
these are BRICKS coupons you can read more about them
HERE





JOIN THE KASHI PANEL here http://www.kashi.com/account/new

Thursday, April 2, 2009

RESTOCKED COUPONS / PRINTABLES!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Things to do In a PINCH : NO TIME FEW DIMES


THINGS TO DO IN A PINCH:

Photo Credit: NBC.COM

QUICK couponing or In a pinch menu
both of these strategies are for those that do not have the time or resources for the other strategies above, they work and they work well...........but they do not save you "as much" and/or they are not as healthy as other strategies.

Use this menu in emergency (the prices have gone up since written) the cost for the In a pinch menu is about the same as taking the time to cut, file and use coupons, saving on average 70% off the retail value if done "ANJIE STYLE" if you just match coupons up to what you buy you can use things like COUPON MOM or the GROCERY GAME
Just take a RECIPE ( hey how about something like THIS PECAN PIE from CHRISTY ) and search for each ingredient using the various data bases and find the matching coupon for the product (either printable or by date from sunday paper)


Food Lion: (note all of the ORANGE stickers on the meats!)
Boneless Beef (orange sticker) reg. $25 for $11.72
this is a nice roast, stew meat, and ribs
Perdue chicken breast $1.99
Bag of Apples: $2.50
Green Onions .69
Cabbage $1.17
Garden Salad 6 oz $1.49
Skinless Chicken Breasts $2.61
Ahi Tuna $5.50 (B1G1F - food lion makes each product 50% off)
Ground Turkey $2.79
DEAL OF THE DAY! 4 bags Popeyes Sugar Snaps - 25 cents each - the produce dept ordered WRONG product so they drastically reduced, those are "manager specials" STOCKPILE TIME.. I bought 4 which is stockpile because I don't usually buy this....you may buy this often, have a big freezer and want 15!

DM tomatoes $1
Elbow Macaroni Muellers 79cents
Yellow Onions $2.69
Italian Vin. Dressing: $3.79
Black Beans 67cents
Total Out of pocket with one $2 coupon found on shelf for the dressing: $38.09
this is ALL that I will buy for the week. I will combine the items above with items on hand in my pantry.
some ideas from these ingredients that I could make:
CHRISTY'S BAKED MACARONI & CHEESE
Apple Dumplings
Quesidillias
Onion Rings
Stir Fry
Salad Night
Ahi Tuna
BBQ
Roast
Beef Stronganoff
Chili
etc etc etc.................... the idea is combine what you stockpile with the sale items and the staples............

Saturday, February 28, 2009

SURVEY EARNINGS to ADD TO YOUR COUPON SAVINGS

Saving with coupons is a great way to save money, earning $ and items with surveys is a great way to add to your budget for spending. You may choose to take your survey earnings and buy your self some EXTRA or MORE LUXURY ITEMS at the grocery store!

MOST Grocery stores print a rec't and at the bottom of the rec't is the opportunity to call, give your opinion of the store and then you will be entered to win MONEY or other items. The odds here are pretty good because not many people do this in comparison to how many people shop and because the timeframe given to enter is usually SHORT DATED. The downside is there is almost always the option to enter by mail (even if you did not shop at the store) so more SWEEPERS are in the contest w/o actually doing the survey. ALSO............ there is usually 1-5 prizes NATIONWIDE per month. I personally like "more prizes" but I will enter on occasion.

INSTEAD I PREFER TO.........

Check out the LEGITIMATE SURVEY SITES that cost no money, pay you money and / or rewards for giving your opinion


A COUPLE OF EXTRAS:
You Data:
scroll down to the bottom of my FRUGAL FREELANCER blog & sign up
SAY NATION: I haven't added this one yet to my "big list" but I love it! JOIN HERE SURVEY & GAME SITE WITH OPPORTUNITY TO GET GAS CARDS AND MOREREFERRAL CODE: 2513691811 NOTE: when you use a REFERRAL CODE you get EXTRA POINTS too!

PHOTO CREDIT: ECHO MEDIA

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

ORGANIC / NATURAL COUPONS BY MAIL AND PRINTABLE

Coupon Books from MAMBO SPROUTS

ORGANIC / NATURAL COUPONS BY MAIL AND PRINTABLE
HERE

winter coupon book sampleOur unique coupon program provides consumers with savings at their fingertips. Free coupons for natural and organic products are mailed three times a year to 385,000 consumers in nine different markets. The value-packed book is also mailed to almost 1,000 retail stores four times a year.


Be healthier, greener and save money on your grocery bills with 'just a click' when you use Mambo Sprouts free printable grocery coupons. Download free grocery coupons for savings on your favorite healthy and natural products, including organic food and beauty products, healthy kid's snacks and more! The choice is yours with Mambo Sprouts natural and organic E-Coupons! Print your organic coupons today!

RED PLUM COUPONS DISAPPEARING?



This morning my daughter called to let me know that she gets "less" coupons than I do IE: no red plum in jacksonville NC
I thought that is STRANGE as I had not heard this before! she said that RED PLUM would be MAILING her coupons to her..........


SOOOOOOOOOOOOO I decided to research what she said and found this site
BRING BACK THE COUPONS
which is rallying COUPONERS SUPPORT to write / call the companies to get the coupons BACK in our SS apparently this INCLUDES VA and started FEB 1 (don't know how I missed this)
but this was on the site............. GO TO THE SITE AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

Valassis has pulled their RedPlum coupon inserts from major cities in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Utah, Virginia, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, Maryland, and Texas. The purpose of this website is to provide a platform for consumers everywhere to make a public statement to the Valassis Corporation regarding their decision to remove their coupon inserts from Sunday Newspapers.

My daughter signed up (as did I) thru this link to get the RED PLUM delivered via SNAIL MAIL
the site says this may take 5-6 weeks to rec've these :(

THE PRINTABLE RED PLUM COUPONS ARE LOCATED HERE

Monday, January 19, 2009

BRICKS COUPONS

BRICKS COUPONS are coupons that come up very often after you complete a form, sign up for mailing list, enter a contest etc............. I am often using SEAMONKEY that does NOT let me print the coupons so I have to repeat / retrace my steps in another browser to get them to work/view/print............

USUALLY BRICK COUPONS ARE HIGH VALUE! recent examples of this
$3 on a pint of Ben & Jerrys (was pulled quickly due to abuse)
and
50 cents on one RICE A RONI (making them FREE at kroger and other double coupon stores) AGAIN this one was pulled, lasted a bit longer but not everyone that wanted one got one that is for sure...........
if you get in on a GOOD ONE you are quite fortunate! :)

FOR A CURRENT Listing of many / most current bricks coupons you can go HERE

I found that others were having some "issues" printing the BRICKS STYLE coupons and found this interesting article printed on a sweepstakes site that I thought would be helpful for many:

http://sweetiessweeps.com/2009/01/fix-problems-printing-online-coupons.html


http://sweetiessweeps.com/2009/01/fix-problems-printing-online-coupons.html





BRICKS COUPONS tries to keep the "couponer honest" in that it is almost impossible for the AVERAGE OR BEGINNING coupon user to print more than one of each coupon. "copying" with a scanner or copier usually does not print as clear of a coupon and would often cause a store /company etc to invoke the policy of NO INTERNET COUPONS due to the large amount of fraud in these areas (costing us all) so please don't be greedy, there are ways around the "limitations" as there are most "rules, laws, ethics" , I do say why not use the back button and print 2 of the coupons, but really that should be ENOUGH for ANY ONE PERSON OR FAMILY depending on the rules. SOMETIMES "bricks" will "reload" if things went well on a particular campaign and allow users to repeat a coupon. I try to keep up with this and let you know when this happens! :)

ANOTHER COURTESY..................
MANY TIMES a company will "pull" a bricks coupon after so many coupons are printed out. PLEASE do not PRINT them unless you plan on USING THEM so those that want them can find them to print! :)

UPDATED PRINTABLE COUPON INFO

I have found that the MORE places you are signed up for PRINTABLE coupons and information the Better! here are the 'top dogs' that almost always have coupons to print and or load to your VIP store cards to help you save money, they are worth checking! BOOKMARK this page of my blog and check before you make a trip "out" to see if there is anything additional you may want to use.........


I AM PURPOSELY LEAVING OUT "BRICKS" COUPONS as I will be making a separate posting for these........... NEXT! :)


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printables that change weekly or sometimes even more often


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***if you use "back" button you may squeeze out 2 of the same!


SmartSource
P&G coupons
  • Sunday Coupon Book info HERE
  • P&G monthly newsletter
  • Buy $50 in P&G products get FREE coupons (exp 1/31)for the year of 2009 offer
KROGER & KROGER FAMILY COUPON CARD LOADING SITES EAT BETTER AMERICA great source for healthy eating coupons
*****CURRENT OFFER IS $10 coupon book you can also GO HERE for others

Pillsbury ****current offer is $10 coupon booklet plus GO HERE to print what is available in addition RIGHT NOW

BETTY CROCKER: they recently added this ability to their website it is so cool! ***current offer BC $10 Coupon BOOK in addition the printable RIGHT NOW coupons are located HERE

RED PLUM

BOX TOPS for education products coupons here



Sunday, January 4, 2009

2009 SCHEDULE OF SUNDAY PAPER INSERTS

thanks to freelancer, MARIA for sending me this info!
*****don't know what I would do with your input, freelancers!

here it is
January
4 – 2 Smart Source & 2 Red Plum
11 — Smart Source & Red Plum
18 –Smart Source &a Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
25 –Smart Source & Red Plum

February
1 — Smart Source & Red Plum &; Procter and Gamble
8 — Smart Source & Red Plum
15 –No Inserts scheduled
22 — Smart Source & Red Plum

March
1 — Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
8 — Smart Source & Red Plum
15 — Smart Source & Red Plum
22 — Smart Source only
29 — Smart Source & Red Plum

April
5 — 2 Smart Source & 1 Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
12 — No Inserts
19 — Smart Source & Red Plum
26 — Smart Source & Red Plum

May
3 — Smart Source & Red Plum
10 –Smart Source & Red Plum
17 — 2 Smart Source and 1 Red Plum
24 — No Inserts scheduled
31 — Smart Source & Red Plum

June
7 — Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
14 — Smart Source Only
21 — Smart Source & Red Plum
28 — Smart Source & Red Plum

July
5 — Procter and Gamble only
12 — Smart Source & Red Plum
19 — Smart Source Only
26 — Smart Source & Red Plum

August
2 — Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
9 — Smart Source & Red Plum
16 — Smart Source & Red Plum
23 — Smart Source & Red Plum
30 — Smart Source & Red Plum

September
6 — No SS or RP Inserts - Labor Day One Procter and Gamble
13 — 1 Smart Source & 2 Red Plum
20 — Smart Source & Red Plum
27 — Smart Source & Red Plum

October
4 — Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
11 — Smart Source & Red Plum
18 — Smart Source & Red Plum
25 — Smart Source & Red Plum

November
1 — Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
8 — Smart Source & Red Plum
15 — Smart Source & Red Plum
22 — Smart Source Only
29 — No Inserts scheduled

December
6 — Smart Source & Red Plum & Procter and Gamble
13 — Smart Source & Red Plum
20 — No Inserts scheduled
27 — No Inserts scheduled