Here are some more new codes for the Huggies Enjoy the Ride Rewards program, which I reviewed earlier this week:
Also, you can earn Rewards Codes on Huggies’ other websites.
HappyHealthyPregnancy.com
HappyBaby.com
Pull-Ups.com
Just look for the 
symbol, complete the activity and click the “Get Points” button. I’ll keep hunting on these sites for new codes. If you’d like to share one, please do!
Looking to reduce your cell phone bill? Pre-paid cell phone plans might be a great option for you, depending on your needs.
Prepaid cell phones: A growing way to save money
If your monthly cell-phone bill makes you cringe, especially as your budget tightens, Consumer Reports has long recommended considering a switch to prepaid phone service. Now a new study by the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC) confirms just how rapidly this alternative to contract cell service is taking off during the current economic downturn.
Among the other findings:
* Almost one in five people who currently use a prepaid phone say they switched from a contract service within the last six months, citing the recession as the cause.
* Twenty percent of cell phone users have already cut back or are considering cutting back on service extras like email, texting, and Internet.
* Two thirds of prepaid customers say they are saving money compared to a contract cell or landline plan.
Dove’s seasonal email newsletter, Dove Dimensions, is offering a few cool instant win freebies for the Spring 2009 edition.
Of course, there’s beauty secrets and information about their new product, Burst, infused with the scents of nectarine and white ginger.
FatHeadDog, aka Shelby Skrhak, discusses whether a pre-paid or pay as you go cell phone plan is right for you on NBC5 Dallas at 10pm.
Get a free Bath & Body Works Lip Item (ARV $12) with any purchase. In-store only. Expires 4/26/09. Thanks for DealSeekingMom for posting this coupon.
FatHeadDog loves customer loyalty programs. I think they’re great incentives for brand loyalty and offer customers great coupons, discounts or rewards for buying things you’re already spending money on. The newest is Huggies Enjoy the Ride Rewards. Within the program, you earn points for viewing videos online, taking polls, referring friends and completing activities.
How to Earn Points:
Highlights:
Lowlights:
Look for specially-marked General Mills cereals, such as Lucky 
Charms, Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Trix with “You Could Win CASH.” Inside winning cereal boxes, you could find a Discover cash card, with amounts varying from $5 to $10,000.
There’s also a General Mills online instant win game here. Use 1800099973 as the free entry code. You could win $10 to $25,000. There’s a game associated with the instant win promotion, but it has no bearing on your results, so you can speed through that by clicking “Can’t see the game.” You can play once a day. Good luck!
If you’re a fan of Aveeno like FatHeadDog is, you’ll appreciate this free sample of Aveeno’s new haircare line. It’ll make your hair “silky and smooth..” (thinly veiled Billy Madison reference).
Choose from the NOURISH+ VOLUMIZE, NOURISH+ REVITALIZE, NOURISH+ MOISTURIZE, or NOURISH+ SOOTHE products and get a free shampoo and conditioner sample and coupon sent straight to you.
Tip: While you’re on Aveeno’s site, click here for printable coupons on Aveeno’s new Positively Ageless product line, which are on sale with Extra Bucks at CVS this week. (Get $10 Extra Bucks when you buy $25 worth of Aveeno products.) They’re Bricks printable coupons, which means you have to download the coupon printer, but there’s a valuable $10 off 3 Aveeno products, which is a huge value.
Other FREE haircare samples:
*$1 off Skin Effects Cell Cell CNS
*$1 off any New Neutogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeuop SPF 20
*$1 off Neutogena Ultra Sheer SPF 100
*$1 off Biore Dual Fusion Moisturizer
*$1 off Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Sun-Damage daily eye Cream SPF 15
Remarkably, they’re also online and printable. Here’s the link. Remember, you can use a CVS in-store coupon AND manufacturer’s coupon on the same item. For example, you can use the $1off Garnier CVS coupon with a $1off Garnier manufacturer’s coupon for double the savings.
The Home Depot is offering a million points of light, or rather, giving away 1 million CFL bulbs in support of Earth Day. Receive a free EcoSmart 14w CFL bulb from participating The Home Depot stores on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Quantities may vary by store. Limit one per customer. No purchase necessary. All that standard legalese. http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/w…hting_fans
Also while supplies last (and in more limited quantity), the Home Depot will give away free water-saving faucet aerator inserts on April 19. So load up the family truckster this Sunday and head to Home Depot .. one per customer means free lightbulbs for everyone!
Did you know… FatHeadDog hasn’t paid for a magazine subscription in years? Through various sample and sponsored subscription sites, you can pick up some great finds of free magazine subscriptions. How does it work? The simple answer is free “sample” equals more exposure to new audiences who may convert their sample into a paid subscription.
The offers change frequently, but here’s some links for free newsstand magazine subscriptions. There’s alot of magazine titles you may not have heard of, but here are some popular ones to start off your free magazine subscription stash:
Rewards Gold is a survey site that offers free one year subscription to popular magazine for completing targeted surveys. The ad link looks a little “splashy” but its legit. Just signup, complete the survey and they’ll offer one- or two-year subscriptions to various newsstand magazines as a reward:
A similar premise, FreeBizMags, offers sponsored subscriptions to various magazines. These ask you a series of questions about what industry you’re in, and depending on your responses, you may select a premium magazine subscription offer. Here’s the rub–you don’t always qualify, and instead are offered a free trade magazine. Tip: unless you really want the trade journal, don’t bother signing up for it. Current offers include:
Babies R Us is pretty generous with coupons in its mailed home circulars (signup in store for their mailing list), but 
there are usually exceptions–diapers and formula. Well, once you’ve built your stash of onesies, bottles, sippy cups, stroller, car seat and all the other essentials, what’s left to buy at Babies R Us–diapers and formula! This $5 off $25 coupon luckily does not include those exceptions! Your best bet is to “stack” this xx dollar off total amount coupon with manufacturers coupons.
In-store printable coupon valid 4/13 – 5/02
Or, use it online coupon code 928033 at checkout
Deal Scenario:
Huggies Overnights Size 3 (one of few stores that sell Sz 3) $11.99
+ Huggies Overnights Size 3 $11.99
+ Small filler item ($1.02) to bring your total to $25
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Minus $1.50 Huggies coupon from Sunday newspaper
Minus $1.50 Huggies coupon from Sunday newspaper
Minus $5 Babies R Us Coupon
= $17 for 2 packs of diapers that retail for $12 each
While you’re in store or online, sign up for Rewards R Us. You’ll receive a $5 reward for every $150 you spend total during certain two or three month promotion periods. The current promotion period runs February 1 through April 30. The thing that makes FatHeadDog want to bang her head against the wall is that your spending totals don’t carry over into the next period. So if you’re just short of your $150 total, buy something to bring you to your total. Frustrating, I know. Rewards R Us also tallies your purchase of certain brands, such as Huggies, Pampers and Nestle Good Start Formula and offers Buy 9 Get 1 Free.
Free 5 Issue Subscription to Mine Magazine, a hybrid publishing project from Time Inc.
Time Inc. is experimenting with a customized magazine that combines reader-selected sections from eight publications as it tries to mimic in printed form the personalized news feeds that have become popular with online news consumers. A 5-issue subscription magazine is free and sponsored by Lexus, but the print edition is limited to the first 31,000 respondents, while an online version is available for another 200,000.
Readers can select five titles from eight published by subsidiaries of Time Warner Inc. and American Express Co.:
Time
Sports Illustrated
Food & Wine
Real Simple
Money
In Style
Golf
Travel + Leisure
For Dallas folks, GapKids and babyGap has opened two new stores at the Mockingbird Station and Preston Oaks Shopping Center in north Dallas, and is offering 25% off one GapKids or babyGap regular priced item.
Here’s the link for the printable coupon. Expires April 30.
The first step to reaping great drugstore deals is signing up for their customer loyalty programs. FatHeadDog’s favorite is the CVS Extra Care program.
This can be done on CVS.com, or you may sign up in a store. Your best bet is to do it in a store so you can begin using your card immediately. If you choose to sign up online, it will take approximately two weeks to receive your card.
You can pick up a weekly ad in the store or find it in Sunday’s newspaper. You can find highlights of the weekly and monthly store ads on SlickDeals.net. Click on Forums, then Drugstore/Grocery Forum and you’ll find a listing of current weekly ads for CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid. Tip: You’ll even find ads for the weeks ahead, so you can “study” upcoming deal scenarios.
The most lucrative offers are usually the ones that are already free after ExtraCare Bucks (ECBs). Second best are ECB deals that give you at least 50 percent return for your money. For example, buy $20 worth of Aveeno products and get $10 back in Extra Bucks. With coupons, you can sometimes “break even” by spending $10 and getting $10 ECBs.
The best way to use your Extra Bucks is by purchasing more items that produce Extra Bucks. This is what drugstore pros call “rolling” your ECBs. Using this strategy, you’ll always have a stash of Extra Bucks to save you money on your total out-of-pocket expense.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask! FatHeadDog is here to help.
