Honey Nut Cheerios is offering a free sample and $1off coupon as part of their cholesterol-lowering “Non-Challenge” challenge campaign.
And Fiber One is offering a free sample of two Fiber One bars and 5-$1off coupons for various Fiber One products.
Mmm, fiber and cholesterol… I feel like the oldest 29-year-old on Earth.
No summer day compared to the day my mom would take me school supply shopping. Pens! Filler paper! Trapper Keepers! It couldn’t get any better.
To help extend the school supply fun, I started perusing the Sunday circulars weeks before “the day” to ensure I snagged my wide-rule for 38 cents. Thus, the frugality began. One year, I carefully folded the papers to feature the coveted Supply and stashed the ads together in a folder. The next year, I cut them out, and pasted them onto an 8×11 cardstock. Soon, I had cross-referenced lists of stores, supplies, prices tracked by the week and closest location.
That was a busy summer of 4th grade.
My point is, there’s a new $5 off $30 coupon available for printing on the Staples Web site. The coupon is good through 8/1/09. Make sure to use it to get good deals on all the back to school sale items they have going on this week.
Look! Hot girls!
With your full attention now… The content is still online, but Blender Magazine is yet another victim of falling advertising revenues and dwindling subscribers. Subscribers are receiving a copy of Maxim this month, with a white sticker pasted on the cover proclaiming that Blender has ceased publication since April 2009. Maybe my mail is just slow, but this is the first notice I’ve seen to subcribers. First clue, open the mailbox to find a startling nearly nudie magazine. I didn’t know it was Nudie Magazine Day.
Help me out here. Help me decide if Swagbucks, an online incentive program to earn gift cards and prizes is worth it. Swagbucks.com is a sponsored search site that offers digital dollars called “Swagbucks” for select searches. The search site is similar to Google or Yahoo for its functionality, although not as thorough as Google in its searches. So for “real” searches, it doesn’t offer the results I’m looking for. Tally one for the con column.
However, every day for the past 2 weeks, I’ve earned a Swagbuck here and there for random searches. They’ve accumulated to 35 Swagbucks. You can redeem 45 Swagbucks for a $5 Amazon gift card. Tally one for the pro column.
Other ways to earn: You can refer friends to Swagbucks through a personalized link (for example: www.swagbucks.com/refer/fatheaddog is my specific link), and for every Swagbuck they earn, you earn as well. That element is VERY multi-level marketing-like, but I suppose its harmless if there’s no cost involved.
This is what’s called a Widget Box, which members can add to their blogs and other sites. For every “winning” search, the member receives a Swagbuck as well as the new user. So, I’m still playing with it and looking forward to my first $5 Amazon gift card. I’d love to hear other’s experiences with this. Do tell!
From the experts at Kodak Gallery, who offer periodic photography tips, here’s one great idea for a precious time-capsule gift for mom, dad or grandparents:
CVS is popular with couponers for offering CVS in-store coupons to be used in conjunction with manufacturer’s coupons. But where do you find these elusive coupons? A few places:
1. Scanning your CVS Extra Care card at the price scanner, which prints in-store coupons. Be sure to scan your card more than once. The machine will say something to the effect of “No More Coupons. Check Back Tomorrow.”
2. Signing up for the CVS e-mail newsletter, which gives notice of upcoming sales, special discount codes for online purchases and printable coupons for specific items and dollars off your total purchase. Here’s a current one for you.
Pick up a FREE 7.11-oz. Slurpee at participating 7-Eleven locations on the retailer’s 82nd birthday on Saturday, July 11!
They’re planning to give away close to 5 million free 7.11-ounce Slurpee drinks at more than 6,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada.
As an extra birthday bonus, the “Happy Birthday!” cups feature a Slurpee Nation rewards code worth 2 rewards points, enough to enter the 7-Eleven Day instant win game online at www.slurpee.com. Upon entering, all players will receive a code to buy $7.11 lawn tickets at Live Nation concerts this summer or win an instant prize.
Score a free sample of Bodycology bath and body products from Wal-Mart this month. Does the packaging look familar? Of course, its an homage to Bath and Body Works signature body care line of products.
Friday, July 10th is Chick-fil-A Cow Appreciation Day. Visit any Chick-fil-A location dressed in your “cow” best and receive a free meal. Without cow apparel? No worries. Inside stores they’ll have paper cow hats that’ll earn you a free sandwich.
Starbucks is offering a Free Pint of Ice Cream with Coupon, which may be sent to yourself or a friend for the first 833 senders each hour through July 19, 2009. The sender must have a Facebook account. The coupon will be sent via US mail.
1. Sign into your Facebook acct
2. Click Here and then click “share now”
3. Fill in mailing info for yourself or a friend
Note, up to 833 free pints will be sent per hour, to the first 833 people to request the coupon. If you are not one of the first 833 people to request the coupon, the recipient will be sent a $1 off coupon instead.
Save 20% off Shutterfly photo books with promo code SUMMERTIME. Also, get free shipping on orders of $30 of more. Offer ends July 13, 2009.
Just my two cents: Between Snapfish, Kodak Gallery and Shutterfly, I think Shutterfly has the best looking books–best quality and best looking layouts.
