I've just discovered a new website I want to share with you. It's called Ideal Bite. They describe themselves this way: "Ideal Bite offers bite-sized ideas for light green living - ideas for real people who lead busy lives and want to make small changes that add up to big results."

Ideal Bite offers free daily tips with easy things we all can do to save energy, live greener, and save money.

Here are some examples of the green tips you can expect from Ideal Bite:

Buy one wooden toy for your child in place of an electronic one. "If 10,000 people bought their kids a wooden toy instead of a small electronic one, we'd keep enough batteries to fill an Olympic-size pool out of landfills."

"Pitchers or faucet filters cost about $600 over 5 years. Bottled water services or bottles cost nearly $2,000 in that same timeframe!"

You can sign up for tips geared to moms, for specific cities, or for general green tips. You can also browse the site's tip library, search for tips, and read about recommended green products.

For more great deals, you can always visit my main website updated daily at MomsWhoSave.com and see updates throughout the day on twitter.

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Discovery Bubble Gum Factory is $1 today (Tuesday, Feb. 24th) only - was $19.95 (Discount will appear in cart.)
What's your flavor – watermelon, fruit punch, citrus? Make your favorite with this homemade bubblegum kit. You'll make it, flavor it, color it, shape it and wrap it. You can make sour gum, color-change gum, spicy gum and even gooey center-filled gum – or try mixing the flavors to create a really unique taste. ________________________________

Restaurant.com is offering $25 restaurant gift certificates for only $2 through February 28th! For many of these you need to spend $35, so you are purchasing a $25 coupon for $2. This is a great deal. I use them all the time. You can search by zip code for restaurants in your area, and you have up to one year from the purchase date to use your certificate. These are printable, so you don't have to wait for them to arrive in the mail.
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Get a free entree from Kashi here. (takes a moment to load)
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For more coupon codes and deals, you can always visit my main website updated daily at MomsWhoSave.com and see updates throughout the day on twitter.

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Rite-Aid is offering two printable coupons this Friday and Saturday only (February 20 and 21). Combine these with their rebate offers to save even more!

Take $5 off a $20 purchase

Take $10 off a $30 purchase

You can click here to check out Rite-Aid's current rebate offers.

For more coupon codes and deals, you can always visit my main website updated daily at MomsWhoSave.com and see updates throughout the day on twitter.

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I first learned about this from a consumer radio show, but I thought it was important enough to investigate further. I think everyone's heard about credit card interest rates jumping because of a late payment on a different card or bill--or credit limits being lowered without warning. This is a scary new situation to look out for.

If you have a credit card, you have probably already agreed to binding arbitration with your credit card company without even knowing it. Somewhere in a bill stuffer or in the tiny fine print of your credit card agreement, there is a clause that takes away your day in court should you have a dispute with your bank or get behind in your monthly payments.

Here's why this is a problem--the arbitrators work for the credit card company and rule in their favor as often as 99.8% of the time. That's the figure in California (one state where this information is public). The credit card company can even tack on large attorney's fees and charge you, and they almost always win.

What's even worse is that often these cases are then turned over to the courts, and the arbitration award becomes a judgement. A judgement can mean wage garnishment, a lien on your house, and ruined credit.

I hope you'll check out this recent article from Business Week.

If this makes you angry, please take a moment to call or mail the Minnesota Attorney Generals office where the largest arbitration company is headquartered (the National Arbitration Forum). It's my understanding the State of Minnesota is investigating them and their procedures. The attorney general's office is taking complaints, so if you have been victim of "arbitration" or would like to email a complaint about the process, please contact:

LORI SWANSON
Attorney General
State Capital, Suite 102
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. Blvd
St Paul, Minnesota 55155
Voice: (651) 296-3353 Toll-free: (800) 657-3787

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I posted on twitter this week about LongHorn Steakhouse's email club. You get a free appetizer for signing up. I decided to see which other restaurants had similar offers.

Here's a list of what I found. Most of these offer free appetizers for signing up for emails. Some will send you buy one, get one free coupons, and a few will send free meals on your birthday.

If you have any to add, please feel free to leave a comment with the link. Thanks!

Join the LongHorn Steakhouse email list and get a free appetizer. You may also receive other special offers by email.

Macaroni Grill offers a free appetizer if you sign up for their emails. See the lower left corner of the page.

Buy one, get one free buffet meal, birthday, anniversary, and more offers at Old Country Buffet, Home Town Buffet, Ryan's, Fire Mountain, etc. when you sign up for emails.

Receive a complimentary dessert for joining the Black Angus Prime Club and a free steak dinner for your birthday!

Free offers from Texas Roadhouse here.

Special offers and discounts from Red Lobster. They ask for your birthday, so they may also send a birthday freebie.

Join Chili's email club, and get free chips and queso, plus special offers all year long.

Join the Champps Fan Club, and get a free cheeseburger or appetizer.

Free Hamburger w/purchase of any hamburger or sandwich, starter and drink at Johnny Rockets.

Join O'Charley's e-club. You'll receive a free gift for joining and on your birthday.

Sign up for Zaxby's emails, and get a free meal deal. (These are in the Southern U.S.)

Free gifts for joining McAlister's Deli e-club.

Qdoba free chips and salsa plus birthday meal sign up here. You may also get other offers by email.

Check out my previous posts for more freebies and deals, and as always, remember to visit www.MomsWhoSave.com for coupon codes and deals.

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Here are some new freebies and a few from a previous post that are still available:

Click to receive the March and April issues of Family Circle free. There are no strings attached. You'll never receive a bill, and your credit card information is not collected. (I've participated in offers from this company several times with no problems.) Offer good while supplies last.


From the same company, click here to receive a free issue of Bridal Guide while supplies last.

Free subscription to Woman's Day magazine. They will ask questions about what kind of business you're in and make you register. They will NOT ask for credit card information. I do these offers all the time too. They are legitimate, and you will get the magazines. They'll offer you some business magazines too. You can usually turn these down. Just check "no" when you're offered the other magazines.


Free subscription to American Photo. This is from the same company. You'll get some questions, but this is free while they last.


Free subscription to Elle Decor magazine. This is the same type of offer. You'll answer some questions about your work, but will not give payment information.


Join Pop Tarts Sprinklings for Moms to get free samples and coupons here.


Free sample of Dunkin Donuts coffee (only dark roast left)

Digital scrapbook freebies (56 in all at the time of this listing)


Create amazing slideshows with your photos & video--free! Free ecards include your photos and videos, plus your own music. Create a free photo or video scrapbooks. Holiday and birthday designs. Email them free too.


Still available:

Sign up to receive a coupon for a free 20 oz. diet Dr. Pepper here.

Then, click here to print your coupon, and head to Hardee's where you can get a free Little Thickburger when you buy a regular Thickburger. This coupon is good through March 11th.

Free samples and coupons from Quality Health here

50 free prints from Snapfish for new customers (pay shipping only or pick up in one of several stores)

Wal-Mart is offering free samples too:

Martina McBride song download (enter code SUAVE)

Benefiber

Poise Pads

Prilosec OTC

Plus, check out the post below for some fun DIY freebies from Lowes and Home Depot! One of the dates has passed, but there's a fun project coming up this weekend.

Don't forget to check with these stores again in March too. They're doing these free projects every month.

For coupon codes and online deals every day, visit my main website at MomsWhoSave.com

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Lowes and Home Depot offer free project workshops for kids, and their upcoming workshops feature fun Valentine's Day projects.

Home Depot's workshop is scheduled for Saturday, February 7th from 9 a.m. to noon at stores nationwide. It's for kids ages 5 to 12. They'll be building a trinket box with a heart on the lid (perfect for Valentine's Day). Each child also receives a kid-sized orange apron, similar to The Home Depot associates' aprons, and an achievement pin. Details are here at Home Depot's website, where you can also find a store locator.

On February 14th, from 10 - 11 a.m., Lowes is having a workshop where your child can build their own Valentine jewelry box (like the one pictured) or a #48 Lowes race car. You need to sign up on the site here with the number attending and which project your child would like to build.

Remember, these free workshops are held regularly, so check out the websites often and take advantage of the opportunity for your kids to learn some do-it-yourself skills.

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My favorite deal today is the SanDisk Sansa e250 2GB MP3/MP4 Player for just $29.99. Both of my kids got one for Christmas this past year and it's turned out great.

They wanted ipods, but with this SanDisk MP3 player, you can get something that looks like an ipod without spending much money.

First, I want to let you know it is refurbished. New, it would be well over $100, but it is selling for $29.99. Even with the shipping, I thought it was a bargain. It stores more than enough music for most people (especially kids), stores photos, and plays video. It also has an FM radio, a voice recorder, and you can record from the radio. There's also a card slot if you'd like to upgrade to more storage.

I researched Sansa and found that next to paying tons of money for an ipod, Sansa was the way to go. This is the video review I found on cnet, a site that, among other things, reviews electronics equipment. Check out this MP3 player for yourself.




You're probably wary of the "refurbished" part, but the product does come with a 30-day warranty from the seller, and three months parts and labor from Sansa. I can also say that we've had ours since Christmas and have not had any problems.

To see all the features, check it out here: SanDisk Sansa e250 2GB MP3/MP4 Player

If you would like to buy the 4 GB player for $10 more, (which is the same, but holds twice as much music), it is here: Sandisk Sansa e260 4GB MP3/MP4 Player

You can also find "skins" or covers for them at the Sansa Store if you'd like, but it's not necessary. One of my sons has a cover on his, and that's how we tell the two apart, since both music players are black. (note: if you are really against buying refurbished, you can also get the MP3 player here, along with lots of other Sansa players)

Finally, just a couple of other reasons my kids and I love this MP3 player:

If they lose it, which has already happened twice with my younger son (but yes, we found it both times), we didn't freak out. We would have if it was a $150 ipod.

They like the radio and voice recorder features. Two kids with a voice recorder can have a lot of fun. If you don't believe me, you need to try it.

This is one deal I love--lots more at www.MomsWhoSave.com and on twitter!

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