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New Friday Freebies from the MomsWhoSave Blog!
Just a quick post to let you know about some new freebie offers. As always, if you'd like to take a look through previous posts, you're likely to find many of the freebies I've offered before are still available too.
Here's what I have for you today:
2 free issues of Town & Country magazine
Quaker Mini Delights or Quakes Rice Snacks
Free Sippy Cup (skip intro, then click "special offers" and click sippy cup offer)
Eucirin Calming Cream SampleCaress Body Wash
Get FREE and simple "green" tips geared to you and your lifestyle (even your city!)
Pantene Pro-V Nature Fusion samples
Do your taxes free with Turbo Tax - prepare, print, and file online free
Free Halle Berry Fragrance Sample
$3 off $6 at Boston Market through April 12 printable coupon (not free, but a good coupon)
HP Smart Buy USB 2-Button Laser Mouse - FREE after rebate (Receive $20 via MIR valid through 4/30/09)
Free sample of Goodnites sleep boxers
Have you found any good freebies lately? Share them with us in your comments.
And, for great deals every day, make sure you visit MomsWhoSave.com's deals page and check my twitter updates.
Thanks.
Givaway! Eight-Strand Amethyst Bracelet -- a $49.99 Value!
MomsWhoSave is overdue for another giveaway! This is a good one too.
How would you like to win an eight-strand amethyst bracelet? It's done in sterling silver with a lobster-claw clasp and is approximately eight inches long, but is adjustable for a much smaller wrist depending where you connect the clasp (see the photo). There are also small silver beads throughout each strand of the bracelet. This is gorgeous and has a retail value of $49.99. (Click the photo to zoom in on the bracelet. It shows up more clearly when you zoom in too.)
Now, how can you enter to win this bracelet? You can get up to five entries!
1. This one is required and gets you one entry into the giveaway: Go to the MomsWhoSave.com main deals website, and find your favorite offer. Come back here to the blog, and leave a comment below telling me what is.
For additional entries...
2. Twitter users can tweet this giveaway using this wording "RT @MomsWhoSave is giving away an amethyst bracelet at http://www.MomsWhoSave.com/blog.html" and then let me know you tweeted in a separate comment below. Please leave the link to your tweet.
3. Have a website or blog? Add the MomsWhoSave.com button to your sidebar. (it's over to your right) Let me know in a separate comment, so I can go check it out.
4. Write about this giveaway in your own blog linking back to this post. Leave a comment below with the link to your post.
5. Subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog, and leave me a comment to let me know.
The giveaway will end on Wednesday, April 8th at 10 p.m. Eastern time, and I'll notify the winner by email, so please make sure I have a way to reach you. I'll draw the winner at random using random.org.
For great deals every day, make sure you visit MomsWhoSave.com and check my twitter updates.
Giveaway deadline extended--ending Thursday until 10 p.m.!
Update to the MomsWhoSave.com Website
Just a quick update to let you know about a great new feature on the MomsWhoSave.com website. To bring you the best prices on everything you buy online, we've added a new search feature!
MomsWhoSave is still hunting down the best deals and coupon codes every day and posting them on the homepage and on twitter, but now you've got the option of a new search box if you don't see what you're looking for. Use the search box on the left sidebar and look for what you need, or browse by category.
Want more ways to save? You can browse 80 select stores' latest coupon codes and price drops here. Click the store name or search for a specific item to see if there are any coupons for that item available today.
And, I hope you've heard that MomsWhoSave has printable grocery coupons too! Click the box to the right to scroll through today's available coupons, and print the ones you need. They are also available on the main MomsWhoSave website.
I hope you'll take advantage of all the ways you can save money with MomsWhoSave.com.
If you'd like to tell a friend, use our tell-a-friend link on the homepage to have a one-time email message sent to them--or click here.
Thanks for shopping with my mom-run site!
A Few Quick Freebies (and almost Freebies)
Free sample of Murad Sleep Reform Serum
Free Attune Probiotic Bar Click link on the same page to find a store near you that carries Attune bars.
On Tuesday, March 24, donate a non-perishable food item and get a scoop for just $1 at Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops. Get all the details and find your nearest location here.
Cream of Wheat sample with $1 coupon
Buy one, get one free grilled chicken tortilla roll coupon at El Pollo Loco here good through April 30, 2009.
Home Depot is still offering free kids' DIY workshops. I posted about this earlier, and you can get all the details here. April's project is a birdhouse.
Lowe's also offers kids' DIY projects with information here. Their upcoming projects include your choice of a yard mobile or birdhouse. They ask you to sign up on the site.
150+ FREE business magazines. Sort by category or alphabetically.
Join the Zaxby's email club and get a coupon by mail for a free meal deal. (We just received this one by mail.)
For more restaurant freebies, check out this post.
Read my previous post here to learn how to get a free DVD rental every week.
If you haven't already, make sure you take advantage of all the freebies listed to your right (scroll down the page a bit). Look under the "Freebies" heading. And, use the free coupon printer anytime--also just to your right. These update often with great grocery coupons and more (just click to scroll through the coupons), so check back often!
Get more deals, coupon codes, and freebies every day at MomsWhoSave.com and when you vist or follow MomsWhoSave on twitter.
Swap Your Goods and Services - That's Really Saving!
I don't think there's anyone reading this who hasn't heard of ebay, and almost all of you probably know about craigslist too. What those two sites have in common is that people are buying and selling goods and services.
I want to tell you about a few sites where you can get the goods and services you need through bartering or swapping what you have without exchanging any money.
Two people I follow on twitter, @missmanage and @common_cents, (for those of you on twitter) get credit for giving me the names of three out of four of these sites that can help you barter for goods and services. (I realized I actually belonged to one of them already!)
They're all a little different, and I encourage you to do your homework before getting involved in any transaction, just as you would on ebay or craigslist, but these can be a great resource when money is tight.
If you don't think you have services to offer, browse the sites and see what other people have listed. There are offers for, and people looking for, resume writers, dog walkers, laborers, caterers, web designers, landscapers, artists, housesitters--almost anything you can think of.
Check out these sites:
www.u-exchange.com
www.favorpals.com
www.swaptree.com
www.friendlyfavor.com
Already belong to any of these? How has your experience been? Leave a comment and let me know.
For great deals every day, make sure you visit MomsWhoSave.com and check my twitter updates.
Postcrossing: Free, Fun, and Educational!
I have “tweeted” about this site on twitter, but wanted to tell you more than 140 characters will allow. Postcrossing.com is one of my favorite websites, and I think there are lots of you who would love it too!
The idea is a little like having a penpal, but you have lots of them, and they’re from all over the world. Another difference is that you don't exchange long letters, you exchange postcards.
You start by registering on the site—and did I mention it’s free? Then you request the name and address of another Postcrossing member. Since everyone fills out a short biography, you get to see a little bit of information about who you’re mailing your postcard to. I try to send something I think they would like or something the person has mentioned they have an interest in.
Postcrossing’s site then tracks your postcard and lets you know when it’s been received (the receiver logs in to let them know). When you log in, you’ll even see on a world map how far your card has travelled, and how long it took to reach its destination.
Once you start sending postcards, you’ll start receiving them too since other Postcrossers will get your name. I’ve received cards from Finland, Germany, China, and Italy so far.
Some members scan all of their cards and have them online for everyone to see. I haven’t done that, but I have gotten some interesting cards and learned a little about the cities of the people who’ve written to me.
I think this would be a great project for homeschoolers, for a teacher to do with a class, or for anyone with an interest in other cultures.
There’s also a discussion forum for members on the site.
And, if you’re wondering, the members all read and write English, so it’s very easy for us in the U.S. to participate.
I can’t recommend Postcrossing highly enough. Try it, and let me know what you think.
Let's Share Some Money-Saving Ideas & Give Away Some Gift Cards! --This giveaway has ended.
If you're here, I know you like to save money. You probably do things every day to save time, save money, and reduce your energy use (that saves money too).
Since the idea behind the MomsWhoSave website, blog, and now my twitter account, is to share ways to save, I thought in this post, you could contribute some of your ideas.
To make it more fun, I am giving you some incentives--a $25 AMC Theater gift card, a $5 Foot Locker gift card, and a $5 Sears gift card.
What do you need to do to win one? There are several easy ways to enter this giveaway!
1. Leave a comment with your best time and/or money-saving tip. Feel free to include your "green" tips too. You can give me up to two tips, but put them in separate comments, and I'll count them as two entries.
2. Twitter users can tweet this giveaway using this wording "RT @MomsWhoSave is giving away $35 in gift cards at http://momswhosave.blogspot.com" and then let me know you tweeted in a separate comment below. Please leave the link to your tweet.
3.Visit my main deals site at MomsWhoSave.com and tell me which deal is your favorite and why.
4. Have a website or blog? Add the MomsWhoSave.com button to your sidebar. (it's over to your right) Let me know in a separate comment, so I can go check it out.
5. Write about this giveaway in your own blog. Leave a comment with the link to your post.
6. Subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog, and leave me a comment to let me know.
The giveaway will end on Friday, March 13th at 10 p.m. Eastern time, and I'll notify the winners by email, so make sure I have a way to reach you. I'll draw three winners (one for each gift card) at random using random.org.
For great deals every day, make sure you visit MomsWhoSave.com and check my twitter updates.
Wee Web - A New Way to Share Family Photos, Videos, & Stories for Free!
Wee Web is a new (and free) service that lets you share your family photos, videos, and even cute little kid stories with only the people you choose.
What's so new about that, you might ask? Well, there are other photo sharing sites, but the ones I've used usually don't let you upload video unless you pay a fee. You can use YouTube for video, but now you've got your relatives going to two different sites. Wee Web even lets you add short stories about your family--all in one place and for free!
Here are the best parts of Wee Web, in my opinion:
It's private. Only family and friends you've invited can see your updates. There's no need to worry about strangers viewing your family photos.
Like a blog, family and friends can leave comments on the updates you've shared.
It's very easy to set up, so you don't have to be great with computers to use it--and neither do the people who get your updates.
Take a tour of Wee Web here, and see if it's right for you!
Two Free DVD Rentals Every Week in March and More Freebies
The freebies just don't stop!
Redbox is now offering free DVD rentals every Wednesday. They'll be posting a code for a free rental on their blog. Click here to get the code starting March 4th and each Wednesday in March.
If you missed my previous post on getting a free movie every Monday, click here to learn how. You can get two free rentals a week this month!
Going back through old posts, I found that some freebies are still available, so I am relisting them here:
Free kids' DIY workshops at Lowe's and Home Depot on Saturdays
Free 2 liter Dr. Pepper
Get a free entree from Kashi here. (takes a moment to load)
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.
Free 14 day supply Nature Made® Calcium
Free 2 week supply Vitamin C
Print your coupon for 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
Click for 150+ FREE business magazines. Sort by category or alphabetically.
50 free prints from Snapfish for new customers (pay shipping only or pick up in one of several stores & pay no shipping)
Click here to receive a free issue of Bridal Guide while supplies last.
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.
Sign up for free restaurant appetizers and more
Even more freebies are listed on my right sidebar here. A few more can be found on my main site at MomsWhoSave.com under the red "Freebies" heading, along with coupon codes and deals for dozens of stores.
