Get Good Housekeeping for a year for only $5! Credit: FamilyFinds.com
There are 35 coupons and freebies today. If you shop online, get a cash back rebate on every purchase through Ebates or Shortcuts. It’s free to join!
Free music - Get a free music download of Tony Bennett and Sheryl Crow’s duet from “The Girl I Love,” courtesy of the jeweler Tiffany. Ends Sept. 15, 2011 or until supplies last.
Free icy hot - Get a freebie sample from Icy Hot, a gel that can soothe sore muscles and relieve aches. While supplies last.
Free tea - Get three free tea samples from Twinings when you fill out this simple request form. While supplies last.
Three coupons for Mother's Day Flowers below.
There are 24 coupons and freebies today. If you shop online, check if there is a cash back rebate for shopping through Ebates or Shortcuts. It’s free to join and you can save a bit extra.
Amtrak free - Kids are free on Amtrak when you book by May 6, 2011 and travel by June 9, 2011. Kids aged 2-12 are free with adult ticket. Get this freebie by clicking “Book it Now” through the above link.
Free no snoring inserts – Get a free sample of anti-snorning inserts from Brez. Never used these myself.
Free ice cream sandwich - Get a free ice cream sandwich from Quick Chek with a coupon that expires May 9, 2011.
Click above to save $5 on your Frugal Festival Food! ticket.
Tickets to this year’s Frugal Festival Food! are $10-$15. Find out how to get a $5 discount to the Festival on the Frugal Festival blog.
This year’s Frugal Festival is Saturday, June 25, 2011 at Canoga Park High School, 6850 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91303. Tickets are being sold exclusively through Goldstar.
There are 11 deals total today!
HUGE LIST OF SENIOR DISCOUNTS – Check out the massive list of senior discounts I compiled.
Free Chick-fil-A - Get free waffle fries at Chick-fil-A this Friday, Mar. 4, 2011.
Free Kindle games - Here are six free games for your Kindle.
Redbox coupon - Get 3 DVD rentals for $1 with this Redbox coupon.
Old Navy coupon - Get 20% off today, 15% off tomorrow, or 10% off Wednesday with this Old Navy coupon.
Organic food discount – Get a huge discount on organic food through Groupon when you pay $35 for $75 worth of goods from Nature’s Prime Organic. Buy $100 or more and shipping is free – which means you could get $125 worth of organic meat and cheese for $55. I may take advantage of this myself! UPDATE: Member pricing is not available if you pay with a Groupon. Bummer.
Photobook deal - Get a deal on photobooks through Groupon when you pay $35 for a $115 credit on Photobook America.
Purse discount - Pay $25 for $50 Careerbags with this Groupon purse discount.
Ends today! Restaurant.com 80% off – Use this restaurant discount code DINE at Restaurant.com to get a $25 gift certificate for $2. Expires Feb. 28, 2011.
Today only! Disney 10% cash back – Shop at the Disney Store online and get 10% back on your total purchase through eBates.
Rugs 50% off - All rugs are 50% off at World Market. Shop by size, color, type, shape, or material. Excludes door mats, rug pads, and outdoor rugs.
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My frugal friends at Savings.com shared these coupons.
Get $20 off $100 or more at HP. Expires April 30, 2010.
Get 20% off entire order at The Limited. Expires July 21, 2010.
Get 20% off $50 or more at Harry & David. Expires April 5, 2010.
Get 10% off at Modcloth. Unknown expiration date.
Get $5 off at TOMS Shoes. Unknown expiration date.
Here are the best Los Angeles deals this week from BargainBabeLA.com.
Disneyland tickets are discounted for SoCal residents who take advantage of the 2fer ticket on sale for a limited time.
If you can’t wait for the baseball season to open, get $11 Dodgers tickets to their spring training.
In Encino, reader Franki recommends the newly opened One Dollar Bookstore.
The Long Beach Aquarium is free for teachers in the month of March. Wahoo!
Sign up to sell your kids gently used clothes, toys, and gear and make some serious cash.
My frugal friends at Savings.com shared some great coupons with me this week.
Get 20 percent off accessories of $30 or more at Verizon Wireless. Unknown expiration date.
Get free shipping on orders of $30 or more at Avon. Expires March 11, 2010.
Get $15 off $75 or more at Smashbox. Expires March 1, 2010.
Get 20 percent off orders of $50 or more with free shipping at Kate Spade. Unknown expiration date.
Get $10 off most orders of $64.99 or more with free shipping at GameStop. Expires March 5, 2010.
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Below is a guest post from Abby who blogs about her personal observations, including ocassional posts on coupon clipping. Abby grew up in Kentucky, works in PR, and is a very spunky gal. Below she explains how she used coupons to get a cart full of groceries for 57 percent off!
During my last trip to Kroger, I got $71.79 worth of groceries for $30.98. 25 items—all ones I like and won’t waste—at an average cost of $1.24 each.
I’m the Coupon Queen. It’s a terrifying, exciting spectacle to behold. And I’m here to say that if you shop regularly at Kroger, and you don’t use coupons, you’re being crazy with your money.
(Why Kroger? Given my current city of residence and based on three-plus years of shopping around at each available area retailer, Kroger is my favorite because of selection, location, and they double coupons up to 50 cents.)
Manufacturers use coupons for promotion of an item and may sometimes work with retailers to slightly increase the price of a product. While consumers still save, manufacturers don’t “lose” as much. And retailers don’t lose anything, as far as money. If you’ll notice on your coupons, there’s a note to the retailer with instructions for sending them back to the manufacturer for reimbursement. (It would be interesting to see statistics for retailers doing the work to get their money back. I bet those coupons are transported in armored cars!)
So how did I get my groceries for almost 60 percent off? Here are my rules:
- Seek out coupons: Sunday newspapers, magazines, coupon Web sites, product Web sites (I’ll list my favorite coupon Web sites below)
- Before you go into the store, pull out the coupons you want to use for only the items you need (saves time in the store AND it helps you stick to your list)
- At the same time, take all your coupons inside the store, just in case there’s a fantastic deal on an item you don’t need, but you kind of want to try and you know you’ll use, and it’s so cheap you have to buy it. Just keep separate stacks. But you rarely dip into this second stack.
- Make time for shopping: I spent 1.5 hours buying 25 items. I realize not everyone has the luxury of such browsing, but if you really want to save money, you’re going to have to find the time.
- In order to really save, you have to purchase items that are on sale AND that you have a coupon for. Example: a few weeks ago, a brand of 12-grain bread was 3 loaves/$5. I just needed one at $1.67/loaf. I had a 50-cent coupon, doubled, and I got my loaf of bread for $0.67. Yummy.
For this recent trip, I used manufacturer’s coupons and my Kroger card, of course. In addition, Kroger was having a promotion within their store: mix and match 10 participating items and get $5 off your entire order (50 cents off each of the 10 items). Oh, and don’t forget, coupons up to 50 cents are doubled.
Let’s break my shopping cart down:
*note: even among remembering coupon values, doing math late at night and deciphering my receipt, the margin of error for the figures below still is pretty minimal.
4 – 24 oz bottles of Propel water (2 black cherry, 2 peach mango)
On sale with Kroger card: .99/bottle
Mix and match promo: .49/bottle
Manufacturer’s coupon: -1.00/4 bottles
Final cost: $0.24/bottle
