My Deals From Yesterday

I had a very kind friend who volunteered to babysit for me so I could go grocery shopping last night. I had so much fun between the deals I found at K Mart and Walmart! Of course, I already told you about the toy deals here, but here are a few of the other deals I got:

K Mart

Huggies and Pampers diapers

$5.99 (After doubled $2.00 off coupons)

Huggies Wipes

$ .99 (After doubled $1.00 off coupons)

Bic Soleil Razors
FREE (After $3.00 off coupon - razor was in the clearance section)

Pantene Full & Thick Shampoo

FREE (After doubled $2.00 off coupon)

Suave Body Wash

$1.00 each (After doubled $1.00 off coupon)

Clean & Clear

$ .19 (After doubled $2.00 off coupon)

Kids' Crest Toothpaste

$ .50 (After doubled $ .75 off coupon)

*Here's a great tip from a reader: Look around while you are shopping for K Mart Store coupons...you can combine these with your doubled manufacturer coupons for even better deals! They won't double the K Mart coupon, but you can stack it with the manufacturer coupon for the same item!

Walmart

Nestle Pure Life Purified Water - 6 Packs
FREE - located up in the Dollar Section of the store. (Go here for a coupon for $1.00 off)

Eggo Bake Shop Products
$ .94 (After $1.00 off coupon here.)

*Our local Walmart has been having a great aisle of clearance items...I picked up some great birthday party gifts for just $ .25 - $3.00!! Also, the ice cream has been really cheap!

Then, to top my evening off, I took my survey receipt from Arby's through the drive-thru for a FREE Beef and Cheddar! Don't throw away those receipts!!!

Free Sample From Bodycology

Here is a great FREE sample for Bodycology's Hand and Body Lotion in your choice of Cherry Blossom or Raspberries and Cream.

Great Bath & Body Works Coupon

Here is a great Bath & Body Works coupon for a FREE True Blue Spa item with any purchase of $15.00 or more.

Free Chocolate All Summer Long!

Don't forget to go here to get your coupon for a FREE chocolate bar from Mars today.

In case you haven't heard about this yet, every Friday this summer, Mars is giving away 250,000 coupons for free candy bars. There is a limit of four per household.

P.S. Every week that I have won, it has been around 1-2:00pm, so you don't necessarily have to be an early bird to grab one of these! I am not sure, but it seems they are giving out more than four per household also!

Toy Clearance Going On at K-Mart!!

*Update: Thanks to Anonymous for commenting...I had the wrong link up for the K Mart toy coupon, but it should be corrected now. This one does not expire until 8/31/09.

I usually only blog during my children's nap time in the afternoon, but I HAD to get on here this morning and let you know about the TOY CLEARANCE going on at K-Mart right now!!

They have a lot of their toys on clearance - they have some "clearance" sections of toys, but they also have various toys scattered throughout the toy aisles with yellow clearance stickers - then they are giving an EXTRA 50% off all the clearance toys!!

I got some amazing deals on toys for Christmas presents (got my son's Christmas shopping totally done), and got some great birthday party gifts ($ .75 - $1.00 each!!).

To make the deal even sweeter, there is this coupon for $5.00 off a $20.00 toy purchase right now!

Also, K-Mart has a Pictureka Card Game for just $5.99. Use the coupon at Coupons.com here for $5.00 off to get this card game for just $ .99!!

Now to find a good hiding spot for all of these Christmas presents...

*I got some great Double Coupon deals as well...including a pack of Huggies diapers for just 9 cents!! I'll try to blog about all those deals later!

Free Aveda Samples

There are two coupons available right now (here and here) good for FREE samples of Aveda Hand Relief and a Smooth Infusion Set (Shampoo, Conditioner and Style-Prep Smoother). Just take them to your local Aveda salon.

This Weekend's Coupon Inserts

Go here to see a preview of what coupons/inserts we can expect in this weekend's paper. It looks like there will be a Red Plum (also called Valassis) and a Smart Source.

(To view the coupons for each insert, just click on the title under this weekend's date.)

More Printables...

Here is a coupon for $1.00 off Baked Lays. (Click on the floating dollar sign.) Thanks, Money Saving Mom!

Go here for a coupon for $1.00 off Nestle Pure Life Purified Water Multipacks. (Could make the six-packs free at some Walmarts this week!)

An Inspiring Target Shopping Trip

You all have to go over to Money Saving Mom to see all the stuff she got at Target for just $6.00 this week! I always find posts like this inspiring!!

Also, The Thrifty Mama has an interesting post here asking for readers' links to a list of good prices for the general items we purchase frequently. Scroll through the comments for some great links. I find these lists helpful in knowing if the sale prices I come across are really "stock-pile" worthy, or if I should hold out for a better sale.

Arby's Printable Coupon

Go here to print a great coupon for a FREE BBQ Bacon Cheddar Roastburger with any drink purchase. (Expires 7/12).

Rainforest Cafe Coupon

Go here to print a $10.00 off a $25.00 coupon for Rainforest Cafe! (Expires 7/31). This is such a fun restaurant!

Welcome to Spend Freely!

I just want to take some time to welcome my new readers from the Brooke's Sweet Shop Giveaway to this site!

At first glance, all of this coupon-frenzy might seem a little crazy, so I thought I would link you to some of my blog entries that I wrote mostly for "coupon beginners:"

Where Do I Find My Coupons?

Organizing Your Coupons

Coupons: Fact or Fiction?

Printable Coupon Reminders

Hopefully, this will give you a little insight into what Spend Freely is all about...if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me!

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A Few Printables...

Go here to save $1.00 off Yo-Baby Yogurt. Thanks, Money Saving Mom!

Go here to save over $16.00 in Pillsbury coupons!!

Go here to save over $16.00 in Betty Crocker coupons (same coupons as Pillsbury site)!!

Free Tall Coffee at Barnes & Noble

Download this application HERE to your iPhone or iPod touch and get a digital coupon for a FREE tall coffee from the Barnes & Noble Starbucks Cafe.

Thanks, The Thrifty Mama!

Try Products For Free!

There are several great companies out there who want you to be on their "advisory panels." By signing-up to be on these panels, they will periodically send you their new products or coupons for their new products so you can try them and give feedback on them. I have personally had a great experience with all of them, and was excited today when I found out about a new one:

The Pringles National Consumer Advisory Panel - gives you the opportunity to be the first to sample new products and share your opinions!

Here are the other panels that I am a part of:

Vocal Point

Kraft First Taste

Pssst....General Mills

These are all easy to sign-up with, and give great benefits to their panel members! Have fun!

Why Get Free Samples?

I LOVE free stuff! Especially USEABLE free stuff - that's why I am always telling you about the free samples that you can sign up for around the web.

However, I have not always loved these free samples. I used to think that free samples were only good for cluttering up my bathroom drawers and kitchen cabinets.

When I began my journey to start saving my family money on our grocery budget, I realized that free samples are actually very valuable items. Here's why:

1. First of all, the most obvious reason: it will save you money on your toiletry purchases. I have gone several months using deodorant, toothpaste and shampoo samples that I have received...making it unnecessary for me to buy those things at the store.

2. Many times the free samples come with coupons for their products. I have received some of my favorite coupons in the mail with the samples...especially diapers coupons!

3. It is just plain FUN to get free stuff to try in the mail. I really enjoy trying out different kinds of shampoo, make-up, cereals, etc. that I would not normally purchase. My kids love it too!

A Few of My Favorite {Free} Things...

I got to thinking the other day about how much I enjoy many of the FREE resources I use online, and then I realized I should share them with you. You may have already heard of some or all of them, but I thought I would pass them along to you.

The first one is Family Life. I have always enjoyed listening to their broadcasts on my local Christian Radio station. They have inspiring testimonies from believers that love God and want to share what they have learned with the rest of us. The topics are always on some part of the home - from marriage to children, and are encouraging and insightful. They have all of their past radio broadcasts available to listen to online - absolutely FREE. Just click on "Radio" and "Past Broadcasts." Since our computer is usually on our kitchen counter, I usually listen to these while I am cooking or doing dishes.

Also, if you have not attended one of Family Life's Weekend to Remember Marriage Conferences, I would highly recommend it!! They are terrific!! Also, if your husband is the Senior Pastor of your church, you can go for FREE to one of these conferences! What a great deal!

Another great FREE resource online is CBH Ministries. I am always looking for ways to get God's Truth into my children's hearts and minds, and I have really enjoyed this website. They have free daily devotionals for kids on their website, games, and more - as well as a order form where you can order a free kids' devotional book, Keys for Kids. But, the area of this site that we use the most is here where you can listen to old recordings of the "Children's Bible Hour with Uncle Charlie." My kids BEG me to turn these on, and we often will listen to them while we are eating our lunch. Another FREE website that I love, on the home-decorating front, is Behr Paint's website. Why do I love it? Well, I am someone who does not like to pick a paint color for my house without first seeing it on someone else's wall first...Behr helps me with this by providing a "Inspiration Gallery" which shows pictures of tons of houses and rooms, listing the color that they used for each one! A few other fun things are the "Virtual Color Center" and the "Projects" sections. This is one that I have mentioned before, but I love it...Mr. Rebates pays me for shopping online! This is a site that will give you a certain percentage back on your purchases online. For example, recently I was going to be ordering something on Target's website. I simply went to the Mr. Rebates website, clicked on Target, which then took me to the Target website where I was able to make my purchase. A couple of days later, I was credited with 4% of my purchase! How great is that? Plus you get an automatic $5.00 for signing up!! (Of course, this only helps you save money if you are using it for things you were already going to be buying online :)!)

Have you tried Swagbucks yet? Okay, I know I am a little late in catching on to this great site, but I was a little skeptical at first...but let me tell you - it is GREAT!! Basically, it is a search engine that allows you to earn points for using them for your searches. As you are doing your normal web searching, it will periodically reward you with points. Also, they will periodically give you codes to enter to receive more points. With only 50 points you can get a $5.00 Amazon Gift Card. Why is this so great? Well, I am doing something I would normally be doing on Google (earning NOTHING), and I am earning points toward FREE GIFT CARDS!! LOVE IT!! Go here for more information and to sign up absolutely free! Okay, so there are a few of my favorite FREE sites! Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Another Dish Network Movie Deal...

Hooray! I love when Dish Network does this deal!

Right now, Dish Network will give you two free movies (up to $4.99 value) FREE! Go here to fill out the form and for more information! Expires 9/30/09.

Thanks, Moms By Heart!!

Free Food at Chick-Fil-A!

I posted about this once before, but I wanted to remind you:

Don't forget that Friday, July 10th is Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A!! You can get a free entree item for wearing a "cow accessory," or you can get a free combo meal for wearing a full-cow-costume! Find out locations, as well as more details here.

McDonald's - Free Mochas!

Get a free 8 oz. Mocha or Iced Mocha on any Monday (7/13-8/3) from 7am-7pm. No coupon necessary. As always, I would call ahead first to make sure your local McDonald's is participating!! Go here for more information.