About Us I am a stay at home mom with three wonderful kids. I have been married for over 8 years to my best friend. I am head over heals in love with him. He always supports my crazy "thrifty adventures". We have a lot of fun together. I was raised on a small dairy farm. Where I learned very young, the value of hard work and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Growing up our meals were made from scratch. Only on special occasion would we get name brand cereal, chips, or any other fancy treats. Now that I am a Mom with my own budget, the basic foods always comes first. I too make most of our meals from scratch and take pride in feeding my family a well balanced healthy diet. I enjoy seeing how far I can make our budget stretch, and when I take the time to match sales with coupons I am able to get all those "fun & fancy" items that would other wise be out of my budget. Being thrifty has always been a way of life for me, but it has also become a real joy.

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$20 in savings for Neutrogena Clinical

Neutrogena Clinical

You can get a $5 coupon for Neutrogena Clinical products when you  Register with Neutrogena.

Plus if  you purchase any Neutrogena Clinical product by April 30, 2010 and mail in this completed rebate form along with your original dated sales receipt, and get $15!

Thanks Spend Less Save More

UP DVD free after Rebates

UPDATE**** looks like the Rebate may not be valid with an amazon purchase.

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Thanks to Couponing for Disney for passing along this thrifty deal. Amazon.com has Up on DVD on sale for $9.49. There is a rebate to get $5 back when you buy 2 Birds Eye Voila meals and an additional $5 back when you buy 2 Kernal Seasoning and the movie Up.

Here’s the deal:

  • Buy UP DVD $9.49 On Amazon.com
  • (ships free with a $25 purchase or Amazon Prime)
  • Buy 2 Birds Eye Voila meals for $3.99 ea at Walmart
  • Use 2 $1 printable coupons for the Voila
  • Buy 2 Kernal Seasonings for about $1.98 ea
  • Submit for the $5 rebate on Birds Eye Voila here.
  • Submit for the $5 rebate on Kernal Seasonings here.
  • *The reason this works is because both rebates require a purchase tab (each DVD has 2) and a copy of the receipt.

Your total will be just $9.43 for Up, 2 Birds Eye Voila meals and 2 Kernal Seasonings. So It’s like getting Up for free!  This is only good until 2/28/10!

Free Razor offer

Have you looked at your 2/7 Smart Source! Some areas got a coupon for a mail in rebate offer! Simply buy a Schick Quattro Titanium Razor or Schick Quattro Titanium Trimmer, send in the proof of purchase, and the reciept now untill 3/7/2010 and get a full refund.  Please note that not all coupon inserts are the same…so not all areas got this.  This is a great way to stock up on Free Razors!

Thanks HLCouponLady

Free Bag of Pieces

With the Wrapper Rewards Program you can get a rebate for a FREE bag of Pieces. You will need to : Exchange a Reese’s, York, Almond Joy, or a Hershey’s Special Dark candy bar wrapper for a FREE bag of Pieces.  This offer expires 2/10/10. You must turn in your candy wrapper (with the UPC code on it) and their form by 2/26/10.

Also when you become a fan of Reese’s on Facebook and stay tuned for details on how to get another FREE bag or Pieces next week!

Thanks Free Sample Freek!

Try it free offers

touch or grey
Many companys will put out  rebates for you to try their products, for Free.  You just have to do a little leg work. Just For Men has an offer out right now.  All you have to do is purchase ANY Just For Men haircolor or Touch Of Grey product (or both!) and print out the product rebate form below then send it in to the stated address on the rebate form with your original receipt dated before 12/31/2010. Don’t forget to circle the product you purchased. You will be refunded up to $9.50 of your purchase within 6 to 8 weeks. Offer is good till 12/31/10

Paint rebate

glidden

Thanks Tonya for passing this along,

Stop by The Home Depot between January 14th and January 18th and save $5 off a one-gallon can or $20 off a five-gallon pail of any color of Glidden™ paint with a mail-in rebate.

https://www.glidden.com/pdf/promotions/mlk_promo_jan_2010.pdf

More coupons for Johnson & Johnson Rebate


Have  you taken the time to print the  Johnson & Johnson Mail in Rebate offer. Word is this form should be in the inserts this coming Sunday, January 10th. As a reminder, the products included in the offer are:

Ambi
Aveeno
Clean & Clear
Purpose
Lubriderm
Roc

Right now, at coupons.com, you will find coupons for ALL of these products! Hurry and print before they hit their print limit, so you can stretch your money on your rebate!!

* $2.00/1 – $2.50/1 Aveeno Products (3 different coupons)
* $2.00/1 Ambi
* $2.00/1 & B1G1 Free Clean & Clear
* $3.00/1 Roc
* $2.00/1 Lubriderm
* $2.00/1 Purpose

You can print them once…them come back and print them a second time.  You can do this off each computer in your home.

Thanks KC penny Pinching Mama

Naked Juice Rebate

NakedJuice

Starting 1/3 you’ll be able to get a rebate $10 on Naked Juice (when you buy 10 products). My hubby and I love Naked Juice but don’t buy it often because it can be pricy – the small bottle run $2-$3.  At that price you can get a great deal! You can get your rebate form HERE on RedPlum.com. There is also a $1/1 coupon on their site if you register. To find it go to the naked juice nation tab at the top then click the “registration” button on the left hand side.

Purchases must be made between 1/3 - 2/10.

Thanks The Mommy Trade

2 Free Happy Meals – Today only

mcdsBecome a fan of 1-800-Hansons on Facebook HERE, and go to McDonalds and purchase 2 Happy Meals. Print the HansonsFacebook page

Mail the page and your McDonalds receipt to:

Hanson’s Happy Meal, 977 E. 14 Mile Road, Troy MI.48083.

They will mail you a rebate check for $7.00!!
Must purchase today only 12/19/09
Thanks Crazy over Coupons for this great find

FREE (with Rebate) Olay Quench Body Lotion


Here is an opportunity to buy any non-trial size Olay Quench Body Lotion and receive your money back via rebate. Simply fill out this Rebate Form after making a purchase between now and 1/29/10. Limit 2 per household. Valid only in the U.S. (With the exception of Maine.)

Thanks Bits Of Whitt

Nabisco Cracker rebate

imageIf you missed out on the last Nabisco Cracker rebate, there is a new form out for purchases made from 12/1/2009 until 1/31/2010.  You can get $10.00 back when you buy any 10 participating crackers, easy cheese or planters nuts.  Get all the details on the downloadable rebate form HERE.  Thanks to the reader who emailed this to me!

Thanks Save At Home Mommy

Another Great way to do the Jingle rebate

There is going to be a hot deal at Walgreens next week that turns Jingle in Your Holiday’s rebate into a $10 money maker!

Here is the deal. It starts this Sunday, November 22nd, at Walgreens.

Wheat Thins or Triscuits — $2 ea
RR: $3 when you buy $10
Coupon: $1 from 11/8 SS and $1/2 from Diabetes book
Deal: Buy 5 at $2 ea and use 5 $1 coupons and 1 $1/2 from Diabetes and You (it will take off $2 – $2.50 depending on how it’s coded) Pay $3 and get $3 RR.
Total: Free!
(eligible for Jingle in your Holiday. Do this deal twice and submit for rebate. Makes it a $10 money maker!)

Thanks Couponing to Disney

A&H rebate deal

Thanks to Diana for passing this along! She found this deal at Fred Meyer, but I have had readers tell me these boxes can be found at other stores too….so keep your eyes open for them!

So I went to Fred Meyers to find Washing Soda, the last ingredient I need to make my own laundry detergent, but I couldn’t find it. For the life of me, where is washing soda? Anyway, I ended up catching a super deal on laundry detergent and dryer cloths without very much effort.

First, I found Baking Soda that had a rebate attached for a free liquid laundry detergent when I bought both items. The baking soda was 69 cents–so that was a fine enough deal in itself. But what did I see when I went to the detergent isle was a “Free Dryer Sheet via rebate” sticker on the powdered box of detergent. I took it off to read the details on the back and it stated: “Buy and A&H 2-1 dryer cloths plus any A&H Laundry Detergent and receive a refund check [for the cloths]” The word, “Any” was key which meant the rebate for the cloths would work just fine with the purchase of the liquid detergent. Sweet!
Since I was already buying the detergent, I just added the cloths to my purchase. To make the deal even sweeter, at checkout I was able to use two coupons I had in my coupon binder (which is just a picture album split into categories).And I MADE SURE TO REMEMBER TO PRINT A DOUBLE RECEIPT! Because with both rebates, you need to have an actual receipt from the store-no copies.
So here’s a breakdown of numbers
•Cloths = 3.50 = Free after Rebate
•A&H Detergent = 4.99 =Free after Rebate
•Baking Soda= .69
• Add two $1 off coupons = $1.31 moneymaker! -tax, and stamps.
Now of course, in the fine print it says limit one refund per family–however, these refunds are under different program numbers and allow two different envelopes so I’m pretty sure both rebates will be honored. If not, it was still a fine deal and I’m not too worried.

Gallon of paint for $1

Valspar

Thanks Jen for passing this along,

I just wanted to let you know about the thrifty deal I found at Lowe’s
today. We need paint for an accent wall, but we’re not being too picky
about the color. Lowe’s has a clearance table in the paint section of
colors that people have had mixed and no longer wish to buy. I found a
one gallon can of Valspar paint in a soft pink color for $6.00, when
it’s regularly $31.98. PLUS, Valspar has a $5 mail in rebate that
printed when I bought the $6 can, making the final price $1.00 for a
gallon of very good paint! Great deal!

Ice Cream Rebate…get 10 music downloads



Buy (3) Edy’s, Haagen-Dazs, Nestle, Eskimo Pie or The Skinny Cow products between 11/2/09 – 12/6/09.

Mail your original cash register receipt with purchases circled AND a 3×5 index card with your name, address, phone number and email address to ICE CREAM MUSIC DOWNLOAD OFFER, PO Box 400002, El Paso, TX 88540-0002

Allow 8-10 weeks to receive you access code for 10 FREE downloads at www.dreyers.playme.com

Thanks to Simple Saving Savvy

Baby Einstein refund up to $64

Apparently there are some public relations issues going on with Baby Einstein. As a result, they are offering a $15.99 refund no matter the original purchase price on any Baby Einstein DVD purchased between 2004 and Sept 2009.

You can return up to 4 DVDs per household for your refund of $64.00 (OK — technically, $63.96). To get your refund, you will need to do the following:

1. Package the DVD, in its original DVD case (if available), into a suitable mailing envelope or package.

2. Include the completed (hand-printed) request form below or an 8½x11 sheet of paper with your signature, name, address, telephone number and email address.

3. Indicate the DVD title you are returning and date of purchase.

4. Check the appropriate box on the exchange/refund request form found below or write in on your sheet of paper your choice of :

(a) An exchange for one
(1) Baby Einstein Book OR one
(1) Baby Einstein music CD. Please write in the product name or title in the appropriate space
found on the refund request form below OR on your sheet of paper;

(b) A coupon for 25% off one
(1) Little Einsteins™ product purchased online at DisneyStore.com; or

(c) A refund.

5. Submissions must be postmarked by March 4, 2010.

6. Mail to:

The Baby Einstein DVD Guarantee/Upgrade Offer
P.O. Box 3200
Neenah, WI 54957-3200

Note that this offer is good until March 4, 2010, so you have plenty of time to get in on this offer. Please be honest with this submission and return only DVDs purchased during this period.

Thanks to KC Penny Pinchin Mama for this thrifty tip

Filtrete Rebate

Filtrete has it’s $3.00 rebate offer back again! The previous one ended August 30, 2009 — but this one is good through December 31, 2009. Since it is a new one, you can get this one in addition to the last one you may have received.

There are certain filter size requirements to get this deal. The filter must have at least a 1000 MPR (microparticle performance rating).

Thanks KC Penny Pinchin Mama