Quick sale tip: Labor day has come and gone, and now is the time to cash in on some great deals. Now is the time to pick up marked down patio furniture. It is also a great time to purchase china and flatware.
Last week I talked about how I was starting my Christmas planning and working on saving money from my grocery budget to finance it. Another thing I try to do is win some cool presents. What I am getting to here is that there is a HUGE...seriously a HUGE blog giveaway going on right now. Today (September 16th) is the last day for this awesome collection of blog giveaways. You just might get your own little head start to Christmas if you head on over to this fabulous link. Seriously there are 162 blogs involved, and some have more than one giveaway. I am sharing an awesome link with you here. Totally go check it out, and have some fun. Read the blogs, follow the directions, and maybe you will have a jump on Christmas via some fun giveaways.
LINK: Busy At Home Blog Mania
FREEBIES
SeaPak Shrimp Co. has an awesome free recipe book which features 15 meals for $10 or less. I picked this up before and it also came with coupons.
LINK: SeaPak Shrimp Co. Recipe Book
I was telling my husband the other day how much I enjoy the pre-Christmas season, because you can get bunches of free perfume samples. It is one of my favorite things about magazines at this time of year. I linked you up to one last week, and here is another. It is Guilty by Gucci. Got to love free fragrances.
LINK: Gucci Guilty
September is Make a Wish Month for Cold Stone Creamery, and on September 30th all of this will culminate into an ice cream social. From 5 pm to 8 pm you can get receive Kate's Creation for free! Kate was the Junior Tastemaster behind this year's Make A Wish Creation. Follow the link for details as well as the opportunity to read about all the goodies in Kate's Creation!
LINK: Free Ice Cream at Cold Stone Creamery
Be one of the first 400 to offer an after school organizational tip at Smucker's website and you will get a coupon for a free Smucker's Uncrustable. Follow the link below and go there during these times:
Here is more info:
They're giving away 400 coupons per day from 9/13/10 - 10/13/10.
When to get coupons:
Mondays 12 Noon EST
Tuesdays 6 am EST
Wednesdays 4 pm EST
Thursdays 6 am EST
Fridays 12 Noon EST
Saturdays 2 pm EST
Sundays 9 pm EST
LINK: Smucker's Uncrustables
Every now and then a freebie comes out that kind of makes me blush. This is one of those. So bear with me okay? Cottenelle Fresh has a give a tub, get a tub freebie going on. While supplies last you can go onto the site, fill out the form and get a coupon for a free tub of Cottonelle Fresh for you and have an invitation sent to your friend. It is well worth it though for a full-sized tub.
LINK: Cottenelle Fresh
Head on over to IHOP's pancake revolution page for free pancakes. You get free pancakes when you sign up, free pancakes on your birthday and free pancakes on the anniversary of your sign up. Well, it does say meal, so maybe it is a meal, but either way, sign up.
LINK: IHOP Pancake Revolution
Get a free sample of Jovan Satisfaction. Just take a mini survey.
LINK: Jovan Satisfaction
While supplies last get a free sample of Crest Pro Health. Take the quiz. If you don't qualify for the Pro Health, you may still get another sample from Crest.
LINK: Crest Sample
Now I don't know if this one is still good. It was when I worked on this blog, but I talk about this stuff many hours later. Either way, give it a shot. Right now, you can like Pringles on Facebook and get a coupon for a free Pringles Xtreme.
LINK: Pringles Xtreme
While supplies last, like Shout on Facebook and you can get a free sample of Shout Color Catcher. If they are out of samples, you can still get a 55 cents off coupon.
LINK: Shout Sample
Sign up for Del Taco's Fan Club and you will receive to chicken soft tacos for signing up, a birthday shake, and member exclusives. Sounds fun.
LINK: Del Taco Fan Club
Do you want to hear Bebo Norman's new album Ocean before it is released on September 28th? Head on over to Bebo's facebook page and you can listen to the entire album! How cool is that?
LINK: Bebo Norman
Do you want to learn the ins and outs of couponing? Sign up for a free e-course from Saving Money Plan. Seriously you will not regret it.
LINK: Saving Money Plan Coupon E-Course
Free CCM has a free download of Disciple's "Remedy." You can still also download a song from The Afters, Phil Wickham, Sara Groves, Catalyst Music Project, The Choir, and Phillips, Craig & Dean. Maybe now is a good time to start working on a nice inexpensive mixed CD for a loved one's Christmas stocking.
LINK: Free CCM
MAKE YOUR OWN GRANOLA
I love granola, and I am always on the look out for a good and EASY recipe. I have a few I wanted to share with you, because making your own can be really cost effective, and it is so nice to control what is in your food.
Here are some links to recipes that are from some of my favorite blogs and websites. Many of these I came across when joining in on Menu Plan Monday from I'm An Organizing Junkie.
Granola Bar Recipe (this is from my life as a domestic nerd)
Granola Recipe (this is from An Oregon Cottage) I have found some of my favorite recipes here.
Crock Pot Granola Recipe from A Year of Slow Cooking. I loved the idea of a recipe I don't have to watch. Give this one a shot.
Now I know I was only going to share some of my favorite recipes, but you really have got to follow this link for a recipe for homemade chocolate syrup which is also from An Oregon Cottage. If you are trying to avoid high fructose corn syrup, you really are going to want to give this recipe a try.
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