Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Fan Giveaway

I promised a special giveaway once we reached 250 fans on facebook. I will be giving away a $10 Amazon gift card or $10 through paypal (winner's choice).

To enter, just leave a comment below with your name and email. The giveaway will run from 8PM ET (August 31) to 8PM ET (September 1). The winner will be chosen by random.org. The winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
Good luck everyone and thanks!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Money Mavens August Celebration‏ - Reminder

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There are only two days left for our huge Money Maven's August Celebration Giveaway! If you haven't join this amazing giveaway, make sure to do so now! We have over $1500 worth of prizes to give away and we're so excited to draw the winners. We will have a total of 47 winners! Again contest ends on 8/31/11 at 11:59pm EST.




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MadameDeals, This Mama Loves Her Bargains, Living on Love and Cents, Coupons are Great, Mom on Dealz, Stretching Your Budget, Saving Toward a Better Life, We Use Coupons, The Coupon Challenge, Just Trying to Save Money, A Frugal Chick, Time 2 Save and Cincinatti Cents.

Huge thanks to our sponsors! Check out the great prizes that you can win!




Win $25 Amazon Gift Card from Madame Deals
Win Mario Party for Nintendo DS from The Coupon Challenge
Win Mario Party DS from This Mama Loves Her Bargains
Win Super Mario 64 for Nintendo DS from Living on Love and Cents
Win 100 Cut Coupons from A Frugal Chick
Win 100 Cut Coupons from Just Trying to Save Money
Win 100 Cut Coupons from Mom on Dealz
Win a Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story for the Nintendo DS from Saving Toward a Better Life
Win 100 Cut Coupons from The Dealyo
Win $25 Jockey Gift Card from Time 2 Save
Win 100 Cut Coupons from Stretching Your Budget
Win $10 Amazon Gift Card from Coupons are Great
Win 100 Cut Coupons from Cincinatti Cents
Win 100 Cut Coupons from The Giveaway Train
Win an iPod Touch $230.00 from Born 2 Impress
Win an authentic black leather Coach purse. It's a cute little purse for on the go, with a fold over flap, and of course the Coach "C" pattern. Value $200. from Crunchy Frugalista
Win 10 Disney Cars Birthday Invitations includes envelopes. Prize Value $12 from Moms Saving Money
Win $20 Amazon Gift Card from The Frugal Free Gal
Win an Ultimate Body Applicator. This wrap will help you to tighten, firm, and tone in just 45 minutes. The value of this wrap is $29! From Wrap Yourself Skinny by Jennifer
Win a $25 Restaurant.com Gift Certificate from The Tween & Me
Win a $15 Walmart Gift Card from Slick Housewives
Win $10 Amazon gift card from Frugal Mom Rocks
Win $10 Amazon Giftcard from Yanky Texan
Win $10 Amazon Gift Card from Melissa's Bargain Blog
Win $25 Amazon Gift Card from Mummy Deals
Love is Photography is a new Etsy Shop that offers various photos taken over the years. They are all downloadable files that once purchased will be sent via e-mail. One winner will get to choose any 1 photo from Love with Katie
Win a bow a month club membership $75 value. A hair bow mailed on the first of the month for a year as well as a special birthday bow in their birthday month. Also another one will win one tutu of your choice... up to a $40 value. From Priss Pot Creations
Win a mark Powder Brush from Bountiful Beauty with Mark Beauty Products
Win a 1 inch glass tile necklace with a beautiful daisies that includes a 24" sea green color ball chain. From Glass Creations
Win a $25.00 E-gift card for Restaurant.com from Coupon Clipinista
Win a Starfish Hand Stamped Sterling Silver Necklace $30 from Kristy Lynn Jewelry
Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card from Just Married with Coupons
Win $50 in Coupons from Going Crazy!! Wanna Go??!!
Win $10 Amazon Gift Card from Insights by April
Win $25 Restaurant.com Certificate from Deal Hunting Diva
Win $5 Amazon Gift Card from ISave "A 2 Z"
Win $25 Restaurant.com Certificate from Centless Deals
$12 Worth of Cell Phone Accessories from CellPig.com + FREE shipping!! Use for any cell phone accessories from A Proverb's Wife
Win $25 Amazon Gift Card from Shereen Travels Cheap
Win $10 Amazon Gift Card from The Surviving Stay at Home Mom
Win $10 Starbucks Gift Card from Frugalista Chick
Win a set of handmade Labor Day "stars and stripes" themed placemats. Or win one set of Cancer Awareness placemats. Retail value: $40 from Lesson's Learned
Win an anklet made from Light Sapphire Swarovski Crystals and Swarovski Pearls. It has a sterling silver lobster clasp on the end and is 9 1/2 inches long. This is a One-Of-A Kind Anklet, Value $24.00 from Belly Charms
Win a Gold Leaf Necklace with Pearls and Swarovski Crystals, $18.00 value. This intricately detailed, lightweight metal leaf measures 1 3/8 inches tall. I wire wrapped two 4mm Swarovski Red Magma crystals and 2 8mm plum glass pearls, which resemble berries next to the beautiful leaf.The chain is 20 inches long and closes with a hook and eye clasp. From Jewelry 4 Change
Win 2 inserts from the current newspaper from 2 Kouponing Ks



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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Great Deal while Preparing for Hurricane Irene

Today as I prepared for Hurricane Irene, I found that thanks to couponing I had most things in my house already. The one thing I was most in need of was AA and AAA batteries. Mainly because my kids have too many battery operated toys that they actually use. My flashlights have batteries but I wanted to be safe.

I pulled out this weeks ads because I have a half photographic memory. I can remember I saw something but can't remember the exact place; thus, I knew I had seen batteries in one of the ads. Lucky for me, it was at CVS. Lucky because it was the first ad I pulled and also because it is right at the corner of my street.

So, Duracell coppertop batteries were 2/$6.00. They were 4-packs. I needed to buy 4 packs to be safe (2 AA and 2 AAA). I had a coupon for $1.00 of one pack (yes, this is one of those times where I wished I had more than one coupon). But that's OK, because with tax, the total came to $11.84.

Now I know you are all thinking that this is not a deal at all. Especially when Saveology has a deal of 40 AA for $12. As I was on my way to the cash register I remembered my $10 CVS gift card that I bought for $5 a few weeks ago. I immediately used it and paid just $1.84.

So if you factor in the cost of the gist card, in an emergency I bought 16 batteries (two different sizes) for $6.84. That sounds like a good deal to me. Usually when you have to buy something in an emergency you end up paying full price. Was this the best saving ever? No, but it was the best saving given my situation.