Twice a year Target has a huge toy clearance, this occurs typically mid-January and mid-July. I have used it the past two years to buy the majority of my toy purchases for the year for birthday presents and Christmas presents. I usually wait until everything is marked 75% off and it makes me feel like the toy prices are finally reasonable.
I was at Target today and my toy department has 3 rows and all toy end-caps filled with toys marked at 30% off. There are boardgames, baby toys, Toy Story 3 toys, and all sorts of toys for boys and girls. The percentage off will slowly rise until that blissful 75% off day arrives and just in time for me with 3 kids' birthday parties in February.
To make this deal even sweeter, save this Hasbro rebate form. If you purchase $20 of select Hasbro toys between 12/25/10-1/31/11 you can submit and choose a free toy to receive. You can submit this rebate 5 times. The free toys can be added to a birthday box or might be nice for an Easter basket. If you are already spending the money at the toy clearance, this is just an extra bonus!
A blog about ways that we are working to save money while still using quality products.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Free Photo Gifts & Prints from Target , Kodak, and Shutterfly
In the Sunday Target ad there was a fold out on the first page with a coupon for 10 free 4 x 6 prints. Inside that flap is an advertisement for a free 5" x 7" photo book. To take advantage of this deal visit http://kodakgallery.com/tgtfreebook and enter the code tgtfreebook when you checkout. You will have to pay shipping charges, which should be $1.99.
The final deal in the insert is a free photo calendar. This is for a free 16" x 20" calendar poster when you join Shutterfly. This is only for new customers to Shutterfly. To redeem visit www.shutterfly.com/TargetCalendar.
I will probably take advantage of the 10 free prints and the free photo book, my girls love books all about them.
The final deal in the insert is a free photo calendar. This is for a free 16" x 20" calendar poster when you join Shutterfly. This is only for new customers to Shutterfly. To redeem visit www.shutterfly.com/TargetCalendar.
I will probably take advantage of the 10 free prints and the free photo book, my girls love books all about them.
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SPOTLIGHT/ GUEST HOST OF THE WEEK
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SPOTLIGHT/ GUEST HOST OF THE WEEK
This week's spotlight is Champagne Taste on a Budget. This blog is #5 on the linky this week. Stop by and tell her hello! Here are some things she wanted to share.
I am excited to share stories of my life as a mom, a wife, and a semi-shopaholic (with no money to spend). A few years ago my husband and I decided to take a leap of faith and he left his solid office job as a landscape architect to start our own landscaping company. The company and our family has slowly expanded and I am now a stay at home mom of two little girls. In order for me to stay home we have been forced to live by a very tight budget. As someone who loves shopping and is a food snob, living by a strict budget has been an adjustment. In this blog I will share my financial successes and my parenting adventures. I hope you will stop by for a visit. Please leave me a comment if you are a new follower so I can follow you back. Happy New Year!
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Slow and Steady ...
There are several sites on the Internet that allow you to enter codes and earn rewards as they accumulate. These sites are free to join and if you have patience can be well worth your effort.
Pampers Gifts to Grow If you have a little one in diapers, you can acquire unique codes from the packages of diapers and wipes that you buy. You can also find codes posted on Facebook or other places. Points can be redeemed for a variety of items, such as items from Shutterfly, puzzles, bath toys, and gift cards. I have been saving my points up and will be redeeming them for some toys for my daughter's birthday.
Huggies Enjoy the Ride Again these codes can be found on packages of Huggies diapers and other codes are frequently released on the Internet. Points can be redeemed for free packages of diapers or wipes, crayons, toys, and instant win games. I won a $20 gas card from here once.
Disney Movie Rewards If you have young children at home and a cabinet full of Disney movies you are in luck. You probably have enough points for a great prize already. There is a piece of paper with a code on it located in most Disney DVDs. Enter this code and earn points. Most movies are worth about 100 points. Save your ticket stubs if you see a Disney movie in the theater, this can earn you points as well. The site also sends a monthly newsletter with some points and offers codes periodically. I redeemed the points that I accrued in less than a year and ordered the pictured Tinkerbell CD/Mp3 player for my daughter. It is extremely well made and at no cost to me, the shipping is taken care of. I am already up to 500 points again since redeeming just from released codes and entering from a movie we got at Christmas.
I will post some other sites that I use to accumulate reward points another day. All of these programs are free to join and if I am already purchasing the products, it is nice to get something back from them. Freebies4Mom is a great site that keeps track of released codes from the sites listed above and others. But if you have a little patience, these sites can provide you with a nice reward in time.
Pampers Gifts to Grow If you have a little one in diapers, you can acquire unique codes from the packages of diapers and wipes that you buy. You can also find codes posted on Facebook or other places. Points can be redeemed for a variety of items, such as items from Shutterfly, puzzles, bath toys, and gift cards. I have been saving my points up and will be redeeming them for some toys for my daughter's birthday.
Huggies Enjoy the Ride Again these codes can be found on packages of Huggies diapers and other codes are frequently released on the Internet. Points can be redeemed for free packages of diapers or wipes, crayons, toys, and instant win games. I won a $20 gas card from here once.
Disney Movie Rewards If you have young children at home and a cabinet full of Disney movies you are in luck. You probably have enough points for a great prize already. There is a piece of paper with a code on it located in most Disney DVDs. Enter this code and earn points. Most movies are worth about 100 points. Save your ticket stubs if you see a Disney movie in the theater, this can earn you points as well. The site also sends a monthly newsletter with some points and offers codes periodically. I redeemed the points that I accrued in less than a year and ordered the pictured Tinkerbell CD/Mp3 player for my daughter. It is extremely well made and at no cost to me, the shipping is taken care of. I am already up to 500 points again since redeeming just from released codes and entering from a movie we got at Christmas.
I will post some other sites that I use to accumulate reward points another day. All of these programs are free to join and if I am already purchasing the products, it is nice to get something back from them. Freebies4Mom is a great site that keeps track of released codes from the sites listed above and others. But if you have a little patience, these sites can provide you with a nice reward in time.
Diapers.com coupon
I have one individual discount code that is good for 20% any diaper order from Diapers.com. They have great deals frequently, but I am stocked up on diapers for a while. Please leave me a comment if you would like this coupon and I will send it to you. I only have one of these available right now.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Ah...The Resolutions
Today is January 1st, time for resolutions to be made and hopefully kept throughout the year. I have made many goals this year, some personal and some financial. I am hoping to use my blog to help hold myself accountable for keeping these resolutions.
Now before I tell you my resolutions let me give you some background. I love organization and making lists, seriously love it. There is nothing I like more than a fresh notebook ready for list-making or all of the bins and containers in the office supply store. The problem is although I love organization, I am not good at it. I am more of a person whose desk is filled with organized clutter. Those fresh notebooks with all of my lists usually end of lost after about 10 pages in. (My preschooler has not helped with my lack of organization as she is constantly swiping my notebooks, etc.) Anyway, on to the resolutions.
1. At the beginning of each month, take out $150 in cash for groceries and restaurants for the month. This is for a family of four and I honestly think this may be a little high because I use a large number of coupons. However any money that is left over at the end of the month can be used in whatever way hubby and I decide (date night).
2. Date night once a month. Seriously we need this badly, and this can include date night at home where we make a nice dinner after the kids go to bed and enjoy some wine.
3. Continue to work on building my blog.
4. Bring a list for planned trips to the grocery store to make shopping with coupons and children easier.
5. Keep mail in one centralized location. (I used to be great about this, but for some reason have become a terror.)
6. Save more money and work to eliminate remaining student loans.
Whew, I actually have more but I wrote them all down in my fresh 2011 notebook and ha, I can't find it at the moment.
Happy 2011!
Happy New Year's! I hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year's Eve and that you are enjoying the first day of our new year. I hope that your 2011 is filled with love, laughter, and happiness.
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