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Freebie Friday: October 31, 2008

Friday, October 31st, 2008

A big thank you to Heather, from Freebies 4 Mom, for helping us with our freebie list this week. Be sure to get her latest round of coupons for your grocery shopping this week. We were also so excited to get to do an interview with Heather recently because we find her story to be so inspiring. I am hoping to do weekly interviews with bloggers to find out more about how they do their blogging & balance the activities in their life.

I will be heading out of town tomorrow through Sunday for the American Baby Faire in Chicago! If you are coming, be sure to find me over in the Kenmore kitchen, where you will get to see me demoing family recipes, kid’s holiday crafts, and sharing tips for money-saving throughout the two days. Sunday morning I will also be appearing on the Chicago ABC news sharing two of my favorite yummy frugal snack recipes for kids. You can find all my contributions to the Kenmore team over here!

Happy Freebie Friday!

Health & Beauty

Dove Shine Therapy
Aveeno Lifting & Firming Night Cream

Food

Barnes & Noble Free Cappuccino (printable coupon expires 10/31)
Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Granola
Turtle Chex Mix Bar
Betty Crocker Potatoes

Entertainment

Canon Try Me Photo
Quamut Free PDF – Play Texas Hold’Em
KIWI Magazine Subscription
Slam Magazine Subscription

Home & Garden

Uni-ball 207 Pen
Hand Tote from Nature’s Bounty

Pets

Greenies pet treats
Cesar Canine Cuisine

Upcoming Freebie Events:

NOVEMBER

1 – Home Depot Kids Workshop, make a Leaf Press
4 – Free Donut for Voters at Krispy Kreme
4 – Free Scoop for Voters at Ben & Jerry’s 5-8pm
8 – Lowe’s Kids Workshop, make a Semi Truck
22 – Lowe’s Kids Workshop, make a Football Goal
23 – Free Dr. Pepper

Redbox 10.27.08

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Today’s free code for a Redbox movie is 93NCA5. This code is good for one free movie and you can use it until midnight tonight. Enjoy a free family movie together!

Side Notes:

– If you want to rent more than one movie for free, bring more than one credit/debit card. You can use the same promotional code, you just will need different cards to charge it to. The charge will be zero as long as you return your movie on time for the next day.

– When entering in your free movie code, you need to enter it FIRST before picking the movie. On the very first screen, click the, “Rent with Promo.” Enter in the above code and then make your selection- the amount should then total zero.

Here is an updated list of new releases:

The Incredible Hulk
As soon as Hollywood started letting its superheroes show their conflicted side, it was just a matter of time before the fantastic, slow-burning Edward Norton was chosen to play one. In this intensely action packed thriller, Norton brings to life the huge green one – and all the confusion that comes along with it.

The Strangers
In just about the creepiest darn thing since the Blair Witch, two young lovers are slowly terrorized in an isolated cabin by three people in burlap masks. The crime is completely random, and the scary factor here is very high. Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler play the couple fighting for their lives against… who knows?

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Who better to interview fanatics than the hilariously deadpan Ben Stein? Here, the former host of “Win Ben Stein’s Money” (and, it should mentioned, trusted Nixon advisor) hosts a documentary in which he sets out to ask the hard questions about the Intelligent Design theory to its most fervent believers.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones is more than just back – he’s passing the Jones legacy (of getting himself into a pickle with his mouth, then getting out of it with his bullwhip) onto the next lucky generation. In this summertime hit, Harrison Ford (as Jones) and Shia LaBeouf (as the son he didn’t know he had) go after a magical artifact.

War, Inc.
Turaqistan is the fictitious country. Tamerlane is the fictitious evil corporation that’s about to wage war there if the country doesn’t let the corporation build an oil pipeline. John Cusack, Dan Ackroyd, Hillary Duff and others star in this controversial satire about the tight relationship between business and war.

Stuck
After hitting a homeless man with her car following a long night of partying, a young successful nursing home care giver has to choose in an instant whether to save her promising career or save the badly injured victim. Mena Suvari stars in this tense thriller.

Freebie Friday: October 24, 2008

Friday, October 24th, 2008


A big thank you to Heather, from Freebies 4 Mom, on scoring a national interview with Inside Edition on her fun & freebie lifestyle. We can all say, “we knew her when…” Be sure to read her best of post where she highlights all the really good stuff on her website! Congrats, Heather!

We will be doing interviews with some really inspiring blogging mamas so be watching our blog each Wednesday for interviews with the best moms in the blogging world! Heather is my first interview and I am so excited to share it with you!

Health & Beauty


Upcoming Freebie Events:

OCTOBER

Free Night of Theater
Hormel Chili Master @ Walmart (enter zip for dates)
25 – Border’s Halloween Spooktacular 2-4pm
25 – Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics, make a Pumpkin
25 or 26 – All You free sampling event 10am-4pm @ Walmart
28 – Free Tacos at Taco Bell 2-6pm

NOVEMBER
1 – Home Depot Kids Workshop, make a Leaf Press
4 – Free Scoop for Voters at Ben & Jerry’s 5-8pm
23 – Free Dr. Pepper

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I just wanted to let you all know that we are offering a brand new giveaway to our readers! Two lucky winners will receive a copy of Build-A-Bear Workshop for the Nintendo Wii. This is a family-friendly game perfect for young children. The game is for children three and older. Put your entry in over at The Mother Loot today! The contest ends October 28th at 8PM EST!

Redbox Code & Sam’s Club Membership Deal

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Today’s free code for a Redbox movie is PK66H8. This code is good for one free movie and you can use it until midnight tonight. Enjoy a free family movie together!

Side Notes:

– If you want to rent more than one movie for free, bring more than one credit/debit card. You can use the same promotional code, you just will need different cards to charge it to. The charge will be zero as long as you return your movie on time for the next day.

– When entering in your free movie code, you need to enter it FIRST before picking the movie. On the very first screen, click the, “Rent with Promo.” Enter in the above code and then make your selection- the amount should then total zero.

Here is an updated list of new releases:

You Don’t Mess With the Zohan
Former Israeli assassin who fakes his own death so he can move to New York and pursue his dream of styling hair in gratuitously short jean cutoffs? That’s Adam Sandler for you, who you can always count on to deliver the goods in totally absurd ways. Rob Schneider and John Turturro co-star in this whacky comedy.

The Happening
If they rated movies based purely on their otherworldly eeriness, every M. Night Shyamalan movie would be rated X. Surprisingly, this thriller – starring Mark Wahlberg as a science teacher in the midst of a mysterious psychological force threatening all humans – is M. Night’s first Rated R movie. Find out why.

The Visitor
Richard Jenkins (the deceased father on Six Feet Under) stars as a widowed college professor who’s simply going through the motions. But on a trip home to New York, he discovers two lively immigrants have moved into his apartment, and the friendship he forms with them might just open his future right up.

Kill Switch
You knew that Steven Seagal could act (and break pool cues over your head), but here he stars AND wrote the screenplay. Seagal plays as a famous homicide detective who follows a demented serial killer’s trail to Memphis, where he must negotiate a seedy underworld of sex and violence.

Iron Man
The unfairly cool Robert Downey Jr. takes on the role he just might have made for: a superhero with a sense of style. Here, he plays Tony Stark, a billionaire war profiteer who becomes a do-gooder/world-saver after escaping captivity with the help of a hand-built flying iron suit. Gwyneth Paltrow co-stars.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jason Segal, Kristin Bell and Russell Brand star in this hilarious (and frequently uber-embarrassing) comedy about a heartbroken slob who travels to a Hawaiian resort. There’s pretty much no one there – except for his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend, and tons of awkward laughs.

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I just wanted to let you guys know that Sam’s Club is offering a special offer on their memberships to show people how they can save with a wholesale club membership. I spoke with a gentleman at our store & they said that they are offering these memberships on the weekends, but I am posting the official press release that states that you can sign up all week long. I believe they have set-ups only on weekends with computers displaying the savings, but you can visit your membership services desk to take advantage of the promotional membership. If you aren’t sure about which club to go with or if wholesale club shopping is right for your family, please visit our EXTENSIVE article on wholesale club shopping that breaks down the ins and outs of the wholesale club membership. Regardless, this promotional deal would be helpful for a family who is trying to save money for their holiday shopping.

Cost of a membership versus this ten dollar deal, makes this a higher cost membership if you were considering signing up for a year, but for ten dollars you can decide if a wholesale club membership is the best deal for your family.

We only have a Sam’s Club in our area so this is the only club that we can choose from. We do use our wholesale club for diapers, baking supplies, and frozen food purchases. For us, it does make sense, but each family needs to decide for their own individual needs.

Here is the official scoop:

For the first time in its history, Sam’s Club is offering a $10 membership good for 10 weeks –through the end of the year –for families and businesses not currently members. Beginning Oct. 17 through Oct. 26 consumers can visit any Sam’s Club to sign up.

Sam’s Club launched a national radio campaign this week and plans newspaper advertising to support the $10 for 10 weeks campaign, which features 10 reasons for joining. USDA choice meats and $4 generics along with generous food demos at Sam’s Club were called out in advertising. Seasonal merchandise and all the decorations required to trim a tree for less than $100 as well as holiday photo cards as low as 35 cents a piece also made the list.

“We know we can easily demonstrate the value at Sam’s Club in just one shopping trip, said Mike Turner, Vice President, Membership at Sam’s Club. ‘With a temporary 10 week membership we’ll be able to give those who sign up a good chance to see what we can do for them everyday, and through the holidays.”

In addition to the radio campaign, Yahoo! Finance columnist Laura Rowley, author of Money and Happiness, visited Sam’s Club locations in Baltimore, Chicago and Phoenix this week and suggests consumers should consider five things when looking for ways to save or cut expenses.

1. Start with the Basics – Housing and utilities, food, transportation and medicine.

-According to the government’s survey of costs, these are the top four budget categories for Americans and there are some easy ways to save big money over time without reducing quality of life.

2. Household Overhead – Take a few hours on a Sunday afternoon and review monthly income, outline a household budget and look for ways to “trim around the edges” – from cable to utilities to a cleaning or lawn service.

3. Hungry for a Deal – Plan ahead and create a menu for the whole week, which will allow bulk food purchases (which saves significantly off the regular grocery bill).

-When planning a meal, double the recipe and freeze the leftov
ers, or consider setting up a meal swap with friends.

-Crunched for time? Shop online. Sam’s Club has a service called “Click ‘n’ Pull” where members can shop online and pick up the assembled order 24 hours later.

4. Transportation Savings – Start by re-examining the families’ auto insurance plan.

-Comparison shop, raise the deductible, eliminate collision coverage on older cars, fill up at a warehouse club gas station; use gas websites

5. Cut Health Care Costs – Only about one-third of prescription drug buys are mostly or fully covered by insurance, according to a recent survey by Consumer Reports.

-Always ask the physician for a generic equivalent of any prescription and comparison shop online.

Freebie Friday; October 17. 2008

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Heather, from Freebies 4 Mom, is having an exciting week on her blog. The Inside Edition came to her home to interview her about free samples and her segment will be airing on Monday. Be sure to check your local listings for when the show airs!

Heather is also celebrating her first year anniversary! She is giving away 14+ items in 14 days! Visit her on her one year annivesary – Tuesday, October 21st for a very special one day giveaway!

Congrats, Heather, on all your achievements!

Health & Beauty

Always & Tampax (from Being Girl)
Always Infinity (Walmart)
TENA Overnight Pads
Prilosec
Garnier Wrinkle Treatment

Food

Cappuccino at Barnes & Noble (can only print 1st time accessed)
Warm Delight Minis (for new Betty Crocker newsletter subscribers)
Splenda Sweeteners
Orville Redenbacher’s Mini Smart Cakes (Walmart)

Entertainment

Black River by Dean Koontz audiobook
Sports Illustrated Baseball Book
O at Home Free Issue (need a Start Sampling account)

Home

PUR Shopping List (Walmart)
Tide Total Care (from Univision)


Upcoming Freebie Events:

OCTOBER

Free Night of Theater
Hormel Chili Master @ Walmart (enter zip for dates)
18 – Michael’s Haunted House Frame 10am – Noon
25 – Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics, make a Pumpkin
25 or 26 – All You free sampling event 10am-4pm @ Walmart

NOVEMBER
1 – Home Depot Kids Workshop, make a Leaf Press
4 – Free Scoop for Voters at Ben & Jerry’s 5-8pm

Redbox Code 10.13.08

Monday, October 13th, 2008

I arrived late last night in Los Angeles for the Suave sponsored, “Glamour Magazine Reel Moments.” event. I woke up bright and early at 4 AM and was ready to start tackling the day. That is what a difference in time zones does for me.

I will be sure to post some pictures tonight and today I will be posting the last day from my Walmart trip. If you missed it, here is day one and two!

In the meantime, you can enjoy a little Hollywood life of your own! Today’s free code for a Redbox movie is 7CB23W. This code is good for one free movie and you can use it until midnight tonight. Enjoy a free family movie together!

Side Notes:

– If you want to rent more than one movie for free, bring more than one credit/debit card. You can use the same promotional code, you just will need different cards to charge it to. The charge will be zero as long as you return your movie on time for the next day.

– When entering in your free movie code, you need to enter it FIRST before picking the movie. On the very first screen, click the, “Rent with Promo.” Enter in the above code and then make your selection- the amount should then total zero.

Here is an updated list of new releases:

You Don’t Mess With the Zohan
Former Israeli assassin who fakes his own death so he can move to New York and pursue his dream of styling hair in gratuitously short jean cutoffs? That’s Adam Sandler for you, who you can always count on to deliver the goods in totally absurd ways. Rob Schneider and John Turturro co-star in this whacky comedy.

The Happening
If they rated movies based purely on their otherworldly eeriness, every M. Night Shyamalan movie would be rated X. Surprisingly, this thriller – starring Mark Wahlberg as a science teacher in the midst of a mysterious psychological force threatening all humans – is M. Night’s first Rated R movie. Find out why.

The Visitor
Richard Jenkins (the deceased father on Six Feet Under) stars as a widowed college professor who’s simply going through the motions. But on a trip home to New York, he discovers two lively immigrants have moved into his apartment, and the friendship he forms with them might just open his future right up.

Kill Switch
You knew that Steven Seagal could act (and break pool cues over your head), but here he stars AND wrote the screenplay. Seagal plays as a famous homicide detective who follows a demented serial killer’s trail to Memphis, where he must negotiate a seedy underworld of sex and violence.

Iron Man
The unfairly cool Robert Downey Jr. takes on the role he just might have made for: a superhero with a sense of style. Here, he plays Tony Stark, a billionaire war profiteer who becomes a do-gooder/world-saver after escaping captivity with the help of a hand-built flying iron suit. Gwyneth Paltrow co-stars.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jason Segal, Kristin Bell and Russell Brand star in this hilarious (and frequently uber-embarrassing) comedy about a heartbroken slob who travels to a Hawaiian resort. There’s pretty much no one there – except for his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend, and tons of awkward laughs.

Freebie Friday: October 10, 2008

Friday, October 10th, 2008

As always, a big round of applause to Heather, from Freebies 4 Mom, for helping us with our Freebie Friday list. I couldn’t do it without her! She rocks! Don’t believe me? Be sure to check her coupon list for great deals and all week long for her freebies! Thank you, Heather!!

Health & Beauty

Entertainment

Halloween on a Dime free eBook
Maran Illustrated free eBooks
Horse Print for October on Ziggity Zoom
Plenty Magazine from Pepsi (click on green monster)
Babytalk Magazine

Home

Freepeats Free Lifetime Membership (offer ends Oct. 12)
Teaching Activities (Creative Teaching Press)


Upcoming Freebie Events:

OCTOBER

Free Night of Theater
Hormel Chili Master @ Walmart (enter zip for dates)
11Arm & Hammer Essentials demonstration @ Walmart
11 & 25 – Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics, make a Skeleton & Pumpkin
25 or 26 – All You free sampling event 10am-4pm @ Walmart

NOVEMBER
1 – Home Depot Kids Workshop, make a Leaf Press

Redbox Code 10.06.08

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Today’s free code for a Redbox movie is DGM314. This code is good for one free movie and you can use it until midnight tonight. Enjoy a free family movie together!

Side Notes:

– If you want to rent more than one movie for free, bring more than one credit/debit card. You can use the same promotional code, you just will need different cards to charge it to. The charge will be zero as long as you return your movie on time for the next day.

– When entering in your free movie code, you need to enter it FIRST before picking the movie. On the very first screen, click the, “Rent with Promo.” Enter in the above code and then make your selection- the amount should then total zero.

Here is an updated list of new releases:

Iron Man
In a summer of superheroes, Robert Downey Jr. might just have outshone them all. Here, he plays a billionaire war profiteer who has a charitable change of heart after escaping captivity with the help of a hand-built flying iron suit. Gwyneth Paltrow plays his lovely/brainy assistant.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Apatow ensemble magic continues! Jason Segal (as seen in Knocked Up) plays a heartbroken schlub who takes a trip to Hawaii to get away from it all – only to find his ex-girlfriend (yes, Sarah Marshall) vacationing there with her new rocker boyfriend. Kristin Bell, Mila Kunis and Russell Brand co-star.

Sex and the City
Been losing sleep over the last five years wondering if Carrie and Big will finally marry? a) Wow. b) Your wait is over! Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis all return in this feature length adaptation of the hit series about four (frequently) single girlfriends in New York.

Leatherheads
That’s what players were called, back in the days when football was still a fledgling sport and – absurdly – leather was all the head protection anyone thought was needed. George Clooney and Jon Krasinski are the star players in an early football league, and Renee Zellweger is the sassy reporter who covers it all.

Deception
This is the tale of a bored-stiff CPA (Ewan MacGregor) who finds just the kind of danger he’s looking for when he’s brought into a private, anonymous sex club. But one of the club’s more dashing, charismatic members (Hugh Jackman) might have other, more criminal plans for him.

Run Fatboy Run
In the five years since leaving his pregnant fiancee (Thandie Newton) at the altar, Dennis Doyle (the hilarious Simon Pegg) has watched his spirits drop and his waistline grow. But he finds one last chance to impress her and win her back – by pulling it together running a marathon. Hank Azaria co-stars.

Freebie Friday: October 3, 2008

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

A big thanks to Heather, from Freebies 4 Mom, for helping us compile our list of great freebies this week. Heather is hoping to spread the word about her website and wants you to help her! Please find out how you can make Freebies 4 Mom an even bigger success!

Do you have a birthday in Octobober? Why not celebrate by visiting Heather’s updated list of great freebies for your birthday! Thanks, Heather!

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone!

Health & Beauty

Pamprin (Walmart)

Schick Quattro razor for him

Food

Del Monte coupons (includes free product coupons)

Entertainment


Signing Time
videos at Totlol and YouTube
Kidthing (includes Mathketball game)
Zyrtec/Scholastic Dinosaurumpus book
Audible Kids (9 free audiobooks)
Storynory audio stories
Successful Living magazine
Ode magazine (AdPerk)
Field & Stream magazine (AdPerk)
Jumble Pie ebook
My Country DVD or VHS (documentary hosted by James DePreist)
Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine
Redwood Creek Chardonnay Poster

Home

Ziploc Fall Gift Pack
Arm & Hammer Be Green House Party


Upcoming Freebie Events:

OCTOBER

Free Night of Theater
Hormel Chili Master @ Walmart (enter zip for dates)
4 – Home Depot Kids (make a whistle fire truck 9 am to noon)
11Arm & Hammer Essentials demonstration @ Walmart
11 & 25 – Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics, make a Skeleton & Pumpkin
25 or 26 – All You free sampling event 10am-4pm @ Walmart

NOVEMBER
1 – Home Depot Kids Workshop, make a Leaf Press

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We started a new giveaway this week for $25 gift cards to Shutterfly! This contest is to help promote their new Share Site service where you can create a free site for your family and share your pictures through their website. Head over here to enter today to win!

Enter today to win a 10th Anniversary Harry Potter prize pack. We are giving away beautiful boxed sets of the Harry Potter series and the new anniversary editions of, “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone” Please do not enter here, only entries over here will qualify.

Good luck, everyone!

Redbox Code 09.29.08

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Today’s free code for a Redbox movie is LA45W7. This code is good for one free movie and you can use it until midnight tonight. Enjoy a free family movie together!

Side Notes:

– If you want to rent more than one movie for free, bring more than one credit/debit card. You can use the same promotional code, you just will need different cards to charge it to. The charge will be zero as long as you return your movie on time for the next day.

– When entering in your free movie code, you need to enter it FIRST before picking the movie. On the very first screen, click the, “Rent with Promo.” Enter in the above code and then make your selection- the amount should then total zero.

Here is an updated list of new releases:

Sex and the City
Expensive restaurants, romantic encounters, and lots and lots of girl talk. The TV series with the most seriously self-explanatory name ever was this year’s summertime hit – and Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis are all back. Will Carrie wind up with Big? Oh just you wait.

Leatherheads
Long before players were changing their names to the numbers, football was a pure and simple game, played by men in absurdly unprotective leather helmets. George Clooney, Renee Zellweger and Jon Krasinski take you back to that time in this charming comedy about the pioneers of an early football league.

Deception
Ewan MacGregor is a joyless and high-strung CPA trudging through stacks of spreadsheets. Meeting the free-spirited Hugh Jackman – and soon getting caught up in a private, anonymous sex club – seems like just the jolt he needs. That is, until he gets accused in the disappearance of one of the club’s members.

Run Fatboy Run
In this romantic comedy, Simon Pegg has just plain let himself go. It stems from all the guilt he feels from having left his pregnant fiance at the altar five years earlier. Suddenly, though, a revelation! He knows just how to win her back: get in shape and run a marathon! Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria co-star.

Made of Honor
It’s now or never for PatrickMcDreamyDempsey. He’s just been asked by his closest girlfriend to stand up in her wedding. But the fact that he’s in love with her, and is running out of chances to win her heart, is making things complicated (and hilarious). Michelle Monaghan plays the blushing bride to be.

Speed Racer
Emile Hirsch and Matthew Fox are dueling racers in this frenzied and visually stunning feature length version of the old cartoon. Hirsch plays Speed Racer and Fox plays Racer X, who together take on dangerous turns and aggressive drivers on futuristic tracks.