Deals, Thrills, & Random Tips

Old Navy Tank Tops- $2 each on Saturday

2009-06-18T16:25:00.003-06:00

Saturday, June 20th, Old Navy will have all of it's woman's and girl's tanks for $2 (limit 5 per customer). Hurry because selection will go fast.Also men’s clothes are 50% off through Father’s Day so check that out, too.

P.S. I went to Old Navy to get my $1 flip-flops a few Saturdays ago and it was CRAZY! The good thing was that they had TONS of inventory and kept restocking constantly. If you don't mind waiting in line for 30 minutes, it's worth your time!

Bringin' Home the Bacon with Swagbucks!

2009-06-16T10:49:00.003-06:00

I've already earned $30+ in Amazon giftcards just by searching the internet through Swagbucks.com ! Go to my previous post for more info HERE .

Free Will & Trust Kit from Suze Orman!

2009-06-16T10:31:00.003-06:00

This is usually valued at $13.95, but with the code People First, you get it free.
Go here to access the Will and Trust form.
Scroll down and click on the Gift Code button.
Once you do that, there will be a spot to enter the code and access your free kit.

I like Suze. She's entertaining & knows what she's talking about. I also enjoy the skit on Saturday Night Live about her. It's hilarious!
Now, go get her kit!

2009-05-20T10:44:00.003-06:00

Carter’s up to 60% off Memorial Day Sale this weekend only - May 21st-25th. Plus, take an extra 30% off already reduced clearance merchandise. Get your $10 gift check for every $25 you spend May 21st-June 14th. Extra 20% off coupon below. Small prices, big savings! Shop today for babies and kids sizes newborn to 7.

OshKosh Sale....50% entire store, plus coupon!

2009-05-20T09:59:00.004-06:00

Free Blue Bunny Frozen Yogurt!

2009-05-20T09:39:00.002-06:00

Go HERE and print form. Have to buy May 23-25---send in your receipt by June 10 and in 4-6 weeks they'll send you a rebate check! Wha Bam! Free!

Free Coupon For Digiorno Flatbread Melts--TODAY ONLY!

2009-05-18T09:19:00.002-06:00

Click HERE to get a free Digiorno FlatbreadMelt Coupon sent to your house!

You can only order it today, while supplies last! Looks yummy!

Etoys---up to 75% off. Lots to choose from!

2009-05-14T10:59:00.000-06:00

www.Etoys.com has quite a few toys on sale for 75% off. Spend $25 or more and save $5 on your purchase.

Victoria Secret---40% off Clearance Item!

2009-05-13T09:48:00.002-06:00

http://www.victoriasecret.com/

EXTRA 40% OFF ANY SINGLE CLEARANCE ITEM
Add a single clearance item to your shopping bag. Enter offer code 40XTRA at checkout. The price of your qualifying clearance item will be adjusted after offer code is applied. Valid through May 14, 2009, while supplies last. Offer subject to adjustment due to returns, cancellations and exchanges. Not valid on previous purchases, purchases made in Victoria's Secret stores or with any other clearance offer. Valid on in-stock merchandise only.

Cirque du Soleil--Buy One, Get one for $25!

2009-05-13T09:23:00.004-06:00

Cirque Du Soleil is having a summer promo on it's Vegas shows where

when you buy 1 regular priced ticket, you get a second one for only $25!!!

All the shows (Mystere, Zumanity, KA, O, Believe, & LOVE) are listed for the deal on the page!
Don't forget to enter their sweepstakes at the bottom of the page!

Go here:http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/LasVegas/summerPromo.htm
* Offer valid for select performances May 11 through October 31, 2009. Available performance days and times vary per show and are subject to availability. Prices do not include tax and fees. Tickets must be sold in pairs. Valid on select seating areas. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Management reserves all rights. Some restrictions apply.

Breakin' the Bank at Kohl's...

2009-05-10T18:48:00.004-06:00

Sooooo, my sister and I did a little shopping Saturday morning. I had $10 off coupon for Kohl's from my email and decided to redeem it.
My Purchases: 1 Pink Nike T-shirt (reg. $20, on clearance for $2)
1 pair of Navy shorts for my baby (reg. $10--on sale for $4)
1 beaded necklace (Reg. $28---on clearance for $5.40)
=$11.40
- $10 coupon
=$1.70 out of pocket (includes tax)!
My sister:
1 CUTE Nike swim tankini top (Reg. $40--on sale for $21)
-$10 off Coupon
= approx. $12 (includes tax)!

The coupon is good until May 14th so if you're interested,

leave a comment with your email and I'll send it over!

Discounts on Prescription Drugs!

2009-05-07T11:02:00.002-06:00

Have a prescription that needs to be filled? See if you can get it cheaper at www.yourRXcoupons.com ! They have printable coupons to take with you to the pharmacy. Pretty cool, huh!

Are your kids' toys safe?

2009-05-07T10:19:00.002-06:00

Go to www.healthytoys.org to see if your child's toys are free of harmful chemicals, etc. Great site!

Free 8x10 for Mother's Day

2009-05-06T11:07:00.000-06:00

Have a picture mom would love for Mother’s Day? Today only (5/6) Walgreens photo is offering a free 8×10 print. You can order yours here. Enter the code MOTHER at checkout and you will only pay tax when you pick it up at the nearest store.
If you have lots of pictures to print Walgreens is also offering 25 free prints when you buy 25 now through May 9th. The code for this deal is BRIGHT25. You can use both codes in one order if you wish!

Free Meal at KFC! Thanks Oprah!

2009-05-06T09:36:00.000-06:00

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090430-tows-kfc-coupon-download

Hurry and download this coupon for a 2-piece meal with 2 sides & a biscuit! You can print it 4 times! Ends 9:59EST so print it ASAP!

Free Preschool with the UPSTART Program

2009-05-04T15:48:00.000-06:00

The state of Utah is offering an online at home preschool called UPSTART. Currently the program is at 60% capacity.Details from the Salt Lake Tribune:
UPSTART has room for 1,300 kids, including 390 students from low-income families who can also temporarily get computers for free. So far, about 60 percent of the program's slots are filled, said Kathy Maksimov, product management director for Waterford Institute, the Utah-based company that created the game. Children ages 4 and 5 are supposed to use the program for 15 minutes a day, five days a week, until they enter kindergarten. A cast of cartoon characters guide kids through short exercises about counting, sorting, letter sounds and vocabulary, among other things.

Interested in enrolling your preschooler? To find out more go to http://www.utahupstart.org or call 1-800-669-4533.

May is FREE Golf Lesson Month!

2009-04-29T12:28:00.000-06:00

playgolfamerica.com

Scott Draper---Southgate Golfcourse---627-4440
Hubert Green Jr--215-1283----Sand Hollow
Matt Dame 986-001---Sun River

Call for your FREE 10 minute lesson

May is FREE Golf lesson month!

GREAT Father's Day Gift

2009-04-27T13:34:00.000-06:00

If your hubby likes to tink around with power tools--he'll LOVE this!

Have you seen the infommercial of the Fein MultiMaster Power Tool?

We wanted that tool, but it was just a little rich for our occasional tool use.

Apparently, its patent ran out and so Harbor Freight made a knock-off of this tool.

It's on sale for $39.95, down from $59.95

(search for item 65700-3VGA on Harbor Freight's site)

They have a store on State Street in SLC (where we bought ours) and other larger cities.

All Daddy's will be satisfied with this gift!

P.S. I'm not sure what attachments comes with it, but you can check & see. = )

They should call them "I-didn't-do-anything-but-got-stuff-free-BUCKS!

2009-04-24T10:19:00.000-06:00

If you didn't see my post on my other blog about SwagBucks...here's a little reminder...

Swagbucks.com-- This is genious. All you have to do is use their search engine instead of google or yahoo and you earn "swagbucks" to redeem for gift cards or whatever. I have a goal to not use any until the end of the year and cash them all in to buy gift cards (to Amazon, Target, Macy's, etc.) to redeem for Christmas presents! It's totally free to sign up and it's just that simple. Just click on the link above or here to take you right to it. Do it right now!

(P.S. You don't actually have to download the toolbar if you don't want to, just log-in to swagbucks.com when you first get on the 'net and search for whatever you're looking for on their site.)

Just in case you're wondering...since that last post I've already earned a $5 giftcard (45 swagbucks) to Amazon.com! Sweet, huh! What I do is just login to swagbucks, search for yahoomail or whatever and usually the 3rd to 5th search you'll win a swagbuck for the day(could be $1-100...I've only won $2 once, though). Just do that again the next day or have your family members login whenever they get on, too, so they can earn for you! (or they can set up their own account).
Did you see Celebrity Apprentice last Sunday? The founder/owner of Swagbucks was on there helping Donald Trump. Just FYI so you know this site's legit.

Easy Peasy Pillow Slipcover Tutorial-ishness

2009-04-24T09:54:00.001-06:00

I went to JoAnn's Fabric a bit ago and found some cute Hawaiian-ish style knit fabric. It was on their sale racks (back southeast corner of store) and they were having a sale--50% off already marked-down fabric. Yeah! That meant that instead of paying $3 bucks a yard, I only paid $1.50. There was only about 3 yards left on the spool-thingie so I bought it all.

Now..what to do with it?

I kept looking at my couch pillows and getting bored of their beigeness & green circles,

so I got out my new sewing machine (that I've only used a handful of times--

my sewing skills consist of 7th grade Home-Ec...

though surprisingly, I recall a lot from that class. Wish Math would've stuck...!)

So, I hate using patterns--too much pinning & measuring. I hate measuring when I cook, too, which is why I don't sew well and my cooking is bad. But I digress..

Back to the pillow covers...

I laid out the fabric right-side down & set a pillow on top. I cut around it with a little extra room on the sides and made sure I had enough to cover the whole pillow, fluffiness and all. Then, I took scissors and did a tiny cut to the side of where I needed to sew the fabric sides in order to get a snug fit (you can use chalk or pen, etc.). I was lazy and just used scissors.

I then picked up the fabric and folded it in half (right side of fabric in), saw where my scissor mark was and closed up the two sides by sewing a STRAIGHT LINE and left an opening at the top. I inserted the Pillow and instead of sewing up the top (again, lazy), I just tucked the extra fabric in and WAH LA! Instant pillow covers that look pretty darn good!

OLD NAVY Coupons

2009-04-24T09:51:00.001-06:00

Have you gone to oldnavyweekly.com to get some sweet couponage? They post new deals every Thursday night. They have awesome coupons like $50 off $100 purchase (though you have to be quick to get those) and on down.

I just printed a pretty good one--30% off your TOTAL purchase!

Children's Place --St George

2009-04-24T09:39:00.001-06:00

I was in Children's Place the other day and saw they had a ton of stuff on sale. I don't go in there too often because they cater mostly to girls (at least that's what it seems like to me). Well, in the back there were a few racks of winter boy clothes one $5ish and the other $1.99! I got Mason a few Sporty Sweatshirts and picked up some cute red cordouroy pants for my nephew (1.99!). There was a ton of cute girl stuff and their clearance bins were 50% off the sale price. I saw some cute boy and girl shoes, tights, hats, pj's, etc. for GREAT prices!

4 Steps to Reduce Your Debt

2009-04-20T16:02:00.000-06:00

Here are some tips to help you reduce the debt that you already have:
Step One: The first step of this strategy involves writing down all outstanding balances in ascending order (smallest to largest). This is referred to as the Debt Pyramid.
Step Two: The second step of the strategy is to concentrate on completely paying off the lowest balance. By paying off the lowest balance, the top of the debt pyramid is eliminated. In addition to the minimum monthly requirement, you should pay as much as possible over and above the minimum. This is where your Tax Return comes in. For example, if the minimum monthly payment is $40 on the smallest balance, a check could be written for $75. ($40 minimum required plus an additional $35). Pay this extra amount every month until the entire balance of the first debt is paid off.
Step Three: Once the lowest balance is paid off, concentrate on the second position. After the balance at the tip of the pyramid is paid, add the minimum monthly payment of the first debt to the minimum monthly payment of the second smallest debt. For example, if the minimum payment on the first position was $40 and the payment for the second debt is $55, then your monthly payment to the second account would be $95 ($40+$55=$95). The benefit of using this step is that the minimum payments are already allocated into your budget. Thus, no additional money is reallocated to pay off outstanding debt.
Step Four: Continue using this strategy until all debts are paid.