Discovercard Holder? Sign up: September Cash Back Bonus

September is just about here, so if you're a Discovercard holder, don't forget to sign up for the September Cash Back Bonus - it will earn you 5% cash back on up to $200 grocery and drug store purchases.

Don't think you'll spend $200 on groceries and drug store purchases (because of all the neat coupons and sales deals you've been learning about)? Buy gift cards from grocery and drug stores for the places where you will spend that money!

Enjoy your 5% cash back!

Freebie Alert: Aveeno Nourish+ Hair Care

Get a free sample or downloadable coupon from the Aveeno Nourish+ Hair Care Collection. Just register here.

Freebies at CVS this week!

Phillips Headphones — $6.99
Get $6.99 in Extra Care Bucks when you buy one (limit 1)
*Only valid Sunday - Tuesday!
FREE (after ECBs)

Wheat Thins (small box) — $1.00
-$1 printable on Facebook
FREE

Dawn Hand Renewal — $0.97
-$1 coupon form Home Made Simple Coupon Booklet
FREE

Food Lion 1-Day Sale - Ground Beef!

Value Packs of 73% Lean Ground Beef are on sale for $.99/lb. today, August 28th, only! Clear out your freezer - it's time to stock up!

The rest of the week, the price is $1.47/lb. with your MVP card. Still a good deal... but not nearly as good as today's price!

Restaurant.com - 80% Off Gift Certificates

If you've never explored Restaurant.com, check it out and look for restaurants in your area. You can buy gift certificates, which are really more like super coupons, but still make some good deals.

Generally, a $25 "gift certificate" will really be $25 off a $35-$50 purchase, or $25 off two entrees, or some variation of this. Check the fine print to be sure if it will be a deal for you.

But the current deal now through August 31th is that if you enter code: "CLEARANCE" at checkout, $25 certificates which are normally $10 are now just $2, and $10 certificates which are normally $4 are now just $.80!

TGI Friday's Printable Coupon

Print a coupon to Buy One Entree, Get a 2nd Half Off at TGI Friday's. This coupon can be reused. It expires 9/1/10.

Free Popcorn at Regal Cinemas!

"Like" Regal Cinemas on Facebook and get a coupon for a free small popcorn at Regal Cinemas! The coupon is valid August 27-29.

Harris Teeter Deals - Week of August 25-31, 2010

I love to post a few deal highlights that will get you products for less than half price! I also tend to favor deals that do not require coupons from a newspaper (i.e.: no coupon needed or printable coupons available) or deals that only require recent coupons.

A few things to remember about Harris Teeter Policies:
- All coupons with up to $.99 face value will double
- Use up to 3 doubled coupons for three of the same deal
- Double up to 20 coupons per day per household
- Buy 1, Get 1 Free Deals will generally scan at half price, so you do not need to buy 2.

[Read the detailed Harris Teeter Coupon Policy.]

Now on to some of this coming week's highlights...
*Prices may vary at different Harris Teeter locations

• eVic: 2 lb. Chub HT Rancher Ground Beef, $2.99 (limit 1)
• Meal Deal: Buy 2 Red Baron Thin Crust or Classic Crust Pizza for $9.98, Get 1 TGI Friday's Appetizer (6-11 oz), 1 Breyers Fruit Bars (10-14 pk), and 1 2-liter Coke Product FREE.
• EZ-Peel Shrimp 21-30 ct. -
  
• Pepsi product 12 packs, Buy 2, Get 3 Free (limit 10 total)
  *Must buy two to get three free.
  **Check the packages of Crush/Dt. Crush included in this deal, as some of them have $1 Off Coupons attached.
  
• Smart Balance Microwavable Popcorn - Buy 2, Get 3 Free
  *Must buy two to get three free.
• Newman's Own Salsa, 16 oz. - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $.75/1 printable
  Regular Price: $2.99; Final Price: FREE!
• Schick Disposable Razors - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $3/1 Schick Xtreme disposable razor printable
  Regular Price: $6.79-7.89; Final Price: $.40-.95
• Bertolli Pasta Sauce, 24 oz. - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $1/2 printable
  Regular Price: $3.15; Final Price: $1.07
• Laughing Cow Cheese 2/$5
  -$.55/1 Blinkie
  Final Price: $1.40
• Tidy Cats Cat Litter, 20 lb. - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $1/1 printable
  Regular Price: $5.89; Final Price: $1.95

>> Find a more thorough list of current deals here.

Starbucks Double Shot - BOGO

Get a coupon for Buy One, Get One Free Starbucks Double Shots (Coffee + Energy). Just visit StarbucksCoffeeOnTheGo.com, and print your own coupon.

$50 Worth of GAP for $25 - Get it Today!

Join Groupon! When enough people join on to the daily deal offered, you can get some real bargains!

Today's deal - across the nation - is a $50 GAP Groupon (like a gift certificate) that you can purchase for just $25. It can be used at any Gap, Gap Kids, or Gap Baby, and it is even valid on sale merchandise! This Groupon must be purchased today, but once you have it, it will not expire until November.

(Note: Not valid at Gap Outlets or for online purchases.)

Harris Teeter Deals - Week of August 18-24, 2010

I love to post a few deal highlights that will get you products for less than half price! I also tend to favor deals that do not require coupons from a newspaper (i.e.: no coupon needed or printable coupons available) or deals that only require recent coupons.

A few things to remember about Harris Teeter Policies:
- All coupons with up to $.99 face value will double
- Use up to 3 doubled coupons for three of the same deal
- Double up to 20 coupons per day per household
- Buy 1, Get 1 Free Deals will generally scan at half price, so you do not need to buy 2.

[Read the detailed Harris Teeter Coupon Policy.]

Now on to some of this coming week's highlights...
*Prices may vary at different Harris Teeter locations

• eVic: 24-pk .5 oz. Deer Park Water - $2.99
  With $1/1 peelie, these are $1.99!
  
• Farmer's Market Strawberries, 1 lb. - Buy 1, Get 2 Free
• EZ-Peel Shrimp 21-30 ct. - Buy 1, Get 2 Free
• Tuttorosso Tomatoes, 28-35 oz. - Buy 2, Get 3 Free
  *Must buy two to get three free.
  
• Healthy Balance Old Orchard Juices - Buy 2, Get 3 Free
  *Must buy two to get three free.
  - $.50/1 printable
  
• Chex Mix - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  *Previously available printable (not yet expired) $.55/1, would make these $.27!
  
• Glass Plus Glass Cleaner - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $1.00/1 printable
  Regular Price: $2.88; Final Price: $.44
• Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $1.00/1 printable
  Regular Price: $5.98; Final Price: $1.99
• Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $.50/1 printable
  Regular Price: $2.50; Final Price: $.25

>> Find a more thorough list of current deals here.

Free Photo Collage + Free Shipping

Get a free photo collage, as well as free shipping at Snapfish.com through today, August 17th!

Just enter code: GRANDSHIP.

Plus, get 20 free prints when you first sign up and upload photos!

Last Chance - Snatch $25 Gift Certificates for $2

Today is the last day you can enter code: "BIG" at checkout on Restaurant.com to get $25 gift certificates for only $2.

If you've never explored Restaurant.com, check it out and look for restaurants in your area. You can buy gift certificates, which are really more like super coupons, but still make some good deals.

Generally, a $25 "gift certificate" will really be $25 off a $35-$50 purchase, or $25 off two entrees, or some variation of this. Check the fine print to be sure if it will be a deal for you.

Tips from "America's Cheapest Family"

Just how do you raise a family of 7 with a $35,000 annual income and no debt? Check it out in this video:

Stacking Coupons... Legitimately

First off, don't try to get away with using two manufacturer's coupons for the same item... not cool. Ever hear of "stealing"? Yeah, that's pretty much what that is...

But you can legitimately stack coupons in certain stores... like CVS, Walgreens, and Target! These stores have store coupons, in addition to the manufacturer's coupons that they accept. If you happen to have a store coupon plus a manufacturer's coupon for the same product, you can get both discounts off that product! (By the way, you can print store coupons directly from these stores' websites.)

Here's an example from Target... Target has $1/1 Juicy Juice 8-pack juice boxes. I printed two of these store coupons to use on two 8-packs. (Remember, you can't use two of the same type of coupon - two store coupons or two manufacturer's coupons - for one item.) I also printed out a manufacturer's coupon for $1/2 Juicy Juice products. Now, when I go to Target, I can stack these coupons for extra savings. Juicy Juice 8-pack juice boxes are regularly $2.29 each. If I buy two, that's $4.58. Deduct the two $1/1 store coupons and the $1/2 manufacturer's coupon, and my total comes to $1.58. That's just $.79 per pack! (And that's without a sale!)

So play a game of matchmaker - and match up those store coupons with manufacturer's coupons to get extra savings on the things you buy in your household!

Print Coupons You Won't Use Right Away

When I get coupons in a newspaper or through online clipping services such as The Coupon Clippers, I find myself more likely to hold on to coupons that I may not use right away. However, if there's a really good coupon online, like a high value coupon (such as $1.00-$1.98 face value that I know would be great to double the next time a store does Super Doubles) or even just a coupon for a product you use all the time but want to wait to match it up with a sale, print it! There's no telling if that coupon will still even be there tomorrow!

Let me share a few cases in which I was glad I saved some coupons!

I found $1.50 off one frozen Mystic pizza, around the last time Harris Teeter did Super Doubles. I printed several, even though I knew I wouldn't use them all right away. (My freezer tends to get pretty packed when there are Super Doubles or Triple Coupon weeks.) I used one at the time, getting a pizza for around $2 or so. But the expiration date wasn't until the end of the year. I held on to some of those coupons for the future... and boy, was I glad! That coupon can no longer be found online! This week during Super Doubles, these pizzas were on on sale, buy one get one free. Normally, they are $5.45, but this week they were $2.68 each. The $1.50 coupon doubled to take up to $3 off, making these pizzas FREE!

I did the same thing with the bagged Voila frozen dinners from Bird's Eye (which my husband loves). These are usually $5.39, but BOGO this week during Super Doubles. Yes, there is an internet coupon for these at the moment, but it's only for $.55. I still had the old internet printable coupon that was worth $1. So the sale price this week is $2.70, and my $1 coupon doubled, making this product a mere $.70!

So if you see a coupon that you know you might use in the future but not in the immediate present, print it anyway! Also see if you can print it more than once, as often you can print internet coupons twice, and sometimes more. One day, you just might walk away with something for spare change, or even free!

Restaurant.com - $25 Gift Certificates for $2

If you've never explored Restaurant.com, check it out and look for restaurants in your area. You can buy gift certificates, which are really more like super coupons, but still make some good deals.

Generally, a $25 "gift certificate" will really be $25 off a $35-$50 purchase, or $25 off two entrees, or some variation of this. Check the fine print to be sure if it will be a deal for you.

But the current deal through August 16th is that if you enter code: "BIG" at checkout, the $25 "gift certificates" that normally cost $10 on the site will only cost you $2!

Harris Teeter Deals - Week of August 11-17, 2010

>>This week is Super Doubles!
All coupons this week with a face value up to $1.98 will double.

I love to post a few deal highlights that will get you products for less than half price! I also tend to favor deals that do not require coupons from a newspaper (i.e.: no coupon needed or printable coupons available) or deals that only require recent coupons.

A few things to remember about Harris Teeter Policies:
- All coupons with up to $.99 face value will double (1.98 this week)
- Use up to 3 doubled coupons for three of the same deal
- Double up to 20 coupons per day per household
- Buy 1, Get 1 Free Deals will generally scan at half price, so you do not need to buy 2.

[Read the detailed Harris Teeter Coupon Policy.]

Now on to some of this coming week's highlights...
*Prices may vary at different Harris Teeter locations

• eVic: Mix or Match Three: 13-16.3 oz peter pan peanut butter or 32 oz welch's grape jelly
  Sale Price: $.97 each (limit 3 items, must purchase 3 items in one transaction)
  With $.60/1 or $1/2 from SmartSource 8/1, these are FREE
  
• Kellogg's Fruit Snacks
  *Buy 10 Kellogg’s, Keebler, Sunshine, Eggo and Morningstar Farms items, get $10 off your next order
  -$1/1 printable
  Regular Price: 1.99; Final Price: FREE
• Mystic Pizza - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  Regular Price: 5.45; Sale Price: $2.68
  *Previously available printable (not yet expired) $1.50/1, would make this deal FREE
  
• Oscar Mayer beef franks, 12-16 oz - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $1.00/2 printable
  Regular Price: 4.25; Final Price: $.12
• Bounty Paper Towels - single roll
  - $1.00/1 - home mailer
  Regular Price: 2.19; Final Price: $.19
  
• Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $.50/1 printable
  Regular Price: 2.79; Final Price: $.40
  
• Vlassic Pickles, 24 oz - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $.55/1 printable
  Regular Price: 3.39; Final Price: $.60
• NesQuick (powdered), 21.8 oz - 2/$7
  - $1.25/1 printable
  Sale Price: $3.50; Final Price: $1.00
• Bird's Eye Voila frozen entrees, 21-23 oz - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  - $.55/1 printable
  Regular Price: 5.39; Final Price: $1.60
  *Previously available printable (not yet expired) $1/1, would make this deal $.70
  
• Green Seedless Grapes
  Sale Price:$.99/lb

>> Find a more thorough list of current deals here.

Hair Cuts - Two For One - Plus Many More Free!

Almost sounds to good to be true, doesn't it? Well, it is true... just requires a little work.

It was just one more thing that was bothering me - shelling out $9.99 for haircuts for each of my boys every couple of months. Sometimes I could find coupons for $5.99 or $6.99, but still, I'd be paying a few dollars in tips beyond that and it remained a regular expense. Any regular expense that I can cut will be an ongoing savings.

I discovered that my local Ross store had a decent size selection of hair cutting equipment. I looked at several kits and found a Remington one that looked decent for just $9.99.

I've now given both of my boys hair cuts, and it only cost me $9.99 - the same price as one regular hair cut. (And I paid myself the tip!) The best part is, for as long as the equipment lasts me, I can continue to give my boys hair cuts for free!

So let's see how this may work...

Typically, I'd spend about $18-22 for two haircuts for my boys every couple of months (including tips), so let's consider that to be $20 on average.

Over the course of a year, I'd take them for six hair cuts each - that's $120. Instead, as long as my equipment lasts me for just one year, I'll have paid $10. That's a $110 savings in one year!

Should my equipment last me two years, the savings becomes $230...

Should it last me three years, the savings becomes $350...

And should my husband learn to trust me with my new hair cutting gear... well, let's just take it one step at a time... ;)

New Eye Glasses, Without Costing Me an Arm & a Leg!

I finally got tired of squinting... it was time to update my prescription. Of course that meant going to the eye doctor and I don't have vision insurance, so I was worried about paying an arm and a leg. Plus I'd have to purchase eye glasses - another big expense. But I managed to get it all for approximately $100 - full eye exam, and two pairs of prescription eyeglasses - one tinted for use as sunglasses.

How does one do this?

Well, first things first. Ask around for eye doctor references. Especially if you don't have insurance, find out which eye doctors people like and call up to do a price comparison. One eye doctor was going to charge $108 for the exam, but offered a one-year insurance program that would cost $120 and cover extra visits plus a small discount on their eye glasses. That sounded like a pretty good deal... but I'm young with no additional major eye concerns and probably wouldn't be back for a second appointment within the year, plus, a small discount on their eye glasses? How much would their eye glasses cost to begin with? I kept calling around, and finally found a local eye doctor who charged just $79 flat for one full eye exam, plus a few people gave him good reviews. I was pleased!

Next, get your prescription, including pupil distance. That last part is important in getting the correct eyeglasses for your individual needs - essential for the third step.

Finally, pick out your eyeglasses frames from a discount online source. Two major ones are ZenniOptical.com and EyeBuyDirect.com.

• Eye Buy Direct offers glasses for as low as $7.95. A benefit to going with this company is that you can get money back on your purchase if you have an Ebates account, or you can get points for it through a MyPoints account.
• Zenni Optical offers glasses for as low as $8, and although I have MyPoints and Ebates, I still went with Zenni. Here's why - they had a much wider selection of frames at the lowest advertised price of $8. The similar frames I would have purchased through Eye Buy would have cost more than twice the price! Eye Buy has a small $7.95 selection, but the next selection starts at a significantly higher $19.95. (It's very sneaky how they can sucker you into their website by offering a few pairs for just $7.95... caveat emptor.) Zenni has an already large selection for $8, but their next pricing categories are $9.95, $12.95, and $15.95 - all less than Eye Buy's second pricing level.

You may find a pair of glasses on either site for your individual preferences and needs. Also consider shipping costs. I paid the same on shipping two pairs from Zenni that I would've paid for just one pair. So my entire cost came to about $28! (Another thought is to order glasses for the whole family at once to save on shipping - I just happen to be the only one in my household with glasses, at least for now.)

Shipping them took only about a week, and now I can see - without squinting! And thankfully, because of the careful shopping, I even got to keep my arm and my leg!

Harris Teeter Super Doubles! Starting Wednesday, 8/11

Harris Teeter is doing Super Doubles starting this coming Wednesday, August 11.

Super Doubles means that Harris Teeter will double all coupons with a face value up to $1.98! (Usually they only double coupons up to $.99.)

Therefore, this is a great time to focus on coupons with face values of $1.00-1.98, so start collecting and sorting!

If you get the Sunday paper, start there. If you don't get the Sunday paper, or if you want more coupons than in the one paper you have, try placing an order with The Coupon Clippers. I use this service regularly and have had many successful shopping trips because of them.

Remember, you're not limited to using just one particular coupon one time. Harris Teeter allows you to use three of the same exact coupon for three of those product deals each day. So as long as the products are in stock, if you return daily, you could theoretically use up to 21 identical coupons in one week at Harris Teeter!

Freebie Alert: Cheetos Mighty Zingers!

Register with BeSnackReady.com and you're eligible to receive a free sample of Cheetos Mighty Zingers.

(See the link at the bottom right corner of the webpage. Images change, so keep looking if you don't see it right away.)

Coupons Via Snail Mail

Let's face it, printers have a mind of their own. Be it paper jams or technical error codes, I'd say it's a pretty sure bet that most printers have "issues" at some point in their lives. While we often depend on them for things such as printing coupon offers, sometimes, we are simply out of luck because it's that printer's time of the month...

But fortunately, for those of us with ailing printers - or even no printer at all (yep, threw in the towel and raised the white flag) - there are some coupons that we can still receive via snail mail. Check out some of these companies that will send coupons for simply filling out a form online:

• Home Made Simple (receive coupon book for Cascade, Dawn, Mr. Clean, Swiffer, & Febreeze)
  
  
• Dryel
  
  
• Hellman's
  
  
• Luigi's Italian Ice
  
  
• Minute Maid

I hope to add more to this list soon! Let me know of other snail mail coupon offers you find!

Harris Teeter Deals - Week of August 4-10, 2010

I love to post a few deal highlights that will get you products for less than half price! I also tend to favor deals that do not require coupons from a newspaper (i.e.: no coupon needed or printable coupons available) or deals that only require recent coupons.

A few things to remember about Harris Teeter Policies:
- All coupons with up to $.99 face value will double
- Use up to 3 doubled coupons for three of the same deal
- Double up to 20 coupons per day per household
- Buy 1, Get 1 Free Deals will generally scan at half price, so you do not need to buy 2.

[Read the detailed Harris Teeter Coupon Policy.]

Now on to some of this coming week's highlights...
*Prices may vary at different Harris Teeter locations

• Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Bars - 50% off
  *Buy 10 Kellogg’s, Keebler, Sunshine, Eggo and Morningstar Farms items, get $10 off your next order
  -$1/2 Nutri-Grain Bars printable
• Kellogg's Pop Tarts - 50% off
  *Buy 10 Kellogg’s, Keebler, Sunshine, Eggo and Morningstar Farms items, get $10 off your next order
  -$1/2 Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts printable
• Kellogg's Cereals - 50% off
  *Buy 10 Kellogg’s, Keebler, Sunshine, Eggo and Morningstar Farms items, get $10 off your next order
  -$1 off Kellogg’s Cinnabon Cereal, 10 oz+ printable
  -$1/2 Kellogg’s Raisin Bran cereals, 14 oz+ printable
  -$1/2 Kellogg’s Special K cereals, 11.4 oz+ printable
• Eastern Grown Peaches 49¢ lb
• Blue Dog Dog Treats, 24 oz. - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  -$1 off Blue Dog Bakery Dog Treats printable
  Sale Price: $2.37; Final Price: $1.37
• Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn, 4.2-9.9 oz. - Buy 1, Get 1 Free
  -$1 off Orville Redenbacher’s Cheddar Cheese or Spicy Nacho Popcorn printable
  Sale Price: $1.49; Final Price: $.49
• Welch’s Grape Juice, 64 oz. - $3
  -$1.50 off Welch’s Healthy Start juice printable
  Final Price: $1.50
• HT Chunk Light Tuna, 5 oz. - 49¢
• HT Mac and Cheese, 7.25 oz. - 57¢
• eVic: Tide, 100 oz. - $9.97 (limit 1)
  -$1.00/1 from 8/1 P&G insert
  Final Price: $8.97
• eVic: Bounty paper towels, 8 rolls - $5.77 (limit 1)
  -$1.00/1 from P&G Proud Sponsor of Moms Booklet
  Final Price: $4.77
• eVic: Charmin toilet tissue, 12 rolls - $5.77 (limit 1)
  -$1.00/1 from P&G Proud Sponsor of Moms Booklet, or 8/1 Red Plum insert
  Final Price: $4.77; (Non-eVic Price $2.47)
• eVic: Dawn Dish Liquid, 19-24 oz. - $1.77 (limit 1)
  -$.25/1 from 8/1 P&G insert
  Final Price: $1.27
• eVic: Select packs Huggies or Pampers, Jumbo size - $6.97 (limit 1)
  -$1.50/1 from 8/1 P&G insert
  Final Price: $5.47
• eVic: HT Facial Tissues, 65-160 ct. - $.57 (limit 1)

>> Find a more thorough list of current deals here.

IHOP - Kids Eat Free in August!

Kids eat free at IHOP every day from 4-10pm throughout the month of August! Receive one free kid's meal with every adult entree purchase.

Free Movie Ticket with World Market Purchase

Shop at World Market on August 2nd & 3rd, spend at least $10, and receive a free movie ticket from movietickets.com!

Read the details and fine print here.