Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Cheap $4 movie tickets from AMC

Planning on taking the kids to the movies this summer? 

Right now you can AMC movie tickets $4.00!  Go here to check it out.  Just select your city on the right.

This offer is only available right now in Atlanta, Atlantic City, Boston, Chicago, Dallas / Ft. Worth, Hoboken / Jersey City, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Washington DC areas

FREE e-book of Decadent Desserts

Download a FREE e-book from Mr. Food here.  It contains over 32 recipes for decadent desserts!  Yummy!

Great CVS/Sears deal = free clothes for the guys in your family!

You ask how can CVS and Sears help you get some free clothes for your family?  Well, here’s how! 

This week CVS has an ECB deal – Buy a $50 Sears giftcard, get $10 ECB’s.  That in itself can be a $10 moneymaker!

But here’s how to make it a $60 moneymaker!

Buy $50, Get $50

Sears is having a promotion “Spend $50, get $50 on men’s clothing″, now through June 20th.  Basically you buy $50 in men’s apparel and you get $50 in Sears come back cash (“come back cash” must be spent on men’s clothing.)  You must submit this rebate form.  Rebate must be postmarked by 7/20/10 and “Come Back Cash” expires 9/30/10.  You can read all the details here.

So buy your $50 Sears gift card from CVS, get back $10 in ECB’s, making the gift card technically only cost $40.  Then use that $50 gift card to buy your $50 worth of men’s apparel at Sears. Then submit your rebate and get back another $50 in come back cash to spend on men’s apparel at Sears. 

Final cost: $100 worth of men’s apparel for $40! 

You can’t beat that!

Remember, Father’s Day is this Sunday too!

(Thanks, Thrifty Stories!)

Giveaway winners

And here are the winners…..

Month of coupon inserts #1

LeeAnn - “Yay, would love to win!!”

Silk coupons giveaway

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winner #3 Leah - “I have tried it and it is good. My daughter drinks it all the time because of her milk allergy. She loves it!!”

Month of coupon inserts #2

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Month of coupon inserts #3

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

FREE Father’s Day craft e-book from 10 talented craft bloggers!

      or this recycled back scratcher,

      or my favorite – this burger box with homemade “burger cookies!”

      Burger Box

      (love those burger cookies!  I just might be making these for Father’s day since my husband was already planning on grilling gourmet burgers.)

      Eating out on a budget even while on vacation

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      (One of our super yummy burgers at Red Robin!)

      I shared earlier that we were going to try to keep our out-to-eat expenses to a minimum this week while on vacation.  We brought along food to eat for breakfast and lunches (paid for with previous week's grocery money) and planned to just eat out for dinner and while traveling.  We had accumulated several gift cards and I had signed up for several e-clubs/birthday clubs at major restaurant chains so we had a few FREE desserts/FREE appetizers/$ off coupons to use as well.

      Our weekly grocery budget is $40 and since we weren’t going to be home to do any grocery shopping we had all of that money to use.  We also budget about $40 a month for eating out so we had that money to use as well.  My goal was to try to stay at $60, but also not to be so strict with every penny that we didn’t enjoy eating out/vacation too.

      Here’s our totals:

      Wendy’spaid $4.07

      Red Robin – used free burger coupon (birthday club), paid $17.00 (saved $9.29)

      Chili’s – used free appetizer coupon (joining e-club), used gift card, and paid $3.00 for tip (saved $4.99)

      Red Lobster – Used $5.00/2 entrees coupon (birthday club), paid $6.07 (saved $5.00)

      Dairy Queen – used Buy One Get One Free blizzard coupon (birthday club), paid $4.45 (saved $3.99)

      Red Robin – used $3.00 off purchase coupon (joining e-club), paid $23.76 (saved $3.00)

      Chili’s – used free brownie sundae coupon, used balance of giftcard, paid $7.00 (saved $5.89)

      Red Lobster – used $4.00/2 dinner entrees (from newspaper), used gift card, paid $4.50 tip (saved $4.00)

      Chick-fil-a – used free large drink coupon (from calendar), paid $6.67 (saved $1.65)

      Wendy’s – used free jr. frosty coupon, paid $3.87 (saved $0.99)

      Total for week: Paid $80.39 out of pocket, saved $38.80 with coupons, paid $65.80 on gift cards.

      We actually did have another gift card we could have used for Longhorn’s, but we couldn’t find one.  So if we want to eat out sometime this month we can just use it.  And we really enjoy eating at Red Robin and don’t have one near us so splurged and ate there again.  It was also quite a treat to get FREE appetizers and desserts which we don’t normally buy when we are out to eat.

      Hope this is an encouragement to you that you can go on vacation or just eat out and still do it without breaking the bank with a little planning, preparation, and willingness to eat at the places you have coupons for! :)

      CVS deals: June 13 - 19

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      ECB Deals:

      Old Spice or Gillette body wash  - $4.00
      Get $4 ECB (Limit 1) but many are reporting this is coming up as limit 2!
      Use BOGO free coupon from 4/18 RP, 6/6 PG
      Or use $4.00/2 coupon from 5/2 PG
      2 FREE after coupon and ECB ($4 moneymaker if limit 2!)

      Schick Hydro 3 or Hydro 5 razor system or cartridges 4ct. - $8.97
      Use $5.00/1 coupon from 6/13 SS
      Get $4 ECB (Limit 1)
      FREE + moneymaker after coupon and ECB

      Gillette ProGlide razor - $9.97
      Get $5.00 ECB (Limit 1)
      Use $4.00 coupon from 6/6 P&G
      $0.97 after coupon and ECB

      Adult or Children’s Sunglasses - Prices starting at $5.99
      Buy 2, get $10.00 ECBs (Limit 2)
      As low as $0.99 each after ECBs

      Covergirl Wetslicks AmazeMint Lip Gloss -$4.99
      Get $3.00 ECBs (Limit 1)
      Use $1.00/1 coupon from the 6/6 P&G insert
      $0.99 after coupon and ECBs

      Coupon deals:

      Cottonelle bathroom tissue 12pk $5.97

      Huggies Jumbo, Pull-ups, Goodnights or Overnights - $8.49
      Use $3.00/1 printable
      $5.49 each after coupon
      CVS/pharmacy Paper towels single roll 2/$1

      Walgreens deals: June 13 - 19

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      RR deals 


      Nivea for Men Body Wash - $5.99
      Get $6.00 RR
      Use $3.00/1 coupon from 5/2 RP or $1.00/1  coupon from 5/2 RP
      FREE plus $3.00 moneymaker after coupon and RR!

      Hydro Razor - $7.99

      Get $4.00 RR
      Use $5.00/1 or $4.00/1 Schick coupon from 6/13 SS
      FREE and/or $1.00 moneymaker after coupon and RR!

      Neutrogena skin or suncare, 25% off this week
      Monthly deal – buy 3 participating products get $10 RR
      Neutrogena acne soap (if $2.99, sale price $2.24)
      Neutrogena soap unscented (if $2.69, sale price $2.01)
      Use $1.00/1 Neutrogena Facial Care from 6/13 SS
      buy 3 products priced $2.99 or lower – FREE plus moneymaker

      Dr. Scholl Products
      Buy $10 worth participating products get $5 RR
      Use $2.00 printable (Dr. Scholl's For Her Insoles)
      Use $2.00 printable (Dr. Scholl's Massaging Gel Insoles)
      Final price - vill vary

      Gillette Fusion proglide razors - $9.89
      Get $5.00 RR
      Use $4.00 coupon from 6/6 PG
      $0.89 after coupon and RR
      Unilever products
      Buy $15 of partipating products and get $5 RR

      Hersheys Candy 8.5 - 9.2 oz  - 4/$10
      Buy 4 get $5.00 RR
      $1.25 each after RR


      Fantastic, Scrubbing Bubbles, Toilet Gel, Windex, Windex Wipes, Shout  - 2/$6
      Get $1.00 RR wyb 1
      $2.00/1 after RR

      CoverGirl Blast Cosmetics - $7.49
      Buy $10 worth get $3.00 RR
      Final price – will vary

      Cheap fillers this week:
      Nestle candy - $0.39
      Big Roll Toilet paper - 2/$1.00 w/ in-ad coupon
      Salt/baking soda - 2/$1.00 w/ in-ad coupon
      Canned mushrooms/mandarin oranges - 2/$1.00 w/ in-ad coupon
      Kraft Mac-n-cheese - $0.69 w/ in-ad couponivc
      Joy dish liquid - $0.89 1 w/ in-ad coupon
      Chicken of the sea tuna - $0.89 w/ in-ad coupon

      Friday, June 11, 2010

      24 hour giveaway: One more month of coupon inserts!

      coupon inserts 
      Get ready for the last giveaway of coupon inserts! 
       
      (Giveaway will end Saturday, June 12th at 12:00 p.m.)
       
      It’s the beginning of a new month and you know what that means!!  Time for some of my lucky readers to win a whole month’s worth of coupon inserts!  Delivered straight to your mailbox courtesy of Centsible Savings! :)

      One lucky winner will win every coupon insert from the month of May.  Make sure to check in all week here and on facebook (for some facebook only giveaways) because I will be doing multiple coupon insert giveaways this week!
      To enter the giveaway:

      1. Just leave a comment (any comment) on this post with your email address!  It’s as easy as that!  

      2. You can get a second entry by subscribing to Centsible Savings by email, in a reader, or joining me on facebook or twitter.  Leave a comment stating that you are subscribing to any of these – FIRST TIME SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.

      50 FREE prints from CVS photo



      Have you gotten your free prints from CVS photo center yet?  The good thing is you don’t have to use them all at once and it is completely FREE if you order online and select “in-store pickup”.  I still have a few in my account to use.

      You can create a FREE account here to get your 50 FREE prints

      Décor on a Dime: Laundry Room Makeover

      Decor on a Dime button I have been itching to do another DIY project and I finally got a chance this past week! 
       
      I had been looking for a new washing machine and came across a great deal at Lowe’s on Memorial Day.  (Sometimes, waiting for a major holiday can save you a lot of money on a big item purchase.  My washer was 28% off regular price, if I had bought it the week before I would have only gotten 10% off!)  Perfect, as I was wanting to paint and redecorate the laundry room and figured this was the perfect time!
       
      Here is a picture of my laundry room before.  It is a nice size room and I LOVE that it is on the second floor of our house (next to all of the bedrooms).  But it was a little dull and boring (ok, a lot boring!)
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      My plans were to add beadboard, lighten it up a bit with some light yellow paint, and add black accents.  I got some of the beadboard wallpaper at Home Depot on clearance for $7 a roll and decided this would be a great chance to try it out.  I also got some used chair rail for FREE!  101_3593
      The wallpaper was super easy to work with!  You can see in the bottom picture where I needed to trim up the bottom.  Once it was dry, this was really easy to trim and then paint.  The upper yellow wall took 2 good coats – I ran out of paint and had to go buy a second quart.  Once the wallpaper dried, I painted it, the chair rail, and baseboards.
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      Then my washer was delivered and set up, I installed the shelves again, put back all the laundry room soaps and such, and DECORATED!  :) 

      Here is the finished product! 
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      I love it!  It is so cheery and sunny!  (By the way, I love the little shelf/hanging bar on the right.  We installed that when we first moved in and it is so convenient to hang clothes up on to dry.)
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      The black basket is a FREE yardsale find, the candle sconce was a yardsale find from years ago (it used to hang in our bedroom), I already had the ivy and candle, so the “LAUNDRY” saying was the only accessory I bought for the room.  It was 50% off at Hobby Lobby and cost $7.49.
       
      101_3630  This picture better shows the yellow color.  Love it!  So now if I could just get the laundry to wash and fold itself this would be the PERFECT room! :)
       
      Total cost for this makeover:
      Paint (used 1 1/2 quarts) - $7.96 each = $15.92
      Beadboard wallpaper - $7.00 for one roll and used one cut from a second roll (will save the rest of that roll for a bathroom project coming up soon!) = $7.00
      “Laundry” wall saying = $7.49    
      Chair rail = FREE!
      All other accessories – I already had, just re-purposed from other rooms.
      Total cost - $30.49! 
      Not bad for a totally different look and a room I love!  Maybe I will actually look forward to doing laundry now! :)
       
      Once again…..
      Before:
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      After:
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      Ahhhhh…… so much better!  It is a simple thing that makes me smile! :)

      I am linking this post up to the following linky parties:

      Find out what coupons are in the paper on Sunday



      Go here to get a preview of the coupons that will be in this weekend's paper.  There should be a 1 SmartSource insert this week.

      Thursday, June 10, 2010

      HOT Quiznos coupon!



      You will want to hurry and print this as it won’t last long.  Print a coupon for any small sub, chips and regular fountain drink for $2.99.  That’s a great deal!  Hmmm.. maybe another coupon my husband and I can use on vacation! :)

      By the way, we are on vacation this week and my goal is to eat out using only our weekly $40 grocery budget and $20 out of our eating out/entertainment category.  I will have a whole post on Saturday letting you know how we did.  So far, so good! :) 

      Get special offers from Nike store

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      Sign up here for Nike email updates and be the first to know about new products and special offers.

      Lots of Enfamil samples and freebies

       

      • Join Enfamil Family Beginnings here.  Members will receive nutrition information, up to $250 in free gifts, 1 week supply of Enfamil, and $60 savings on formula.

      • Print a certificate good for a FREE sample of one of Enfamil’s formulas here, and take it to your baby's doctor.

      Yummy…. Healthy muffin recipes!

      Whole Wheat-Blueberry Muffins

      There is a FREE new e-cookbook here featuring 25 Healthy Muffin Recipes with over 35 pages of tasty and healthy muffin recipes.  Like Whole Wheat Blueberry muffins, Easy Chocolate Banana muffins, or Mexican Corm muffins.  Mmmmm…..makes me want a muffin right now!

      FREE Red Robin e-cookbook!

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      My husband and I are really enjoying at Red Robin while we are on vacation this week!  We ate there when we were first married, but then moved and don’t have one near us.

      My husband already has plans to make some gourmet burgers when we get home “Red Robin style!”  :)  So he was excited when I told him I could download this e-cookbook for FREE. 

      You can too!  Go here to download it.

      Wednesday, June 9, 2010

      12 hour giveaway: ANOTHER month of coupon inserts

      coupon inserts 
      Get ready for giveaway #2!
       
      (Giveaway will end Thursday, June 10th at 8:00 p.m.)
       
      It’s the beginning of a new month and you know what that means!!  Time for some of my lucky readers to win a whole month’s worth of coupon inserts!  Delivered straight to your mailbox courtesy of Centsible Savings! :)

      One lucky winner will win every coupon insert from the month of May.  Make sure to check in all week here and on facebook (for some facebook only giveaways) because I will be doing multiple coupon insert giveaways this week!
      To enter the giveaway:

      1. Just leave a comment (any comment) on this post with your email address!  It’s as easy as that!  

      2. You can get a second entry by subscribing to Centsible Savings by email, in a reader, or joining me on facebook or twitter.  Leave a comment stating that you are subscribing to any of these – FIRST TIME SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.

      FREE Bumper Sticker at Vistaprint

      bumper-stickers-rectangle-001Right now you can get a FREE Bumper Sticker at Vistaprint! Support your favorite cause, team or candidate – or cite a fun quote! 

      And this might even make a great gift for Father’s Day!

      There are over 30 designs to choose from and you can add custom text.  Go here to order yours!

      FREE photo wall calendar

      Wall Calendars

      Vistaprint has a great offer – get a FREE 11” x 8.5” photo wall calendar.  You can choose icons, add captions. and upload photos for a special touch.  This would make a great gift for customers, friends and family. Go here to create a new account or login to get your FREE photo wall calendar(s/h not included).