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Groupon: $50 Gap Gift Cert for $25!

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

GapIf you haven’t signed up for Groupon yet, today’s the day!  It looks like the same Groupon deal is being offered in all areas- A $50 Gap gift certificate for $25.  Buy more than one!  Make your own sale!  Back to school time!  Important details: In-store use only, expires November 19.

Can they be used in conjunction with coupons, etc?  … I don’t know.  If you’ve been to Old Navy recently, you may have received a pretty great 40% off coupon for Wednesday, August 25.  If they allow you to (I don’t know why they wouldn’t…), that would be a fantastic deal.  But even without it, 50% on anything is great!

Free Box of Kraft Cheesy Explosion Mac n’ Cheese

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

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Become a fan of Kraft Mac n’ Cheese on Facebook and click the “Free Cheesy” tab to request your coupon for a free box of the new Cheesy Explosion Macaroni and Cheese.

Jimmy John’s is Giving Away 1,000 Subs!

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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Jimmy John’s is my weakness.  Right now, you can become a fan on Facebook and enter to win one of the 1,000 subs they’re giving away!

Monday 4/5 Only- BOGO Nabisco Coupon

Monday, April 5th, 2010

nabiscoToday (4/5) only, become a fan on Nabisco on Facebook and print a coupon for a FREE bag of Nabisco cookies when you buy another bag and a gallon of milk!

Great Limited Discounts

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

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Between now and March 17, all pants, jackets and skirts at the Limited are 40% off the ticket price in stores and online.  On top of that, for every $50 (pre-tax) you spend between now and April 4, you’ll get $25 virtual dollars.  Also, go through Ebates and you’ll get 2.5% cash back.

And lastly, use the coupon code 352 at checkout to get free shipping on an order of $50 or more.

You could end up with a really great deal!

A Couple of Frugal Sites I Love!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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(1) Map My Run- I’m a runner, and I’m always a little jealous of all my fellow runners with the super-fancy GPS watches that track your location, calories, pace, etc.  But, seriously, $300ish dollars?  In order to at least track my distance, I use Map My Run.  You type in your starting point and can plot out a run tailored to the distance you want to cover, and you can even avoid bad running places (ie no sidewalks, etc.).  There is a version that you have to pay for, but the basic version of the site is FREE!

(2) Shop it to Me.  Very cool and completely free.  So you sign up, then mark the stores that you like to shop at.  It sends you a daily email with pictures, telling you what went on sale that day at the stores you like to shop at.  I guess I always thought that items were put on sale in bulk on the same day, but it turns out that one or two items are added to the sales every day.  This is a really useful site if you have coupons (for instance, I have a $10 Gap gift certificate currently burning a hole in my wallet) that you want to get the most out of.

(3) Old Navy Weekly.  This site is actually going to be no longer as of April 1st, but until then you can get some pretty good deals.  If you go to the site, you’ll have to hunt around for Old Navy coupons that are hidden.  There are some massive ones ($75 off $100 purchase), but they’re nearly impossible to get (hidden very well, lots of crazy competition to get them).  It’s generally pretty easy to get a $5 off a $25 purchase, though.  You have to use the coupon within a week of when they’re posted, though.  The site resets on Thursdays.

(4) Book sites- As mentioned in an earlier post- Swaptree (free!), Paperbackswap (free!) and Half.com (cheap!) are my go-to resources for free or inexpensive books.

Awesome Deal on Entertainment Books Today!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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Okay, so I’ve told you about Ebates; you start out on that site, click the link to go to the site you want to shop at, and Ebates will give you a certain percentage off of whatever you buy there.  Today, Ebates is offering 25% cash back on the Entertainment Books site.  You’ve probably seen these books- they have tons of coupons for local restaurants and attractions in them, many of them buy 1, get 1 free!  Well, in addition to the 25% cash back from Ebates, Entertainment is offering their coupon books for 50% off today!  So, $17.50 for the book, then 25% of that back means you’ll get tons of money saving coupons for about $13.25.  Considering that the regular price is $35, that’s a great deal!  Plus, if this is you’re first time using Ebates, you’ll get a $5 starter credit, which will make the book $8.25!  Make sure you start out at Ebates, though!

*IMPORTANT NOTE* Our local Entertainment book is for the Grand Rapids area- Kzoo isn’t big enough to have it’s own.  However, it should give you a preview of what is in the book coupon-wise, and I think you’ll find lots of restaurants that are in the Kzoo area too!

Restaurants.com- 60% Off Code = $25 Gift Cert for $4!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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Have you used Restaurants.com?  The deal is basically this: certain area restaurants participate and sell gift certificates for below face value.  Right now, for instance, Pasta Pasta has $25 gift certificates available for $10.  To make that deal even better, you can use the promo code “BONUS” at checkout to get 60% off of that.  So, $25 certificate for $4!!

Right now, there are about 14 local restaurants participating.  I’ve used this in the past with Oakwood Bistro, and I know that friends of mine have used it successfully as well.  Please make sure that you read the conditions, though!  If you buy a $25 certificate, you have to buy $35 worth of food to use it (not bad at all- you still get $35 worth of food for $14!!).  I wouldn’t recommend buying the larger amounts.  If you want to use the $50 certificate, you have to buy $100 worth of food (woah).

Hurry, that promo code ends tomorrow!!

Anti-Bacterial Soap at Bath and Body Works: 6 for $15

Monday, January 18th, 2010

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Good deal!  These are on sale 5/$15, plus use this coupon to get a sixth one free (with a $10 purchase), making each one $2.50!