Secret Outlast Gel Deodorant - I got it FREE from BzzAgent!

Wow, it's been a while since I've been on here, life has gotten busy as my kiddos have gotten older!  That doesn't mean that I haven't still been on the hunt for bargains, using coupons, and getting great deals! One of my most recent finds came from BzzAgent.  A friend told me about this site, www.bzzagent.com.  You can go there to apply to be an "agent," and they will email you when they find a mission that fits you.  Once you accept, you receive free products to try out and then report on.

My most recent product that I received was a FREE Secret Outlast clear gel deodorant in the Completely Clean scent.  I'm not one to typically talk about my deodorant choices with friends, but hey, it's part of the deal.  So here you go.  Here's my honest opinion.  This deodorant ROCKS!  It dries quickly, doesn't leave white marks on my clothes, AND I only have to put it on once a day.  It even lasts through my sweaty work outs.  And the scent?  It's so great, the first couple times I put it on, I walked around my bathroom and my daughter's room trying to find where that good smell was coming from.  What a pleasant surprise when I found that it was coming from yours truly ;)

Bzzagent even sent me some $1 off coupons to try this product out, so if you're in the market, give me a shout out and I'll hook a sister up!

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10 point Pampers Gifts to Grow Code

Go HERE and enter FBPRE20W93DAY13 to get 10 free points added to your account, now through 2/24/13. 

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Mycokerewards: Double points on Diet Coke lids today only

Gather up your diet coke lids and head on over to www.mycokerewards.com to enter your codes.  Today only, these caps are DOUBLE points!

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2012 in review

2012 really flew by, as evidenced by my lack of posts.  I still hope to come back to this blog from time to time to post savings and deals as I have time.  My lack of posting didn't mean that I wasn't carrying through with the frugal and saving lifestyle, though!


Do you have a goal to save money in 2013? Here are some examples of what we've done in our household: 

Total amount of coupons used: $2,062.41.  Most of our coupons came from the Sunday paper insert.  If you want to use internet coupons, check out this post HERE to find out where you can find coupons online.

 

Using a Perkstreet debit card got us 1% cash back on our purchases, totaling $250 in cash gift cards. We love our Perkstreet card.  It's linked with our home checking account and very simple to transfer the money online.  They have awesome customer service, and they are recommended by one of our favorite individuals: Mr. Dave Ramsey.  Find out more HERE.

 

Using the swagbucks rewards site earned us $60 in Amazon gift cards.  Even if you just download the toolbar and use it for your searches on the internet, you will find this site will get you some extra money.  Many of our printable coupons come from this site as you receive 10 swagbucks for each coupon you print and use.  450 swagbucks earns you a $5 Amazon gift card, so it's kind of like getting another 10 cents per coupon used.  You can find out more about swagbucks through my post HERE.  

 

I'm not sure how much we saved in rebates this year, I do know that we had some. A useful site for finding rebates on products can be found HERE.  Just be sure to save those cash register receipts and UPC numbers!  Saving big purchases for the Menards 11% cash back events is always a big help.  

 

Using the Mypoints rewards site earned us $35 in Amazon and Walgreens gift cards.  I've found that the easiest way to get points on this site is to sign up for the daily emails.  You can set up a separate email account and have your emails sent there so they don't clog up your inbox.  For each email you open and click the link on, you usually will get 5 points.  There is never any purchase required, and I usually click out of the screen while it is still loading and receive the points.  They will also send you survey opportunities.  These don't take very long, and you will get 10 points if you don't qualify and between 50 and up to 200 points if you do qualify.  There are also coupons available on mypoints.  You will earn 10 points for every coupon that you redeem.  You also receive a 25 point bonus if you redeem 10 or more coupons in one month.

 

Shopping online through Ebates earned us $13.31 cash, and through Mr. Rebates earned us $66.18 cash.  These are the sites that we have started using whenever we want to do any online shopping.  Not only will they give you any online coupon codes available for that store, they also give you a cashback bonus.  You can't use both of these at the same time, so I choose whichever one will give us more cash back.  Signing up through the links provided here will get you a $5 cashback bonus for each one.  To earn money through these sites, search for the store you want to shop at, click on the store through Ebates or Mr.rebates, and the site will tell you how much you will earn (up to 25% cash back at some stores).  Your money is issued right into your paypal account or you can choose to have them send you a check.  Ebates pays every 3 months, and you can request money from Mr. Rebates once you have earned $10 cash back.  

 

If you've ever purchased a Disney Movie, you will find that there is a rewards code inside the movie package.  These rewards can also get you gift cards.  Go HERE to find out more.  We received $20 in Starbucks gift cards from our Disney movie points this last year.

 

My Coke Rewards gives great items for their rewards.  We don't drink a lot of coke, but we do have family members that do and I've also hit the recycling containers at work for the coke product caps (yes, I will admit to dumpster diving, in a sense).  This last year we were able to get a $25 Best Buy gift card, $50 Bass Pro Shop card, 4 free 12 packs of Coke, 2 free boxes of Ritz Crackers, and 2 years in subscriptions to All You Magazine (great coupons in this magazine).  Go HERE if you want to find out more about My Coke Rewards.

 

That's over $2500 just for shopping smart for one year! And the beauty of this is, anyone can do this!  If you ever need some advice on any of these things, just let me know, I'm happy to share my knowledge and tips. 

 

Here's to saving more money in 2013!

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5 point Pampers Gifts to Grow code

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 5 points:
TWIT9PGYETBPA12

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10 point Pampers Gifts to Grow code

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 10 points (valid through Jan 20 at 11:59 pm:

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Perkstreet's January 5% Powerperks

I know some of you signed up for Perkstreet after reading my post about it HERE.  An extra $325 just for using a debit card sounds pretty good, doesn't it!  Well, it gets better.  Every month, they pick several places where you can receive even more money back - 5% cash back on these purchases.  January's Powerperks are the following:

Art Supply and Craft Stores
Sport and Athletic Clubs
TurboTax

You can find out more about Perkstreet HERE.

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5 Disney Movie Rewards points

Enter the code LKFJDAL838O at Disney Movie Rewards HERE to get 5 points in your Disney Movie Rewards account.

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5 point Pampers code

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 5 points: 

TWITTKD0106YCHH

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2011 Recap

Do you have a goal to save money in 2012? Here are some examples of what we've done in our household: 

 

Total amount of coupons used: $1875.  Most of our coupons came from the Sunday paper insert.  If you want to use internet coupons, check out this post HERE to find out where you can find coupons online.

 

Using a Perkstreet debit card got us 1% cash back on our purchases, totaling $325 in cash gift cards. We love our Perkstreet card.  It's linked with our home checking account and very simple to transfer the money online.  They have awesome customer service, and they are recommended by one of our favorite individuals: Mr. Dave Ramsey.  If you sign up today, you even get an extra $25 cash back just for signing up!  Find out more HERE.

 

Using the swagbucks rewards site earned us $210 in Amazon gift cards.  Even if you just download the toolbar and use it for your searches on the internet, you will find this site will get you some extra money.  You can find out more about swagbucks through my post HERE. 

 

Submitting for rebates gave us $225 cash. A useful site for finding rebates on products can be found HERE.  Just be sure to save those cash register receipts and UPC numbers!  Saving big purchases for Menards 11% cash back event was key for us this year. 

 

Using the Mypoints rewards site earned us $60 in Walgreens gift cards.  I've found that the easiest way to get points on this site is to sign up for the daily emails.  You can set up a separate email account and have your emails sent there so they don't clog up your inbox.  For each email you open and click the link on, you usually will get 5 points.  There is never any purchase required, and I usually click out of the screen while it is still loading and receive the points.  They will also send you survey opportunities.  These don't take very long, and you will get 10 points if you don't qualify and between 50 and up to 200 points if you do qualify.  There are also coupons available on mypoints.  You will earn 10 points for every coupon that you redeem.  You also receive a 25 point bonus if you redeem 10 or more coupons in one month.

 

Shopping online through Ebates earned us $50 cash, and through Mr. Rebates earned us $27 cash.  These are the sites that we have started using whenever we want to do any online shopping.  Not only will they give you any online coupon codes available for that store, they also give you a cashback bonus.  You can't use both of these at the same time, so I choose whichever one will give us more cash back.  Signing up through the links provided here will get you a $5 cashback bonus for each one.  To earn money through these sites, search for the store you want to shop at, click on the store through Ebates or Mr.rebates, and the site will tell you how much you will earn (up to 25% cash back at some stores).  Your money is issued right into your paypal account or you can choose to have them send you a check.  Ebates pays every 3 months, and you can request money from Mr. Rebates once you have earned $10 cash back. 

 

That's just under 3k for shopping smart for one year! And the beauty of this is, anyone can do this!  I've been playing with the idea of offering a sort of couponing/money saving class in our area for free, if there would be any interest.  Drop me a note if you would be interested in something like this.

 

Happy New Year, and here's to saving more money in 2012!

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Mega Swagbucks Day

Today is Friday, and that means... Mega Swagbucks Day!  You can get even more for your search wins on Fridays, today I got a search win of 21 Swagbucks!

If you're not yet a member of Swagbucks, during this week only, get an extra 100 bonus swagbucks added to your account when you use the code HOLIDAYSWAG at registration.  This is a one time use only code at registration for new members.

What are Swag Bucks, exactly? They are electronic bucks that you earn for searching the web – something that most of us do every day. You can then redeem these for items such as Amazon.com gift cards (my favorite - over $200 in 2011!), other gift cards, or items from the swag store.

If you aren’t already using Swag Bucks, learn more HERE and sign up HERE.  And use the code HOLIDAYSWAG at sign up to score an an additional 100 swagbucks!

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10 Point Pampers Code

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 10 points (expires 1/6/12): 
FB2012NYAFJRYCN

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My Coke Rewards: $5 Gift card for TGI Fridays

Today only you can redeem 175 Coke Rewards points for a $5 TGI Fridays promo card.  Go HERE to sign in or register.  This is a printable coupon, and it expires 10/31/12.

AND, if you "like" TGI Fridays on facebook HERE, you can get a coupon for a FREE appetizer with a group of 3 or more valid in bar through 12/31.

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10 point Pampers Gifts to Grow Code

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 10 points (expires 12/31): 
FAC1211PPXHKHND

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5 point Pampers Gifts to Grow code

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 5 points (it's only valid until the end of today): 
TWITJBAD21W2011

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30 points for Disney Movie Rewards

Enter the codes Cheer 11 (25 points) and 25DOCLKDAJFE (5 points) at Disney Movie Rewards HERE to get 30 points in your Disney Movie Rewards account. 

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5 point Pampers Gifts to Grow code

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 5 points (it's only valid until the end of today):
TWIT20XCBCA2011

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Swag Code Extravaganza at Swagbucks!

Woo hoo!  You can get extra swagbucks today through their code extravaganza.  There's a code out right now in the blog for 5 swagbucks!

If you're not yet a member of Swagbucks, during this week only, get an extra 100 bonus swagbucks added to your account when you use the code HOLIDAYSWAG at registration.  This is a one time use only code at registration for new members.

There are still 4 more codes that will be out today, so watch for them.  The easiest way to know if there's one out is to click on the widget box at the bottom of my site on the button that says swag codes, it will say if there's a code and where it's at.

What are Swag Bucks, exactly? They are electronic bucks that you earn for searching the web – something that most of us do every day. You can then redeem these for items such as Amazon.com gift cards (my favorite - over $200 in 2011!), other gift cards, or items from the swag store.

If you aren’t already using Swag Bucks, learn more HERE and sign up HERE.  And use the code HOLIDAYSWAG at sign up to score an an additional 100 swagbucks!

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5 Pampers Gifts to Grow Points

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 5 points (it's only valid until the end of today): 

TWITAJEY19X2011

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5 point Pampers Gifts to Grow code

Go HERE if you haven't signed up yet for Pampers rewards points, or go HERE if you already have an account to enter this code for 5 points (it's only valid until the end of today):
TWIT18JPXVA2011

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