Printable Coupons Round-Up: Bagel Bites, Excedrin, Malt-O-Meal
Here are the latest printable coupons from around the web. Enjoy!
- $1/1 Bagel Bites (Thanks, For the Mommas!)
- $1/1 Starbucks Frappuccino (Thanks, Freebies 4 Mom!)
- $1/1 Tide to Go Pen (Thanks, My Dallas Mommy!
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Old Navy: Camis for $2!
Big thanks to Tia’s Saving Cents for this hot deal at Old Navy. Through Thursday (2/11) you can grab any women’s natural lace-trim cami for just $2 (regular $12.50)! These come in lots of cute spring colors!
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Big Snow Storm Keeps Us Stranded Out West
Due to the big snowstorm back east my husband and I have been stuck out west for the past three days. Originally scheduled to fly home on Friday we’re now heading to the airport for a late Monday night flight. Southwest cancelled two of our three scheduled flights so we’re hoping this flight actually heads home. My husband enjoyed the extra three days by snowboarding from sunrise to sunset, but unfortunately I’ve had a cold since we arrived and I’m definitely ready for the comforts of home.
Facebook: Free Breakfast Sandwich at QuickChek
Become a Facebook Fan of QuickChek and receive a printable coupon for a FREE Egg White Turkey Sausage Omelet Breakfast Sandwich. Hurry, this coupon expires 2/15. Find a QuickChek location near you. Thanks, For the Mommas!
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Free Sample: Burt’s Bees Natural Toothpaste
Sign up to receive a FREE sample of Burt’s Bees Natural Toothpaste (.5 oz). This is a very small sample, but may work well for a weekend trip, and it’s a nice opportunity to try out the new toothpaste. Thanks, Pocket Your Dollars!
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Orbit Gum: Good Deals at Target, Walgreens & Walmart
It’s a great week to pick up the multi-pack of Orbit gum since it’s on sale just about everywhere. Use this $1/1 printable coupon to get Orbit for $1 or less. Here are the after-coupon prices at various stores.
- Target: $.52
Thanks, Totally Target!
- Walgreens: $.50
Thanks, For the Mommas!
- Walmart: $.75
Have you seen Orbit gum multi-packs for less than $1 after coupon at any other stores in your area? Let me know!
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Red Plum: New Printable Coupons (Keebler, La Crème, Newman’s Own & More!)
Red Plum has loaded a bunch of new printable coupons onto their web site. Here are a few of the new ones you’ll find today:
- $3/1 Abreva Product
- $1/2 Keebler Townhouse Flipsides Pretzel Crackers
- $1/3 Kellogg’s Cereal
- $1/1 La Crème Multipack Yogurt
- $1/1 Marie Callender’s Home-Style Creations
- $1/2 Mrs. T’s Pierogies
- $.50/1 Newman’s Own Product
- $2/1 Prevacid 24-Hour Product
- $.50/1 SuperPretzel Product
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The Frugal Web: Food Labels, Decode Coupons and Big Charts
With people stuck indoors on the weekend and the spending for Superbowl Sunday done with, now is a good to surf the web and see what other people’s ideas are about frugal living.
First, time to get the bad new out of the way, 9 food label lies. I read through this and found it both enlightening and a little bit depressing. All the more reason to read the ingredient labels thoroughly. Also, serving sizes today aren’t what they used to be (though that may change) - have you measured out what a cup of cold cereal is and compared it to what is usually poured into a cereal bowl? There’s usually a big difference.
Two things jumped out to me while I was reading through SmartSpending’s Learn how to decode coupons - That expiration dates are ending sooner than they used to and that the prevalence of counterfeit coupons that are out there.
We don’t think anything about popping in a dollar into the vending machine or into a money changer - but back in 1929 a money changing machine invention was a big deal and made the pages of Modern Mechanics
The best way for me to learn is to do it as I learn it, the second best way to learn for me are really BIG charts with pictures and lines and all kinds of fun.
Recently Mint.com blog, Lifehacker and Billshrink had some really cool BIG charts that are actually kinda handy.
? Lifehacker has their Best Time to Buy Anything chart and corresponding detailed post on buying times all year around.
? BillShrink has a chart on the best Cell Phone Plans. Of course this is probably the first one to expire of all the charts, but handy still.
? Mint.com Blogs with many charts and this one in particular caught my attention, How Some Companies Prey on Poor People and the chart covers payday loans, credit cards and rent-to-own places.
Speaking of credit and buying stuff - I noticed that Credit Info Center has pulled together the facts on what makes up our FICO scores
I finally got my final W-2 form in the mail on February 5th and I was worried because it is rare that they reach me after January 31st. However, on Walletpop came to my rescue in case I didn’t haven’t all my W-2 forms with help on getting all the tax documents - most important piece of advice, “The IRS instructions specifically request that you wait until Feb. 15 before calling about a missing form“
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Lifestyle Inflation Or Economic Inflation – Which Harms Us The Most?
Over the weekend I caught up on some blog reading and found an old post from The Simple Dollar where Trent discussed the differences in today’s budgets from those of our parents. It was an interesting post, and the comments provided more food for thought. I began inventorying our own monthly bills and compared them to the bills I knew about growing up.
These are the types of bills I remember my mom paying:
- Rent
- Car payment
- Power/Gas bill
- Home telephone
- Cable television
- Car Insurance
Admittedly, our situation was somewhat simplified because my mom rented, but it seems everyone’s situation was much simpler back then. Compare her monthly bills to the list I came up with:
- Mortgage (including property taxes and homeowners insurance)
- Power bill
- Home telephone
- Cable television
- Car insurance
- Internet service
- TiVo
- Netflix
- Gym membership
- Cell phone
- Onstar
In addition to those recurring bills, you could expand the list of modern conveniences (that cost additional dollars) even further. Divorced Dad did just that in his post listing what he calls, The New “Necessities” of Modern Life. From his list, I’m reminded that things like bottled water, cell phone texting, gourmet coffee, and $200 iPods were not around when I grew up, and certainly not around when my mom was young.
A number of these modern “necessities” do add value to our lives, but they do not come without costs. Because of this larger monthly outflow, most families have to work more, and more members of the family have to work more, to cover these expenses. And that phenomenon has brought about even more “situational” expenses such as the need to for two vehicles, two professional wardrobes, additional childcare expenses, increased commuting costs, etc. Makes you yearn for a simple time, doesn’t it?
So who’s to blame for this lifestyle inflation that led to higher expenses and less time with family? Marketers could certainly share some of the blame, as their artificial hype leads many to products they wouldn’t normally buy. I’m not immune. Those Onstar crash commercials replay in my head every time I consider canceling the service. What if my wife is in a crash and can’t call for help and the kids are with her and…panic sets in. I instantly rationalize the monthly fee.
If marketers are to blame for a portion of the lifestyle inflation we’ve experienced, then we need only to look at ourselves for the remainder of the blame. Let’s face it; we’re a spoiled people in many ways. We strive for the bigger and better, never content with good enough. Over the last few decades, the size of our homes has doubled from 1,400 square feet in 1970 to 2,330 square feet in 2004 (National Association of Home Builders). We build bigger homes just because we can, not because we necessarily need to. Or maybe we do need to. After all, where would we put all our toys in a small home?
These bigger homes come with bigger mortgages, and more expensive furniture, and the need to fill a two-car garage with, well, two cars. You see where this is headed.
In an era where people are beginning to share concerns over inflation (or maybe more accurately, currency deflation), thanks to exorbitant government spending, perhaps we should first consider our own lifestyle inflation. Perhaps we should start voluntarily moving towards simplicity, before we are forced to.
In my own life, I’ve decided to draw a line in the sand. I have nice things, and am perfectly content with them. My desire to have the latest thing will not override the contentment I have with my current thing, and the fact these “things” are paid-for is even better. We plan to stay in this home, keep driving our current vehicles, look at the same television, use the same cell phones, and keep the same basic expenses regardless of what others do, or try to convince us to do.
If you are like me, and have been “unfrugal” at times in your life, you don’t have to sell all your possessions and live the life of a pauper. Simply be happy with what you have now, and let that mantra guide future spending decisions.
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Tuesday: Free Original Grand Slam at Denny’s
Stop by Denny’s on Tuesday (2/9) between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. to get a FREE Original Grand Slam. No purchase and no coupon are necessary. Thanks, My Springfield Mommy!
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