Marnie’s Coupon Blog
“I’ve dedicated years to getting deals for myself and my family. I love the thrill of the chase and finding ways to get something for less. Check this blog often. I’ll highlight the top coupons, coupon codes and deals. I’m also posting highlights on Twitter throughout the day. Oh and please email me if you have any hot coupon tips!”
- Marnie Moore
Coupon Sources and Free Food on Tuesday
You’ve got a lot more coupons coming your way, along with what you just clipped from the newspaper this weekend. Have you signed up yet for Eat Better America? I got my booklet in the mail last week. Here’s what’s in the latest:
Save $1/3 Green Giant frozen boxed vegetables
Save $1/2 Cascadian Farm Products
Save $1/2 Fiber One Cereal
Save $1/2 Honey Nut Cheerios
Save $1 Wheeties Fuel cereal
Save $1 on 19-24 oz Green Giant frozen bagged vegetables
Save $1/2 Fiber One chewy bars
Save $1 on Yoplait Fiber One yogurt multipacks
You can also pick up a current copy of All You magazine at Walmart, or subscribe here. The coupons pay for the magazine several times over, and this month there are some good ones. Here’s a list. There is also a coupon for a free Rimmel Cosmetic, only good at Walmart.
In our Printable coupons, take note of the $3 Huggies coupons. That’s a $3 coupon off one box, ANY SIZE, ANY TYPE. Please print this before it is gone. These are rare.
Finally, there are two free food deals coming up on March 23, Tuesday. Print a coupon for a free Starbucks Pastry. Go on Tuesday between opening and 10:30 am. Don’t wait, they may run out. Also, Ben and Jerrys will give you a free cone between noon and 8 pm. Looks like Tuesday is your day to indulge.
Sunday Inserts 3/21 - More Hasbro Coupons!
There are two inserts this weekend - and a surprise! Look in the Smartsource insert, and you’ll find a bunch of Hasbro toy coupons. Looks like they had great results with their printables on Coupons.com, and are continuing the promotions into spring and summer. What great deals!
I’ll be blogging matchups with these during the week. I am sure we will see some great matchups at Target, Walmart, and ToysRUs. Over Christmas, there was a lot of activity with the printable Hasbro coupons and Target. We can only hope. These are great items to buy on sale with coupons, and then have in your reserves for sudden birthday parties, quick gifts, or grandchildren.
Our Sunday Preview is here. In addition to the SmartSource, there is a RedPlum too. It’s a great weekend again for coupons. The first weekend of spring 2010, and it looks like we are getting ready for some wonderful promotions.
Facebook and Free Stuff
Facebook has become a great place to find limited time freebies and coupons. I’ll be posting what I find in the forums, and on this blog as well.
Mainly, the advertiser creates a fan page, and offers you a freebie or coupon for signing up. Through the use of very inexpensive advertising, you give the sponsor your name, address, and email, and you can then download a coupon, or they will send it to you in the mail. It’s not very often, if ever, that you’ll print a coupon for something that is entirely free. In the mail, you’ll get coupons as well as free samples.
Some advertisers underestimate how viral a Facebook campaign can go. Once an announcement hits the blogs, people start checking the fan page, and it goes in their newsfeeds when they join. Their friends will click on the page and join. A smart advertiser will make sure that they are ready to handle the demand up front, either by limiting the time of the offer or the number of fans who can receive the offer. Once the offer is exhausted, they should put up an announcement on their wall.
Facebook items change every day, so there is no central source for them. Right now you can find $1.50 coupon for Planters nuts on Facebook, and a $1 coupon for Ritz Crackers Pretzel Crunch Munchables. The latter is supposed to be a free sample, but you’ll get a message that the samples are gone and you can get a coupon instead. This is a nice way of continuing the promotion.
Nabisco also has promotions on Facebook the first of every month. I’ll blog about those as I get information.
Rite Aid Printable Coupons at Coupons.com
If you love to shop at Rite Aid and take advantage of the Single Check Rebates, there are some super coupons.com offers for you. Hurry and print them before they are gone:
20 Free 4×6 prints when you buy 50 at Rite Aid.
Save $5 when you spend $25 at Rite Aid.
$2 off L’Oreal Healthy Look Creme Gloss Hair color at Rite Aid
$2 off Benadryl Allergy at Rite Aid
Get at $25 gift card when you transfer a prescription at Rite Aid
But that’s not all. You can get credits for going to the Rite Aid website, and watching their videos. They will reward you with points, which add up to coupons off of products. Right now, when you get 20 video points, you’ll get a $5 off $20 bonus coupon. There are assorted product coupons you can aim for, from 10 cents to $10.00. When you combine these with the Single Check Rebates, that’s a lot of free products!
Coupons.com tends to pull a popular coupon after a certain number of downloads, so be sure to print these soon.
Free Redbox Rental March 17 and Blockbuster Deals
Spring break is here for some, and if you’re stuck with bad spring weather, you might want to rent a DVD. Even if you’re not stuck, it’s a great way to relax at night. So here’s a great deal from Redbox, just for tomorrow, St Patrick’s Day.
Become a fan of Redbox on Facebook, and get a code for a free rental good on March 17 only. You’ve seen the Redbox kiosks in supermarkets and convenience stores, they’re hard to miss. Get your code, and go tomorrow to the kiosk near you. Get there early, because you don’t want to run out of your favorites.
Not to be outdone, Blockbuster has started setting up blue kiosks for video rental. Here are some codes for free rentals from them. You have a few more days for these:
GA13B1 - Free one night rental exp 3/24/2010
CALENDAR - Free one night rental exp 03/31/2010
GL9RA – Free one night rental exp 3/31/2010
What a nice, convenient way to rent a DVD!
Sunday Inserts March 14 and Some Great Printables
Our preview of Sunday inserts is up. This weekend will feature a Smart Source and a Red Plum insert. Find our preview here.
Look for a refund form in this week’s Red Plum for up to $12.99 back from Visine All Day Eye Itch Relief. You’ll also find a $2 coupon.
There are some super printable coupons available this weekend. Take a look here at coupons for Dove and Degree deodorant - $1.25 off one or $3 off two.
Kix cereal $1 off one
$25 off prescription transfer at Rite Aid
Speaking of Rite Aid, visit their site and watch videos to get a coupon for $5/$20
Visit coupons.com to sign up for Eat Better America - $10 worth of savings.
On Monday, after all that coupon shopping, don’t forget to stop by Dunkin Donuts for a free cup of Turbo coffee. Check to be sure your local store is participating.
KMart’s double coupon event is coming the first week in April. Here is a list of stores that are supposed to be doubling. Because of past experience, verify with your store first that they are doubling. They should be doubling up to $2 in face value, so use your highest value coupons. Note that this is only limited to 5 coupons per day, and you must have a KMart card. If you live close to a KMart, it is worth it, but not for a drive.
Free Stuff (or Almost Free)
Here are some free or near free treats for this week. You’ll enjoy these!
Nestle Crunch Love It or It’s Free - Print this refund form, and get the purchase price plus your postage. This is nice for the season of Easter treats and chocolates.
Get a free sample of Dunkin Donuts Turbo coffee. Sign up here.
At Meijer, Post Raisin Bran is on sale for $1.99. Sign up for the Post newsletter, and print a $2 coupon here.
At Publix, print this coupon for a free Yoplait Greek Yogurt. This is less sweet, a nice consistency, and very good if you are cutting out sugar.
Speaking of yogurt, at Target, Dannon Nutriday Yogurt is $1. There’s a peelie coupon on the package for $1, making the purchase free.
Don’t you just love doing this????
Sunday Coupon Bonanza March 7, and KMart Doubles in April
Have we got a coupon bonanza in the newspapers this weekend! There are three inserts, and they are huge. There is a SmartSource, a RedPlum, and a P&G Brandsaver. The Brandsaver is loaded with lots of B1G1F coupons and high value offers. Find our preview here.
It is definitely a weekend to buy extra newspapers, and get extras from family and friends who do not use the coupons. Silly people! But great for you!
There is a lot of buzz lately about KMart doubling coupons the week of April 4-10. If this is true for your area, it is a good time to plan for this, but don’t get too excited. KMart seriously limits the number of coupons that can be doubled, and you must have the KMart shopper card in order to do so. And as usual, no one at KMart can confirm which stores will be doubling. The double talk is to ask your local store - and if the past is any indication, the local stores will be the last to know that they are doubling.
If you go to their website at www.kmart.com, type in double coupons in the search. You’ll come up with a page to sign up for their emails, which will alert you about doubles in your local store. That’s a good idea. They will also give you a $5 off $50 coupon for use in store, and one for use online. Again, don’t get too excited. These are extremely short dated, lasting only a few days.
Doubles or not, use this week’s coupons at KMart or any other store with low prices, match to sales, and you will come out ahead!
Having Fun on a Budget
Whoa does my family need to get out. You know that you have been indoors too long when a family trip to IKEA feels like a trip to an amusement park. With everything that has been going on at home and with the weather, our fun meter hasn’t been exactly pointing to full.
It took that IKEA trip to really put things a bit in perspective. Still, we don’t have the budget for extra expenses. So, we sat around the dinner table tonight and did some brainstorming on how we could get some more fun without the expense.
My suggestion was that we take a look around in our community. Although most community events happen in the summer, there are still free things to do. The local church is offering a fun night for kids with a moon bounce and snacks, and this includes free baby sitting! The local library is offering a family movie, the Lions’s Club has a low cost pancake breakfast, and a nearby ice rink has an event that offers two free hours of ice skating time when you rent skates.
My husband focused more on having fun at home. He wanted to rent some movies. This can be done for free two ways. The local library system allows you to check out movies for free. Our supermarket has a RedBox machine. There are plenty of RedBox coupon codes that give you free rentals!
The kids suggested having sleep overs with their friends. This is basically free, with maybe a tiny bit of money for snacks. The cost is so small, though, especially if we make homemade popcorn, homemade pizza and buy drinks in bulk.
For spur of the moment fun, we decided we could always bake a fun desert together or go dust off the board games.
What things do you do to have fun on a budget? I’d really like to add some more ideas to our list.
Facebook Fan Freebies
Make Facebook work for you. Did you know that when you become a fan of certain food manufacturers they will reward you with coupons and free products? Here are some of the ones I spotted just by doing a search.
Free Nabisco cookies with purchase: Hurry expires soon
Wow those companies are really getting on board with Facebook lately. Nabisco is no exception. They are offering a coupon for a free full sized package of cookies when you buy one package plus a gallon of milk. Hmm, that sounds like a great deal for the kids. Just sign in to your facebook account and look up http://www.facebook/nabiscocookies. Become a fan, and the coupon is yours. Make sure to have your printer ready.
Free Starburst when you buy one
Get a free pack of Starburst fruit chews candy when you buy a package. I used to love these when I was in school. it was funny to see my son get so excited when he found a single Starburst in his goodie bag from his Valentine’s Day party. I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. This freebie might be a nice treat for him on report card day. Just go to http://www.facebook.com/Starburst to get this offer.
Get 25% off bagels
Einstein Bagels is offering a printable coupon for 25% off of a purchase. You’ll have to become a fan, and then you won’t see the offer until you allow the application access. To get your coupons, just go to http://www.facebook.com/einsteinbros
