Hi All!

I hope everyone is having a nice summer! Sorry, I haven't been posting lately. We've had a bit of a family crisis, but it's pretty much resolved now. I'm going to get back to posting regularly right away!
Take Care!

Leverage - Register your gift cards and earn interest.

https://www.leveragecard.com/home.htm

At this site you can register your gift cards, receive special offers, and even earn interest on your gift cards. I just signed up, so I don't have a personal opinion yet. There are good reviews on the web though!

Lowe's Coupon Anyone?

Lowe's has a Life Takes Visa promotion where you can get a project starter coupon for $10 off any $25 purchase expiring July 30. It is a great way to get a few bucks off your summer project you were planning on doing anyway.

http://www.loweswinners.com/LifeTakesVisa/lowesVisaLanding.aspx

Free Silver Jewelry!

Free Sterling Silver with real Gemstones, no catch, no gimmicks, no obligation




silverjewelryclub.com lets you choose from 4 different pieces at a time. They change every 15 minutes, so if you like it you have to buy it. You only pay shipping and handling which, right now, is $6.99. I ordered a couple pendants, and they are very nice. It takes about a week or two to get to you. There's actually no catch! It is not a club like the name suggests. They will not charge you unless you order something. They usually have earrings, pendants, and rings for men and women to choose from. If you need a necklace to go with the pendant, it is only $4.00 for a nice silver box chain, any size.

Free $10 to Outback!

Send in a request by mail, and receive a certificate for $10 off a $25 purchase. All requests must be received by 07/05/2008 and certificates must be redeemed by 07/20/2008.

Click HERE for details.

To request your $10 certificate, send a self-addressed stamped envelope (VT residents may omit postage) to:
Outback Steakhouse Fathers Day Certificate Request
2202 N. West Shore Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33607.

Requests must be received by July 5, 2008.
Limit: One (1) per envelope. One (1) request per day.

Freebates!!



Freebates is a great blog! She's put together the free after rebates she's found and even sends out reminders when time is running out.


Sears and Dockers

This one is over. I'm still waiting for them to process my gift card. I'll let you know when I get it.

If you buy Dockers anyway, buy $100 in Dockers clothing on sale this week at Sears and get a $75 Shell gas card. Enter the sweepstakes for the Prius on the form and you'll also receive $10 card from Sears! You can do this once per person up to two per household. So, $100 clothes (actually $200 if 50% off sale), $75 gas, and $10 Sears for $100. Pretty good deal! See www.sears.com for details. You have to buy before the 15th.

AdPerk - Free Magazines

http://www.adperk.com/
They give you free magazines for watching short commercials. Just make sure you click the button as soon as it is done or you have to watch all over again. Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and other popular magazines are available. It is pretty easy to watch a few commercials. I look for the ones worth the most number of points so I can watch as few as possible. Then you get a free year of a good magazine! It only takes a few minutes too.

Buy Candy, Get Free Movie Tickets

Here's a great deal if you like Hershey's and going to the movies. Good until 3/1/2009!!
For more details, go to:
http://www.hersheys.com/megamovie/

Buy specially marked packages of Hershey's miniatures, Hershey's nuggets, York, Reese's, or Kisses with the 10% free bonus. Twizzlers count too, but they are only 3 points per bag, that's a lot more bags to buy. Clip the mega movie bonus points and send them in. 15 points (3 bags) = 1 movie admission. Max of 4 admissions. Buy the candy when it is buy one, get one free and with coupons, and you might pay as little as $10 for 15 bags of candy and 4 movie tickets! I consider that a wonderful deal! :)

Eco-Friendly and Saving Money

I've recently started trying to watch what I waste more carefully. I have a garbage can with a paper bag in it from the grocery store just for paper trash. My city recycles junk mail and any paper as long as there is no food residue. It is just amazing how much of our trash was paper. In the past, we took out 2 bags every week for two people. Now we take out a bag of trash once a month, plus a small grocery bag size bag of food trash at least weekly. We put out the paper garbage bag of paper to recycle once a month too.

We help the environment by recycling and save just a little bit of money by not using so many trash bags.

We also put a 5 gallon bucket in shower while the water warms up and each almost fill up one during the course of the shower. We reuse this water to water our plants. We've only been doing this for about a month. Our plants look so much better with this extra 10 gallons of water. We are in the middle of a very severe drought in southwest Florida right now and haven't seen rain in a few months.

This doesn't really save us money other than saving the plants from dying. However, if we water with the irrigation system outside of specified days and times, we will receive a fine starting at $50 and going up to $400 depending on the number of offenses. If you think of it that way, we avoid fines and save a bundle of money by using water that was going down the drain anyway.

I hope this will be helpful to someone! Thanks for reading!! :)

Free 411

I have been skeptical of Free 411. I refuse to pay more than I have to for anything, and I'll look hard for the lowest price. The other day, I was away from home and looking for a specific business. I remembered recently hearing about 800-GOOG-411, Google's free 411 service. I tried it and it is wonderful! If it doesn't understand the city you are saying, it is a little difficult, and you have to hang up to retry as far as I know. However, it understood most cities I asked for as well as the business name and category. It appears to read the listings that come up if you were to do the same search on the website. It even connects you to the business for free. At this time it is only for businesses, but if I go to a person's house I usually look it up before I leave, so that's not a problem for me.

I will be using 800-GOOG-411 again. Give it a try and see how it works in your town. You will probably be very happy with it! :)

Ebates

One of my favorite sites for saving money online is Ebates. It doesn't cost anything to join and you get cash back and coupons for purchases you are making online anyway. Ebates is a shopping site that gives you up to 25% Cash Back every time you shop online. You can shop at over 900 stores including Barnes & Noble.com, Gap, Target, Buy.com and Expedia. Plus you get additional savings with exclusive coupons, free shipping offers, and limited-time sales!

Sign up with Ebates today and we'll each get a $5 bonus when you make your first purchase! Click here to sign up, you might have to copy and paste to get the entire link:
http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=UNtkwmC6Y3eMIqMqr%2ByaDA%3D%3D

Happy shopping!

My First Blog

Hi Everyone!
I've been lurking and reading blogs for awhile and have finally decided to create my own. I live in Southwest Florida, and will write about how I save money and get things for free, among other topics. My friends are always asking how I do it, and I wanted to share with everyone in case I can help someone get something they want cheap or free that they haven't thought of before. I'll post links to sites I really enjoy that have not spammed me. Here's to many great posts in the future!
Thanks for reading!