get free stuff and other tips!

Easy ways to get free things!
Whether you’re a mom or not sign up for sites that offer rewards programs. A lot of times you can get the codes to earn points on the internet, without even buying the product! The savings sites I listed will post codes as they are available.
-Pampers gifts to grow
-Huggies enjoy the ride rewards
* even though they are for diapers there are other types of rewards that they offer, especially pampers
-Disney Rewards
-You can also join sites that give you points for searching through their website/toolbar.
I am a member of swagbucks and irazoo. I like to cash in my points for amazon gift cards. You need less points on swagbucks to get them but you earn more points at a time with irazoo. I’ve been doing this for a month and have earned a $5 amazon e gift certificate on irazoo and two $5 egift certificated on swagbucks!
　
　
　
Other tips:
-Don’t be afraid to try other brands! Especially if you have a coupon and its on sale! For example, I usually buy Tostitos salsa, but I have a coupons for chi chi’s salsa and I got the chi chi’s for 50 cents each compared to paying $2.99 for Tostitos!
-Bigger isn’t always better! For example, when buy diapers and wipes I always figure out the price per diaper rather than the price for the whole package.
Huggies jumbo packs are sometimes cheaper than the big boxes when you compare price per diaper! Yes, it takes time to stop and do this in the store, but it saves money! To figure it out take the price (if you are using a coupon subrtract the price of the coupon first) and divide it by the number of items or ounces or pounds.
For example:
Huggies Snug n Dry size 3 jumbo pack $8.99 (36 diapers in pack)
8.99/36= .25 per diaper
-Look for B1G1 deals and use 2 mauf coupons. Most internet coupon sites let you print two. Sometimes hitting the back button will automatically print you another coupon!
-Walmart isn’t always cheaper. I am finding more and more that target is cheaper than walmart, and that’s even before any coupons!
-If you are able to get an item for free almost free consider donating it..food banks or animal shelters or elsewhere!

todays weis trip

Tonight on my way to pick up our dinner at the pizza place I stopped quick as weis. Today I got coupons from beechnut for free cereal and 2 free jars of food, so you know they were burning a hole in my pocket and had to use them right away. lol. I also had printed 2 $.50 coupons for hamburger helper http://hip2save.com/2011/01/high-value-0-501-hamburger-helper-coupon.html
And a lot of the gerber snacks were on sale, I had a $.75 coupon for the gerber yogurt (I decided to get one for when I start giving it to kayla, just made sure I picked one with the latest expiration date) which was on sale 5 for $10 aka $2 each. The hamburger helper coupons and the yogurt coupon all got doubled to $1.00. So I got:
2- boxes of hamburger helper
container of beechnut oatmeal
2 jars of beechnut stage 2 baby food
1 package of gerber yougurt
My GRAND total: $1.00!!!!

websites i use

I am going to start with the savings sites I follow. I follow all on facebook and some I subscribe to their daily emails. Sorry for not posting the actual link..when I do post it, it screws up the blog for some reason and I got tired of fighting with it!

babycheapskate.com
dealinusa.com
couponsandfreebiesmom.com
//moneysavingmom.com (no www in front of this one just http: )
hip2save.com
forthemommas.com

*I also partipate with baby cheapskate's coupon trading group. Its purpose is to trade baby coupons but I have done lots of trades with other types of coupons. And so far I have not had a negative experience! (knock on wood!). To get to the trading group scroll to the bottom of the page and the link is under resources*

These are the coupon sites I use:
Coupons.com
Smartsource.com
Redplum.com
Allyou.com

Stores that have coupons on their website (if it’s a store coupon you can combine it with a mauf coupon)
Target
Dollar General
Family Dollar
CVS
Rite Aid (the do have a coupon section, but also go under video values, watch videos for coupons)

I just found out that Walgreens puts out monthly store coupon booklets, you can get them right in the store

These are coupon sites that were recommended in parents magazine..I browsed them a little thought they were ok. The one that sparked my interest the most was the last one.

mommysavesbig.com
cheapstingybargains.com
couponmom.com
currentcodes.com

About my blog

A lot of peole ask me how I get good deals so I am creating this blog to share my secrets! I follow a few savings site and I use coupons! I plan to use my blog to post to share the good deals I get with you so you can get them also!