44,970 SubscribeAmazon Mom: 30% Discounts, Free Amazon Prime (up to 1yr), Refund for Current Prime Members (I’m getting $46 back)
It’s free to join Amazon Mom and everyone is eligible (you don’t have to be a mom). It’s very quick to sign-up, and it’s optional to give them any information about the children you buy things for.
Here are the benefits of joining – again it’s totally free to sign-up:
- 30% off select diapers and wipes: normally you get 15% when you subscribe & save, but Amazon Moms get an extra 15% discount for a total of 30% off!
- Free Amazon Prime Membership for 3 months: that means you get free 2-day shipping for 3 months on thousands of items – if you buy $25 or more from the Baby Store (in a single order) you get an extra free month of Amazon Prime, up to one free year (but everyone gets the free 3 months without buying anything from the Baby Store)
- Refund for Current Amazon Prime Members: if you are already an Amazon Prime member, go ahead and cancel to get a refund and at least 3 months free of Amazon Prime. You bet I jumped on this offer because it means I get a refund of $46.61 and between 3 months to 1 year of free Amazon Prime (depending on my shopping in the Baby Store, I’m sure I’ll buy a few gifts there this year). I received my refund email the morning after I joined Amazon Mom. Be sure you join Amazon Mom and cancel when they ask you if you want to cancel.
I know it’s hard to believe Amazon is offering such a great deal, please read the Amazon Mom Help Page & FAQ for more information. Thanks goes to Swag Grabber for sharing! Remember that students get a Free Amazon Prime Membership too!
Save $1.00 on 1 Buddig Deli Cuts (and get a FREE backpack)
Print two coupons to Save $1.00 on one package Buddig Deli Cuts at SmartSource. Just select “Buddig” from the BRAND pull-down menu (at the top right) then click on the small blue “Go” button. The coupon prints at the top of the page (nothing below it) and you’ve got one month before it expires. Thanks goes to Eeendeavors for sharing!
If you are a member of the Buddig Lunch Club then you should have received an email this morning with the subject line “Get a Buddig Lunch Club Backpack!“. The first 1,000 to respond will get a form to print for a free backpack when they mail in the UPCs from packages (there are no shipping charges). If you got two emails, that means there was an error in the first email – try the link in the newer email to print your form! Just one of the rewards for being a Buddig Lunch Club Member, but you do have to read your emails to get the coupons and freebies! Sign-up now if you’d like to get next month’s coupons and/or freebies.
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The Home Depot Coupons & Kids Workshop Saturday
Become a member of The Home Depot Garden Club and save money on your purchases at The Home Depot because over the course of the year they will send you coupons by email and by mail valuing up to $500. Of course they send out lots of coupons for products in the Garden Center, but also I’ve received dollar off coupons for any purchase made at The Home Depot.
Plus mark your calendars for The Home Depot Kids Workshop the first Saturday of each month from 9 to noon and make a free project (up to $9.95 value). You do not have to sign-up, just show up with your kid(s) and be ready to build something! This Saturday kids can build this school bus, but most locations have leftover project kits from previous workshops and let kids pick out what they want to build.
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Catalog Choice Works to Reduce Junk Mail
I continue to be impressed by Catalog Choice, a free service to easily stop the catalogs you don’t want from appearing in your mailbox. It saves you time by being able to request that you be removed from several mailing lists all in one place. Most of the catalogs I’ve entered at Catalog Choice are no longer appearing in my mailbox (many catalogs I at one time wanted to receive, some are true junk mail that I didn’t specifically sign-up for). The great thing about Catalog Choice is that if you continue to receive a catalog after “opting-out” you can report that you are still receiving it and they do the follow-up for you. It’s a great way to save time by letting them contact the companies for you, and a great way to reduce the number of catalogs you get in your mailbox.
If you are using Catalog Choice, leave a comment and tell us what you think about it? If you are using a different free service to reduce junk mail, let us know about it! What other things are you doing to reduce the amount of junk mail you get?
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Snackpicks Rewards Subscribers with Freebies and Coupons
Subscribe to the Snackpicks enewsletter and you may be rewarded with more than just printable coupons for Kellogg’s brand products! Last week I got a free movie ticket ($12.00 value) for being one of the first 1,000 to take a short survey after receiving their latest enewsletter. I’m sharing this tip with you I’m predicting that Snackpicks will continue to offer exclusive freebies to their enewsletter subscribers plus you can keep up on their new printable coupons. You do have to register as a member of Snackpicks to print coupons from their site. But it’s easy to sign-in using your All K-Pass.
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Earn eBox Tops for Education from Kroger
Register your store loyalty card for Box Tops for Education and get 5 bonus Box Tops upon sign-up. Earn more Box Tops when you shop at Kroger family of stores with your store loyalty card. Right now they have three offers: buy 3 Totino’s, Green Giant, or Pillsbury products and earn 3 Box Tops It’s a program similar to Campbell’s eLabels for Education where your purchases earn you labels for your child’s school. I’m adding it to my “eCoupons” section of my “Coupons” tab
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Half-Off Vitamin Buying Strategy
If you buy Nature’s Bounty or Nature Made vitamins at the grocery store or drug store, be sure to try this vitamin-buying strategy to save more than 50% on every bottle you buy.
Gather coupons. The best source of coupons is the Sunday ad insert. But you can also print coupons and coupons will come with your free samples. You’ll also find vitamin coupons in the blinkie machines in the grocery store aisles, and printing out as Catalina coupons at the register. Sometimes you’ll even find them inside the packaging, so keep your eyes peeled!
Only buy vitamins when they are on sale for “Buy One Get One Free”. These sales happen on a regular basis at several stores (Kroger and CVS in my area) and the best way to find out when they happen is to read the weekly store sales flier. Also look for vitamins on clearance, but be sure to check the expiration dates. I typically see vitamins that are clearanced out because of a change in packaging and they are nowhere near their expiration date. You can still use manufacturer’s coupons on those clearance vitamins.
When you buy two bottles, use two manufacturer’s coupons. You can use one coupon for each product purchased regardless of what the store’s sale promotion is. That’s because the manufacturer is giving you the coupon savings, and the store is giving you the sale price savings.
Join the Nature’s Bounty Healthy Rewards and the Nature Made Wellness Rewards programs so that you earn points for every bottle of vitamins purchased. Those points add up fast and will gain you money-saving coupons to use on future purchases. These are higher value coupons (think almost a free bottle) than you can get from any other source. Just remember to log in and enter your codes to earn your rewards. You can earn a $7 coupon from Nature Made with 500 points.
Save your coupons until there is a “Buy One Get One Free” sale. When you get that high-value coupon by redeeming your rewards points, hold onto it until there is a “Buy One Get One Free” sale and keep increasing your savings on your vitamin purchases.
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If you are buying other brands of vitamins you can still save money by timing your purchases to take advantage of sales and coupons at the same time to double-up on your savings.
What does “Do Not Double” mean?
You’ve seen it on your coupons “Do Not Double or Triple” in ominous bold print. What does this mean? I’ll share my opinion and experience with you, and then you share yours by leaving a comment.
The computers at most grocery stores that double or triple coupons will still double or triple that coupon (despite the wording). The store gives you that extra savings – it does not come from the manufacturer. So I’m comfortable taking that extra savings that the store is giving me when that store has a doubling or tripling coupon policy in-place.
To be honest with you, if you asked a cashier to not double that coupon – they probably wouldn’t even know how because like I said it’s an automatic thing that the computer does on it’s own! I’ve never had an experience where a cashier has voided the doubling of a coupon because it said “do not double” on it.
My big concern with coupons is to avoid printing or using fraudulent coupons because if you try to use those it’s illegal and the store will not be able to get any money for the coupon from the manufacturer. Please educate yourself about fraudulent coupons so you can avoid them. It really does hurt everyone when fraudulent coupons are used!
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Your turn – what does it mean when you see “do not double or triple” on a coupon and what are your cashiers doing about it?
Baby Clubs To Join
This is a guest post from Gloria, who blogs about coupons, bargains, events, and giveaways at FunandFrugal.com.
If you’re pregnant or have a baby, sign up for these baby clubs to get coupons and free samples! The list is pretty long, so below is a brief version. Click here for a more detailed post, including Southeast regional baby clubs for those who live in Tennessee or shop at Publix, Food Lion, or Save-a-Lot.
Start Healthy Stay Healthy Resource Center from Gerber and Nestle Good Start send you lots of great coupons.
Beech Nut’s E-Newsletter emails you coupons. You can also save your Beech Nut labels and mail them in for extra coupons. Get four $1.00/10 coupons for every 48 labels you send in. I have done this with both my boys and was always excited to get coupons in the mail! Also, you can save labels for Beech Nut Let’s Grow products and when you mail in 16 proofs of purchase, they will send you two $1/4 coupons for Let’s Grow products.
Earth’s Best babyfood has coupons on their website you can get by completing a form. Save your Earth’s Best UPC’s and mail them in plus $1.95 S/H for promotional items such as a free cereal bowl (10 UPC’s); Guess How Much I Love You book (12 UPC’s); or Body Care Travel Kit ($15 in Earth’s Best purchases).
Enfamil Family Beginnings program sends you free formula samples and up to $60 in formula checks along with other goodies. Also, you can click here to print a certificate to take to your pediatrician for a free Enfamil Lipil breastfeeding support kit and click here for a certificate for a free sample of Enfamil A.R. formula (for babies who spit up frequently.)
Similac’s Strong Mom group will send you special offers and savings. They used to mail samples – not sure if they still do.
Sam’s Club Member’s Mark Formula will send you a free sample if you request it on their website.
WalMart’s Parents Choice will send you a free sample of Parents Choice Gentle Baby Formula if you request it on their website.
Huggies Happy Healthy Pregnancy club sends you a weekly e-newsletter for each stage of your pregnancy, Huggies samples & coupons, and a pregnancy calendar.
Huggies Happy Baby club sends you e-newsletters customized to your baby’s age, Huggies samples & coupons, and Play It Up activity book.
Sign up for the Pull-Ups.com monthly e-newsletter (fill out form on top-right) and you will be able to print Pull-Ups coupons once a month. Also, you can request a free potty training success DVD.
Huggies Enjoy the Ride rewards program lets you earn points when you purchase Huggies products and redeem them for prizes. They also have sweepstakes you can enter, such as win diapers for a year. (Huggies codes posted on Freebies 4 Mom here)
Pampers.com sends you Parent Pages e-newsletter, free Pampers samples & coupons, and optional coupons & offers from other P&G; brands. They also have a Gifts to Grow program where you can earn points for every Pampers purchase and then redeem the points for gifts in their catalog. (Pampers codes posted on Freebies 4 Mom here)
Luvs will mail you a $1.00 coupon when you register for the Luvs Network. You may also get some free samples and coupons by mail occasionally.
Babies R Us has a place at the top of their site where you can get on their email list to be notified of special promotions. I posted a lot more about Babies R Us here.
Johnson’s Baby.com gives you free baby care guides & special offers from Johnson & Johnson. They also have great coupons for Johnson’s products.
Yo Baby Yogurt (whole milk organic yogurt for babies) has coupons on their *adorable* site.
Join Juicy Juice’s Growing Up Healthy program (enter your email in the very top-right) and they will email you tips, expert advice, and money-saving offers. Also, check out their Special Offers page for a free refillable bottle for new members and printable coupons.
Ringling Brothers Circus will mail you a voucher for a free circus ticket for your child that never expires, as long as you request it before their first birthday.
That’s all the baby freebies I can think of. If you know of one I’ve missed, please leave a comment.
Gloria wears many hats, including enjoying being the mother of two young boys in their hometown of Cleveland, TN and she loves helping families have fun and save money! You can find her daily posts at FunandFrugal.com.
Frugal Haircuts
Kimberly asked me “Do you know where I can get a good deal on a hair cut?”
My Answer: Frugal Haircuts
My first thought was to check with your local beauty school, because they need people to practice on and often offer haircuts and coloring for FREE (or at least deeply discounted). I later found out if you have a Toni & Guy salon near you, you can be a hair model on Tuesday night and get a free haircut during their weekly training night. I just signed-up to be a hair model!
If there isn’t a hair salon near you where you can get a free haircut, then check the advertised specials and coupons in your area. Many salons offer discounts on particular days, like half-price cuts one day a week. My personal strategy is not one I recommend – I simply go for a long, long time without getting a haircut because I have a hard time finding the time to go by myself to get one. It helps that I have a simple straight cut with no bangs, so I can just let it grow and grow until it starts driving me crazy – then I will make the time to get a haircut.
Do-it-yourself haircuts are FREE after you have the tools you need. I’m not adventurous enough for this approach with my family’s hair – but I know that some families do all their haircuts at home for FREE. Think of it as a hobby and work on developing your skills on simple haircuts. I used to work with a couple (same age as me) that cut each others hair to save money. Would you let your husband cut your hair? I know, it would take a lot of trust (and a simple style) but wouldn’t it be a great way to get a free haircut?
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Haircuts for a Good Cause
Katie said “at Hair Cuttery from now until August 15th for every child haircut (under age 18) that they give in the store- the Hair Cuttery will donate one free haircut to children in need in the community you live in. So, if haircuts are on your back to school list- here’s your chance to help!”
Locks of Love is a fabulous way to donate your hair to someone who needs it. If you have at least 10 inches of hair to cut off, you can donate your hair and they will make real hair wigs for children who have lost their hair and are financially disadvantaged. Some hair salons offer a discount or even a free haircut if you are donating your hair. Amy’s daughter recently donated her hair to this great cause. Jessica took both of her daughters to Great Clips (posts here and here) to donate their hair and they got free haircuts!
Pantene Beautiful Lengths is another way to donate your hair, this time to women who have lost their hair due to cancer. You only need 8 inches of hair to cut off. Thanks goes to Zoey’s Mom for the reminder about this program!
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Your Frugal Haircuts
Here are some ways my readers are saving money:
Free is the Best Price
@FlightyHeidi said “Toni & Guy salons require their stylists to continue their training after hours. They need models and the cuts are free!” Check out their website for details, they offer free cuts every Tuesday night.
Debbie said “At the Supercuts here they have free haircuts once a month by stylists learning new techniques. It has to be a salon that has the training, they told me it is a nationwide program.
@Gishers said “One of my good friends is a hairdresser. If I feed her dinner, she cuts all our hair for free.”
@CentsableMomma said “I get my father-in-law to cut my boys and my husbands hair for free!” She later clarified he’s not a barber, but “he has just always cut his own hair. Believe me…I was wary the first time! I’ve thought about trying it myself!”
@BethSportsMomma said “I do them myself. ‘Course it’s easy when it’s 3 guys with really short cuts-military “high and tight” is what they like.”
Use Coupons & Discount Salons
Affluent Pauper says “getting a haircut at Great Clips? Get a coupon to Save $10 off a $50 purchase at Old Navy along with your haircut”
@Giraffefriend said “I sign up for coupons from Great Clips & Fantastic Sams and then time it so they are not getting haircuts all at once!”
Northern Cheapskate said “I watch for coupons to Great Clips and Cost Cutters. Those coupons show up in all kinds of unique places – like the backs of grocery receipts.”
Daisy saw the new Apple Jacks cereal boxes has coupons for Great Clips haircuts “two for the price of one” – that’s a great coupon if you can find it!
Christine said “Sports Clips has a frequent visitor card to earn a free cut (for boys/men) & coupons you can use.”
@ShellyAnnSings said “My family gets their haircut at a Paul Mitchell school, it’s about half what we’d normally pay and they do a great job.”
Natalie said “Dad buzz cut my son and for my daughter, we go to the beauty school. It is a $5 hair cut.”
Georgia said “TGF Hair Salons has discounted cuts for women on Wednesdays and when I went there, I always made an appointment with the same good person.”
Frugal Hair Styles
@LuvMyPeaches said “My daughter wears her hair LONG!! LOL — haircuts few and far between. My younger daughter wears a cute “bob” and we make due with “bangs trims” (which are free) between cuts to stretch!”
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More Frugal Haircut Resources
MomAdvice has several articles about this subject that are worth reading:
Overcoming My Fears: Cutting Hair
Open Your Own Beauty Shop
At-Home Hair Coloring Savings
And Baby Cheapskate has this article with even more resources to check out:
Save Money with At-Home Kiddie Haircuts
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Your Turn
How are you saving money on your haircuts? Please leave a comment and share your strategy!
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