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Did You Win? May Giveaway Winners

May 202013

We are busy with family visiting these days, but there are still lots of giveaways here at Frugality Is Free, and today I have some lucky winners to announce. Today it’s time to announce the winners of the My Brest Friend Deluxe Nursing Pillow and the Peek Away 4-In-1 Nursing Kit.

Check out the winners here:

The winner of the Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust Giveaway is Mary G (maryjeanrxxxxxx@)

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the wonderful giveaway sponsors!

The giveaway winners will receive email notifications…

Blog Giveaways – 6 Wins!

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May 192013

This week was a record winning week for my family, as we won six….6! great giveaways. We won two Wahl massagers (one for my mother in law, and one for my husband for father’s day), one set of Wahl hot and cold therapy massaging gel packs (for my husband for father’s day as well), a Make A Plate Kit, a Dymo label machine, and finally I just found out today that we won a customized nursing pillow cover from Brownies N Butterflies at Ahh-Mazing Giveaways.

I also got the prettiest tutu skirt in the door today from Waterhouse Creations, and I absolutely love it. I have definitely proved to myself that it is possible to win lots of great giveaways without cheating, and I certainly love winning these great prizes.

Make sure to enter all of the great giveaways here at Frugality Is Free!

My favorite giveaways this week:

Pampers Giveaway at Ahh-Mazing Giveaways 5/29

Alight Giveaway at Ahh-Mazing Giveaways 6/11

Chooka Chantal Shoes Giveaway at Ahh-Mazing Giveaways 6/2

Casio ~ CTK-3200 Portable Keyboard Giveaway at Just Davey & Me 6/3

Pampers Giveaway at Just Davey & Me 6/1

What did you win this week?

5/19 Sunday Coupon Preview coupon – Coca Cola Coupon & More

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May 182013

There are 3 coupon inserts in the 5/19 Sunday newspaper: 2 Smartsource coupon inserts and 1 Red Plum insert. You can check out all of this week’s Sunday newspaper coupons here.

A few of my favorite coupons in tomorrow’s Sunday newspaper are*:

Banana Boat coupon – Save $3/2 sun care products 3oz+ excludes lip balm (6/29)
Ben & Jerry’s coupon – Save $1/1 pint frozen yogurt or ice creams (6/16)
Dove coupon – Save $.50/1 beauty bar 6 bar pk+ excludes trial and M+C (6/16) ETS
Hawaiian Tropic coupon – Save $3/2 sun care products 4oz+ excludes lip balm (6/29)
Lipton coupon – Save $.40/1 tea bags, tea & honey to-go or pitcher size or any iced tea mix (6/16) ETS
Sunlight coupon – Save $1/1 dish detergent (6/30)
Welch’s coupon – Save $.75/1 100% juice bottle or multi-pack (8/31)
Wisk coupon – Save $1/1 laundry detergent 45oz or 24 loads+ (6/30)
Bisquick coupon – Save $.50/1 40oz+ Original or Heart Smart baking mix (7/13)
Coppertone coupon/Coca-Cola coupon – Save $3 off 1 Coppertone 4oz+ product and 2 Coca-Cola 12pks or 1 Coca Cola 20/24pk (6/30)
Dr. Scholl’s coupon – Save$3/1 For Her insoles (7/13)
Edge coupon – Save$.55/1 shave gel or cream 7oz+ (6/30)
Huggies coupon – Save$2/1 Little Movers Slip-On diapers (6/15)
Palmolive coupon – Save $.50/1 dish liquid 14oz+ (6/8)
Pillsbury coupon – Save $1/2 refrigerated baked goods products (7/13)
Scotch-Brite coupon – Save $.75/2 scrub sponge or dishwands (6/30)

If you do not have the above coupons from the Sunday newspaper, you can always check for the latest printable COUPONS here.

**The coupons in the Sunday newspaper may have regional differences.

Weekly Savings Linky – Lots of Spending

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May 172013

This week I went way over budget, but that’s the good thing about having a budget. I know that some weeks I need to be under budget, to be able to make up for those special week such as this one, where we have family visiting.

While you are here, make sure to check out all of these great giveaways…you can even win groceries…and money for groceries!!!

Check out my Publix Deals

Publix Mott’s Juice Deal

I spent $6 at Publix

I saved $9at Publix

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Check out my TARGET Deals

See my Target Shoe Clearance Deals

I spent $21.42 at Target

I saved $74.43 at Target

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Check out my ALDI Deals

See my ALDI produce Deals

I spent $73.at ALDI

I saved $25 at ALDI

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The Frugality Is Free Family’s Weekly Totals

Weekly Grocery Spendings $79

Weekly Grocery Savings Family of 5 $34

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Clothing & Extras Spendings $21.42

Clothing & Extras Savings $74.43

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Weekly Spendings For A Family of 5 $100.42

Weekly Savings For A Family of 5 $108.43

Link up below and share your savings, so that everyone else can find your deals too.

Grocery Shopping With An ALDI Coupon

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May 172013

My dad and his girlfriend are visiting, so our ALDI shopping list was quite different than usual. Thankfully, I did have a coupon with me, and I even remembered to use it too. It’s been a busy week, so I never got around to writing down what we bought. We spent $73 after the $5 ALDI coupon.

When was the last time you spotted an ALDI coupon in your local newspaper?

May 17th Friday Giveaway Linky

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May 162013

It’s almost summer vacation, and our family is busy with vactation guests. I do not have much time for entering giveaways, but thankfully I’ve gotten a system down that is easy to do without too much work.

It is time for another Friday Giveaway Linky up, so come link up and find your summer giveaways.

Blog Giveaway Tip of the Week:

Check your junk mail! I’ve said it before, but I am amazed at how many giveaway winners do not respond after the 2nd email, and today I just found a winning announcement in my own junkmail.

Make sure to check out all of the giveaways here at Frugality Is Free.

Current Giveaways at Frugality Is Free

2 Children’s Books Giveaway – 6/19

Scotties Facial Tissue Care Pack + $25 Target Gift Card Giveaway – 6/5

Udi’s Gluten Free Review & Giveaway 6/3

Nursing Top Review & Bluerane.com Maternity Giveaway 5/27

Help Please!

Please help me spread the word by liking the giveaway post (see Facebook like at the top of post) or tweeting about the giveaway linky.

Tweet: Check out the 150+ current giveaways @ The Fantastic Friday #Giveaway #Linky – Is your giveaway listed? http://tinyurl.com/7l5loy3

For more places to link up check out the Giveaway Link Up Collection

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Target Girls Shoe Clearance – Only $3.48 Each!

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May 162013

I was hoping to find a great deal on kids clothes at Target today…which I did, but I also found a great deal on girls shoe clearance. I know, I know…my baby girl is only a few years old. I have; however, been through this clothing/shoe thing with three kids already, and I know how fast they grow. So…I bought my baby girl 5 pair of shoes in different sizes and colors.

Target Clearance Deals:

5 pair of Cherokee girls shoes on Target clearance at $4.48 = $22.40 – ($5/$20 Target kids shoe coupon) = $17.40 ($3.48 each)(Were $14.99 each)

2 pair of Circo boys shors on Target clearance at $2.40 each = $4.80 – ($4/2 Target kids clothes coupon) = $0.80 ($0.40 each) (Were $8 each)

1 Circo Baby Girl dress with diaper cover on Target clearance at ($2.10 was $7)

- 0.10 Target Reusable bag discount

Tax $1.22

Total out of pocket $21.42

Total saved $74.43

Do you buy clothes and shoes ahead of time, when you find a great deal?

Mott’s Juice Coupon: Only $1 At Publix

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May 152013

Our family goes through a lot of juice every month, and despite the fact that we dillute it with water, it always seem that we are running low on juice. So, when a good deal on juice arises, I make sure to stock up. A good price on good juice is $1.25 or less, so I made sure to pick up several bottles of Mott’s Juice on sale at $2 each at Publix this week. To make the deal even better, I used this $1 Mott’s coupon to pay only $1 a deal.

Sylvan Dell Publishing Children’s Book Week Giveaway

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May 152013

This week is Children’s Book Week, and the publishing company Sylvan Dell wants to share their love for books with parents and children across the country. Sylvan Dell authors have lots of events scheduled around the country, take a look below to see if there is an event near you.

In additino to the book events around the country, you can also find five free staff picks for free reading www.sylvandellpublishing.com, and all of the Sylvan Dell iBooks and Kindle eBooks will be only $0.99 during Children’s Book Week.

See Janet Halfmann author of Home in the Cave, Little Skink’s Tail and Fur and Feathers
at the Women’s Club of Wisconsin on May 14th at 6:00 pm and the South Milwaukee
Public Library on May 15th at 6:00 pm for story time and signing.
Marianne Berkes author of Animalogy and The Tree that Bear Climbed will celebrate
Children’s Book Week at Woodward Elementary School on May 15th.
Terry Catasús Jennings will be signing Gopher to the Rescue on May 15th at Powell’s
Bookstore in Portland, Oegon. Then she will be presenting at the Mount Saint Helen’s
Institute on May 16th and at the Mount Saint Helen’s Coldwater Science & Learning
Center on the 18th with a signing at Johnston Ridge Gift Shop later that day.
Scotti Cohn author of On the Move: Mass Migrations, Big Cat, Little Kitty and One Wolf
Howls will be presenting and signing at the Blue Ridge Bookfest in Flat Rock, North
Carolina on May 17th & 18th.
At the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, Colorado Phyllis Perry author of Pandas’
Earthquake Escape will be part of a Book Week presentation at 7:00 pm on May 18th.
Illustrator of Count Down to Fall, Deep in the Desert and The Best Nest, Sherry Neidigh
will be presenting at Malprops Bookstore on May 18th in Ashville, North Carolina.
Ann Downer author of Shark Baby will be presenting an ocean themed event at Books
on the Square in Providence Rhode Island on May 18th.

To celebrate Children’s Book Week Sylvan Dell is also offering Frugality Is Free readers a great book giveaway, see below for more details.

Win It

One of Frugality Is Free’s readers will win a copy of Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud by Donna and Doreen Rathmell and a copy of Water Beds Sleeping In The Ocean by Gail Langer Karwoski.

Check out the review of Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud here.

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This giveaway will end Wednesday June 19th at midnight EST.

Disclaimer: Information, review material and prizes have been provided by Sylvan Dell Publishing. No monetary compensation has been received, and any opinions stated are my own.

Michael Bublé To Be Loved Review

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May 152013

I had only heard one or two Michael Bublé songs, before I got my hands on Bublé’s new album “To Be Loved“, and now I surely feel as if I have been missing out on some great music over the years. I knew that there was a very specific Bublé style, but I certainly did not realize that I would fall in love with the Bublé style. Every song on this album stays true to this Bublé style, which is a mix of big band/and old classics with his distinctive memorable voice that make you want to get on the dance floor and pull out the big moves.

From the beginning to the end “To Be Loved” is filled with songs that moves you, songs that makes you want to dance, songs that makes you want to return to a simpler time. To Be Loved is Michael Buble’s 7th studio album, and it features 4 original songs as well as and classic cover songs such as Bee Gees hit “To Love Somebody”, Dean Martin’s “Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You”), the Jackson 5 early ‘70’s smash “Who’s Loving You”, Jackie Wilson’s “To Be Loved” and the Elvis Presley classic “Have I Told You Lately”.

I am a big Reese Witherspoon fan, so one of my favorites on this album is definitely the Frank and Nancy Sinatra duet “Something Stupid”, where Reese Witherspoon joins Bublé in a fun and simple duet.

Michael Buble’s To Be Loved is a success with everyone in our house. Not only do I love it, but the kids love it, which means I get to play it again and again without complaints. Even baby Bellamy Blue seems to enjoy Bublé’s To Be Loved, which seems to confirm our suspicion that she has a bit of an old soul.

It’s the kind of cd that you can listen to again and again, and I will admit that I just keep playing it over and over again, while I am working on the computer. It puts me in a great mood! It puts me in a writing mood, and any album that puts me in a writing mood is a keeper. Every number on To Be Loved is a hit – Bublé style!

Bublé US Tour

The first round of pre sales for Michael Bublé’s upcoming US tour are happening Tuesday, May 14th at local venue time. The only way to get tickets in this exclusive pre sale is by being a member of Michael’s official fan club Bungalow B! Check out the list of dates that will be available for Bungalow B pre sale below. For more details and to access pre-sales visit http://www.Bungalow-B.com.

The dates included in Round 1 of pre-sales are:

9/07 – Chicago, IL – United Center

9/11 – St Paul, MN – XCEL Energy Center

9/13 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena

9/14 – St Louis, MO – Scottrade Center

Buy It

You can buy Buble’s To Be Loved at Amazon.

Disclaimer: I participated in this campaign for One2One Network. I received a free copy of the album to facilitate my review. By posting, I am eligible for incentives. All opinions stated are my own.

The Wordless Wednesday Linky: FREE Ice Cream on The Beach

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May 152013

After swimming in the ocean, we went to get free ice cream cones on the beach with the kids and their grandparents yesterday, and it sure was a frugal treat with six people in our group. We had to eat ice cream in the shade though, as they were melting very fast.

Check out the Wordless Wednesday Linky Collection right here at Frugality Is Free for more places to link up.

Is your Wordless Wednesday Linky listed?

Link up to Wordless Wednesday, and you can link up below at the Wordless Wednesday Linky here at Frugality Is Free.

Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud by Donna and Doreen Rathmell Review

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May 132013

Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud is a cute and educational story about Octavia Octapus, who lives in a secret cave in a coral reef. Through a game called “how to hide from a hungry creature”, she teaches kids how different animals use different tactics to escape harm from predators.

In addition to teaching kids about ocean animals, the book Octavia also teaches kids about colors. While Octavia is trying to show the other ocean animals how she can squirt purple ink, she ends up squirting out ink in different colors.

My three-year-old son loved this book by Donna and Doreen Rathmell, and he carefully studied each of Connie McLennan’s colorful and detailed illustrations. He has had a difficult time learning the colors, so this was the perfect book for him.

My seven-year-old son thought Octavia was an easy read, and he had a particular interest in the For Creative Minds section in the back of the book, which teahces and quizzes children about animal camouflage, protection and adaptions.

Title: Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud
Written by Donna Rathmell German & Doreen Rathmell
Illustrated by Connie McLennan
32 pg, 11 x 8.5,
For children ages 3-7
Hardcover ISBN: 9780976494355, $15.95
Paperback ISBN: 9781607185864, $9.95

Buy It

You can buy Octavia by Donna and Doreen Rathmell at the Sylvan Dell publishing website.

Win It

One of Frugality Is Free’s readers will win a copy of Octavia as well as a copy of the book Water Beds.

You can enter the giveaway here. (COMING SOON!)

Disclaimer: The Frugality Is Free family received a complimentary Octavia book sample from Sylvan Dell Publishing for the purpose of writing a review and hosting a giveaway, no monetary compensation was received. Any opinions expressed above are based solely on our family’s experience with the Octavia by Donna and Doreen Rathmell.

Tomorrow May 14 Is Haagen-Dazs Free Ice Cream Cone Day

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May 132013

Tomorrow is Haagen-Dazs free cone day, so bring the kids to your local Haagen-Dazs and have a frugal treat. I’m definitely putting a note in my calendar, because with three boys in the family a treat out can easily become expensive.

Restrictions: Offer valid 05/14/2013 4-8 pm. Valid only at participating Haagen-Dazs(R) Shop locations. Limit one free 4 oz portion of ice cream, gelato, sorbet or frozen yogurt per customer. Cannot be combined with any other offer.

Will you be taking the kids to Haagen-Dazs free ice cream day?

Amazon Girls Winter Coats Clearance – Up To 84 Percent Off – As Low As $11!

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May 122013

If there is one important lesson that anyone striving to be frugal must implement, it is buying ahead. This goes for almost anything, which does not have a short expiration date, as you want to buy things at the best price before you need them and end up paying full price. Right now is the time to buy fall and winter coats and jackets, as the companies are clearing out inventory in order to get room for the summer season and next season’s coats and jackets. Check out this post for some girls winter coats clearance, and take a look around Amazon.com to see, if there is something for yourself or any of your kids.

The thing about girls winter coats clearance is that some of the great deals only come in specific sizes, so to find the right deal and the right place, you might have to do some searching. Below are some of my favorite deals on girls winter coats clearance on Amazon.com, and most of them come with free shipping on orders of $25+ as well as free returns.

To make the deal even better, sign up for the Amazon clothing newsletter to get an Amazon clothing discount.

Girls Winter Coats Clearance:

HOT DEAL – ONLY 1 LEFT!

Amy Byer Girls Hooded Coat With Pleather Trim Color: Black, Size: 6

Original price: $74

Amazon clearance price: $11.92 + Free shipping on orders of $25 + (84 percent off!)

HOT DEAL – 77 PERCENT OFF!

Pacific Trail Girls Winter Coat clearance Color: Blue or Pink Size: 2 – 6X

Original price: $70

Amazon clearance price: $15.93+ Free shipping on orders of $25 +

Reviews: 5 out of 5 stars

Amy Byer Girls Coat Color: Grey Size: 5

Original price: $54

Amazon clearance price: $14.35 + Free shipping on orders of $25 +

Reviews: 4 1/2 out of 5 stars

Amy Byer Girls Coat Color: Black with white dots Size: 5

Original price: $54

Amazon clearance price: $14.35 + Free shipping on orders of $25 +

Reviews: 4 1/2 out of 5 stars

Amy Byer Girls Coat Clearance Color: Dark Gray or Off White, Size 7 – 16

Original price: $54

Amazon clearance price: $17.22 + Free shipping on orders of $25 +

Reviews: 4 1/2 out of 5 stars

Rothschild Girls 2-6X Colorblock Jacket

Original price: $72

Amazon clearance price: $15

Love U Lots Girls Jacket Size: 2T Color: Peacock

Original price: $43

Amazon clearance price: $15.43 + Free shipping on orders of $25 +

Reviews: 5 out of 5 stars

Bon bebe Toddler Girls Rosette Jacket Color: Pink or Light Blue Sizes 2T – 4T

Original price: $56

Amazon clearance price: $14.88 + Free shipping on orders of $25 +

Reviews: 5 out of 5 stars

Carter’s Girl’s Winter Coat Clearance Color: Violet Size 2T

Original price: $56

Amazon clearance price: $15.93 + Free shipping on orders of $25 +

Reviews: 5 out of 5 stars

Hartstrings Girls Wool Coat Color: Red Size: 5-6

Original price: $98

Amazon clearance price: $28.48 + Free shipping on orders of $25 +

You can find more Amazon girls winter coats clearance here. You can also check ou the CLEARANCE or DEALS tab in the top navigation bar for more deals. Finally you can check out this winter coat clearance tab at Frugality Is Free, for my latests finds.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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May 122013

Happy Mother’s Day!

I wanted to wish all of you a Happy Mother’s Day!

We usually spend the morning on the beach on Mother’s Day, but this year I fell asleep without packing our beach bags, and I did not wake up until after 8 a.m.

This year I’ve received the best gift I could ever wish for – my daughter!

I hope that all of you Moms get to be pampered today

….you deserve it!

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