want a FREE Barnes & Noble gift card?

Just buy a combination of any participating products* totaling $15 or more, fill out this redemption form and mail it along with the original receipt(s) with UPC and purchase price circled to receive your gift card.

You will receive a $5 gift card for $15 in receipts or a $10 gift card for $25 in receipts. If you are buying these products already you might as well get a FREE gift card too!

This offer expires 9/30/09 so hurry up. And you can send in two submissions per household.

*Valid on Garden of Eatin’® snacks, WestSoy® non-dairy beverages, MaraNatha® nut butters, Health Valley® cereals and snack bars and Earth’s Best® Sesame Street®, Tots, Kidz and Frozen Foods. (Not valid on Earth’s Best jarred or other infant foods.)*

Kids Eat Free @ IHOP

IHOP is giving families a treat this year! But you've only got a few more days to take advantage. Through September 13 kids eat free at IHOP every single night. (from 4pm to 10pm). This is a nice promotion because it's just the time of year parents could use a night off. But with purse strings duly tightened it's tough to schedule as many evenings out as we might like. Now IHOP's come to the rescue, with a giveaway they say will let families "break out of their routine without breaking the bank." The skinny is that every night through September 13, families can score a free kid's meal with each adult entree purchased, for children 12 and under. You'll need to dine in, and the deal's only available at participating locations, so be sure to call first before you make your dinner plans.

Free Photo Book

Get a free 5x5 photo book at www.memoryescape.com with code ONPFREE5E expires 9/14

Panera Bread FREES Today

Panera Bread is offering free samples all day. In the morning, it's their new breakfast "power" sandwich and Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Lunchtime is the new BBQ Chicken Chopped salad and and Napa Almond Chicken Sandwich. Later in the day, it's blondies and brownies. Click "join us" tab to find a location near you and to see if yours is participating!

Papa Murphy's

Today 9/9/09 and tomorrow Papa Murphy's has any size and type pizza for $10. Call to see if yours are participating.

Free Bouquet of Flowers: Today Only!

Move fast and you may be able to get a free bouquet of flowers today!

It may not be on your calendar, but it turns out that September 9 is the 15th annual FTD Good Neighbor Day. And to celebrate, hundreds of FTD florists across the U.S. are hosting events and helping to "spread friendship and kindness to their neighbors" through the distribution of free floral bouquets.

Since 1994, FTD's been encouraging neighbors to help "create a friendlier, more caring and compassionate world" through the gift of flowers.

So how do you get those free blooms? It'll take a little bit of legwork. Follow the link below to a list of participating FTD florists, then call to see how they're celebrating. Not everyone's offering a free bouquet, so call first!

Land's End!

Men's/Women's Swimsuit clearance starting at $2.50! Use code SEPT1 and PIN 00001145 for free shipping. www.landsend.com
On a side note, Land's End "parent" company is Sears, so if you have Sears, Kmart or Land's End gift cards, all 3 work interchangeably...you can use a Kmart GC at Land's End, Sears @ Kmart, etc...

09/09/09 again

Today Pei Wei restaurants are doing half off on their new menu item called Japanese Chile Beef Ramen. Just bring in any store-bought ramen in to get half off their dish. Then Pei Wei will donate the ramen collected, plus $1 per package, to local food banks. As always, call to see if your location is participating. ***Also, don't forget, Arby's free item Weds. have been extended thru Sept., check archives for Monday's post about it--call first!**

$2 Taste of Home subscriptions

$2 for 1 year of Taste of Home @ www.lowpricesubs.com
I have ordered magazines from this company before (not Taste of Home, though) and they are reliable. You can pay for up to 4 years. This is a great price.

Airfare Sale

Here's a sale from Frontier airlines. $44 & up -- Systemwide sale. Book by Sept. 15, travel through March 10, 2010.

Free chicken kitchen timer

Get your free chicken kitchen timer from "living the country life". http://sunfreshrecipe.com/ Click on "living the country life" when you get to the page. *could be cute? who knows?* :)

09/09/09

Because of today's date: 9/9/09 -- Restaurant.com is offering a rare 90% off code:
NINETY 90% off (good thru 9/13) It will be good for 99 hours. Get a $25 restaurant certificate for only $1. This is the best it ever gets. Take a look by zip code and see which restaurants participate in your area. You have one year to use the certificate.Even if there are none locally, consider checking for places you will be visiting and vacationing at throughout the year, very economical way to eat good while travelling

UGG Sale 6pm.com

6pm is having a great sale on Womens & Mens Ugg Flip Flops, Boots and Slippers, even some kids styles. Check it out here Prices are about 80% off: $200 boots are $46. Children's as low as $18.
Sizes are going super fast so shop now!

Umm, only 2 days late!

Ok, correction...apparently what I really meant to say is that today, after the long weekend (that I forgot about by the time Friday rolled around), this blog officially starts. whoops...anyway, check out all the deals below.

This next mentioned person can thank my oldest daughter for pulling her name from a crocheted beanie--The big winner of the "name my blog" contest is: Kambe Fletcher.....you have your choice of either a Lowe's/Home Depot or Old Navy $15 gift card. Let me know what you want and where to send it! :)

At Overstock.com, get $20 off a TomTom One GPS through this link. (9/7) $89.99 (compare at $517.94!) Shipping is a low $2.95 for an entire order

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Today is the day to wear your favorite sports team shirt to Chick-fil-A for a free original sandwich.

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Glamour Shots - Get a free 10x13 and a free session, click here.

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Get a sample of Honey Nut Cheerios and a $1 coupon, click here.

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Print ToysRUs coupons good until 9/17, click here The coupons are on baby items and are good at both BabiesRUs and ToysRUs.

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The Arby's Free with Purchase Wednesdays have been extended through September. This week 9/9, you'll get a free regular Roast Beef sandwich with the purchase of any soft drink. Call first - only some of my local Arbys are participating.
9/16: Free regular SideKickers with any sandwich purchase
9/23: Free Roastburger with any soft drink purchase
9/30: Free FruiTea with any sandwich purchase

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American Girl videos are on sale here http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/static/home.jsf
Also, check out the tote bage for $5 here
Search around the site they have a few hidden deals, might as well do all your shopping at once because of shipping!

Gymboree

For the little boy or girl in your life, deck them head to toe in the cutest threads for less. Gymboree’s Labor Day Sale includes discounts up to 50 percent off and free shipping on orders of $100 or more. Also, you can earn Gymbucks right now and you should check out the Gymboree Rewards, earn 1 pt. for every $1 spent.

Macy's

Macy’s is doing its best to lure you away from the beach or barbecue by offering fantastic savings in every department, including an extra 25 percent off clearance merchandise for its Labor Day sale. Come checkout time, your total savings could be around 70 percent. Use coupon code FABFALL for free shipping on orders of $99 or more on macys.com

Snapfish

Free shipping for US customers only, through Sept. 13, plus all new customers get free prints for signing up! I use these guys all the time for having digi-pics printed (and pictures from facebook), they ship pretty fast too.

http://www2.snapfish.com/

Howdy!

...and...here we go for orbit launch...let's see how all of this works and how all of you like it :) This is my first attempt at publishing anything to this blog, so if I mess up...y'all just forgive me. Saturday, Sept. 5 will be the official start date for your link to all things "savings" (I will also announce the winner of the drawing for the "name my blog" contest). Just a note in advance, I do reserve the right to blather on occasionally about things not related to pinching a penny. Enjoy the coming long weekend, see you on Saturday.