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Archives for August 2010

Free Home Depot Kids Workshop: Football Display

Free Home Depot Kids Workshop: Football Display

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Home Depot will be hosting a free Kids Workshop Saturday, September 4 between 9 a.m. and noon at all of its stores. This month your child will be able to make a football display.  This project actually made me smile, because it brought to mind the time my older cousin tried to build me a gun rack for my squirt gun. But I digress. The workshops are geared toward children ages 5-12. The goal is to teach children do-it-yourself skills and tool safety while building confidence, and of … [Read more...]

Get $110 in P&G Coupons After Mail-in Rebate

Get $110 in P&G Coupons After Mail-in Rebate

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Buy $50 in Proctor & Gamble products and get $110 in Proctor & Gamble coupons by mail. Purchases must be made between 8/20/2010 and 12/31/2010 to qualify.  You don't have to spend the $50 all in one trip, so you have some time to gather up receipts for this deal. There are 36 brands included in this coupon booklet with 3 coupons from each brand. Some of the coupons include: $1/1 Always product $1/1 Gain dishwashing liquid $1/1 package of Luvs diapers $1/1 package of … [Read more...]

Money-Saving Monday: Coupons, Freebies & Deals

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Hello, fellow Cheapskates!  Hope you all had a great weekend!  I'm wishing the weekend was a little longer - I still have more projects to do around the house! Anyway, here is this week's round-up: Freebies Get a free sample of Oxy Clinical from Oxy Acne Solutions. Get ColorMatched on the CoverGirl website and get a free sample of CoverGirl Advanced Radiance and a $2 off coupon.  (Thanks, Deal Seeking Mom!) Get a free sample of Aveeno Nourish+ Hair Care Collection shampoo … [Read more...]

What the Cheapskate is Reading

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I'm not sure where summer went.  I had great intentions of getting lots of projects done around my house and now there are a few red leaves on the trees and nothing is done. Well, at least I found these excellent posts to share with you: I eat out. A lot. It's my biggest weakness when it comes to spending money.  Ever since I read Old Chestnuts Contain a Kernel of Truth at Surviving and Thriving, I've been trying harder to ignore what my jaded palate is telling me. My friend Carrie at … [Read more...]

Another Reminder to Check Those Receipts

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If you're a serious couponer, than you've spent considerable time and effort in to making sure you've matched the right coupons up to the right products. But what if the retailer fails to give you the proper discount? According to a news story on WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Target stores have been accused of not giving customers the full discount for coupons used at their stores. While, this isn't the first time there have been issues with Target and coupons, I'm betting that they're not … [Read more...]

7 Magazines That Can Help You Save Money

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I love how the magazine publishing industry is spending a lot of money on its latest campaign to run magazine ads (of all things) stating they’re not a dying industry. I used to be a journalist… and while I am now a computer geek, I still love holding a newspaper or magazine in my hand. There’s just a sense of permanence with the printed word, that I don’t get from the internet. I subscribe to a handful of money-saving magazines, and I’d like to share my list with you. All You. Each … [Read more...]