Go to Auntie Anne’s Facebook page and “like” them to print a coupon valid for a FREE Signature Collection Pretzel with the purchase of any Pretzel. Expires 4/25/12. This was really fast and easy to do. No crazy forms or Aps.
Thanks, HappyDeal Happy Day.
I recently posted an article, How One Phone Call Saved Us $343 and it made me really think about other bills and if there were ways to lower them. Today, I called At&t about our family plan phone. I pay this bill indirectly through my mother because it isn’t in my name but it’s still cheaper to have all of our phones together on one plan. For the most part our plan is really basic, besides for one thing. My mother had added an unlimited early nights and weekend calling feature to our plan a couple years ago when we kept running out of minutes and running up the bill.
However, when At&t introduced free mobile to mobile (on any plan not just At&t) we stopped needing as many minutes. In fact, we now have over 10,000 rollover minutes we can use anytime. So I canceled the unlimited early nights and weekend calling at $16.99 a month and saved $203.88 this year!
I recently received a $3 postcard check for a Lysol rebate that I did so long ago I thought for sure it wasn’t coming. Then, this week I received a $10 Publix gift card from the Kimberly Clark rebate (see HERE) and I heard back from the Tyson’s rebate (see HERE) which I apparently didn’t qualify for but they sent me a coupon for a free item anyways.
I have mixed feelings when it comes to rebates. I don’t like the idea of buying something just because I will get the money back in a few months. I never consider rebates a guarantee, an example being the Tyson rebate above, because rebates often take a long time and usually it is hard, if not impossible, to track them.
That being said, there are some cases where I will do rebates-
1) If a rebate lines up with a deal I am already doing, as was the case with the Tyson rebate HERE
2) If it is for something I already needed to buy anyways
3) If I really, really want to try the product, usually because it’s something I will use
In these cases, I will do the rebate because I already feel that I have gotten a good deal or bought something I needed and then the rebate is just the icing on the cake. That way if it doesn’t work out I don’t feel like I wasted my money.
When we moved into our new house about 6 months ago we got a really great introductory deal on internet and cable. Yes, we have cable. I know that cable is a highly debated item in the frugal world, with most people believing that you should just do without. In another situation, I would be one of the people without cable. However, we do have cable because 1) We got it at a very low rate 2) I feel that what we pay for it monthly is a good investment in spending time in our home and spending less money going out 3) We are in a position where we can afford it. A trip to the movies for two people can easily cost more than what we pay for it monthly. Now that I have overly explained myself (does my guilt at having cable show?), I can move on with my story.
So we got a really great introductory deal on cable and internet when we moved, which actually included $150 in Visa gift cards we had no clue we were getting, that we were able to use to buy our TV, one of the very few home purchases we have made since moving (See How We Got a 46 inch Flat Screen TV for $149). As we all know, the catch with introductory deals is that they end and then the company raises the price. The new $55 a month higher price was not a good deal. But I had a plan for that! A competitor offered us similar service for the introductory price so we could have switched but instead I decided to call and politely let out current company know about competitor’s price and also problems we had been having with our internet service. After an amount of negotiating they reduced our price back down and gave us free internet for one month (which I wasn’t expecting).
This one phone call which took less than half an hour saved us THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE DOLLARS and that’s not even including the lower taxes we will pay on this lower bill. I don’t particularly enjoy making phone calls like this but like most people in America, I don’t make over $300 in half an hour so this was a huge savings for a little bit of time and energy.
My next phone call project is going to be switching my car insurance.
Read How My Next Phone Call to the Phone Company Also Saved Us A Lot Of Money- Why You Should Double Check Your Phone Bill- It Might Save You Hundreds
I found the cutest idea at OrganizingHomeLife.com. You can use free condiment packet as Mini Ice Packs for small children by putting them in the freezer. Click HERE to read the full article.
Ever wonder what to do with the crunched chips at the bottom of the chip bag? I’ll tell you what we use them for. I worked at Chili’s for years and people pay a lot of money for salads garnished with what amounts to fancy chip pieces. At home, I used crunched chips as salad toppers. It’s a cheap and easy alternative to croutons and you are using something you might otherwise throw away.
Join me in 2012 in recording what you spend and save. I use the above planner to write down every cent I spend and then next to it I write what I’ve saved. It’s fun to see what your totals are and I am planning to do this for an entire year.
I also use a small pendaflex, like the one in the picture above, with a section for each month to file and save my receipts. It makes it really easy to find a receipt if I need it for a return or a missed coupon.
EDIT- This promotion has now ended.
If you click HERE to join Save-A-Lot’s smart shopper club you will be e-mailed a $5 off of a $25 purchase Printable Coupon. This is a good deal if you shop at Save-A-Lot but it is also a good deal if your Publix accepts Save-A-Lot coupons as a competitor. I’m always looking for coupons like these because they significantly reduce my totals when shopping.
It’s that time of year again- cold and flu season. Unfortunately, I’m sick! I’ve learned my lesson about waiting to go to the doctor and so as soon as I suspected that I had more than a cold I made an appointment and went. I was asking about discounts on prescriptions and the nurse told me that anyone who has a reoccurring prescription should visit the manufacturers website to see if they have a discount. I have a friend who was able to print a coupon for $10 off of her prescription each month. That’s a lot of money saved for a little bit of time.
Another way that I save on prescriptions is by always saving coupons for free gift cards with new or transferred prescriptions. You never know when you or someone near you will get sick and getting a gift card with a prescription is a silver lining in having to go to the pharmacy.
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