Thanksgiving Day Shopping - CVS (Pennies OOP)

CVS was running a 3 day Black Friday Sale and I had 10 Extrabucks just waiting to be spent.


I got all of the following for just tax:

I did do 3 separate transactions as follows:


First transaction:


Vaseline Sheer Infusion Lotion $7.99 (Get 7.99 ECBs) used this coupon ($1.50 0ff)
M&M's King Size candy bar $1.59 (Get $1.50 ECBs) (no coupon)
2 Hershey Bliss Bars $0.89 each (Get $0.89 ECBs only for 1) used B1G1 Free coupon from SmartSource 9/20 paper
Used $10 Ecbs, paid tax OOP, got $10.47 ECBs back


Second Transaction:


3 Herbal Essence Products $2.99 each (Get $2.00 Ecbs back on each) used B1G1 coupon from P&G 10/11, AND used $1.00 off from the Facebook Herbal Essence giveaway
1 Colgate 360 Toothbrush $2.99 (Get $2.00 ECBs) used this coupon ($1.00 off)


Used $9.58 in Ecbs and got back $12.00


Third transaction:


Bic Soleil razor $6.99 (Get $5.00 ECBs), used this coupon ($2.00 off)
Colgate Total Toothpaste $2.99 (Get $2.00 ECBs) used MQ coupon from All You magazine


Used $6.89 ECBs, got back $7.00 ECBs and now have $12.00 ECBs left for future shopping!

Using Swagbucks to buy Christmas Gifts

Now that we are truly in the holiday season - today being Thanksgiving - Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I wanted to mention Swagbucks as a way to keep our holiday spending low and maybe yours as well.

Each time you search with Swagbucks you have the opportunity to earn the bucks which you can then trade in for giftcards. My personal favorite gift card to earn is the Amazon.com $5.00 gift card. You can load it right into your Amazon acocunt and then save it for later or use it right away. I just keep earning them and loading them and then I use then for a bigger purchase.

You can sign up here, or you can use the banner on the sidebar! Happy Searching and Earning!

It really is that easy and it really does work!

I purchased several gifts for Christmas this way already!

FREE PHOTOBOOK!!!! Act Fast!

The Bonnie Hunt Show is giving away 25,000 Free Personalized Cover 8.5 by 11 Photoworks photo books. The kicker is you have to make the book and then when you check out, apply the coupon code BONNIE to see if you are one of the first 25,000. I just did mine and it worked great. I've heard sometimes it takes a couple of trys but being that I did mine later at night, it worked great!!

You have to choose the photo book #3157086 (you can search products for this number). I made one in about an hour and plan to give it to my husband's grandmother for Christmas. Shipping is also free. The book itself normally costs $39.95 and the shipping would have been $8.99 but the coupon code wiped it all clean!

Hooray for a frugal Christmas that looks expensive!

Hurry before the 25,000 are gone!

Free Stay at Massanutten Resort in Virginia

Is any one interested in a short free stay at Massanutten Resort in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley? If you are interested I can get you either a 4 day, three night stay or 3 day, two night stay, along with either tickets to the water park or a $200/$100 Visa gift card depending on qualifications. The only hitch is that you do have to listen to a sales pitch. Simply say "No" and your home free.

We're actually heading there for our 3 day, 2 night stay for an owner's meeting. Yes that means 90 minutes of our time, but they feed us and we get the free water park tickets too. 90 minutes is worth half a day (that's all we can stand!) of the water park!!

Oh and I'm hearing if you qualify you can take a Bahama cruise too! Don't be shy - contact me via the link on the sidebar - all I need is your phone number and name to give to my Massanutten representative. I've had several people take advantage so you should too! And if I know you we may even meet you for dinner one night at the fabulous Blue Ridge Buffet!!

Massanutten resort has an indoor waterpark, mini golf, real golf, fishing pond, several indoor and outdoor swimming pools and many other amenities. It is just beautiful there.If interested, please email me using the link on the side bar. Timeshares are a great way to vacation for free if you don't mind listening to the sales pitch and then saying "No" - something we obviously didn't do at the time, but have since then. We love owning our timeshare at a resort in which we were able to trade a week in 2007 to spend a week in a sea house in beautiful St. Lucia and this year we stayed in beautiful Fort Walton, FL for a week to visit with family and enjoy some beach time!! You can email me using the link at the top left of the screen if interested!

Free Seventh Generation Hand Dish Soap

Get your free sample of Lavender Floral and Mint Hand Dish Soap from Seventh Generation. You do have to be logged in or registered to get this freebie.

Free Sample of Millstone Coffee

Wal-Mart is offering a free sample of Millstone coffee - Yum!! This would be great for yourself or to throw in a gift basket this Christmas!

$10.00 Credit For Shutterfly

My Penny Pile has all the details on how to earn a $10.00 credit from Shutterfly. I already grabbed mine. I love getting photo prints for free. And if you're new to Shutterfly you can also get 50 4x6 prints free!