January 2011

Can you go an entire month without going out to eat? What about a week or a day? Can you cut your dining bill by 20%, 50% , 75% or more? That is what I challenge you to do!

At the end of the 30 days, I will choose one winner who will get $50 to spend however they choose!

How can this help you “Coupon to Disney?”

• Take a look at your current dining out budget. How much did you spend last month going out to eat? That is money that could of gone into your fund instead! Try cutting your out to eat costs this month and adding the difference to your fund.
• Set a weekly dining out budget, if you resist going out to eat, add that amount to your fund instead.
• If you were seriously about to go out to eat (like had your coat on and was going out the door or pulled into the drive thru and then pulled back out), add the amount you would of spent to your fund.
• Going out to eat and using a coupon or paying with a gift card? You could add that amount to your fund too. For example… if you had a $25 gift card to Cracker Barrel and you used it, you could take $25 cash out of your budget and add it to the fund. Or if you used a $10 coupon, you could take $10 cash out of the budget and add it to the fund.
• Be sure to read my Couponing to Disney training series.

The rules:

• You must challenge yourself. Try to spend less than you spend now. If you don’t go out to eat at all, challenge yourself to try new meals this month. As long as you are challenging yourself when it comes to your family’s eating habits, you can participate!
• You must comment on at least 10 days worth of the discussion posts in order to be eligible to win the cash.
• The winner will be chosen at random. It won’t matter if you have been 100% successful or not.
• You are allowed 1 freebie meal that you don’t have to count or report back to us about. Please report on everything else though so we can encourage and support one another!
• Free meals do not count against you. This is a challenge to spend less money going out to eat than you usually spend. If someone else is paying for the meal or you have a coupon to make it free, great!
• Be sure to check out our list of casserole recipes here and the crock pot recipes here and the under 6 ingredient recipes here.

My update

No dining out for us yesterday. But Hubby did get a deli plate for his lunch. It was $4.

How are you doing?

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The following books are currently free for your Kindle device/app. I just added them all to mine. Remember they won’t all stay free so add them now if you are interested.

The Time Machine

Girls to the Rescue Book #1: Tales of Clever Courageous Girls from Around the World

You can also see the top 100 free books here. Just look at the column on the far right.

And did you know that you do NOT have to own a Kindle to read a Kindle book? In fact, you can download and read one right now on a device you already own!

Kindle for the iPod/iPhone (this is what I use)
Kindle for the PC
Kindle for the MAC
Kindle for the Blackberry
Kindle for Android
Kindle for Windows 7
Kindle for iPad

You can go here to start finding your own free books!

(Thanks Pixel of Ink!)

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Check your emails! Snapfish sent me an exclusive code for a FREE notebook. I purchased one earlier this year and LOVE it. It is so well made.

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ScrapNSave has some Disney Cricut cartridges on sale:

• Disney Tinker Bell & Friends Cartridge — $4.99
• Disney Pixar Cars Cartridge — $4.99
• Disney Happily Ever After Cartridge — $7.99
• Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob Squarepants — $5.99
• and more on sale here

Note: I do not know the first thing about Cricut and I have not purchased from this website. But I thought this was a pretty sweet deal. But check out this comment from Dawn.

I believe that this store is closed… search for scrapnsave on google, look for the provo craft website comments. Many people have ordered, but no one has received products, and their credit cards have never been charged. I tried to call, and no answer or voicemail. I emailed and it was returned. Too good to be true?!?

(Thanks Laura!)

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Huggies Enjoy the Ride is a rewards program for parents who purchase Huggies products. You can cash in the points for products, coupons, or to enter sweepstakes.

New Codes:

bkjzhtrkcndppgb – 5 points

Current Codes:

Please let me know if any of these are expired.

BJWNCKSTWLFNPGB (1 pt)
BJKGWQMBTSRCPGB (5 pts)
BJGGPDCLDDPMPGB (5 pts)
BJQXHDKRRKGMPGB (5 pts)
BJRGHJHZNFSJPGB (5 pts)
BJRJLBZZLFBDPGB (5 pts)
BJSGMLKKKQZKPGB (5 pts)
BGTCKMJMKHKBPGB (1 pt)

Other ways to earn:

• Watch the videos located under the Earn Points tab
• Participate in polls located under the Earn Points tab
• Purchase and enter codes from Huggies products (these are one time use codes and can not be shared)

Help out a child in need:

If you donate 16 Huggies Enjoy the Ride Rewards points here, you can diaper a child in need for 1 day. Plus Huggies has tons of reward points available. Even if you don’t already have an account, you can quickly set one up here and enter the above codes to make your donation.

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How would you like to make $5 at Walgreens this week? You could spend the $10 Register Reward on something you were planning on buying anyways (like milk or eggs apparently you can’t use RRs on diary. Who knew?) and deposit $5 into your fund instead!

Neuragen PN Pain Relief Topical Solution – $14.99
RR: $10 wyb 1
Use $10 from 12/5 RP (exp 1/31!) or $10/1 from the Walgreens Diabetes and You Winter edition (found near the pharmacy; exp 3/31)
Pay $4.99 and get a $10 RR
Total: $5.01 money maker!

Be sure to check out all the current Walgreens deals. Plus learn how Walgreens can help you Coupon to Disney!

(Thanks Wild for Wags!)

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Are you new to Disney Movie Rewards rewards? If you are, you are in luck! You can enter the code CHESHIRE to get an extra 25 points. You must enter it within 72 hours of when you joined.

Be sure to read my Disney Movie Rewards tutorial if you are new to the program.

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Alice in Wonderland will be released on Blu-Ray Combo pack on Tuesday, February 1st. There is a $10 off  Alice in Wonderland Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack coupon available on Disney Movie Rewards. You will need to enter the UPC from a previous Alice in Wonderland movie in order to print your coupon.

Here are the deals that I know of so far:

Best Buy
Alice in Wonderland 60th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack — $19.99
Use $10 printable coupon
Total: $9.99

Target
Alice in Wonderland 60th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack — $22.99
Use $10 printable coupon
Total: $12.99

And for fun, here’s a picture of my kids in the tea cup with Alice:

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I am excited about this one! I loved Crystal Bowersox on American Idol and I am happy that she decided to release a country album.

For a limited time, you can download Farmer’s Daughter for just $3.99 from Amazon. You can even import it into iTunes to load onto your iPod.

(Thanks Linda!)

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