CHEAP Candy at the Pig!

Get thee to Piggly Wiggly in Manchester, Georgia and stock up for Halloween, parties, rewards, whatever!

In a special display at the front of the store, there are bags of Fun-Size Peanut M & Ms on sale for 2/$2.99 (or about $1.50 apiece). On the front of most of the bags, there is a peelie coupon for 50 cents off one bag. When it doubles to $1.00 off (as it does for each coupon 50 cents and less), each bag is 50 cents.

You might remember a coupon in the newspaper about three weeks ago that had a Buy 2 Get 1 Bag Free coupon.....well, I have used it with mixed results. My suggestion is to try to give them that coupon FIRST, then give them the peelies, like so:

Buy-3 bags of Fun Size Peanut M & Ms (because you don't want to peel the coupon off one to use on another bag...not ethical)

Use- B2G1 Coupon first
50 cents off one bag
50 cents off one bag
(The first coupon is for a "free" bag, the other two coupons apply to the ones that you paid for. This is a good idea in theory, but each store has their own coupon policies...you may just want to use the 50 cents off coupons and call it good.)

I am buying my candy for the Fall Festival at our church (they always ask for bagged candy), prizes at school, and potty candy for R!!

Leave a comment and let me know what deals you got and what you will use your candy for.

FREE Post-It Note Sample...till 9/15, Gifts to Grow code

Make sure to snag this cool freebie for your home office. Go here to the Post-It website and receive a free sample of Post-It Durable Tabs and Label Pads.

I was working at school last week and pulled out a free sample that I received a year or so ago. It sure is nice to be able to try before you invest the money and buy....and I definitely like these products.

Also, if you are signed up with the Pampers Gifts to Grow program, here is a new code for 10 points: GTGCOUPONPOINTS

Leave a comment with any freebies you have seen lately!

Swagbucks 101

This is the first in a series of three posts I will be doing that explain very specific parts of my online quest for shopping excellence. :-)

Swagbucks is basically a site that rewards you for doing things that many of us do daily. Do you conduct internet searches? make online purchases? play online games? take surveys? Through the Swagbucks website, you can do all these things and be rewarded with Swagbucks, which the site compares to frequent flyer miles. When you have amassed a certain number of Swagbucks, you can trade them in for free stuff, like Amazon gift cards. OK, so did you catch that? You can earn FREE Amazon giftcards for searching the web. Are you thinking, Christmas presents? Because the other possible giftcards to earn are from Macy's, Target, and Bass Pro Shop, to name a few.

Yes, this is a very quick overview of a website that has much more to offer. This is yet another one of those very complicated and involved things that can be as intricate as you want it to be.....or it can be extremely easy. I only use Swagbucks in one way--to search the internet. I downloaded the toolbar onto my computer and use it instead of any other search engine (Bing, Altavista, or Google). And, very rarely do I ever need to search for anything out of the ordinary....I searched "Blogger" to get here. I search "facebook", "gmail", and the other coupon blogs that I subscribe to, as well as my college online learning website. So far, I have earned one $5 Amazon giftcard and am saving up for a larger giftcard for Christmas (maybe a $50 one).

Today is "Mega Swagbucks Day"--every Friday is. So, searching can earn you many more points than on other days. Last week, I got 50 Swagbucks for searching for my own blog!!!

Happy searching!

3 Free Cards from Shutterfly

Oh, there is nothing like finding a deal! It works on me like a medicine!

Log on to Shutterfly today to get three cards (5x7 folded or invitation-size) for free plus shipping. Each card is about 36 cents after postage. I just made the cutest card with pics from our beach vacation, and I will use them as stationery to send a letter to my grandmother in Kentucky and some other relatives.

The coupon code is SUMMERCARDS. Enter it at checkout, and the discount will come off immediately.

If you are new to the site, you will get 50 free digital 4x6 prints.

Please sign up through one of the cash-back sites before completing your purchase (just got my "Big Fat Check" from Ebates yesterday and did a huge deal on ShopAtHome last night and this morning, so that check should be rolling in shortly). I promise you, you won't be sorry. Come on! I clip coupons that are worth 25 cents. You better believe that I will get cash back anywhere I can.

I will post more information on these websites later in the week. Until then, just try it if you are interested. TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!!!

HURRY....Snapfish photo deal ends 8/17

Don't complain about having all these great photos and doing nothing with them....(Erin)....

You can upload them and get free shipping on any photo gifts, plus a free 8x10 collage print, from Snapfish with the coupon code GRANDSHIP. You must put the 8x10 collage print in your cart for the free shipping to be triggered, by the way.

There are some really nice gifts, such as mugs, posters, and calendars, if you are thinking ahead for Christmas gifts. The site does specify that other offers cannot be used in conjunction with this special deal. If I am reading this correctly, you could probably cheap out on it and order a few digital prints for 9 cents apiece, then do your collage print and get it all shipped for free.

Hmm, that sounds like a plan right there, pardners....and perhaps even a gift for someone special. The time taken to create something like that (8x10 collage) shows you care, and nobody has to know the final price tag. (I would actually applaud the savvy shopper, but you know that not everybody else is as painfully frugal as I am.)

Let me know what you chose to order!