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Just a quick note to say that the Zulily sale also includes Carter’s pajamas for $4.99 – that’s the best price I ever see them for brand new. And they also have these pretty princess nighties for $3.99! Don’t forget if you are a returning customer, you’ll want to use this link.

  Check out Zulily ’s Blowout Special – good today only. This terrycloth hoodie and board shorts are just $7.99 ! If you’re more this kind of mom, this seersucker jumper and undershirt is also $7.99 . If you’re looking for girls clothing, this two piece swimsuit is just $4.99 . If you are a returning customer, you should use this link.

MooLaLa is offering a deal where you pay $10 and they donate $20 to Chosen: Marathon for Adoption . All proceeds go to adoptive families as well as orphan care in Burundi and Haiti. If you want, this donation also entitles you to run in the half or full marathon, but that is not required. Awesome opportunity! Good today only.

Win a FREE 20 page Photo Book with FREE shipping! You must enter before midnight, tonight – July 31st – to be eligible to win.

This weekend you can get FREE shipping on your entire order when you purchase any back-to-school item from Disney . This lunchbox is on sale for just $8 – I’m sure Jessie would love to keep your little one company at school this year.

  Today at Eversave you can get one-year subscription to Good Housekeeping for just $5. If you are a new member at Eversave , you’ll get $2 for signing up. Then if you share the deal with your friends, you’ll get another $20 making this just $1 for the Good Housekeeping subscription. If you are a returning Eversave customer, you will want to use this link .

So my oldest is set to start Kindergarten in just a couple of weeks. We have been given the following school supply list: First, I have already pre-purchased some of these supplies that were not the brands specified. I have heard two different things – some of my friends feel it is imperative to purchase the exact item listed and others buy what is available, on sale or already in their possession regardless of brand. What’s your take on that? And second, my husband strongly objects to the community approach of combining everyone’s property and handing it out each time it is used. He would rather our boys have to learn to take care of their things and have to deal with their own consequences if they break their crayons or leave the caps off their own markers rather than dealing with the aftermath of the last child’s use. I have read recommendations that say to label everything with your child’s name to alleviate this. What do you do?

  Get a FREE sample of Kirkland Signature Supreme Diapers – another Costco Freebie! Thanks, Costco!!

You can get a 5 count sample of Tampax Pearl tampons from Costco. It does NOT require a Costco membership. Thank you FreebieShark !

Don’t miss out on the McKinney Kid to Kid location is having an $8 Stuff a Bag Sale , today, July 30th. Pay just $8 for all the clearance items you can fit in one of the Kid to Kid shopping bags. You could make this an incredible deal – one person managed to pack 29 items in their bag, an original value of $80!

  Ran to Kroger today with all of my boys – the only way I survived is that I went to the one at Alma/McDermott for you local folks and it has childcare! Always thought that was kind of sketchy until I checked it out. My boys watch tv and play video games while I shop. I can see them on video monitors all around the store and routinely go check to make sure they aren’t trying to pull each other’s hair out. This set up has made it much easier for me to shop and find some decent deals. Today, I found some awesome stuff. In the clearance section of this Target (to the left of the front doors) they had Pampers Splashers for $2.99! They had sizes 3-4 and 6. I am currently using a reusable swim diaper but for this price I grabbed one box in each size. I had coupons , so in the end I only paid about $1.25 each for them. There were more so the first few of you to get by there will be able to get in on the deal. They also have a good cereal deal going – Buy 4 GM cereals get 2 gallon

Unfortunately, it looks like this deal has now sold out. Stay tuned for more incredible deals . . . I know, right? As I was looking at the SaveMore site after I posted that last deal, I saw this and thought – umm, I could totally use those! You can get $25 worth for $12 or $40 worth for $18 with FREE shipping. With the $10 FREE , you will get these customized labels shipped right to your front door for $2 – $8! Again, if you are a returning customer, you will want to use this link instead .

SaveMore is offering FREE nail covers again. Get $12 worth of nail covers for $6 – but with the $10 credit you get for signing up, you’ll get them for FREE and still have $4 left over for your next deal. FREE shipping is included, so this is honestly, absolutely FREE!

These deals are awesome because they’re almost like doing the CVS deals from the comfort of your living room and having them show up at your door! You just register or sign in with Shop at Home . Then click on the Wild deal on the bottom right of the screen that says FREE Triple Antibiotic Ointment + FREE Shipping. You will be taken to Walmart.com . Place your order for this Triple Antibiotic Ointment – the total will be $2.32 with FREE shipping. Pay the $2.34 today and within a week the $2.34 will be placed back in your Shop at Home account. If you’re a new customer you’ll also get a $5 after your first purchase. Keep an eye out because they have been doing a different deal like this the last couple of weeks.

$12 for $25 at Zanata (Italian food in downtown Plano) My family will be hitting this place this weekend! It’s making my mouth water just looking at these pictures.

  $5 for an AMC Movie Ticket (Limit 2) Love the movies – lots of interesting ones popping up right now. So I grab these deals whenever I can find them. This is only for first time members of the new daily deal site – Saveology – but since it’s new most of you haven’t purchased from them yet so you will be able to get this deal. It will sell out super fast though!

Are you always running out of batteries ? Us too. And always the ones my kids want to play their Leapster or use their Tag Reader. It wears me out. So when I saw this deal for 40 AA batteries shipped directly to my door for $8 – I bought two of them! I’ve never heard of this brand before but even if they aren’t the best batteries, this is cheaper than I can get them at the Dollar Store.

Just a quick note to mention that toys are hitting 75% off at Targets in the area. So pop in and check out your local Target. I know the Target at McDermott in Allen hit 75% off yesterday . . . so I would assume 121 and Stacy will both be cutting their's VERY soon.

The McKinney Kid to Kid location is having an $8 Stuff a Bag Sale , this Saturday, July 30th. Use one of their shopping bags and fill it up. Pay just $8 for all the clearance items you can fit.

$1/1 Mary’s Gone Crackers (Probably in the organic section) Special K Coupons $1/1 Bayer Advanced CouponNetwork Coupons Save up to $4.00 on Degree Men® Deodorant Save up to $5.00 on future purchase of Pampers® Save $1.00 on Glade® PlugIns® Scented Oil Twin Refills Save $5.00 when you buy $25 or more in iTunes gift cards Save $5.00 on fuel gift card w/ $100+ gift card purchase $1.00 off when you buy any EIGHT Stonyfield Oikos 5.3oz cups Save $1.50 when you buy 2 or more Pedialyte® Products Save up to $2.00 on Hamburger Helper® Skillet Meals $1.00 off when you buy ONE box of POST Shredded Wheat Cereal 50¢ off when you buy EIGHT CUPS any variety Yoplait® Yogurt 75¢ off when you buy TWO any flavor select Yoplait® Yogurts Save up to $6.00 when you buy Playtex® Gentle Glide® Tampons Save $2.50 on Dr. Pepper™, Crush™ or A&W™ Dessert Toppers Save $2.50 when you buy any two Budweiser® Sauces Save up to $2.00 on FARMER JOHN® Rope

You can get a FREE sample of Depends by clicking here .

Just pay shipping to get 140 customized return address labels from Vistaprint . This deal is good through July 29, only. These aren’t just good for addressing mail . . . you can use them inside the covers of your books so people know where to return them. You can use them on school items so your student knows which one is his. You can use them when filling out contact information repeatedly. I’m sure some of you are more creative than I am – what do you use them for?

  $15 for $30 at Chocolate Soup As you can imagine being a frugal mommy, boutique shopping isn’t in my budget. But with this deal I should be able to go get one special outfit for the price I would spend at Kohl’s or Target . You can check online to see what kinds of things are sold at Chocolate Soup , but these vouchers are only good in the store and not online.

  I told you I was bummed today when this Papa John’s deal posted and it wasn’t available in my area . . . but I got an email and now its available all over. So grab your Papa John’s gift card now and get ready to enjoy some awesome pizza. The Dallas link is this one – and I posted several other major cities on the first post. If your city isn’t listed, please comment and I’ll find the link for your city too!

Check to see if your locations are included in this deal, but in select areas you can pay just $6 for a $10 gift card to Papa John’s. This is our favorite kind of pizza. Unfortunately, this deal isn’t good by me, but here are the locations where it is good :   Update: This deal is now good around the nation. Pick up your card and use it at your local store! New York Fort Lauderdale Miami Chicago Los Angeles North Los Angeles South

Free sample of Flexitol Heel and Foot Balm Free sample of Poise hourglass shape pads Free Ice Cream from Maggie Moos Free sample of Huggies Snug and Dry

   I shared with you yesterday how we make Restaurant.com discounts work well for us . We always wait until they are 80% off . . . but here is one way to make it even better than that! Go to Ebates and register. If you’re a new member, you’ll get a $10 gift card (to one of four stores) when you spend your first $25. Then you’ll get 15% cash back on whatever you spend at Restaurant.com . I didn’t think it could get better than 80% off, but you could actually buy these certificates for $2 each, get a $10 gift card when you spend your first $25, and get $.30 off each certificate – that’s plain CRAZY!

More Freebies –my favorite. Go get your sample of three different John Frieda Frizz-Ease hair care products . I’m hoping mine comes with some good coupons . There have been some great John Frieda deals lately, but I’m out of coupons for them.

Win a FREE 20 page Photo Book with FREE shipping!

  Cellfire is one of the easiest ways to use coupons . I frequently have people ask me, “How do you do it? I try to use coupons and I just can’t ever seem to make it work.” Well, one of the easiest ways is to start with e- coupons . You just load them to your card, shop as normal and they automatically come off the total if you purchase the correct products. Cellfire has just added new coupons – so whether you are registering for a new account or just adding the new coupons to your existing account, you should pop over there today.

  $3 for $6 of yogurt at Tutti Frutti I’ve been on a frozen  yogurt kick lately. It isn’t sugar FREE – or at least the kind I like isn’t – but if I’m going to splurge, it’s a fairly decent alternative to ice cream or other desserts. Tutti Frutti is a great way to beat the heat too. The store has Wifi for mom and fun games for the kids, so you can kill some time and have a yummy snack too.

Get $10 when you sign up for SaveMore – then turn around and use that credit towards this $13 voucher for $30 worth of Peeled organic snacks . You’ll end up paying $3 out of pocket for these great snacks, just in time to send them in your kids lunchboxes. These healthy snacks have been featured in US Weekly and O Magazine. They have ZERO added sugar, a full serving of fruit and they’re a great source of vitamins and minerals.

Get 2 subs or 2 salads from Quiznos for just $6 with this Groupon ! Love eating for less . . . ha! I think I’ve said that way too many times lately. Can you tell food is important around our house? Take advantage of this deal, quickly, though. I think it will go fast. You can double check to see if your Quiznos is participating by looking for the Groupon icon next to its name on the Quiznos website. Almost 90% of Quiznos are in on this deal, so the odds are good they are. Returning Groupon customers should use this link.

** Amazon prices will increase as demand for this item increases, so if the specifics don't match exactly that is why.** Last year when Weston was born, I had the opportunity to review a large package of Seventh Generation products . I was most impressed with their diapers, and told you if I could find them competitively priced I would prefer for my baby to wear them over the alternative choices. Well, here’s a deal where you can get them competitively priced . . . Amazon is offering a 4 pack of diapers for just $30.47 . If you use the Subscribe and Save option (to the right on the ordering screen), you can save an additional amount bringing your total down to $21.33 or $5.33 a package. I would grab Huggies or Pampers at that price and I truly believe the quality of the Seventh Generation diapers is even better. Set your subscription rate to 6 months, and then remember to cancel it or you will receive another shipment of these automatically after that amount of time

Restaurant.com is offering 80% off their coupon/gift certificates from now until July 31. Just enter the code SAVE at checkout. Aound our house we are big fans of this 80% off sale. Last year we purchased the Dinner of the Month club during a 80% off sale. I think it cost me about $20 total. For that cost, I got 12 months of $25 gift certificates at any restaurant in their program. We have eaten all over with those certificates. Now you do have to know that they are not quite the same as a gift card. Usually, they are like $25 off your meal when you buy 2 entrees. Sometimes, they are $10 off when you spend $20 . . . so they’re more like high dollar coupons. But if we’re going to spend full price to eat somewhere and we can cut that by half or more than half by purchasing $2 gift certificates, I’m all over that.

This is a super easy, quick way to help others. Here’s how you help: #1 – “Like” Pampers on Facebook #2 - Click on the “Miracle Missions” tab #3 - Click on “I support” For everyone who does this, Pampers will donate one diaper, one pack of wipes, and one dollar to Direct Relief International to help those in need.

  Get a FREE sample of Shout Wipe and Go ! Love these samples – not only are they useful, but many times they come with awesome coupons , too.

When I posted about purchasing a reusable swim diaper from Amazon instead of using Pampers or Huggies splashers, your interest was surprising. The diaper I purchased from Amazon was regularly $12.99 and I was able to get it for $8.99. But today on Zulily they have several adorable prints for just $5.99 ! I just bought another one since these were such a good deal – look for them under the “I play Boys” section. If you are already a Zulily customer, you should use this link.

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TracFone for SocialSpark . All opinions are 100% mine. These  real TracFone customers  are excited about not having a cell phone bill. I'm pretty sure that most of us would be pleased by that. It seems that children are younger and younger asking for cell phones. I can't imagine adding two or three more phone bills into our budget. But there are other options - one of them is Tracfone. With Tracfone there are no contracts, no credit checks, no activation costs or cancelation fees. You don't have to worry that there will be hidden charges that jack your bill up unexpectedly. But you still get great coverage and name brand phones from companies such as Motorola, Samsung, and Nokia. According to  real TracFone customers  one of their favorite features is that you can call internationally to 60 different countries for the same price as a domestic call. You can even provide

  Jump on this deal before it’s gone – it will be sold out before the end of the day! Maybe as soon as the next couple of hours. If you’re new to Shop at Home , you can actually make money on this deal. Here’s how: 1. Register for Shop at Home . 2. Search for Woman Within and click through to their site. 3. Look under Stocking Stuffers for this great deal (and several others, including an adorable carry on bag for $5.99 and parkas for $7.99) 4. Enter the code WW53119 to get FREE shipping. You will get 3% cash back and a $5 credit if you’re new to Shop at Home . I got mine! Thanks A Proverbs Wife !

  $10 for 2 on The Ice at Stonebridge Wow! The heat here in Texas has been even crazier than normal. We’re all searching for ways to keep cool – the pool, the air conditioning, the mall. Here’s a great way – for just $5 each you can take everyone ice skating ! Your kids will be able to burn all their extra energy AND cool off.

Love me some Pei Wei – and it’s almost impossible to resist when the entire order is 20% off! But this special only lasts today and tomorrow, and you must order it to go.

  If you’re not a fan of Francis Chan and his writings, you should be. I can’t recommend them highly enough. The best part is that right now you can get a FREE Francis Chan book here . One per household. Thanks Mitzi McBride !

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