Archive for September, 2009
Dove Freebies: Cards and $1 Donation
Be one of the first 20,000 people to register and you will get a free set of “Thank You” cards from Dove (six cards).
Ask Dove to donate $1 to the charity of your choice (three to choose from) to support self-esteem programs. You don’t have to have any Dove products in your house to do this, just select the “I don’t have a Dove UPC” tab and pick a UPC to enter.
Don’t forget to play the Dove Matchmaker Sweeps three times a day to win a free Dove product!
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Freepeats Still FREE in September
During the month of September you can join Freepeats for FREE! It’s a great way to get gently used baby, kid, and maternity stuff from people giving it away for free. Freepeats is found in over 50 different cities and has over 25,000 members.
Doesn’t matter what city you live in, if there’s a Freepeats Forum near you - sign-up now for a free lifetime membership. And tell all your friends about it. This is a great way to get free gently used baby, kid and maternity stuff from local moms and dads. It’s not swapping - it’s anyone listing stuff and anyone requesting stuff without exchanging anything.
In case your curious just what type of stuff people are giving away on Freepeats, look at what I gave away on Freepeats recently.
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Giveaways in Blog Land
First, check out our current giveaways HERE. You can always find our most current giveaways by clicking on the giveaway tab at the top of our blog. Then list your own in the Mr. Linky below. This is a weekly feature here at Mommies with Cents, so mark your calendars and join us week after week for loads of giveaway goodies!To get your giveaways listed for free and increase your traffic, check out
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Brainy Baby DVD Review & Giveaway
I am not opposed to my children watching television as long as it is educational for the most part. Somehow the colors and images can capture their attention much easier than I can! We were sent Brainy Baby DVD’s to review and are happy to tell you about them.About Brainy Baby (from their site):The Brainy Baby series was created by a team of early childhood educators and uses a time-tested and
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Free bag of Eukanuba dog food!!!
Yard Sale Prep
There’s nothing worse than having a yard sale and not making any money. I mean, you wouldn’t want to go through the trouble of laying out all of your old stuff, for the world to see, and then you simply have no customers or no buyers.
I’m getting ready for a yard sale on Saturday. Luckily it’s a community yard sale at our library. So they’ve already done the advertising. They have this yearly and it’s always a huge turnout so we know we’ll easily make back the $20 we spent for the 2 spaces.
We have TONS of stuff to sell. With two kids, we have plenty of old clothes, shoes, toys and books to get rid off. We’re not having any more kids, so we can finally say good bye to so many baby things. So excited about that one!
Anyway, as I’m prepping for this yard sale, I wanted to offer up a few tips for anyone who might be considering holding a yard sale in the future.
1. Advertise well. This can include signs around the neighborhood, an ad in the newspaper, an ad on craigslist.
2. Price your items. Nothing annoys me more than yard sales without prices. I don’t like asking what each and every item costs. I also wouldn’t want to be having all my customers constantly asking me for prices.
3. Price your items REASONABLY. You don’t have to go super-cheap. But also try to detach your sentimental side and align yourself to your reasonable side. Don’t go too high. What would you pay for each item if you were the customer? What condition is the item in? Also, you can price a little higher and leave room for negotiations if you choose to. Just keep in mind, people tend to walk away if they see all of your items are priced too high.
4. Wipe off the dust. Don’t spend forever cleaning every single item to a shine, but it is nice to wipe away the dust or wash clothing before you sell it. I’ve been to too many yard sales to count where things have been unreasonably dirty and I wouldn’t even want to touch them, let alone buy them.
5. Bigger yard sales = more customers. I don’t even stop the car when I see a yard sale with one measly table out front. Find more stuff to sell or try combining with a friend.
6. Have plenty of change. Some people will have small bills and loose change. MOST people will come with $20 bills and will buy items for $2 or less. Be prepared for it.
Well, that’s what I can think of for now. Feel free to add your own tips in the comments!
I’ll update you guys after the yard sale and let you know how we did!
Free Smucker’s Uncrustables
Starting sometime on Monday, September 28 (I’m guessing you have to register again even if you were able to do so on Saturday). Get a free package of Smucker’s Uncrustables with coupon by mail when you submit an after-school organizational tip. The free product coupon is available to the first 20,000 who register for it and you should get it in your mailbox within six weeks of registering. Thanks goes to Coupon Cravings and Frugal Shopping with Julie for prompting me to get this posted before all those free Uncrustables are gone!
Quick Cleaning My Frigidaire
Find out how easy it is to clean a stainless steel Frigidaire Gallery Refrigerator by watching my vlog above. I feared that I’d be cleaning the stainless steel front daily and that every time my kids touched it they would leave fingerprints. Not true! The kids touch it all the time and usually their touch doesn’t leave a mark. So I only have to wipe down the stainless steel front once or twice a week and it takes less than a minute to do that. Actually sometimes I just clean the handles because the rest of the doors don’t even need cleaning very often.
Need to upgrade one of your appliances? Don’t forget to enter my $200 Lowe’s eGift Card Giveaway, there will be two winners announced on Wednesday. And if you could use a Frigidaire Professional Double Oven (ARV $2,999) then go enter the two sweepstakes for that big prize.
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Attune Review & Giveaway
Sending children back to school usually means it’s time to get out the tissues with all of the germs and yuckies that children pick up. Have you considered giving your child(ren) probiotics to help with their immunity and digestive system? (Yogurt is a probiotic by the way!!)There is a fun probiotic product called Attune. Attune bars can be an effective way to prevent flu symptoms in your little
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Kroger Deals (9/27-10/3)
This is an ad out of southern Indiana and these are just some highlights. My store doubles up to $0.50 so that is how these deals are worked. Be sure to check your circular for the latest deals in your area! For more deals out of Columbus, OH, check out Thrifty & Chic Mom.Butterball Frozen Hen Turkey $0.99/lb.Perdue Boneless Chicken Breasts $1.88/lb.Bananas $0.39/lb.- stock up and freeze!Kroger
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