Free Dunkin Donuts coffee on Mondays

(photo from Dunkin Donuts website)

The remaining Mondays in March, Dunkin Donuts will be offering free medium-sized hot or iced coffee.  No coupon necessary.

Thanks, Totally Target!

Mall Grand Opening!!

Our newest mall (well, torn down and rebuilt on the same spot mall) Peninsula Town Center is having their grand opening next Thursday.  Am I going to be there next weekend?  Hopefully not.  I did, however, enter to win a $1000 gift certificate, and if you're nearby, try your luck, too!  Imagine all the things you or I could buy with that... Uh-oh.

The website also has a list of all the stores that will be opening there.  The Limited is what I'm most concerned about.  Our closest one right now is 45 minutes away.  5 minutes away does not bode well for my wallet.  I'm definitely going to be working on my self-control!! :)

In other news, my husband and I ran to Target this morning.  I had to get a birthday card (Happy Birthday, Dad!!) and he felt like he needed more tuna pouches.  We also bought some tomatoes in addition to that.  Are Target tomatoes the best price?  Nope.  Am I making a special trip to the grocery store this afternoon for them?  Nope.  We're having tuna stuffed tomatoes for dinner.  It's quick, easy, and nutritious.

The importance of reading your monthly bills...

So I decided today that I felt like dealing with Verizon.  I wanted to lower my monthly payment, hopefully by taking away some services we did not need (long distance on home phone since we use cells, caller id on home phone, etc--we have to keep our landline for our security system).  Well, I lowered our monthly bill alright.  Apparently, we've been paying for BOTH Fios TV and DirecTV.  Since (and I'm embarrassed to admit this...) last June.  Geeeees!  I thought our bill was high, but figured it was because of taxes and what not.  No, I've been paying for a service we have not been using to the tune of $74 a month.  Besides that, the rep said there was no way to lower our bill any as we have the cheapest bundle.  Still, $74 a month less was more than I was hoping for, and I learned a valuable lesson!!

Free coffee

 (photo from Common Sense with Money)

There are two places you can sign up for a sample of Taster's Choice, they will allow 2 samples per household.  First, on Facebook and second, on the Taster's Choice website.

I am not a coffee drinker, but ordered this sample when it was available before Christmas.  My dad is a coffee drinker, so I put this in his stocking.  There were 5 or 6 packets in the sample, all different flavors.

P.S.  For Facebook freebies, I have a separate account that I use only for this purpose.  It helps cut down on having so many updates to go through.  Companies are definitely using FB to get the word out, and they are offering tons of freebies to do this!  Make sure to search for your favorite product on there and see what is available!

Thanks, Common Sense with Money!

Walmart samples

Ah, Walmart samples without having to go to the store.  How much better can it get?

Right now, one of the samples is of Purina's new Beneful IncrediBites.  I'm not sure how it's a new product besides that there is more packaging, but I will try it.  Well, my dogs will, anyway.  IncrediBites sample will take you right to the site to request, and Walmart samples usually include great coupons for the product.

Thanks, My Pet Savings!

Target run

I ran to Walgreens and Target quickly today.

Target has their Activia 4 pack yogurts on sale for 1.79 this week, down from 2.19, then this past Sunday there was a $1 off coupon.  As you can tell from my posts, we're big yogurt eaters, so you can't beat less than 20 cents a cup.  Nothing wonderful or exciting to show, just some yogurt, milk, and dental floss.

At Walgreens, I bought Albacore tuna, with Walgreens coupon they were 99 cents each, 2 paper towel rolls for 59 cents each, the Colgate toothpaste was on sale for 2.99 with $2 RR, and I used a 75 cent off coupon so paid approx 25 cents for toothpaste (and found some packs in the back with a free travel size tube).  Their store brand batteries were on sale B1G1 free, 5.99 each, but the Energizer charger with 2 batteries was marked down from 9.99 to 7.99 so I got that instead.

It looks like Farm Fresh is doubling coupons up to 99 cents all week.  Kroger doubles up to 50 cents all the time.  Most of my grocery shopping is done and stockpiled so I won't be hitting any of those, but just putting that out there if you're interested.

Cookies!

Mmmm, not one that I'm going to do (my hips don't need it!), but if you become a fan of Nabisco on Facebook, every Monday this month they will be giving out coupons for a free package of Chips Ahoy! cookies when you buy any other pack of Nabisco cookies and a gallon of milk.  The only downside is it looks like you'll only have 3 days to redeem the coupon after printing.