The Frugal Life

Friday is Free Shipping Day

2011-12-15T18:01:00.000-06:00

Friday, December 16, 2011 is Free shipping day for online retailers. There will be over 2000 retailers participating in the event and they are also guaranteeing delivery by Christmas Eve. So, if you are still working on your Christmas shopping, tomorrow might be a great day to get some shopping completed. Please note: Some online retailers are requiring a minimum purchase in order to get the free shipping.

The Thrify Mama has put together a list of coupon codes you can use in addition to getting your free shipping to get even bigger savings!

$5 off a $10 Hallmark purchase coupon

2011-12-15T18:00:00.003-06:00

Hallmark is offering a great coupon right now!! Look on the right hand side of this Hallmark page and click on the coupon. This would be a great deal if you are already planning on buying something at the Hallmark store or to stock up on cards. Please note: The fine print on this coupon states that it can not be used on sale or clearanced merchandise.

Thanks Deal Seeking Mom!

A Homemade Christmas

2011-12-14T18:01:00.000-06:00

Some of the best gifts are homemade gifts!! There is nothing better than receiving some pampering products from a friend. Here are several ideas for easy to make homemade bath products and put together a pampering gift basket.

Lemon Sugar Scrub (From: Just Another Day in Paradise) Really easy and inexpensive to make bath scrub. You might even have all the ingredients at home already. Put in cute little jelly jars. You can change out the scent for lots of different variations!!

Oatmeal Cookie Bath (From: A Delightful Home) Oatmeal is great for the skin and a wonderful way to pamper the skin during the winter months. You might have all these ingredients on hand for a quick and easy bath soak.

Candy Cane Bath Salts (From: The Peaceful Mom) The perfect holiday gift!! It smells of Christmas and is super easy to make. Put in a glass canning jar and decorate with red and white ribbons.

Homemade Beeswax Lotion (From: A Sonoma Garden) The winter weather dries out our skin and hands so there's nothing better than getting some homemade lotion. This is an easy, and skin nourishing recipe. She is also offering a free printable label download for this lotion as well as free christmas printable labels for the other homemade gifts you are making.

Curious George DVD Coupon!

2011-12-14T18:00:00.000-06:00

This week Target has the Curious George DVD's for $4.75 each. Use this $3.00/2 Curious George DVD to get 2 DVD's for $3.25 each. This would make great (and inexpensive) Christmas gifts!

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

Free Christmas Organizational Printables

2011-12-08T18:01:00.002-06:00

Lovely Little Snippets is offering these great printables to help you stay organized with your Christmas planning. Best of all...they're FREE!

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

A Homemade Christmas: Handprint Christmas Wreath

2011-12-08T18:00:00.001-06:00

Money Saving Mom had this great guest post by Nikki @ Christian Mommy Blogger on how to make a Homemade Christmas Handprint Wreath. This is such a cute craft project you can do with your children and then give it as a homemade gift. I'm sure the grandparents will love this!!

$10 gift card with $50 Target Purchase Coupon

2011-12-07T18:01:00.004-06:00

If you are going to be doing some shopping at Target this week, then you might want to print this coupon. Spend $50 at Target and present this coupon for a $10 Target Gift Card. From what I have read on several blogs, you can use other coupons (manufacturer and Target) with this coupon, just just this coupon first before giving your other coupons. This coupon will expire on 12/10/11.

Thanks Common Sense with Money!

Don't forget about this women's sweater deal this week at Target!

A Homemade Christmas

2011-12-07T18:00:00.001-06:00

Keeper of the Home has another great post on 11 Simple, Homemade gifts. There is lots of great ideas for the people on your Christmas list!

Free Christmas Album Download

2011-12-06T18:01:00.000-06:00

Annie Moses Band is offering a free download of their Christmas album "Bethlehem House of Bread". If you have never heard of Annie Moses Band, you are in for a treat!.

"The Annie Moses Band is an ensemble unlike any in America today. A blend of fiddle, jazz, and classical influences fused with soaring, folk-inspired vocals creates a sound that is both refreshing and familiar. The Annie Moses Band is a family bringing classicism to the common man."

I discovered Annie Moses Band on a PBS special several years ago and have been to a couple concerts. Want to hear other music available my Annie Moses Band? Click on Listen Now and hear all their albums.

A Homemade Christmas

2011-12-06T18:00:00.000-06:00

Keeper of the Home has a great post on 9 Homemade Gift Ideas. There is a lot of great ideas for homemade Christmas (or anytime) gifts.

New Month, New Coupons!

2011-12-05T18:07:00.001-06:00

It's the first of the month, so that means most coupon sites have reset! Check out these links for some great money saving coupons!

Free Audio book download for December

2011-12-05T18:04:00.004-06:00

Christian Audio.com offers a free featured audio book download every month. For the month of December, Christian Audio is offering 2 free audio books!! You can get both Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and Mitsuo Fuchida's "From Pearl Harbor to Calvery".

They are no longer requiring a coupon code to get this free audio book. Just add the book to your cart and check out.

Sweater Deal at Target

2011-12-05T15:03:00.002-06:00

This week, Target has their women's Merona ribbed, scoop or v-neck sweaters on sale for $8.99. Use this $4.00/1 women's sweater coupon to get these sweaters for on $4.99 each! You can print this coupon twice!

There's lots of other Target coupons available to print!

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

Free Thanksgiving Meal Planners

2011-11-08T18:00:00.001-06:00

Cusine Routine is offering Free PDF Meal Planners for Thanksgiving! They are even offering a gluten free meal plan options (as well as dairy-free and vegetarian), for those of us that have food sensitivities. The meal plan also includes a shopping list, recipes, and ideas for cook ahead freezer meals. The PDF's are free to print and you also have the option to sign up for free recipes from them via email. This will give you a good start to planning your Thanksgiving meal and hopefully help reduce some of the stress of the holidays.

Thanks Deal Seeking Mom!

Free Audio Book for November

2011-11-03T18:46:00.004-05:00

Christian Audio.com offers a free featured audio book download every month. For the month of November, you can download a copy of Brother Yun's "The Heavenly Man". They are no longer requiring a coupon code to get this free audio book. Just add the book to your cart and check out.

This book looks really interesting! It is an autobiography of "how God took a young, half-starved boy from Henan Providence (China) and enabled him to stand strong on the frontlines for Jesus, braving horrific oppression and impossible odds".

New Month, New Coupons!

2011-11-03T18:44:00.000-05:00

It's the first of the month, so that means most coupon sites have reset! Check out these links for some great money saving coupons!

Free e-book: Hurry Less, Worry Less at Christmastime

2011-11-03T18:36:00.004-05:00

Even though Thanksgiving is not yet here, now is the time to start planning for Christmas and especially for a more relaxing, less stressed Christmas! Here's a free e-book to help you out! Amazon currently has the kindle book "Hurry Less, Worry Less at Christmastime" for only $0.00. This price could change at anytime, so get it now! (Always double check price before downloading!!)

Don't have a kindle? No problem! Just download the kindle app for you iphone, droid, blackberry, MAC or PC.

Amazon has lots of other e-books for only $0.00!! It's a great way to read lots of books for free!

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

Free Audio book download for October

2011-10-22T08:00:00.001-05:00

Christian Audio.com offers a free featured audio book download every month. For the month of October, you can download a copy of John Piper's "Think". They are no longer requiring a coupon code to get this free audio book. Just add the book to your care and check out.

I recently started listening to audio books (I know....I have been posting these free audio books for months, and never listened to one of them!!!). I always figured my mind would wander and I would miss half the book. Boy was I wrong! I listed to an audio book on a recent trip and the 5 hours flew by. So, try them out. (P.S. you can get books on CD/mp3 from your local library to listen to that will also be free to check out!)

New Target Coupons!!

2011-08-08T19:04:00.003-05:00

Target has released some new coupons on their website. There are lots of great coupons available. What I love about Target is that you can use one Target coupon and one manufacturer's coupon on one item. So, on coupons you can print from target.com, look at the top to see if it states "Target coupon" (There are also manufacturer coupons that are printed from target.com so make sure you look at the top left corner of the coupon!). Sometimes you can get some really great deals.

Two good coupons to print:

They have a $5.00/1 Women's denim bottoms coupon (which could probably be used for anything denim--shorts, capris, pants). There is also a $3.00/1 Mossimo Women's apparel coupon. Pair these up with clearance items to really get a great deal! Print these now as they will probably go fast. Remember that you can print these twice!!

Free Chronicle of Narnia audiobooks!

2011-08-07T13:17:00.002-05:00

You can get a free audio download of the Chronicles of Narnia from Ancient Faith Radio. It looks like the quickest and easiest way to get these is to click on the itunes link (on the middle right hand side of the page) and download from there. The download time should me much faster.

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

Family Movie Night on Saturday Night!

2011-08-05T12:00:00.001-05:00

Tomorrow night (8/6/11), NBC will be having their Family Movie Night. "Who is Simon Miller" will air at 8 PM Eastern/7 PM Central. Walmart and Proctor & Gamble are the sponsors for this movie with the goal of providing family friendly movies the whole family can watch! They even offer family friendly commercials (obviously promoting Walmart and Proctor & Gamble, but still great commercials!).

ABOUT THE MOVIE

One family's quest to find their father—and the truth.

The Millers were an ordinary family living an ordinary life. That is, until the day Simon Miller went missing. Now wife Meredith, daughter Sarah and son Kevin must embark on a perilous mission to find him. But what they soon discover creates more questions than answers.

This heart-pounding thriller takes you on a family's journey and tests the limits to which the Millers will fight for each other—putting their trust, loyalty and forgiveness to the test.

--from FamilyMovieNight.com

First of the month means new coupons!

2011-08-01T19:01:00.000-05:00

It's the first of the month, so that means most coupon sites have reset! Check out these links for some great money saving coupons!

Free Audio book download for August

2011-08-01T19:00:00.000-05:00

Christian Audio.com offers a free featured audio book download every month. For the month of August, you can download a copy of Wendell Berry's " Hannah Coulter". They are no longer requiring a coupon code to get this free audio book. Just add the book to your cart and check out.

This is a fiction book that is part of a series that Wendell Berry has written focusing on a Kentucky farming community in the 1940's. The audio book has some really good reviews on Amazon, so it should be a good "read".

Cinemark's Summer Movie Clubhouse

2011-06-22T18:00:00.001-05:00

Cinemark's Summer Movie Clubhouse will be offering children's movies this summer at participating Cinemark locations. You can buy the 10 movie package deal for $5 in advance, or pay $1 per show at the box office. This price is for kids and parents!! All movies will be rated either G or PG.

To see if you have a Cinemark theater participating, click here. If you click on the link to your theater, it will bring up a .pdf listing all the kids movies with the date and time of the show.

Family Movie Night on Saturday!

2011-06-10T11:59:00.001-05:00

Tomorrow night, NBC will be having their Family Movie Night. "Field of Vision" will air at 8 ET/7 Central. Walmart and Proctor & Gamble are the sponsors for this movie.

"Field Of Vision" will address the subject of bullying. While the focus of the film is about the victim of bullying, the movie also talks about the bullies themselves. This movie should give hope to those being bullied and also open up dialogue between parents and children about the impact bullying has on people.

I hope you have time tomorrow night to enjoy this movie with your family!