Excuse My Mess!

Please excuse my mess while I work on my face lift. It's up and seems to be looking good. I'm off to watch TV and rest my eyes. I'll tweak colors tomorrow. Continue moving things around until they are right, etc...

Random Fun & Free Things From Around The Web!

Wow! I have quite the list of random free things to share, of course they are all fun. I wouldn't suggest boring things. :)

SAMPLES

Free Total® Blueberry Pomegranate cereal sample

Free Gain with Febreeze Freshness detergent sample

Free L'Oreal Advanced RevitaLift Deep-Set Wrinkle Repair sample

Wylie Mom's freebie list from last week-many are still available!!!

FACEBOOK

5 FREE 1 Night Movie Rentals from Redbox® & a $5 coupon off (catalina) your next shopping trip at participating Albertson LLC stores when you purchase $25 of P&G products in one transaction Offer valid 07/29/09-08/04/09

$1.00 Off El Monterey Taquitos coupon

David Lowell over at Practical Manifestations has offered a FREE copy of his book,
Abundance and the Secret Law of Attraction, to his Facebook peeps. Check it out!

Free Coach Poppy Pencil Case -print coupon and redeem at a Coach store. :)

MISC.

$1.00 Honey Nut Cheerios eCoupon from Cellfire - new Cellfire coupons came out today!!

Wondering what to do with your old cell phones? Contact Cell Phones For Soldiers. They will send you a bag for cell phone recycling and the money raised will be used to purchase calling cards for American troops! That's a win-win!

Wondering where to take the kids on the cheap tonight? Check out KidsMealDeals. You type in your zip code, and it comes back with a list of places kids eat for free in your area.

Cashbaq has their Entertainment Books for $10 with $10 cash back. That means FREE! Also, you get a $5 sign-up bonus if you're new to Cashbaq. That extra $5 would probably cover the shipping...

Any other fun things to share? E-mail me!! :)

Wylie Mom Shops CVS For $1.45 OOP!

I went into CVS yesterday on the hunt for more free school supplies. But, it seems all the early birds snagged all of the erasers, push pins, sticky notes & binder clips. Lucky them! Here's what I was thrilled to still find in stock:

Transaction #1

2 Kashi Cereal $6.67
Kashi TLC bars $3.33
2 Pilot Pen packs $1.98
2 Comp. Books $1.98
Colgate Total $2.88

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(2) $1.50 off Kashi Cereal printable coupon
$1.50 off a Kashi TLC snack when you buy Kashi GoLean Crunch printable coupon
$1.00 off Colgate Total newspaper coupon
$9.96 in ECB from last week

Total cash OOP = $1.45 and I got back $10.96 in Extra Care Bucks (ECB).

Transaction #2

2 Arm & Hammer Detergents $6.99

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(2) $1.00 off Arm & Hammer detergent printable coupons
$5.00 in ECB from transaction #1

ZERO cash out of pocket spent (OOP) and I got back $2 in ECB.

Overall, I spent $1.45 cash out of pocket and "lost" $2.04 in ECB (ending the week with $7.96). But, I saved a whopping $40.92 on these trips!! What did you get this week?

Be Sure To Check Out My First Guest Post!!

I'm so excited to tell you that I have completed my first guest post!! I am totally flattered that Ginger over at Attention Target Shoppers would even ask me. She's so awesome!!

Anyway, check out my first trip to the new Wylie Super Target here at Attention Target Shoppers!!

Don't Forget To Request FREE Chocolate From Mars TODAY!

It's Friday, so that means FREE chocolate is being given away!! Yay!!

Mars Real Chocolate Relief

View my full post with all the Mars free chocolate scoop here.

Giving Rebates Some Thought!

Since I sent off 3 rebates this week, I have been giving them some thought. Trying a product for free is always awesome, but unlike samples, rebates can be a lot more fun. When a rebate is active, there are usually coupons out there too, meaning you have a chance to make a $1 or $2 profit. To maximize your profits, purchase rebate items with catalinas or Extra Care Bucks, etc. That way you're paying with "free" money from another deal in the past, and you're getting a cashable check back. Sometime, you can even double your money.

Let's say there is a sale at CVS, if you buy shampoo for $7, you get $5 back in ECB. You also have a $3 coupon and a mfg. rebate. You'd pay $4 cash out of pocket (if you have no previous ECB...as if!), get $5 in ECB back plus $7 back from the mfg. rebate. So, pay $4 or less and get $12 back. These kinds of rebate deals are my favorites, for obvious reasons! :)

On Monday I mailed off three rebates: $3.99 for a Goody headband (made $1 profit), $7.19 for Tyson Skillet meal (made $1 profit) and a $20 rebate from Oil of Olay. That's $31.18 coming back to me. Check out my Olay rebate story here.

Last but not least, I just recently found the coolest rebate website. I wonder where I have been? Anyway, it's called Rebate Tracker. You can search for rebates, track your rebates, chat about rebates (that's a little too far for me), etc.

Want to make rebates more fun? I've thought about starting a "rebate" checking or savings account. You would use the account for only your rebate checks, but save the money for something special to keep you motivated. Like for Christmas, a trip to Disney World, a new purse, whatever gets you going! Have any rebate success stories? Tell me! Questions? Ask me!

Have a great night!! And, be sure to check out Wylie Mom on Facebook. :)