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{Sneak Peek!} Sunday Coupon Preview

Shhhh….

Did you know you can sneak a peek at tomorrows Sunday Paper coupons today?!

Yep, Sunday Coupon Preview lets you learn what coupons are coming in the next Sunday paper, so you can check your sale ad’s from Wednesday, and match ’em up with the coming coupons!

Sneaky, right?

So check it out, and see what you can expect to get tomorrow. This is great for those of you who don’t get a paper delivered, so that you can decide if it’s worth it to you to purchase it at the store.

This is a great help to me when planning my weekly trips!

And, if you’re looking for more printable coupons to add to your Sunday clipped coupons, check these out, they’re some of my favorite trusted coupon sites…

Meagan’s Favorite Coupon sites:

Coupons.com: Get coupons from a trusted source! Click Here.
Coupon Alerts: This is a super cool site that offers printable coupons as well as e-coupons, and updates non-stop! Click Here.
Cellfire: No need to print, clip, or carry! Load coupons directly to your store card. Click Here.
Kellogg’s: Get up $10 in product coupons just for signing up, plus you’ll be on their mailing list, and will get more! Love it. Click Here.
RedPlum: Tons of great family brand printable coupons! Click Here.
Right @ Home: Sign up for SC Johnson company coupons, samples, and more! GREAT coupon resource for products like Glade, Pledge, and Scrubbing Bubbles! Click Here.

Couponing can seem complicated when you’re a newbie. But really, all it takes is 5 or 10 minutes to browse a few sites, and print out a handful of coupons for stuff you’ll be buying anyway. Put ’em in an envelope with a list on the front, and then hand ’em over to the check out clerk. You’ll see some savings add up quicker than you thought, and soon enough you’ll get hooked!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 11, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Shopping | No Comments

Really Fun New Freebies for Babies!

Head over to Munchkin.com and get two FREE Mozart albums just for your baby!

These Mozart favorites have been developed and arranged by Dr. Norman M. Weinberger, a renowned neurobiologist, and Jimmie Haskell, a 3-time GRAMMY® award winner.

My little girl LOVES to listen to music all day while I work, so I was really excited to get these today. I think she’ll love ’em!

If you have a baby at home, you know you NEED freebies. Baby = Expensive!

Check out a couple of my other favorite sites. You can find free samples of things like diapers and formula, coupons for baby stuff, special offers targeted towards your needs, as well as great quotes, stories, and advice.

My favorite momma & baby freebie sites:

Mother or Father-to-be? Already a new parent? Click this for a lot of FREE stuff for the new baby. Click Here to check it out. Or sign up a friend with a baby on the way, to help her get started!
Buy Pampers and earn rewards with Gifts to Grow. These are my favorite diapers anyway, and I love that I get rewarded for buying them! Join now & get 100 Free Points. You will also receive periodic emails and special offers. Click Here to learn more and sign up!
Would you like to receive some great free samples, offers, and coupons for your new bundle of joy? If you are a new Parent, Grandparent, Aunt, Uncle or friend, register with Planning Family for some great stuff for the baby!
At Planning Family you will find free baby samples, free baby magazines, baby formula coupons and more.
Tons of free baby stuff from the brands you know and trust. Click Here to sign up.
This one is just for moms! Womanfreebies.com where you can find the best samples, coupons, sweepstakes and freebies from your favorite big brands specially chosen by women for women! WomanFreebies is the best place to get great samples from big name brands. Click Here to see whats available today.

Good stuff, right?

I’ve even ended up with TOO MUCH stuff sometimes, from all of the freebies I get. Planning Family and Baby to Bee both send you a daily email filled with resources to help you try out new products and get coupons. I sign up for EVERYTHING, and sometimes, just for being on a companies mailing list, they’ll send you freebies you don’t even expect, which is so nice.

{Almost} Free Baby Shower Gift!

I had enough extra free samples to fill a whole diaper bag for a friends baby shower a while back. I put in lots of diaper samples, so she could figure out what brand she liked best for her baby. A few packages of formula. A sippy cup that I won from MAM USA, loads of coupons, and more.

Hope these tips help you out too!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 11, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

You guys love it: Coupon Network!

Quite a few of you ladies have suggested this site to me, and I finally got a chance to check it out….

And I can see why you guys love it! There are a ton of coupons here that I haven’t seen on all of the other sites. Great selection, and very simple to navigate too.

Coupon Network is where sophisticated busy moms and dads go to save money and improve their family’s quality of life – with the most value and the most brands.

Click Here to check it out today, and see what all the excitement is about!

Take a bit today to go and check this out, and see what you think. I’m pretty sure you’ll be a new fan too. And if you guys EVER have suggestions of new pages I should check out, or anything cool that you think I should share, ALWAYS feel free to leave comments, or email me at sunshineandsippycups@gmail.com with ideas!

If you think it’s cool, odds are many of the other readers will too! I hope you’re all having a great weekend so far…. Enjoy the sunshine if you’ve got it!

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 11, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

A Wireless Color Printer With Multiple Personalities

This weeks Twirl…

If you thought Cybil had multiple personalities wait until you get a load of our latest must-have gadget–the HP Photosmart Premium e-Printer, one of the most interesting home printers we’ve seen yet. On the one hand it thinks it’s a high-quality wireless color printer that knows the difference between documents and photographs, on the other it believes it’s a computer whose touch screen interface (with apps!) allows you to order movie tickets, download recipes and print news articles without a computer in sight. It has delusions of being able to print anything emailed from anywhere and, if that weren’t enough, it claims to scan and copy too.

It’s madness. Madness we tell you. Well, watch this week’s session, uh we mean Twirl, to see if Carley can get to the root of the many personalities of this personal wireless home printer.

So, what do you guys think about the amazing product this week??

I’m not gonna lie. I’m in love. Is it weird to say that I’m in love with a printer? Of course not, not when it is clearly so super awesome, right?

Oh HP Photosmart Premium e-Printer, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways….

I love that you can send things to the printer while you’re away from home, and they’ll be printed and waiting for you!
I love that it knows the difference between photos and documents, and prints them on the correct paper.
Oh yeah, I love that it holds BOTH types of paper in one tray, so you don’t have to switch all of the time!
I love the modern design. Super cool. The touchscreen with the app’s? AWESOME.
AND, I even love the price!! $199 is a steal for this.

So there you have it. Another amazingly super rad product brought to your attention by the Digitwirl girls! They find the best products out there, and then show you how to use ’em. Why? Because they rock.

What do you think? Have you seen a better printer? {I haven’t!} What is your favorite feature? Leave some comments and lets chat!

Carley's Byline Pic

Digitwirl is the weekly web show that offers simple solutions to modern day problems. In 3-minutes, Digitwirl brings busy women the very best time, money, and sanity-saving technology, and then teaches them how to use it, step-by-step. Digitwirl was created by technology lifestyle expert Carley Knobloch, who uses lots of technology to manage her busy life as mom of two and entrepreneur. Become a subscriber to get weekly show alerts and exclusive deals at Digitwirl.com, or follow Digitwirl on Twitter at @digitwirl.

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 10, 2011 Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Reviews | No Comments

Two Great Photo Deals to Choose From!

Have you used Canvas People to get a FREE canvas yet?

This is the print that I got of my daughter… The quality really impressed us, and I am SO glad that I tried them out!

The photo is printed onto the canvas, and you can add different finishes or techniques if you’d like to jazz it up a bit. Then the canvas is stretched around a frame, so that the picture wraps around the sides, which looks really cool.

It even comes with a package with everything that you need to hang it, as a FREE bonus!

Right now you choose between two different deals at Canvas People. You can get the original 8×10 canvas FREE, or upgrade to a larger size, or add other stuff like sepia tones, and get a FREE $50 credit towards your final price.

These are SO worth getting, seriously. I get compliments on my print EVERY time someone comes to visit, and I’ve gotten a couple of these to give as gifts too.

Check them out and get YOUR free print too!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 10, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

A Girls Guide to Grilling!

One of my favorite sites, Learnvest, has another great daily tip today!

Wanna taste?

Tossing a low-carb spinach salad? Sure.
Preparing a healthy chicken meal? Sounds good.
Grilling meat out on an open fire? We’ll leave that to the men—or will we?

Let’s be frank: Cookouts are delicious. And grilling just so happens to be healthy and inexpensive. But almost 70% of grill buyers are male—and that’s not OK in our book.

We’re pretty confident that not all women are afraid of fire (or unable to flip items on a grill), so we’re chalking this phenomenon up to social stigmas.

HOW TO LOOK HOT WHILE SIZZLING YOUR STEAK. READ ON….

Yep, just a taste. A little tease of how great the daily tips at Learvest are. So go on over and check out the rest of the article!

It has some great tips:

How to save money by getting only what you really need.
How to cook safer by using your microwave. {Who knew?}
How to properly use heat and oil.
And more!

If you’re not signed up for Learnvest daily emails, sign up today!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 10, 2011 Filed Under: Fun Stuff | No Comments

{Father’s Day} Crafts, Coupon Codes, Ideas, and More!

I’m quite a bit behind schedule today.

My baby girl wearing her daddy's hat, looks just like him here.

Baby’s surgery:

My baby girl had surgery yesterday. It was a minor procedure; she had a blocked tear duct that needed to be opened, but it required general anesthesia which scared the heck outta me. But it went great {I’m going to share a bit about it in a post later} and she’s home and looking good. But today is catch-up day!

While going through my {totally overflowing!!} email inbox, I saw tons of great Father’s Day ideas, so I’m going to share a round up here of some favorites!

Father’s Day Ideas:

HolidaysCentral: Tons of great ideas here for every holiday! Enter to win their Father’s Day Giveaway, and check out some of their super fun Dad’s Day Craft Ideas too!
Pure Wow: Shares some ideas for “Indoor Dads”, since many gifts are targeted towards outdoor activities, “But what about the man who prefers air conditioning and hardwood floors to summer breezes and dusty trails?” Funny. Click Here to check it out; first enter your email to get their updates, then hit skip to pass the details, and then click the big Pure Wow logo pic up top, and you’ll be able to see these super cool ideas in a tab called Home Boys in the bottom left. Super fun stuff, this is one of my favorite weekly emails :)
Parenting: Sweet article with 5 ways to make Father’s Day special. Read here. My daughters dad has two older daughters, so this isn’t HIS first Father’s Day, but it’s the first one for me and baby to celebrate with him, so I loved reading these ideas!
Vistaprint: Get 6 FREE photo products. You can upload your photos from Picasa, Flickr or Facebook, use them to create cool personalized stuff like a mouse pad, t-shirt, calendar and more, get them all FREE + shipping, and give dad some really cool and unique presents. I use this all the time, the quality is great, and everyone loves these as gifts. Get started here . One of my favorites are their mini-photo books!
Open Sky: This is a cool site I’ve told you about before. Pick a few favorite celebrities and designers to follow. They will send you a weekly pick from that category that you will probably love. So far, I’ve had some amazing ideas sent to me! And the sign up only takes a second. Todays idea is from Alicia Silverstone: “sonic ties” that are hand-woven from recycled audio cassette tapes and and fabric. Each one is an individual work of art and believe it or not–they actually play music! For those of you that still have cassette players–if you run a tape head over the fabric, you’ll hear a sound collage. So cool. Check out Open Sky Click Here, sign up for categories, and pick who to follow! Easy peasy.
Dinner Out: Pick up some gift certificates at Restaurant.com and save up to 80% off. I do this a few times a year, and stock up on a bunch of certificates for places that we’ll be visiting in the next few months. This is such an amazing value, so check it out and see what they have in your town. Click Here, search by area, then pick all of the certificates your family can use to save! Think of any other holidays coming up so you can go out for all of them without spending a ton.
Zazzle: So so so many fun and personalized gifts for any dad in your life! I have gotten some of the coolest and funniest gifts I’ve given from Zazzle! Check out this one I’m getting for my brother- Click Here, and use code SHIP4FATHERS on any order over $50 today only to get FREE 2 DAY SHIPPING!
Tiny Prints: Get a FREE Father’s Day card, tons to choose from. Click here, Tiny Prints and use code FREEFD at check out!
Paper Snaps: Another FREE Father’s Day card option, from a super cool company I’d never heard of before! Click Here and follow the directions. Looks really awesome!
PrizeNote: Kind of off topic, but it’s so cool I had to include it :) Do the super cool sign up at PrizeNote here, and you’re automatically entered to win their daily prizes! Then, do a quick sign up for the dad in your life too. Then, if HE wins, YOU win too! It’s a SUPER cool site, and maybe you can win dad a freeebie!
Chili’s: If dad is a big fan of Chili’s, take him to dinner on Father’s Day using the Buy One Get One FREE coupon here.
JibJab: The. Funnest. Site. Ever. The kids are ALWAYS asking me to show them our JibJab videos!! If you’ve never used this site, oh my heck friend, go check it out! You can buy credits, but we’ve used this forever and just mostly use the FREE options. Super fun, check out the Father’s Day JibJab options available now.
Burt’s Bees: One of my favorite brands. Check out the Mens Grab Bag deal right now, add a few other goodies for you too, use code FATHER11 at check out, and get a specialized Dopp Kit just for dad for FREE with $40 purchase!
Celebrations.com: Check out their fun idea for Father’s Day here! So so many ideas and cool stuff, you’ll LOVE it!

Share YOUR ideas!

I’ll be sharing new Father’s Day ideas every day, so if you have a great one, please share in the comments so I can include yours in anther post!

If you are a crafter or have a business, share a link to a great deal or product for dad. If you are a blogger with a fun dads day idea, share a link to your post!

If you’re a reader that just has a cool tradition or neat idea, I’d love to hear them!