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Do you need to TrimBack Your Spending?

You all know that I am a HUGE fan of any type of shopping site that can save me money. I love sites like Beyond the Rack and HomeSav, to find SUPER deep discounts on stuff for the house. I’m totally addicted to the new ShopSanity.com, where you load your online receipts and it tells you if the price drops, so you can get an adjustment! And you know I spend waaay too much time checking out fun deals on Zulily to find adorable stuff for Abby.

There’s a new site in town…

Yep, I have a NEW addiction now too! TrimBack combines so many things that I like about other sites, all in one spot. It is totally filled with online shopping coupons, printable grocery and retail coupons, cash back discount codes, and great deals too. Seriously, there are SO SO many savings options on TrimBack.com, you will love it.

TrimBack.com is a one stop solution for an array of Coupon Codes, Promo Codes, Discounts and Deals for online stores that include kohls.com, dell.com, macys.com and much more. TrimBack.com’s online community posts, uses, recommends and ranks more than 100,000 online discounts and promotions for more than 7,000 retailers, restaurants and brands, including Amazon, GameStop, Macy’s, Dell, and Gap. TrimBack.com’s mission is to help consumers save money and enjoy a hassle-free discount shopping experience.

Awesomesauce, am I right?

One of my favorites is that there is a tab right on the home page, where I can search for FREE SHIPPING coupons, since I refuse to ever pay for shipping. And I think it’s super fun that they are constantly updating, and adding the most relevant coupons – right now you can find a big section just for Halloween coupons!

Everything is organized and super easy to navigate. You can print off your grocery coupons, find the best new online deals, combine ’em with a great free shipping code, and save your family a ton of cash.

Check it out today!

You can follow TrimBack on Twitter, Facebook, or visit their site and sign up for their Daily Top Coupon Newsletter – so you never miss a great discount again!

What do you think?

Are you lovin’ TrimBack.com too? What is your favorite feature?? What other sites do you use to save money on your families shopping? I’d love to hear about them!

{Disclaimer: I was compensated for my time on this post- to research TrimBack.com, determine whether it was right for my readers {YOU!!}, and then share it if I loved it- which I truly do!}

Posted by Meagan Paullin on October 8, 2011 Filed Under: Deals and Coupon Codes, Shopping | No Comments

HUGE Weekend Freebie Resource!! #freebies #giveaways

Welcome to the Weekend Freebies List!!

Remember, right click a link to open it in a new window, so you can keep this list open, and get all of the freebies if you want ’em! There are a bunch of good ones in here today – enjoy!

Beauty Freebies:

Like Origins on Facebook to get a Free Sample of Plantscription Eye Cream.
Print this coupon for a Free Bare Escentuals Pretty Amazing Lip Gloss, from Sephora at JC Penny! Love this brand.
Get a Free Sample of the new YSL for men cologne.
Request a FREE Sample of Kirkland Body Lotion from Costco!
Get a Free Sample of Arm & Hammer Toothpaste with a quick request form!
Get a totally Free Ring Sizer from Palladora.com!

Health and Energy Samples:

Get a Free online body assessment and recommendations —Click Here!
Sign up for a Free Fat Burning Energy Shot Sample– you KNOW I requested this one, lol.
And, if that’s not enough to keep you awake, get a Free Sample of 5 Hour Energy too!
Save $3.00 on ANY 10 Weight Watchers Smart Ones products. Click Here to print!
Get a Free Smart Bar Coupon via email, find it in the bottom right corner!

Shopping:

Learn about new wines, get sweet discounts, and join a community of other wine lovers– The Daily Sip!
Sign up for a FREE HomeSav Shopping Account, to check out their “social shopping”, super fun.
Save up to 90% on new daily selections of amazing kids stuff – great brands – Sign up for the updates here!

Product Testing and Surveys:

Join the super-fun Smiley 360 for a chance to sample FREE full size products and share them with your friends too!
Check out the easiest way to earn free stuff on the web- Swagbucks!!
Sign up for a Free Crowdtap Account for chances to get amazing free stuff– I’ve gotten Free Old Navy outfits and jeans, and just applied to get a FREE workout outfit for me and a friend, and another for a FREE coat! Very cool.
Get $5 bucks FREE when you set up your Inbox Dollars Account today! Cash out when you reach $20!
Join BzzAgent.com to try out more cool products – see my latest shipment in the picture! I’ll be giving away some of those goodies soon!

More Fun Free Stuff:

Join the Puppy Chow Healthy Start Program for great coupons, freebies, and cool stuff! Click Here.
I just won a $50 Starbucks card – see the fun stuff I bought with it, in the pic above?? – in their giveaway, which is still going on now! Sign up to join WomanFreebies.com too!
Learn about the new Debit Card fee coming soon to Bank of America, and maybe others too! I get the best frugal tips from Learnvest Free Daily Updates.
Get a $100 Gift Card for Travelocity for only $50 bucks!! Limited time!!
This is one of my favorites: Get your entire credit report, organized and easy to understand – including your credit score and comparisons to national averages – totally FREE. This is completely legit, I’ve been using it over a year now, and it has helped me SO incredibly much to build my credit back up.
Get a Free Life Assistant – add info about your life as it happens, keep it all organized, amazing free site! I use this non-stop!
Free Art of Ironing DVD for all of you little homemakers!

Love it? Share it!

If you guys love these great freebies, share ’em with your friends on Facebook and Twitter too! Have a WONDERFUL weekend, and thanks for reading!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on October 7, 2011 Filed Under: Product Testing, Freebies, Shopping, Giveaways, Deals and Coupon Codes | 1 Comment

My Favorite Fall and Halloween Deals and Freebies!

Fall is my favorite time of year.

I love the changing leaves, the crisp mornings after such a hot summer, the new fall hoodies and boots- and the anticipation of all of the great holidays coming up!

So, I wanted to share a few of my very FAVORITE fall and Halloween freebies and deals that are going on right now. You already know that Vistaprint is one of my very favorite deal sites- I get SO much stuff from them, almost every single month. And with their FREE shipping deal right now, it’s a great time to shop. Plus, you can get a special deal that I haven’t seen in a while from Canvas People, and some amazing savings and freebies from my FAVORITE home improvement store, Home Depot!

Vistaprint:

Some EXTRA Great Deals from Vistaprint:

Vistaprint always has some awesome deals going on, but this sale is even better than usual- and there is so much fun stuff to make!

Trick or Treat Bag: Make your own, totally customized, cotton tote bag for Trick or Treating, for only $2 bucks! If you want more than one, you’ll get them all for 60% off!!
Invitations: Throwing a BIG Halloween party? Get 50% off all custom-made party invites!
Other fun ideas: Make cool, Halloween-themed lawn signs to make your house everyone’s favorite destination. Make custom stickers to give away with your candy, or as party favors. Or T-Shirts- designs range from spooky to adorable to funny.

The best part? Get FREE Shipping on EVERYTHING when you spend $20- so stock up today!!

Canvas People:

Turn those Fall Photos into ART!

CanvasPeople.com is offering a free 8 x 10 photo canvas (just pay shipping, which is about $12-$14 bucks) OR you can get 40% off any larger canvas + free shipping as a special introductory deal!
When I buy these, I always upgrade to the 11×14 size- and they are just so beautiful, seriously. The quality is a million times better than I expected for such a low price- ask at your local studio what the would charge you for this– I guarantee it’s 5-10 times higher.

Home Depot Savings:

You do NOT want to miss the awesome savings in the Home Depot newsletters!

They’ll send you savings and sale updates both by email, and in your regular postal mail too. I have gotten so many really amazing coupons and freebies from them this way. I get things like:

Buy one, get one free on Martha Stewart Paint
Free Plant Food with purchase of Garden Tools
Save $10 off a $25 Purchase
Bring in coupon for a FREE sample of the new Gorilla Glue

Especially at this time of year, when there are so many projects to complete, you want to be getting these updates. They’ll let you know when the next free classes are coming up, send you notice of special sales and event, exclusive coupons, and more. It only takes a second to sign up.

Love it?

I do :) These are my very favorite deals going on, and all things that I use myself. {In fact, I cannot WAIT to get the Halloween Trick or Treat bag I made to match Abby’s Pink Poodle costume!!} If you love ’em, use the social buttons to share with your freebie lovin’ friends on Facebook and Twitter!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on October 4, 2011 Filed Under: Deals and Coupon Codes, Freebies, Shopping | No Comments

HUGE RESOURCE: How To Get Free Stuff Every Day!

Welcome to another HUGE Freebie Post!

I get a TON of freebies each day. I absolutely LOVE going out to get the mail, and finding a bunch of boxes on my front porch, and a mailbox overflowing with fun stuff.

Our mailbox is actually way bigger than all of the neighbors- we had to upgrade it to fit everything!

Today I’ll share pictures of my free stuff from last week, and some of my favorite sites to watch for free offers! So, grab a cup of coffee {pumpkin spice latte, anyone?} and get your freebie on this morning!

{Quick tip- did you know, you can right click an offer to open it in a new tab or window, so you don’t lose your place on this freebie list? Makes it easy peasy to work your way through and get ’em all!}

Favorite Freebie Resources:

In the first pic here, you see some really great stuff! I got the Chef Boyardee Chef hat as part of my big party package from HouseParty.com. Check with them often to apply for the newest parties!
There’s also a really great set of products from Scrubbing Bubbles- I got this cleaning kit FREE as a member of BzzAgent.com. They have loads of great campaigns you can get!
I also have loads of free magazines, free catalogs, and great samples! Get a free subscription to Baby Talk Magazine which is always filled with coupons, and a Free Subscription to Website Magazine. Find tons of MySavings.com!

More Great Free Stuff!

On this day, I got my shipment from Walmart, with the super hot deal I told you about from RainingHotCoupons.com– I ordered both of these for around $9 bucks each, and they come with a coupon for a free magazine subscription. You can choose to simply get a rebate instead- which makes these FREE! She’s a great resource for coupons and deals.
I also got an assortment of samples that I found on offers from Freeflys – sign up for their newsletter to stay updated on the BEST new samples!

More Freebies!

Obviously I don’t remember where everything that I get each day came from! But on a big sample day like this, most of them probably came from sites like these-
MySurvey: I get tons of great Free Products to Test from MySurvey!
TFS: Check back daily at That Freebie Site for new cool stuff- you never know what you’ll find here!
Woman Freebies: I love the assortment of beauty and make-up samples here! Sign up for their newsletter updates to get the best new offers sent to you!
MySavings: Tons of cool free stuff, sorted by category. Check them out today- Free Stuff at MySavings.com.

And Even MORE Free Stuff!

I am LOVIN’ this new Scotch Thermal Laminator– and what makes it even better is that it’s regular price is over $80, but I got it on a flash deal at Amazon for less than $10!! {I shared this on Facebook and Twitter- did you get one too?} And what makes it even BETTER than THAT? I got it totally free, since I get FREE Amazon Gift Cards from using my much-loved SwagBucks!!
The Swiffer Duster was a freebie that I got as a member of the awesome Vocalpoint.com– sign up if you’re not a member yet, to get in on some great full size product freebies!

A few more great sites too:

Baby to Bee: Great name brand samples and offers for moms, and moms to be! FREE baby stuff.
CafeMom: Find moms to swap coupons with, start clothing or toy swaps, learn new tips, and more! CafeMom.
Cool Savings: Watch the savings pile up thanks to free, printable coupons for groceries, kids, pets and more.. Click Here to join.
Planning Family: Tons of great stuff for parents, my favorite is the great free diaper coupons!
Savings Star: Save on your groceries with SavingStar! SavingStar is a new eCoupon service that’s totally paperless – so there’s nothing to clip or print. Get over 30 eCoupons worth over $50! Click Here to get started.
Toluna: I just got approved to do a Free In-Home Product Test of Pantene‘s new line of products- plus I’ll earn $15 bucks for trying them! Love this place.
LearnVest: Free online financial bootcamp, and great daily tips. Sign up for their Daily Frugal Living Tips newsletter, and get fun ideas, and suggestions for the best FREE services and sites out there!
Inbox Dollars: Get $5 bucks free cash today for signing up. Earn more for referring friends, checking out ad’s, and my fave- .10 cents per coupon you print and redeem!

What do you think?

Do you use some of these sites already – which ones are your favorites? Do you have some favorites that I forgot to mention? Share ’em in the comments!

Make sure to use the social buttons to share this on your Facebook and Twitter too- so you’re friends can learn how to get all of these great freebies too!