Here is a great little coupon book offer. I've filled in my information twice. I already received my first booklet and the second should be on it's way. Happy shopping!

Free, Free, Free!

While my goal and desire is to try to blog at least once a day, that won't always happen. I was unable to blog yesterday because my husband and I had tickets to see a show. FREE tickets. We also went out to dinner and had a FREE meal. Did I mention how much I love free things? We had a wonderful time and laughed a whole lot. :)

We received the free tickets through the Free Night of Theater program. Tickets became available on Oct. 1st and were pretty much sold out within an hour in my state. If you missed it this year, look for it to come again next year.

We had a free meal because we camped out at a chick-fil-a opening and got 52 free meals each.

While I'm talking about what all we've had for free lately, let me add this morning's breakfast to the list. We had two sample size boxes of cerial we got in the mail. Neither of those promotions is still going on, but I will be sure to update when I find more cereal samples. They pop up all the time.

I also redeemed some of my swagbucks for two $5 amazon.com gift cards today!

But enough about me. Here is something for you:

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Two free Luggage Tags with your own image (or one of theirs) on it. I can't wait for mine to come!

Playtex Sport Tampons

Get your free sample of Playtex Sport Tampons. It includes 2 regular unscented and 1 super unscented. My sample already came in the mail and included a $1 off coupon as well.

Hussana Skin Care Sample

Check out this free sample of Hussana skin care products. It does not say what exactly the sample is, but it is completely free. You do have to confirm that you want the sample, though, so make sure you check whatever email you give them.

Savings Fun 101

Welcome to Savings Fun. My name is Emily, and I will be bringing you all sorts of fun savings ideas, links, and webpages that I use in my own life. Saving money is an addiction for me.

I know that saving money is a big theme in this economy, but I've been saving money my whole life. I learned from my father, who is the King of saving money while still living generously. Both my parents are teachers, so you can imagine how much they make. While my siblings and I were young my mother stayed home with us, so the 5 of us lived off my father's teaching salary. That did not stop us from eating well, going on awesome vacations, visiting family that live across the country every year, or from having everything we could need and many things that we wanted.

So, I have the background. I wont bore you with more.

Let me run through a list of ways my husband and I save and earn money now:

1) We don't spend more than we have. Credit card debt is a killer. If you can't afford it now, don't buy it.

2) We do use credit card that have no fee and have awesome rewards. Cash back card are our favorite. My dad loves the Airline miles ones. Also, credit cards are offering other incentives now, like free admission to certain places on specific dates if you have one of their cards.

3) Coupons. They are all over the web. You can get them mailed to you. You can find them in your newspaper. Don't miss out.

4) Buy things on sale. BOGO is great. Watch for sales greater than 25 % off. Especially now, store will have good sales because they have to.

5) Free samples. Oh how I love them. Find them on the web, fill out your address, a

nd they mail them to you. NO CHARGE. NO S&H FEES. It's like my birthday everyday when I check the mail.

6) Swagbucks - this site costs nothing. You collect swagbucks mainly by searching, or if people

you refer are searching, but there are other ways as well. Then you use them to get prizes. I like the $5 amazon giftcards because then I can buy whatever I want. I've been on for almost a month and I've earned enough swag bucks for 3 cards already. That is $15 from using their search bar to do my searches.

7) Garage sales. You have to sift through the junk, but you can find crazy good deals at Gsales.

8) Thrift stores. Same as Gsales.

9) Research any big buys you have. The best price you can get of some items is hundreds of dollars on a large purchase than the average price you would pay.

10) Craigslist. Be careful and don't get scammed, but buying and selling on Craigslist can seriously save/earn you money.

Ok. More to come soon with links to my favorite sites to find freebies, coupons, and sales.

About Me

Hello Friends! :)

My name is Emily. I am a southern girl living in a suburb outside a really big city. I'm happily married to the love of my life. I majored in English at a small liberal arts college, and I am now a consultant for a small company doing pretty much whatever they ask me to do.

While I have plenty of things I love to write about, a majority of it is not interesting or helpful to most people, so this blog is dedicated to saving money, coupons, freebies, and other fun related information, which seems to be something may people need and want right now.

I guess what it boils down to is that I love saving money. I like to look in my bank account and seeing it add up. Saving money also means I have money to give to good causes. I find that Money can be the cause of two things. Joy or stress. Saving money and giving away money are both things that bring me joy. Hoarding money and not meeting my budget on the other hand, stress me out.

Right now, my husband and I are saving for a down payment on a house. We also have a savings account for emergencies and one for taxes since we are both consultants. We don't have a lot of money, but we have enough.

Once we buy a house, the next thing on our savings list is for a baby. We do not have children yet, but we both want a big family.

If that doesn't satisfy your curiosity about me, you can always send me an email by clicking on the contact link above or leaving me a message in a comment.