Centsible Savings: December 2010

Monday, December 27, 2010

$1.00 coupon for Robitussin

Sign up for a $1.00 coupon for Robitussin. Hopefully you won’t need it (although I have been going through a bottle the last few days :( ) But, it is always good to have some on hand.

Starbucks: FREE drink on your birthday + MORE (with registered gift card)

Did you get a Starbucks gift card for Christmas? I did! :)

Head over here to register your gift card on their website. When you do you will get a FREE birthday beverage of your choice (I am reading that this is ANY size, ANY flavor – mmmm!) AND will receive up to two FREE hours of Wi-Fi service every day.

With My Starbucks Rewards, you earn 1 star every time you pay with your Starbucks gift card. And as you collect Stars, you move up to bigger benefits.

Once you have earned 5 stars, you advance to the Green level where you receive:

*Free Beverage Customization (Purchase a beverage with your registered Starbucks Card and you can get your syrup and milk options like soy on the house).
*Free Refills on Brewed Coffee.
*Free Beverage with Whole Bean Purchase
*Free Trial Offers

Once you collect 30 Stars, you advance to the benefits of Gold Level for one year (Add another 30 stars AND keeps you Gold for the following year!):

*Free Drink Every 15 Stars
*Personalized Gold Card that recognizes you are a favorite customer.
*Personalized Offers and Coupons

Want to know how to really maximize your savings?

Earn more FREE Starbucks cards through swagbucks and add the balance of those cards to your registered Starbucks card (online in your Starbucks account).

Then continue to use the card, earning a star every time.

Once you collect 30 stars, you become a gold level member and then every 15 stars that you earn, you will get a coupon for a FREE drink. All this by registering and using/reloading a gift card you got for FREE!

Little Caesars: BOGO FREE pizza coupon

Register for a coupon for Buy one, get one free Little Caesars pizza. Our local Little Caesars has $5 HOT now pizzas and let you use a BOGO coupon on them, so you can get 2 pizzas for $5 with this coupon.

Hurry, as this coupon expires tomorrow, December 28, 2010!

Chick-fil-a: FREE Spicy Chicken biscuit

Remember making reservations for a free sandwich when Chick-fil-A instroduced the spicy chicken sandwich earlier this summer? Well, now they are introducing a new spicy chicken biscuit and you can try it for free!

Participating Chick-fil-A Restaurants will give out a limited number of FREE spicy chicken biscuits from January 3-8, 2011 to customers who have a reservation. The biscuit will not be added to the menu until January 10, so this is your chance to try it before everyone! ":)

Starting today, Monday, Dec. 27th, make your reservation at your local Chick-fil-a restaurant location for your FREE spicy chicken biscuit

Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas!

I am in the midst of last minute preparations for Christmas – wrapping the last gift, German chocolate cake in the oven, fudge cooling, and straightening the house for company. But I wanted to take a minute and wish all of you a Merry Christmas!

I truly love sharing with you all the coupon deals, thrifty ways to decorate your house, and how you can save your family money. Thank you for being wonderful readers and making Centsible Savings possible!

I have many exciting things in store for Centsible Savings in 2010 and can’t wait to share them with you. But for now, I am taking the next few days off to enjoy making memories with family and celebrating Christ’s birth!

So…

Merry Christmas

from our family to yours!

(our Christmas card from Shutterfly this year - LOVE Shutterfly)

Don’t forget to celebrate the greatest gift this Christmas - “For God so loved the world that He GAVE His only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.!”

CVS deals 12/26 – 1/1: FREE Tone body wash and Kodak photo books, cheap Pantene

New to shopping at CVS?

Check out my CVS tutorial here.

Don’t understand the coupon lingo?

Check out my couponing glossary here.

You’ll want to hurry and print this coupon before it is gone!

CVS will have the 8x10 Kodak photo books on sale for Buy 1, get 1 FREE next week. Use this Buy one, get 1 free printable coupon to get both books for FREE. (You can actually print 2 coupons, so you could get 4 books for FREE! These might be able to be made ahead online, then picked up in store, anyone know for sure??)

Tone Body Wash - $3.88
Get $3.00 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $1.00/1 printable or printable
FREE + $0.22 moneymaker after coupon and ECBs!

Colgate Total Advanced or Enamel Strength - $2.99

Get $2.00 ECBs (limit 2)

Use $0.75/1 printable coupon

$0.24 after coupon and ECB’s

Pantene Shampoo or Conditioner - 2/$6.97
Get $2 ECBs wyb 2 (Limit 1)
Use $3.00/2 coupon from 12/26 PG

$1.97/2 or $0.98 each after coupon and ECBs!

Charmin Ultra or Basic toilet paper - $4.99

Get $1.00 ECBs (limit 1)

Use $1.00/1 Charmin basic coupon from 11/28 PG

Use $0.25/1 Charmin coupon from 11/28 PG or 12/26 PG

$2.99 after coupons and ECBs

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Décor on a Dime: Decorating with Christmas ornaments! :)

I promised you a post of the many ways you can decorate with ornaments! And I found more than 10 ways! :) So if you are needing a pretty centerpiece on your table for the in-laws headed over for Christmas, I have some quick and easy ideas for you. And the best part is you should have everything you need already!

Remember those Dollar Store Hurricanes? Throw some Christmas balls in them for a cute centerpiece. Or for a focal point on your mantel.

Have a pretty pair of candlesticks? Place some Christmas balls on top for a festive look! :)

Add some pinecones and Christmas balls in a basket tied with a bow for another cute centerpiece or to place on an entryway table.

Or put Christmas balls and pinecones under a cake dome or a cloché.

Need a last minute centerpiece and have a large vase or hurricane? Throw some Christmas balls inside, and some greenery around the bottom and you have a gorgeous, festive centerpiece in minutes! :)

Here are some of the ways I decorated with ornaments this year!

I am loving the ornaments in this tall hurricane vase!

By the way, Wal-mart has packs of 4 gorgeous red, green, blue, silver gold plastic ornaments for $1.00! And you can find packs of ornament for $1 at the Dollar Tree and the dollar spot at Target. I am hoping that some of them are still left and go 50% on Sunday so I can stock up for next year! (since I used the same 10-15 ornaments for each one of these pictures :)

See all the ornaments in my dining room this year! :)

In the centerpiece…

in my ornament wreath…

on the little 3 tiered Christmas tree server…

(That way, this gets used all season long! Not just pulled out to put fudge and cookies on Christmas Day!)

and in the garland on my hutch!

My MIL passed on this pretty garland to me this year. I added a strand of lights and a few red Christmas balls and Iove it across my china hutch! It is so pretty to see the Christmas lights lit up in their at night too.

I even added a few Christmas balls in my Christmas dishes in my hutch.

This is the first year I have gotten to enjoy our new chandelier in the dining room and it is all decked out for Christmas! :)

I moved my candle/mirror centerpiece to the kitchen for Christmas and of course added some mini and regular Christmas balls around it!

Love how the candlelight reflects off the sparkly Christmas balls!

I made this wreath a few years ago and it usually hangs outside my door. But this year it is on the inside of my front door.

And of course my picture ledges had to get some Christmas décor too!

The little red, green, and gold presents are actually ornaments (from Wal-mart for $1!) and I think they look cute nestled next to my Christmas tree candy dish.

Frugal with a Flourish made this adorable ornament Christmas tree and has a great tutorial! I had planned to make it too but Dollar Tree was sold out of the mini ornaments before I could get any. Maybe I can find some on clearance after Christmas somewhere?

So have fun decorating with Christmas ornaments! :)

And if you need some of the pretty plastic ornaments, watch for them on clearance after Christmas and pick some up for next year! :)

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(By the way if you see any of this faux snow stuff on clearance, pick some up! It will go down to $0.25-0.50 a bag at Wal-mart or Target after Christmas. I will have some great ideas on how to use it to decorate for winter in January and February. I already have my winter mantel pictured in my head and I can’t wait to take Christmas down and put winter up!)

faux snow (photo courtesy of Thrifty Decor Chick)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Eversave: $5 credit + $5 coupon code = $40 voucher for $10!!

The Lot 26 deal I posted the other day from Eversave just got even better!

Eversave is currently offering a $5 off promo code – FIRSTBUY that you can use on any purchase! And if you join as a new member you will get a $5 credit too! That will give you $10 towards your purchase.

So you could get the $40 credit to Lot 26 for only $10!!!

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Lot 26 studio has beautiful vinyl adhesive wall décor. I am a sucker for vinyl sayings and am jumping on this deal!

Here’s some of the stuff you could get:

These bird and branches would go perfect over my mantel for winter and it is only $8.00!

I also love this vinyl chalkboard for $35 – you can actually write on it!

These tiles are so pretty too! and they only cost $35 so could be purchased with your voucher that you got for $15!

and I always love wall sayings!

Love this little tree that would be so perfect in a nursery!

Here’s how you can score some super cheap vinyl décor:

1. Head over to Eversave and join. If you are a new member you will immediately get a $5 credit!

2. Change the location to Chicago. Purchase the Lot 26 voucher, using code FIRSTBUY to get $5 off, making your total only $10 for a $40 voucher!! You can purchase up to 3 vouchers (but you can only use voucher per order) and they don’t expire until June 19, 2011. The vouchers also cannot be used on shipping. :(

3. The voucher coupon codes will be loaded to your account in 2 days and then you can use them to purchase what you want from Lot 26!

Monday, December 20, 2010

Swagbucks: Earn 60 swagbucks for joining!!

I have tried and tried to convince you to join and use swagbucks! :) If you haven’t yet, I hope this post will be the final motivation you need.

I waited a while before joining the swagbucks bandwagon too. But once I did and saw how quick the “bucks” added to my account, and then redeemed for my first Amazon giftcard, I WAS HOOKED!

I joined about a year and half ago and was able to buy quite a few Christmas gifts last year with Amazon cards I had earned for FREE with swagbucks (and even got them shipped for FREE using Amazon prime!)

This year, I decided to redeem my swagbucks each month for Amazon giftcards (450 swagbucks get you a $5 Amazon gc and you can order up to 5 each month) and save them up for Christmas shopping. My husband and I decided to get a new camera (a Nikon DSLR to be exact!) for Christmas as “our Christmas present” and were so excited when we realized we could pay for almost HALF OF IT with Amazon giftcards from swagbucks!! That’s right we had earned a couple hundred dollars of Amazon giftcards just from searching the internet, doing the daily polls, and referring friends to swagbucks!

So I promise you this is WORTH IT! I have the swagbucks toolbar installed and just do all my searches using it (taking no extra time at all!)

So what are you waiting for? Sign up today! New members usually only get 30 bucks for signing up. BUT from now until the end of the year if you sign up using THIS LINK and enter code JoinIn2010, you will get 60 swagbucks added to your account!

$5 credit to Eversave + $40 of vinyl wall art for only $15!!!

Eversave (another site like Groupon) is offering a $5 credit to all new members! Hurry, because the $5 credit is not supposed to last long.

Also right now they are offering a $40 voucher for only $20 to Lot 26 studio. (With your $5 credit for becoming a new member, you could get the $40 voucher for only $15!!!)

Lot 26 studio has beautiful vinyl adhesive wall décor. I am a sucker for vinyl sayings and am jumping on this deal!

Here’s what I think I might get with my $40 credit! :)

These bird and branches would go perfect over my mantel for winter and it is only $8.00!

I also love this vinyl chalkboard for $35 – you can actually write on it!

These tiles are so pretty too! and they only cost $35 so could be purchased with your voucher that you got for $15!

and I always love wall sayings!

Love this little tree that would be so perfect in a nursery!

Here’s how you can score some super cheap vinyl décor:

1. Head over to Eversave and join. If you are a new member you will immediately get a $5 credit!

2. Change the location to Chicago and purchase the Lot 26 voucher. You can purchase up to 3 vouchers (but you can only use voucher per order) and they don’t expire until June 19, 2011.

3. The voucher coupon codes will be loaded to your account in 2 days and then you can use them to purchase what you want from Lot 26!

CVS: 20% in-store coupon!

CVS has loaded a new 20% coupon on their facebook page. There are lots of restrictions like it can’t be used on ANYTHING that is ON SALE. But if you planned on shopping at CVS this week it might be worth trying to see if this would work.

Here’s how to get your coupon

1. Go to the CVS facebook page and click “like” if you haven’t already.

2. Go to the “holiday pass” tab and enter your extra care number

3. Your coupon will be emailed to you and will be valid through 12/26.