Got little ones? Want to start saving for their college education? Then you’ll be interested to know about this $10000 Sweepstakes from GradSave, after all it’s never too early to start saving for college:
Be sure to read more about eligibility rules and prizes here. Odds of winning depends on how many entries received.
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Music is such a huge part in our lives. It cheers us when we are down, it relaxes us when we are tense and it allows us to create new memories with family. Talk radio also use to be such a huge part of family lives. Remember the Waltons gathering in their livingroom around the radio? Before television that’s what families did for home entertainment.
Looking for a free radio source you can listen to online? I discovered TuneIn Radio. It is free local, international and Internet radio.
Head to TuneIn, where you can listen to radio stations for FREE on your computer! No money, No accounts needed. Of course, you can sign up for an account to save your favorite stations. They have local radio to your area, music, talk and sports! This is one of my new favorite sites! They also have apps to download as well.
Check it out at TuneIn.
If you have ever gone to college or have a college aged student you know how expensive books can be. It’s important to be able to save as much money as possible while attending college to pay for loans, lodging, food and transportation. That’s why I wish we had the internet back when I went to college in the late 80′s early 90′s. I spent a lot of money on books.
Today college students can save money using textbook rental services. After all why buy a book you’ll only read once, right? Another plus with renting textbooks is not having to store books that will never be read again. How many of those do you have in your attic or garage? I know we still have some 20 years later! Campus Book Rentals offers a solution to these issues and incredible savings. Here are some of the benefits you’ll see right off:
-40-90% off of normal bookstore prices (This is better than wholesale!)
-free shipping both ways (Extra, extra!)
-freedom to highlight in the textbooks (Wow!)
-flexible rental periods
-Operation Smile receives money with each textbook rented (Bonus! Helping others while saving money, who can turn that down?)
Hope this helps many college students save money with textbook rentals.
Happy Thrifty Thursday!
I am being compensated for this post. All opinions are my own.
School supplies and back to school clothing costs adds up fast! Start shopping now to beat the rush and use these coupons to increase your back to school savings:
· Get $10 off 2 Jansport backpacks with this Target coupon (click for code, expires 8/4). You can also earn up to 5% cash back.
· For back to school clothes and shoes, save 10% off any order with this Kohl’s coupon (click for code, expires 8/23). You can also earn 4% cash back.
· Save with free shipping on orders of $25+ when you use this Scholastic Store coupon (no code needed when you click the coupon link, expires soon). You can also earn 7% cash back.
· Enjoy free shipping on orders of $50+ when you use this Office Depot coupon (no code needed when you click the coupon link, expires soon). You can also earn up to 7% cash back.
· Get 10% off orders $250+ with this SchoolSuppliesToYou.com coupon (click for code, expires soon).
Note: Cash Back rates can change from one day to the next. These rates were valid 7/13/2012.
BeFrugal.com offers free coupons and Cash Back, currently with an average rate of 7% at 3000+ online stores. For even more savings, sign up for a free account now.
To get the most savings, be sure you activate your account before you click to use the online coupon offers above. This way, you’ll earn Cash Back plus save big from using the coupons above.
I know most of us are watching our spending these days, especially with gas prices so high. That’s why when I learned of a new frugal website, I thought that you all would enjoy learning about it too, considering that most people desire to know how to be frugal when the economy isn’t at its best. The great thing is I got to speak with the founder as well.
Q & A Session
I spoke to Jon, founder of BeFrugal.com and asked him a few questions. Below you will find our short Q & A session about how to be a frugal online shopper:
TG: What was behind starting BeFrugal.com?
Jon: The whole purpose behind BeFrugal is how and where you spend money. Internet technology makes it all more efficient and getting a better deal when you do buy something. We first started with coupons and that was a huge success. Then we added restaurant coupons, etc. and the cashback on online purchases.
TG: What is Befrugal.com and how does it work?
Jon: The first thing is to sign up for a free account on our website. Just an email is required, no credit card. Membership is free. Once your account is set up, then you are free to browse through the tabs. For example if you are looking for an online coupon for a store you want to shop at you can do a search for that store and find coupons. We have over 200 chains of stores. There are online coupons for 40,000+ stores. After you have your coupon, you click on complete purchase. There is an average of $27 off with coupons. We also offer an average of 7% cashback.(This was just recently updated here.) You can double up on cashback and coupons for more savings! The savings can be pretty significant.
The coupons savings is seen at the point of purchase. The cashback is credited to your BeFrugal account and needs to reach a $25 balance as that is the minimum withdrawl.
Shopping Tips
TG: What are some of the biggest shopping tips you can offer my readers?
Jon: The cool thing about online shopping is that you can do your research first online even if you do your shopping offline. You can print your coupons before going into the store.
1. Shop online as much as possible. No standing in lines with people behind you waiting. Online shopping saves time and gas, which equals money saved too.
2. Budget.
3. Use promo codes.
4. Use BeFrugal.com because it’s much easier to stay organized.
5. Use cashback and coupons.
6. Use a rewards credit card with your cashback and coupons. In most cases you can use all 3 together – $27, 7% and another 1-2% saved adds up.
All of these are available thru BeFrugal.com
I appreciate the time Jon took to speak with me. Please check out BeFrugal.com to increase your savings today.
At the Window Covering Safety Council website you can order a FREE retrofit kit for your blinds. If you have some sort of blinds with a cord, please order these. Those cords are so dangerous for children, I ordered mine this morning.
Order yours today!
Head over to Facebook and “Like” KFC and download Colonel Sanders’ Autobiography FREE and a secret recipe book!
I found a new website! Watch out, it’s addicting! It’s called The Freecycle Network. Type in your location and see what people have to “offer” or “want” and they are all free! You will find almost ANYTHING on here. I’ve seen used oil, frozen meats, swing sets, baby items, beds, you name it! You will need an account – if you find and “offer” you’d like you then need to contact the person to set a time / place and go and pick it up! I’ve seen a few “curb alerts” (a curb alert is people that are putting stuff out on the curb or road) in my area. This is my kind of bargain shopping!
Editor’s Note: Our family has used Free Cycle and have got some pretty nice stuff – our recliner is one of them. We have also got work horses which have come in handy now that we have moved! Lots of neat and useful things have been found on Free Cycle. Beware of daily emails as they will over take your inbox! I finally had to unsubscribe due to the emails and my husband’s request! lol! I had him running out to pick up too many things! 
*Pictures are from the Pottery Barn Website*
Select a book, track your child’s progress with the book(s), get a reward! Sounds good to me.
With summer nearing, it’s hard to keep your child still reading. Here’s an incentive and a reading challenge! Download the book list, progress chart, a certificate from Pottery Barn’s Website ( http://www.potterybarnkids.com/design-studio/articles/summer-reading-challenge.html ). Once your reading is done and tracked, you then print a certificate for your child and visit your local Pottery Barn and your child will receive a book! You can also enter to win a backpack with books!
Happy Reading!
