Calling all readers with a "work from home" business!

November 7, 2010 by

I love my readers and want to help support those working moms (and dads) out there during the holiday season! If you have your own business (Avon, Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, ETSY site, etc.) and would like to promote it during the holidays, e-mail me! I’ll choose one person a day and do a post featuring your business on the blog.  You can find my contact information here.  I can’t wait to see all of the fun things our fellow readers are up to!

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Super cheap games at Toys ‘R Us!

November 7, 2010 by

I love November and Toys ‘R Us deals! The hot “offer” this week is the Hasbro games deal – spend $35 on Hasbro games, get a $10 Toys ‘R Us gift card! Plus, there is a rebate offer on select Hasbro games that goes along with this, too!

Here are the games listed in the ad: (ANY Hasbro games will count toward the deal)

$15 GAMES:
Cranium Hullabaloo
Cranium Playground
Cranium Scribblist

$10 GAMES:
Clue
Guess Who?
Mouse Trap
Perfection
Pictureka
Sorry Sliders

$9 GAMES:
Clue Junior
Monopoly Junior
R2-D2 Star Wars Trouble board game
Scrabble Junior

$5 GAMES: ($3 after MIR):

Ants in the Pants
Don’t Break the Ice
Hi Ho Cherry-O
Memory (assorted varieties)

$3 GAMES ($1 after MIR):
CandylandChutes & Ladders

Here’s one possible scenario:
Buy Ants in the Pants – $5
Buy Candyland – $3
Buy Chutes & Ladders – $3
Buy Don’t Break the Ice – $5
Buy High Ho Cherry-O – $5
Buy Memory – $5
Buy Trouble (regular version) – $10.99 (there is a $3 MIR for this)
Buy Chocolate Scrabble – free with purchase of Trouble (Big Toy Book promotion – read more about this here)

Spend $36.99 OOP, get a $10 TRU gift card – submit for $15 in rebates
Final Price = $11.99 after rebate/gift card (that’s just $1.50 per game!)

**Even if you don’t need these games, consider donating them to Toys For Toys, your child’s classroom, or another good cause!

The rebate forms were on a tear pad in front of the games at my store.  If you can’t find them at your store, be sure you ask at customer service. 

Here’s what is available on the rebate form: (this it the “regular” version of these games, not specialty versions unless otherwise noted)

$5 rebate:  Monopoly Streets video game (for Wii, Playstation 3, and XBox 360) and Family Game Night 3 (for Wii, Playstation 3, and XBox 360)

$3 rebate:  Battleship, Operation, Scrabble, Monpoly, Connect 4, Sorry, Trouble, Twister, Life, Bop It!, Bop it Bounce!, Cuponk, UBuild games, Guess Who?, Gator Golf, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Elefun, Pop Goes Froggio

$2 rebate:  Memory (all versions), Hi Ho Cherry-O, Chutes and Ladders (all versions), Cootie, Candyland (all versions), Don’t Spill the Beans, Don’t Break the Ice, and Ants in the pants

NOTE:  You can only submit one rebate per household, and the rebate is valid through 12/31, so if you think you are going to buy more games, you may want to hang on to your receipts and rebate form.

There is also an in ad coupon for a free $10 Toys ‘R Us gift card when you spend $75 or more.  This can be combined with the Hasbro deal, so you may end up with $20 in gift cards!  Don’t forget to use your Rewards ‘R Us card to get 10% back on all your purchases this holiday season!!

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Get a photo free coffee mug or desk calendar from Hersheys and Snapfish!

November 6, 2010 by

Right now, you can get a free photo mug or desk calendar from Hershey’s and Snapfish!

Here’s a breakdown of how you can access this offer:

1.  Visit the Hershey’s/Snapfish promotional page here

2.  Click on “Enter UPCs”

3.  Sign in if you already have an account or register if you don’t have one

4.  Slick on “Don’t have UPCs” and two codes will automatically appear.  Then, click on “next”

5.  You will have an option to choose the photo mug or the calendar.  After your selection, an e-mail will be sent to your e-mail address with a special activation code.  You have until 2/4/11 to create your free item!

NOTE:  You do have to pay a shipping and handling fee of $4.99

Hopefully this will help you check another Christmas gift off your list!

(Thanks Slick Deals!)

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Hot Groupon Deal: $10 for $20 of merchandise at Build a Bear!

November 6, 2010 by

Groupon has an awesome deal right now where you can get a $20 Build a Bear gift certificate for just $10! The certificate is valid through 3/31/11. Although the certificate is listed in the Houston market, it can be used online or at ANY Build a Bear location!  The prices for the bears start at $10, so depending on what you choose, you may be able to choose a bear and an outfit for just $10!

Here’s how you can take advantage of this deal:

1.  Log into your Groupon account (or create one here if you don’t have one already)

2.  Select “Houston” as your market.  If the Build a Bear deal doesn’t show up on the main page, look to the right and it should be there.

3.  Click on the green “buy” button and then complete the check-out process.

4.  The information for this deal will show up under the “My Groupons” tab on your account.

Limit 1 per order, not valid with other offers.

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Save up to 60% on Barbies plus get free shipping from Mattel!

November 5, 2010 by

If your daughter loves Barbies, you’ll definitely want to check out “Pink Friday” at Mattel.com.  You can get Barbie dolls for up to 60% off PLUS shipping is free on all Barbie orders today (11/5) only.  Use the code TXT201 to get an additional 20% off.  The Barbie A Christmas Carol doll pictured above is just $6.40 shipped with the sale and the extra 20% off!  My daughter loves the Peekaboo dolls, too, so I got one to use as a stocking stuffer.  The Barbie movies are also included!

Don’t forget to shop through Shop at Home to get an additional 3% cash back (plus a $5 bonus if you sign up for the first time here).  If you are not familiar with Shop at Home, check out this post here.

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