Here’s a fun activity for July 4th!! Go to Krispy Kreme to get a FREE Original Glazed doughnut. Just visit a participating shop wearing red, white, and blue on July 4th!
Even sweeter, you can celebrate early and pick up The Stars and Stripes dozen available in shops now. It includes 3 Freedom Flag, 3 Red Velvet Sparkler, 3 All-American Apple Pie, and 3 Original Glazed doughnuts.
- Freedom Ring Doughnut – an Original Glazed® doughnut dipped in white icing, blue sprinkles and white stars, piped with red icing stripes.
- USA Party Doughnut – an Original Glazed® doughnut piped with white buttercreme, sprinkled with USA party sprinkle blend, and topped with a USA sugar piece.
- Vanilla Cookies & Kreme ™ Liberty Crunch Doughnut – an unglazed shell doughnut filled with vanilla cookies & Kreme™ filling, dipped in white icing and topped with vanilla cookies, patriotic sprinkles and white icing drizzle.
Free doughnut offer is valid 7/4 only at participating shops in shop and drive thru. Limit one per person. Not available online.
See more freebies!
Every month I try to give you some ideas for dinner to relieve some of the pressure you feel in the kitchen. Let’s be honest: if you’re trying to save money on food, then planning meals, shopping, cooking, and keeping track of what you need at the store is a part-time job! I hope this July 2025 Monthly Meal Plan helps reduce that mental load at least a little bit.
Southern Savers FREE July 2025 Monthly Meal Plan
One tip for this month if you’re planning to grill out for the Fourth is to make a bunch of grilled meat and freeze it. You can use it for lunches, or you can repurpose it into one of the other dinner recipes.
Download the FREE July 2025 Monthly Meal Plan!
See some previous meal plans:
July 2024 Monthly Meal Plan
July 2023 Monthly Meal Plan
July 2022 Monthly Meal Plan
July 2021 Monthly Meal Plan
July 2020 Monthly Meal Plan
July 2019 Monthly Meal Plan
Saving money can’t get any easier than using Circle coupons in Target’s mobile app! These offers come off instantly at the register and most are good on up to 4 items.
And now most Circle offers now apply automatically when you check out – no need to search the app to select potential offers (except for Manufacturer coupons or alcohol rebates.)
Check out all of the new Circle Offers we have found so far this week, it’s a pretty long list with some sweet high value offers.
Note: look at the individual deals in the Circle app to get more details on which items are included in the offers.
If you’ve never used Target Circle and want to know more watch a short on all the ways to save with Circle.
Circle Special and GiftCard Deals:
Free Target $5 GiftCard WYB (2) Charmin & Bounty home essentials, select Target Circle eCoupon
Free Target $10 GiftCard WYB (1) KardiaMobile FDA cleared personal EKG monitor Target Circle eCoupon
Free Target $5 GiftCard WYB (1) Claritin allergy relief medication, select Target Circle eCoupon
Free Target $5 GiftCard WYB (1) New Chapter health items, select Target Circle eCoupon
Free Target $5 GiftCard WY spend $30 on hair care & skin care, select Target Circle eCoupon
Free Target $5 GiftCard WYB (2) Dove Beauty deodorant, select Target Circle eCoupon
Free Target $5 GiftCard WYB (4) oral care & personal care products, select Target Circle eCoupon
Free Target $5 GiftCard WYB (2) pet supplies, select Target Circle eCoupon
Baby Care:
If you have a big interior painting project coming up, Lowe’s has just the deal for you!
Hop on over to the Lowe’s July 4th Sale where you can score BOGO FREE Interior Paint by HGTV Home or Valspar after a Lowe’s gift card rebate!
Purchase (2) qualifying paint cans or pails by 7/9 and you’ll be eligible to submit for a BOGO Free rebate. Participating paint will mention the rebate on the image and below the price.
Here’s an idea of the savings:
Buy:
(2) HGTV Home by Sherwin Williams 1-gallon Wall Paint – $51.98
Total Due: $103.56
Get Back: Lowe’s gift card for $51.98
That means you’re getting each gallon of paint for only $25.99!!
To receive the fastest rebate, visit Lowes.com/Rebates and enter the required information from your sales receipt. You will be mailed a gift card in the amount of the lowest priced item of the (2) qualifying items you purchased. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.
Purchase must be made by 7/9. Request for rebate must be submitted by 8/4. See the full list of qualifying items.
You really need to head over and shop this Under Armour sale!! Right now Under Armour is offering an extra 50% off all sale items!! This makes for crazy prices on shoes and clothing. I found deals starting at $4!!
Find gear on sale already up to 50% off.
Under Armour Coupon Codes
EXTRA50 – extra 50% off sale items
SEMIANNUAL – extra 30% off
You can only use one, so go with the 50% off. It won’t be mentioned on their site, but does work on all sale items (not on full priced items).
You can also get free shipping on any order thru Shoprunner (get 1-year free here) or get free shipping on any $50+ purchase.
Check out some of these deals:
UA Charged Gemini – $74.97 (reg. $100)
use EXTRA50
makes it $37.48
UA Charged Assert 10 Camo – $69.97 (reg. $78)
use EXTRA50
makes it $34.97
I’ve been an AARP member for the last few years and I’m not 55+ (or even close).
You would be surprised at the number of discounts and offers that are for any age. There are actually no age restrictions at all, anyone can join and enjoy all the savings.
Grab a year membership for $15 right now and you’ll get a free gift with it! Plus within a matter of minutes you will have saved more than the cost to join.
9 Ways an AARP membership will save you money:
Discounted Gift Cards
Under AARP rewards (not the Benefits section), you’ll find hundreds of discounted gift cards. Many are offers you’ll never see anywhere else! This is the fastest way to make money on your membership. You can get up to 5 gift cards per month.
Two gift card offers I would grab right away
8% off Kroger family of stores gift cards (pay $46 for a $50 gift card)
8% off Albertsons family of stores gift cards (pay $46 for a $50 gift card)
If you do all your shopping here that is $250 in grocery store gift cards for $230 or a $20 savings each month on groceries! Do this every month and you’ve saved $240 a year. Read More→
Who doesn’t love a giveaway!!!
All week we are going to have fun giveaways here on Southern Savers and over on Facebook. You can enter every day and check back for even more prizes too!
To start off the week let’s get ready for all things Prime Week. Starting next week on July 8th Amazon will run Prime Day sales on thousands of items. I’ll be sharing all the top deals so make sure you are ready.
Three winners will each get a $50 Amazon gift card sent via email as an eGift card. Enter in the Widget below.
Note: This giveaway is not sponsored by anyone, just me saying thanks for being a great reader.
Summer Giveaways – Amazon Gift Card (3) Winners
Winners will be picked Tuesday morning and notified by email.
Gilt is offering $89.99 Birkenstock Gizehs, Arizonas and Mayaris through tonight only, 6/29. Dash over there and grab a pair before they’re gone!
There are styles available for women, men and kids. See a couple of options below and shop the entire sale here.
Deal Ideas:
Birkenstock Gizeh Birko-Flor Sandal – $89.99 (reg. $110)
Birkenstock Women’s Arizona Birko-Flor Sandal – $89.99 (reg. $115)
This offer is good thru 6/29. Order once and pay the $9.99 shipping cost, then get free standard shipping on every order for the next 30 days!
See more shoe deals.
Popsicles are a great treat for hot weather! Here are some recipes for homemade popsicles that use fruits, yogurt, and more.
Tip: If you don’t have a popsicle mold (there are a bunch on Amazon!), try using the old-fashioned method with paper cups and popsicle sticks.
Homemade Popsicles Recipes:
