You all know about the awesome coupons you can get with Recyclebank, but looking through their rewards there are other fun prizes too.
All of their magazine subscriptions are 115 points, which you can easily earn right now in the Green Your School Year challenge!
Normally my rule of thumb is to pay no more than $5 for a year or $10 for a really premium magazine subscription. Free is always better though!
115 Point Magazines
Better Homes & Gardens
Cosmopolitan
Everyday Food
Good Housekeeping
Bazaar
Marie Claire
Parents
Popular Mechanics
Redbook
Seventeen
Town & Country
Whole Living
Martha Stewart Weddings
Martha Stewart Living
If you are new to Recyclebank, it’s a program where you earn points by completing games and tasks and then redeem the points for coupons – or in this case FREE magazines!
In our neck of the woods school started back this week. With that brings the lovely expense of buying books for older kids. One option you may not have thought of though is renting textbooks. If you know they are taking a low level class and are never going to want to keep the book you might really want to look into this.
Behind the scenes of Southern Savers I have a few college students that come and help with all kinds of things, so we were researching how to save and came across the idea of renting your books. There are three main websites that do this and they all creamed the local bookstore price handsdown.
Here’s a rundown of the three sites:
- BookRenter.com allows you to rent for a full or partial semester. They also offer free shipping both ways! Use code TT5%OFF to get 5% off your total purchase.
- Chegg.com has 130 day rentals (full semester). Shipping is $3.99 for the first book and $2.99 for any others. Use code aff51 to get 5% off your total purchase.
- CollegeBookRenter.com allows full or partial semester rentals. Currently the are offering free shipping through 8/31 and return shipping is always free. Use code SAVEWITHCBR to get 5% off your total purchase.
To give you an idea of the savings:
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
Purchase New $134
Purchase Used: $95.24
Rental: $42-$53 (after 5% savings)
I know from my experience buying the used version and selling it back later I only got maybe $30-$40 for books (if I was lucky), so to me this comes out to pretty good deal.
As with all online deals, you can even get cash back from your text books! Go through Shopathome.com or Ebates and get between 4% and 7% cash back from the three sites above.
Do you have any other tips or tricks for saving on college text books??
With all the mall coupons for the weekend comes dinning coupons! There are a few great offers today. As with all coupons, make sure that your store is participating before ordering food…
T.G.I Friday’s – $5 off $15 purchase (exp 8/24)
Ruby Tuesday – Get a free burger when you purchase two non-alcoholic beverages.
Sweet Tomatoes – Buy one get one breakfast and a number of other printable coupons.
Papa Murphy’s – Second pizza 50% off with purchase of regular priced pizza.
Chilli’s – Free Chips & Queso with Entree purchase
Quiznos – Free Sub Sandwich when you buy (1) Sub & Drink
O’Charley’s – $5 off $20 purchase (exp 8/31)
Smokey Bones – $10 off $20 purchase (exp 8/21)
These are a great excuse to go out for dinner and take the night off.
There is a new Yellow Advantage Buy flyer starting tomorrow 8/20 and running through 9/9. A number of the good deals overlap with the Sweet Savings coupons so be sure to grab those deals before they expire.
I’ve also added these to the main list of Publix deals so you can print your list in one place!
Grocery
- Gulden’s Spicy Brown Mustard, 12 oz, $1.49
-.30/1 Gulden’s Spicy Brown mustard, SS 6/26
-.35/1 Gulden’s Spicy Brown mustard printable or printable
(makes it 79¢-$1.14) - Ken’s Dressing, 9 oz, $1
-$1/2 Ken’s dressing, 8 or 9 oz, SS 8/14
(makes it 50¢) - Smart Balance Omega Non-Stick Cooking Spray, 6 oz, $2.49
-.75/1 Smart Balance cooking spray or oil, SS 7/10 (EXP 08/24)
(makes it $1.74) - Silk Soymilk or Pure Almond Quart, $2
-.75/1 Silk product, half gal, 1 qt, or 4 pk printable
-.75/1 Silk Pure Almond almondmilk, half gal printable
-.75/1 Silk Pure Almond printable
-.75/1 Silk Soymilk printable
(makes it $1.25) Read More→
We’ve got a freezer and pantry full of goodies so these recipes focus on supplementing common staple products with a few fresh and on-sale ingredients.
By making low fat and healthier choices when you are stocking up (fat free mayo, broth, etc.) it’s easier to put together satisfying and low calorie meals!
*These prices are based off of averages and are subject to change weekly
Mini Turkey Meatballs – Recipe
Yellow Onions, 66-97¢ lb (Lowes, Sweetbay, Bi-Lo, Winn Dixie)
Eggs, 1 doz, 99¢ (Bi-Lo, Harris Teeter)
Ground Turkey, $1.99 lb (Harveys, Lowes)
(1 Point Plus per Meatball)
Tomato-Corn Pie – Recipe
Eggs, 1 doz, 99¢ (Bi-Lo, Harris Teeter)
Slicing Tomatoes, 3 pk, $1.97 (Lowes)
Fresh Corn, 40¢ ear (Publix)
(7 Points Plus)
Sausage & Chicken Gumbo – Recipe
Rice (pantry)
Yellow Onions, 66-97¢ lb (Lowes, Sweetbay, Bi-Lo, Winn Dixie)
Celery (not on sale, but always inexpensive)
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, $1.98-$2.49 (Ingles, Harris Teeter)
Hillshire Farm Smoked Turkey Sausage, 14 oz, 54¢ (Bi-Lo)
Diced tomatoes with peppers and onion (pantry)
Fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth (pantry)
(9 Points Plus)
There are a few deals today that would make great presents for any little ones in your life (or big people that like to play). I also have a new feature on Southern Savers, you can see all the daily deals from most of the major deal sites in one place!
Groopdealz: Silly Straw Glasses for $3.25 ea. Shipping is $2.25 per household, so order 1 or 5, and it’s still the same cost.
Mamapedia: 76% off a 1 year subscription to National Geographic Kids Magazine. You can get it for $7 with code: NATGEOLK3.
Groupon: One year subscription to Zoobooks, Zoobie, or Zootles for $15.
Make some fun personalized photo cards for FREE right on Snapfish. Pick any Folded Cards and get (5) free using code TRY5CARDS.
You will still owe shipping, but it’s still an awesome price for 5 different photo cards. Get stocked for upcoming birthdays or even get ahead for Christmas.
This is good through 9/30.
I’m a sucker for FREE samples and fun things in my mailbox. Maybe it’s because no one ever writes out actual letters anymore, but this is about the only thing that makes mail fun!
Around the Web Freebies
Free Book At The Throne of Grace by John MacArthur
Like Hydrive Energy on Facebook to get a “The Caffiene Made Me Do it” bumper sticker.
Free Sample of Prilosec OTC (comes with coupon)
Free Sample of Zantac 150
Free Sample of Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers
Free Sample of John Frieda Root Awakening
Free Sample of Biore Blemish Fighting Ice Cleanser
Free 10 pack Sample of Eco Bag Garbage Bags
Free Sample of Honey Nut Cheerios (and coupon)
Facebook Freebies
Free Coupon for Purina Pro Plan Can of Cat Food (mailed)
Free Sample of Nescafe Taster’s Choice
Printable Freebies
Everyweek H-E-B has so much that they just don’t advertise, so that’s where this list comes in… here’s everything this week that is on sale, but they forgot to tell you about it. Don’t forget to check out the advertised deals list too before you head out.
If you see any other deals leave a comment and I’ll update the lists!
Free Grocery or Frozen
- Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats, 16 ct., $4
Get Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Bars, 8 ct., with in-store coupon (EXP 08/23)
-$1.50 off Hi-C juice boxes 10 ct AND Kellogg’s Rice Krispies treats 8 ct +, Kellogg’s Back to School booklet
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Rice Krispies treats, 8 ct +, RP 8/07 - Keebler or Sunshine Caddy, 12 ct, $3.98
Get Kellogg’s Fruit Snack, 8-10.8 oz, with in-store coupon (EXP 08/23)
-$1.50 off Fresh Fruit WYB (2) Keebler or Sunshine multipk 12 ct +, Kellogg’s Back to School booklet
-$1/2 Keebler or Sunshine multipk, 11.52 oz +, RP 8/07
-$1/2 Keebler or Sunshine multipks, 12 ct + printable
-$1/3 Keebler products printable
-$1.50 off Store Brand bread WYB (2) Kellogg’s Fruit Flavored snacks 10 ct +, Kellogg’s Back to School booklet - General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios, 12.25 oz, $3
Get HEB Honey Nut Toasted O’s, 12.25 oz, with in-store coupon (EXP 08/23)
-$1/2 General Mills Cheerios cereal printable
-$1/2 General Mills Cheerios cereals, SS 7/17
-$1/2 General Mills Original or Honey Nut Cheerios cereal printable
-$1/2 General Mills select cereal, SS 7/10
-$1/3 General Mills cereals printable
-$1/3 General Mills select cereals, SS 8/07 - Juicy Juice, 8 pk, 6.75 oz, $2.28
Get Ozarka Water, 12 pk., with in-store coupon (EXP 08/23)
-Free Nestle Juicy Juice 4.23 oz 8 pk WYB Huggies Little Swimmers, July All You magazine Read More→
