Learn Out Loud is offering an audio version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens for FREE! Go here to download.
For everyone that had great plans to give Chocolate for Christmas gifts, Christy at Southern Plate has come to our rescue. She has a great Frugal Recipe to make “Holly Jollies“. Total for all these gifts is probably under $10-$15 for most of us couponers! What makes it even better, she made all of this in about half an hour!!
If you want just the quick recipe scroll all the way to the bottom of her post.
Now Christy… what’s with the house brands??
If you ordered from Fannie May yesterday you need to check your bank statements. Normally when companies get overrun with orders like this just cancel them, not a big deal for any of us and we move on.
Fannie May has taken the illegal approach however and has removed the coupon code from many orders and is charging a larger, unauthorized amount. There are a few things that you can do:
- File a report with your credit card for false billing (you should have your email confirmation showing the $7-$10 charge amount.)
- Call Fannie May and cancel your order and they will refund the money.
For questions concerning an on-line shopping order: Call 1(800)333-3629 or email
customerservice@fanniemay.com
You can take it one step further if you like.
- File a report with your local Better Business Bureau.
- File a report with your State Consumer Affairs office.
But… The Divine Caroline “Love This Site” voting ends this Friday 12/4 at 7pm ET.
You can vote for as many sites as you like, it will require that you register on their site to be able to vote.
Thanks secret person that nominated Southern Savers a few months ago!
I am excited to announce a new feature for Southern Savers!
We now have a Tutorials page with short video clips to help you learn the basics of Grocery Savings. This page will be growing through the upcoming weeks with more basic and advanced information.
I get so many emails from folks that are overwhelmed about where to start. My hope is that these videos can help to hold your hand as you figure out a new way of grocery shopping.
As you see family and friends over the holiday’s, these can also help you to teach them that you aren’t crazy!
Target recently overhauled their coupon printing page. They created software that limits your print to 2 per computer and they also added many coupons that are not Target coupons, but instead manufacturer coupons!!
(If you were wondering about the new print limits I have no doubt it was to be able to make these manufacturer coupons instead of store coupons. Manufacturer’s don’t get to happy with unlimited coupons being released)
The one downside to their new system is that you are not able to tell what is a store coupon or a manufacturer coupon until you print it. To help…
Here are the coupons that are manufacturer coupons. This means they can be used anywhere!!
Remember if your Publix accepts competitor coupons, these listed above are not competitor coupons, so they can’t be stacked with other coupons. If your store does not accept Target coupons, they should accept these without any problems!
Thanks to Couponing to Disney, she printed the entire list of coupons to figure this out.
CBL Malls throughout the country have free holiday coupon books that you can use for stores in your local mall. You can pick these up throughout the mall, or you can print most of them online!
To get to the online coupons for your mall:
- Go here to find a mall near you, click on your mall.
- Click on the red box that will pop up at the top of the page.
- On the left side click on “Holiday Coupon Book”
While you are there check out the Events page for your mall. You might find some great free activities coming up! I was surfing through various malls to learn that a mall in Chattanooga TN will be having a Grand Opening of a new Earth Fare soon!! Horray for you guys with all their great coupons!!
(thanks Angie!)
If you live in or near Spartanburg SC the local Regal Movie theater will start to play FREE Christmas movies every Saturday morning, starting THIS Saturday. I have a feeling this isn’t the only theater in the country doing this, so give your local places a call and see if anyone else is joining in on the fun.
Here is the schedule for the Spartanburg Westgate 8
Nov. 21 — Fred Claus, PG
Nov. 28 — A Christmas Story, PG
Dec. 5 — Nativity Story, PG
Dec. 12 — Christmas with the Kranks, PG
Dec. 19 — How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(thanks Anna!)
If you find any other theaters doing something similar leave a comment with the city and location.
Your mission should you accept it, go into your pantry, and cabinets and put some of your freebies to good use!
This is the week to get your Operation Christmas Child boxes put together and dropped off. These are so easy to make and are a wonderful Christmas present for so many kids.
Get instructions for putting a box together and then find a drop off location in your city. This is drop off week so make sure you get it in by November 23rd.
Here are some ideas for your box from their website:
TOYS
small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, small Etch A Sketch®, toys that light up or make noise (with extra batteries), Slinky®, etc.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc.
HYGIENE ITEMS
toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap (in a plastic bag), comb, washcloth, etc.
OTHER
Hard candy and lollipops (please double bag all candy), mints, gum, T-shirts, socks, ball caps; sunglasses, hair clips, toy jewelry, watches, flashlights (with extra batteries)
