Build-a-Bear BOGO offer online!

 

 

 

Through this Sunday (3/13), Build-a-Bear has a BOGO offer online!

http://www.buildabear.com/

You buy one of these adorable Bow-Wow Dogs and you get one FREE!

Use the promo code 96050 at checkout to get the deal.

OMGap!

Gap is currently offering up a very hot promo for mobile phone users! Just head on over here, enter your mobile phone number and you’ll receive a code (valid from 3/10-3/16) good for $25 off an in-store purchase of $50 or more. You must show the code on your mobile device to receive the discount.

* Fine Print: Offer valid from 3/10/2011 through 3/16/2011 at Gap, Gap Kids, Baby Gap and Gap Body stores in the US (including Puerto Rico) and Canada. NOT valid at Gap1969 stores located on Robertson Blvd and Spring and Broadway, Gap Outlet, Gap Factory Store, The Gap Generation, online or on Junk Food merchandise. Discount is allocated across items. Gift cards, packaging, taxes and prior purchases do not qualify toward the minimum purchase requirement and code cannot be applied to such items. Offer limited to one time use only. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts except for Gap Reward Cards and 10% Gap Card Tuesdays. Gap Inc. employees not eligible.

Coupon Jargon…

COUPON JARGON

• Sunday Newspaper Insert Abbreviations:

GM = General Mills
PG = Procter and Gamble
RP = Red Plum
SS = SmartSource

• CVS & Walgreens Jargon:

ECB = Extra Care Bucks – CVS money
RR = Register Reward – Walgreens money
IVC = Instant Value Coupon – found in the monthly Walgreens EasySaver booklet

• Other Abbreviations and Money-Saving Terms:

B1G1 or BOGO = Buy One, Get One Free
B2GI = Buy Two, Get One Free
DEAD = Offer No Longer Valid
FILLER = Item Purchased to Reach a Minimum Total in Order to Get a “Deal”
GC = Gift Card
MC or MQ = Manufacturer’s coupon
MIR = Mail In Rebate
NED = No Expiration Date
OOP = Out of Pocket
STACKING: Using Both a Store Coupon and a Manufacturer’s Coupon on One Item
TMF = Try Me Free Offer
UPC = Universal Product Code – Those black straight lines with numbers under them

 

Where can you find coupons?

Where can you find coupons?

• Sunday newspaper – Coupon inserts (RP, SS, P&G, and occasionally bonus inserts depending on your area of the country: Parade Magazine, USA Weekly, General Mills, Target).
• Internet: printable coupons – There are a vast array of printable coupons – on printable coupon sites and manufacturer’s sites. Here are my favorite sites: www.redplum.com, www.smartsource.com, and www.coupons.com.
• Coupon mailers from unsolicited companies or from a manufacturer with whom you have signed up in the mail or online.
• In magazines – there are a ton of free magazines and I usually get them just for the coupon savings inside.
• Inside products or on the box of a product
  
• Loaded to your savings card, if available, or to your cell phone
• Store Weekly Circular or In-store –

Catalina/CAT – coupon on back of store receipt or printed after receipt
Blinkie or Tear Pad – coupon from a small blinkie machine or pad – typically near the relevant product
Peelie – coupon on product itself

Welcome to Clever Savings!

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Jennifer and I am a stay at home mother of two children and a wife to a wonderful husband. Also, I would like to introduce my sister-in-law, Julie. She is also a stay at home mom and a wife to my lovely brother! We are two stay at home moms that enjoy saving money and spending time with our precious families! We plan to co-run this blog and our goal is to take you through our journey of savings! We do this so that we may enjoy staying home with our children. We hope you enjoy our posts but, most of all, we hope that you save money too! We have followed some really good blogs but most of them are up north and the stores are not the same as here in Texas. Welcome to our Blog “Clever Savings!”