Archive for October, 2008

My continuing love affair with Walgreens

October 24, 2008

Walgreens deals just keep on coming! They released a new $5 off $20 coupon, and that coupled with the Easy Saver Rebate deals and the Register Rewards deals is making for some very good deals. Compare that to the crappy deals we’ve seen recently from CVS! Right now through Saturday (10/25), the following items will produce [...]

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2008 CECK Pumpkin Carving Contest – Vote For Your Favorite!

October 19, 2008

As we did last year, we are sharing our family Halloween tradition with you and asking for your help in deciding who has the best pumpkin of them all. Below you will find the inspired creations of various members of our family (posted anonymously) with a picture and short description. All we ask is that [...]

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Get rainchecks for out of stock CVS deals (YMMV)

October 17, 2008

Someone recently posted an interesting question on Slickdeals: “May I ask for a raincheck for a free after extra care bucks item at CVS?” For those of you who don’t know, a raincheck is like a coupon that is given to a customer when an advertised item is not in stock allowing the customer to [...]

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Is Circuit City going under? Spend your gift cards now!

October 15, 2008

It may be time to use up any Circuit City gift cards you may still have. As detailed in this post at The Consumerist, between the stock’s collapse, the firing of its CEO, the loss of a takeover bid, and a huge quarterly loss, things aren’t looking too good for the chain. And now comes [...]

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“I’m mad as hell!”

October 14, 2008

This guy’s sentiments sum up pretty well my feelings and those of many others out there. We only have to look to the bailout package and the government’s plan to purchase stakes in banks to see that we are definitely marching towards socialism. This clip was from a McCain campaign rally last week. Sadly I [...]

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Amazon.com Baby Deal: $15 off $25 Baby Purchase After Rebate

October 13, 2008

Here’s a cool deal I stumbled upon this evening at Amazon.com: when you purchase $25 worth of items from Amazon’s baby store, you can get a $15 rebate by mail. The deal is from a promotion they are running offering a free 2 year subscription to a magazine named Cookie when you purchase at least [...]

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$25 (after gift card) Costco Membership Deal – Houston Only

October 13, 2008

I posted this deal over on SD, but I thought I would share it here as well. For those looking to join Costco in Houston, I stumbled upon this deal for new memberships. To promote the opening of the new Galleria location, Costco is offering $25 back in Costco Cash Cards when you join as [...]

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CVS deals for 10/19/2008 to 10/25/2008

October 11, 2008

CVS deals haven’t been that good recently, but hopefully the deals for the week of 10/19/2008 are a sign of improvements going into the holiday shopping season. Nothing spectacular, but free is free (lifted from Slickdeals): Pumpkin pail $0.99 FREE after ECBS Sunday and Monday only limit 2 Brach’s Pumpkins, autumn mix, Indian or candy [...]

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I found a job!!!

October 10, 2008

Well, there is some good economic news in my house, even with the huge losses in my 401k. I received a great job offer which I have accepted! I start my new job a week from Monday. As much as it sucked to get laid off, I will be making considerably more money that I [...]

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Make a total of $50 for opening an ING Electric Orange Checking Account

October 8, 2008

Here’s a quick update to my post yesterday where I provided several ING referral links. Per our friend over at Hustler $$$ Blog, you can now get an extra $25 on top of the $25 new account referral bonus when you open an ING Electric Orange Checking account. Extra $25 Bonus: ING is now offering [...]

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