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 [...]
Tags: Coupons, Deals, EasySaver, rebate, Register Rewards, Walgreens
Posted in Deals, Walgreens
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 [...]
Tags: carving, contest, halloween, jack-o-lattern, pumpkins
Posted in Off Topic
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 [...]
Tags: CVS, Deals, Extra Care Bucks, rainchecks
Posted in CVS, Deals
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 [...]
Tags: bankruptcy, circuit city, Gift Cards, sharper image
Posted in Customer Service, Gift Cards
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 [...]
Tags: bailout, McCain, Obama, politics, socialism, socialist
Posted in News/Trends, Off Topic
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 [...]
Tags: Amazon, Amazon.com, baby, rebate
Posted in Graveyard
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 [...]
Tags: Costco, Deals, Houston, membership
Posted in Graveyard
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 [...]
Tags: 10/19/2008, CVS, Deals, Extra Care Bucks
Posted in Graveyard
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 [...]
Posted in Working
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 [...]
Posted in Graveyard