Free page from Babies Online

You may have noticed the Babies Online.com banner on the side of this blog. Babies Online.com will allow you to create a web page for your baby for free! It's a great way to share pictures of your new little one with your family and share milestones.

The site also lets you track your pregnancy week by week with their Pregnancy Calendar
and you can even enter your little one in their Baby Photo Contest.

Here's what your page could look like. If you're looking for a free page like this, go take a look.

Want some more free magazines?

As far as I'm concerned, you can never have too many free magazines. Check these out!


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Free subscription to Television Week Magazine - TelevisionWeek is your comprehensive coverage for developments that affect all areas of entertainment and media, including broadband, On Demand, Podcasting and HDTV. (US) Click Here

Free subscription to Pet Style News - The Leading Publication for Pet Boutique Fashion, Products and Trends. (US & Canada) Click Here

For all the hot moms out there...

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Will it kill me if I use it?

Does toothpaste go bad? Yeah, I know there is a date on them, but will it kill you if you use it after that date or is that a "best by" date?

Why am I asking? I seem to have overstockpiled my toothpaste. When we lived in Florida, there were CVS stores all over and I got carried away with their "Extra Care" program. I wound up with so much totally free toothpaste--mostly Colgate--that I haven't bought toothpaste in almost two years and I still have a huge stack.

I've moved my stockpile from Florida to WV and now it sits here staring at me. I'd take a picture, but my camera is on the fritz. So my question is, how long will this stuff last? I've stopped buying it but I have some really good coupons I'd like to use.

Yes, I have a coupon addiction.

Make Money Online Doing Surveys

We've all seen the emails. Sign up to take surveys online and make a ton of money. I hope we all realize those are scams! Most of them point you to a site where you have to pay to sign up for surveys. Why do that when there are plenty of reputable sites to take surveys who send out freebies and award points or cash for completing them? Here are some of my favorites!

I signed up a while back at Vocal Point. Every once in a while, they send me a survey and today, I got my first freebie in the mail from them. It was a packet of greeting cards from Ford. Yes, they say Ford on them, but hey, they were free and would have cost me $5 or more at Hallmark, so I'll take it. Stop on by and sign up. I hear they send out fun stuff! (I started this post a few days ago and forgot to finish it. I've since received some coupons for Coke Zero from them as well!)

You might also want to sign up with General Mills. Their Mills Advisory Panel rewards you with points when you do their surveys. You can then trade your points in for gift certificates. I've only received a few surveys so far, but the points are starting to add up!

Then there are places like Survey Savvy that reward you in cash. This one is nice because you don't have to reach a minimum in order to cash out. If you only have $1 in your account, they'll send it to you. I'm letting mine build up though because if I don't, I'll just spend it on something silly. Right now, I have about $15 in my account. Not much, I know, but in this economy, every penny counts!

Here are a few others that I haven't really tried out yet, but they are definitely worth checking if you love doing surveys online.

Survey Adventure - Get paid to give your opinion. Free sign up.

Synovate

Ipsos Survey Panel

Our first Bloggy Giveaway!

We LOVE to give stuff away so of course we are participating in this round of BloggyGiveaways! This is our first time doing this giveaway and we're excited! We have some fun stuff to give.

Just leave us a comment(make sure to leave your email so we can contact you!) and you're entered! That's it. How much easier could it get? We'll be closing this post to comments and drawing the winners on Aug. 1, so look for the announcement here! We are asking for US entries only.

What exactly are we giving away? Read below for all the details. Good luck and thanks for visiting! Make sure you check out our sister blog, Bargain Hunting Moms for another Bloggy Giveaway!

The prizes:

1. A Pink Pony Webkinz

This is brand new and comes with the code so you can play with her online. It's a $14.99 value!

2. (3) Samples of new Pringles Sticks w/ coupons!

New Pringles Stix are baked wheat cracker snacks and come in several different flavors including pizza, honey, vanilla and plain. They're a great alternative to potato chips and believe me, they are yummy! We'll send you a sample in your choice of flavors.

Tuesday Toot

The point of the Tuesday Toot is to toot your own horn about an accomplishment. Since this is a coupon/frugal/freebie blog, I'll tell you about one of the deals that came in the mail today! I got 4 boxes of checks from this deal for less than what my bank would charge me for ONE little box. I'm so thrilled! I don't write many checks these days, so those four boxes will last me forever! Yippee! I love saving money!

I also picked up some awesome baby gifts at The Children's Place online! Using the coupon code, I was able to pick up baby bibs for $1.49 and some cute little onesies for like $2. I honestly don't remember everything I ordered, but I got 12 items for about $28! That is a deal.

Oh, I just thought of something to be proud of! I started my back to school shopping! I picked up backpacks! One from Lands End and one from eBags. We're on our way now!

If you're visiting us from the MommyCommunity.com, please stop by our sister site, Bargain Hunting Moms, as well. We have forums and you'll have lots of fun meeting other moms.

Free DVDs from Mattel!

Mattel is offering a few DVDs totally free! Just select your country after clicking to start. Choose from a Planet Heroes DVD or a Free Geo Trax DVD. After you order the Planet Heroes DVD, click again and select "return to Planet Heroes" and then "DVD." Once there, another DVD should show as available for free, so you could get 3 FREE DVDs. If these are like the Rescue Heroes videos, my son loved them when he was younger! Thanks Kim for emailing this one to us!

Make It Yourself: No Tangle Spray

One of our forum members recently posted wondering how to make No Tangle Spray at home. I searched and found an answer online and posted it and that inspired me to look for other things I could make myself. What I found is that there are many things you can make at home that I never even considered.

I'll be sharing some of what I've found here with you over the next few weeks in an effort to help us all offset the rising cost of gas and groceries. Today, we'll start with that No Tangle Spray that inspired my quest.

If you've got little girls with long hair, Johnson's No More Tangles or Suave Detangler is a must-have. But the stuff is $3 a bottle or more these days. I looked around and found a recipe to make it at home:

• Take a small spray bottle (reuse your old Detangler bottle if you have one)
• Add 1 part of your favorite brand of hair conditioner to 3 parts water
• Shake well (before each use)
• Spritz in on hair and comb through
  

And there you have it! Who knew it could be so easy? And since you can use any brand or fragrance of hair conditioner, you can customize the scent to your liking.

Next time: Wrinkle Release Spray

Send for Your Free P&G Coupon Book and More

Sign up for this offer to get a coupon book with over $31 in values on Proctor & Gamble brands. Some of the brands shown on the site are Cascade, Dawn, Febreze, Swiffer, Iams and Mr. Clean.

Other great freebies:

Get a free sample of Fibre One cereal plus $3 in coupons
Register and print a coupon for BOGO Jamba Juice
Choose a free sample from 5 different Pantene Expressions varieties

Make money online

We've all seen the emails. Sign up to take surveys online and make a ton of money. I hope we all realize those are scams! Most of them point you to a site where you have to pay to sign up for surveys. Why do that when there are plenty of reputable sites to take surveys who send out freebies and award points or cash for completing them? Here are some of my favorites!

I signed up a while back at Vocal Point. Every once in a while, they send me a survey and today, I got my first freebie in the mail from them. It was a packet of greeting cards from Ford. Yes, they say Ford on them, but hey, they were free and would have cost me $5 or more at Hallmark, so I'll take it. Stop on by and sign up. I hear they send out fun stuff! (I started this post a few days ago and forgot to finish it. I've since received some coupons for Coke Zero from them as well!)

You might also want to sign up with General Mills. Their Mills Advisory Panel rewards you with points when you do their surveys. You can then trade your points in for gift certificates. I've only received a few surveys so far, but the points are starting to add up!

Then there are places like Survey Savvy that reward you in cash. This one is nice because you don't have to reach a minimum in order to cash out. If you only have $1 in your account, they'll send it to you. I'm letting mine build up though because if I don't, I'll just spend it on something silly. Right now, I have about $15 in my account. Not much, I know, but in this economy, every penny counts!

Here are a few others that I haven't really tried out yet, but they are definitely worth checking if you love doing surveys online.

Survey Adventure - Get paid to give your opinion. Free sign up.

Synovate

Ipsos Survey Panel

Free from Friday's!

We went to lunch today at T.G.I. Friday's and noticed a card on the table to sign up and earn free food. Go to www.givememorestripes.com to sign up. You'll get a coupon for a free appetizer, too! For anyone who used to do Goldpoints with them, this looks to be the same thing.

I wish we'd known before we decided to go there today! I could have saved the $8 we spent on the appetizer!

Free Photo Books at CVS!

CVS is offering a great deal on photo books this week! Buy either a 4x8 or 6x8 photo book and you'll get the entire purchase amount back in "Extra Care Bucks!" Here are all the details:

· 4”x6” 10 pg. Hardcover Photo Book – ExtraCare cardholders can pick one up for just $3.99, and they will receive $3.99 in Extra Bucks to use toward a future purchase of nearly anything in the store (normally, a 4”x6” 10 pg. Hardcover Photo Book costs between $5.99 and $7.99). Limit one per household with card.

· 6”x8” 10 pg. Hardcover Photo Book – ExtraCare cardholders can pick one up for just $7.99, and they will receive $7.99 in Extra Bucks to use toward a future purchase of nearly anything in the store (normally, a 6”x8” 10 pg. Hardcover Photo Book costs $12.99). Limit two per household with card.

New to CVS and ECBs? Check out this week's ECB post!

Walmart Freebies

Have you checked out Walmart's free sample page lately? You can pick up 2 Diapers from Huggies, a sample of Emergen-C, Playtex and several others. I have a feeling the Huggies one will go quickly, so head on over there now. Only size 3 was available a while ago!

Kroger P&G Deals

Be sure to check out your local Kroger ad this week! They are running a special offer. When you buy 3 Proctor & Gamble products, you'll get $3 off at the register. Eligible items include Tide, Downy, Secret, and many others. Since some of these items are also on sale and you can match up coupons from your P&G coupons in yesterday's paper, you can get some great deals this week! My pick out of this is Herbal Essences shampoos and conditioners. These are on sale 2 for $5 or $2.50/each. There's a $3 coupon in yesterday's coupons, so that drops the price down to $2 for 2. Then when you buy 3 P&G items, you'll save another $3, so effectively, that takes another $1 off each bottle making them FREE!

Tell us if you find any other great deals at Kroger this week. I need to plan a trip!

Photo prints for a penny

We don't often add these kinds of deals here, but with so many folks taking summer vacations, this seems like a really good deal to me. First, Snapfish has a deal where you can get 50 free prints plus a free collage poster when you sign up. Then, you can also get up to 50 prints for a penny each when you enter coupon code JUL4PENNY08 at checkout. That code expires on July 12, so get your photos uploaded. I've used all the online photo places and Snapfish is my favorite by far.

If you like this deal, be sure to check out Bargain Hunting Moms for more deals like these!

10% off coupon - Home Depot

Are you planning on moving soon and would like 10% off supplies? Click Here to enter your mailing address and receive a 10% off coupon. I've moved a few times over the past few years and coupons like these have certainly come in handy! Get it before it's gone.

Freebie Friday: July 4th Edition

Happy Independence Day! How better to celebrate freedom than with a few freebies?!

This has to be one of the most interesting ways to get something for free. Chick-fil-a is celebrating "Cow Appreciation Day" on July 11th and rewarding customers who dress like a cow with free food. If you sport head-to-toe, full cow gear, you'll get a free combo meal. Come in with partial cow attire and get a free entree. Visit their website for more info and tips on how to dress like a cow.

Also on July 11, after you grab your free Chick-fil-a, shed your cow gear (or leave it on if you prefer) and head on over to 7-11 for a free 7.11 oz. Slurpee in celebration of 7-11 Day. To find your nearest 7-11, use the store locater at Slurpee.com.

Free vitamins and more!

Get a 14-day supply of your favorite vitamin - FREE! Nature Made(R) Liquid Softgel Vitamins. Only while supplies last! Click Here - You can choose from 6 different kinds!

More freebies! FREE Healthy Samples from REMEDYLife. You can get Brand name samples like Crystal Light, Blistex, Purell, and many more! Great Healthy Samples from the Award Winning REMEDY Magazine team. Click here to get started! Click Here

BusyBodyBook Giveaway

Mom2Cait, one of our moderators over at Bargain Hunting Moms, raves about her BusyBodyBook. She even thinks it could get ME organized! We'll see about that, but if you need a little help with organizing your life, these are the perfect things for that. You can go take a peek at the books at Amazon. Once you do, make sure you're registered in our forums because we're going to be giving away FIVE BusyBodyBooks very soon! Remember - you need to be a registered forum member to win!