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Play online games! Pogo is a great place to play free online games, including online puzzle games, online word games, online card games, and online board games. Sign up now for FREE!

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The holiday season is quickly approaching. Have you started thinking about gift shopping yet? It is best to start shopping early to get the best deals on gifts without having to rush right before the holidays and chance items being out of stock.

I was recently introduced to Offers.com which is an excellent one stop shopping tool. They offer everything from coupon codes to free shopping offers. One really nice feature of this website is My Offers Locker. With this tool you can save offers (such as coupons, trials, etc.) and receive alerts in your email when offers change or are added by your favorite stores. Another cool feature? You can order items that are TV offers. Did you see something on TV that you thought would make a great gift for someone but aren’t sure if you can get a better deal than what you saw on TV? Offers.com can help you find offers for that special product you’re looking for.

I’ve started my holiday gift browsing this week on Offers.com and am considering buying some items here within the next few weeks. I know, it is early, but I want to get the best deals before it’s too late!

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I was recently introduced to this great website called Coupon Trunk! They offer coupon codes, discounts, promotions, and free shipping offers — all at your finger tips for FREE.

Maybe you’re in the market for some new clothes so you need some Macy’s coupons. Or perhaps you need new contacts and need a cheap solution to a quality product and could use some 1-800 Contacts coupons.

Whatever your needs are when it comes to online shopping discounts, you can find it at Coupon Trunk. Check it out!

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Kyle over at Hit The Tech! writes about PC tips and tweaks and has two articles on his site that may be of interest to some of you!

His article, Free Antivirus Software, gives you 4 different FREE software downloads to help protect your computer from viruses and spyware. My personal favorite from this list is AVG Free. It works great and hasn’t ever let me down with blocking viruses and spyware!

And his article, 19 Must Have Portable Apps, lists 19 different applications that can be run from a USB drive. No clogging up your computer with programs that you don’t use on a regular basis. All applications in this article are also FREE to download and use. One of my personal favorites from this list is CCleaner. It does an awesome job of cleaning up your hard drive to acquire more space — and it does it safely so that nothing gets deleted that you’d need later on.

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Start Sampling is offering 5 FREE issues (August – December) of O Magazine! Start Sampling is a freebie website that offers exclusive freebies to it’s members. If you haven’t signed up already, you should! It’s totally worth it! When you register you receive freebies you’ll earn  Frequent Tryer Miles which can be redeemed for things such as a tote bag, t-shirt, or $25 Restaurant.com gift certificate!

Other current freebies from Start Sampling:

Aveeno Nourish+ Hair Care

Kotex Overnight Sample Pack

Prilosec OTC

Alexia Natural Crunchy Snacks

Sun Crystals

and many more!

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Being a freebie-junkie I receive a lot of mail. And I live with 3 other people who share the same, tiny (apartment sized) mailbox. I receive the most mail out of everyone in my household — and with that I receive mail everyday. Now this isn’t a bad thing, because I love receiving mail!

A year ago I was receiving at least 3 pre-approved credit card offers in the mail…a day. It became very annoying and was making my paper shredder very tired. I searched the internet for ways to reduce my junk mail in-take and found a few ways to help reduce it. And even a year later I still don’t receive any unwanted pre-approved offers that aren’t any good to begin with.

The following services are all reputable and trustworthy sites. I’ve used them all and have had success with reducing my junk mail. All services are also free.

- OptOutPrescreen.com :: If you receive lots of pre-approved credit card offers and want it to stop, this is the site you’ll want to visit. You have a few options through this site — opt-out electronically (through the site) for 5 years, opt-out permanently by mailing in a form, or you can opt-in to receive these types of offers in your mail.
** This does not opt you out from receiving coupons such as from Money Mailer or any other services besides pre-approved/-screened offers. **

- Catalog Choice :: Are you sick of receiving Newport News every week and don’t even know how you got on their mailing list? Catalog Choice can help you eliminate those catalogs that you receive and have no interest in. Maybe you enjoy receiving catalogs from certain companies but would rather receive email newsletters to help save the environment and reduce your mailbox load — Catalog Choice can help you do that too! This service is quick to sign up for and easy to navigate. Once you’re signed up you just search for the catalog that you’d like to discontinue receiving in your mail, click “set mail preference”, fill out the quick form, and you’re done!

- DMA Choice :: The DMA (Direct Marketing Association) is a company that provides research and advocasy for direct mailers. They also provide a service for consumers to opt-out of receiving direct mailers in four categories: credit offers, catalogs, magazine offers, and other offers (which includes retail and bank). This site allows you to opt-out all together from all mailings or you can choose which you’d like to stop receiving from a list of companies.

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Website :: AMA

05.19.2009

Register with AMA and tell Congress that it is time to take action regarding Health Insurance. Registration is quick and easy and can help thousands of Americas who are uninsured.

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Website :: Book Swim

05.19.2009

Check out this website! Book Swim is like Netflix for books. You pay a monthly fee and get to choose what books you want to “rent”. You can have as little as 3 out at a time or as many as 11. This service is pretty neat if you don’t like buying books and don’t [...]

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Website :: Giggle

05.16.2009

Have you heard of giggle? It’s an online store for everything new parent / baby.
According to their website:
giggle isn’t just a baby store: it’s a new parent store. When stocking a nursery, there’s a lot to take into account, and the choices can be overwhelming. Our goal is to make your job a whole lot [...]

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Save Money :: Refund Cents

05.08.2009

Today is the last open day to visit and view Refund Cents. I highly recommend that you check it out!
To access the site, click through here and use the following info:
- username: clipping
- password: coupons

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Save Money :: Refund Cents

05.07.2009

Today and tomorrow are open days to visit and view Refund Cents. I highly recommend that you check it out!
To access the site, click through here and use the following info:
- username: clipping
- password: coupons

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Save Money :: Refund Cents

05.04.2009

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, then you’ve had to have read about Refund Cents before. It’s one of my favorite money saving websites to use when looking for coupon/sale match-ups, coupons, rebates, and many other helpful items. It does cost money to subscribe, but it’s only $8 for 3 months. [...]

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Free Photos :: Photo Cubbie

05.04.2009

Join Photo Cubbie and get 100 free prints a month with free shipping. You can try out the service free for 7-days if you’re intested and still get the free 100 prints. It costs $16.95/month and every month your 100 free prints/free shipping will reset. Any more than 100 is just $0.08 a print (for [...]

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Coupons :: Coupons.com

04.28.2009

It’s the end of the month… you know what that means! New coupons will be up soon on Coupons.com! Make sure you check out Coupons.com before May 1 so that you can make sure you’ve printed all of the coupons you want before they change. I was on there yesterday and they had added coupons [...]

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Coupons :: May Magazines with Coupons

04.26.2009

* Cosmopolitan :: total coupon count – 3 *
- p. 219 :: $1 off Always Infinity :: expires 6/30/09
- p. 238 :: $1 off DenTek any floss pick $2+ :: expires 5/31/10
$5 off DenTek Complete White :: expires 5/31/10
* Family Circle :: April 17, 2009 :: total coupon count – 1 *
- p. 99 :: [...]

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Website :: RealAge

04.26.2009

Have you checked out RealAge? It’s a neat website where you take a survey about your health and family history and at the end you find out your “real age”. You’ll also get recommendations on things you can do to lower your real age.
My calendar age is 21.8, but my real age is 19.1! Check [...]

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Website :: Best Deal Magazines

04.24.2009

Every day on my blog I post the Deal of the Day for Best Deal Magazines. Today’s deal is Family Fun (1-year subscription) for only $4.21 (with coupon code). The deals are pretty good!
Well last week, April 19 to be exact, I ordered a 1-year subscription to Budget Travel through Best Deal Magazines. Today I [...]

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Website :: TasteBook

04.19.2009

Have you heard of Tastebook? It’s a fantastic company that allows you to create your own cookbooks with your recipes or chose from different recipe sites. These books come in the form of an expandable binder so that you can add more pages to it later on. If you choose to add your own recipes [...]

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Website :: Smilebox

04.15.2009

My mother introduced me to Smilebox about a year ago. It’s her favorite way to make/send e-cards and create scrapbook pages to share with family with pictures from events. You can even add your creations into your blog. This software enables to you make scrapbook pages, cards, photo albums, photo collages, and calendars. You do [...]

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Website :: Parentricity

04.13.2009

Interested in real product reviews from real parents? Check out Parentricity where real parents share products, tips, and ideas with fellow parents.

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