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Swagbucks: Earn 300 SB with Three For All this Month

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Three for All – Earn an Easy 300 SB this Month (worth $3)!

Want to make a quick buck? (or six?)

Then it’s time to try Swagbucks! Just in time for Summer Vacation, Swagbucks has announced an another promotion where you can get a $3 (300 SB) Bonus just for signing up through our site and earning your first 300 SB. So open up your umbrella (not in the house!) and put on your slicker and galoshes because it’s about to pour 300 SB Bonuses for you and your family and friends.

New to Swagbucks? Great! It’s a site where you earn free gift cards for the things you already do online. You get points (called SB) and redeem them for PayPal or Visa cash and gift cards from Amazon, Walmart, Target and other great retailers.

Here’s how to earn your 300 SB in an hour:

  1. Sign up for free through this link (Be sure to use my sign up code CHACHING70 to start off with 70 FREE SB!)

  2. Watch a few short clips from Top Sports Headlines, World New Headlines, cooking shows, and the Latest from TMZ and earn 26 SB

  3. Take a 5 minute survey for 60 SB and a 13 minute survey for 100 SB. Even if you get DQ’d, you get paid up to five times for a total of 5 SB

  4. Print a $1 Off Flintstone’s Vitamin Coupon and earn 25 SB

  5. Sing Up for Zulilly’s free mailing list and earn 50 SB

  6. Click through entertainment-focused web content with NCrave for 20 minutes and earn 20 SB

  7. Install the Hulu App on your phone and earn 24 SB

That’s it! You’ve just earned 300 SB (worth $3 on its own) and you’ll get a $3 Bonus for your effort!

Already a Swagbucks member? Here’s how to get your $3 Bonus:

  1. Refer a friend to Swagbucks between Now and June 30

  2. Your referral earns 300 SB by June 30th (see above!)

  3. You AND your referral will both be awarded an additional 300 SB each

That’s it! (the 300 SB bonuses will credit by July 5th) So once again, starting today, send out those referrals, a 300 SB Bonus could come in handy for a rainy day!

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

Swagbucks: Graduation Sale

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Toss your cap and tassel up in the air, it’s time to celebrate your graduates great accomplishments. You grads toiled away, night after night, writing paper after paper, test after test. Show them you appreciate their efforts and celebrate their milestones and put some cash back in your wallet when you do with the Swagbucks Graduation Sale!

Earn Double Cash Back at Swagbucks top graduation retailers:

Sephora – 2 SB per $1

Kay Jewelers – 2 SB per $1

Things Remembered – 3 SB per $1

Personalization Mall – 10 SB per $1

Hotels.com – 4 SB per $1

Priceline – 10 SB per $1

Travelocity – 8 SB per $1

And many, many more!Plus, earn Double Cash Back at everyone’s favorites:

Walmart – 7 SB per $1

Groupon – 7 SB per $1

Living Social – 4 SB per $1

Nordstrom Rack – 2 SB per $1

eBay – 2 SB per $1

Celebrate your grads today!

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHING70 to start off with 70 FREE SB! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online. They’ve already awarded over $100,000,000 and have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. You won’t regret giving Swagbucks a try!

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

Swagbucks: Memorial Day Gift Card Sale

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Purchase select Gift Cards through Memorial Day Weekend and earn Cash Back with MyGiftCardsPlus! Plus, earn up to a 200 SB Bonus when you purchase Gift Cards to featured retailers through Memorial Day Day!*

  • Buy 1 Gift Card and get a 50 SB Bonus
  • Buy 2 Gift Cards from two different retailers and get a 100 SB Bonus
  • Buy 3 or more Gift Cards from three or more retailers and get a 200 SB Bonus

The more you spend, the more you earn!

Featured retailers include eBay, The Home Depot, Groupon, AMC Theaters, Southwest Airlines, Sephora, and many many more!

 

*This offer expires at 11:59pm PST on May 30th, 2016. Your SB will credit when your electronic gift card is delivered. Cash back will be paid in the form of SB. Each individual Gift Card purchased must have a value of $50 or more to qualify for a SB bonus. Each qualifying Gift Card purchase must be purchased from a unique retailer in order to receive the 100 SB Bonus and 200 SB Bonus (ex. If you buy two $50+ Gift Cards to one featured retailer you will ONLY receive a 50 SB Bonus; if you buy two $50+ Gift Cards, each from a different feature retailer, you will receive the corresponding SB Bonus). You will not be eligible to receive a SB bonus if you stack smaller denomination Gift Cards (ex. 2 Gift Cards of $25). Gift Cards must be purchased in one transaction to qualify for a SB Bonus.

 

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHING70 to start off with 70 FREE SB! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online. They’ve already awarded over $100,000,000 and have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. You won’t regret giving Swagbucks a try!

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

Swagbucks: Earn a $3 Bonus this Month!

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Three for All: SB in Bloom

Want to make a quick buck? (or six?)

Then it’s time to try Swagbucks! Just in time for May flowers, Swagbucks has announced an “SB in Bloom” promotion where you can get a $3 (300 SB) Bonus just for signing up through our site and earning your first 300 SB.

New to Swagbucks? Great! It’s a site where you earn free gift cards for the things you already do online. You get points (called SB) and redeem them for PayPal or Visa cash and gift cards from Amazon, Walmart, Target and other great retailers. Here’s how to earn your 300 SB in an hour:

  1. Sign up for free through this link

  2. Watch a few short clips from Top Sports Headlines, World New Headlines, cooking shows, and the Latest from TMZ and earn 26 SB

  3. Take a 5 minute survey for 60 SB and a 13 minute survey for 100 SB. Even if you get DQ’d, you get paid up to five times for a total of 5 SB.

  4. Print a $1 Off Flintstone’s Vitamin Coupon and earn 25 SB

  5. Enter an AARP Sweepstakes and earn 40 SB

  6. Click through entertainment-focused web content with NCrave for 20 minutes and earn 20 SB.

  7. Install the Hulu App on your phone and earn 24 SB.

That’s it! You’ve just earned 300 SB (worth $3 on its own) and you’ll get a $3 Bonus for your effort!

Already a Swagbucks member? Here’s how to get your $3 Bonus:

  1. Refer a friend to Swagbucks between Now and Tuesday, May 31st

  2. Your referral earns 300 SB by April 30th (see above!)

  3. You AND your referral will both be awarded an additional 300 SB each

That’s it! (the 300 SB bonuses will credit by June 5th) So once again, starting today, send out those referrals, a 300 SB Bonus could come in handy for a rainy day!

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHING70 to start off with 70 FREE swag bucks! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online. They’ve already awarded over $100,000,000 and have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. You won’t regret giving Swagbucks a try!

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!

 

 

That Time I Found the PERFECT Gift for Moms, Sisters and Girlfriends

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Pioneer Woman Mugs

Last November, I turned 40, as much as I tried not to.

A few days after my birthday, my friend Heidi dropped off a gift letting me know she had been trying to find just the perfect gift to give.

It was two of these cuties:

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Along with the gift, she gave a note letting me know how she hoped these mugs would provide many more opportunities for our favorite pastime: heart-to-heart talks over coffee.

I seriously fell in deep love at first sight. In full disclosure, I kind of freaked out at how absolutely adorable the mug was. Not only was it a fun, quirky addition to my mug collection, I adored the meaning behind it.

Such a simple way to celebrate the beauty of friendship and sisterhood.

Fast forward into the Christmas season. One morning, as I was sipping my coffee out of my fun, quirky mug, I had a moment of inspiration for a gift idea that would cover the bases for a multitude of gifts and yet be deeply personal.

I have 3 sisters and two sisters-in-law and we all share a Mom/Mother-in-Law. It wasn’t too long ago that most of us lived near each other in upstate New York, but over the past several years we have moved away from home, one by one. Now we are spread far and wide between Texas, Kansas, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

What we wouldn’t give to enjoy a cup of coffee together each morning – or even on the occasional morning.  

As I sipped my coffee that morning, I imagined each of us with a lovely mug, drinking coffee “together” over the miles, a sort of virtual coffee date.  Not the same as reality, but wrapping our hands around our adorable matching mugs each morning and drinking up the warm goodness inside seemed like a meaningful daily reminder of the very real bond that we share.

It was a lightbulb moment and I quickly ordered them up.

As I presented them to each of my sisters and sister-in-law and my Mom (we all met up at my nephew’s wedding in January – yay!), I shared my story of what the mugs represented. You can imagine the ooh’s and aah’s and general exclamations of delight that followed.

Let me tell you, I hit the jackpot with this gift. Sisters and Moms LOVE this kind of thing. We are sappy and we know it and fully embrace it.

From time to time, as I drink from my mug each morning, a particular sister will come to mind and what follows is something like this:

Mug Screenshot

This text was sent a week before my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.

So much more meaningful than a gift card, am I right?

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While you certainly don’t have to use a Pioneer Woman mug, I do adore her collection. You can check out more of her mug designs here. At less than $4 per mug, I’d say that’s quite a value for such a thoughtful gift that keeps right on giving.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a virtual coffee date waiting for me…

The Best Gift for Moms, Sisters and Girlfriends

Amazon Subscribe and Save Under $5 Deals May 2016 Updated

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Subscribe and Save Program

Amazon Subscribe and Save Under $5 Deals May 2016

The Amazon Subscribe and Save Deals Under $5 list has been updated for the month of May.  These items are a great way to help you reach your 15% discount when you have 5 Subscribe & Save orders in one month.

Head over here to check out the Under $5 list.  Click here to check out the latest Subscribe & Save offers I’ve posted.

The BIG List of FREE or Cheap Summer Movies for Kids

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Where to Watch FREE Summer Movies for Kids 

Looking for theaters that offer FREE or cheap Summer Movies for Kids and families? You’ve come to the right place! I’ve gathered a long list of theaters that offer free and cheap family-friendly summer movies.

Be sure to bookmark or pin this page as a reference. I will update it as I find more!

Regal Summer Movie Schedule 2015

  • Regal Summer Movie Express:   Beginning in June, select Regal Theaters will be offering $1.00 family-friendly movies on Tuesdays and Wednesdays beginning at 10 am. Click here to find a participating theater near you.
  • Bookworm Wednesdays: Kids can get free admission to a select children’s film every Wednesday this summer when they present a book report at a participating Showcase Cinemas, Multiplex Cinemas or Cinema de Lux box office. Accompanying parents or guardians and children under six years of age receive free admission and do not need to submit a book report. Click here for more details.
  • Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse: Participating Cinemark theaters are offering $1 family-friendly movies on select weekday mornings throughout the summer. You can opt to  purchase an advance pass for all ten movies for just $5 making them only $0.50 each! Find a list of participating locations, dates and times here.

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  • Megaplex Theaters  Kids Summer Movies: Watch 10 Weeks of movies for only $10. You can buy a $10 pass online or individual movie tickets may be available at the Box Office or Guest Service Desk at participating Megaplex locations for $1.50 each. Megaplex Theatres is also offering Sensory Friendly auditoriums at all participating locations for the 2019 summer season. Check the Participating Theaters near you to find the complete list of movies that will be showing and times.
  • Local Theaters: You also may want to contact your local theater to find out if they are offering any special admission events.

Know any theaters to add to this list?

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Free Summer Movies for Kids!

Want to learn my trick for going to the movies for FREE? Click below to find out how!

How You Can Go to the Movies for Free

Don’t miss my HUGE list of FREE activities for kids this summer.Project Summer Frugal Fun Guide

 

$10 Off Mothers Day Flowers!

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$10 Off Mothers Day Flowers!

Looking for a last minute gift for Mom? Make your spending go further with this crazy deal from Swagbucks: get $10 Cash Back* on your ProFlowers Order Instantly when you follow this link! You’ll still get to take advantage of ProFlowers Mother’s Day sales of up to 50% off the freshest Flowers, Plants & Gourmet Gifts AND get an extra 1000 SB (redeemable for a $10 PayPal Gift Card) instantly from Swagbucks when you make a purchase. This offer is available to both new and existing Swagbucks members!

New to Swagbucks and want to join me in earning free gift cards every month? Sign up here for your free account. Be sure to use my exclusive code CHACHING70 to start off with 70 FREE swag bucks! (Just click on the words, “I have a sign up code.”) Then get started earning free $3 – $50 Gift Cards or PayPal cash by taking surveys, searching the web, watching videos, or shopping online. They’ve already awarded over $100,000,000 and have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. You won’t regret giving Swagbucks a try!

*Note: Coupons cannot be used. International, wine & Bridesign orders are ineligible for credit. Please note: If you cancel your order, your SB may be revoked. Cash Back is provided in the form of SB (1000 SB = $10 in PayPal Cash or Free Gift Cards)

Click here to find out how to earn a FREE $25 Amazon gift card every month with Swagbucks!