Cha-Ching on a Shoestring™

Living Large on a Limited Budget

The Gymboree Game

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Ever since I read this post about dressing your children for free, I’ve been interested in learning more about Gymboree.  Currently, Gymboree is holding an ‘earnings‘ event in which you will earn $25 Gymbucks for every $50 spent in store or on-line.  (Go here for more information about Gymbucks.)

Not only that, but if you shop between May 14 and May 17, 2009, you can use this 30% off coupon to get even more bang for your buck.  You will need to spend $50 after the coupon in order to receive your $25 in gymbucks,  but you’ll still get more for your money!

I’d love to hear how your shopping ‘trip’ goes.  Anyone out there have experience with the Gymboree game?  Feel free to share any tips!

Potty Training? Here’s help.

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Potty training.  What comes to mind when you hear those two words?  Does fear strike deep in your heart?

I know I felt a bit terrified when starting this process with our firstborn.  I briefly considered waiting until he was in jr. high…but quickly changed my mind when I thought about paying for all those diapers.

Thankfully, we are in that brief hiatus before potty training our second son.  But, I’m feeling a lot more confident this time around.  I thought I’d share some of the (free!) tools that helped make our first go-around a lot smoother than I expected.

  • Sticker charts were a life saver for us.  PottyTrainingConcepts.com offers free printable potty training charts in themes such as Cars, Disney Princess, Thomas & Friends, and Winnie the Pooh.  We used the Chuck E. Cheese printable rewards calendar for Griffin.  (We used our own rewards system, but kids can receive 10 free tokens for taking a completed chart into Chuck E. Cheese.)

  • We also signed up to receive this free potty training DVD from Pull-Ups.  Griffin loved it–he still occasionally asks to watch it!  As I recall, there were also some great Huggies coupons included as well.

  • Huggies also offers a free Pull-Ups sample here, along with a few other tips and tools.

  • Are you a little further along in the process, but still working on night-time?  Wal-mart also has a free sample of Huggies Good-Nites here.

How about you?  I’d love to hear about your tips and tools as well!

Price Chopper Baby Club: Free birthday cake and more

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A friend just introduced me to Price Chopper’s Baby Club and I just had to share.  If you have a Price Chopper in your area and children under the age of 4, go here to sign up.  Simply for signing up, you will receive:

  • Free Baby Club magazine.
  • Free money saving coupons.

You will need an AdvantEdge card in order to sign up.

Upromise.com

While you have your AdvantEdge card out, why not head on over to Upromise and sign up if you haven’t yet?  Add your CVS card and a variety of grocery cards as well in order to turn your everyday spending into college savings.

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight

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Cha-Ching challenge

Welcome to the weekly Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight!

I am so pleased to announce our
Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight Winner!

This week’s highlight is Deal Squealer.

Check out her post highlighting her savings for the week–
a total of $151.53.

Way to go, Deal Squealer!

While you are there, I suggest checking out her
Mailbox Monday post.  What a great idea!

Would you like to join us in next week’s Cha-Ching Challenge?

Simply come back on Friday and join the Cha-Ching Challenge by adding a link to your post sharing your savings for the week!