Baby Food from Babies "R" Us

Last week I told you how to get free baby food from Babies “R” Us by becoming their fan on Facebook. I was able to get three $5 e-gift certificates through this offer. This weekend I took them in to our local Babies “R” Us and I was able to get a lot of baby food for less than $2. All of this will be sent to Haiti through a donation drive that my church organized. The Gerber two-packs were on sale for $1 each when you buy ten, regularly $1.29 to $1.69. The Revolution Mashups were buy one, get one half off. My total came to $16.73 which meant I only owed $1.73 after my e-gift certificates. Regular price, this baby food would have cost $23.58.

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This Formula Would Only Cost You $2

My church is currently collecting items to send to Haiti for earthquake relief efforts. A member of my church has an aunt and uncle who run the Jean Cadet Restavek Foundation which has worked for years to end child slavery in Haiti. They are now setting up a clinic and working to keep the children safe after the earthquake destroyed so many buildings and lives. To aid this foundation’s efforts we are collecting items like blankets, non-perishable food, baby food and baby formula. The items can be dropped of at the Christian publishing house Ambassador International from now until February 5. The offices are located at 427 Wade Hampton Blvd. in Greenville. You can stop by Monday through Friday from 9-5 and Saturday from 10-2.

Today only if you become a fan of Babies R Us on Facebook, you’ll receive a free $5 e-gift card that can also be used in the store. The coupon will be sent to your email inbox after you sign up. It’s good until 2/20, but why not go ahead and use it now to pick up some free baby food or discounted formula to send to Haiti? According to what’s available online you’ll be able to score lots of free food or an 8-pack of formula for just $2 after you use your coupon. It won’t cost you much– or anything at all– and you’ll be helping a great cause!

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Last night I held my first coupon class at my church, LifePoint. About 20 people turned out to learn how to save more and give more than they’ve ever done before. My main goal was to encourage and inspire people to turn something as seemingly routine as grocery shopping into a task that can bless others and serve God. I’ve been thinking about teaching a class for a while now. But it wasn’t until my church recently brought in two big bins for us to fill up with food to give Miracle Hill Ministries that I realized that now would be a great time to teach others about couponing. Our local food banks are dangerously low so my desire would be that even in this tough economic time people would use couponing as a way to continue to give– and give big!

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I want to tell you about two websites that I am loving right now. They are turning out to be great resources for saving (and even earning) extra money this holiday season.

SwagBucks

Just last week I installed SwagBucks as my online search engine. All I do is use it to search for things instead of Google. I’ve already accrued enough SwagBucks for a free $5 Amazon gift card, or a bunch of other rewards and all I did was search like I normally would. You can cash your SwagBucks in for free MP3 downloads, gift cards, and lots of other prizes. This will definitely come in handy for doing online Christmas shopping. Signing up for SwagBucks takes just a minute and you’ll be on your way to earning free prizes!

Ebates

Last week my dad asked me to buy his plane ticket for him for coming to visit me this Christmas. I bought it on Travelocity through Ebates.com and I ended up getting 1% cash back. It’s not a lot but it’s something! Ebates is basically a shopping portal and when you access hundreds of online stores through Ebates you can easily earn cash back. And they’ve got lots of stores that have doubled their cash back rates for the holiday season. Here’s a sample of what I mean:

Lancome- 12% cash back

Victoria’s Secret- 4% cash back

Walmart- 4% cash back

Macy’s- 5% cash back

Old Navy- 10% cash back

Shutterfly- 15% cash back

Sephora- 8% cash back

The Body Shop- 10% cash back

Piperlime- 10% cash back

You can even combine Ebates cash back savings with coupon codes to make the bargains even better! Signing up for Ebates takes just a few seconds and soon you’ll be on your way to awesome deals for Christmas shopping.

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Yesterday I was invited to appear on the Knowing the Truth radio show with host, Pastor Kevin Boling. I met Kevin a couple of weeks ago at Liquid Highway and he read some of my articles on Out of Debt Christian and Do More With Your Money. His interview focused on an article I wrote for Out of Debt Christian about Six Crazy Things I Do To Save Money. It is a topic I love talking about so I was happy to do it. You can listen to the interview online. It’s only about 30 minutes long. Let me know what you think!

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