Reminder: Free BP Gas Card!

Have you noticed gas prices lately? It's probably going to get worse before it gets better and every little bit helps. I've gotten one $10 card already (they come fast!) and need just one more card for my next. This program lasts until March 22 so you still have plenty of time to take advantage of the offer. You can complete the offer up to 3 times and earn $30 in free gas! For more information and details read the post about how to get free gas from BP here.

Savings Tracker Download

Just in case you missed it a couple weeks ago, Money Saving Mom shared a link to this great savings tracker. I downloaded it (to my Google Docs) and put in all my January receipts. I think it's going to be a great way to keep track of my grocery and personal care spending. Besides telling me how much of my budget I've used up for the month, it will tell me how much I've saved.

My favorite part is the breakdown of savings by both coupons and store discounts. So far this month I've saved $182.65 by using coupons and more than $200 by shopping sales. Of course, it's not really true "savings" since I would never buy some of those items at their regular prices, but the point is even if you aren't a big coupon clipper you can still save a ton by shopping sales.

If you haven't already checked it out, head over to The Coupon Project to download the Savings Tracker. It's completely free. You can even download a short manual to help you figure out how to use it.

Don't Forget to Get Your FREE Gas!

I earned my first $10 BP Reward Card today! This program lasts until March 22 so you still have plenty of time to take advantage of the offer. You can complete the offer up to 3 times and earn $30 in free gas! For more information and details read the post about how to get free gas from BP here.

Free $50,000 Life Insurance Policy for Parents

Well, here's an interesting freebie I came across in my RSS reader this morning. A free life insurance policy (10 year term) from Mass Mutual Financial Group to cover your child's education costs in the event of your death.

Read all the details at the link above, but here's the short version:
- $50,000 coverage (for education expenses only)
- For parents between the ages of 19-42
- Parents must be currently employed full or part time with a total family income not less than $10,000 or more than $40,000 a year
- Parents must be in good health (per guidelines)

Thanks to the Happy Housewife for posting about this offer.

More Free Excedrin!

Hope you've been signing up for all these free Excedrin offers! Here is another one... there is no direct link to the form so click here to go to Coupons.com then click on "Health Care" in the left side bar. Look for the TWO "free" Excedrin offers and click on them to bring up the form to fill out. Your coupon will then be mailed to you.

Thanks Common Sense with Money!

Free Item Coupons: Excedrin and Plus Another

Two companies offered free product coupons today by mail. Just fill out your name and address and you'll get coupons by mail for free bottle of Excedrin and free surprise* sample from a favorite brand too. You might think it's a pain to fill out these forms and wait for the coupons to come in the mail, but most of the grocery stores in our area tend to reject free item internet printed coupons so I prefer to wait a bit and get them in the mail. It gives us more options on places to use them or find a great deal to stack!

I usually just post these free item coupon links on GB Saver's Facebook page because usually by the time people see this on the blog the limit has already been reached, but since there were two to share today I thought I'd toss this post up on the blog and hope for the best! :)

Thanks Common Sense With Money!

Edited on 12/14/10 after I read the terms on the sign up page. :)

Free $10 Gas Card from BP

Gas prices are going up a bit so here is a deal you might want to take advantage of! BP is offering customers a $10 gas card with 5 fill ups of 8 gallons or more. You just have to collect 5 "Loyalty Cards" with special codes. These cards are available from the cashier (go inside if you pay at the pump).

Once you have collected five cards, enter the codes online and request your gift card. This program runs through the end of March so you have plenty of time to take advantage of the offer. Limit of three offers per person. $10 reward cards expire 9/6/11. The rest of the terms can be found here.

Thanks, Common Sense with Money!

Free Christmas Music

Amazon is giving away one free Christmas song download a day through Christmas. Actually, they started the 1st (you can go back and download those songs now). They've done this for the past couple years and I've added lots of songs to my Christmas playlist! To view the song for each day visit the Free Holiday Music Amazon page.

Amazon offers free songs all the time, not just during the Christmas season. It's a good way to hear new music. Who knows, you may find some new favorites!


Since we don't have a local Christmas station this year (96.3 works in the car but not inside at my house) you might want to try Pandora for some Christmas music. They have several holiday "stations". Pandora is great all year round. It's like a free internet radio station that you program to play only the songs and artists you like!

Free Christmas Devotional

If you are looking for a wonderful way to make Christmas meaningful I highly recommend a Jesse Tree. Our family has been doing this for several years now and we love it!

You can download a free Jesse Tree Advent Devotion when you subscribe via email or RSS to Ann Voscamp's blog (which is wonderful by the way!). The download includes readings for each day as well as printable ornaments.

Our Family's Jesse tree
(from a couple years ago)

What is a Jesse Tree?
It's simply a Christmas countdown. You can start with Advent (first Sunday of Advent was yesterday) or you can just start on December 1st. Each day read a short Bible passage and devotional then hang an ornament. There are many websites out there to give you ideas and there is no "right" way. Each family does it a bit differently.

There are "kits" you can buy, but it is easy to just make your own. The ornaments can be printed (like from the download above) or if you get real creative you can buy items to hang as ornaments that are a bit more three dimensional (like a mini-globe, twine, etc.). The tree itself can be a branch that is secured in a pot or you can use a mini-Christmas tree. That is what we do and it works well. Some people just put the Jesse tree ornaments on their regular Christmas tree.

If you are interested, here are some additional links:
Jesse Tree Instructions, Devotions, and Printable Ornaments
Jesse Tree with Printable Ornaments
Additional Advent Resource (including Jesse Tree)

Freebie link via Money Saving Mom. Her post can be found here.

Freebie from CVS

Sign up for a freebie from CVS! From their Facebook page:

"CVS/pharmacy is giving away a FREE gift to ExtraCare members! Choose from a travel-sized Bioluxe shampoo or conditioner or a toothbrush. Get yours today!"

Go here to sign up. Offer will come via email.

Freegal from The Brown County Library

Want some new FREE music? The Brown County Library is now offering a service call Freegal. It's free and legal music downloads...

...from Sony Music Entertainment's catalog of legendary artists. There is music from every genre, from classical to modern pop to today's hottest artists. Hundreds of additional songs are added every week.

All downloads are in MP3 format and are Digital Rights Management free - you can keep them forever! Freegal works with any MP3 player and can be loaded into iTunes. It works on both PCs and Macs.

Currently you are limited to three downloads per week. And you have to used a current library card to sign in. For more information click here. Have you tried this out yet?

Free Digital Taste of Home Magazine Issue

Here's a link to a free digital issue of Taste of Home magazine. You can read it online or download it. Looks like lots of great Thanksgiving recipes!

Free Digital Holiday Magazine

Remember the digital Christmas issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine that was offered last year? They have a brand new issue for this year!! I was hoping they would offer this again. Last year's issue was awesome!

This digital magazine issue is put out by a homeschooling magazine but it is full of wonderful Christmas activities, recipes, and crafts that anyone can use. The recipes alone make it worth downloading!! You can preview it or download it here!

Free Kid's Toothbrushes from Colgate

Colgate is once again offering their Healthy Bedtime Habits program. It is supposed to "help your kids develop healthy bedtime habits by tracking their washing, brushing and reading daily. Earn points from recording your progress to get a free Colgate Kids toothbrush!"

This offer is valid August 22, 2010 – December 31, 2010. Limit one Colgate kids toothbrush per child. Each child will need to complete the log in order to qualify for free toothbrush offer. (Limit of 10 kids per log.

Visit Colgate's site to sign up!

Available Again: Digital Scrapbooking Program

If you tried to download this and it didn't work the other day, it appears this link is now working again.

Download a FREE digital scrapbooking program called Scrapbook Artist from Amazon (retail value $49).

Free Digital Scrapbooking Program!

Just in case you missed this going around... you can download a FREE digital scrapbooking program called Scrapbook Artist from Amazon (retail value $49). This download is available until September 30th.

FREE: The Whole Family Whole Wheat Cookbook

Here is a great freebie from Homeschool Freebie of the Day! A recipe book (pdf) download that includes 722 whole grain recipes called The Whole Family Whole Wheat Cookbook. It is available today only. You don't have to be a homeschooler to get this freebie, in fact many of their freebies are useful for anyone and they offer a new one every day! Subscribers get extra freebies so if you are interested, be sure to sign up for their free email list!

Freebies in the Mail

Want to try new products? Want high value coupons? Want to get surprises almost every day in your mailbox? Sound too good to be true? Heather over at Freebies4Mom has a great blog full of freebies. There are new ones every day. She only lists the best freebies that are truly free; not the ones where you have to jump through hoops or take advantage of "special offers".

In addition to getting free products, lots of freebies come with a high value coupon. All sorts of companies/brands mail free stuff right to your door. My mail lady has even stopped to ask me how I am able to get all these things free!

Erica posted last week about all the freebies she got. She inspired me to take picture of my freebies from just last week:

(click to enlarge)
Kraft Sampler box, free razor, lots of coupons-including
some for free full size items, Pull-Up samples, tea bags,
$5 Los Banditos gift certificate, Kotex samples

To get most freebies you only have to fill out a form with your name and address. That's it. Super simple. [I do recommend you set up and use a junk email address for this because companies love to send you email!] To save time when signing up for freebies, I let technology do the work.

The link to Freebies 4 Mom has been in the sidebar for a long time and I know a lot of you probably already take advantage of free offers (especially on Facebook) but I thought I'd mention it again since we have lots of new readers. Everyone should get excited about opening the mail box each day!

Birthday Clubs for Kids

Last week I told you about several birthday freebies. Don't forget your kids! Sign them up for the following birthday clubs and they'll be excited to get lots of birthday surprises!


Toys R Us--Geoffrey's Birthday Club--get a birthday card and coupon.
Chuck E. Cheese E-Club--includes "birthday specials"
Culver's--Free Sundae coupon for each child's (and parent's) birthday
Burger King--special birthday surprises
Sonic--free Wacky Pack kids meal and a half birthday treat too!
Baskin-Robbins--free 2.5 ounce scoop
School House-- $3 gift certificate (sign up in store)
Cold Stone Creamery--free birthday creation
Happy Joe's--free kid pizza coupon and a "clown" sundae
Moe's--free kid meal
Noodles--free food
Kwik Trip--birthday card (and freebie)

These and other fun kid freebies can be found under the "kids" tab above.

Free Sundae for Mom at Culver's

Got this in an email from Culvers:

On Sunday, May 9th, treat your Mom to a free 1 Scoop Sundae. Choose from a wide variety of fruit, candy and syrupy toppings, such as strawberries, raspberries, snickers, hot fudge, and butterscotch. Plus the first 100 Moms will receive a free carnation.

You can treat yourself if you're a mom too! :)