March Giveaways to Enter (some low entry)

Here are some low to moderate entry giveaways that I've found on other blogs. I have been entering giveaways for over a year now and have won various things from a $50 Jcrew Gift Card, $150 Boden Gift Card, Krusteaz Baking Prize Pack, Pampers Prize Pack, Fisher Price Car, Gorton's Prize Pack, Activia Yogurt Coupons, $25 Ross Gift Card and more. I do my own searches for them and then post them on my blog for others. I will continually post additional giveaways in March so check back often. Low entry to moderate giveaways are easy to enter (usually you have to leave a blog comment and follow the blogger and/or sponsor on various social media avenues) and are worth your time in entering (if the giveaway allows for you to come back another day and gain an additional entry I highly suggest doing it). If you win a giveaway that I've posted please let me know either by contacting me via the contact page or leaving a comment. So far this year, there have been 6 wins from my postings.

$100 Jcrew Gift Card (ends March 2, 2015)
Stonyfield Baby Prize Pack (ends March 2, 2015)
Free Cuties Mandarin Oranges Coupons (ends March 2, 2015)
$50 Target Gift Card (ends March 3, 2015) 
Berenstain Bears Thank You Book (ends March 3, 2015)
Krusteaz Breakfast Night Kit (ends March 4, 2015)
Frankie and LouLou Rattle (ends March 4, 2015)
$10 Pay Pal (ends March 4, 2015)
Krustez Breakfast Pack (ends March 4, 2015)
Pacifica Wipes Clinique Mascara and $50 Nordstrom EGift Card (ends March 5, 2015) 
Simply Great Prize Pack (ends March 5, 2015)
Stonyfield Baby Yogurt (ends March 5, 2015)
Stonyfield Petite Creme Yogurt (ends March 5, 2015)
Krusteaz Breakfast Pack (ends March 5, 2015)
Pampers Prize Pack (ends March 5, 2015)
$25 Target Gift Card and Neutrogena Products (ends March 5, 2015)
Krusteaz Breakfast Pack (ends March 6, 2015)
Stonyfield Baby Yogurt Prize Pack (ends March 6, 2015)
Berenstain Bears Thank You Book (ends March 6, 2015)
Chuck E Cheese Guest Pass (ends March 7, 2015) 
Berenstain Bears Thank You Book (ends March 7, 2015) 
Littlest Bunny Book (ends March 7, 2015)
Berenstain Bears Thank You Book (ends March 7, 2015)
Stonyfield Prize Pack (ends March 7, 2015)
Pyrex Food Storage Set and Libby Cups (ends March 8, 2015)
Pampers Prize Pack (ends March 8, 2015)
Pampers Prize Pack (ends March 8, 2015)
$25 Aro & Company Store Credit (ends March 8, 2015) 
$100 Ace Hardware Gift Card (ends March 8, 2015)
Freshly Picked Moccasins (ends March 8, 2015)
2 Peanut Butter and Co. Jars (ends March 8, 2015)
2 Peanut Butter and Co. Jars (ends March 8, 2015)
20 Coupons for Red Baron Pizza (ends March 8, 2015)
$100 Mikarose Gift Card (ends March 9, 2015)
Pampers Prize Pack (ends March 9, 2015) 
$25 Whole Foods Gift Card (ends March 9, 2015)
Chuck E Cheese Guest Pass (ends March 9, 2015) 
Chuck E Cheese Guest Pass (ends March 9, 2015) 
Jamba Juice Gift Card (ends March 10, 2015)
Pampers Prize Pack (ends March 11, 2015)
2 Tickets to Knott's Farm Boysenberry Festival (ends March 12, 2015)
Kellogg's Raisin Bran with Cranberries (ends March 12, 2015)
Berenstain Bears Thank You Book (ends March 12, 2015)
Freshly Picked Giveaway (ends March 12, 2015)
Pampers Prize Pack (ends March 13, 2015) 
Muller Yogurt Prize Pack (ends March 13, 2015)
Simply Juice Prize Pack (ends March 13, 2015)
General Mills Cereal (ends March 13, 2015)
General Mills Cereal  (ends March 16, 2015)
Muller Yogurt (ends March 18, 2015)
Words of the Savior Print Copy (ends March 18, 2015)
Free Mini's at Chick-Fil-a (ends March 19, 2015)
HomeRight SteamMachine Plus (ends March 19, 2015)
$200 Kohl's Gift Card (ends March 19, 2015)
Stonyfield YoBaby Prize Pack (ends March 19, 2015)
$200 Kohl's Gift Card (ends March 19, 2015) 
Crisco Pi(e) Day Kit (ends March 19, 2015)
$5 See's Gift Card (ends March 20, 2015) 
Little Tikes Fish n' Splash Water Table (ends March 20, 2015)
$25 Walmart Gift Card (ends March 20, 2015)
$25 Pay Pal Credit (ends March 21, 2015)
$100 Amazon Gift Card and Dr. Smith's Supply (ends March 22, 2015)
3 Children's Books (ends March 22, 2015)
$200 Kohls Gift Card (ends March 23, 2015)
Simply Potato Coupons (ends March 23, 2015) 
$25 See's Gift Card (ends March 23, 2015) 
Simply Potatoes Coupons (ends March 24, 2015)
Simply Potatoes Coupons (ends March 24, 2015)
20 Coupons for Red Baron (ends March 24, 2015)
Simply Juice Prize Packs (ends March 24, 2015) 
Homeright SteamMarchine Plus (ends March 24, 2015)
$15 Pay Pal Cash (ends March 24, 2015)
$25 Target Gift Card (ends March 24, 2015)
$200 Kohls Gift Card (ends March 24, 2015)
$200 Kohls Gift Card (ends March 24, 2015)
Freshly Picked Moccasins (ends March 25, 2015)
Little Ceasars $15 Gift Card (ends March 25, 2015)
Mozimo Shoes (ends March 25, 2015) 
$100 Kohls Gift Card (ends March 26, 2015) 
Lighthouse Foods Instantly Fresh Herbs (ends March 27, 2015)
Hamilton Beach Single Serve Blender (ends March 27, 2015)
Downton Abbey Prize Pack (ends March 27, 2015)
$15 Pay Pal Cash (ends March 27, 2015)
$15 Pay Pal Credit (ends March 28, 2015)
Crisco Pi(e) Day Kit (ends March 28, 2015)
$25 Visa Gift Card and Eggland's Best Coupon (ends March 28, 2015)
$20 Walmart Gift Card (ends March 29, 2015)
$15 Pay Pal Cash (ends March 29, 2015)
$15 Pay Pal Card (ends March 29, 2015)
$150 Maggy London Gift Card (ends March 29, 2015)
$20 DSW Gift Card (ends March 29, 2015)
Freshly Picked Moccasins (ends March 29, 2015)
$20 Walmart Gift Card (ends March 30, 2015)
Simply Potatoes Coupons (ends March 30, 2015)
Spring Book Prize Pack (ends March 30, 2015)
Simply Potatoes Coupons (ends March 30, 2015)
Lighthouse Product Coupons (ends March 30, 2015) 
Freshly Picked Moccasins (ends March 30, 2015)
Dial Body Wash Coupon (ends March 31, 2015)
$25 Whole Foods Gift Card (ends March 31, 2015)
Spring General Conference Prize Pack (ends March 31, 2015)
$50 Target Gift Card (ends March 31, 2015)
Pond's Cleansing Wipes and $200 Jonathan Adler Gift Card (ends March 31, 2015)
Eggland's Best Prize Pack (ends March 31, 2015)
$25 PF Chang's Gift Card (ends March 31, 2015) 
$25 Whole Foods Gift Card (ends March 31, 2015)

Using Coupons

Using coupons, can help save your family money especially if you pair the right coupon with the right sale. There are two types of coupons: manufacturer coupons are the coupons from the manufacturer and store coupons are from the store. If you use coupons with sales, you can get things for really cheaply or free. Couponing Blogs like hip2save or krazykouponlady will weekly post what coupons to use with the sales.

To get coupons, you can get a newspaper subscription, ask at church to see if anyone doesn’t use their Sunday newspaper coupons, dumpster diving and you can print some of them from online sources like coupons.com or smartsource.com. Online coupons have a print limit 1-2 per computer and a limit to how many people can print them out. Some grocery stores like Kroger and it's subsidiaries and Randalls will also allow you to load coupons on to your discount card through their website.  Also, anytime you get any kind of junk mail check it for freebies. My husband and I have gotten free small pizzas from a local pizzeria in Austin and free smoothies from McDonalds.

Free Reese's

How would you like FREE Reese's? I know I would. If you go to the Reese's Facebook page (you may have to like it), select your starting line up, you can get a coupon for a free Reese's product. Please note that there is a limit of 1 per household. Click here for more details.

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How do you get FREE Food?

I have often heard the saying, "Nothing in life ever comes free." Although that may be true to some degree, finding free food does take time and effort. I find it worth my time to get free things throughout the year either from a company wanting to promote a product or companies trying to drive business into their stores. Here are some ways to find free food or other items:

1. Blogs will often post when free samples/free items of food are available. My favorites are:

• Hip2Save 
• Krazy Koupon Lady

2. Every Friday Kroger posts a Friday Freebie to load to your Kroger (or Kroger owned store) card. You must have a store card and register it online. You must load it to your card on Friday and then you can redeem it anytime  before it expires. I have gotten free yogurt, TV dinners, granola bars, and candy. The link is here.
If that link doesn’t work, you can also Google Kroger Friday Freebie. I load it onto my card Friday Morning. I think they have a limit to how many they give out so I try and load it as soon as possible. I once tried to load the freebie on to my card in the afternoon or evening and they said it was gone. This coming Friday, February 20, 2015, Kroger is offering a free Russell Stover Easter Egg to load onto your card. Click here for more details.

3. Rebates: I have gotten free dish detergent, food and medicine through rebate programs. Often couponing blogs will post about them on their site. Right now there is a rebate offered for free Advil. Click here for more details. I reviewed that same Advil here. Usually, you need to send them an original receipt and proof of purchase.

4. Check the junk mail that comes in your mailbox. I always peruse the junk mail coupons before tossing/recycling them. We have gotten free personal sized pizzas and free McDonald smoothies just for checking our mail.

5. Blogs will also tell you how to use coupons to your advantage to get free items. Since January of 2015, I have gotten 4 free Glade Candles and Hot Sauce just from using coupons.

6. Sign up for Restaurants emails. Restaurants like IHOP and Del Taco will offer free food just for signing up for enewsletters. How crazy is that!

Be on alert and learn how to be a smart consumer. As an added note, Panda Express is offering a free "gold bar" to their customers tomorrow who have a coupon. To get the coupon, click here.