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Inauguration Freebies

• Free cup of coffee from Starbucks when you pledge to volunteer.  Jan 21-25. More details HERE.

• Free Krispy Kreme doughnut of your choice on Inauguration Day only.

• Join HERE at T.G.I. Fridays and get free chips and salsa at 9PM on Inauguration Day.

• Obama “Yes We Did” Sticker HERE.

• Get a free copy of the New Yorker Inauguration Edition by signing up HERE. This deal is available until the 31st.

• Free Cosmetics at various stores if you qualify. Details HERE.

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Lots of Free Magazine Subscriptions

2 Free Trial Issues from All You Magazine HERE

Babytalk and American Baby Mags HERE.

Kiwi Mag + $5 in Earth’s Best Coupons HERE.

Woman’s Day Magazine HERE.

Vegetarian Times (Online version) HERE.

CBS Watch Magazine HERE.

Marie Claire Magazine HERE. (Not sure on this one. May be limited based on how you answer the questions).

Wake Boarding Magazine HERE.

1 issue of Bridal Guide HERE.

Lego Magazine HERE.

Elle Accessories Magazine HERE.

Rouge Magazine HERE.

Elle Magazine HERE.

American Photo Magazine HERE.

Forbes Magazine HERE.

Let us know when any of these offers expire.  Free subscription offers go fast, so hurry and get in on the deals!

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Samples By Mail

Many companies will offer free samples hoping that customers will like their products enough to buy them.  There are tons of free samples available online.  If you want to get your mailbox filling up with freebies each week, start requesting some samples.  I must warn you though, you might want to set up an extra email account just for your freebie hunting.

Here are some great samples this week to start you out:

Cream of Wheat Sample HERE.

Sun Crystals Natural Sweetener HERE.

Quaker Mini Delights Sample HERE.

Barbara’s Organic Cereal HERE.

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Turn Your Coupons into Freebies!

Here are a couple of awesome printable coupons that came out this week.

$2/2 Johnson and Johnson – Most stores have th J&J Buddy Bars priced at .99 or less.  Use this printable and get 2 for FREE!  After printing, hit the back button to print a second coupon.

$1/1 Totinos Pizza Rolls – Many grocery stores will have Totinos Pizza rolls go on sale for a $1.  Wait for a sale and use this coupon to get some for FREE!

.50/1 Cottonelle (printed from our site!)- Kroger Chain stores have the four packs of Cottonelle Toilet Paper for .99, and Kroger stores will double .50 cent coupons.  That makes for some FREE toilet paper!

.50/1 Green Giant Frozen Vegetables – Most grocery stores will run a sale on these, and with doubling that makes for some FREE veggies.

Have fun shopping!

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Who Doesn’t Love Free Chocolate?

Sorry to tempt you, when I’m sure you are all resolute on a new diet, but Godiva stores are giving away free samples. How could I resist?

The in-store sampling event is going on all month long.

1/2 - 1/4:
Chocoiste (Cherries, Pecans, & Cashews)
Real dried cherries coated in dark chocolate

Whole pecans coated in praline and then in milk chocolate

Whole cashews coated in milk chocolate

1/9 – 1/11:
Chocoiste (Cherries, Pecans, & Cashews)

1/30 - 2/1:
Mousse

A light milk chocolate mousse filling covered in a dark chocolate shell

Light strawberry mousse covered in a dark chocolate shell

Hazelnut and milk chocolate blended together into a light mousse, enrobed in milk chocolate

2/6-2/8

Mousse

In moderation, dark chocolate is actually very healthy for you.  According to Dirk Taubert, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Cologne, Germany, dark chocolate can actually help lower high blood pressure (source).  The antioxidant properties can boost your immune system (source),  and just make you feel good!  Just remember: Moderation!  Don’t go crazy with those samples, and stick to the dark chocolate.

Visit the Godiva Website for the location nearest you.

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Free Cut and Color Save over $100!!

Watch the video below to learn how to get your hair cut and colored for free!

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CQ: Product Review for Flip Video

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Featured Blogger:Coupon Cravings

Can
you tell us a little bit about yourself and family and how you go into couponing?

I’m a working mom of three little girls living just outside Washington, DC. I’ve
clipped coupons on and off for several years but I really got serious in March
as I was working to launch a free paperless online coupon service called
Shortcuts.com as part of my job as a Communications Director at AOL.

As part of my publicity efforts I was interacting quite a bit with money-saving
mom bloggers and seeing all the deals these amazing ladies were getting using
coupons and I knew I had to get serious. I’ve always been one for saving money
but I realized I’d been using coupons all wrong before and learned so many new
tips and strategies. I’m saving so much more now than I ever did in the past
when I dabbled in coupons.

Can you tell us what were some of the mistakes or
pitfalls you had when you were first learning to coupon?

I used to make so many mistakes using coupons. I didn’t wait until an item went
on sale to use a coupon. I didn’t even save coupons if I didn’t use them the
weekend they came out. I can’t even imagine doing that today! I also didn’t
realize there were so many places to get coupons – online coupon services like
Coupons.com, and even brand sites like Colgate.com. I always hit these sites now
before I go shopping!

How much time a week do you take to clip and
organize your coupons for your weekly shopping trips?

It’s hard to say. An hour? Throughout the week I’m writing about grocery deals I
plan to take advantage of and checking out other blogs and seeing the deals I
want that weekend. Usually on Friday nights I go start my list with my weekly
ads to see if what I need is on sale anywhere. Then I hit the computer to find
as many coupons as possible.

Some people clip all their coupons and put them in a binder, but I file my
coupons by week. Then I hit a site like CouponMom.com or AFullCup.com and search
their coupon databases to see if coupons exist for what I want. They always list
out coupons with the date they appeared in the weekly coupon inserts so then I
go back to my folders and cut them out then.

Can you tell us a little bit about your blog?

I started Coupon Cravings in May as a way to share grocery deals and freebies
with fellow deal-seekers. I’m constantly on the hunt for deals where you can get
stuff for free using coupons. I recently started posting deals at regional
grocery stores so that readers in these local areas can get free toothpaste,
toothbrushes, vegetables, etc. at the stores close to their homes. I also am a
big CVS fan and post all the CVS deals each week too.

What is your favorite part of having a coupon blog?

My favorite part is all the thanks I get from readers who were able to take
advantage of some of my deals to get groceries for free or cheap. I also love
doing interviews and being used as a resource to help others save money and even
share the items they’ve gotten for cheap or for free with local charities. I’ve
donated so much toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, etc. to the local homeless
shelter, and I was able to get all of it for free with my coupons!

Do you have some good tips or tricks you would like to share with our listeners
on how they can save money in this tough economy we are in?

Everyone talks about stocking up when an item goes on sale, but it’s so
worthwhile. If you have the space, you should definitely buy more when the
prices are low. I bought a shelving unit for my basement and have filled it with
Kraft macaroni & cheese, Cheerios, Heinz ketchup and more. I bought 36 boxes of
the Kraft macaroni & cheese when it was on sale 3 for $1. You’ll never beat that
price!

I also hear a lot of talk about buying store brands as a way to save money but
to be honest, by using coupons, I get groceries for so much less than the store
brand. A good example is Fruity Cheerios. It was on sale at Harris Teeter
buy-one-get-one-free, so you could get two boxes for $3.49. Well, I had a $.75/1
coupon for each box, both of which doubled. So I ended up paying just $.49 for
both boxes. Can you get store brand Cheerios for less than $.25 a box? No way!

Do you make money blogging? And if so what have you
found to be the best resources for WAHM’s to make money off their blogging?

I do make some money blogging, but not enough to quit my day job! I’m still
pretty new to blogging so the only ads I have on my site are
cost-per-acquisition. So I get paid anywhere from $.10 to $2.00 when a visitor
signs up for free samples via one of my banners or clicks to print coupons from
my site via the Coupons.com banner. For these ads, I’ve signed up with Logical
Media, CPA Storm and MySavings Media. I’ve found these to be the best and
easiest to use. They make it really easy to grab their codes and add them to
your site. I’m sure I could do so much more but I’m still just learning the
ropes too!

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Tuesday October 14th Show

On today’s show we had ALOT to talk about! LOL Dianne shared with a GREAT site called Home Energy Saver this is the first Web Based Do It Yourself Energy Audit to help get your site all ready for the harsh winter ahead! Cathy shared with us her NEW addiction lol which is Twitter Moms this is a great networking site, it has groups, forums, photo gallery and more! On their front page it says Meet 2800 awesome moms who love twittering about being moms, business, twins, special needs children, fashion, politics, travel, crafting, social media and so much more!

Angie shared some of her NEW Freebies she posted up today and there were some awesome ones! From free address labels, tampax, kotex, Dove Haircare, Maybelline, Fruit Roll Ups and More! Cathy also shared her great Tuesday Small Business Tips which she had some great ones! From Dapper which will allow you to make RSS feeds out of a regular website to her Business plan advice!

Angie also welcomed our latest staff member to join Frugal WAHMs Talk Radio, Melissa from the Consumer Queen. We are thrilled to have her join us! Her site Consumer Queen is awesome showing you how much you can save out of your budget by couponing and so much more! And last but not least we want to remind you we changing our show times starting NOW our shows will now start at 11:00am instead of 10:30am and we are also working on creating once a month a nighttime show!

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Making Money Online: The Proof is in the Pudding!

We all want to make more money right? But how do we avoid the scams out there? Are there truly easy ways to make money that are legit?

My answer is YES!!!!!!!!! Being a working mom of two, my time is precious and safety is important! I have been searching the web for deals like these going on 13 years now. Below are some sites I think you should definatly sign up for that I have had success with! Have questions ? Let me know I would be glad to answer them!

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