Viggle

Have you heard about Viggle?  If you have an iPhone or Android you can download Viggle and earn points for watching TV.  Keep in mind this is far from a get rich quick scheme, but you can earn gift cards for doing something you may already be doing. 

Once you download the app and sign up, just check in to whatever you are watching.  You will earn one point for each minute you watch.  They also have check in bonuses.  For example, if you check into Breaking Bad and you remain checked in for at least ten minutes, you will get the points for the length of time you were checked in plus 50 points.  Check in bonuses change daily.  You can also earn additional points by answering trivia questions while watching a show.

Prizes include such things as iTunes gift cards, Amazon gift cards, Starbucks gift cards, Lowes gift cards, and Facebook gift cards to name a few.  Rewards come and go, so sometimes patience is needed.  In the few months I've been doing this I have gotten Papa Johns gift cards, making for an inexpensive dinner when feeding extended family, and Lowes gift cards, which got us some free play sand for the kids' sandbox.  I've also gotten an iTunes gift card, which made my husband happy.

Give Viggle a try and see what free stuff you can earn for yourself!

Free Items - Saturday 9/1

While I was out running errands I stopped by Fry's again to use some coupons before they expire.  I managed to get several things for free.

• 10 1/2 oz. bag of Lays chips (mfg. coupon with a $1 overage)
• Family Size box of Duncan Hines brownies (used a mfg. coupon combined with their sale, and the overage from the Lays coupon)
• 3 - Dial hand soap (combined mfg. coupons and the sale)
• 2 - Seafood Snackers (used 2 mfg. coupons)
• Temptations cat treats (combined mfg. coupon with the sale.  Most were on sale for 2/$3, but this particular one was on sale for $0.99 making it completely free!)

I finally made it to Safeway today to get a good deal on some Oscar Mayer lunch meat.  While I was there I picked up 3 cups of Yoplait Simplait yogurt.  Combining the mfg. coupons with their sale, they were free.

Swagbucks - Earning Gift Cards/Prizes

I would highly recommend signing up for Swagbucks if you haven't already.  Even better, today is Mega Swag Bucks Day, which means you can earn even more swagbucks with your searches.

There are many ways to earn swagbucks:

• Searches - Use the search engine from the swagbucks home page to do your searching instead of your usual search engine, and you can earn swagbucks.  On a Mega Swag Bucks Day you can earn even larger amounts of points.  Today I earned 27 swagbucks.  Note:  Swagbucks are not given for every search.
• Coupons - Print out coupons from the Swag Bucks Coupon page and earn 10 points per coupon redeemed.  Points take as long as 8 weeks to be credited to your account, but it is always a nice surprise when they are processed.
• Trusted Surveys - Take surveys and earn swagbucks.  Even before starting the survey they give you an idea of approximately how many minutes it should take to complete the survey, and how many swagbucks will be rewarded for  a completed survey.  If you are screened out, you will still earn 1 swagbuck.
• Swag Codes - These are released randomly and can be found all over, such as on via their Twitter posts, their Facebook page, on their Blog, etc.
• Daily Polls - Answer a poll each day and earn 1 point. 
• Watching Swag Bucks TV - Watch video clips.  For each 10 clips watched, you can earn 3 swagbucks.

These are just a few ways to earn...once you've banked some swagbucks, you can redeem them for great prizes.  My favorite is the $5 Amazon Gift Card for only 450 swagbucks.  If that doesn't interest you, they have a variety of e-Gift Cards (Chili's, Barnes & Noble, Papa John's to name a few), they have other prizes, such as DVD's, magazines, apparel.

When you sign-up you will get 30 points credited to your account as a sign-up bonus.

Today's Free Stuff - Thursday 8/30

I had a fun trip to Fry’s where I ended up saving more than I spent!  I managed to bring home several items for free:

• 10.5 oz bag of Lays – used a $3 mfg. coupon and had a $1 overage to cover the cost of the bananas.
• 5 bananas – used the overage from the Lays chips.
• 3 – Dial hand soap – used 3 mfg. coupons, combined with the sale
• 2 – Seafood Snackers – used 2 mfg. coupons
• 2 – Totino’s pizza – used 2 mfg. coupons, combined with the sale
• Odwalla Smoothie for Kids - used a mfg. coupon, combined with the sale
• Shamrock Farms Rockin’ Refuel – used mfg. coupon*
• 1.72 lb package of chicken drumsticks*
• 2 – Family size boxes Duncan Hines Brownie Mixes*

* Cost covered by a $2 on your next order Catalina from last week’s shopping trip, and $2 check from my Fry’s credit card rewards.

Earlier, I had a very successful trip to Bashas'.  I used my second coupon to try Tree Top Reduced Sugar grape juice for the Mom's Meet Mom Ambassador program.  Bashas' also had a cereal and milk deal.  Kellogg's cereal is on sale for 2/$5, and you get a free gallon of milk when you buy 4 boxes.  I had 2-$1 mfg. coupons for Kellogg's Mini Wheats.
 

Four boxes of cereal, a gallon of milk, and a bottle of grape juice all for $8.

Today's Free Items - Tuesday 8/28

Today I took a trip to Toys 'R' Us to take advantage of their Crayola crayon sale.  The 24 count boxes are on sale 4/$1 (limit 12).  I used my $5 "R" Us Reward Dollars to pay for them.  I threw in 2 "Pinky" balls for the kids (to get over $5), but I walked out of the store with 12 boxes of crayons and 2 balls and paid $1.09 out of pocket!

 

We spent the day at Cardon Children's Medical Center with a sick child.  A very nice lady, who works there, asked our daughter if she wanted to color.  This perked her up so much and made the time move a bit more quickly.  I noticed they have a nice size bin of crayons, but they are pretty well used.  Once we are all feeling better, I think we are going to take these crayons over there and donate them.  Hopefully they can cheer up another child.

 

 

Helping Others - Expired Coupons for Overseas Military

A couple of weeks ago, I contacted Expired Coupons for Overseas Military to adopt a family to send coupons to.  I've been gathering coupons for the past few weeks; today I'm getting my envelope ready to mail.  Although I know not all coupons will be used, I've gathered 971 food and non-food coupons for a potential savings of $1,393.17. 

Today's Free Items - Saturday 8/25

Today I took a trip to Bashas' to look for Tree Top Reduced Sugar apple juice.  I got a coupon to try one free though the Mom's Meet Mom Ambassador program.  The coupon is for a free 48 oz. bottle up to $3.99.  I tried to purchase it at Albertsons, but their regular price is a whopping $4.49.  That is ridiculous.  Bashas' on the other hand has it on sale for $2.99 with $3.99 as their regular price. 

After we chill it, we'll all give it a try and see how it tastes.

While I was out, I made another trip to Fry's.  Here I was able to get 3 more bottles of Dial hand soap for free by combining their sale and manufactures coupons.  I also found Trans Ocean Seafood Snackers.  The coupons are a bit harder to find, but I do love free imitation crab!

 

We ran into Fry's to pick up a gift card (and get 4x fuel points), so I picked up 3 more bottles of Dial hand soap, free using the sale and mfg. coupons.