Freebie:Redbox movie rental code

It's March Movie Madness month for Redbox. Every Wednesday in the month of March Redbox will provide a free movie rental code on their Redbox blog to be used for one nights rental code. See the Redbox blog for more information. Here is today's code: GTL456

Freebie:Redbox movie rental code

Each Monday Redbox will text a free movie code to your cell phone. Enter the code at any Redbox to redeem for a free movie rental on Monday, return Tuesday before 9:00 p.m. to avoid any rental fees. Here's todays free movie rental code: MS72K3

Freebie:Kashi Frozen Entree

Kashi is one of the crowd favorites at our house, but coupons for Kashi are hard to come by. For a limited time, Kashi is offering a coupon for a free frozen entree.

IHOP: National Pancake Day Celebration

Flip for Free Pancakes - February 24, 2009

Join IHOP to celebrate National Pancake Day on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., we'll give you one free short stack (three) of our famous buttermilk pancakes.* All we ask is that you consider making a donation to support local children's hospitals through Children's Miracle Network, or other local charities.

Free Trial Issue of All You

If you've been wanting to try out the magazine All You, now's your chance. Wal-mart's site is offering a free trial issue of the magazine, and if you would like to continue the annual price for 12 issues is $26.88. I like the All You magazine since it provides another source of coupons and many are different than what I receive in my Sunday inserts each week.

Redbox vs. Netflix and Blockbuster

For the last couple of years I've debated about signing up through either Netflix or Blockbuster for their mail order movies, but was always hesitant because of the price. Then, along came Redbox and changed my mind altogether. I still wanted to make sure I was getting the best deal and compared the three to see who came out on top.
Netflix and Blockbuster have similar plans regarding the number the number of movies that can be out at a time, their free two-week trial period, and free shipping both ways, but that's where their similarities end. Netflix takes movie watching above and beyond and allows for unlimited online viewing from your computer for three of their plans, while Blockbuster allows for in-store returns so that your next movie is queued up a little faster.

Netflix
3 DVDs at a time Unlimited $16.99 Unlimited hours instantly online
2 DVDs at a time Unlimited $13.99 Unlimited hours instantly online
1 DVD at a time Unlimited $8.99 Unlimited hours instantly online
1 DVD at a time Limit 2/mo $4.99 2 hours included online

Blockbuster
3 DVDs at a time Unlimited $19.99
2 DVDs at a time Unlimited $16.99
1 DVD at a time Unlimited $11.99
1 DVD at a time Limit 2/mo $9.99

Then there's Redbox. I was hesitant to rent from them when they first came out because it's all automated and I'm giving my credit card information to a machine, and the whole process just seemed really impersonal to me. Here's why I'm convinced that Redbox is the way to go, it's $1.00 + tax for every movie you rent, and $1.00 + tax per day everyday thereafter. Whatever time you rent your movie on the first day, it is always due back by 9:00pm the next evening to avoid another days charge. Redbox movies can be returned to any Redbox regardless of where it was rented. The other great thing I just discovered about Redbox is their free movie rental code on Monday. Sign-up for SMS text messages from Redbox and they will send you a free code to rent a movie on Monday that must be returned by 9:00pm Tuesday to avoid any rental charges.

I still wanted to make sure I was getting the best deal by renting with Redbox so I thought about how many movies I could possibly watch in a month on Netflix. Blockbuster is priced a few dollars more than Netflix and I would not use their service since I would consider it a lousy rate of return. For the 3 DVD (possible 18 DVD's) and 2 DVD (possible 12 DVD's) Netflix plan it almost breaks even with renting from Redbox, but that's assuming I could watch the 18 and 12 DVD's in a month and that's also assuming that the postal system is going to be incredibly timely on deliveries. So after careful evaluation and consideration, Redbox gets my vote and I will continue renting my movies from the little red box.

CVS: Free greeting cards

At CVS this week you can purchase three of the $.99 American Greetings cards and receive a $3 ECB. I purchased a birthday card, baby shower card, and wedding shower card for future use. My region included the American Greetings cards, but other regions may have the Hallmark cards available with the same result. Don't miss out on your free cards!

Snapfish: Free Photobook Offer

Here's an awesome deal that the Oprah Winfrey show is offering through Snapfish to "Clean up your messy home!" It's for a free 8" x 11" custom-cover photo book, and all you have to do is pay shipping.

Here are the details, but please visit Oprah's site for more information:'
* This offer is only good for one standard 20-page 8" x 11" custom-cover photo book per household. Coupon dispersal ends at 11:59 p.m. PST Friday, November 14, 2008. Free photo book must be redeemed by 11:59 p.m. PST Sunday, November 16, 2008. Offer does not include customary shipping and handling changes or additional pages. Offer applies only to mail-order delivery to U.S. customers. Offer cannot be combined with other coupon codes. Coupon cannot be resold or otherwise transferred and is void on the earlier of redemption or the offer end date.

The concept of the offer is that it should help to reduce some of our children's artwork clutter that you know we all have. Have fun and get that house clean!

Free Barnes & Noble Giftcard

Purchase any combination of participating products totaling $10 or more and receive a $5 giftcard for Barnes & Noble, purchase $20 or more and receive a $10 giftcard.

Go to Hain Celestial for a list of participating prodcuts.

Free Kraft Food & Family Magazine

I just received my Fall copy of Kraft's Food & Family magazine. The magazine is free when you join the Kraft Community , and has some great information on quick and easy meals, as well as ideas for entertaining. One of my favorite parts about the magazine are the coupons that are included in each issue. The magazine is mailed out quarterly for the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.

Pampers Gifts to Grow Program

Pampers has a wonderful program for moms of infants through toddlers. It offers a newsletter via email with valuable information based on your child's age, coupons for Pampers products, and samples. My favorite part about the program is Pampers Gifts to Grow program that rewards you for purchasing their products, which include diapers, training pants, and wipes. Once you sign up for the Gifts to Grow program you simply enter your codes found inside the product package and redeem them for the gifts available on their site.

Pampers is also offering a free Potty Training Kit for those with little ones that are in the potty training stage. The kit includes a training pants sample, coupons, and potty training charts to encourage your little one to continue potty training.