Nordstrom: Free Smashbox Gift with Beauty Consultation

Visit Nordstrom's May 16-18 and receive a free highlighter quad with a beauty consultation. See more details here.

Speed-linking: Spring Hill Nursery, Fred Meyer, Kroger, Albertson's, Target

Spring Hill Nursery $20 Off $20 Purchase - From Deal News (Thanks, Claudia!):

SpringHillNursery.com takes $20 off any purchase of $20 or more via this link. It's the largest dollar-off coupon we've seen in over a year from SpringHillNursery.com, which sells plants, bulbs, and other gardening items. Shipping for most items is $7.95.

Fred Meyer: Extra 10% When You Buy a $300 Gift Card - From Linda:
Fred Meyer is offering that if you buy a $300 gift card, they'll add an extra 10% on making it $330. Since I spend that amount each month already for groceries there, I just pre-bought a gift card and used that towards my groceries. A great way to make an extra $30 on groceries I would be buying anyway. I know not everyone has $300 pocketed away to spend, but for those that do, its a great deal.

Fred Meyer: Naturally Preferred Coupons - From Rachel:
At our Fred Meyer here in the NW, there are free little magazines in the Natural/bulk foods sections called "Naturally Preferred" out right now with several coupons for natural/organic products such as one for $1 off any Organic Valley dairy product.

Kroger: Similac Markdown - From Jenni:
Last night at our Kroger I noticed they had cans of the Similac Isomil marked down to $4.99. I didn't look at the date but there were a BUNCH.

Albertsons: Free Ken's Salad Dressing - From Rachel:
Also, the same deal you posted about at Jewel is going on at Albertson's right now: Ken's salad dressings are $2/4 and some new $2 off Ken's dressing coupons came out last week (making it free!)

Albertson's: More Deals - From Cheryl:

Albertson's in my area (west coast of Fla) has Malt-O-Meal cereals on sale 3 for $5 (for the larger bags) - and there is a store coupon in the flier for a FREE gallon of milk when you buy 3 bags of Malt-O-Meal! I am going to work a few of the Malt-O-Meal manufacturer's coupons into my deal to get the cereal down to a dollar each--and go home with free milk to pour on my cheap cereal!!

They are also have a LOT of BIG1's on their 3 day sale (Fri-Sat-Sun) - including :
Red Baron frozen pizzas
Del Monte canned veggies
Arnold and Nature's Own breads (there was a .55/1 coupon in last sunday's insert for Natures own)
Sara Lee Bagels (FREE Albertson's 8 oz butter with 2 SL bagel purchase as well!)
Keebler Fudge shoppe cookies or club crackers
Juicy Juice and Tropicana Lemonade/Fruit Punch
Crystal Light on the go (14 ct)
Ronzoni Smart Taste Pasta

Target: Diaper Markdown - From Amy:

Wanted to share with you a great deal I found while shopping at my Target here in Greensboro, N.C. The store had some Huggies Overnights diapers and Huggies Pull Ups clearance priced. I was able to use a bunch of coupons here to maximize the savings on diapers and some Kandoo Wipes, as well. See more details here.

Wal-Mart: $0.22 Cascadian Farms Organic Vegetables

Polly from Nevada emailed me with this deal:

I have been buying the Cascadian Farms Organic Purely Steam packages at Wal-Mart for $1.22. After using the $1/1 Cascadian Farm coupon ($1) they cost me $0.22! They make an excellent lunch and a yummy side dish.

When you sign up for this Muir Glen coupon, you'll also get a $1/1 any Cascadian Farms product coupon. You can select that coupon only (just click to select which area of the page to print) and print as many as you'd like!

See all Wal-Mart deals for this week here.

Free Summer bowling for children

From KidsBowlFree.com:

Select bowling centers and schools around the country are participating in the first ever “Kids Bowl Free” program. This program is designed by bowling centers to give back to the community and provide a safe, secure, and fun way for kids to spend time this summer.

Children whose age does not exceed a limit by a participating bowling center are eligible to register for 2 free games a day, all summer long, courtesy of the participating bowling centers along with the schools and organizations. There is no cost to participate and there are no strings attached.

There aren't any bowling alleys in our area participating so I can't check this out more thoroughly, but it looks like you just need to pick your local bowling alley (if there is one participating) and then fill out the information and they will send you a coupon which you can redeem all Summer long!

If you sign up for this, I'd be interested to hear how it works for you.

Thanks, Frugal Freebies and Deals!

Free Teddy Grahams and more!

Get a free sample of Teddy Grahams Honey Variety Cookies here.

More freebies:

Call 1-800-526-3967 for a Johnson & Johnson New Parent's Pack

Free sample of Viva paper towels

Free sample of On-The-Go drink mixes (this was just restocked in case you didn't get in the first time!)

Free sample of Ban deodorant (also just restocked)

Get a coupon for a free breakfast when you sign up for Mimi's eClub (We love this restaurant! It's not advertised on the sign-up page, but I've heard it from a reliable source that you'll receive a coupon in your email in the next day or so. I just signed up and am hoping mine comes!)

24-Hour Giveaway: Two educational toys

Enter to win two educational toys, compliments of Education.com--an online resource for parents and teachers to join communities and share ideas:
Giveaway #1: Magnetic Poetry's "Story Maker" kit, a $14.95 value, recommended for ages 8-14.

Storymaker is a colorful collection of word and phrase magnets that make creating a story fun and easy. You can make serious or silly stories, or even absurd ones. Magnets are noun phrases--the nice queen, the big dinosaur, my dad--verb phrases--plants a garden, reads a book, drives a car--prepositional phrases--at my school, on the floor--and other stuff too. With this interactive language toy, creating a story has never been faster. Or more fun!

Giveaway #2: Blue Orange Toys' "Zimmbos" stacking game, a $29.95 value, recommended for age 3+:

Refreshing and amusing, this game of balance can be played alone or team up with up to 4 players. Help those smiling little elephants to get piled up and create an originally shaped pyramid. Each player throws the die to find out how many elephants have to be placed on the pyramid, respecting the numerical order turn after turn. If the die shows a star, you get to chose between a joker (clown, bear, gorilla or a lion) or a balancing bar. You win if you place the elephant number 10 on the top of the pyramid and the pyramid stays up, it goes without saying. An endless number of combinations are possible with Zimbbos and lots of fun and laughter to come.

To enter to win one of these educational toys, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post in the next 24 hours with your name and either your blog or email address (so I can contact you if you win!).

I'll randomly pick two winners tomorrow evening and post them!

Ask the readers: Amazon Grocery and balancing rising gas prices with saving on groceries?

Do you or any of your reader's use Amazon Grocery? I was wondering what cost savings/comparisons people may have done. With gas being $3.75 in our area, I was starting to think of this as an option. -Gretchen

I personally have not tried Amazon Grocery, but I'd be very interested to hear if others have and what their thoughts are about it.

Also, I'd love to hear how you all are balancing the rising gas prices with saving money on groceries.

My best advice is to shop once per week, shop close to home, plan your trips well so that you're spending the least amount of time and fuel to get the best deals, and only shop outside of your once-a-week trip if you are already going to be right in the same vicinity for some other reason. That's what works for us, what about you?

Dunkin' Donuts: Free Iced Coffee (Thursday, May 15, 2008)

From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 15, 2008, Dunkin' Donuts will be giving away free 16 oz. Iced Coffees! Both regular and Berry-Berry flavors will be available.

More details here.

McDonald's: Free Chicken Biscuit and Chicken Sandwich with Drink Purchase (Thursday, May 15)

McDonald's is offering two free offers tomorrow (Thursday, May 15, 2008) when you purchase a drink:

From 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., get a free Southern Style Chicken Biscuit with the purchase of any medium or large drink.

From 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., get a free Southern Style Chicken Sandwich with the purchase of any medium or large drink.

Limit one per customer/drink order. These specials may or may not be advertised at your McDonald's. As always call ahead of time to make sure your local store is participating. It appears that this is a nationwide promotion, but it never hurts to double check--especially if you are making a special trip! More details here.

Thanks to everyone who emailed in about this!

Walgreens: $0.25 Dove Minis and $0.50 SmartStart cereal

According to reader Kristin, Dove Mini's on sale for 2/$6 this week
Buy 2 and use the B1G1 coupon here and a $1.50/1 coupon from Sunday's RedPlum insert
Stack with $1/2 EasySaver coupons
$0.25 each after coupons

SmartStart cereal is on sale 4/$10 and prints a $2 RR.
Buy 4 and use 2 $3/2 coupons here
$0.50/box after coupons and RR!

See more Walgreens deals for this week here.

Speed-linking: Winn-Dixie, Harris Teeter, Randalls

Winn-Dixie: Get $4 Off When You Buy 4 GM Products - From Sappho:
There is a promotion going on a Winn-Dixie right now which gives you $4 off instantly when you buy4 participating GM products which are on sale at 4 for $10 this week according to the flier, which will make each item only $1.50 after the $4 instant saving. Use coupons on each item and get them much cheaper! (There are printables here as well as many other insert coupons out for these items.) See all participating products here.

Get two $1/1 Coffee-Mate coupons here. (Thanks, Candace!)

Harris Teeter: Triple Coupons - From Betsy:

For those of you who live near a Harris Teeter, this weekend (Thursday-Sunday) they will be tripling coupons up to $0.99 cents. Limit 20 coupons per day. This will be a great way to get many items for free!!

Randalls: Safeway Diapers Discounted - From Kris:
I found diapers marked down at my Houston Randalls. They are discontinuing the Safeway brand and have marked them down by 50% for closeout. I purchased a megapack of 3T-4T (large) pullups for $7.24. The megapack has 40 pullups which equates to 18 cents each. All the diapers/pullups with this generic Safeway brand are 50% off. The manager told me they are replacing these with a different line.

Food and Family Magazine: Free Kraft salad dressing coupon!

From Centsible Savings:

Have you gotten your Summer 2008 Food and Family magazine yet? If so, don't throw it away until you check between pages 28 and 29 for your coupon for a free bottle of Kraft salad dressing! If you do not currently receive the Food and Family magazine, you can subscribe for free! Go here to sign up.

Wal-Mart: Farmland bacon for $0.50/package!

Walmart has their Farmland bacon on sale 2/$5.00 this week.
Use $2/1 coupons from the 5/4 SmartSource coupon insert
$0.50 each after coupon (Thanks, Samantha!)

Michelle emailed in:

Dixie napkins 160 ct. are on the shelf marked at $1.78. They rang up at $1.47 and with last Sunday's $1.00 off coupon from the inserts they were only $0.47 per package!

Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Meats Singles (these are individual servings of sliced ham, turkey, etc.) are on a rollback for 2 for $2. There were two different coupons out this past Sunday, one for $1/1 and .55/1. If you have the $1/1 coupon they are FREE!

See more Wal-Mart deals for this week here and here. And be sure to check out what Heather "bought" for free at Wal-Mart this week here.

Target: Free coffee and cheap Glade candles

Small packages of Archer Farms coffee are $1.
Use the $1/1 coupon here and get them free! (Thanks, Bethany!)
Note: Not all stores carry these, but I have often found them in our stores. They are little gift packets and I usually find them near the whole bean dispensers.

Glade Wisp Flameless candles are on sale for $5.99 this week.
Use the $5/1 coupon here and get them for $0.99! (Thanks, Cassie!)

See more Target deals and freebies for this week here and here.

Jewel: Free Ken's Salad dressing

If you have any of the $2/1 Ken's salad dressing or salad spray coupons left, you can get them free at Jewel stores this week. And see more deals for this week here.

Thanks, Carrie!