Fun and Frugal

Happy Friday, everyone!  Can you believe it’s one week til Christmas?  If you are looking to buy restaurant gift cards as Christmas gifts, there are many places offering incentives where you get a little gift when you buy a gift card from them.  Wendi emailed me to see if I had a list of area restaurants that are offering incentives.  I don’t, but would love everyone’s help in putting one together.  What places do you know of?  Wendi said Arby’s is giving away a $5.01 combo meal when you purchase a $20 gift card.  I used a coupon from a recent Sunday paper insert for Logan’s to get $10 in Logan’s Bucks when I bought a $25 gift card.  I believe you can get $10 in Logan’s Bucks when you purchase a $30 gift card without a coupon.  I just searched online and found this post from Pocket Your Dollars on the topic.  Many stores on their list are not in our area, but some are.  Please leave a comment or send me an email at gloria {at} funandfrugal {dot} com if you know of a store not on the list in our area that is offering a gift card incentive right now.

Be sure to visit FunandFrugal.com/Coupons, where you’ll find links to coupons from some local businesses as well as grocery/household coupons good anywhere from Coupons.com and Red Plum!

If you’re in Cleveland, remember on Saturdays that Kids Eat Free with this coupon at Southern Smokehouse BBQ, located at the corner of Keith and 25th St!  This offer is only good through 12-27-09!  Also, Southern Smokehouse BBQ has a new special – get $.25 bottomless coffee when you purchase any full breakfast (eggs cooked to order, made-from scratch biscuits and gravy, French toast, and more!)  Breakfast is served from 6:30 am – 11:00 am.  Please mention you saw this special on FunandFrugal.com!  Thank you for supporting our sponsors!

OK, ready for some freebies, coupons, and deals to celebrate Friday?

• Print lots of manufacturer’s and store coupons from Target’s website here.  My favorites include $1/2 Juicy Juice, $5/4 Kellogg’s cereals, and $1/2 Welch’s Sparkling Grape Juice among others.
• Free 1-year Weight Watchers magazine.  (Thanks, Freebies 4 Mom)
• Check out this list from Southern Savers of all grocery items on sale for $1 or less after coupons!  (These prices should be good through Tues. Dec. 22 I believe at most stores.)
• Read more here about free bowling for kids over the holidays (Thanks, Southern Savers!)
• Register for a free consultation from a Jenny Craig representative

• Sign up for Home Made Simple e-newsletter like I did and be among the first to know about special offers, samples, coupons, and sweepstakes offers from brands like Cascade®, Dawn®, Febreze®, Mr. Clean®, and Swiffer®.
• 50 FREE prints from CVS photo center when you join
• Free sample of Mariani dried plumbs (Thanks, Hip to Save)

• Still available – Gevalia coffee only $1/box! – choose any 3 boxes of Gevalia coffee plus free mug for only $3! Shipping is no charge. (It’s super easy to cancel your membership after you receive your order if you wish to discontinue.)
• Family Fun magazine and Parents magazine are only $4.95 for a one-year subscription this month after the $5 instant savings at check-out. Would make a nice all-year Christmas gift.

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