Toys R Us offers trade in program

It looks like the cash for clunkers is spawning some other companies to come up with their own similar programs. Toys R Us is now offering coupons for some of your old baby merchandise including cribs, high chairs, and more.

It starts this Friday and will last about three weeks. The coupons are not huge amounts, but will be 20% for 16 different manufacturer' products.

Free Brown Bear Carwashes

It's nice outside, so why don't you get a free carwash tomorrow if you're in the Seattle area. In celebration of their 52nd anniversary, Brown Bear is offering free car washes at select locations from 8 AM to 8 PM tomorrow only. You can read more at this link below.

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_082609WAB-brown-bear-car-wash-KS.11ad920f3.html

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Shopping Tip of the Week

This week's tip is for the ladies. To save money on clothing, go buy in the mens section! I'm not kidding! This is especially good for layering clothes like tank tops or t-shirts. Instead of paying $10 for a tank top (I think the lowest I've seen were $5), you can but a pack of 8 for like $7! They are hemmed and everything. I've also heard if you're small enough, go shop in the little kids section if possible. Their prices are cut too.

Restaurant.com

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70% off Restaurant.com with code PALATE

Pay only $3 for a $25 certificate!

Cardratings.com

With the credit card laws that just came in to affect, it's more important than ever to really do your research on them before you get one. Handling your credit card wisely (paying off the balance each month) will boost your credit score and maybe earn you a few freebies if you get one with rewards.

Cardratings.com combines many credit cards and lets you know the down low about all of them. Whether you're looking for rewards, or lowest interest rate, they have it. They also give you updates on your existing credit cards, including new changes to billing addresses.

The best part is that they also advises users on how to best manage their credit, pay off debt and deal with credit crises. I think that's extremely useful with our economy right now and even more important for young ones that have no idea about "credit" and the impact of it later on in life.

www.cardratings.com

Arby's Wednesday Freebie

Well I know it's not Wednesday yet, but I wanted to give you a heads up on what to expect for tomorrow and the following week. Remember, these deals won't last for long so get it while the getting is good. I haven't tried the FruiTea, but I'm a huge fan so I might take a trip in.

Vacation

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. My family and I had a wonderful vacation on the Oregon Coast. It was fabulous! I completely recommend it. We were about a half hour from the southern coast. We decided to go camping, which wouldn't you know it, saved us a lot of money! We're thinking about investing in a camping trailer to save us in the future too. Hotels are so pricey these days, even with Expedia, Priceline, etc.

Arby's Wednesday Freebie

Here's a list of more Arby's Wednesday Freebies. Remember that this will only last during the summer. So get it while you can.

Today's freebie is a free Regular Roast Beef sandwich with any soft drink purchase. Next weeks will be a free Roast Chicken Club Sandwich with any soft drink purchase. Now that's one I'm probably going to try. I can't always get the husband to go to Arby's, but if I say something is free, I bet I can get him to go. :)

Sports Fans

Ok so I didn't think this was a big saver website, because you probably should be spending your money elsewhere, but if you're a sports fan, you're a sports fan and I'm a HUGE Chicago Bears fan. Yes I live in the Seattle area, but who cares. I love the Bears.

Tickets in the Seattle area sell out pretty quick for the Seahawks. And you have to come up with some creative ways to get some tickets sometimes. Last year I managed to score some pretty great seats at the Chicago Bears / Seahawks Preseason game right next to the visitors tunnel for $40 each! It was awesome! I just went to stubhub.com and did a search on the sections I wanted. It's a great site and so much easier to use than ticketmaster.

If at first you don't like what you see, keep checking, people post their tickets all the time! And if you have tickets to sell, this is a great website to use. It's reliable too!

Shopping Tip of the Week

Forget those 100 calorie packs of snacks or anything like it. It's a waste of money! This is something you could do so much easier at home with just a little extra time and some baggies. I actually tried these a couple of weeks ago because I had a coupon. I figured what the heck, I'll give it a try. As soon as I opened that bag I was disappointed. Granted, I know it's only 100 calories but at least having myself splitting the portions up, I'm saving money and not getting disappointed.