Have you won anything from the Instant Win Games yet? I'd love to hear, just leave a comment below!

Right now you can get a Free Medium Pizza from Domino's. This promo code does not work at all stores, so if you really want a free pizza, you might have to go pick it up somewhere a little out of the way.

Here's how it works: Go to Dominos.com and click Order, Log-In and enter the code BAILOUT in the coupon field (if your store is not participating, it will give you a message in red at the top saying so).

Join club Mongo's email list here and get a coupon for a Free Stir-Fry Meal in your inbox!.

These restaurants are only in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maryland and Flordia, go here to see if there is one near you!

It's Movie Night Monday in our house tonight, and we will be renting our movie from Redbox for free with this code: 89ZQJ3. You can see all available movies here, and find the closest location here.

Don't forget that you can only use the promo code 1 time per credit/debit card, and be sure to return the movie by 9pm tomorrow to avoid being charged..

All it takes is 5 minutes of your time! This morning I won a $50 gift card to Brand Source!

Yesterday I went to Kroger to pick up some of this week's groceries. We were out of a lot of things since I put off going to the grocery store last week, to use up some of our stockpile.

Although I didn't do as good as usual with the deals, I didn't do too bad. See, I haven't bought the Sunday paper in about 2 months now. Every Saturday I look to see what coupons are in the paper, and if I don't see enough good coupons for things I actually need and use, I don't buy the paper. Sure I could always use most of the coupons at CVS or Walgreens, but I find that I already have too many bottles of dish soap and air fresheners, and most of the stores don't have everything in stock either. This is what I was able to get with the coupons I had (from internet printables, to mailers from Kroger, the All You magazine and some I already had from the paper that had not expired yet).

Total before coupons: $53.32
Total Savings: $34.93

Total OOP: $18.39

Go here to get a free sample of Jergens Natural Glow moisturizer

Other Freebies
Free Jiffy Recipe book

Free Freeze Dried Entree from Daily Bread (think food storage, not space food)

Free Eucerin Plus Smoothing Essentials

Free Pantene Nature Fusion Sample


New Coupons
$1/1 Nescafe Tasters Choice
Another $1/1 Fiber One Toaster Pastries
$1/1 Multiple South Beach Items

30% off entire purchase at Old Navy - you have to put the correct head on the mannequins and then a 20% off 2 items coupon will pop up. If you wait until the dolphin jumps out of the water behind Amy, you will get the 30% coupon.

Click here to print your coupon to bowl up to 10 games for just .99¢ each!

While you're there ask for the scratch off card to see if you can instantly win more free games or shoe rentals!

Although there is not a Friendly's in the state of Texas, there are plenty of other states who are privileged to have one! If you sign up for the Best Friends of Friendly's e-club, you will receive an email with a coupon for a delicious sundae!

A free sample of Old Spice Bodywash is available from Wal-Mart here

Free sample of Zyrtec

Pretzelmaker / PretzelTime will be giving away a free pretzel on April 26

Free Nordic Naturals Sample Pack

Coupons

$1.00 of any liquid or powder Coffemate creamer

$1 off 3 Lean Cuisine

$2 off any Clean and Clear Product

.50¢ off Stoneyfield Coupon

Save up to $5 on Coleman Natural Meats (For those who live in Texas, you can buy this at HEB, or click here to see where else it is sold)

You can get 300 Onepass Miles here. You will need to click on each of the 3 large boxes in the middle of the screen and enter your Onepass ID number on the following screen.

e-Miles is an online program that rewards you for your time with airline miles or sponsor points. It's absolutely free. As a Member of e-Miles, you can earn free miles in just minutes a day — simply by reading and responding to marketing messages based on your preferences.

If you sign up for e-Miles, you can earn miles for AirTran Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Hilton HHonors, Northwest Airlines or US Airways.

I won a $5 Subway Gift Card last night!

Right now on Amazon, you can get these songs for free by download. I have not personally listened to these songs yet, so I cannot vouch if they are appropriate for all ages or are done in a tasteful manner.

Amazon Sampler
Smile Smile Smile
Eagle Records Live at Montreux 2009 Sampler [Explicit]
Tomorrow's Stars From Sxsw
This Love Is Gonna Last
Real Life
Mushroom Men
Everything'll Be Alright
Searching
Wait For Me
Pasilda (Atfc Remix)

There are well over 200 other songs available for free download here

2 Free issues of Redbook

Free 1oz Mini Body Lotion from Victoria's Secret

2 Free digital TV converter box coupons

Coupons

$4.00 off any variety of Pace Salsa - Should be free with coupon (this takes a long time to print)

$1/2 boxes Quaker Life Cereal

Arby's Coupons

Free Roast burger with purchase of drink and fries,
Free Roast Chicken Club with purchase of drink and fries
Free Fruitea with purchase of sandwich at full price
Free Chocolate Malt Shake with purchase of Roastburger at full price

Redbox released another promo code valid today only - MMM325

You can see all available movies here, and find the closest location here.

Don't forget that you can only use the promo code 1 time per credit/debit card, and be sure to return the movie by 9pm tomorrow to avoid being charged.

Yesterday was supposed to be Movie night Monday but my love had to work late and I had a big batch of bananas that were overripe, so I ended up having a mini marathon in the kitchen baking.

The time just flew by, before I knew it, my love was walking in the door to the smell of fresh baked goodies! I transformed those bananas into some of our favorite breakfast foods!

Banana Crumb Muffins (recipe to follow later today or tomorrow)
Whole Wheat Waffles
Banana Bread
and chopped bananas to use in smoothies

Just wanted to give you more of a reason to take 5 minutes everyday to enter these! I won an AirBake Cookie sheet!

Right now you can get a free sample of Cottonelle tissue and wipes from Wal-Mart.


Also:
Coupon for Free Attune Probiotic Bar
Groton City Sewing Machine Repair is offering a Free Gift, although I don't know what the free gift is, they say it is useful to all sewing maching users


New Coupons you might find useful:
$1 off Honeysuckle Turkey
$1 off Ocean Spray Cranergy, any size (This link directly prints!)
$1 off any Glad OdorShield Bags


Don't forget to enter the Instant Win Games in the top right corner!

On the top right corner, I am going to list any daily instant win games I think are worth your time to try your hand at. I am only posting the IWG that have multiple prizes. I just started posting these today, and I have already won a prize within 30 minutes of it being up! If any of you win from a sweeps you find here, please share your winnings!!!

It's Movie Night Monday in our house tonight, and we will be renting our movie from Redbox for free with this code: HG7W56. You can see all available movies here, and find the closest location here.

Don't forget that you can only use the promo code 1 time per credit/debit card, and be sure to return the movie by 9pm tomorrow to avoid being charged.

.75¢ off Soy Dream or Rice Dream

$1 off Tropicana Trop50 Juice

$1/1 Fiber One Toaster Pasteries

.55¢ off Country Crock
$1.00 off McCormick Extract or Food Color

$2 off Excedrin

$1 off Honey Nut Cheerios

Free Pegetables dog treat sample

Also:

Free subscription to The Sportman's Magazine

Free Box of Glucerna Cereal by calling 1-877-879-4857, (You can also print a $5 off coupon if you haven't done so already)

Today was a very encouraging day as far as lifting up my spirit goes, let me tell you why: I paid off one of my debts, 20 months early!

A few days ago, I was feeling really down on myself because of some very derogatory remarks made to me by a coworker, and for a minute lost sight of my goals. Today, was a huge refresher as to why I cut coupons and plan out my grocery store trips, why I order water when we do end up eating out, why I constantly am turning off lights behind people and trying to pick up odd little jobs for some extra cash, etc. I am so excited right now, and this is just the motivation I needed today!

Right now on Amazon, you can get these songs for free by download. I have not personally listened to these songs yet, so I cannot vouch if they are appropriate for all ages or are done in a tasteful manner.

•Green Hill Digital Sampler March 2009

•R&S Re-Visited Sampler 1

•Farewell To The Fairground

•Ioda Sxsw Opening Day Bash Sampler 2009

•Pitter-Pat (Acoustic)

•Too Much of Everything

•Open Remix

•Jailer

•Alive Records 2009 Sampler

•Worn & Grazed: A Park the Van Sampler

•Elijah Drop Your Gun

There are well over 200 other songs available for free download here

Go here to get your free sample of Kellog's All-Bran Pink Lemonade Fiber Drink Mix

Free sample of Dove Hair Therapy

Free sample of Gain

Free sample of Prilosec OTC

Spring cleaning is in the air, and in my home, the next few weeks will be devoted to organizing, decluttering and making plans for a garage sale or selling things on Craigslist.

Once we get going on decluttering our home, we ultimately have to decide what is trash, what can be donated and what will be sold. If you live in an apartment like I do, garage sales are not always an option. Craigslist may be a great alternative for you to make a few extra bucks. The following are 10 tips to maximize your chances of selling on Craigslist.

1. Post useful items, or things that other people may want. Once you get through decluttering your home and have filled your box of items you want to sell you need to start listing your items! They always say that one mans trash is another mans treasure, especially on Craigslist.

If you have a collection of NASCAR stuff that you no longer want or love, it may just be what another NASCAR fan has been looking for! On the other hand, you may not want to bother posting that bag of old clothes you turned into dish rags.

2. Advertise a garage sale! If having a garage sale is an option, advertise it on Craigslist. Take a few pictures of things that will be at your garage sale and include them in the listing. You may want to include a brief listing of other items you will be selling. One key point about doing this is to put your address in the listing! I have seen numerous listings that fail to provide an address and be sure to also specify what time and dates you will be hosting the sale. Don’t forget to be courteous to others and delete the posting after the sale is over.

3. Price your items fairly. If you are going to try and sell something that is very old and worn, it needs to be priced accordingly. You should never expect someone to pay what you originally paid for the item (unless you acquired it for free or next to nothing). Before I list my items, I browse Craigslist to see what other people have listed similar items for, and possibly will price my item for $5 less than others to improve the odds my item will sell.

Let’s say 5 years ago you bought a couch from a furniture store for $500, but over the years the family dog chewed on it and one of the kids spilled Kool-aid on it… the couch is no longer worth what you paid. With that type of damage, it probably won’t sell for much but it is possible someone will buy it.


4. List any known defects. Going back to the couch example above, make sure you actually write in the listing the defects. This is also where you need to specify whether you have a pet free or smoke free home. There are lots of people who have severe allergies to pet dander and smoke.

The best thing you can do is be upfront with your potential buyers so they can make an informed decision before contacting you.


5. Take good, clear photos. If you don’t have a digital camera, this may be where you should ask to borrow a friends’ or family members for a couple hours. This is the most deciding factor whether your item will sell quickly or not. Taking low quality or blurry pictures can make your potential buyers thinks you are trying to hide a flaw.

Craigslist is not quite like Ebay, every listing looks almost exactly alike. Many people may skip right over your listing if there is no picture included. Having multiple pictures and different angles of your items will greatly improve your chances of getting noticed.

6. Clearly state your sell by date. Let’s say you are trying to sell the couch mentioned above because you bought a new couch (hopefully you bought it on sale and paid cash :o) ), and it will be delivered in 1 week and do not have any place to put the old one… you get my point. Make sure in the listing you write “Must sell by May 1st” or you could put “Get it tonight and it’s $10 less”. One other possibility for you would be to give it away for free if you want it gone that night.

7. Cash only. If you accept a personal check, you take the risk of it not clearing the bank. Cash is the best way to make the deal. If you are selling something that is more than a few hundred dollars (such as a car), the buyer could also pay with a money order. It is generally understood that all sales are final, but if you are selling something that is more expensive, you may have them sign a bill of sale acknowledging that the sale is final and is being sold as is (this is where #4 is very important).

8. Prepare to answer your email. After posting an ad on Craigslist, be prepared to check your email often. A few months ago, I cracked the screen on my cell phone and needed a new one almost immediately. After calling my service provider and finding out that I was going to end up without a phone for almost a week and would have to pay $200 deductable for the insurance or outright buy a new one, I decided to find one on Craigslist. There were literally hundreds of phones for sale, but I knew pretty much what I was looking for. I narrowed it down to 3 phones and responded to each ad.

Since I needed this phone so soon, I included in my response that I had replied to other listings and would purchase from the first person to respond to me. I was hoping that someone would have replied to me that night, but by the next day I had a response. By the end of the work day, I had already established the time and location that we were going to meet and traded phone numbers in case I got lost, or was running late. By the grace of God, the person with the least expensive phone (who also was selling the exact phone I broke) was the first to respond.
The second person I responded to answered my email 3 days after I had purchased the phone, the third person didn’t respond at all. These 2 people could have sold their item if they had just responded quicker!

9. Look in the wanted ads. Chances are someone has a wanted ad for the item you are selling. You can directly solicit your item(s) to that person. Be aware though, many people who post in the wanted section want the item for free or very cheap.

10. Plan to meet the buyer in a public place. If it is possible to put the item in your car and meet them somewhere within 5 miles from your home, you should. If you are selling something like a couch, then plan to have your spouse or neighbor at your home with you. If you live in a brand new neighborhood, it is probable that the internet map searches do not have your address listed yet. Give the buyer good directions to your home if that is where you are meeting. You don’t want to lose a sale because the buyer spent 30 minutes driving around wasting gas and then give up.

Meeting in a public place is most likely the safest place to sell your item. Make sure if you plan to meet someone that the place is convenient to you, after all they want to buy your item.
Strive to have someone come with you, even in public. You have to keep in mind that you are meeting a stranger from the internet, and you never know what their intentions may be.

Hopefully the tips listed above help those of you who may have not used Craigslist yet, and have given some new things to think about for those of you who have used it before.

Do any of you have any other advice for selling on Craigslist? Leave your comments below.