Go HERE and enter your email address, and you will gain access to a coupon for a FREE game of bowling. The coupon is valid for Saturday, August 7th. You will also be able to see if there is a participating center near you.
Thanks Frugal Coupon Living!
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I am thrilled to share that Thrifty and Thriving, and other Northwest deal bloggers have teamed up with Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, WA for a Howl-O-Ween event with a special rate!! We will be heading to the Great Wolf Lodge on October 15th and 16th with our family, and we would love to see you there!
I am so excited to finally get the chance to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge, our family has wanted to go there for awhile. If you would like to attend this fun event, then reserve a Family Suite before September 14th, 2010, for the October 15 and 16th, 2010 weekend to take advantage of special savings. You can book a Family Suite for a family of 4 for only $169 a night. That price includes passes to the water park as well as the following:
You can book your room now, and make sure you use the code 1010FAMBLOG to get the discount. Remember you will need to book your room by September 14th to get the special savings. I hope to see you there!
A big thanks to Angela from Frugal Living NW for helping to make this event possible!
I have received a discount rate for the weekend in exchange for sharing this information.
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I just want to thank all of you for making this year’s Target toy clearance so much fun! It was great having everyone post the stores that were marked down to 75% off. Plus, I loved hearing and seeing what everyone got. You all are the best!!!
If you are new to my blog, I hope you will stick around and enjoy the coupons and deals I share. I post Target match-ups every week, so you will be able to find cheap and FREE items at Target just by reading my blog. Please consider subscribing to my blog via email and Liking Thrifty and Thriving on Facebook.
I am sharing a photo from reader Andrea with the items that she found at her Target today. Fun stuff!!
Here is one last tip for you regarding the clearance: You may still be able to find some great deals even if things have been picked over. During the next two weeks people will be returning items and they will go back out on the sales floor. Several years ago I was able to score a HUGE Rokenbok set that somebody had returned. I was thrilled!! So, if you head to Target I would check out the toy section just to see if anything new has been returned.
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Disney has a deal that you can get the Dining Plan for FREE when you book a stay at one of their select resorts during certain dates. We will be visiting the parks during the free dining plan, so this is something we could take advantage of. We have a larger family, so in order to get a room that we would all fit into we would have to stay at the Disney’s Saratoga Springs, for a whopping total of just over $8900 (that price would include our park tickets and food). Seriously, that is way to much!! Plus, we wouldn’t have enough space in the room for all of us comfortably.
I knew we could get a better deal (and more room) if we stayed off property. Plus, we came up with a way to create our own FREE Disney Dining Plan. Since January, I have been saving all of the gift cards we have gotten. Plus, we have redeemed our reward points for restaurant gift cards. With the gift cards we saved, we should be able to pay for most of the food during our vacation.
Here is what we have saved so far:
$400 in Disney gift cards ($200 was for applying for a Disney Visa (2) and another $200 in Disney reward dollars we earned) – We will use this money for the Disney themed restaurants we plan to eat at.
$120 in Target gift cards (These came from Target store deals and rewards programs) – We will use this money to buy food that we plan to cook in the home we are renting. I get to shop at a Super Target! Woo Hoo!
$100 in The Cheesecake Factory gift cards (The came from rewards programs) – This will cover dinner for our family
$75 in Restaurant.com gift certificates – I checked the restaurants in the area and found 2 that would work well for us.
$75 in Visa gift cards – These will help to pay the money that is remaining from our Restaurant.com meals
$50 in Panera Bread gift cards (These gift cards come from Mypoints rewards) – These will give us lunch out.
$25 Costco gift card – I will use this to buy snacks we can take into the park each day
Total = $845 in FREE money for our food
So, we will have our home, which incidentally is WAY bigger than the hotel we would have gotten, with 5 bedrooms,a kitchen, game room, laundry and our own private pool + park tickets + food paid for with gift cards + rental car + parking it all comes in at right about 1/2 of what it would cost us to stay on property. That is some serious savings!
Now, I am not saying that the FREE Disney Dining Plan is not a good deal, because it may work out to be a great benefit for some, but for our family by doing a little math and making some different plans we were able to create our vacation for thousands less.
What are your thoughts on the Disney Dining Plan? Has it been a big money saver for your family?
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Inside specially marked boxes of General Mills cereals, you’ll “commence operations” with one of five characters from The Penguins of Madagascar; Skipper, Rico, Kowalski, Private or King Julien. Each participating cereal contains one character launcher with mission details outlined on the back of the box including:
Each character is unique and has their own specific role, and together, they’re a team with lots of character. With five character launchers to collect, make a splash this summer and try to successfully complete all of their missions.
My kids love The Penguins of Madagascar on Nickelodeon, so they were thrilled when we got these goodies in the mail. I remember as a kid when my Mom would buy cereal and it would come with a prize in the box, it was so much fun! Would you like to win a Penguins of Madagascar Prize Pack for your kids? Thanks to General Mills and Nickelodeon I have one of these prize pack to giveaway.
How to enter: Just leave a comment letting me know if you have fond memories of finding toys inside of cereal boxes as a child, and you are entered to win.
This giveaway will close on Tuesday, August 3rd at midnight. Good luck!
The prize packs and information were provided by General Mills and Nickelodeon through MyBlogSpark.
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If you didn’t pick up enough toys at the Target Toy Clearance, then you can pick up a good deal on the Toy Story Buzz Lightyear Lego. Fred Meyer came out with an ad today, that has a coupon for an additional 10% off toys (and other items). Use that coupon, and you can pick up the Lego for over 50% off.
Lego Build-A-Buzz 12.49 (sale price 50% off)
Get 10% off with coupon -1.25
Final Price = 11.24
We love Lego’s at our house, I think I love them just as much as my kids, but they can be SO EXPENSIVE! I try to pick them up when I can find them for 50% off or more. Plus, my youngest loves Toy Story, so I know he would love this.
Fred Meyer also has a Savings Certificate in their ad that will give you $10 off a $50 purchase (excluding grocery & jewelry), so if you have other things you need to buy, you could technically get the Lego for even less than 11.24. This sale is good through Saturday, July 31st.
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UPDATE: This deals is available online NOW!!
**You won’t see the additional 10% off until you add the mixer to your cart.
This deal will only be valid for a short time, so make sure you pay particular attention to the dates and times. You can get a smokin’ deal on a Kitchenaid mixer with addtional percentage off, coupon codes, rebates and Kohl’s cash. I got a Kitchenaid mixer about a year ago, and I love mine! If you have been wanting a Kitchenaid mixer now would be a great time to pick one up.
Here is the deal:
Kohl’s will be haivng special Power Hours on the following days and times
Friday, July 30th 3:00pm – 11:00 pm
Saturday, July 31st 7:00am – 1:00 pm
During the Power Hours, they will be taking an additional 10% off all kitchen electrics, here are the different models of Kitchenaid Mixers you can choose from. You will want to use the code GR8SHIP at checkout to get free shipping.
KitchenAid Artisan 5 Qt Stand Mixer 289.99
-29.00 (additional 10% off for Power Hour sale)
-39.15 (take 15% off with code SAV15AD at checkout)
Price you pay today = 221.84
Get back 40.00 in Kohl’s cash ($10 for each $50 you spend)
Get back 30.00 by submitting mail in rebate
Get back $12.00 from declining the free magazine subscription that comes with purchase
Final Cost = 139.84 after Kohl’s cash & rebates
*there is a $7.50 shipping surcharge if you buy online
KitchenAid Professional 600 Stand Mixer 399.99
-40.00 (additional 10% off for Power Hour sale)
-54.00 (take 15% off with code SAV15AD at checkout)
Price you pay today = 305.99
Get back 60.00 in Kohl’s cash ($10 for each $50 you spend)
Get back 50.00 by submitting mail in rebate
Final Cost = $195.99 after Kohl’s cash & rebate
*there is a $7.50 shipping surcharge if you buy online
Kohls Cash can only be redeemed in-store.
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Here are all of my finds from today, all of these items were bought at the Kent and Federal Way store. I do have to say I was reluctant to post these, because I have received some “hate mail” saying that I am crazy for buying so many toys and that I am just spoiling my children. So, I would like clear a few things up first:
I know that I don’t need to defend myself, and It’s not what other’s think about me, but I really don’t want anyone to think poorly of me, especially over some silly toys. So, now that I cleared that up, here is what I found today. I did find a couple of items that I hadn’t seen at any stores before, primarily the items in the photo below.
Thomas Cargo Drop 7.48
Thomas Colin the Crane 9.98
Thomas All Aboard Station 12.48
Thomas Speak & Greet Oval set 17.24
Fisher Price Town Center 6.24
The Thomas items will be sold on Ebay, items that I have found to sell well on Ebay are the Thomas Wooden Railway set, Playmobil sets & Legos.
Lego Bionicle 11.24 (only 50% off)
Playmobil Pirate 2.54
Playmobil Alligator 5.12
Matchbox 4.98
Matchbox 2.48
Sort it Out Game 5.74
Hot Wheels Set 3.98
Puzzle 1.98
Soft Cupcake Set 3.87 (I think these are the cutest things!)
Soft Pancake set 3.62
Tomagatchi set
Polly Pocket 2.48
Bakugans 1.48
Mini Nintendogs stuffed animals 1.48
Hexball .98
Transformers 2.52
Cars truck 1.62
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Did you find some great deals at the Target 75% off toy clearance? Post them on your blog and then add your link so you can share with everyone what you found. I can’t wait to see the great deals everyone came home with!!
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It seems as if just a handful of stores went 75% off today, which leads me to believe that the remaining stores will go 75% off Thursday, July 29th 2010. I think it would be worth a trip into your Target tomorrow (Thursday), because I believe most stores should go 75% off.
Do not trust the signs or the red stickers, I would make sure you check the price of an item by scanning it. If you see a team member marking things down, it may take them a long time to get through the entire department, because they need to put the discount stickers on ALL of the clearance items. Remember, once they scan a clearance item with the gun, all of the exact same items will ring up at the discounted price. If your store is currently only at 30% off, or they recently marked the toys down to 50% off they still should go 75% off.
The majority of the clearance at my store went to 75% off, with the exception of the Lego’s they only went to 50% off.
Here are the Washington stores that went 75% off today:
There’s a Target clearance link up HERE. If you don’t have a blog, I would love it if you emailed me a photo of your finds at thriftyandthriving@gmail.com. I LOVE seeing what everybody finds, it’s one of my favorite parts of this sale. Good luck! Have fun!
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