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With specially marked boxes of kid favorites – including Fruit Roll-Ups, Gushers, Fruit by the Foot, and Stickerz & Shapes – your child could win one laptop to keep and Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks will donate another to a child in Africa.
Each day from now through May 30, 2010, one laptop prize will be awarded to a U.S. winner. For every laptop won, one laptop will be donated to an African child through One Laptop per Child, an organization that creates educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. For your chance to win, simply enter the unique online code printed on participating Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snack packages on www.WinOneGiveOne.com.
GIVEAWAY: Betty Crocker will provide one of my readers with two boxes of a variety of Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks and make a $25 donation to One Laptop per Child on your behalf.
Here’s how you can enter:
Leave a comment on this post about how you’ve encouraged your child/children to help others or how you personally make a difference. It’s that easy!
This giveaway will end at midnight EST on March 14, 2010 and all comments will be closed at that point. A winner will be randomly selected on notified by March 16th. US residents only. Good Luck!
*Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks provided me with 2 boxes of a variety of Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks and made a $25 donation to One Laptop per Child on my behalf. Information, and giveaway were all provided by Betty Crocker through MyBlogSpark.
Do you or you kids need new shoes? There is a nice $10 off $60 purchase coupon to Rack Room Shoes on Coupons.com. Print it now while it’s available. I just printed one and it’s good till July! It does not say there are any exclusions so maybe you can score some nice clearance and stock up for the entire family!
On March 10th, Walgreens is offering personalized Magazine covers for 50% off, at only $2.99. You can go to the Walgreens photo center online and upload and start creating your magazine today, so you’ll be ready to checkout on Wednesday. When you checkout on Wednesday, use code MAGFUN to get your print for only $2.99. I’d do several of these if you can. They make great gifts for the kids, grandparents or even a Teacher! The best part is you can pick them up at your local store and save on shipping costs. It does not state a limit on the coupon code. Choose from all kinds of categories like sports, comics, entertainment and cartoons.
Here is a sneak peek at the upcoming sale running 3/11-3/17 (3/10-/16 in some areas). Please note this is not a hard copy and is subject to change. This is courtesy of I Heart Publix. If you’re new at shopping the Publix deals, learn how to maximize your savings at Publix with some tips and tricks. This is also a good time to order the coupons you need from The Coupon Clippers. This list doesn’t look too exciting to me. What do you guys think?
BOGOs:
Eight O’ Clock Coffee, Assorted Varieties, 11 to 12 oz bag (Excluding Decaf) BOGO $4.99
Kellogg’s Special K Cereal, Assorted Varieties, 11.4 to 14 oz or Low Fat Granola, 19.5 oz box, BOGO $3.99
Hebrew National Kosher All Beef Franks, Original, Reduced Far, 97% Fat-Free, Jumbo, or Knockwurst, 11 or 12 oz, BOGO $4.99
Butterball Turkey Bacon, 12 oz pkg, BOGO $2.79
Flatout Bread, Assorted Varieties, 11.2 oz bag, BOGO $2.89
Bumble Bee Chunk Tuna, White Albacore in Water, 5 oz pouch, BOGO $2.89
Bertolli Olive Oil, Extra Light Tasting or Classico, 17 oz bot, BOGO $7.49
Ken’s Steak House Dressing or Lite Accents, Assorted Varieties, 7 or 16 oz bot (Excluding 8 oz Salad Dressing) BOGO $3.29
Vlasic Stackers Dills or Pickles or Spears, Selected Varieties, 16 or 46 oz jar, BOGO $2.89
Bull’s-Eye Barbeque Sauce, Assorted Varieties, 18 oz bot, BOGO $2.15
Post Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal, Assorted Varieties, 13 to 17 oz box or Vanilla Clusters, 18 oz box or Just Bunches, 17 oz box (Excluding Family Size) BOGO $3.99
Ragu Pasta Sauce, Traditional: With Meat or Regular; or Chunky Gardenstyle: Garlic & Onions, Green Pepper & Mushrooms, or Super Mushroom, 45 oz jar, BOGO $3.35
Back To Nature Granola, Assorted Varieties, 7.5 to 13.5 oz bag, BOGO $3.59
Barilla Pasta, Assorted Varieties, 9 to 16 oz box (Excluding Barilla Plus) BOGO $1.99
Green Giant Canned Vegetables, Cut Green Beans, Whole Kernel Corn, Sweet Peas, or Niblets Corn, 4-pk, 11 to 15.25 oz can, BOGO $4.99
Powerade Drink, Assorted Varieties, Liquid Hydration + Energy, 8 pk, 20 oz bot, BOGO $5.85
Lay’s Potato Chips, Assorted Varieties, 10.5 to 13.5 oz bag (Excluding Baked!, Light & Natural) BOGO $3.99
Emerald Deluxe Nuts or Almonds or Cashews, Assorted Varieties, 10 or 11 oz cnstr., BOGO $5.79
Keebler Town House Crackers, Assorted Varieties, 7.7 to 16 oz box, BOGO $3.99
Arnold Select Sandwich Thins, Assorted Varieties, Pre-Sliced, 12 oz pkg, BOGO $2.99
Emerald Honey Roasted Peanuts or Dry Roasted: Regular or Lightly Salted With Sea Salt, 16 oz jar, BOGO $3.19
Hershey’s Kisses or Hugs & Kisses, Minatures, Nuggets or Solid Milk Chocolate Eggs or Reese’s or York, Assorted Varieties, 17 to 19.75 oz bag, BOGO $5.79
Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams or Original Grahams, Assorted Varieties, 14.1 or 14.4 oz box, BOGO $3.99
Hungry-Man Dinners, Assorted Varieties, 16 or 17 oz box, BOGO $3.59
Edy’s Fruit Bars or Smoothie Bars, Assorted Varieties, 15 to 21 oz box, BOGO $3.99
Land O Lakes Spread, Fresh Buttery Taste, 2 ct, 7.5 oz or 15 oz tub or Pure and Creamy Margarine, 15 oz tub, BOGO $1.89
Jimmy Dean D-Lights Sandwiches or Chicken Biscuit, Assorted Varieties, 16 to 20.4 oz box, BOGO $5.99
Yoplait Yo-Plus Yogurt, Assorted Varieties, 4 pk, 4 oz cup, BOGO $2.50
Edge Shave Gel or Skintimate, 6 or 7 oz can , BOGO $3.49
Bausch & Lomb ReNu Multi-Purpose Solutions, Fresh Or Regular, 12 oz bot, BOGO $8.99
Glade PlugIns Scented Oil Refills, Assorted Varieties, 2 ct box, BOGO $5.49
Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, Assorted Varieties, 4 in 1, 80 ct cnstr, BOGO $5.49
Earth’s Best Organic Baby Food, Assorted Varieties, 6 months and up, 4 oz jar, BOGO $.99
Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to the author’s subscribers who are known as followers. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access.
Here is some Twitter lingo you might find useful if you are new to Twitter:
Following – This refers to the users you are following so you can receive their messages.
@Username – Whenever you see the @ symbol in front of a name, this is the persons Twitter Username.
Tweet – A tweet is what everyone calls the post or message that you sent out. It’s like saying you texted, only the Twitter form.
RT – Retweet – This means that you copied a Tweet from someone else, and it sends it back out under your name so your followers can see it. Contrary to what you might think it is not plagiarizing, it’s actually a nice form of flattery when someone retweets one of your posts. This helps get your name out there to be seen by more people.
Tweets – Has 2 meanings. Refers to Tweet in a plural manner or it refers to your Twitter Peeps (people or friends).
DM- Direct Message. You can send someone a private message that they will get sent to their email address registered on their Twitter account.
# - This is referred to as a hashtag. You can add a hashtag in front of a topic, as a way of categorizing a topic. Last night many people used the #Oscars hashtag to follow all the tweets about the Oscars. I use #savvyblogging to ask questions or help out other bloggers in the savvyblogging community. Simply input the hashtag and topic into your Twitter post.
Let me give you a few reasons why I recommend having a Twitter Account. If you aren’t interested in a Twitter account, you can still follow my Tweets. I’ll tell you how at the bottom of this post.
1) It’s Free! You can sign up for a Twitter account and follow your friends who might also be on Twitter. You can add a Twitter application to your phone and use it on the go. My Twitter user name is @SavinFamlyMoney and you can follow me, so you don’t miss any deals.
2) Tweek Twitter to work for you. I just had to say it like that! I use Tweetdeck on my computer but I’m testing other applications on my iphone. In these Twitter applications you can do a search for a specific word or topic and anything that is Tweeted will show up in that column. For example, one of the searches I have is “coupon”. Anytime a Tweet is made, and not just who I’m following, but ANYBODY on Twitter, with the word “Coupon” in the Tweet, It will pop up in my coupon column. Here’s a quick snapshot:
3) Follow retailers, restaurants and News outlets and so much more. Here are just a few I follow: @mimis_cafe, @Bealls, and @BreakingNews (MSNBC news alerts). Follow your favorites and you might get news about sales, coupons and more. You can follow as many people or as little as you like. You can also lock down your tweets so only the people you want, can see what you tweet (write) about.
5) I like to Retweet other Tweets that I find useful. This just means that I’m copying the tweet and sending it out under my name so everyone that is following me, can also see the important info. Below is an example of a retweet I posted. The red arrow is pointing to the Twitter user who originally posted the deal: @RitasItalianIce and the “RT” in the front mean Retweet. The bottom row is my user name, the date it was tweeted and the application: Tweetdeck. The link is underlined and since Twitter only allows 140 characters, the links have been shortened to fit.
4) If you aren’t interested in having a Twitter account, but you still want to see my Tweets you can do it on my website. I’m testing a beta program with Tweetboard that allows me to have a Twitter tab on the left of my page and it pulls my Twitter stream in near real-time (max 1 min delay). It looks like this:
Click on the tab and a window will pop up that looks like this:
As you can see, the top one is a Retweet.
Twitter is a great way to stay informed on what you are interested in. I follow a lot of deal bloggers but you can follow whoever you want. Leave me a comment if you have any questions. I’d love to hear what you think of Twitter. Make sure you leave your Twitter name so I can follow you back.
