Cheaper Diapers

found some of the best diaper deals to be on Amazon: while other stores have promotions and "gifts" such as buy 9 boxes and get 10th free, or buy 2 boxes today and get $10 gift card to use on your later purchases - Amazon offers immediate discount... Love saving my pennies!

Macy's Super Saturday sale STARTS FRIDAY!

Tomorrow morning you can start shopping at Macy's online and in store - the discounts are going to be great, selection much better and the crowds not as bad compared to Saturday.  I was told that you can get additional 30% off of clearance + use your $20 off $50 (which is like 40% off) or 25% off coupons!  the best deals will be on spring and summer items (already under $10, plus the discounts I wrote about)... I can always find awesome deals during this sale! Not to mention that macys.com will have great Super Saturday deals (I remember buying Puma and Adidas 2 and 3 pcs clothing sets for my kids for $8 each, minus the coupon!) Brand name clothing doesn't get any cheaper than that! And if you don't have any coupons yet, buy them on E-Bay and ask the seller to e-mail you the code for online use... it is maybe too late to buy coupons for in-store use - but you can always ask your friends who may be getting them and aren't planning to use them this time...

Dolce & Gabbana, Christian Dior, Roberto Cavalli, Valentino and other BIG NAMES for Walmart prices!

If you love Italian designers like I do, but don't want to pay $500-2000 for a pair of pants, here is a tip: go to Loehmann's!  Loehmann's is starting the END OF SEASON BLOWOUT SALE.  This clearance sale starts tomorrow - March 1st, and everything is going to be priced $1, $5, $15, $25, $50 and $125 for the most expensive item.  I love this sale because this is where I find the best deals on my Italian stuff.  Some of the great deals I found at Loehmann's were: D&G skirt for $8 (MSRP $325), Valentino skirt for $40 (MSRP $450), D&G jeans for $40 (MSRP $500), Vera Wang boots $50 (MSRP $450), Roberto Cavalli 100% silk super long skirt $100 (MSRP $1200)... Everything is priced $1-$125 on clearance, and if you get a Gold Member card - you will get an additional 10% discount on everything you buy within one calendar year.  The sale will last for a few days, but the first day when it opens up is the best... If you want even more discounts, then you can buy a discounted gift card to pay with :-), and if your birthday is in March - then you get additional birthday discount on 1 purchase that month :-) (you can always bring your friend whose birthday is in March with you).  Some other brands Loehmann's carries include: Juicy Couture, Theory, Tahari, Marc Jacobs, Chloe, Philosophy, DKNY and many others.
If you like this post - please share with others on Facebook, Blogger or any other site... thanks for reading and happy hunting :-)!

free Janie and Jack 20% off coupon

Did you ever wonder where people get these rare 20% off Janie and Jack coupons?  Most of the time there is a very low supply and high demand for Janie and Jack coupons  (I have seen 20% off Janie and Jack coupons sell as high as $65 on E-Bay before a major sale event like Friends and Family sale!).  But there are ways to get one almost for free and today is your lucky day - I will share with you how to find this rare Janie and Jack 20% off coupon.
I just got a 20% off coupon for Janie and Jack in the current issue of Parenting magazine in the mail today (the issue for March 2012).  The first time in years!  It expires March 31, so I will probably use it during the Friends and Family sale in the end of March which is additional 25% off of everything at the store... and if you combine this 20% off coupon with the 25% off promotion and clearance rack discounts (triple the deals), you can get Janie and Jack stuff at Walmart prices... If you would like to take advantage of this triple offer in the end of March - get your coupon now!  You can buy Parenting magazine for a few dollars at ToysRUs, or any other store, and it will be a lot cheaper than buying your coupon on E-Bay.  If you have kids and you are not subscribed to the Parenting magazine, I recommend doing so - they always send nice coupons.  And 12 monthly issues only cost $9 (soooo worth it if you count how many USEFUL coupons you get - almost every issue has 20% off  "Gymboree" and 20% off "Crazy 8" coupons for example).  But this is the first time in years I have seen them send out a Janie and Jack coupon.  JJ coupons are very hard to come by on any other given day and are normally handed out to you if you join a Gymboree Play and Music gym, or if you are randomly selected to receive a mailed coupon after shopping at JJ online... I know people who shop there a lot, but have never received a single coupon in their mail from Janie and Jack.  So here is your chance to save on that special outfit you always wanted for your child - buy this coupon online for only .99-1.50 (the price is super low right now because of the huge number of coupons available through Parenting magazine, I saw some 180 coupons being sold on E-bay right now compared to the usual 1-10 coupons at any given time http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=janie+and+jack+coupon)

How to Eat Out on a Budget

Sometimes having three kids is very stressful.  There are days when I feel that I do nothing but change diapers, wipe butts, clean and cook all day, just like many other moms of little kids probably do.  Thanks to my husband who gave me the idea, we eat out sometimes to lighten up my load.  I take my whole family to a nice Indian, Japanese or Chinese buffet in the area that costs only $10 per person, AND kids under 5 eat for free at the Indian place!  So when I go without my husband, I only pay $10 + tax and tip for 4 of us :-).  Our kids ALWAYS eat well at the buffets, and we are in and out fast because we don't have to wait for food to be served to us - we just go and get it ourselves as soon as we arrive.  I love buffets!  Here is the link to my favorite, one, I love it so much that I eat there at least once a week: http://favoriteindia.com/
And to make eating out even better - sometimes we get coupons on www.groupon.com or www.livingsocial.com for half off the meal price!

How to double and triple coupons / promotions

If you are lucky to have several coupons for 1 product and the store lets you use all of them on 1 item -great!  But not all stores let you use multiple coupons on the same item.  But there is a way around it:

1. Buy during promotion period when the price is lower
2. use a coupon during that promotion time
3. pay with a gift card you purchased online earlier (you can get gift cards anywhere from 5% to 30% off the face value depending on the card)

Example:

I buy Janie and Jack clothes for my kids sometimes that can be pricey if you don't do it smart.  So I always triple the promotion.  Here is what I did this year:

1. Came to Janie and Jack store on Black Friday as soon as they opened their doors (everything was additional 30% off including clearance items).
2. Used a coupon I purchased on E-Bay for additional 20% off
3. Used a gift card I purchased online for additional 20% off
4. Shopped only the clearance racks and found many fantastic items at Walmart prices.

So not only was I picking clothes that were already 60-80% off MSRP, but also tripled my savings by combining promotion with the coupon with my discounted gift card.  One of the outfits I got with MSRP of $159 (a $99 coat was $26.99 before savings and a $59 dress was $18.99 before savings) ended up being only $20.60 before taxes (formula: (26.99+18.99)*.7*.8*.8=20.60) Se the picture attached :-)

SO THE FORMULA FOR THE BEST DEALS AT ANY STORE IS : COUPON+PROMOTION+GIFT CARD PAYMENT

How to buy cheap discounted gift cards

One of my favorite sites to buy discounted gift cards or "store merchandise credit" is Gift Card Granny.  You can find ANY store gift cards on there and see which sites sell better deals by sorting by DISCOUNT %%% For example, here is a link to Nordstrom's gift cards that are currently picked up by the Gift Card Granny: http://www.giftcardgranny.com/store/nordstrom-gift-cards/
You should keep in mind that you can only use the "store merchandise credit" cards IN STORE (NOT ONLINE), while the gift cards can be used both ways - in store AND online.