The Discovery Museums - 50% through Groupon!

I've never been to these museums, but I have been dying to go.  Two museums in one, hands-on learning and exploration for kids in Acton, MA.  Visit the company website HERE.

$21 gets you a voucher for 4 (admission to both museums)
(a $42 value)
2 Days left to buy vouchers
Vouchers expire May 31, 2012
Click HERE to see the Deal.


Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Valid only for public hours. Not valid for public school vacation weeks. Must use promotional value in 1 visit for admission only.

Unfamiliar with Groupon?  Sign-up and they will send you daily emails with the Deal of the Day for the srea you choose, no purchase necessary.  Should you choose to purchase one of their deals, you could save alot.  For details and to sign-up, get started HERE.

20-40% off select Creative Memories Albums

My Creative Memories rep, Marcia Hewey, is offering 40% off select PicFolio Albums and 20% off other select albums!  Offer valid now through January 26th.  This is a perfect way to preserve those holiday photos and all the memories you capture throughout the year.  Help your memories to last a lifetime.

If you like to scrapbook but don't know about Creative Memories, they offer high-quality items to make scrapbooking easy and make your scrapbooks beautful.  Create the memory of a lifetime with Creative Memories.  Get started by clicking HERE to visit my rep's page.

52 Weeks to An Organized Home Challenge

OK, this isn't directly a money-saver, but I thought it was worth posting.  I just started this and I think many people could use it!  This website send you a challenge each week.  This week I got "kitchen cabinets".  Imagine de-cluttering your home and what you could find in the process.  Remember to have 3 piles of stuff:

• Keep
• Donate
• Throw Away

Ideally, when you're done, everything should have a place and there should be a place for everything.  Click HERE to learn more and get started. 

Items FREE or Close to Free This Week with Printable Coupons!

Wouldn't you like to get some free things for a change?  Well here's your chance!  And if they're not free, they're pretty close.  I suggest printing these coupons (make sure you go back and print the coupon twice) and taking them to Walmart.  If there's anything here you don't normally use, get it and bring it to your local food bank or shelter.  I'm sure someone can use it!

Kikkoman Stir Fry Seasoning Packet
$1 off printable coupon here

Reach Floss ($0.97 at Walmart)
$1 off printable coupon here

Reach Toothbrush
$2 off 2 printable coupon here or here

Pictionary Card Game
$5 off Hasbro Pictionary Game printable coupon here

Excedrin Extra Strength
$2 printable coupon here

Enter Pasta Prima Pampering Sweepstakes on Facebook!

Tell your friends to "like" Pasta Prima on Facebook.  Then watch the sand level rise on their meter (on their Facebook page).  When they reach 35,000 likes, the Grand Prize becomes a Deluxe Spa Trip for Two! Hop on board Alaska Airlines for a trip to Santa Monica, California's beaches and the Shore Hotel. Click HERE to enter Pasta Prima Pampering Sweepstakes.  After you enter their sweepstakes, you can play another game on their Facebook page with chances to win other prizes, too!  Enter and play every day until March 3rd.

2 New Recipe Websites

I learned about 2 more recipe websites and have added them to my Recipe List, which currently is in no particular order.  If you have any to add, let me know.

Enter the Disney Magical Cruise Adventure Sweepstakes!

Reader and friend, Marcia, sent me an opportunity to enter the Disney Magical Cruise Adventure Sweepstakes.  At first glance, it's not just a typical entry form (leave it to Disney to be different) so I hestitated...they want you to "play" and I wondered how much time it would waste.  Finally, I decided to try it out.  It's actually a cute and fun little game that only takes 5 or so minutes  - and gives you a chance to "win" upgrades for your cruise, should you win the sweepstakes.  I've played a few times now and actually look forward to it because it's fun...so, I wanted to pass it along to all of you.  Click HERE to get started and play every day for another chance to win!

Staples: "Free" Binders, File Boxes, Bankers Boxes

Get 100% back in Staples Rewards when you buy any or all of these:

• Avery heavy-duty view binder priced $6.99-32.99 (limit 4)
• Staples portable file box priced $11.99-13.99 (limit 2)
• 100% recycled Bankers Box 8 or 10-pk priced $19.99 (limit 2)

You buy them at the store, resent your Staples Rewards card, and you will recived the full price paid in Staples Rewards to use of whatever you want in the store!  Amount receuved back in rewards is amount paid at register after any coupons.  See store for further details.

The Money Saving Mom's Budget

Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year!

I've been reading blog posts from MoneySavingMom.com for years and have read great ideas and saved money because of it.  The creator of this blog, Crystal Paine, will be releasing her new book, "The Money Saving Mom's Budget:  Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year" on January 10th.  It's sure to have GREAT tips to save you money!  Pre-order your copy today at Amazon.com and feel free to leave acomment on my blog after your read it.

Read reviews and enter to win a free copy of this book HERE.

Penny Prints from Snapfish - PLUS Back-up Your Photos for FREE!

Comcast Photo Center from Snapfish is currently offering up to 500 for just $0.01 each (with $10 purchase, plus shipping).  This is a great way to get those holiday photos ready for photo albums or scrapbooks!  Just use coupon code JANPRINTS when you check out.  Offer expires January 15th.

Snapfish (or similar online photo companies) are a great way to back up your photos for free.  No more DVDs or expensive memory cards.  Just take some time to upload and organize your photos and access them from anywhere with internet access.  What would happen if you had a fire in your home and lost all your prints, photo CDs, and memory cards?  This way, you won't worry.  Snapfish in particular has specials all the time, so printing is inexpensive.  If you don't already back-up your computer information online, or don't want the expense, this is a great way to save your photos in a safe place.  I know if  I lost everything in a fire or flood, I would be mostly devasted about losing my photos.  Now I don't have to worry.

If you use another program and/or have any comments about this idea, please let me know so we can share with the other readers.