School children across the country are bringing home their class rosters for Valentine’s Day. Make this a special Valentine’s by creating a personalized photo card on SeeHere.com. With a wide range of Valentine’s cards to choose from, and the ability to customize each design, your Valentine’s Card will really stand out this year!

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Rival 18 qt. Turkey Roaster- $27.00
Butterball Turkeys- .88/lb

Buy the roaster and a 10 lb turkey and use the $2.00 off coupon from smartsource.com
Final Price= $18.80 for both after coupon and gift card!

Thanks Deal Seeking Mom

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I have gotten a lot of questions lately about how I save money on the holidays and all that come along with them.  I will probably do several posts over the next 8 weeks about different aspects of the holidays and how to save.

This week, I am going to talk a little about flying for the holidays.

For those of you who fly somewhere for the holidays, like we do, now is the time to book your flights.  There are a lot of different websites you can use to save on flights like orbitz.com, cheaptickets.com or hotwire.com that get discounted fairs by combing different carriers.  You can also use priceline.com to name your own price.

Check some of the smaller airlines like Southwest or Jetblue for possibly lower fares if they are in your area or at least close.

Don’t buy the tickets that fly out of the larger airport 2 hours away because they are so much cheaper without factoring in gas to get there, parking, tips, valets, extra meals if necessary and possibly even a hotel stay.  Many times, when you add this in, it may no longer be worth it. 

All of our family lives on the east coast and we are on the west coast so we fly 2 or 3 times a year to visit.  While I do not advise to use a credit card for your everyday spending, we do use them for specific purposes when the rewards are worth it, and then pay it off immediately.  For flying purposes, we use a US Airways Master card.  The $90 annual fee is very worth it for the (2) $99 companion certificates we get each year.  My husband and I both have one in our names so we get the certificates twice a year, once for each card.  This way, we pay for one full price ticket and then the other 2 are only $99 each.

My husband uses the card throughout the year for work expenses that he is reimbursed for and then we use them to purchase our flights.  We just turn right around and pay the bill from our checking account online.  Because we know we will use the rewards each year, this is well worth the savings we are able to get.  Last year we were able to fly to summer vacation for FREE with all the frequent flyer miles we had wracked up!

Check which airlines fly in and out of the airports you use most and then search their websites for credit cards available.  Check out US Airways credit cards HERE.

How do you save money on your holiday travel?

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Starting today, Toys R Us has bagged Halloween candy for just $1.74/bag. Use any of the following coupons to lower that price:

• $1.00/2 Mars Fun Size Candy Bags from the 10/11 or 9/27 paper.
• $1.00/3 Hershey’s, Reese’s or Kit Kat Snack Size Bags, from the 9/27 paper.
• $1.00 off Nestle, Baby Ruth, or Butterfinger Bags, HERE

And, when you become a Rewards R Us member (sign up and bring your temporary membership card to the store) you can use this $5 off $25 printable coupon that expires Sunday, October 18th.

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Costumes: Here are some do-it-yourself costumes that can be created in 30 minutes or less and they’re almost free to make.

~ A Bunch of Grapes: With just a bag of purple balloons, a bunch of safety pins and a purple sweatshirt your kid is on their way to grape greatness.

~ The time consuming part of this costume will be blowing up all the balloons you will need to cover the front and back of your little guy’s shirt.

~ Carefully pin the tied-off portion of each balloon to the sweatshirt. To take it a few steps further, hunt for purple pants or leggings in your kid’s closet and think about dabbing on a little purple face paint.

~ Bubblegum on a Shoe in 15 Minutes: This is able to be accomplished in 15 minutes with $0-$20.

~ The project starts with finding a headband and a flip-flop you don’t mind sacrificing.

~ The shoe gets glued sole-side-down on the headband, which gets painted pink.

~ Add an all-pink outfit and an optional store-bought pink wig or a can of temporary pink hair spray and you’re through—one gigantic piece of pink gum stuck to a shoe.

~ Dora the Explorer in 5 Minutes: Dora’s one omnipresent explorer, who even kids without regular TV access seem to somehow know and love. And she’s perhaps TV’s easiest star to imitate. This costume will require the purchase of a black wig, but any one will do. When you get it home you’ll quickly cut blunt bangs at the front of the wig and trim the rest into a bob. The rest of the costume consists of red shorts, green socks a pink shirt and a purple backpack. A toy monkey sidekick is optional!

Candy: Make sure to check out your favorite online coupon sites, like redplum.com, to find coupons for your Halloween candy.

Invitations: Put some thought and creativity in your invitation to spark your guests’ creative side and build anticipation about your party. Make costumes a must, and promise prizes for the best ones. Take a trip to the local dollar store (a great source of Halloween decorations) and buy some witches’ fingers or severed hands. Print up your invitation in a spooky font, punch a hole in the paper and use string to tie it onto the finger, or a finger on the hand.

Lighting: Replace many of your regular bulbs with black ones and line your walkway with miniature jack-o-lanterns.

Decorations:

~ Cover helium filled balloons with pieces of white cloth for the illusion of floating ghosts Draw eyes with black marker.

~ Create the look and feel of an abandoned old house. Cover the sofas, chairs, dining room table and all other large furniture items with old white sheets. This will give your party space an abandoned look.

~ Fog: Place dry ice in a container of warm water. Simply set on floor next to the wall and be sure to keep small children away from ice.

~ Ask each of your Halloween party guests to bring a carved pumpkin to the party. Set up a special table with a Halloween tablecloth to display all of the Jack O’ Lanterns for all to see. This will also enhance your party décor. Give a prize for the best one.

~ Use clear plastic food handlers gloves to make "ice hands." Adding these to your punch bowl will keep it chilled for a long time and look creepy. Use punch instead of water and as the ice melts, it won’t water down the punch bowl.

All of these items can be packed away and re-used for next year, or given to a friend for their Halloween party.

Thanks RedPlum!

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