Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Eating Out Cheap - Half Price Or Less


I like to eat out at restaurants. If you ever tasted my cooking you'd understand why. Plus I can enjoy not having to clean up the mess afterwords, and I don't have to stare at a drooling dog while eating.
So, being cheap and all, I am always looking for coupons and special restaurant offers. I've found some pretty good deals too. Paying half price or less at a reasonably priced restaurant is a good deal in my book.

Restaurant.com is where I find some of these deals. For example now through Jan. 31st you can get $25 restaurant gift certificates for $3 using the promotional code SUPER at checkout. Each restaurant has it's own terms and conditions about using these gift certificates. The restaurant I like to use this for has a minimum purchase of $35 to use this gift certificate. That means I'll being paying $13 for $35 worth of food (tax and tip not included). I'll get about 3 meals out of this, so I chalk that up to a good deal. See what's in your area here: Restaurant.com

Another way to get discounted restaurant gift certificates is through your local radio and television stations. Seriously. These are usually sold at half of face value, but recently I found some of these were even cheaper. You can find out more about this here:
And don't forget about getting free food on your birthday! Sign up for a ton of birthday freebies here:
Eat up! - Cheap Cindy

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Did Someone Say FREE Coffee?


Must...
have...
more...
cofffeeee...

Is it just me, or is everyone craving more coffee these days? Maybe it's the extra cold weather where I am, or it could just be the caffeine addiction's getting stronger. Whatever it is I've been hunting down free coffee offers to help with my fix and here's what I've found:

Seattle's Best Coffee Purchase a beverage and receive a free pastry or second beverage with coupon

Dunkin' Donuts Sign up to receive a free coffee sample by mail

Peet's Coffee Get your friends to sign up for the Peet's newsletter and they get a free drink (Well I've always heard you should be your own best friend, maybe I can sign myself up)

Tully's Free beverage with purchase of another beverage if you sign up for their email club. Will also send you an email for a free drink on your birthday

Biggby's Sign up for E-wards and they will send you coupons by email each week. They will also give you a special treat on your birthday

Hopefully we can get some free coffee from these offers. I don't know about you, but trying to re-brew using yesterday's coffee grounds just isn't working for me.

Here's more cheap coffee tips:

For those times when you can't afford to go out for fancy coffee but you want to pretend that you can, here are some recipes:

How To Make A Ghetto Latte

How To Make A Poor Man's Mocha

And if you want free coffee everyday maybe you can open your own coffee shop:

How To Start An Independent Coffee Shop

Till next time - Cheap Cindy

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Free 3 year subscription to Diet & Nutrition Magazine


Just a quick heads up on an offer for a FREE 3 year subscription to Diet & Nutrition magazine. (Yes, this is a pretty good magazine in my opinion.) Offer ends Jan 24.
No strings attached - just sign up with this link:
Want to find out how to find more free magazines? See how I find all my free mags by reading my article here:


Thursday, January 15, 2009

Inauguration Day Freebies


Inauguration Day is just around the corner and here comes the free stuff! Here are a few freebies available on Jan. 20.


Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer, see the announcement here:


Can't make it to the big Inauguration party? Maybe you'd like to share the experience with a live viewing at your hometown movie theatre. Participating locations only - see if your town made the list:


If all else fails, sign up to get your complimentary copy of The New Yorker January 26 inauguration issue commemorative cover. Supplies are limited:




Saturday, January 10, 2009

Watching Free Movies Online - Legally


In this depressing economy we need all the free entertainment possible, and the internet is full of free entertainment. Yes it is tempting to watch all those newly released movies online, but that little voice in your head keeps telling you that it's wrong and frankly not legal.

Well you can tell the little voice to take a breather. There are hundreds of free movies you can watch online legally. Okay, so you won't see any new releases but there is stuff worth watching. If you're a classic movie buff you'll find a plethora of free flicks. If you're not a classic movie fan maybe you'll become one.
See the link to my article below for more information on this topic and the websites with free legal movies:


Enjoy!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Hey - Gimmie Back My Money!


Does someone owe you money? Yes, you're probably still fretting about that $5 your brother borrowed ten years ago, but did you know you could be owed money that you aren't aware of? Millions of dollars are just waiting to be claimed. This is money owed to people from refunds, unclaimed property, tax refunds, pensions, unpaid wages that "check in the mail" that you never received and more.

A legit way to check for unclaimed money is to use https://www.usa.gov/unclaimed-money

I didn't have any luck, but I did see my brother-in-law has some unclaimed money. I guess it's back to checking under the sofa cushions for me.



Sunday, January 4, 2009

Free Entertainment Book Online Trial


Get a free trial for the Entertainment Book Online. Just sign up with your email address and zip code and you can print 3 free coupons.

Entertainment Book Free Trial