Karen Mendes

Earning Money Online Taking Surveys

A few suggestions before joining any survey sites: Use a separate email address just for surveys so they are kept all together and they don’t flood your inbox. Some companies will email you several times a day and others several times a week. But if they are all together, then you’ll be able to skim through them when you have time. Make sure once you join, you check your email for a verification email. Unless you click the link in this email, you won’t receive any updates. Not every company will send a verification email but some will. Once you join, they usually have a screener survey or profiles. Make sure to fill these out. This is what they use to match you to surveys as best as...

WordGirl Tricks & Treats DVD Review & Giveaway ENDED

by Karen Mendes | Giveaways | 66 Comments

Product Name: WordGirl Tricks & Treats Product Information: Just in time for Halloween, the all-new DVD release WordGirl Tricks & Treats arrives from Scholastic Media, PBS KIDS and Paramount Home Entertainment. The superhero with the super vocabulary, WordGirl, and her sidekick Captain Huggy Face battle quirky ill-mannered, uniformed villains with her super power… knowledge! WordGirl Tricks & Treats introduces sixteen new vocabulary words and reinforces their meanings in a variety of fun and interesting ways. The DVD features eight action-packed adventures, interactive games, coloring pages and resources for parents. Our thoughts: WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face are very...

$50 Snapfish Gift Card Giveaway and Review!!! ENDED

by Karen Mendes | Giveaways | 1 Comment

Snapfish has lots of great back to school items and I was lucky enough to grab a few for myself for review! I love photo gifts because they really are the perfect gift for so many people including the kids as they head back to school. Here are two products I really like... Product Name: Photo Notebooks Product Price: $9.99 Product Information: These notebooks can be personalize with your own photo and there are lots of different designs for just about any occasion. They have a durable laminated cover photo page where you can add a title or message to the cover and dedication page. Each notebook has 200 pages and you can choose between ruled or blank. My thoughts: I choose to get the...

HOT Deal: Save 80% off the Washed Denim Jacket at GAP

by Karen Mendes | HOT Deals | 0 Comments

Today Shop At Home has a great WILD Deal... Save 80% Off the Washed denim jacket + 25% Off on all other purchases at Gap.com! Here's how to get this great deal... Head on over the ShopAtHome WILD Deal Page Click BUY IT NOW (Sign into your account or sign up -if you sign up you'll receive $5.00 for joining!) You'll land right on the Washed Denin Jacket Page at Gap.com. The price will be $19.99. Select your size and add to bag. Enter coupon code GPLABORDAY and you'll receive $5.00 off your total when you check out & 25% off anything else you purchase. Your total purchase will be $14.99 (if you just get the jacket). You'll receive $1.00 cash back from Shop At Home making your total...

Product Review: Oneide Color Burst Place Setting

by Karen Mendes | Product Review | 1 Comment

Product Name: Very Cherry Color Burst Product Information: Enjoy the tangy color of fruit at every meal with contemporary Color Burst dinnerware. Crafted of stoneware, Color Burst is a vibrant and value-priced design. Service for 4 available in five fruit-inspired colors: Chili Mango, Berry Berry Blue, Very Cherry, Kiwi Green, and Lemon Drop. Product Price: 16 piece service for 4 retails for $70.00 and 32 piece service for 8 retails for $120.00 but you can get them for less on Amazon. Purchase Information: You can purchase them online at Amazon and also Oneida.com. My thoughts: I love RED.. it's always been my favorite color and always will be. Recently my 3 year old has been talking...

Mega Swagbucks Day! You could Win BIG! 9/3/10

by Karen Mendes | Swagbucks | 0 Comments

Can you believe it's Friday again already!!! Every Friday is Mega Swagbucks Day which basically means you can win higher denominations of Swagbucks today with all your searches. I have Swagbucks set to my homepage so I always use it while searching. Not a member of Swagbucks? You can read more about it HERE. It's FREE to join and you could win prizes like an iPhone, Gift Cards or CASH! Good luck!

25% off Paprika & Hope Garden at VeraBradley.com

by Karen Mendes | HOT Deals | 0 Comments

Do you love Vera Bradley bags as much as I love them?? If you do you can get 25% off Paprika and Hope Garden at verabradley.com. Have you seen these patterns? I love them both but especially the Hope Garden... I love flower patterns!!! Offer ends September 23, 2010.

Plan Ahead… Scott Towels $3.99 at CVS 9/5 – 9/7

by Karen Mendes | HOT Deals, Printable Coupons | 0 Comments

Next week CVS will have Scott Towels 9 pack on sale for $4.99 Sunday - Tuesday only. The limit is 3 on these. Print this coupon for $1.00/1 Scott Towels 6 pack or larger and you'll score it for only $3.99!!! Awesome deal! You can print the coupon 2 times (per computer) so you can at least get 2 of them. Great price to stock up on!

National Costume Swap Day October 9th

by Karen Mendes | Free Stuff | 0 Comments

Mark your calendar! October 9th is National Costume Swap Day! If you live in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington you can participate in National Costume Swap Day! What a great way to recycle what you have and get something you don't! The kids only wear them once, maybe twice so why not save some money on it. For more information and where you can find a Costume Swap check out GreenHalloween.org. You can also start a swap in your area too! My daughter's school does this and I think it's a great idea! thanks Short On Cents!

Free Decorating Classes at Pottery Barn

by Karen Mendes | Free Stuff | 0 Comments

Pottery Barn is offering FREE Classes on decorating your home for the Autumn season. The following classes will be held at your local store: Autumnal Décor Class 9/12 @ 10am Window Treatments Demos 9/18, 11-4pm Living Room Class 9/26 @ 10 am Check with your local Pottery Barn to see if they are participating. thanks Free Snatcher!

Buy One Mini Book, Get One Mini Book FREE for Grandparents Day at Seehere.com!!

by Karen Mendes | HOT Deals | 0 Comments

Here's a nice deal for Grandparents Day. When you purchase a Mini Book at Seehere.com you'll receive another one FREE! So you can either get one for each set of Grandparents or one for them and then a FREE one for you! The mini books are great because they are easy to tote around. WE all know how much Grandparents like to show off the grand kids. Once we have kids we don't matter anymore, it's all about them! This is an affordable and portable way to share your photos. You can even design a unique picture cover. Mini photo books make great party favors or gifts for groups as well. Details.. 2 ¾” x 3 7/8” White printable cover Soft bound 24 pages Premium, bright white 100 lb. paper Sign up...

HOT Deal: Sandisk & Camera Case for the Kodak Camera…

by Karen Mendes | HOT Deals | 0 Comments

If you purchased the Kodak camera from Amazon yesterday that was priced so awesomely at $59.00 (I know that's not really a word) you can score a great deal on an extra Sandisk and a Camera Case today for that exact camera! The Sandisk 4GB Secure Digital SD HC Memory Card (SDSDB-4096, BULK, No Reader) is on sale today for only $4.72. The regular price is $19.99 so this is a GREAT deal. And the Universal Camera Case for Kodak EasyShare. is on sale today for on $1.66!!! Yup you read that right it's less than $2! The regular price is $14.99 so again this is another great DEAL. Grab them both today before these prices are gone. And if you missed the Kodak EasyShare C182 Digital Camera (Blue)...

$10 Cash Back from Kelloggs, Keebler & Sunshine

by Karen Mendes | Free Stuff | 0 Comments

I have not seen this before so perhaps you haven't either! Specially marked packages of Keebler and Sunshine products have Toy Tokens on packages. When you collect 5 of them you can send for a $10 Toy Cash Voucher which will actually come to you in the form of a check. So basically they are giving you $10 back. If you already purchase these products then it's like FREE money! All you need to do is send in this completed Official Order Form (it's also printed on the inside of specially marked packages) along with five (5) Toy Cash Tokens from specially marked Kellogg, Keebler, and Cheez-It products. Limit one Official Order Form per envelope and limit one (1) $10 Toy Cash Voucher per...

$10 Rebate from 3M and Post It

by Karen Mendes | Free Stuff | 0 Comments

When you purchase $20.00 worth of 3M and Post It products you can submit your receipts for a $10.00 rebate! Great deal especially if you get the items on sale. You will need to send in this rebate form along with the UPS labels and the cash register receipts. Items must be purchased by December 31, 2010 and postmarked by January 31, 2011. The items included in this rebate are... 3M™ Permanent Labels Post-it® Removable Labels