Should I get another credit card?

Conventional wisdom now says to avoid getting more credit cards but in certain instances, it might be good for you to get another credit card. I was reading an article at Wisebread about signs which indicate you should think about getting a credit card.

I was surprised to see that since it's been a really long time since I applied for a new credit card, I should probably think about getting one.

10 Signs You Ought to Get Another Credit Card

Lots of Melissa & Doug toys as Lightning Deals!

Today only, Amazon has a bunch of Melissa & Doug toys as Lightning Deals. Go to the lightning deal page in Amazon and buy it as soon as the time comes. I expect these will sell out quickly if the deal's good.

10 AM ET: Melissa & Doug Car Carrier - $11.99 (40% off)

11 AM ET: Melissa & Doug Shopping Cart

12 PM ET: Melissa & Doug Deluxe Folding Medieval Castle

1 PM ET: Melissa & Doug Veterinarian Role Play Costume Set

2 PM ET: Melissa & Doug Doctor Role Play Costume Set

3 PM ET: Melissa & Doug Police Officer Role Play Costume Set

4 PM ET: Melissa & Doug Abby & Emma Deluxe Magnetic Dress-Up Set

5 PM ET: Melissa & Doug Playtime Fruits

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40% off at Gap.com today only!

Gap.com is offering 40% off with code SHOP (has some exclusions such as jeans, final sale, baby & toddler sleepwear, etc) on any order today only!

They just dropped the price on a 200+ items! Check out the clearance section to get the best deals.

FREE Chore Card System for Children through 9/30!

Get this free chore card system for children available from MeetPenny to subscribers!

Free Chore Card System for Children - Meet Penny:

Latest Kohl's Coupons And Sale on Toys!

There are some great deals on Kohls.com today. Here's a great one - 30-50% off on toys for kids. This includes Fisher-Price, Playskool, etc. 

Latest Kohl's Coupons:

TREAT30: 30% off your purchase, exp. 10/4
SEPT4UMVC: FREE Shipping on all orders, exp. 10/4
SEPTYES15: 15% off for non-cardholders, exp 10/4
YANKEE10 - $10 off Yankee Scenterpiece Collection purchase of $30 or more (exp 11/2)
IZOD10 – $10 off IZOD men’s apparel purchase of $50 or more (exp 10/4)
SMARTYPANTS – $10 off women’s pants & jeans purchase of $40 or more (exp 10/4)
DANA10 – $10 off Dana Buchman apparel purchase of $50 or more (exp 10/4)
SPOOKY15: Extra 15% off Halloween Costumes, exp. 9/25

CC4SEPT: FREE Shipping on all orders, exp. 9/30
SAVEEN3: 15% off $100 or more plus Free Shipping, exp 1/1/15
LEATHER10: $10 off $50 Select Leather Handbags, exp. 10/4
THANKS7427: 15% off, exp. 10/5
THANKS508: 15% off, exp. 10/12
WOMENSUIT10: $10 off $30 Women’s Suit and Suit Separates, exp. 9/26

(Thanks, PassionForSavings.com and Hip2Save)

Blog update

I've been thinking over the last few days about this blog and after much thinking, I've decided that I'm going to post about articles, deals and items that I think are a good value or are not explored elsewhere and not going to try to get every good deal out to you.

There are plenty of blogs out there which do a phenomenal job of getting deals to you and I couldn't be one of those even if I tried. So I'm not going to. As I come across stuff I find interesting, I'm going to post here. This blog will still be money and deal-focused.

But I also want to focus more on my personal blog and spending more time there means less time here.

So this is what I have in mind... let's see how it goes.

** HOT DEAL ** Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Puppy - just $11.48 shipped - Expired

Get Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Love to Play Puppy at just $4.00.

Shipping is just $7.48

This toy is extremely popular and is one of my favorite baby shower gifts and I've never seen the price so low. 

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FREE Shipping at Gymboree!

Gymboree has FREE shipping with no minimum today and tomorrow only! Gymboree also has $12 sleepwear and $15 jeans sale going on right now and clearance from $5.99!

FREE Redbox DVD Rental today only!

Through today only, you can get a FREE 1-day DVD rental from Redbox by using the coupon code SEPT22 at checkout valid at Redbox.com or through the Redbox mobile app. 

Halo Sleepsacks on Zulily today!

Today, Zulily has Halo Sleepsacks on sale at upto 55% off. These sleepsacks are very popular and very useful for babies. My daughter used them a lot as it was the only way to keep her warm as she would kick off her blankets. Even now, for the winter, I'm going to get her the Halo Sleepsack for older kids with feet.

Most of them are priced between $11.99-$14.99. These are the lowest prices I have seen on them in a long time. They have many patterns and colors. On Amazon, most of the sleepsacks sell for around $19-$21.

Zulily is a website which brings you great deals for baby, kids, home & women everyday. Membership is FREE and once you pay shipping once, shipping is FREE for the rest of the day!

Target Clearance Update!

Here are some of the items on clearance at the Target store in Nashua, NH. There are lot of new One Spot items and with the 30% off One-Spot items Target Cartwheel offer, they came to only $0.70.

A lot of Women's summer clothing was on clearance.

Most of the school supplies were dropped to 70% off a week ago and there wasn't much left at this store. But there was still a little bit left.

FREE Redbox one-night rental, today only!

Today only, you can use coupon code LKMNLK99 to reserve a movie online and then pick up at the kiosk. This code only works online!

More tips on saving money on costumes!

BabyCheapskate has some great articles on how to save money on costumes for Halloween. Here's the latest article below.

Finding Scary-Good Deals on Second-Hand Halloween Costumes | Baby Cheapskate

Gillette Venus Snap with Embrace Women's Razor - $6.99

Get Gillette Venus Snap with Embrace Women's Razor, 1 Count: Health & Personal Care at just $6.99. It has 4.6 out of 5 stars.

Clip the coupon for $3 off

This is an Add-on item and has free shipping for Prime members. Add-on items require a minimum order of $25 for Amazon Prime members and $35 for non-Amazon Prime members

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FREE Ice Cream Do-a-Dot Printables!

Get FREE Ice Cream Do-a-Dot printables from Gift of Curiosity! This pack contains 20 pages of worksheets relating to one-to-one correspondance, shapes, colors, patterning, letters and numbers.

Ice Cream Do-a-Dot Printables - Gift of Curiosity

(Deal's back!) Huggies Overnites Diapers as low as $0.20 per diaper

Deal's back!

Get Huggies Overnites Diapers, Size 3, 92 Count at just $18.99 and this comes to just $0.20 per diaper. 

Clip the coupon for $1 off

Use subscribe & save for 5-20% off. You can get 20% if you're an Amazon Mom member and order 5 subscribe & save items.

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Great Infographic on baby safety!

PishPoshBaby and ModernDayMoms have teamed up to create a great infographic on baby safety!

FREE Shipping No Minimum at Lands' End through Today!

Through today, September 16th, 2014, get FREE Shipping with no minimum at Lands' End with promotion code SNOWMAN and PIN 7291

FREE 2-day shipping & 30% off at Oldnavy.com

OldNavy.com is offering a FREE 2-day shipping on any order and 30% off with code HOORAY (excluding hot deals, today-only deals and everyday steals) on any order through tomorrow, Tuesday 9/16.

Check out the clearance section to get the best deals. Here are some great deals I came across.

 Jersey 2-pack shirts available for just $5.59 shipped after code

 Women's Mixed-Print Boho Tops for just $5.59 shipped after code. 

And more!

FREE Community Helpers Pack!

Help your kids learn about the jobs and people in your community. This is meant for kids ages 2 to 10 with lots of writing and learning about the people.

Get the Free Community Helpers Pack from 3 Dinosaurs!

Get 20% off or FREE shipping at Lands' End!

Get 20% off at Lands' End with code FALLBREEZE and pin 1755 or get FREE shipping on any order with code LEAVES and pin 1085 through September 15th. 

Get $10 off $25 apparel, home & more purchase at JCPenney

Go here to save $10 off $25 or more on purchase of apparel, shoes, accessories, fine jewelry and home items.

Target Back to School Clearance!

I was at Target this weekend and saw a lot of back-to-school stuff on clearance at 30% off. Some of the items were even at 50% off. Also, a lot of items were 70% off at the Dollar Spot area. The sign said 50% off but they rang up at 70% off.

I picked up at bunch of 1-subject notebooks at $0.12 each.

There's also a $5 Target gift card with $25 school items purchase. Get this by texting SCHOOL4 to TARGET.

Kohl's Stackable Coupon Codes

Here's the latest list of Kohl's coupon codes. 


CELEBRATE15: 15% off Purchase + Free Shipping, exp. 9/17FASHION10: $10 off $50 Women’s Apparel, exp. 9/22FROZEN: $10 off $30 Disney Frozen Apparel, exp. 9/11FALLTRENDS: $10 off $50 Women’s Shoes and Accessories, exp. 9/22ACORN20: 20% off $100 Purchase, exp. 9/17SPOOKY15: 15% off Costumes, exp. 9/14FALLMEN10: $10 off $50 Men’s Apparel and Footwear, exp. 9/21SPLURGE30: 30% off for Cardholders, exp. 9/17

GIGGLES10 – $10 off $30 Baby, Toddler and Maternity Purchase (exp 9/21)

(Thanks, PassionForSavings.com)

Halloween Costume Savings!

I can't believe it's time to start searching for Halloween costumes already. I'm so excited to buy a costume this year since we skipped Halloween last year!

My daughter's a big fan of Frozen and Sofia the First. So I'm thinking that a princess costume might work out well for her.

Go here for tips on how to buy Halloween Costumes early and still save money from Baby Cheapskate!

The Early Shopper’s Guide to Halloween Costume Savings

FREE Learn to Write the ABC's printables

These ABC pages are great for kids who love to color and who are beginning to write letters, too.

Learn to Write the ABC's with Free Kids Printables - Kids Activities Blog

FREE Farm Do-A-Dot printables!

Get the FREE Farm Do-A-Dot printables from Gift of Curiosity!

Farm Do-a-Dot Printables - Gift of Curiosity

Stock-up Price on Tide Pods!

• Get Tide Pods Laundry Detergent (77 pacs) at just $14.38 after 20% Subscribe & Save and $1 coupon. It has 4.3 out of 5 stars. It comes with 3 fragrance options. This comes to just $0.18 per load. 
• This is a great stock-up price on Tide Pods

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New Mom FREE Apps!

There are tons of great apps out there for the mom with the smartphone and it can be hard to find good free apps which are also useful.

Here are some free apps to help the new mom with navigating motherhood from Smart Apps For Kids

Ten Must Have Apps for New Moms

War Brides - $1.99 (Highly rated Kindle Book)

Get War Brides - Kindle edition by Helen Bryan at just $1.99. It has 4.2 out of 5 stars out of 5815 reviews.

Below is the description of the book from Amazon:

With war threatening to spread from Europe to England, the sleepy village of Crowmarsh Priors settles into a new sort of normal: Evacuees from London are billeted in local homes. Nightly air raids become grimly mundane. The tightening vice of rationing curtails every comfort. Men leave to fight and die. And five women forge an unlikely bond of friendship that will change their lives forever.

Alice Osbourne, the stolid daughter of the late vicar, is reeling from the news that Richard Fairfax broke their engagement to marry Evangeline Fontaine, an American girl from the Deep South. Evangeline’s arrival causes a stir in the village—but not the chaos that would ensue if they knew her motives for being there. Scrappy Elsie Pigeon is among the poor of London who see the evacuations as a chance to escape a life of destitution. Another new arrival is Tanni Zayman, a young Jewish girl who fled the horrors of Europe and now waits with her newborn son, certain that the rest of her family is safe and bound to show up any day. And then there’s Frances Falconleigh, a madcap, fearless debutante whose father is determined to keep her in the countryside and out of the papers.

As the war and its relentless hardships intensify around them, the same struggles that threaten to rip apart their lives also bring the five closer together. They draw strength from one another to defeat formidable enemies—hunger, falling bombs, the looming threat of a Nazi invasion, and a traitor in their midst—and find remarkable strength within themselves to help their friends. Theirs is a war-forged loyalty that will outlast the fiercest battle and endure years and distance.

When four of the women return to Crowmarsh Priors for a VE Day celebration fifty years later, television cameras focus on the heartwarming story of these old women as war brides of a bygone age, but miss the more newsworthy angle. The women’s mission is not to commemorate or remember—they’ve returned to settle a score and avenge one of their own.

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FREE Redbox Rental online today only!

Only today, Get a FREE DVD or Blu-ray Rental at Redbox.com when you use the coupon code TYTY7676 online at checkout. This offer is only valid online!

Do-A-Dot markers - $9.99

Do-A-Dot markers are available on Zulily today at just $9.99! They're normally available for $14.99 on Amazon. They are very popular with homeschoolers and young kids who are still mastering their fine motor skills.

Zulily is a popular website to buy clothing, home items and toys at great prices! It's free to join!