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Deal Digger and coupon code sleuth Coupon Sherpa has given Koupon Karen readers his top 5 coupons for this week. Coupon Sherpa keeps you informed with the low down on 10 misleading food labels. And now for the coupon codes... Get free shipping on all orders at Coldwater Creek with coupon code WHH5274 until April 7. See more Coldwater Creek coupons. Take $20 off your Gaiam order of $100 or more. Use coupon code AFMOMMY. This is good until May 9. See all Gaiam coupons. Use coupon code LSC25 to get 25% off orders of $50 or more at Country Store until May 6. See more coupons for Country Store. Shop Bealls and get an extra 15% off when you spend $75 or more. Use coupon code SUMMER until April...

I've had a few people email me to see how things were going with all the flooding so I thought I'd post some pictures that we took yesterday of our neighborhood. For any of you that have read about it, we live near the Pawcatuck River.  It runs through a lot of neighborhoods around us and causing a LOT of problems.  Many streets are flooded and closed, including ours, but further down the road.  We need to take a detour just to get to town.   The sad thing is the road is probably going to be a mess when the water drains out which means these roads are going to be shut down for a while. This is my road.  I  couldn't get any closer but all that darkness in back is water.  It' goes from one...

I've been a bit MIA today due to all the rain we are getting here in RI.  Not sure if you've all heard that a lot of Rhode Island is under water!  There is major flooding everywhere and some people can't even get into their homes and others don't have electricity which means there is no way of getting the water out of their houses.  Our situation isnt' as bad, but we've experienced worse before and it's not fun.  We've been trying our best to keep the water out of our finished basement.   My husband and I took shifts last night and then throughout the day.  We are exhausted.  But we also know so many people around us have it worse. So sorry for the lack of posts today. I should be back in...

Deal Digger and coupon code sleuth Coupon Sherpa has given Koupon Karen readers his top 5 coupons for this week. Quick-service and casual-dining chains across the country are courting March Madness Fans. Coupon Sherpa found 7 Major March Madness Food Deals. And now for the coupon codes... Get 50% off your Coldwater Creek order. Use code AFLA146 until April 5. See more Coldwater Creek coupons. Spend $39 on Shoes at Kmart and receive free shipping. Expires April 3. See all Kmart coupons. Take $10 off orders of $100 or more at Home Depot with code DEPOT29. Valid until April 4. See more Home Depot coupons. Receive 10% off your Calendars.com order. Use code BUNNY10 until April 6. See all...

Deal Digger and coupon code sleuth Coupon Sherpa has given Koupon Karen readers his top 5 coupons for this week. Fun entertainment can be inexpensive. Coupon Sherpa has 7 cheap spring break activities. And now for the coupon codes... Get $10 off orders of $50 or more with code EASTER. Expires April 4. See more Payless Shoes coupons. Use code SHOES to receive free shipping on your Nordstrom shoes order. Expires April 12. See all Nordstrom coupons. Take 20% off regular and sale-priced items at Esprit. Valid until March 26. See more Esprit coupons. OnlineShoes.com is offering 10% off your order of regular-priced items. Use code 1MAR10 until March 31. See all OnlineShoes.com coupon codes. Use...

Thanks to everyone who entered.  This was by far the biggest giveaway I've ever hosted.  There were almost 800 entries!!! And the winner is.... Kathy - kfarina9@xxx Kathy has been notified and will have 48 hours to claim her prize or I'll pick another winner.

Do you know about the Snipping Tool on Windows??   I'm finding out that a lot of my blogging friends had not discovered it until I just happened to mention it.  It's a great time saving tool for bloggers.  I have no idea if Macs have anything like it but it's an extremely useful tool. What is the Snipping Tool?  Well, it's a tool that snips a picture on a web page and then it easily saves it to your pictures folder.  You can name it what ever you want.  It's so simple and takes no time at all. No more copying and pasting into Paint and then cropping and resizing.  That used to take me so much time that half the time I didn't even bother with the picture!  Now I snip pictures all the time....

The 48 hour Giveaway for a $10.00 Boston Market Gift Card is ending today at 2:00PM EST.  If you haven't entered, GO HERE to enter.  They are having a special right now where you can get some meals for $2.99!!!

This past week I was featured on two awesome blogs and a lot of their readers stopped by to check out Koupon Karen.  I just wanted to say HI to all those new readers and welcome them to my space on the web.   If you haven't already be sure to read the New Here section to learn what it is I do on here.  Also be sure to sign up for the awesome giveaways I have going on right now.  You can't win if you don't enter! If anyone has any questions or needs any help just shoot me an email and I'd be glad to help you out. For those of you that are my regular readers if you want to check out the posts I was feature in, here they are: Southern Savers -  Making Money Online: Surveys Part 1 Jenny has a...

Thanks to everyone who entered this adorable Giveaway.  The winner of the Baby Bunch Bouquet Giveaway is... #24 Andrea V - vickers@xxxx I've contacted Andrea and she'll have 48 hours to claim her prize or I'll pick another winner.

As tax season approaches, so do online phishing attacks spoofing the IRS.  A few things to look out for in your email: Offers of a refund on taxes, or money Requests for personal information, including credit card/financial info Odd URLs (ending in other than .gov; .org; .com). A subject line pretending to offer you money: “IRS REFUND Notification - Please Read This” DO NOT: Respond to an email from the IRS (They will not email you) Click on suspicious links; if you really think it might be a legitimate email, type the address yourself (Do not click “reply” or copy, cut and paste)--or make use of a search engine to find the real IRS email address. Even a seemingly safe URL can be...

The winner of the 500 Quality Business cards is.... Janice - hawaiigirlxxxx@xxxxx I've contacted Janice and she'll have 48 hours to claim her prize or I'll pick another winner. I never heard back from the first winner for the Kids Almanac so I picked another winner tonight... Janine - promomxx@xxxxx I've contacted Janine and she'll have 48 hours to claim her prize or I"ll pick another winner.

I love Swagbucks and use it all the time.  If you aren't familiar with Swagbucks, in a nutshell you earn digital dollars for searching the web.  It's very simple and something that you do all the time anyways!  Then you cash in those Swagbucks for cash, gift cards or prizes! Today Swagbucks turns 2 years old!! Happy Birthday Swagbucks! In honor of Swagbucks 2nd birthday, they have given me a code to pass onto new users that is worth 60 points!! (I'll explain the 60 in a moment).  If you've never signed up for Swagbucks then do so now and then enter FRUGALRI to get your Swagbucks (it's case sensitive). After that keep searching the net so you'll win more! This code is for new members only...

Thanks to all of you that commented or emailed me about the new blog!  I'm really excited about it and hearing how much you all like it really helps.  I love blogging and finding deals but most importantly I love sharing them with my blogging friends and readers.  I know I'm not the only blogger out there that finds these deals, that's why I love having friends in the blogging world! Be sure to check out the Blog Roll (you can find the link in the tabs along the top) and visit some of the blogs I have listed there.  They are all great.  And I will be adding more.  If you want your blog on there just send me the code to your button. If there is anything that you'd like to see on this blog,...

As part of the Shop At Home Advisory board, each month I write a Guest Post on their blog.  This month my post is about what to do with all those Free Samples you've collected. Head on over to the Shop At Home Blog and check it out.  And if you have any other ideas leave a comment there or here! Have you downloaded the Shop At Home Tool bar yet?  If not you can download it here.  It's free and whenever you shop online it will pick up your purchase and you'll receive cash back!