Still Shopping For Back To School?
Stop by Kohl’s.com for 15% off your order off $100.00 or more with code: BTS15OFF at checkout. Sneaky inside tip: PLUS 4% cashback through Ebates!
At Sears.com, there’s 60% off school uniforms, free-bee shipping on orders over $49.00 and up to 60% off backpacks and messenger bags! This offer’s good through 9.4.10. Sneaky inside tip: don’t forget the 4% cashback through Ebates!
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The Backpack Project
Zachie and MacLean have been looking for a summer service project–we try to do one big thing a quarter that they’ve picked so that they’re invested in the outcome. The twins decided to do the “Backpack Project” to put together toiletries and school supplies for kids at the School With No Name. This amazing little place is operated by dedicated teachers at the Road Home, our local homeless shelter for families. When kids are local, every effort is made to keep them in their regular schools, but sometimes that’s not possible. The School With No Name keeps these sweet kiddos up with their grade, but there’s not much money for extras. Every kid deserves a new backpack and school supplies!
If you’ve got a Smith’s nearby, they’ve got an amazing sale right now on toiletries and school supplies. I stepped out of my comfort zone and asked for a discount to buy 10 backpacks for charity. The nice manager immediately gave me 20% off everything! I know that Walmart and Target are offering great deals right now, too. We saved our money this summer and budgeted to spend $11.00 per backpack. The total bill was actually $73.24, so we kept under budget!
We bought basics like toothpaste, toothbrushes, bandaids, shampoo, baby wipes and DEODORANT. (When you can’t take a shower anytime you like, hygiene is a challenge.) The twins packed all the backpacks, and added a note to say “hi” to their new friends, wishing them a happy school year. I’m so excited to take the boys down to the school with their gifts–but not as thrilled as they are! See why I’m crazy about my boys?
For more information about The School With No Name, click here. To help kids in need in your city, click here.
70 Free-Bee Swagbucks!
If you’ve been on the fence about joining Swagbucks, hop off, honey! They’re offering a bonus of 70 Swagbucks to sign up, instead of the usual 30. Swagbucks is simple–you simply do your searches, shopping and surfing the web the way you always do–just through Swagbucks. One extra click of the button when you start your session and you’re earning Swagbucks that can be redeemed for music, electronics, all kinds of goodies. One enterprising girlie from the That Went Well community says she paid for her family’s entire Christmas last year through her Swagbucks! That was enough to get me going. When you sign up, enter the code: BackToSchool to get your 70 bonus bucks. Sneaky inside tip: this offer’s good through 8.15.10. Remember that Fridays are bonus Swagbuck days, where you can earn an additional 50, 100, even 1,000 when you land on a lucky site!
Big Fat Back To School Package From Right@Home!
is offering you a pile of very handy free-bees for packing back to school lunches. Sign up for Right at Home and they’ll send you coupons for several different sizes of Ziplocs. Right at Home is great for new free-bees every month, recipes and holiday ideas.
Back To School Deals At Office Depot This Week
“It’s the haaaaapppiest day of the yeeear!” No, not Christmas, every parent I know is dancing through the aisles grabbing notebooks at random as their dispirited children shuffle after them. In another couple of weeks, those stains on the couch you call your offspring will be back in school!
Here’s some of the best bargains this week at Office Depot: I don’t hit this store too often, but the Back To School bargains are almost ridiculously good. Follow along…
Items Under $1:
- Paper Portfolios – $.05/ea (Limit 5) *
- Select Bookcovers – $.25/ea *
- Schoolworks 5″ Scissors – $.25/ea (Limit 3) *
- Wilson Jones 1″ Poly Binder – $.25/ea (Limit 3) *
- Composition Books – Wide Ruled – $.50/ea (Limit 3) *
- Sharpie Accent Pocket Highlighter 6pk – $.75/ea (Limit 3) *
- Select Fashion Portfolios -Starts at $.99/ea
- Select Designer Style Supplies – Start at $.99/ea (select fashion notebooks, composition books, binders & portfolios, memo books, pencil pouches & more)
$1 Items:
- HP Multipurpose Paper – $7.49 price – send in for $6.49 rebate (visa prepaid card), making this $1 after rebate. Limit 2, no rainchecks *
- Milk Crates – $1
- Select Fashion Portfolios – $1
- Westcott Twist-It 12″ Flexible Ruler – $1
- Solar Card Display Calculator – $1
- Scholastic Washable Markers – 8pk – $1 *
- Composition Books – $1 (regular ruled)
- Office Depot Value Notebook Filler Paper – $1
$2 Items:
- Office Depot Book Covers – $2
- Westcott 12″ Aluminum Ruler – $2
- Index Cards with File Box – $2
- Elmer’s Washable School Glue Sticks (4 pk) – $2
- Stacking Bins – $2
- Construction Paper – $2
- Office Depot Brand Correction Tape – $2
$3 Items:
- Mead 5 Star Notebooks – $3
- Really Useful Boxes Plastic Storage Box – $3
- Ticonderoga #2 Pencils – 24 pk – $3
- Meade 5 Star Reinforced Filler Paper – 100 pk - $3
- Pilot G2 Mini – $3
- Paper Pro Nano Mini Stapler- $3
- Spiral Notebooks – 6 pk – $3
$4 Items:
- Purell Hand Sanitizing Wipes – $4
- Pencil Pouches – $4
- 3M Post-it 2×2 Candy Cubes – $4
- Pentel Sharp Mechanical Pencils – $4
- Stacking Drawers – $4
- Swingline Compact Stand-Up stapler – $4
Other Deals:
- 25% off select backpacks
- 40% off Select Papermate, Liquid Paper, Sharpie, & Expo
- 50% off Dayrunner, At-A-Glance or Mead Wall Calendar
Teacher Program:
Office Depot also has a program for teachers – Star Teacher Member Program. If you’re a teacher, make sure you sign up now to take advantage of discounts, bonus rewards & more all year long.
Thank you to Thrifty Northwest Mom and Thrifty and Thriving for their excellent work!
30% Off AND 10% Cash Back At Old Navy This Week!
If Old Navy’s on your shopping list this week, consider going online. Old Navy has 30% off new arrivals for fall–enter code ONNEW30 at checkout. Ebates is offering a galactic 10% cashback on all of your Old Navy purchases this week, along with a flat $7.00 shipping rate. Considering the mountain of clothes I bought last week for the twins, I’m totally ticked at myself for not going through Ebates. If you’re new to the program, you just go through your Ebates account to buy, shop, and search online. You keep adding up moola that you can redeem for cash and prizes. If you haven’t signed up yet, click through here and they’ll give you a $5.00 signup bonus!
Back To School Specials At Office Depot
Office Depot has some great free-bees available this week - but be sure to bring along this coupon for $10 off your purchase of $25 or more. This coupon is valid from Sunday 7.18 – Saturday 7.24. Sneaky inside tip: if you don’t live near an Office Depot, Staples often accepts competitor coupons – so you could print this off & try it at Staples, where they are also having a number of Back-to-School deals!
You might want to print off the rebate forms available online first to make sure you’re buying the correct products so that you’ll get your rebate. Your purchases must be made between 7/18 & 7/24 & rebates must be postmarked by 8.14.
Here are some of the best deals I found:
Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer Pump – $4.99 (limit 5)
Manufacturer Mail-in Rebate = $4.99
Final Price: FREE after mail-in savings
Expo Fine Point Dry Erase Markers, 4 pack- $5.29 (limit 1)
Mail-in rebate (Visa prepaid card) = $5.29
Final Price: FREE after mail-in savings
Paper Pro Nano Mini Stapler – $4.99
Instant savings = $1.99
Manufacturer mail-in rebate = $3
Final Price: FREE after instant & manufacturer mail-in savings
Office Depot brand Filing / Stacking Crates – $6.99 (limit 3)
Mail-in rebate in-store (visa prepaid card) = $6.99
Final Price: FREE after mail-in savings
2 pocket folders (with or without prongs) = $.05/ea (limit 5)
Office Depot brand Notebook Filler paper (150 pk) = $.25/ea (limit 5)
Thanks, Thrifty Northwest Mom!
$10.00 off $10.00 purchase at Sear’s!
This is good in the Junior Apparel Department, and this is good for $10.00 off any $10.00 purchase or over…which would make it…wait for it…A FREE-BEE! Hah! http://www.sears.com/ue/clth/link_jrfashion_coupon.pdf
Sneaky inside tip: if you (or rather, your teenager) would rather shop online, just use 17searsapparel as your code, here’s where to go: http://www.sears.com/shc/s/c_10153_12605_Clothing_Juniors

