Starbucks gift cards 9% off, Home Depot gift cards 7% off, plus more – Plastic Jungle’s spring sale
I’ve written before about how much I like Plastic Jungle – a site where you can buy gift cards and pay less than face value. I use Plastic Jungle to purchase Home Depot gift cards at 7% off since we’re in the middle of a multi-year remodeling project and I’ll take savings anywhere I can get it!
I was excited to see that Plastic Jungle is having a spring sale. Of special interest was their offer for Starbucks: gift cards are 9% off. I know that’s just like saving what you’d pay in tax, but every little bit helps, especially if you spend as much time at Starbucks as my husband does.
You can also sell gift cards on Plastic Jungle, which is a handy thing to do if you have gift cards you’re never going to use.
Add comment May 18, 2012
Parkway Drive-In schedule May 18-19
As part of the 3/50 project, I’ve chosen to support the Parkway Drive-In again this year by posting their featured movies each week. I’m so excited that they’re open for the season. Come out and support a great local business!
Gates open at 7:00 p.m. and the movies start at dusk.
Admission prices (cash only for admission; credit cards accepted at concession stand):
Adults: $7.00
Children ages 5 – 12: $3.00
Children 4 years of age and under: free
| Movies for May 18-19 | |
| The Lucky One Rated PG-13 | |
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A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war. 101 min |
| The Avengers Rated PG-13 | |
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Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his army. 142 min |
Add comment May 17, 2012
Harry Potter books coming to Kindle June 19!
Amazon just announced that on June 19th they’re making all the Harry Potter books available for Kindle! It sounds as if you’re not going to be able to buy them, rather, they’ll be available as part of the Kindle Owner’s Library which is available as part of a $79/yr Amazon Prime membership. Depending on your reading and movie-watching habits, a Prime membership may make sense for you, especially as it comes with free shipping on most other Amazon items. We haven’t taken the Prime plunge yet.
Add comment May 16, 2012
Summer storytime is back at the Hunter’s Crossing Chick-fil-a
Here’s something fun that my girls and I participate in every year. Every Tuesday in June and July at Chick-fil-a at Hunters Crossing there will be a story and craft time from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. When you attend the storytime, you receive a coupon for a FREE kids meal with purchase of adult combo! Story and craft hour will begin June 5th.
Thanks to Brittany and the children’s department at First United Methodist Church of Maryville!
Add comment May 15, 2012
The Smoky Mountain Highland Games will be May 18–20 at Maryville College
The Smoky Mountain Highland Games will be May 18–20 at Maryville College. My husband, being Scottish in ancestry, already owned a kilt, but he’s purchased all the other paraphernalia he needs and is ready to go.
If you’re looking for a deal on kilts, I don’t have one for you. They’re expensive. However, my husband is very pleased with all the purchases he’s made from Sport Kilt, so I can recommend that particular retailer to you.
See you at the Highland Games!
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Giveaway: One Gallon of Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil, $75 value!
Tropical Traditions is America’s source for coconut oil. Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is hand crafted in small batches by family producers, and it is the highest quality coconut oil they offer. You can read more about how virgin coconut oil is different from other coconut oils on their website here: What is Virgin Coconut Oil?
You can also read my previous review of their coconut oil here.
Here’s the video they produced about Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:
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Tropical Traditions also carries other varieties of affordable high quality coconut oil. Visit their website to check on current sales, to learn about the many uses of coconut oil, and to read about all the advantages of buying coconut oil online. Since the FDA does not allow the discussion of the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.
Tropical Traditions is giving one Thrifty Christy reader one gallon of their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil! This would normally retail for $120 – but is on sale right now for $75 (in case you’re not the winner and want to purchase some for yourself!)
Here’s how to enter to win:
Required Entry:
Sign up for the Tropical Traditions email newsletter for early notice of their deals and specials. Then leave a comment below letting me know you’ve done so! That’s it! If you’re reading this on Facebook/Twitter hop on over to thriftychristy.com.
Additional Optional Entries:
You can do each of the following things for an additional entry in the giveaway. You can only do each of these once, for a possible total of 9 entries. Please leave a separate comment for each method of entry.
- Leave a comment on this post and let me know if you’ve ever tried coconut oil (for any purpose: cooking, skincare, etc.).
- Like Thrifty Christy on Facebook (or let me know you’ve already done this)
- Like Tropical Traditions on Facebook (or let me know you’ve already done this)
- Follow Thrifty Christy on Twitter (or let me know you’ve already done this)
- Follow Tropical Traditions on Twitter (or let me know you’ve already done this)
- Follow Tropical Traditions Deals on Twitter (or let me know you’ve already done this)
- Subscribe to Thrifty Christy emails (or let me know you’ve already done this)
- Watch this Tropical Traditions video on YouTube (or let me know you’ve already done this)
This giveaway ends at midnight EST on Thursday May 24. I will choose a winner on Friday May 25 using random.org and will contact them via email. Giveaway will be fulfilled by Tropical Traditions and is open to U.S. and Canadian residents only.
Also, if you place an order from Tropical Traditions by clicking on any of referral links and have never ordered from Tropical Traditions in the past, you will receive a free book on Virgin Coconut Oil, and I will receive a discount coupon for referring you. I received the book with my first order and it’s very interesting!
Here’s more information on coconut oil that Tropical Traditions has shared with me:
What is Virgin Coconut Oil?
How to Use Virgin Coconut Oil
Tropical Traditions Homepage
Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions is providing this giveaway and will mail the prize directly to the winner. I have not been compensated in any way for offering this giveaway.
83 comments May 14, 2012
Cute inexpensive Emilie Slone bags on Sneakpeeq, shipped free. Grad gifts?
I really like the sale Sneakpeeq is having on Emilie Slone bags right now, and was pleased to see that they all have free shipping! These would make great graduation gifts. Plus, when you sign up you get $10 free to spend!
Here are a few that I thought were especially cute.
The “Hello Pretty Ringlet” is $12 after your sign-up bonus:
The “Ladies Who Lunch” tote is also just $12 after sign-up bonus:
The Emilie Slone Signature Market Tote is just $19 after sign-up bonus! There are two styles, the Spring Blooms…
and the Summer Blooms:
Add comment May 14, 2012
Free meal planning for life from Food on the Table (with code)!
I’ve been meaning to sign up for a meal planning site for a while now. I know Dave Ramsey recommends e-meals – as do many of my friends – but I’ve decided to try Food on the Table, mainly because it’s free for life right now when you sign up during May and enter code SPRINGFREE. Have any of you tried Food on the Table? I’d be interested to hear your experiences!
Add comment May 14, 2012
Inexpensive movie rentals this weekend from Amazon, includes Hugo, plus some other movie recommendations
Amazon has a number of its streaming video rentals marked down to $1.99, including Hugo, which has been on my to-see list since the Oscars. (Plus, if you got the $3 Twitter streaming credit a while back you can rent something for free.) I checked the Plugged In movie review, and it sounds like this will be a good one for our family’s movie night as well. I loved the book, so I hope the movie will be as good.
Amazon Video Rentals stay in your Instant Video Library for up to 30 days, and once you start a movie you have 24 hours to finish it. So you can rent now, and watch when it’s convenient. These $1.99 rentals are good for nights when it’s just not worth $0.99 of your trouble to drive to a Redbox.
Other $1.99 rentals include:
- Happy Feet Too
- Footloose (the 2011 version)
- Like Crazy
- Akeelah and the Bee (okay, it’s not a new movie but I LOVE it!)
- Another old-but-good movie: Ella Enchanted, which would be particularly good to watch if you’re going to take your child to see Gail Carson Levine here in Knoxville next weekend!
- And apparently, every Pixar movie and almost every Disney movie (including this one that Disney almost didn’t release on DVD, one that gave 5-year-old me nightmares).
Add comment May 11, 2012
Parkway Drive-In schedule May 11-12
As part of the 3/50 project, I’ve chosen to support the Parkway Drive-In again this year by posting their featured movies each week. I’m so excited that they’re open for the season. Come out and support a great local business!
Gates open at 7:00 p.m. and the movies start at dusk.
Admission prices (cash only for admission; credit cards accepted at concession stand):
Adults: $7.00
Children ages 5 – 12: $3.00
Children 4 years of age and under: free
Movies for May 11-12
| Mirror Mirror Rated PG | |
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An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright. 106 min |
| The Avengers Rated PG-13 | |
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Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his various membered army. 142 min |
Add comment May 11, 2012
