Buy a $10 McDonalds gift card, get a free calendar + additional freebies!

I haven’t checked yet to see if my McDonald’s is offering this promotion yet, but my kids LOVE McDonald’s, so I sure hope they are.

Some McDonald’s locations have a promotion where you get a free 2011 McDonald’s calendar with monthly coupons for FREE items when you buy a $10 McDonald’s gift card.

Here are some of the coupons they are offering:

January –
FREE Small Hot Chocolate (no purchase necessary)
FREE Small Fry with purchase of any $1 item menu
FREE Oatmeal with purchase of a Small McCafe coffee (excludes premium roast coffee iced or hot)

February –
FREE Small Caramel Mocha (no purchase necessary)
FREE Medium Fry and Medium Fountain Drink with the purchase of an Angus Third Pounder
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE McGriddles Sandwich (equal or greater value)

March –
FREE Medium Iced Coffee (no purchase necessary)
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE 6-piece McNuggets
FREE Breakfast Sandwich with purchase of a Small McCafe Coffee (excludes premium roast coffee iced or hot)

April –
FREE Small Iced Latte (no purchase necessary)
FREE Small Shake with purchase of any regular menu Sandwich (excludes Dollar menu)
FREE Dollar Menu at Breakfast item with purchase of Medium McCafe Coffee

May –
FREE Small Frappe (no purchase necessary)
FREE Small Frozen McCafe beverage with the purchase of any regular menu sandwich (excluding dollar Menu)
FREE Small McCafe with purchase of a Big Breakfast or Big Breakfast with Hot Cakes

June –
FREE Small Iced Mocha (no purchase necessary)
FREE Happy Meal with the purchase of a Premium Salad
FREE Dollar Menu at Breakfast item with the purchase of any McCafe Smoothie

July –
FREE any Small McCafe item (Iced, Hot, Blended Ice – no purchase necessary)
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Quarter Pounder with Cheese
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE order of Hot Cakes

August –
FREE Small McCafe Smoothie (no purchase necessary)
FREE Snack Size McFlurry with the purchase of any Extra Value Meal
FREE Dollar Menu at Breakfast item with the purchase of any Frappe

September –
FREE Medium Premium Roast Coffee (Iced or Hot – no purchase necessary)
FREE Small Fry with purchase of any $1 Menu Item
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Any Breakfast Sandwich (excludes Dollar menu)

October –
FREE Small Cappuccino (no purchase necessary)
Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Happy Meal
FREE Small McCafe Coffee with purchase of any Breakfast Sandwich (excludes Dollar menu)

November –
FREE Small Hot McCafe Coffee (no purchase necessary)
FREE Happy Meal with the purchase of any Extra Value Meal
FREE any Small Beverage with the purchase of a breakfast sandwich excluding Dollar menu

December –
FREE Small Hot Chocolate with the purchase of a $5 Arch Card
FREE 20-piece McNuggets with the purchase of a $25 Arch Card
FREE $1 Menu at Breakfast item with the purchase of a $5 Arch Card

(Thanks Hooked on Bargains!)

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Don’t miss out!

I just thought I would recap a few deals that you don’t want to miss out on:

*Diapers.com – great deals on diapers including $10 off your purchase of $49 or more and free shipping along with a $14.97 mail in rebate. Details are here.

*Fazolis – Get free spaghetti through 2/16. The details are here.

*JC Penney’s – Extra 20% off your purchase (can be used online or in store) – ends today! Click here for the details.

*Jack in the Box – free curly fries tomorrow (2/10) – click here for the details.

*Kroger – the “Daytona sale” continues through this week. Check out this post for coupon match-ups.

*McDonalds – BOGO free drinks from 2-5 pm Monday-Friday. Click here for the details.

*Oriental Trading Company – the $10 off a purchase of $10 or more promotion ends today. Get the details here.

*Target – free Ocean Spray juice, cheap yogurt, cheap Pop Tarts, and plenty of other deals (the Ocean Spray and yogurt coupons expire on Saturday). Click here for the details.

Freebie Friday: lip gloss, Dove hair care, Pampers codes, and more!


Get a free Speed Gloss energizing lip shine – click here and enter the word ‘speed’ (it is case sensitive) as the code word at the bottom of the form.


Click here to get a sample of Dove hair care new Therapy system

JUST FOR MOMS:

Receive a “new parent pack” from Johnson & Johnson – Call 1-866-565-2229 and press #1 until you are asked if you are a new parent and would like a New Parent Pack.

“Free” Pampers Gift to Grow codes:
GIVE09UNICEFGTG (3 pts.) – this one is new!

Previous Codes: (if you have already entered these, you will receive an error message)
THRIFTYMOMMYGTG (1 pt.)
WELCOME2GTG0809 (1 pt.)
OHAMANDAAWGTG08 (1 pt.)
DONTFORGETGTG08 (1 pt.)
WELCOMEBONUS089 (1 pt.)
HAPPYHOLIDAY089 (3 pts.)
WEAPPRECIATEU08 (10 pts.)

JUST FOR FUN!

Enjoy BOGO free drinks at McDonalds from 2-5 p.m. Monday through Friday during the “refreshment recess.” Get all of the details here.

In case you don’t feel like cooking tonight…

Happy Labor Day! In case you don’t feel like cooking tonight, there are two free chicken offers that you can take advantage of for dinner.

Chick Fil A – 3 piece chicken strips when you wear a shirt with a collegiate or football team logo. Details below:
http://melziemomsbargains.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-free-chicken.html

McDonald’s – free Southern style chicken sandwich. Print up a coupon from the information below and there were also coupons in a recent Parade magazine that expire today:
http://melziemomsbargains.blogspot.com/2008/08/free-mcdonalds-sandwich.html

Free McDonald’s Sandwich

McDonalds will be offering a free Southern style chicken sandwich or breakfast biscuit with the purchase of a medium or large drink. A coupon is available to download on this site:

http://facetheglory.com/

(You have to print in color or they will not accept it)

The promotion is being offered in support of the Olympics, and the coupon will be valid until September 1st.

While you’re waiting for the coupon to appear, turn yourself into an champion by uploading your picture and creating your own video!