Saving $ - Coupons Roundup 5/23/2013

Here are a great bunch of coupons to help you keep more of your hard-earned money in your pocket!

Best Buy - 10% off Open Box Items. Valid until 6/1/2013. Many things are excluded so read the coupon carefully! Print your coupons from here.

Farm Fresh - Free French Bread (15 oz.) with $10+ purchase. Valid until 5/26/2013. Print your coupons here.

Friskies - Free can of cat food. Must watch and rate videos (3 total) for coupon to be available. Go get your coupon.

H&M - 20% off one item. Valid until 5/27/2013. Print your coupon here.

Kirklands - $10 off $50+ purchase. Valid until 5/27/2013. Print your coupon here.

Regal Cinemas - $2 off a pizza. Valid until 5/26/2013. Print your coupon here.

Silk - Sign up with Silk & get a free coupon. Coupon varies per person. Sign up here for your coupon.

Taco John's - $1 off a combo meal. Valid until 5/25/2013. Print your coupon here.

Waffle House - Free basic hash browns. Valid until 6/3/2013. Print your coupon here.

As always, if you know of a coupon not listed, let us know!

Author: Janna Hall Janna enjoys the thrill of a deal and sharing frugal tips, cooking and her passion, video gaming. When not blogging, Janna can be found on her Xbox 360, cooking, earning some cash or gardening. Share tips, recipes, deals here and follow on Twitter.

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Xbox & PSN: Sales & Freebies + A Warning - 5/22/2013

With eleven arcade games on sale for 50% off with Xbox 360, heading into summer has become much more frugal.

Bangai-O HD
3,181
Original release date: 5/4/2011
Game Rating: E10 (Everyone 10+)
Genre: Shooter
Gold Exclusive Price 400

Jeremy McGrath's Offroad
Original release date: 1/25/2012
Game Rating: E (Everyone)
Genre: Racing & Flying
Gold Exclusive Price 400

Karateka
Original release date: 11/7/2012
Game Rating: T (Teen)
Genre: Action & Adventure, Fighting
Gold Exclusive Price 400

Mad Tracks
Original release date: 4/9/2010
Game Rating: E (Everyone)
Genre: Racing & Flying, Sports & Recreation
Gold Exclusive Price 400

Matt Hazard: BBB
Original release date: 1/6/2010
Game Rating: M (Mature)
Genre: Platformer, Shooter
Gold Exclusive Price 400

Pid
Original release date: 9/5/2012
Game Rating: E10 (Everyone 10+)
Genre: Action & Adventure, Platformer
Gold Exclusive Price 400

Puzzle Quest 2
Original release date: 6/30/2010
Game Rating: E10 (Everyone 10+)
Genre: Role Playing, Puzzle & Trivia
Gold Exclusive Price 600

Puzzle Quest
Original release date: 10/10/2007
Game Rating: E10 (Everyone 10+)
Genre: Puzzle & Trivia
Gold Exclusive Price 400

Puzzle Quest Galactrix
Original release date: 4/9/2010
Game Rating: E10 (Everyone 10+)
Genre: Puzzle & Trivia
Gold Exclusive Price 600

RocketBowl
Original release date: 12/22/2009
Game Rating: E (Everyone)
Genre: Sports & Recreation
Gold Exclusive Price 200

Texas Cheat'em
Original release date: 1/12/2010
Game Rating: T (Teen)
Genre: Card & Board, Avatar
Gold Exclusive Price 400

You can check out the deal of the week for Xbox 360 right here.

In mobile gaming, Super Monkey Ball 2 is on sale for $0.99. Requires 133 MB download and works with Windows Phones 7.5 and 8. Check it out here.

I've only found four Xbox 360 freebies -
Enchanted Broom Avatar Prop. Not sure how long it's free so hurry!

Resident Evil Revelations: Revelations Catalog: Rachael Ooze
Resident Evil Revelations: Revelations Catalog: Weapon Pack
(Resident Evil Revelations is only $48.58 using this link.)


Far Cry 3: Map Editor Pack Mark IV Style

Meanwhile, PSN has some good deals going on and a couple of nice freebies too!

Pinball Arcade (PS3 & PS Vita; PS+) - Free
Germinator (PS Vita; PS+) - Free
Dragon’s Dogma:The Crucible of the Lost (In-Game Content Only: PS3) - Free
Far Cry 3: Map Editor Pack Mark IV Style (PS3) - Free
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory: Dangerous Monster Mash (PS3) - Free

Resident Evil Revelations: Revelations Catalog: Rachael Ooze (PS3) - Free
Resident Evil Revelations: Revelations Catalog: Weapon Pack (PS3) - Free
(Resident Evil Revelations is only $48.63 using this link.)


Go here to see the sales, freebies and full discounts on PSN.

In addition, PSN has bunches of PS3 full games on sale up to 65% off (up to 75% off for PS+). I am going to issue a word of caution right now my frugal readers:

Sony has glossed over but disclosed that the next Playstation console will not be backward compatible. Did you read that correctly? Yes you did. What this means, just in case, is that all those games you have bought digitally will be....gone.

I theorize that this is a ploy to get gamers to re-purchase games. So, when you buy any game, digital or disc, be very careful with your hard-earned money.

Oh and don't think Microsoft is nicer about this. Xbox One is also not backward compatible. So, it is the same warning for any Xbox 360 games you buy.

What are your thoughts on the decision to not make their upcoming gaming consoles backward compatible? Let us know in the comments plus any deals you have snagged!

Author: Janna Hall Janna enjoys the thrill of a deal and sharing frugal tips, cooking and her passion, video gaming. When not blogging, Janna can be found on her Xbox 360, cooking, earning some cash or gardening. Share tips, recipes, deals here and follow on Twitter.

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Sweet Cinema Deals - 5/21/2013

Amstar Cinemas' 2013 Summer Kids’ Flicks summer movie program is up and running for you deal lovers with kids in tow.

Every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10a you can bring your munchkins to the movies for only $3.50 -  includes a free box of popcorn and kid’s sized soda.

Go here to get full details on flicks being shown and which theaters are participating.

The Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse is back with 10 movies for only $5 when you purchase your tickets in advance at the box office/online. Individual tickets can be purchased for only $1 each.

Check out details about the Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse for participating theaters and movie schedules.

Which movies will you be checking out? Let us know via the comments!

Author: Janna Hall Janna enjoys the thrill of a deal and sharing frugal tips, cooking and her passion, video gaming. When not blogging, Janna can be found on her Xbox 360, cooking, earning some cash or gardening. Share tips, recipes, deals here and follow on Twitter.

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Facebook Fan of the Week - Sue Brandes 5/21/2013

Frugally Fabuloso's Facebook Fan of the Week is

... *drumroll*...

Sue Brandes

... *toss confetti all around* ...

Feel free to drop by our fan page and congratulate Sue Brandes on success as the current Fan of the Week.

Once you are done with that, feel free to nominate yourself by going here.


Current Fan of the Week shown above.

Author: Janna Hall Janna enjoys the thrill of a deal and sharing frugal tips, cooking and her passion, video gaming. When not blogging, Janna can be found on her Xbox 360, cooking, earning some cash or gardening. Share tips, recipes, deals here and follow on Twitter.

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Alfred "Mr. Fred" Emery

As you all can see, my short break was a little bit longer than expected. I do apologize for that.

Since my last update, Mr. Fred went from bad to worse. While in hospital, he could not stop having small heart attacks that were shooting blood clots into his blood stream causing more strokes. By Wednesday before last, the family was flying  in from all over the West Coast as Mr. Fred's final wishes regarding how he wished to live, and how he wished to go all needed to be shared and carried out.

It was a beautiful thing to be part of the process, from reading to him, keeping him comfortable, to the singing his family did around his beside.

Friday before last he came home to end his life in the comfort of his home, surrounded by family and loved ones. I will not lie and say it was easy or fun. But, I am honored to have been part of Mr. Fred's final choices in life.

Last Monday at 6:55am, Mr. Fred passed. And Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Mr. Fred was laid to rest.

His children, all grown, have lost their last parent. I saw, and still see, pain, remorse, acceptance and love still envelope each of Mr. Fred's children and grandchildren.

My loss is different. Mr. Fred was not my actual family. He was, instead, someone I could mother a bit. Someone I could talk to about theories on life, religion, current events....anything. And he never once acted as though I was silly or ignorant.

My days revolved around Mr. Fred. And now I'm a bit lost without him. But, mostly I'm grateful for having met him, taken care of him and that he is where he wanted to be: With his wife.

Picture of Mr. Fred's son Phil with Debra, Phil's wife taken at Mr. Fred's final resting place.

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Short Break - Health 5/7/2013

I'm taking until Thursday off of blogging due to Mr. Fred being hospitalized. We had to call 911 as per on-call doctor's orders.

As it turns out, he did not have Bell's Palsy as his doctor diagnosed. But, instead had a small stroke and small heart attack. And, just to top it all off, the poor dear has pneumonia. A terrible mix for anyone, much less a 74 year old diabetic.

So, five hours after calling 911, he was finally admitted to the hospital. Needless to say, I barely slept as I was so worried.

But, things are looking up and as soon as the hospital can find the blood clot, he will be out of the woods.

I have a bit more cleaning and resting to do. And, I have to finish coding a new layout for Frugally Fabuloso and write up a movie review. So, looks like Thursday this blog, and myself, will be back to normal.

Comments, prayers and positive energy welcome!

Author: Janna Hall Janna enjoys the thrill of a deal and sharing frugal tips, cooking and her passion, video gaming. When not blogging, Janna can be found on her Xbox 360, cooking, earning some cash or gardening. Share tips, recipes, deals here and follow on Twitter.

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