Do you have a messy baby? Luvs Diapers and Snapfish have teamed up to bring you the 2012 Messy Baby Photo Contest! Submit your photo entry of your messy baby here.

GRAND PRIZE:

A year’s worth of diapers + $200 to use at Snapfish!

FIRST PRIZE (for 4 lucky winners!)

 A one month supply of Luv’s diapers plus $50 to use at Snapfish!

SECOND PRIZE (for 20 lucky winners!)

A Snapfish 8 x 8 photo book

Hurry! You have less than 24 hours to get your entries in to win the $15 iTunes Gift Card! Submit your entries here by 12:00 am EST 4/24/12.  The winner will be announced on Tuesday.  Good luck!

1.   FREE FULL-SIZE Origins moisturizer!  Trade in your free empty containers of Origins products and bring in this form to get your free product. Valid 4/22/12 only!

And if you make any skin-care purchase on the Origins website, use code WISH to receive a FREE Wish Bracelet, free shipping, and they will plant a tree on your behalf!

2.  Plant a FREE Tree anywhere you choose around the globe!  All you have to do is “LIKE” Treecycler on Facebook to receive your code. You will then be given a code to redeem over at www.treecycler.com, where you can select where you would like to plant a tree, and it will be planted in your name.  Check out this great video to learn more about the forestation projects going on all over the globe!

3.  FREE entrance at National Parks April 21-29th! Take your family to a National Park in your area and your entrance fee will be waived! For a nationwide listing of participating National Parks, click on this link.

4. Get a FREE reusable bag at your local Target store! Limit one bag per guest.  Bags will be given out near the guest service areas, while supplies last.  Check out this link for info and more ways to save at Target during Earth month!

The Frugal Connection has just reached the 2K Facebook Fan milestone and would like to thank all of you by giving away a $15 iTunes Gift Card to one lucky Frugal Fan!

Come join the celebration and submit your entries through April 23, 2012! Good luck!

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“The home-baked taste of classic oatmeal cookies with cinnamon and vanilla, blended into organic whole grain oats and topped with a drizzle of white icing…”  (as written on the Clif Kid’s website).

Doesn’t that sound good? Well hurry on over to the Clif Kid’s Facebook page, and if you are one of the first 5,000 to LIKE their page, they will send you a free Iced Oatmeal Cookie Clif Kid Zbar! This won’t last long!

I’m sure this has happened to everyone at least once in their lives.  And if you’re like me, then this may have happened to you several times!  Anyway, you know the drill. You’re rushing out the door in the morning, because you’re already late for something or other, only to realize a few hours later that you don’t have your wallet.

Well, I had one of those days yesterday… my early morning bible study went a little longer than I had anticipated, and I ended up making a mad dash out the door before work.  (I commute 30 miles to work, so if I forget anything at home, coming back to get it is not an option!)

So lunch time came around and I discovered my wallet was missing.  *SIGH* Now what was I going to do? It was lunch time and I was hungry. No cash, no cards. I was out of luck.

Or was I?

Then I remembered my magic little organizer I keep in my purse! This little life-saver is where I keep all of my gift cards, punch cards, and non-grocery coupons. It’s a pretty handy little thing and I use it all the time!

Anyway, I quickly flipped through my little organizer I found a gift card for one of my favorite little restaurants in town. Bingo!

I also had a gift card for my favorite coffee shop, so I went through the drive-thru, and picked up my favorite Coffee Cake Latte, courtesy of my gift card. Sa-weet!

And that, my frugal friends, is how I survived a day on the town without my wallet!

FRUGAL TIP:  Go buy yourself a little organizer for your purse or handbag.  You can find them at Staples, Walmart, and anywhere that sells business supplies.  I have even found a few of these at secondhand stores for less than a dollar!  Keep all of your gift cards, punch cards, and non-grocery coupons in there.  (This will also cut down on the clutter in your wallet!)  And you may want to keep a couple bucks tucked in one of the pockets, if you really want to cover all of your bases. Then you will have your “Wallet Backup” ready and waiting when you need it!  :)

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It’s your friend’s birthday today and you forgot to send a card. So you rush to the store to find that perfect card and hope to get it to the post office before it closes.  Sound familiar?

Well, Dayspring’s got you covered! Join the Heart Connection Card Club and they will send you a pack of 10 Premium cards each month, so you won’t have to make any more of those last minute trips to the store or to the post office.

Sign up here and you will receive these membership benefits:

• FREE Shipping during the month you sign up.
• Exclusive discounts on all of your dayspring.com purchases.

PLUS A SIGN-UP BONUS!

• For new members, you will receive your choice of one of the card packs below, plus a FREE card organizer, just for trying out the Heart Connection Card Club!

Hope and Encouragement Card Pack

Everyday All Occasion Pack

Free Card Organizer

If you are satisfied with your complimentary cards and card organizer, and would like to continue your subscription, you will be billed $12.99 each month afterward.   You can skip a month, return your order, or cancel at any time, if you so choose.

So sign up here to start enjoying the many benefits of the Heart Connection Card Club!

Check out this Last Minute Travel Deal!

And talk about last minute! This deal expires 4/2/12, and travel must be completed by April 23, 2012.  So if you need to make a hotel reservation, book a cruise, or purchase airfare, I suggest you snag up this deal asap! Now, there are two options to get this deal:

Option 1:  Book your travel through Expedia.com and receive:

• Up to 35% off your qualifying travel expenses
•  A pre-paid $100 Mastercard

Option 2:  Book your travel by visiting Shop At Home first. Then, after you have logged in, searched for Expedia and chosen the discount code you would like to use, you will be directed to Expedia.com to make your purchase.  Using this option, you will receive:

• Up to 35% off your qualifying travel expenses
• A pre-paid $100 Mastercard  AND
• Up to 4% cash back on your entire purchase!   

RESTRICTIONS:  In order to receive your pre-paid Mastercard with either of these options,  your travel expenses will have to be purchased with a Mastercard. Your purchase will also have to be a minimum of $400 and include a 4-night stay.  For more details, be sure to read the fine print on the Expedia.com website once you get there.

And don’t forget to sign up for your free account over at Shop at Home first, before making any purchases, to ensure you get this great deal and your cash back!  You can sign up here.

So…which option are you going to choose?  

Not much!  However, yesterday I was pleasantly surprised to find out what I could buy for a meager seven cents.

I saw a great freebie over at Nifty Thrifty Savings for a FREE $2 Amazon MP3 credit and I couldn’t pass it up.  I can always use some new tunes for my workouts! Anyway, I thought I might be able to purchase at least 1 new song with the credit since songs are usually priced around a dollar.

Now as you may now, in order to maximize savings,  I always try to combine as many discounts as possible. As I was searching through the songs, I noticed that Amazon was offering a variety of 90′s music for only 69 cents per song!

So here’s the deal: I purchased 3 songs for .69 each for a total of $2.07.  Subtract the $2 MP3 credit, and my grand total was a whopping 7 cents!

So head on over here to get your free $2 Amazon MP3 credit using code: HITUMBLR. This code is only good through 11:59pm PST on 4/1/12, so you better hurry!

Thanks again, Nifty Thrifty Savings!

If you are a regular Safeway customer, save yourself some time and money by visiting the Safeway website here and creating a free account to get digital coupons added right onto your Safeway card!

All you have to do is find the Just for U section and then visit the Coupon Center. This is one of the easiest ways to coupon, especially if you don’t have a lot of time. It literally took me less than a minute to add over 30 coupons to my Safeway card!

And one of the best things about digital Safeway coupons, is that you can use also use manufacturer coupons at the register to double up on savings! That’s right! If you have a manufacturer coupon and a digital coupon (loaded onto your Safeway card) for the same item, you can use both coupons!

FRUGAL TIP:  There is an option on the website to print a copy of the coupons you have loaded onto your Safeway card or to email yourself a copy of it.  I highly recommend that you use one of these options to help you stay organized. The coupon expiration dates will also be included on the list, so you’ll know when you need to use them by.

So what are you waiting for? Visit the Safeway website today and start saving more money when you shop!