Budget Savvy Diva has a great new series that I get to share with you all, Markup Monday’s.  Each week  she will post one type of product and the % of average markup. Markup is the amount of cost that is placed on a product after the cost of ( production, transport, advertising & ingredients). Make sure to come back every week – some will shock you – it will really be difficult to pay the retail price of some of these product again!

Today’s Product:

Bottled Water –

Markup: Up to 4,000%

WOW!!!!

How to avoid this cost:

– Take the time to plan – and use filtered bottle water – good for your wallet and the earth.

What products do you think HAVE huge markups???

Welcome to the NEW Tuesday’s Trips Blog Hop hosted by The Coupon Challenge and Mom on Dealz! Instead of a shopping trip linky we’ve decided to change over to a traditional blog hop.

Each week we will be visiting a new social network. Make sure you check back each week to see where we’ll be!

• Follow your hostesses in the #1 and #2 spots
• Leave a comment, so we can follow you back
• Only link up to the network we are visiting for the week
• It’s always appreciated that if someone follows you, you follow them back (we all love to find new friends!)

WeUseCoupons is officially partnering with Operation Troop Aid in February and March! Operation Troop Aid is going to be sending 1000 boxes to troops in Afghanistan & Iraq and is looking for help filling those boxes!  Coupon users are in a unique position to help as we can get free and cheap items to sent to our troops overseas!  I have a TON of these items in my stockpile right now to donate.

Below is some of the info.  Head over HERE to find out how you can help and to get a mailing address

Here is a list of products that Operation Troop Aid needs:
Beef Jerky
Toothbrushes
Body Wash
Shampoo (Mainly Men, but some Women’s)
Razors
Any Individually Packaged Bars – ie Fiber One, Nature Valley, or Breakfast Bars.
Baby Wipes
Ziploc Bags
Hand Sanitizer
Nutter Butters
Now-or-Laters / Skittles / Sweets/Candy in General
Peanut Butter
Popcorn
PopTarts
Batteries (aa, aaa, c, d)
Drink Mixes (very hot item b/c overseas they have coolers full of bottled water everywhere.)
Current Magazines (mens health, people, readers digest, ect)
Puzzle books (suduku or puzzle books)
-shell peanuts

Fun items:
-frisbies, silly string, bubbles, nerf ball, brain teaser toys, hacky-sac, playing cards (skip bo, uno, pictureka, ect), poker chips, stress ball, electronic handheld game,
-coloring book w/ color pencils (chris and the guys he works with loved these to relax them and pass the time).
Anything that is small but would be considered a treat!

We will be accepting donations until March 15th

Swag Bucks is celebrating their birthday! New members can earn extra bonus just for signing up!  If you sign up for Swag Bucks this week you’ll get 80 Swag Bucks!  That’s an extra 50 Swag Bucks using code BirthdayDeal.  This is on top of the 30 FREE Swag Bucks you’ll already get as a new member!

On Monday,February 28th Swag Bucks will be throwing their birthday bash with a swag code extravaganza They’re also releasing “a new product that will redefine the way Search is used”!

My favorite prize is the $5 Amazon gift card that can be earned with 450 Swag Bucks!

Thanks, Deal Seeking Mom!

Today’s Walgreen’s 7 Days of Deals is:

• 2 For $2 5X7 Enlargements

Welcome to the 29th Surfin’ Saturdays hosted by Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Two Monkeys & a Washtub, And Then There Were Four, The Coupon Challenge and Dandy Giveaway! Each week we will be surfin’ a different social network. You will have to check back every Saturday to see where we will be! One week it may be a facebook hop and then the next an email hop! It will be lots of fun and you will get to meet new people and see old friends as well!




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1. Follow the hostesses in the first five spots (We will follow you back! Just please leave a comment letting us know that you are following us!)
2. Please only link up the network that is being hopped that specific week.
3. No spam please. These will be removed. 
4. It would be wonderful if you are linking up this week if you could add our button to your sidebar or in a post to help spread the word! 🙂 The more people that join, the more fun it will be! (Plus if you add our button to your sidebar you can grab 5 extra entries into any ONE giveaway!)
5. If someone follows you please feel free to follow them back! If you follow me and leave a comment you are guaranteed a follow back!