There is a new $10 OFF Promotion for My Parent Rewards Card. My Parent Rewards Card is like the Entertainment Book  but the coupons are good nationally instead of just in one region.

The My Parent Rewards Discount Card is now available for $20 (reg. $30).

My Parent Rewards Cardholders get 2-for-1 discounts at restaurants and up to 50% off when Shopping, Golfing or at Attractions at over 100,000 locations across the US and Canada

Save at over 100,000 locations with your $30 My Parent Rewards Card and get a FREE $50 Restaurant Gift Card with every purchase

A few ways to save on prescriptions.

Prescriptions are expensive but necessary in a tough economy. Here are some ideas for free or cheaper prescriptions:

1. Many pharmacies such as KMart, Wal-mart, CVS and Target are offering many generic prescriptions  for $4 or 90 days for $10 or $12. Inquire about what generics are available at pharmacies in your area.
2. See if the medication you take is cheaper for the same medicine but in a different dosage pill. Do you take 10 MG of something 4 times a day? It might be cheaper in 2 20 MG tablets cut in half than 4 10 mg tablets cost you now. Many medications are more expensive - up to twice the price - at smaller dosage pills. Find out the price for the same medication you take but at a higher dosage pill which you can split in half with a pill cutter. Ask your doctor to revise your prescription to the cheapest MG increment.
3. Are you over 50? AARP has discount prescription programs as well as other discounts and freebies on insurance (including gap policies) and other services like travel for about $16 a year. Sign up with this link and get a free travel kit bag, with compartments for your passport, cards, cheques, phone, etc.
4. Sign up for a free printable pharmacy discount card good at 65,000 pharmacies including CVS, Target, Walgreens, etc.
5. Check out if you are eligible for any of your medications for free - typically for the  uninsured but sometimes still available in special situations such as high medical costs in your family. Visit ppa-rx.org for details

Sally Beauty now sells from their website and they have some of the great coupons they have in-store also available online as well as a Sally Beauty printable coupon if you are shopping the brick and mortar Sally Beauty store. Sally Beauty has some great deals for do it yourself spa and beauty treatments, as well as makeup, nail care and polish, brushes, hair care, etc.

Some Sally Beauty coupons:

• Coupon code: $5 off $25 or more at SallyBeauty.com. Use code 555202, exp - 4.30.09
• Coupon code: Free Shipping at SallyBeauty.com on all orders over $50
• SallyBeauty.com Clearance Center
• Check out the Sally Beauty loyalty club for extra discounts

Sally Beauty Printable coupon

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Join AARP for $16 a year and get a free travel bag

I recently made hotel reservations and the rate for AARP members was much cheaper per night - about 10 - 20% cheaper. If you are staying at a hotel you will recoup the membership fee in the first night.

Some AARP perks:

1. Discount car rentals with Avis, Alamo, Budget
2. Join Curves for only $49 — a $100 Savings Off the Normal Enrollment Fee. 
3. Snapfish Save 15% off your mail-order purchases in the AARP Photo Center
4. Legal Services Network from GE - Receive a free 45 minute consultation and 20% off of attorney’s standard fees from attorneys participating in AARP Legal Services Network from GE.
5. AARP Health Essentials Catalog from Walgreens Save on thousands of health, beauty, and wellness products through the Health Essentials Catalog available exclusively, at a discount, to AARP members. 
6. Save at Reebok and Rockport Outlet Stores - Save 20% off your entire purchase 365 days a year at Reebok and Rockport Outlet Stores - just show your AARP membership card
7. Borders - Save 10% on list price paperback books* and 35% on list price AARP titles at any Borders, Borders Express and Waldenbooks stores.
8. Disney - AARP Members can save 10% on personalized gifts, games, apparel, DVDs, toys and much more at DisneyShopping.com.
9. Consumer Cellular - Consumer Cellular and AARP have arranged for exclusive, low cost wireless service with no contracts.

Click here to get your free travel bag and other AARP discounts, including discounts on medicare supplement health care insurance.

If you have been waiting for the Entertainment Book to go on sale - it is now 50% off - my local book normally costs $30 but that book and several others were only $15

The Entertainment Book has restaurant coupons for buy one get one free coupons plus coupons to McDonalds, KFC, Dunkin Donuts and other local fast food restaurants plus casual dining restaurants. It also has discount hotels on their website for members and  Olive Garden & Red Lobster gift cards 10% off. 

StudentUniverse.com has some good rates on flights, hotels and hostels for college students who travel

If you spend a lot of money on books like me and you are trying to cut down on expenses this might be of interest.

It is a website called Booksfree that rents audiobooks and paperback books for a flat fee, just like how Netflix or Blockbuster rents DVD movies. (the interface looks like Netflix to me). It has popular books (like Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog) and several new releases that I haven’t seen in my library yet and several categories of books and audiobooks with the same free shipping deal and no late fees like Netflix.

You can browse the selection before trying it to see if it is worthwhile for you. They had some cookbooks I was looking at on Amazon and a few new releases I was waiting to go on sale. I like this idea better than a bookclub, it’s pretty straightforward.

I didn’t specifically see textbooks in my quick look but they did have categories that sound like textbooks like Business & Economy, Philosophy, Political Science, History, Psychology. etc. They also have Oprah’s Picks, Quill Awards and Today’s Show picks.

If you can’t find it at the library this seems like a good deal to me. There is  also a 25% your first month’s Booksfree rental coupon code DAX8. 

Sign up to try Booksfree.

In 2009, save money with Blockbuster - they offer 3 movies out at a time, 5 in-store movie exchanges per month for $9.99. That is so much cheaper than going to the movies and some people are considering dropping some paid cable channels and instead getting a Netflix or Blockbuster subscription. No late fees, free shipping. 

I have a Blockbuster subscription and movies ship within the day so there is fast turnaround and delivery.  I got many new and upcoming releases (Benjamin Buttons is on my movie queue), movies I wanted to see in the theater and missed, and some good exercise videos. 

Try BLOCKBUSTER Total Access - and get the first month $9.99, Rent Online, Exchange In-Store

If you love Sephora and high end makeup and hair care, then you have probably heard about the Friends and Family sale that takes place in Sephora and a few other retailers around this time of year. It is such a great deal since Sephora rarely if ever has dollar off discount coupons - most just free shipping or deluxe sample gift coupon codes. The Sephora Friends and family sale is November 6 - 10th, use coupon code FF2008 at checkout.

Ulta’s 20% off sale is this week - get 20% off one item with coupon code 97153. There are also several good gift with purchase items for Too Faced, Lorac, Duwop, Urban Decay, etc.

Beauty.com has sent out emails with a 20% off link, check your email to see if you get one or if you don’t then use this $10 off $60 at Beauty.com coupon link.

Looking for a cheap form of entertainment? Some families have found an easy area to economize is to replace movie night out with getting a Blockbuster Total Access Subscription. Here is what you get with a Blockbuster Total Access free DVD rental:

Click Here and get your first month for 50% off