i love my mother in law; she’s such a wonderful person and she helps us so much. so when i bought the BIG BUNDLE, there was a $20 gift certificate to 1800flowers.com.

this weekend, 1800flowers.com ran a promotion where you get free UPS shipping for buying certain flowers and plants. james and i got a little something for her at a awesome deal!

gardenia with ceramic planter

we bought this gardenia plant with a ceramic planter for her. i didn’t want flowers because they’ll die after a couple of days. i figure with a plant, at least she can water it and it can grow, therefore lasts longer! 

cost:                   $34.99

shipping:          $12.99

free shipping: -$14.99

gift cert:             -$20

tax:                      $2.89

the total was    $15.88

we also went through bing.com with a cashback of 20%. i received an email from bing that my CB is $7, thereby making this only $8.88!! how cool is that? what a slickdeal huh?

here are some great shutterfly photobooks deals – i received  3 8×8 hardcover photobooks free! they expire on 11/5.

here’s how:

1) facebook – if you have a facebook account, simply installed the family tree application. you can add family members or click cancel at the bottom once it’s installed. then click on the link above again and you should see a free shutterfly code.

2) if you have a cozi account (or created one before october 6th), simply login to your account and there’s a link at the top for a free shutterfly photobook.

3) to go tripadvisor, submit a review of your recent trip. once your review is posted (takes about 2 days), you’ll get an email that it posted along with a free shutterfly photobook code.

with so many books to make, you’ll sure be busy.  shipping on each free book is about $8. or if your order is over $30, use code SHIP30 for free shipping.

thanks to slickdeals.net!

a few months ago (before i had alex), i watched a bollywood movie on hulu – high quality, almost 3 hours long and with great subtitles. the movie? a comedy named hulchul. one of the best comedy i’ve seen in a while. james and i laughed often and hard. loved it.

hulchul

deewana

now, if you click on the link above, all you get is a message that the video is no longer available. what’s going on?? same thing with deewana!! that’s one of my favorite romantic movie.

if someone knows what’s going on, please let me know.

goodbye summer, hello autumn! for the last week it seems the mornings are way more chilly. ah, a sign of the colder months ahead. with that thought, i put my giftcards to good use at the stores below.

i cashed out my remaining points from spg and got a $25 gap card. i received in the mail, a 30% off coupon so i went shopping. purchase: warm jacket $68 – $20.4 (30% off) – $25 giftcard = $21 and some changes including taxes.

gap kids warmest jacket with belt

i received a $30 gymboree gift card and 20% off coupon and here’s what i got: a sweater and a short sleeve cardigan. total was $54.48 – $10.90 (20%) – $30 giftcard = $17.17 including taxes. i used the remaining of my visa giftcard for the balance.

gymboree striped sweater and short sleeve cardigan

this morning i purchased the BIG BUNDLE below for $14.99 – what a great price huh? we’d already used the $10 giftcard from papa john’s and got an extra large pizza with 3 meat toppings for $3.04 out of pocket. mmmm…

there was also a $10 giftcard from shoebuy.com. i went through bing.com to get 15% cashback. i bought: skecher’s cuddlebug boot for $31.45 – $3.15 member discount – $10 giftcard = $18.30 out of pocket. i just got an email from bing that my cashback amount is $4.24 so that took my total down to $14.06. not bad eh?

skecher’s cuddlebugs heart sparkle boot

for $29.99, you get all these (worth almost $800):

Snapfish GC: 1 Poster
PopCap: Bejeweled 2
Siber Systems: Roboform Pro
Papa John’s: $10 Gift Card (First 2500 purchases)
TrendMicro: AntiVirus + AntiSpyware
Threadless: $5 Gift Certificate
Zagat: 3 months
Shoebuy: $10 Certificate
Hotels.com: $50 Certificate
CircuitCity: $10 off $100 Purchase Coupon
TripIt Pro: 6 Months
1800Flowers: $20 card
Gap: $20 off $100 Coupon
PlayFirst: DinerDash Game
Skype: 1 Month of Calling
Restaurant.com: $25 Certificate
GoDaddy: 1 Free Domain
SmugMug: $25 Off Account
Corel: Photo Album 7
Collectorz: Movie Collector
PETCO: $25 off $100 Coupon
Nordstrom: $20 Rebate off $100
WinZip: WinZip 12.1
FoxIt: PDF Creator
Mozy: Backup (50% off)
DropBox: 50GB – 3 months
Evernote: $25 Off Premium
23andMe: $50 Discount
Picnik Premium: $19.95 Account (6 months)
CyberLink: MediaShow 5
ImTOO: 3GP Video Converter
Lancome: Free Shipping + 4 Deluxe Samples

net proceeds go to the american cancer society. click here to buy! or go here to get a code for 50%, making it $14.99! awesome eh? what are you waiting for?

thanks to slickdeals!