I’m really excited about this new series of giveaways we’ll be doing here on The Frugal Find.  It’s no secret I LOVE giveaways and I love telling people about the products our family enjoys, put those two together and you have the TFF Pantry Giveaway!  We’ll be hosting a new giveaway each week on Friday, the themes will vary and will cover a huge variety of our favorite products from every room of the house (and beyond!)  We’ll do this until  we feel like stopping I suppose!  Today’s theme is breakfast, pictured above are 4 staples you will ALWAYS find in our pantry and they are commonly served for breakfast.    There will be 2 Frugal Find winners this week.

Krusteaz Pancake Mix: I raved once before about the Krusteaz Pancake mix once before, it has such a delicious taste to it you almost don’t even need syrup!  You can also score a killer deal right now on Amazon…

Krusteaz Low Fat Oat Bran Pancake Mix, 24-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 4) - $8.88
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Final Price: $2.22 per box plus free shipping

Starbucks Coffee: Of course coffee!  Now Mr. Frugal doesn’t care for coffee, so I should have included some tea in his honor but maybe we’ll save that for another giveaway.  What I love about these bags of Starbucks coffee is that when you’re done, you can take the bag into your local Starbucks for a FREE tall brewed coffee!

Barbara’s Cereal: Then there is Barbara’s Peanut Butter Puffins cereal, one of my favorites!  That was until I realized I’m allergic to peanut butter, can you believe it!?  I never knew you could develop allergies later in life.  I crave peanut butter all the time, so please enjoy some for me today.

Bob’s Red Mill Oats: Lastly, probably the most important pantry staple – Bob’s Red Mill Thick Rolled Oats.   These are not the instant oats, I prefer these because of the many uses.  Of course oatmeal, but we’ve used them in cookies, waffle batter, and so on.  They never turn out “mushy”.  What’s that you want a deal on these too?  Well you’re in luck!

Bob’s Red Mill Oats Rolled Thick, 16-Ounce (Pack of 4) - $8.30
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Final Price: $2.08 per bag plus free shipping

Still looking for a deal?  Have you signed up for VitaCost yet?  If you’re new to Vitacost and you sign up through this link you’ll get a $10 off $10 coupon code (comes via email).  Shipping is $4.99 but you can find some GREAT buys with this credit!  You can see a few here, here, here, and here.

Now for the fun part, click below and enter to win!

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Grocery Outlet is a staple in my weekly shopping budget.  However you have to know that shopping Grocery Outlet is like a treasure hunt.  I go with my grocery list already prepared for the week so I know what I NEED and based on past experience I know what a good price is.  If I happen to find a few items from my list at Grocery Outlet that meet or beat my buy it now price, I’ll buy it there.  The fun part however comes with the extra $5 or so that I don’t have designated for specific food items on my shopping list, instead I’m able to hunt down a deal or two at Grocery Outlet!  In the past I’ve found several spectacular deals such as…

1. Fiber One Bars, 30pk – $4.99
2. PowerBar Harvest Energy Bars – $0.10 each
3. Fleishmann’s Butter – $0.50
4. Tillamook Cheese, 80z – $1.00
5. Skippy Peanut Butter – $0.99/jar
6. Post Shredded Wheat Cereal – $0.98/box
7. Athenos Feta Cheese – $0.99
8. and so much more!

Would you like the chance to treasure hunt at Grocery Outlet?  I have (2) $25 Grocery Outlet gift cards to give away to 2 lucky Frugal Find readers courtesy of Grocery Outlet.  This giveaway will run through 1/31 and the winners will be announced shortly after.

Enter to win…

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This is just a quick reminder to make sure you’re entered into the Kindle Fire Giveaway!  If you haven’t entered, you might want to take a few minutes and get that done, just head on over here.  The giveaway ends on 1/31.

You may remember a couple months ago we asked you to help us win a Kindle Fire so we could give it away. Well we got the Kindle Fire, and now we’re giving it away!  Gah, how fun is that?!  So if you didn’t find a Kindle under the tree this past Christmas, you’ve got another chance.  One Frugal Find reader will win a Kindle Fire, just click below and enter to win…

…oh and the answers to the survey are completely anonymous, so please share as you feel led.  Thanks!

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So if you’d like to win a pair of Fandango tickets and can go before the 12th, click below to enter the giveaway.  This giveaway will end tonight at 9pm PST.  The winners will announced HERE in this blog post soon after.  Have fun at the movies!

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We thought it would be fun to send a few of you to the movies this week!  If you’d like to get out and enjoy a movie this is the giveaway for you. Three Frugal Find readers will each win 2 Fandango Codes worth 2 Movie Tickets (up to a $12 value). Please note that these tickets will expire on 1/12/12 and there is no way we can extend them for you. 

There are several new movies out and it’s one of our favorite family traditions this time of year – although very pricey!  That’s why we post the movie ticket deals we find as they come up.  Yesterday we went to the movies (the six of us plus my in-laws) and it would have been almost $100 if we didn’t purchase the Fandango deals I posted over the past few months, whew!

So if you’d like to win a pair of Fandango tickets, click below to enter the giveaway. Have fun at the movies!

Bonus Savings:

Get $5 off $25 in movie tickets when you use your Visa Signature card. 

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I’ve shared many times with you about VitaCost and the great deals you can get with your FREE $10 Credit.  You’ve signed up haven’t you?  If not, you really should – it’s $10 worth of FREE natural and organic products.  You can order a myriad of products including toiletries, diapers, food and grocery items, and so much more!  Shipping is only $4.99 or FREE with a $50 purchase.

So how would you like to win a $50 credit to spend on anything you’d like at VitaCost.com?  One TFF reader will win this super quick giveaway which ends tomorrow 12/20 at midnight.  This $50 credit will expire on 1/17/12 so you MUST use it before then or it’s lost.

Enter to win…

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It’s a crazy busy week on TFF when it comes to giveaways – can you believe that we have both an 8GB iPod Touch AND an iPad 2 up to giveaway THIS week?!  Have you entered yet?  Make sure you don’t miss out, head on over to the links below to get your entries in…

Enter to win an iPad 2 HERE – giveaway ends on 12/20

Enter in win an iPod Touch HERE – giveaway ends on 12/20

Also we’ve announced the 5 lucky $100 Starbucks gift card winners – was it you?  Head on over here to find out…

Congrats goes to Cynthia (cyndoggy@), she is the iPad 2 winner!  I’ll be contacting her via email and she has 48 hours to respond before  new winner is chosen.  Don’t forget to check back in soon as we’ll be giving away a Kindle Fire too!

Last week, Sue Oesterwind was the very lucky winner of our first iPad 2 giveaway.  It was such a huge sucess and so much fun to host that when Pluto Games contacted us and asked if we’d be interested in reviewing their app and giving away another iPad 2 we jumped on the offer!  How could we NOT allow our readers the awesome opportunity to win an iPad?!

Pluto Games has asked us to share a bit about their new (totally free!) app and is sponsoring this week’s prize. Pluto Games has several awesome iPad apps, including Pluto Learns Piano HD. The app is rated for kids 4 and up, and it gets 4.5 stars out of 18 reviews (it’s only been available since the sixth of this month).

Here is a brief blurb about the app from the developer:

✭ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ✭
✭ Old MacDonald Had a Farm ✭
✭ Oh! Susanna ✭
✭ The Wheels on the Bus ✭
✭ Swan Lake – Tchaikovsky ✭
✭ Cantata No. 147 – J.S. Bach ✭
✭ Ode To Joy – Beethoven ✭
✭ Minuet in A Major – Boccherini ✭
✭ Lullaby – Johannes Brahms ✭
✭ The Sailor’s Hornpipe ✭
✭ Gymnopédie No. 1 – Erik Satie ✭
✭ Sleeping Beauty – Tchaikovsky ✭

Our 9-year old has spent some time playing it recently and she absolutely loved it!  Haley has been wanting to learn how to play the piano, but buying a real piano (not to mention fitting it in our house) is a little impractical at this time. It’s very intuitive – she quickly figured out how to use the app on her own. She breezed through the first four songs in no time at all, and was already excitedly downloading new songs before we knew it.

From a parents perspective, this would never replace actual piano lessons. It would be awesome if it showed you the proper technique for playing the songs as well as which keys to play. We found our daughter basically playing Simon – she was thoroughly enjoying herself, but we noticed her pointer fingers being used more than the rest, kind of like someone who doesn’t know how to type on a computer. It does track your performance, however, so with enough play time you would most likely start learning correct technique (especially on more difficult songs) since you will not have a lot of time to press the keys if you’re only using two fingers.

Pluto Learns Piano HD is a very entertaining app, and I’m sure once her brothers find out about it they’ll be wanting a chance to play it too!  Head on over and download this free app and let us know what you think about it…

Enter to win the iPad 2…
There are a total of 6 methods of entry, you DO NOT have to do all 6 but you can if you wish.  Due to technical difficulties with Rafflecopter we’re back to the basic giveaway entry system.  You MUST leave a separate comment for each of the following 5 entries simply letting us know you’ve done them.  If you leave 1 comment with all 5 entries mentioned in that comment that is a whopping 1 entry for you.  I hope that makes sense.

1. Comment: Let us know…who is the first person you’d call if you won this iPad?
2. Like Pluto-Games on Facebook HERE and let them know The Frugal Find sent you!
3. Follow @PlutoGamesApps on Twitter HERE
4. Tweet About the Giveaway: Enter to win an iPad2 from @thefrugalfind & @PlutoGamesApps (once per day, leave a comment each time)
5. Share this Giveaway on Facebook HERE (once per day, leave a comment each time)
6. Follow The Frugal Find on Facebook HERE

Welcome to week #6 of the TFF Under Your Tree giveaway extravaganza!  This week’s prize is an Apple iPod touch 8 GB (black or white) courtesy of Ebates!

Ebates is partnering with us on our TFF Under Your Tree giveaway extravaganza and is sponsoring today’s prize.  Ebates wants you to know that they’ve got a sweet reward for shoppers, how does a $10 gift card sign up bonus sound?

If you’re new to Ebates and you sign up through this link you can choose a $10 gift card for Barnes & Noble, Target, Home Depot, or Magazines.com.  More than that though you can earn CASH BACK each and everytime you shop online through Ebates.  So if you’re planning to do any online shopping this year, head on over to Ebates first to see if they’re offering cash back at the store you’re about to shop at.

In the upcoming week we’ll be giving away another iPad2 (how awesome is that?!) and a Kindle Fire!  Tomorrow 12/12 is the last day to enter to win 1 of 5 $100 Starbucks gift cards, so get your entries in now!  Also make you’re following us in some way (facebook, twitter, email newsletter, etc) so that you don’t miss out!

Please note, we cannot guarantee that the winner will receive this prize before Christmas – but we will try!

A Starbucks coffee cup in hand makes for a very common sighting of me.  I’ll be sharing soon just how I attempt to make my Starbucks habit a bit more frugal, I do have some tricks up my sleeve!  Today is the first day of Starbucks’ 12 Days of Sharing promotion, and your special offer today is:  Holiday Starbucks Petites 4pk $3.95 or 2/$6.  If you text MERRY to 697289 Starbucks will send you a message each day reminding you of the deal that day.  I’ll be here in case you forget!

Now onto the giveaway, I am so very excited to announce that here at TFF we’ve teamed up with Starbucks this year to bring you a oh so hot giveaway - 5 Frugal Find readers will win a $100 Starbucks Gift Card.  A Starbucks gift card is the perfect way to give a gift of choice this year, everyone loves Starbucks right?!  I especially love the ease of sending a Starbucks eGift card, by email I can treat a long distance friend to a cup of coffee.

Enter to win:

This giveaway has ended! Congrats Laura llgroeller@ you’ve won this giveaway!  I’ve sent you an email, please respond within 48 to claim  your prize.

Here is the third and last giveaway of the day!  If you didn’t win the first two, you have another chance!

Cyber Monday is in FULL swing and Ebates has doubled the cash back at a multitude of stores, and in some cases more than that!  To celebrate, Ebates is sponsoring a giveaway here on The Frugal Find!  Ebates wants you to know that they’ve got a sweet reward for shoppers, how does a $10 gift card sign up bonus sound?   If you’re new to Ebates and you sign up through this link you can choose a $10 gift card for Barnes & Noble, Target, Home Depot, or Magazines.com.  More than that though you can earn CASH BACK each and everytime you shop online through Ebates.  So if you’re planning to do any online shopping this year, head on over to Ebates first to see if they’re offering cash back at the store you’re about to shop at.

Through November 30th, you can earn the following cash back rewards through Ebates.  You’ll get a check for any cash back that you’ve earned once per quarter as long as your account balance is $5 or more.

Barnes and Noble at 8%
Disney at 8%
Gap at 7%
Home Depot at 5%
Kohls at 4%
Lands End at 6%
Old Navy at 7%
The Body Shop at 10%
Walmart 2%
and MANY more…

Enter to win (3 entries per person):

1. You must sign up or be signed up for Ebates then leave a comment letting me know you’ve done this.
2. Like The Frugal Find on Facebook then leave a comment letting me know you’ve done this.
3. Leave a comment letting us know what your favorite online retailer is.

This giveaway has ended! Congrats Katrina Knmiller8406@ you’ve won this giveaway!  I’ve sent you an email, please respond within 48 to claim  your prize.

Here is the second giveaway of the day!  If you didn’t win the first one, you have another chance!

Cyber Monday is in FULL swing and Ebates has doubled the cash back at a multitude of stores, and in some cases more than that!  To celebrate, Ebates is sponsoring a giveaway here on The Frugal Find!  Ebates wants you to know that they’ve got a sweet reward for shoppers, how does a $10 gift card sign up bonus sound?   If you’re new to Ebates and you sign up through this link you can choose a $10 gift card for Barnes & Noble, Target, Home Depot, or Magazines.com.  More than that though you can earn CASH BACK each and everytime you shop online through Ebates.  So if you’re planning to do any online shopping this year, head on over to Ebates first to see if they’re offering cash back at the store you’re about to shop at.

Through November 30th, you can earn the following cash back rewards through Ebates.  You’ll get a check for any cash back that you’ve earned once per quarter as long as your account balance is $5 or more.

Barnes and Noble at 8%
Disney at 8%
Gap at 7%
Home Depot at 5%
Kohls at 4%
Lands End at 6%
Old Navy at 7%
The Body Shop at 10%
Walmart 2%
and MANY more…

Enter to win (3 entries per person):

1. You must sign up or be signed up for Ebates then leave a comment letting me know you’ve done this.
2. Like The Frugal Find on Facebook then leave a comment letting me know you’ve done this.
3. Leave a comment letting us know what’s on YOUR Christmas list (what do YOU want this year?)

This giveaway has ended (but there is another one going on over HERE)  Congrats Gretchen grethoag@ you’ve won this giveaway!  I’ve sent you an email, please respond within 48 to claim  your prize.

Throughout the day today there will be (3) Super 5 Hour Quick Giveaways – each one for $100 Cash!  So if you don’t win this one, you’ll have another chance.  Check back in often and get your entries in!

Cyber Monday is in FULL swing and Ebates has doubled the cash back at a multitude of stores, and in some cases more than that!  To celebrate, Ebates is sponsoring a giveaway here on The Frugal Find!  Ebates wants you to know that they’ve got a sweet reward for shoppers, how does a $10 gift card sign up bonus sound?   If you’re new to Ebates and you sign up through this link you can choose a $10 gift card for Barnes & Noble, Target, Home Depot, or Magazines.com.  More than that though you can earn CASH BACK each and everytime you shop online through Ebates.  So if you’re planning to do any online shopping this year, head on over to Ebates first to see if they’re offering cash back at the store you’re about to shop at.

Through November 30th, you can earn the following cash back rewards through Ebates.  You’ll get a check for any cash back that you’ve earned once per quarter as long as your account balance is $5 or more.

Barnes and Noble at 10%
Disney at 8%
Gap at 7%
Home Depot at 5%
Kohls at 6%
Lands End at 6%
Old Navy at 7%
The Body Shop at 10%
Walmart 2%
and MANY more…

Enter to win (3 entries per person):

1. You must sign up or be signed up for Ebates then leave a comment letting me know you’ve done this.
2. Like The Frugal Find on Facebook then leave a comment letting me know you’ve done this.
3. Leave a comment letting us know what you’ll spend this $100 cash on if you win.

OK guys, I have a fun favor to ask of you.  Remember the FREE Coastal Contacts offer on No More Rack, well it’s still going and because it’s still going we have the opportunity to win a Kindle Fire for ONE OF YOU!  How does that work?  I’m glad you asked…

For every new reader we send to No More Rack we get 1 credit with our credits we can redeem them for prizes.  It takes 200 credits (or 200 referrals) to win a Kindle Fire.  We’d LOVE to win this so we can give it away here on The Frugal Find.  So far we have 70 183 credits and we need just 130 17 more.  We get nothing else out of this, there is no other incentive other than this Kindle Fire for YOU!

It’s easy and completely free to participate…

All you have to do to help us reach this goal is to head on over and sign up for No More Rack through this link, that’s it!  While you’re there you can grab the FREE $99 Coastal Contact offer if you’d like (it’s still going) but you don’t have to.

We’ll update you throughout the day here to let you know where we’re at.  As soon as we get to 200, we’ll “cash in” for the Kindle Fire then when it ships to us we’ll host a giveaway here on TFF!  This offer stands for as long as it takes us to get to 200!