We purchased some new windows for the house last year and I’m pleased to be able to take a tax credit for them. The credit has been extended to 2010, so we’ll be sure and try and purchase some more this year. (Yes, it’s a slow process) Every little bit helps, though. And a 30% tax credit helps you recoup your investment that much quicker!

If you purchased any of the below in 2009 (or will in 2010) you’ll want to be sure and take credit.

• Biomass Stoves
• HVAC
• Insulation
• Roofing
• Water Heaters
• Windows and Doors

The below items are eligible for the credit into 2016.

• Solar Energy Systems
• Wind Energy Systems
• Geothermal Heat Pump
• Fuel Cells

Check this site for details.

Tax credits work for me! To see more WFMW tips visit Rocks in My Dryer.

I just had to tell you about a wonderful deal my friend Susanne, aka, The Hillbilly Housewife has going on right now! The special offer is ONLY for her newsletter subscribers, but she will be sending out an email with the link, to her subscribers in the morning. If you want to get it on it, head on over and sign up for her newsletter today! However, I can give you a sneak peek of what she’ll be offering.

Until midnight on March 12th 2010 you can get her entire crockpot cooking collection for 50% OFF (yes, you read that right)

If the 50% discount isn’t enough to have you heading to her website, these FOUR free gifts will surely do the trick.

* Bonus 1: Homemade Breads and Rolls
Almost every crockpot meal I serve for dinner has a hot bead on the side. Here are my favorite quick bread and breadmaker recipes that go perfect with just about any crockpot meal.

* Bonus 2: Pantry Cooking Guide
If you ever stand in front of our pantry at 5pm trying to come up with something for dinner, you need this ebook. Find out what you should have stocked in your pantry, then try one of the many yummy (and fast) recipes.

* Bonus 3: Cut Your Grocery Budget in Half
Just imagine how much you can save each month if you could cut your grocery budget in half. I show you how I did just that.

* Bonus 4: My Favorite Recipes
I put together a short little printable report with my own favorites from the Hillbilly Housewife website. Print it and stick it in your household binder.

WHEW! That’s a lot of goodies… and you get it all FREE when you try the entire crockpot cooking collection for 50% off.

So head over right now and sign up for her newsletter. Tomorrow morning you’ll have the link to this special offer. And do check out her site as she has lots of great resources.

CurrClick’s freebie of the week is a set of 50 bird notebooking pages from Notebooking Nook. These are really lovely, and if you don’t homeschool, they still make nice stationary for the kids. Check them out! You can click preview to see if you want to go ahead and download them or not.

I’ve received comments from some  who would prefer to prepay for a year long Molly Membership, rather than be billed monthly. Therefore, I have set up a prepayment option in the store. Unfortunately, this won’t give you immediate access like the subscription program will, since we’ll need to set it up manually. But you’ll normally have access in a matter of an hour or two. The listing does state to allow 24-48 hours, but that was just to be on the safe side. As long as I’m online, I’ll get you set up immediately and you’ll receive an email with your login info.

The prepay option will give you 12 months from when you sign up. So, if you subscribe in March, your subscription will go through February of 2011. Be sure and leave your desired username and login in the comments when you check out so we can get you set up with something you can remember! If you’re more comfortable with one prepayment, than our monthly subscription, just click the banner below.

Have you seen our Amazon Book Store yet? My team and I have worked really hard at finding books on living a more frugal lifestyle and have put them all in one place for you!

These books are some of my very favorite. How would you like to win one of the books of your choice?

Here is how YOU can win!

Simply go to our Econobusters Amazon Store and browse through all of our book choices. Then come back here and leave me a comment letting me know which book is your favorite and why. The contest will end on Sunday and a winner will be chosen on Monday morning, the 15th.

If you are reading this on Facebook or Twitter, you need to go to the actual blog post to enter your entry. If you post it on Facebook or Twitter, your entry will not be considered.

By the way, let me know what you think about the store. If you have some book suggestions, send them to me and I might add them to the store!

Good luck!

Sometimes you find a great bargain at your local department store! I love when I get new things at yard sale prices. This past weekend, I was at Wal-Mart getting a few odd and ends when I ran across this:

I bought a few of these last year around this same time. Evidently, they did not sell them all then, so they put the remainder of what they had out this time and marked them down extremely low!

I got each of these binders for .50 each and the packet of dividers were only .10 each! My daughter and I both are using these for school things. Hers are to hold papers and mine are for my household binder I am making with the neat printable forms I share in each Digest.

This is one of the best deals I have found! I sure hope they keep up bringing out things like this at Wal-Mart.

What about you? Do you stock pile school supplies when you find them this cheap?

We are experiencing gorgeous weather today, and I admit, it’s making me anxious for spring. If you’re getting antsy as well, you can at least set your computer to look like spring. HERE is my all time favorite desktop wallpaper sites. They have breathtaking scenery shots that are clean and simple. I linked you to the Spring pages, but browse around and see what else you might like.

My current choice is on page 8, but I change frequently, because it’s so difficult to pick just one.

I guess I’ll quit. I could just keep showing you gorgeous pictures! This has got to be the easiest, cheapest way to Spring Clean that there is!

To use a picture on your desktop, click the numbers by the little red arrow (1920 x 1200). You’ll then get the full size version. Right click and choose “set as desktop background.”

Enjoy!

I received these in my email in-box yesterday, so I thought I would share them with you!

Hello Frugal Friends,

Some of you may already know about the upcoming Glade Fragrance Collection deal starting at Walgreens on 3/7/10.  When you combine the $2 printable coupon and the $2 March Walgreens coupon, in addition to the sale price starting 3/7, you can get either the diffuser or 3 wick candle for $1.99

Here’s my post if you’re interested:

http://www.frugalshoppingwithjulie.com/2010/03/glade-fragrance-collection-diffuser-or.html

Did you know that Newman’s Own Organics has recently went live with some printable coupons?  The Newman’s Own line has had printable coupons for some time, but the Organics division had not.  They are both two separate websites and lines of products.  The coupons are a bit limited at this time, but they hope to add more very soon.

Here is a link to my post. I am also having a giveaway of some great Newman’s Own Organics products, if you think your readers may be interested.

http://www.frugalshoppingwithjulie.com/2010/03/newmans-own-organics-giveaway-printable.html

I’ve got up the pictures to our latest work. It was big so I split it over different posts so it seems that best link to use is for the Free Stuff! page. http://hebrews110.wordpress.com/free-stuff/

Easter is only one month away! Knowing the many Names of Jesus the Bible uses can help us better understand the significance of Christ’s work on the cross. We at Rose Publishing hope you’ll take a moment to download and share this FREE 10 Names of Jesus for Easter eChart. This eChart will be available for you to download and share for a limited time only!

This FREE downloadable Bible chart gives 10 Names of Jesus related to Easter/Passover, including: “Redeemer,” “Resurrection and the Life,” and “Bread of Life.” It also gives references, related titles, meaning, and insights regarding each of the 10 names. Click this link to download and share your FREE Names of Jesus for Easter eChart now!

Hope you enjoy these resources!

I am in the process of putting the finishing touches on Monday’s newsletter. This one is all about herbs and I cannot tell you how excited I am about all the neat stuff I found! Be sure and sign up for this wonderful free resource so you don’t miss out!

Here are today’s freebies:

• Jamin’s freebies this week are all about the weather.
• TOS has some great freebies this week that they found: Hero Tales of American History and Dan’s Doodles II.
• Value Mags is offering a free 10 issue digital subscription to Garden Design.
• Porter Adventist Hospital is offering a free water bottle when you take the cardiac risk quiz. This offer is available to Colorado residents only for a limited time.
• AudioFile is offering a free audio book download of Alice In Wonderland.
• Parent’s Choice is offering free samples of their Premium and Advantage infant formulas.
• Poetry.org is offering free National Poetry Month Poster.
• On Tuesday March 9, McDonalds will be giving away a free breakfast that includes an Egg McMuffin, Apple Dippers, and OJ or milk to South Florida students under 15 and in grades 3-11 who will be taking the FCAT exam. The breakfast will be served from 6-9am and all students must be accompanied by a parent.
• L ‘Oreal is offering a free sample of EverStrong hair care.
• Nescafe is offering a free single serve 6 pack sample of Taster’s Choice coffee.
• Residents of Southwest Washington State and the greater Portland Oregon area can get a free Thermometer and Dry Erase Board.
• Nature’s Select is offering a free sample of their Super Premium pet food.
• Fisher Price is offering free printable coloring greeting cards.
• Walmart is offering a free sample of Beneful IncrediBites.
• Students can receive a free Blockbuster Favorites movie rental at participating Blockbuster locations when they get good grades. Click here for all the details.
• Mercury Magazines is offering a free digital subscription to Redbook magazine.
• ChristianAudio.com is offering two free audio book downloads for the month of March.
• Amazon.com is offering a free Chopin 200 Years MP3 Classical Sampler download.
• Warner’s is offering a free E.L.F. Manicure Kit when you sign up.
• Sign up to be on the Houston Garden Center email list and you will receive a free $25 gift card. You must live in the Houston area to receive this offer.
• Sign up here to receive a free digital subscription to Home School Enrichment Magazine.
• Game Plan For Life is offering a free bible.
• Sign up to receive a free Texas Tornado Hockey Keychain.
• $5 Dinners has some free menu planning printables!
• Red Robin has an e-club and if you sign up, you can get a free deluxe burger on your birthday
• Money-Saving Mom has a free *pack* of menu planning printables!
• For a limited time, Denny’s is offering endless FREE French Fries and Pancakes when you make a minimum purchase an entree of $2.50 or more that includes pancakes or french fries (for each person wanting to take advantage of this offer).  We do not see an expiration date, but this just started, so enjoy! I would call your local location to be sure they are participating!
• Sign up for Kodak Gallery HERE, and you will automatically get 50 free prints! Add 100 prints to your cart, and check out with code 50FREE to get an additional 50 free prints on top of the 50 free for signing up.  Shipping will be $1.99.  The code expires March 11, 2010, but possibly sooner depending on how many orders they get. (thanks Thrifty Mama!)

That’s it for the freebies this week! Hope you have a wonderful Friday! Remember, if something is offensive or not working, please email me and let me know. I do my best to check all of these before posting them, but sometimes one will get away from me!

I just read on My Dallas Mommy where Albertson’s has Land O’ Frost lunch meat on sale for $2.00. You can print two $2/1 (two dollars off one item) coupons HERE to get two packages for free!

You can find more of this week’s Albertsons deals HERE. Miracle Whip and Mayo are on sale for $1.99 so all you need is bread and you’ve got some cheap sandwich fixins!