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Halloween Shopping Tips (and the App to Help You Save!)

October 11, 2015 · by Tiffany Merritt · Leave a Comment

Thanks to Retale for partnering with me on today’s post (and thanks for making such a great app that is saving me $$$!) As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Yesterday I was perusing the aisles of Target and it took some mighty restraint on my part not to put pretty much everything related to Halloween in my cart. They had some AMAZING decor items, and don’t get me started on the costumes!

I did go for one particular item, though: Halloween candy. And I made my purchase not purely on a whim, but because I saw the great deal on Halloween candy that Target was offering, thanks to my Retale app:

I knew I would be buying 2 big bags of candy sometime in the next 2 weeks, and buy 1, get 1 50% off was a good deal in my book, especially since most years I’m buying candy the night before Halloween and paying full retail price. Thanks, Retale, for showing me a great buy I could snag guilt-free!

This brings me to the big tip for today’s post: before you head to the checkout counter (be it online or in store) take a second to check for deals or coupons. I use Retale to see if there might be any special coupons I don’t know about or if there’s a sale that makes a trip over to the stores I frequent warranted.

Retale is completely free to use, and it serves as a circular aggregator for you. There’s no need to go through the Sunday paper for ad inserts or even go from store site to store site online seeing what’s on sale in your area. Retale shows you everything you want to know! I can search for everything from boneless chicken on sale to Batgirl costumes.

Guess which one I searched for most recently? 😉

This brings me to my second tip: shop around for those costumes! Unless your child wants to be something unheard of, like a unicorn/kitten hybrid (side note: AWESOME costume idea!), you can probably find several merchants who are offering similar, if not identical costumes that your child would want. And trust me, they are competing HARD for your business, so make sure you pay the best possible price!

Finally, if there’s something you’ve really got your eye on, but you are waiting for the best offer, use Retale to be alerted about new offers from those merchants (I have this set for my beloved Kohl’s so that I’m always snagging at least an extra 15% off any time I shop there). This is a great way to make sure you shop at the right time for your wallet! 🙂

Retale is a super useful, super free app designed to help keep more of your money in your pocket and to free up more of your time. Time is my most precious commodity, and we’re spending the time Retale saves us on awesome things, like superhero training lessons (how did folks parent before Youtube?). 🙂

Finding the Best Deals, Wherever You Are: There’s an App for That!

August 27, 2015 · by Tiffany Merritt · Leave a Comment

Thanks to Retale for partnering with me to make today’s post possible. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

I make no bones about it: I like shopping online. But there are times when you just have to suck it up and get out there to get something you need now. Like erasable color pencils. Did you know these are a thing???

Kids these days and their fancy school supplies. When I was a kid if you messed up when using your colored pencils, you just had to suffer the consequences on imperfection.

Where was I? Oh yes…urgent shopping matters. So in preparation for the school yearwe had to go shopping for school supplies such as that crazy invention shown above, and also for a few other items that needed in-person inspection, like shoes and a few fun new outfits. If I had known about the app Retale at the time, it could have saved me some time and money!

First, it would have kept me from awkwardly yanking on locked doors at Kohl’s a full hour before the store opened. I’ve pulled up the store hours so many times on my laptop that I thought I had them memorized, so of course the one time I didn’t bother to check I was too early and had to come back the following day, which wasted about an hour of my time between all the driving back and forth. The Retale app could have shown me shopping hours at my local Kohl’s in just a few clicks.

Retale could have also shown me where I could find those blasted erasable colored pencils (ok, I admit it, I’m totally jealous that these weren’t around when I was a kid). I went to three different stores trying to find them, when I could have just pulled up the circulars for places like Office Depot, Target and Walmart and not only found them, but also seen which store had them on sale, which would have saved me time AND money.

Retale shows you all your local sales so you don’t have to flip through flyers and clutter up your home. And if there are stores you especially love to shop at, you can ask to receive notifications about new promotions so that you never miss a great sale. retale app

This is a very useful app, no? But it gets better! You can create a shopping list and even clip coupons right in the app, so you can make a list and not leaving on your kitchen table (something I’ve done roughly 500 times) and not leave those valuable coupons on the table, either.

Retale is totally free (of course!) and available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. You can also take advantage of all those aggregated circulars on the Retale website if you’d rather browse from a laptop or desktop. Check it out and see what you think!

Back-to-School Savings Made Easy with RetailMeNot

July 14, 2013 · by Tiffany Merritt · Leave a Comment

Back-to-School Savings!

Want to know a simple online shopping trick that has saved me several hundred dollars over the years and takes all of 5 seconds? Every time I shop online, prior to checking out I head over to RetailMeNot.com and see if there is a special coupon or offer for that store that I can take advantage of and save a bit of money. As back-to-school season gears up, I want you to get in the same habit I’m already in, and check out RetailMeNot before placing any more online orders!

I would say that at least 75% of the time I discover a way to knock the price down a bit, either by scoring free shipping or taking a certain dollar amount off the price. If I’m not feeling picky about the particular store I shop at, I can almost always find at least one store that is running a special offer for that type of item, as well. It is one of the easiest ways I have yet to find to save money, and it all happens at RetailMeNot, the largest digital coupon website in the United States.

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Right now at RetaillMeNot you can score coupons for everything from school uniforms, to backpacks, to books, and even for desktops and laptops.All of the coupons found on RetailMeNot are totally free. There’s nothing to buy and LOTS to save!

In particular, think about all that you can save on supplies for the classroom. For the 2013-2014 school year, schools in 35 states are operating with budgets that haven’t been this low since 2008. Budget cuts are very real and teachers are having to dig even deeper into their own pockets to help pay for supplies for their students. Be part of the solution this year by donating some supplies you can score through RetailMeNot for an amazing price!

Win a Classroom Shopping Spree!

RetailMeNot is also hosting a really fantastic contest where you can win a classroom shopping spree! Entering is really simple. All you need to do is create a video (nothing fancy necessary!) nominating your favorite teacher who could really use some extra school supplies. The teacher who wins will get a 3 minutes Costco shopping spree, all thanks to RetailMeNot! From computers, to crayons to snacks for the kids, there’s no limit to the great things that could be snagged at that store! Check out the official rules and details here, and get your nomination in by Saturday, August 10, 2013. One lucky teacher is going to win…why shouldn’t it be the one you know deserves it?

Find Even More Deals!

Back-to-school savings at RetailMeNot barely even scratch the surface of all you can find there. You can find sales (one of my favorite things to browse!), as well as deals at local ! You can even stay informed about the best deals while you are out and about. Just download the, and you can make sure you are always getting the best deal at the mall or other stores you might frequent. This was something I actually didn’t know about, but you better believe I just downloaded it, myself!

Are you ready for back-to-school shopping? Can you believe it is already time??? What’s on your list this year? Are you already a RetailMeNot fan, like me?

Thanks to RetailMeNot for sponsoring this content. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own, as always.