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Let’s Thank Tara for All She Does!

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Hey everyone, this is Mandi, the Project Administrator here at Deal Seeking Mom.

If you follow Tara on Twitter, you may have already seen her tweet from earlier today:

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She broke her foot pretty severely while on vacation a couple of weeks ago and found out yesterday that she would need surgery today because she tore ligaments in it as well. She’s in surgery right now, and I wanted to open a post for comments letting her know that we’re thinking about and/or praying for her and wishing her the best!

Grocery Grab Poll: What Stores Do You Want to See Covered?

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produce sectionAs we work to expand the Grocery Grab both here on the blog and on the forums, Tara wants to be sure that we’re covering the stores that are most important to you as Deal Seeking Mom readers.

If you could take just a few seconds to share your favorite grocery stores, that would be a huge help to us as we work on covering more of them on a weekly basis!

Please note that there is an embedded survey in this post. If you’re reading this in a feed reader or by email, you may need to click through to the actual post in order to participate. We appreciate you taking the time to share your favorite stores!

If you’re interested in providing weekly coverage for a store that Tara doesn’t currently feature, please email me with the store(s) you cover and a link to a recent deals post for each.

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Watch Me Score! on WalletPop

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If you’re been a long-time reader, you might remember that one of my bloggy New Year’s Resolutions was to create more vlogs for my site. Unfortunately, I haven’t kept this resolution very well, but thanks to WalletPop, I’ll be able to share new videos on at least a monthly basis!

Check out my brand new feature, Watch Me Score! on WalletPop.

Please note if you’re reading this in a feed reader or via email, you may need to click through to the original post to view the episode.

These were all deals that I scored using the Target deals I posted for the week of 7/26/09. Be sure to check out the current Target Weekly Deals so you can score your own bargains!

Stay tuned for future episodes at other stores covered here on Deal Seeking Mom . . .

Announcing the Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database!

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Tara and I have been hard at work behind the scenes to make her vision for the most intuitive, user-friendly coupon database on the internet a reality, and we’re excited to announce its launch today!

The Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database is a comprehensive listing of coupons from newspaper inserts and printable coupon sites such as Coupons.com, SmartSource.com and Redplum.com as well as e-coupons from CellFire and Upromise. We’ll be adding Bricks coupons and those listed on manufacturer sites as we go forward, but we didn’t want you to have to wait any longer to start using it!

A couple of the features that we’re very excited about include:

  • An expandable view to give you even more information about each coupon, including limitations, product categories and subcategories.
  • A blogging format field for bloggers that allows you to simply copy and paste the information for each coupon as you’re doing your coupon match-ups.
  • A comprehensive search feature that allows you to sort coupons by brand, description, source and more.

Perhaps the most exciting feature, though, are the Personal Coupon Boxes! That’s right – you can create an account to keep track of all of the coupons you currently have in your stash to make your own personal shopping and saving easier. With your Personal Coupon Box, you can:

  • Add your own regional or specialty coupons that aren’t in the main database.
  • Edit the quantity of each coupon.
  • Edit the expiration date on printable coupons based on the date you print them.

I’m still updating the database with the new printable coupons that came out today as well as this week’s inserts, and we have some tweaking to do as we figure out what works best for you, but we hope it will be a resource that helps you take your deal-seeking to the next level!

We welcome your comments and suggestions on any additional features that would make the database more useful to you. Feel free to email me at [email protected]!

Mandi Ehman is the Project Administrator for Deal Seeking Mom.

Reminder: ALL YOU Magazine 2 Years For $16 Ends Tomorrow!

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Just a quick reminder that the fantastic ALL YOU magazine special ends at noon PST tomorrow, Friday, July 31st. If you want to snag a 2-year subscription to this money-saving magazine for just $16, you’ll have to act now! The price will increase substantially in August, so this is probably the last time you’ll see a deal this good on it.

Please direct all questions to allyou @ dealseekingmom.com (remove the spaces). Thanks!