Every ShopAtHome.com user knows what Black Friday and Cyber Monday mean here on the site: great deals, exclusive coupon codes and, of course, extra cash back rebates! So, we decided to make it even easier for each and every one of you!

Starting today, we have our Black Friday page up and running, where we’re collecting all of the latest Black Friday coupon codes, deals, discounts and more, as well as tracking the big buying trends that are important to you.

Why are we doing this? Because you’re important to us! We know that the holidays are a time for joy, but they also bring with them some massive stress and concerns about money. That’s where we come in: saving you even bigger money with our Black Friday deals (and don’t forget Cyber Monday deals, too!), right when you need it most.

So, what are you waiting for? Head over to our Black Friday page to learn more about what ShopAtHome.com is doing to save you money this holiday season!

Walgreen’s program works a little like the CVS ECB’s program in the way that you’ll receive instant rebates when you buy certain products during a certain time period called Register Rewards (RR).  I will refer to them as an RR which is what you’ll see on most blogs.  RR’s (Register Rewards) will print out at the end of your transaction from a machine called a Catalina.   You do not need any kind of reward card at Walgreen’s, it’s automatic when you make your purchase, which means there really are no limits on how many times you can go back into the store to buy the items, however, it’s nice to leave product on the shelves for other people.  Just a common courtesy!

Each week in the sales ad you’ll find all the deals that will print out RR’s.  These are always a limit of one per transaction.  You can use coupons when buying these products which means if the RR is for the full value of the item, you not only get it for FREE, but you’ll make money on it.  Here’s an example:

Robitussin To Go 2pk, On Sale $2.99 Get $2.99 RR
Use $1.00 coupon from Sunday paper or printable coupon (what ever it happens to be)
Total Out of Pocket = $1.99
Get $2.99 RR for your next transaction

Now you can go and buy another Robitussion To Go 2pk with that $2.99 RR you just received BUT if you do, you will not receive another RR.  Reason being is they will not print since you received the RR for the same item you are purchasing.  But if you want another FREE one, then go right ahead!

Walgreen’s also has store coupons that you can combine with manufacturer’s coupons to maximize your savings.  These Walgreens store coupons can be found in the store, usually right next to the weekly ad.  Each month, they print a booklet with store coupons that are good all month.  Grab one at the beginning of the month and keep an eye on these items going on sale because if so, you’ll save even more.  Use a manufacturer’s coupons and possibly get it for FREE.  Here’s an example:

Kleenex Tissue, On Sale $1.19
Use $.55/3 coupon from Sunday paper or printable coupon
Use $1.00 Walgreen’s coupon from monthly booklet (this will take $1.00 off for each one you buy so if you buy 4, the register will deduct $4.00)
Buy 4 (you’ll need one extra to eat up the overage because the register will not give you money back)
Total Out of Pocket = $.21 for 4 boxes of Kleenex

One thing you have to watch out for when using the RR’s on your next purchase.  The register reads them as manufacturer’s coupons and for each item you purchase you can have 1 manufactures coupon and 1 store coupon.   If you are buying 1 item and using 2 coupons, you won’t be able to use your RR because you are already using a manufactures coupon, as far as the register is concerned.  When this happens, all you have to do is toss in a small item as a filler and then you’ll have no problems.  Here is an example using the $2.99 RR from the first example above:

Charmin 9pk, On Sale $5.99
Use $1.00 coupon from Sunday paper or printable coupon
Use $.50 Walgreen’s coupon from monthly booklet
Use $2.99 RR from first transaction above
Pencil, On sale 2/$1.00 – Buy 1 (filler item)
Total Out of Pocket = $1.75

If you did all 3 transactions above you’d have the following items for only $3.95 out of pocket with a regular price of at least $13.99.
(1) Robitussin To Go 2pk
(4) Kleenex
(1) Charmin 9pk
(1) Pencil

And make sure when looking through the weekly sale ad check to see if milk, bread, eggs or even snacks for the kids lunches are on sale.  You can use your register rewards to get them for FREE or next to FREE.  That stuff doesn’t all have to be bought at the Food Store.  It may also save you a trip!

Each Sunday, I list the best Walgreen’s deals and what you can get for FREE on my blog.  You can see them here.

Daily Deals:

Today (Tuesday, November 17): Get 14% Cash Back Rebates (normally 7%) when you shop at Nautica.com
Thursday, November 19: 4% Cash Back Rebates (normally 2%) at Radio Shack.
Sunday, November 22: 20% Cash Back Rebates (normally 10%) at Zazzle.com.

Let’s Go WILD:

Today’s Deal: Save 36% on Origins Best Selling Modern Friction™ cream and get Free Shipping! Now only $24.12!

As for what’s coming up? Let’s just say that we’ve got 7 very good reasons for you to shop for your newest computer needs!

Super Savings:

Lancome is having a Free Shipping Week that ends 11/20. Use code HOLIDAY9 to get Free Shipping on ANY order plus Deluxe Samples of Dual Finish, L’Absolu Rouge Lipcolor and Juicy Tubes with every order!

1. Head to ShopAtHome.com’s Lancome Coupons Page.
2. Click on the SHOP NOW Button.
3. Pick out what you want to get from Lancome.com (I personally love their Color Fever Gloss & Plumper).
4. Add code “HOLIDAY9″ at checkout. No matter what, you get Free Shipping and the three deluxe samples, but if you spend $50, you also get extra samples in your order.

As an added bonus, you get 9% Cash Back Rebates on any of your purchases through ShopAtHome.com. So, if you spend $50, you get Free Shipping, up to 10 total samples and $4.50 deposited into your ShopAtHome.com account!

Here’s a great Christmas gift at an even better price! Save $50 off of a Garmin Nuvi 200 at Birdys! Here’s how to get this deal:

1. Head to the Birdys Coupons page on ShopAtHome.com
2. Click the big SHOP NOW button.
3. In Birdys’ Search Box, look up “Garmin Nuvi 200″.
4. Find the right item (note: The Garmin Nuvi 200W will NOT get you this deal.), and add it to your cart.
5. If the discount isn’t added automatically, use code “NUVIBIRDY” to get $50 off!
6. This will make the Garmin Nuvi 200 only $109.99, plus you get Free Shipping and 1% Cash Back Rebates on your purchase from ShopAtHome.com!

Another GREAT Gift idea (or something that’d be great to share!): the 2010 Entertainment Book… and it’s on SALE! Get 20% off and Free Shipping available only till 11/24. Here’s how to get this deal:

1. Go to ShopAtHome.com’s Entertainment Book page.
2. Click on the coupon for 20% off and Free Shipping.
3. Put your Zip Code into the Search Box.
4. When your Entertainment Book pops up, it should already be marked 20% off. When you purchase the book, you’ll also receive $7.00 Cash Back Rebates from ShopAtHome.com, saving you 40%!

Here are some of the best shopping tips for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, all from people who know the best ways to save money: ShopAtHome.com users!

If anyone is planning on Black Friday shopping, put together a shopping team with friends and family. Put together a wish list with your team. Then go over all the ads, even Black Friday online sales that might take place. Search for any Black Friday coupons via paper or online printable coupons. Group similar items by store. Map out the store routes that you want to hit and know the store layouts. It is best if you split up in several cars so you can hit all the best sales as soon as the doors open. You can have several people staying home to watch all the kids and one person doing the online shopping. Putting together a game plan will ensure you get the items on your wishlist.

- Neeley M.

Many stores, including Kohl’s and Walmart, have online Black Friday deals that are very similar to the sales that people beat down the doors at 4 a.m. to grab. On Thanksgiving night, I set up my shopping station next to my bed. I have my laptop. my circulars, and my credit cards ready to go. I set my alarm for whatever time the sales are set to begin, and grab the deals that I really want- cozy in my pjs! The following Monday I’m at it again- Cyber Monday! Amazing deals to be had- usually especially on electronics and other tech-y items.

- Devon S.

Black Friday…. I know, I know, people try and avoid black Friday like the plague or like that co-worker who stinks real bad. But here is how to make Black Friday shopping work for you. After you have eaten your HUGE thanksgiving dinner and you are feeling blissful and satisfied (this part is very important, simple because the idea of shopping at 5am the next morning would seem crazy if you weren’t in a turkey coma!) sit down with the Black Friday deals from that day’s paper, your computer and a pen and paper. As far as internet ads go, I look up EVERY store that I am looking at a paper ad for. Simple because that particular store may have a great instore deal but an even better online deal or visa versa. Store such as Best Buy, Toys-R-Us, and Target have both in store and online coupons and deals exclusively for Black Friday, so be sure to check them both out.

- Jamie D.

But lucky for all of you doubters, Barnes and Noble Bookstore has created a great way for you to find precisely the book you want: their groundbreaking BookBrowser. This system offers descriptions and bestseller lists to help you choose the right reading material.

So you can find the right book (and even grab a DVD, some music and much more) at the world’s largest online bookstore. But, you don’t want to pay full price, do you? Don’t worry; that’s what ShopAtHome.com is here to help you with! With a huge collection of the latest Barnes and Noble coupons available any time, day or night, and the ability to give you more Cash Back than many other sites, ShopAtHome.com is the place to go to when you’re ready to get your hands on the latest Dan Brown novel for the train ride home.

And while you’re on ShopAtHome.com, look around at the coupon codes available. Whether you’re interested in getting that subscription to Vogue (at an extra $5 off), or 40% off the latest releases, ShopAtHome.com offers you the best Barnes and Noble coupons, and all you have to do is click on the link to head over to the site! Once you’ve bought that book you’ve been pining over, get ready… it gets even better!

As if great Barnes and Noble coupons weren’t enough, ShopAtHome.com also gives you 7% Cash Back on any purchases from the site (including those made with coupon codes!), which makes shopping for all your multimedia needs even easier. Let ShopAtHome.com make your Barnes and Noble buys painless and fun, all while putting cash right back into your wallet just for shopping!

Hello ShopAtHome Blog Readers! I’m honored to have the privilege of doing occasional guest posting here over the next few months.

Today, I’m going to share with you some of our family’s secrets to feeding our family on $40 a week. Yes, I really just said $40 per week. And no, we’re not starving or living on Ramen. In fact, we eat quite a healthful and varied diet and only spend $40 per week maximum at the grocery store. (You can see some of our weekly menu plans here.)

But before I dive into the details, let me back up and introduce myself. I’m Crystal Paine, also known as Money Saving Mom, and am married to my wonderful husband Jesse and am mother to three precious little ones.

I’ve always been a frugal zealot, but when my husband and I got married almost seven years ago, my frugality had to be taken to a whole new level as we scrimped to make it through three years of law school without debt. During those years, I learned quite a few new and creative ways to maximize the mileage of what little money we had. And one area I found we could really pinch pennies in was our grocery budget.

Because of the things I learned during our lean law school years, we now are able to feed our family of five on $40 a week. I could write a whole book on how we do it, but in this series, I’ll just share a few simple tips which anyone can use if you want to see significant savings on your grocery bill:

1)      Plan a menu.

If you don’t have a plan, you’re naturally going to spend more money. Taking 15 to 30 minutes each week to write down a menu plan could save you $30 or more per week. That’s like getting paid at least $1-$2 per minute for the time spent planning!

If you’re new to menu-planning, it’s really not as hard as it might seem. You can find some comprehensive articles on the subject here, here, and here.

2)      Plan your menu based upon what you have on hand and what is on sale at the store.

Once you feel comfortable with menu-planning, it’s time to take it up another notch. Save even more money by using your cupboards, refrigerator, pantry, and freezer as the starting point for your weekly meal plan.

If you open up your freezer and see you have chicken and frozen broccoli and you open up your cupboard and see a bag of rice, you have the beginnings of Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole. Just add cheese and cream of chicken soup to your grocery list and you have everything you need for one dinner that week.

Or maybe you find you have a roast and a bag of potatoes. Buy some carrots and you can make Roast, Potatoes, and Carrots in the crockpot.

One great resource for coming up with recipes based upon what you already have on hand is by using the Ingredient Search feature from AllRecipes. Type in the ingredients you have and those you don’t have, and it will pull up a list of recipes you can make.

Two other websites you can consult for recipes based upon ingredients you have on hand are SuperCook and Recipe Matcher.

Once you feel like you’re getting the hang of planning your menu based upon what you have on hand, I recommend that you start consulting your store’s sale fliers, too. Most grocery store chains have their weekly sale fliers available online. When you’re in the middle of planning your menu and grocery list, quickly browse through these sale fliers and see if there are any exceptional deals on things you need or things you will use in the next few months.

Much of the time, the best deals stores are running will be listed on the front page. However, be aware that just because something is listed in the sales flier it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a great deal. As you become more familiar with grocery store sales, you’ll start to learn when items are at their rock-bottom prices. We’ll talk more about this in Part 2.

To be continued…

Welcome back for another round of our Dreamy Deals! Hope you’re ready for the biggest steals of the season, because they’re quickly starting to come our way… and we’re ready to share them with you!

Daily Deals:

Wednesday, November 11: 14% Cash Back Rebate (normally 7%) at Barnes and Noble

Thursday, November 12: 6% Cash Back Rebate (normally 3%) at Walmart

Sunday, November 15: 3% Cash Back Rebate (normally 1.5%) at Apple Store

Let’s Go WILD:

Today’s WILD Deal: Save 58% on a Shiny Frost-Free Jacket from Old Navy. Stay warm and style for only $25!

Look out tomorrow for a very fashionable and JUICY deal!

Crazy Coupons:

There’s a big deal going on at Ulta this week: get 10 free samples with any $35 online order AND save $3.50 off any $10 purchase with code 23887! Plus, shopping through ShopAtHome.com means you get an extra 8% Cash Back Rebate!

Veterans Day Sale at Tilly’s – Use promo code VETERANS to get 20% off all Clearance Items until Nov. 11.

Save at Delia’s and get $20 off orders over $50 with code 20DEL50 (Expires 11.12.09)

Featured Freebies and Deals:

If you’re a Veteran, we salute you. MommySnacks has compiled a great list of freebies that you can get all day tomorrow. We appreciate everything you’ve done!

The Wall Street Journal wrote up this amazing article about the insane price wars going on between Amazon.com, Target and Walmart. What does this mean for you as a shopper? EVEN BETTER DEALS! Our big pick?

Madagascar 2, now on sale at Walmart for $9.36 (plus, get an extra 3% Cash Back rebate through ShopAtHome.com!) They are LOSING money on this one folks, so go grab a copy!

And for the grand finale… make sure you don’t forget to hit up our Holiday Kickoff Extra Cash Back Event all this week for even BIGGER deals on your favorite brands!