Right before our second daughter was born in November, I came to the sudden realization that I had no disposable diapers for her!! Since she was born at home, we didn’t get sent home from the hospital with freebies, and she wouldn’t be quite ready for cloth. Thankfully, I got a great deal on some newborn diapers from Diapers.com, and the diapers arrived 2 days later…with free shipping. Well, here is a deal that is even better than the one I got:

Here’s how to get 7 packs of Luvs for $3 each:

• Register with Diapers.com for a new account (this deal is only this rate for new accounts, but if you already have an account, you should be able to open another under a spouse’s name or another e-mail address).
• Add 7 packs Luvs Diapers (Jumbo) to your cart at $6.99.
• Add a a filler item (Pampers Travel wipes are $1.99) to get free shipping (must be $50 total before discounts).
  • • • OR, if you have a tiny newborn who will be in that size for a while, add 8 packs of size newborn. Newborn size is only $6.49/pack for a total of $51.88 before discounts).
• Use the promo code SIGDIAPER at checkout to receive $10 off your order.
• Your out of pocket cost will be $40.92 for 7 packs of diapers + wipes.
• Print and submit this mail-in rebate and submit within four week to receive $14.97 back.
• Get an additional $5+ back. Earn $5 for a first time sign up and shopping through Ebates or ShoptatHome. If you’ve already signed up, shopping through ShopAtHome will earn 1.5% cashback or Ebates will earn 1% cashback.

After you receive your MIR, the cost for 7 packs of diapers and the travel case of wipes will be $25.95! If it’s your first time to sign up with ShopAtHome or Ebates, then the total is $20.95, or 2.99 a pack + wipes!

The free shipping on orders over $49 and $10 off with code SIGDIAPER will actually work on any order. As far as disposables go, I generally prefer Pampers; however, I got a free Luv’s diaper in the mail this past week, and it worked great! I am putting in my order for 7 packs of Luv’s, too!

Thanks for you patience with lack of posts! I have many, many posts and series I’ve been wanting to post on and some I’ve even already written, but for now I need to say no. I’ll be taking a break from Saving in Greenville through the end of August. At that point, I’ll come back and re-evaluate keeping up this site.

In case you’ve been curious…

• We did turn on our air conditioner in June. Electric bill doubled, but still not too bad, as it was quite low before. Once we turned it on, I was amazed at how much energy I still had in the afternoons, when I had been quite hot and miserable before.

• We bought our first pack of diapers! For $3.99, but we made it 17 months without having to pay for any. Right now we’re using BumGenius cloth diapers during the day and disposable at night and for traveling. (She’s also working hard to potty train herself, but we’ll wait one more month to work a little harder since we’ll be going through some major transitions in the next month.) We’ve used BumGenius occasionally since our daughter was a few months old (started out with only 2), but since I doubt I’ll be able to get lots of free diapers for our next daughter, I plan to actually invest in purchasing several more. I may also attempt to go do this. If you are wondering about “modern” cloth diapers, I highily recommend this brand!
• We are still loosely operating on our $750 annual grocery budget; however, my records were on a computer that “died,” and I need to take time to go through the receipts again and calculate everything. For now, I’ve just been keeping our weekly average to around $15/week or less and saving receipts.

There are a lot of great deals going on right now, and I’ll just link to a few:

• Free picture package (a rare thing for PP) from The Picture People (through July 25); also read about how to get portraits from The Picture People for less here, courtesy of my friend Kim.
• 80% off at Restaurant.com with the code NAPKIN (through July 28)
• Triple Coupons at Ingles (not the greatest coupon policy, but might still be some good deals)
• I use these cloth Swiffer wipes and use and rewash them. (We also use cloth napkins (from Old Time Pottery) in place of paper, and rags in place of paper towels, most of the time.)
• Swagbucks now offers Paypal as a prize option: 70 swagbucks gets $5 via Paypal. If you haven’t signed up yet, you can sign up here and earn 5 points just for joining by entering the code NEWBIE (through July 24). (Some other new prizes are cerificates to Bumkins (baby product/cloth diapers (!!)), restaurant.com certificates, iPods, and more…)

Deals in Greenville:

• Take a Wal*Mart receipts to Checkers at the Wade Hampton Taylors location, and get a free checkerburger (not sure how long this deal lasts).
• My friends Ashley and Natalie are hosting a “Here We Grow Again” children’s consignment sale July 29-August 1. I will unfortunately be helping and bidding farewell to my husband that weekend, but check out the details here.
• Yard sales are still going on! I have really found some great deals this year: $20 for a only $250 double jogging stroller, 50 cents for a $100 baby backpack carrier, $3 for a wooden kids desk/tool workbench, $3 for a $70 painting, and the list goes on, just in case you need inspiration. For the best info on Greenville area yard sales, I recommend checking Craigslist, especially Friday evening for an updated list of yard sale advertising. I also recommend visiting community/subdivision yard sales when possible, as they tend to have better prices and selection and many sales going on within walking distance. (Community sales have slowed down, but there should be a few more near the start of schools before the “season” totally ends.)
• Free haircuts in Spartanburg.
• Free ultrasounds for expectant mommies. (ongoing)

I may hop back on a few times to share a really good deal, so you may want to subscribe to this blog in order get updates rather than spending time checking back on the site. Feel free to use the forum to share deals, particularly those in Greenville. And, if you don’t already subscribe to/check Money Saving Mom and Southern Savers, I highly recommend doing so, the first for deals everywhere, and the latter for deals down “South,” particularly for Publix deals. Oh how I love shopping getting groceries for free at Publix (P.S. All the current ads/deals on right the sidebar are still going, and deals I’ve personally done and benefited from.)

If you have a site/blog about deals in Greenville, feel free to comment on this post or leave a note in the forum so local readers can keep up on deals.

From Tom:

Just thought I would let you know that there is a mail in rebate offer in the
frozen pizza section at Ingles.  You can get a free after rebate Digiorno or
California Pizza Kitchen Flatbread Melt (Normally 3.18 and 3.53 respectively)
with no other purchase necessary.  It is one per household and is only available
through July 12.

I’ve also seen these forms at Bi-Lo, and they may be at other locations, as well.

You can also try PediaSure, a nutritionaly shake/drink for children, for free with a full rebate up to $12.99. Just make your purchase before July 31, but your form does not need to be received until August 31 in order to receive this rebate. Go here for the rebate form; there was also a rebate in one of the recent Sunday newspaper coupon inserts for this.

From February 6 to 8, Switcharoos Consignment will be hosting their annual Spring and Summer kids clothes consignment sale at the Carolina First Center. Items for sale will include:

• Children’s Clothing
• Shoes
• Accessories
• Baby Equipment
• Toys
• Indoor/Outdoor Play Toys
• Maternity Clothing

If you’re a first time Mom-to-be, you can go here, and have your name put on a VIP list and you’ll be able to be put on the list to shop at the pre-sale party on Thursday, February 5th at 5p.m.  Volunteers and consignors are also able to shop at the pre-sales.

Also during these same dates, Switcharoos will be hosting their Switcharooms Furniture and home Decor Consignment Sale.  Details for both sales can be found here.

I have not personally been to this sale, but have heard there can be some great finds.  Please feel free to comment on your personal experience.

photo: switcharoos

Today (1/31) is the last day to join Freepeats in the Greenville, SC or Columbia, SC areas for FREE! But don’t worry–you can still get a lifetime membership after that for just $4.95 (but often there are special deals for much less!)

So, what is Freepeats?

Freepeats is a great place to pass on your baby clothing, gear, toys, maternity wear and more to local parents, and find items you want that others are giving away. Freepeats is an easy, convenient way to recycle baby, kid and maternity items with a lot of life left in them.

Right now, there are several offers for free baby equipment and formula if you’re in need!  Plus, the first 100 Offers listings in your city’s forum will be entered in a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift certificate! The more you offer, the better your chances to win!

Go here to learn more and sign up!

(Again, I am really sorry I am late in posting this–I heard about it while I was out of town for my dad’s last days, but am just now getting it up :(.)