9/04/23 - Monday

🧀🍕 September 5th is National Cheese Pizza Day. This Tuesday actually kicks off a string of national pizza days including Peperoni Pizza Day on Sept 20 and Sausage Pizza Day on Oct 11.

Our resident Freebie reporter, Krazy Coupon Lady, says “You’ll be hard-pressed to find a lot of totally free, no-strings-attached slices of ‘za, but you can still score noteworthy deals on pizza if you know where to look.” You can check out her article with pizza BOGOs and deals for this week and some year-round deals.

📚 September 6th is Read a Book Day. Our favorite way to get free books is from the library! I love listening to audiobooks on the Hoopla app or Libby app. Authors will also run deals on their own where their ebook is free for a limited amount of time. You can find those free promos on JustKindleBooks and FreeBooksy.

Word of caution, use these sites instead of Amazon (#notsponsored) because Amazon intentionally tries to confuse you into thinking Kindle books are free when they really require a Kindle Unlimited subscription.

🦷 September 9th is Free Dentistry Day. Free Dentistry Day is a day dedicated to providing access to free dentistry across the nation. Thousands of dentists across the United States come together in an effort to give back to the communities they serve, by providing residents with easily accessible, high-quality dental care for free. Find an event near you.

🧸 September 9th is also Care Bears Share Your Care Day. There is no deal here. I just wanted you to know that this day exists. But did you know, that during your child’s birthday month at Build a Bear, your child can make a bear for the cost of their age!?

💅🏼 Your Self Care Bill 💅🏼

As one of our BFFs (Best Frugal Friends), we’ll let you in on a little secret. Next week, we’re releasing an episode on how to get all kinds of beauty and elective medical services for free or at a steep discount. One of the tips is to use Groupon!

Groupon has a great selection of deals to save on all kinds of services but one tip you might not know is that you can use Rakuten to save even more on your Groupon purchases.

Right now, you can get 10% cash back through Rakuten on the Beauty, Spa, Health, and Fitness categories on Groupon. Never used Rakuten? It’s a great time to start because when you sign up here you’ll get a $30 bonus cash back after your first $30 in qualifying purchases (i.e., purchases eligible for cash back) within 90 days of sign-up.**

For example, a $150 massage that’s $75 on Groupon will be, after 10% back on Rakuten and the $30 bonus, only $37.50! So now is the perfect time to indulge in some self-care for (almost) free. Even if self-care isn’t what you want to spend money on right now, there are a ton of cash-back-eligible items that’ll get you that bonus so check it out!

Get a $30 Bonus Cash-Back at Rakuten and if you snag the deal, let us know about it on our Bill of The Week line!

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