How to Get the Lowest Prices When Buying Current New York Times Best Sellers

There’s a reason certain books make the New York Times Best Sellers list.  I would argue it’s one part a LOT of people are reading the book and one part MOST of the people are enjoying what they are reading.

Picking up a New York Times Best Seller might be easy to find at an airport.  But to get the lowest prices buy discount gift cards from Plastic Jungle before you board your flight.  A quick trip to Target, Target.com, Barnes & Noble stores, or bn.com with your discount gift cards could save you enough to cover a good portion of the cost for a checked bag on some airlines.

Get the a Discount Copy of “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”

Facebook’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg, voices ideas that many women have thought but were afraid to say.  She invites women to sit at the table, validate working and stay-at-home women equally, and to set attainable goals.  Challenge your own thinking and join the conversation with women and men around the world when you “Lean In” with Sheryl Sandberg.

Use Target discount gift cards to read this empowering book for 46% off.  For a discount cost as low as $13.44 you can get “Lean In” at Target.com this week if you snag gift cards quickly.  (“Lean In” has a list price of $24.95 and currently sells on Amazon.com for $13.72.)  Or download discount “Lean In” for your Nook for only $11.30 when you buy Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” with Barnes & Noble discount gift cards.

Learn “Five Love Languages” for the Cost of One Book

Ranking No. 1 on New York Times’ Paperback Advice & Misc. in March, Gary Chapman’s “The Five Love Languages” is like Rosetta Stone for the frustrated relationship.  Learn your partner’s primary and secondary love language and your own love language as well in a flash.  Chapman breaks down communicate barriers for the hard-to-translate relationship ruts.  Read this book and walk away with a better understanding of your partner, yourself, and practical ways for showing him or her you love them in a language that might have seemed foreign to you prior to reading “The Five Love Languages.”

Use Target discount gift cards to read Gary Chapman’s insightful book for only $12.28 when you buy it at Target.com.  (“The Five Love Languages”has a list price of $14.99, so you’ll get it for 19% off!)  Or download the same book for your Nook for only $6.80 when you download “The Five Love Languages” with Barnes & Noble discount gift cards. (For your Kindle, Amazon.com sells this same book for $7.82.)

Prices may vary from online to physical store.  Compare in advance to get the lowest price.

When do your kids start school?  My niece goes back August 8.  Does anyone else think that is early to go back to school?!

It can be so challenging to come down from the flexibility, relaxation, and carefree lifestyle of a good summer break.  Camping, slumber parties, running through sprinklers.  Summers as a student are much missed for those of us in careers that aren’t like teaching.  [I say this because I am married to a teacher and am somewhat jealous of his 3-month long summer break.]

One way to soften the end of summer vacation is to sweeten the value of a dollar.  With Plastic Jungle discount gift cards, you can stretch $20 into $22.20 or even $10 into $12.  It all depends on where you choose to shop.

Show your son or daughter how to spend your money or their hard-earned summer job money wisely by showing them how to buy and use discount gift cards to get clothes, school supplies, and all things back-to-school.

Save on Books, Learning Toys, and Backpacks

Get $25 for only $21 to spend on textbooks, novels, and e-books at Barnes & Noble.  Use your discount B&N gift cards during Barnes & Noble’s Back to School Sale, to save even more on prices already discounted up to 45%!  Totes, journals, backpacks, foreign language reference books, kids’ desks and chairs, homeschooling books, eTextbooks, starting to read books, calendars, and book lights, shop at B&N for your school supply needs.  Plus, check out B&N’s textbook collection where you can buy or rent new or used textbooks for up to 76% off (combine B&N’s up to 65% savings with discount gift cards).

Save on Clothing at H&M and PacSun

Here’s a frugal shopper’s dream.  Shop at H&M with discount gift cards and you’ll stack up even more savings as you turn $17.76 into $24.95.  Get trendy and comfortable girls and boys clothing at reasonable prices like this adorable girls gray dress with pink belt which would normally cost $24.95.  But… you can get it for only $17.76 when you pay with discount gift cards and use a 20% H&M coupon. [Available when you sign up for their newsletter]

This cute girls dress is less than $18!

At H&M stores and H&M online you can find functional fashion ranging from girls plain or pattered hoodies and leggings to boys striped t-shirts and worker pants in black, khaki, grey, or checks.

Guy’s jeans for under $12!

Bring summer vacation to every school day and save 21% when you shop at PacSun with discount PacSun gift cards.  For only $11.81 (normally $39.50) get your son a pair of Guy’s Bull Head Jeans.

Order discount gift cards now so you can stretch your hard earned money on back to school backpacks, supplies, and clothing!

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Have you ever tried taking your computer outdoors so you can soak up some sun and browse the Internet only to discover your computer screen isn’t exactly readable in the sun?

As of yesterday (Monday, May 7th) taking a NOOK tablet outdoors for easy reading is going to be more visible than ever with the new Barnes & Noble NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight.  Debuting at $139, you can get the new NOOK for $120.93 (plus tax) with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards from Plastic Jungle.  With savings like this, it’s like getting a free ebook with your NOOK purchase!

What makes the new GlowLight NOOK different?

Outdoor Reading Made Simple on Your Eyes.  The new Barnes & Noble NOOK Simple Touch tablet with GlowLight is made for reading in the bright sun.  You can take it outdoors and read just as easily as you can indoors.  The screen’s anti-glare protector will make you forget you’re not reading paper.

Bedtime Reading No Longer Disturbs Your Partner.  The new Barnes & Noble NOOK allows you to read and your partner to sleep because the tablet light illuminates from the screen and can be adjusted with a simple touch.

Access to 2.5 Million Title Library.  Barnes & Noble NOOKs have access to over two and a half million books, magazines, and newspapers.  Most NOOK downloads are available for $8.69 or less with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards.

Order Barnes & Noble discount gift cards now so you can get the new GlowLight NOOK and an ebook for free at Barnes & Noble stores.

Are you joining the iPad club?  Get a move on loading your wallet with enough Best Buy discount gift cards to cover your iPad purchase, and you’ll be ready to bring the new iPad or a new iPad2 home for less.

The much-anticipated new Apple iPad is coming to Apple retailer stores (including Best Buy) this week beginning on Friday (3/16).  Enhanced with stunning high-resolution Retina display, a 5-megapixel iSight camera which lets you shoot photos and videos like never before, and the ability to connect to fast 4G networks around the world, the new third-generation iPad takes creative dreams and puts them within reach of your fingertips.  Available in a choice of memory options this time, the new Apple iPad comes in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB in Apple’s signature colors of white or black.  Prices range from $499 – $829, but when you buy discount Best Buy gift cards to cover your iPad purchase, you can save $41.45 – $24.95!  You can use your savings on your new iPad to offset the cost of an iPad case, wireless keyboard, or other iPad accessory.

The iPad is great for reading e-books and children love it!  Bedtime story reading has never been so interactive.  You can connect to your favorite electronic books through both the Barnes & Noble NOOK app and the Amazon Kindle app, so you can buy books through either retailer on your iPad.  (Don’t forget you can save 11% on e-books through Barnes & Noble with Barnes & Noble discount gift cards.)

With an iPad you can stop hauling around your laptop and netbook and conveniently attach a wireless keyboard to your iPad when doing more frequent typing while traveling.  It’s a lot smaller than a computer, so it fits into small bags and is a lot lighter.

If you’re going to be buying the new iPad, save money by paying for it with discount Best Buy gift cards from Plastic Jungle.

Save 5% on the Price-Reduced iPad2, as well!  Perhaps you’ve been putting off buying an iPad for some time now. With the newest iPad coming out, the iPad2 dropped $100 in price.  Stack this price reduction with Plastic Jungle discount Best Buy gift cards to get the thin, light, iPad2 with 10-hour battery and FaceTime video starting at $380.04.

If you haven’t heard of ‘freezer cooking’ before the concept by name only may sound backwards.  In actuality, it might be better understood and ‘cooking then freezing’.

Put simplest, freezer cooking is a method by which you cook meals in bulk and freeze them until you’re ready to eat them.  By freezer cooking, you can save money and time, especially when you stack this concept with Plastic Jungle discount gift cards.

Freezer Cooking: Getting Started

There are a number of freezer cooking cookbooks out there.  If you’ve never tried the freezer cooking method before, I would recommend starting with Once-A-Month Cooking by Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg.

In Once-A-Month Cooking you’ll learn the basic principles of freezer cooking as you choose which of the five meal plans to prepare.  My favorite entrees are Twelve-Boy Curry [page 24] and Taco Soup [page 30].  Each entree can feed a family of 4 or 5.  Or, if your household is smaller (like mine) you can split the meal and enjoy it over 2-4 dinners and lunches.  I highly recommend getting this book in versions that are published in 2007 or later.  The book is constantly updated to incorporate feedback and recipe improvements from families across the nation.

At Barnes and Noble’s online store you can snag Once-A-Month Cooking for $4.48.  Pay for this purchase with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards and you’ll only pay $4!  (cost may vary at Barnes & Noble stores)
There are currently no Barnes and Noble coupon codes, but if you are a Barnes and Noble Member you can get free shipping.  This book also qualifies for free shipping if with a purchase of $25 or more. 

If you’ve tried freezer cooking before and are looking for new recipes, you might enjoy Make-Ahead Meals Made Healthy: Exceptionally and Nutritious Freezer-Friendly Recipes You Can Prepare in Advance and Enjoy At a Moment’s Notice by Michele Barboa and Fix, Freeze, Feast by Kati Neville and Lindsay Tkacsik.  Both books have great tasting freezer cooking recipes.  My favorites from Make-Ahead Meals Made Healthy are Chicken and Edamame Pot Pie with Double-Crust Whole-Wheat Pie Dough made from scratch [page 67] and Meatless Butternut Squash and Chard Lasagna [page 35] (great vegetarian recipe).  Fix, Freeze, Feast is great for those who shop at warehouses like Costco and Sam’s as recipes incorporate bulk packages of meats.

Make Ahead Meals Made Healthy just went to print in 2011 and Barnes and Noble sells this new publication in paperback for a reasonable $12.99 and as a NOOK eBook for $10.99.  With discount Barnes & Noble gift cards you can take it home for only $11.56 – $9.78!  Barnes and Noble sells Fix, Freeze, Feast for $11.15 in paperback or $10.16 for the NOOK book.  Use Barnes & Noble discount gift cards to get this book for $9.92 – $10.03.

You can snag all three of these freezer cooking cookbooks for under $30 with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards.

In all, a rotation of freezer cooking will provide enough entrees to feed most families for 2 weeks to 4 months.  Costs vary by recipes/book, but on average my family spends $300 – $400 to buy food for a rotation of 14 entrees which will feed my family for several months.

You might be thinking, “Aren’t you worried about freezer burn?”  Some people think that freezing meals can dilute the flavor of food and even make it unsafe to eat.  This is not true as long as you know how to properly cool and store the food.  Michele Borboa does a great job nipping this myth in Make-Ahead Meals Made Healthy.

How to buy these books on Amazon for less.  Yes, you don’t often see Amazon coupon codes or Amazon discounts, but if you’re holding on to an unused gift card, you can sell your gift card to Plastic Jungle and exchange it for an Amazon.com electronic gift card which you can use to purchase these freezer cooking cookbooks.

Read more about my experience with freezer cooking in my article “Streamlining the Food Budget” on Mama Moderne.

Did you get a Barnes & Noble NOOK e-reader over the holidays?

Stretch your dollars and download books, music, apps, and more for 11% off with Plastic Jungle Barnes & Noble discount gift cards.

NOOK Book – eBook Discounts

Traveling and on-the-go reading have never been more convenient than with downloadable eBooks.  Bring along Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson,  Marvel graphic novels, Everyday Food: Light: The Quickest and Easiest Recipes, All Under 500 Calories by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, and more of your favorite eBooks without weighing down your shoulders or your bank account with Barnes & Noble discount gift cards.

Magazine & Newspaper Discounts

Subscribe to your favorite magazines and newspapers like US Weekly, People, Weight Watchers Magazine, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal for less when you go green and choose the electronic version for your NOOK.  Plus, save an additional 11% by paying for your NOOK Newsstand favorites with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards.

Textbook Discounts

If you’re a college student, check to see if any of your textbooks are available for download into your NOOK.  Often the textbook price is reduced simply by choosing the e-reader textbook version of the material.  Spend less on college e-reader textbooks by combining the discount price of e-reader textbooks with 11% off discount Barnes & Noble electronic and physical gift cards available at Plastic Jungle.

Anyone who owns a NOOK Simple Touch Reader, NOOK Tablet, NOOK Color, or NOOK 1st Edition, can maximize his/her savings when expanding his/her e-reader library by combining reduced NOOK book, magazine, newspaper, and textbook prices with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards.

Frugal Shopper Tip: If you’ve been dreaming of owning a NOOK but haven’t yet made the plunge, discount Barnes & Noble gift cards can be used to buy a NOOK e-reader for 11% off. (That means you can get a $99 NOOK for under $89!)  Stack discount Barnes & Noble gift cards with Barnes & Noble Member benefits and increase your savings.  Check with BN.com or your local Barnes & Noble store for membership details.