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Don't forget: Container Store deals and a giveaway

NOTE: You have until midnight Tuesday, May 29, to enter this giveaway. I'll post the winner Wednesday morning.If you're in organizing mode, listen up.

I'm giving away a $25 gift card to The Container Store in Raleigh.

To the uninitiated, The Container Store is an organizer junkie's paradise -- an entire store filled with boxes, bins, bags, racks, pegs, pouches, vessels, crates, files -- you name it.

If you're doing a major blitz on clutter or just want to straighten out your kitchen junk drawer, it's a great place to stop in -- if not to purchase, to glean ideas and tips.

To enter the giveaway, leave me a tip about organization in the comments section below. Or confess your organizational weaknesses.

I'd love to hear how you think organization -- or your lack thereof -- affects your bottom line.

We have a winner in the $25 Harris Teeter gift card giveaway

Thanks to everyone who posted their Harris Teeter Triples stories for a chance to win a $25 HT gift card.

I enjoyed reading your coupon success stories and commiserated with those of you who found the store shelves a little bare at times.

One of the more memorable comments came from a young Dad and college student who also finds the time to coupon. I have to tell you I love men who coupon.

I also appreciated the comments from a reader who recently returned from nearly six months abroad and another from an extended stay in Texas. Both said they were so happy to be returning to coupon-friendly territory. Both are great reminders of how lucky were are to have double coupons all the time and periodic Super Double and Triple Coupon promotions.

Ok, so now on to the winner, who was picked at random using random.org:

Last chance: Tell us your Triples stories for a chance to win a $25 Harris Teeter gift card

A friendly reminder: Today's your last chance to enter to win. The giveaway will end at midnight tonight when Triples ends. I'll post the winner Wednesday morning.

Here's your chance to tell us how you did at Harris Teeter's Triples event. Go ahead and brag!

Your comment could be worth a $25 Harris Teeter gift card. Just think of the deals you could score with that in your wallet.

I'll choose one winner at random on Wednesday, May 23.

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Tell us your Super Doubles stories for the chance to win a grocery gift card

Here's your chance to tell us how you did at Super Doubles. Go ahead and brag!

Your comment might even win you a gift card.

I'll be giving away two gift cards. One reader will win a $10 card to Lowes Foods and a second reader will receive a $10 card to Harris Teeter.

So fire away.

Trade in your old CDs for an Amazon gift card

Here's a new option for turning your clutter into cash.

Amazon.com is now offering to buy your old CDs.

We have a winner in the $10 Food Lion gift card giveaway

Thanks to everyone for entering my $10 Food Lion gift card giveaway.

I enjoyed hearing about your experiences (good and bad) with doubling coupons at Food Lion.

The winner, chosen at random, is:

Food Lion Double Coupons: Tell us your thoughts for a chance to win a $10 gift card

Once you've hit the aisles at Food Lion this week during its inaugural double-coupon event, we'd like to hear the highs and lows of your shopping trip.

How high was your total before coupons? And how low was it after coupons?

Were you impressed with Food Lion's first foray into double couponing? Or were you disappointed?

We would like to hear your thoughts, your gripes, your funny stories.

Leave a comment on this post and you'll be entered to win a $10 Food Lion gift card.

WalMart offers deal on Kindle Fire

WalMart is offering the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet this week with a gift card incentive that essentially shaves $50 off the price.

On the front page of today's WalMart circular, the full-color 7-inch tablet is advertised at the regular price of $199, but it's bundled with a $50 WalMart gift card.

One of the hottest gifts of the 2011 holiday season, the Kindle Fire still sells for $199 on Amazon.com and other major retailers.

I'm wondering just how many Kindle Fires each WalMart store will have in stock. If you're interested, I wouldn't procrastinate.

Daily deal alert: Movie tickets and a Subway gift card for $24

If holiday movie watching is on your agenda, you might be interested in this offer from the daily deal site Saveology.

For $24, you get two movie tickets through Fandango and a $10 gift card to Subway.

The movie tickets are worth up to $12 each. So basically, you're getting the Subway gift card free. Not a bad deal.

Click here to see the deal and examine the fine print.

We have a winner...in the Starbucks gift card giveaway!

Thanks so much to all of you who entered my giveaway for a little holiday splurge in the form of a $10 Starbucks gift card.

I asked you to leave me comments on your favorite holiday splurges and your responses were so fun to read. Even we frugal folks have our guilty pleasures!

And, of course, I especially liked how some of you described obtaining your holiday splurges on the cheap.

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