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Congratulations to the first winner of our Thanksgiveaways contest: Renee L.!

October’s Halloween Co$tume Bash for Cash online contest was a blast, but it’s time to look forward to November and Thanksgiving. As such, we’re pleased to announce PennySaverUSA’s Thanksgiveaways online contest.

We had a vote on the PennySaverUSA Facebook page asking our fans what kind of online contest they preferred and a random drawing won out. We listened to our fans and are pleased to present PennySaverUSA’s Thanksgiveaways online contest.

Enter PennySaverUSA's Thanksgiveaways online contest.

In order to enter our Thanksgiveaways online contest, simply visit our contest page and follow the instructions.

You gain entries into the raffle by performing certain actions. For example, you get one entry for Liking PennySaverUSA’s Facebook page, another for Liking MOGASA’s Facebook page, another for following PennySaverUSA on Twitter and so on.

There will be a total of four prizes handed out in the form of grocery store gift cards. The first winner will be chosen this Friday (November, 11), the second winner will be selected on Tuesday (November, 15), the third winner on Tuesday (November, 22) and the final winner on Tuesday (November, 29).

The first three winners will receive $50 gift cards and the fourth winner will receive $100 gift card.

Every time a winner is announced, they will go on Penny the Pig’s Thanksgiving table and be placed among the corresponding food item with a value. See the image above.

Please leave any questions you have in the comments below and we will do our best to answer them. Here are the official rules.

Good luck in the Thanksgiveaways online contest and thanks so much for being a PennySaverUSA and MOGASA fan!

The interaction for our Co$tume Bash for Cash online contest has been incredible! The votes have come in fast and furious, and some entries are starting to separate from the pack.

That said, there is still the rest of today and all day tomorrow for your entry to catch up, so don’t fret if you entered and aren’t in the top five.

Unfortunately, we had to allow only one vote per IP address (computer network) to prevent unfair voting practices.

Vote for your favorite entry in our Co$tume Bash for Cash online contest.

We will not do all of our contests by voting, but we have received many requests for a voting contest over the past few months and are thrilled with the excitement it has generated.

On to the current leader board:

The Little Monsters category has so many sensational entries that it’s hard to vote for just one, but five have risen to the top halfway through our voting period. The lead currently belongs to a really cool looking robot, but a lady bug, a bunny rabbit, a peacock and a rock star are right on that robot’s heels.

The Ghastly Grown-Ups category also features some amazing entries, but the voters have given an early edge to the Joker. The creepy villain from Batman better not get comfortable, though. Lady Luck is making a push and catching up quickly, and a mummy, a mermaid and Neytiri from Avatar aren’t far behind.

Please cast your vote for your favorite costume here and leave us a friendly comment supporting your favorite entry. We love positive and happy comments!

[11/4/11:] Hi everyone, we wanted to directly link to the official rules for the Co$tume Bash for Cash online contest. The official rules areavailable on both Little Monsters and the Ghastly Grown-ups contest entry pages. Originally, we planned on picking just three favorites for voting, but when we saw all the awesome entries we received, we couldn’t limit it to just three. They’re all our favorites and we didn’t want to exclude anyone. Voting will end promptly around midnight Pacific Standard Time. Thanks everyone for participating!

We had so many amazing entries that we couldn’t decide which ones should be made finalists. Our solution? We made them all finalists! Please cast your vote now below.

You can vote below for one Little Monster and one Ghastly Grown-Up. And select your vote carefully, voting will be limited to one photo in each category per IP address. The entry from each category with the most votes by Friday at 11:59 p.m. will win the prize!

Bear in mind, there are multiple pages of photos, so please click through to see all of the entries. To see a bigger version of the image, simply click on it. To return to the voting page, just click on the full-size image again to minimize it.

Have fun voting for your favorites and deciding who wins the Co$tume Bash for Cash online contest!

Vote for your favorite Costume for the following Categories:

Little Monsters

Voting has ended. Please check back on Monday to see who won!

Ghastly Grown-Ups

Voting has ended. Please check back on Monday to see who won!

Whether or not you celebrate Halloween, odds are you do celebrate food freebies. Thanks to the haunted holiday, this Free Friday features a significant number of food freebies. For a little balance there are also a couple of beauty product freebies. On with the show …

Take your kid to IHOP today for a free scary face pancake.

IHOP serves as this week’s Free Friday opening act. The popular breakfast chain is offering up a free Scary Face Pancake to all children 12-and–under today (Friday, Oct. 28) until 10 p.m. No purchase is necessary and no coupon is required.

Another kids eat free offer comes from Boston Market. Print this online coupon and bring it in to get a free kids meal, with the purchase of an adult entrée. The online coupon is valid from Saturday, Oct.29-Monday, Oct. 31. (Thanks Free Sample Momma)

T.G.I. Friday’s has its own food freebies this weekend. If you wear a costume to any of their participating locations from Saturday Oct. 29-Monday, Oct. 31, they will give you a free appetizer! It appears the choices are mozzarella sticks, pot stickers or crispy green bean fries. (Thanks The Reali$tic Couponers)

Two corporate titans combine for this next Free Friday food freebies offer. Today (Oct. 28) through Monday, Oct. 31, Walmart is giving away free Starbucks ice cream. Just stop by the Bright Ideas Station at your local Walmart to pick up your free ice cream.

Free Friday has the best beauty product freebies.

The last two food freebies this Free Friday are only available to Southern California residents. KFC locations in Southern California have an online coupon on their Facebook page for two free large sides with the purchase of an 8-piece meal. Palomar Pizza & Pasta in the San Diego area, meanwhile, has a SaverTime voucher for a free slice of pizza that you can redeem at the Vista Palomar Park’s FREE Halloween Spooktacular on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 1-4 p.m.

This edition of Free Friday might be packed with food freebies, but as promised, there are a couple of beauty product freebies as well. Boss will mail out a free fragrance sample of its new BOSS Orange scent to anyone who provides their name and mailing address.

Likewise, DOVE is mailing out free Dove® Nourishing Oil Care Leave-In Smoothing Cream to anyone who signs up for their email list and gives their name and address.

Have fun Trick-or-Treating if you celebrate Halloween, and if not, enjoy all the freebies it has resulted in!

Enter our Co$tume Bash for Cash online contest for a chance to win up to a $300 cash prize.

The entries are flowing in for PennySaverUSA.com’s Co$tume Bash for Cash online contest and the competition is intense. With Halloween less than a week away, we expect the submissions to get even better over the next few days.

You have through Nov. 1 to enter the Co$tume Bash for Cash online contest, because we wanted to give people a chance to send in their Halloween photos from this year.

If you are planning to wait, however, do keep in mind that some of the entries we’ve already received are nothing short of spooktacular.  To become a finalist, you better bring it with a costume that is truly epic.

This online contest entry was shared on our Facebook page. Click on the image to visit our page and share yours now.

This online contest has two categories: Ghastly Grown-Ups (for adults) and Little Monsters (for kids). There will be one winner for each category and each winner will receive $250 … unless they have downloaded our new mobile phone garage sale app MOGASA, in which case the prize will rise to $300.

On the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 2, we will pick three finalists for each category, and the winners will be determined by a three-day vote from Wednesday, Nov. 2 – Friday,  Nov. 4. We will then announce the winner in this very blog on Monday, Nov. 7.

MOGASA is completely FREE and lets you find and get directions to garage sales in you area. You can also post an ad for your garage sale through the app at no cost. Download it now for the iPhone or Android.

Should you be struggling to come up with costume ideas, we will put up a post on Thursday with suggestions from PennySaverUSA staffers. Included in the post will also post a funny video of what current and former employees dressed up as when they were kids. Stay tuned …

Most of us here at PennySaverUSA.com have pets and are huge pet fans. We’re also big supporters of pet adoption. As a result, we’ve decided to launch a new blog feature in conjunction with local Humane Societies called Pet of the Week.

Each Wednesday we will spotlight a new pet up for adoption from one of the local Humane Societies and share a story from one of our readers about their personal experience with pet adoption.

Kicking off our Pet of the Week feature is Atlanta, pictured on the right. Here is the full description from the San Diego Humane Society:

Atlanta is a gorgeous kitty hoping to find a special family and home to cherish. With bright eyes and an eclectic spirit, she enjoys playing with feather toys, sunbathing and watching birds flutter outside her window.

While Atlanta enjoys spending time with her people friends, she is also very comfortable spending time on her own.  Atlanta has a kitten-nature and is very curious and fun-loving.  She will do well in a variety of homes.  For the Fall into Love with a Furry Friend promotion, from September 6th through October 31st of 2011, her adoption fee is $25 and includes her spay, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, and a certificate for a free veterinary exam!

Atlanta is available for adoption at the North Campus of the San Diego Humane Society:

SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA NORTH CAMPUS

572 Airport Road

Oceanside, CA 92058

(760) 757-4357 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (760) 757-4357 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

www.sdhumane.org

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Now it’s time to share a touching story from one of our PennySaverUSA Twitter followers, Sandy (reach her @ @SLN319), who adopted an adorable dog several years ago. Here is her story (her pup’s picture is on the right):

My dog means a lot to me. His name is Cujo (because I just love horror movies). I decided to adopt him because I wanted a small dog as well as a new friend to the family. Dogs love you unconditionally and they give you much joy and happiness everyday.  The benefits of pet adoption is to save a life — your pet will be healthy because most dogs are neutered and all are vaccinated.  You’ll also save money as adoption is inexpensive and there’s a wide selection of animals to choose from. I highly recommend it! Cujo has been a beloved part of our family for eight years now.

To have your adopted pet story featured in Pet of the Week, please leave your story as a blog comment, tweet us, Facebook us or email us. Thank you.

PennySaverUSA.com’s online classifieds are a fantastic resource for buying and selling, our online coupons are an outstanding resource for everyday saving and our daily deals are an exceptional resource for significant discounts of up to 90% off. But let’s be real: Our online contests are the most fun part of the site.

That’s why we are so bone-chillingly thrilled to howl about one of the most spook-tacular online contests ever held: The Co$tume Bash for Cash contest.

Enter our Co$tume Bash for Cash contest.

You can win up to $300 for submitting the best Halloween costume photo in the latest of our online contests. There are two separate categories, and the winner of each category will win $300 (if they have downloaded MOGASA, our awesome FREE garage sale mobile phone app) or $250 if they have not downloaded MOGASA. Download MOGASA for the iPhone or Android now to have a chance at winning more cash.

There will be one winner among all the Ghastly Grown-Ups (adults) and one winner among all the Little Monsters (kids). You have until Nov. 1 to enter the contest, so if you want to wait until the day after Halloween to send in your killer costume photo, feel free to do so (just make sure you don’t forget).

The staff at PennySaverUSA.com will pick three finalists in each category and we will open it up to voting from Nov. 2-Nov. 4 on this here blog. The photo that gets the most votes in each category is the winner!

Please also share your photos on the PennySaverUSA Facebook page or the MOGASA Facebook page. We want this online contest to be enjoyable and interactive as possible.

Also, if you live in California, take advantage of the giveaway from our daily deal site SaverTime.com. Just for subscribing to SaverTime.com daily deal emails (or getting a friend to sign up, if you’re already a member), you will be automatically entered for a chance to win four tickets to the SOLD OUT So You Think You Can Dance Show at the Nokia Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. The prize package also includes round-trip airfare (if necessary), a limo ride and accommodations at a luxury Downtown LA hotel.