Rio on DVD and Blu-Ray August 2nd - Reader Giveaway

Today, August 2nd, the super-fun comedy-adventure RIO comes to Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Vivid characters and colorful backdrops are brought together amidst energizing Latin and contemporary music to create the ultimate family-friendly music and dance spectactular for audiences of all ages.  Along with more than an hour of special bonus features and materials, you will have access to all-new exclusive levels of the smash video game hit Angry Birds Rio® that showcase your favorite characters from the film!

Blu (played by Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network) is a domesticated Spix Macaw captured as a young bird from his native Brazil and now living thousands of miles away from his homeland. When his human owner Linda (Leslie Mann, 17 Again) discovers that he is the very last male of his kind, the pair head south to meet the only other female in Rio de Janeiro.  But it's far from love at first sight between the socially-awkward, flight-challenged Blu and the fiercely independent, high-flying female, Jewel (Anne Hathaway, The Princess Diaries). Soon after Blu arrives, the two rare birds are captured by greedy animal smugglers and find themselves lost in the Brazilian rainforest. Unexpectedly thrown together, they embark on a hilarious and clumsy adventure where they learn about friendship, love, courage and spreading one's wings to fly.

Fun Freebie: Get the Rio coloring app for FREE on Android Market and iTunes App Stores. You can draw and fill colors with your fingers. Save your finished paintings to your device's photo gallery and print them right from within the app. You can even email your creations to family and friends or share them on Facebook. The app includes two characters and one background for coloring. Once the Rio Blu-ray is released on Aug. 2, the insert included will unlock an additional 10 characters and 4 backgrounds.

Reader Giveaway:  One lucky Thrifty Jinxy reader will win a copy of RIO on DVD.  To enter, first check out RIO and then come back and fill out the form below letting us know who in your family would most enjoy it (or already has if you saw it in the theater.)

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 Rules: All entries must be received by 11:59 PM CST 8/16/11. One entry per person, except for extra entries (see above). Entrants must be at least 18 years old and reside within the United States. Winner must respond to the winning e-mail within 24 hours or a new winner will be selected.

New Printable Food Coupons - Pillsbury, Nature Valley, Old El Paso & More

There are a bunch of new printable coupons available at Coupons.com to start out the month.  As always, each coupon only has a limited number of overall prints available - so grab them before they are gone!   Some of them are:

$0.50 off Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
$0.75 off any Chex cereal
$0.75 off Cocoa Puffs cereal
$1.00 off any 3 General Mills Divisional cereals
$1.00 off 2 Barber Foods Stuffed Chicken Breast
$0.50 off Bisquick Baking Mix
$0.50 off Nature Valley Granola Thins
$0.75 off Nature Valley Granola Bars
$0.50 off Fiber One Brownies
$0.50 off Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
$1.00 off Pillsbury Sweet Moments
$0.50 off Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls
$0.50 off Pillsbury Sweet Rolls
$0.30 off Pillsbury Refrigerated Grands! Jr.
$0.40 off Pillsbury Refrigerated Pizza Crust
$0.50 off Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookie Dough
$0.50 off Pillsbury Toaster Strudel
$1.00 off Frozen Pillsbury Egg Scrambles™
$1.00 off Romano's Macaroni Grill Frozen Entrée
$0.50 off Cereal Treat Bars
$0.75 off any Yoplait Kids products
$0.75 off Yoplait Light Parfait
$0.40 off Yoplait Yogurt
$0.50 off any flavor Yoplait Greek yogurt
$0.75 off any flavor Yoplait Frozen Smoothie
$1.00 off Old El Paso Tortilla Stuffers
$0.80 off Hamburger Helper and Tuna Helper
$1.00 off Totino's Crisp Crust Party Pizza

100 FREE Business Cards at Staples (ARV $19.99)

Now through August 6th, get 100 black and white business cards FREE at staples with this printable coupon.  That's a $19.99 value!

Vera Bradley 3-Day Sale

Now through Wednesday, August 3rd sale colors of the Vera Bradley Large Duffel are only 49.99 (Regularly $84) and the Get Carried Away Tote is only $59.99 (Regularly $92).  Plus, you get Free Shipping all orders of $100 or more.

No coupon code is needed for either offer when you shop direct at verabradley.com.

Contest Corner for August 1, 2011 - Find & List Blog Giveaways

Welcome to another weekly edition of Contest Corner!  If you would like to list your blog giveaway, just fill in the form below. If you could place a link to the list on your blog (or grab the Thrifty Jinxy button from the left side bar) I would really appreciate it, but it's totally optional!

If you need some tutoring as to how to enter blog giveaways, check out my post on How to Enter Blog Giveaways.

Here are our current giveaways:

Thrifty Jinxy Seneca Farms Oatmeal & Fruit Giveaway (8/6)

Thrifty Jinxy Oral-B Professional Care 1000 Giveaway (8/8)

Thrifty Jinxy Wisharoo Park Giveaway – 6 Winners! (8/8)

Jinxy Knows Best Weber Charcoal Grill & The Original Brat Hans Gift Pack (ARV $150) (8/12)

Thrifty Jinxy “The Help” Movie Prize Pack Giveaway (8/15)

Tech Deals & More Fotolia Giveaway – 5 Winners! (8/16)

Here are a few more new August giveaways to enter:

Enter at FreebieKing.com to win a $100 Walmart Gift Card  Kodak Pulse 7" Wi-Fi Digital Picture Frame (ARV $120)


Enter at WomenFreebies.com to win an IMAN Global Chic Classic Glamour Square Statement Necklace

Just Free Stuff - Enter to win a Panasonic Portable Blu-Ray Disk Player!

FREE Sample of Post-it® Super Sticky Notes

Post-it® Super Sticky Notes, hold stronger and longer, yet remove cleanly. If you're already a member of Post-it® Perks or if you opt-in to become a member, you can request a FREE sample of Post-it® Super Sticky Notes.