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When I started this blog, I was SO excited at all the FREE and Cheap things that you can get. I’m sharing my top picks for FREE or low cost offers.
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FYI: Some of these offers are free trial or subscriptions and they are noted as such.
Updated 3/4/25
BABY/KIDS
Amazon – Free Baby Registry Welcome Box
- Join Amazon Prime.
- Add 10 unique items to your baby registry.
- Purchase $10 from your registry.
- Add the welcome box to cart and be sure to USE the $35 promotional credit to make it FREE. Don’t pay $35!
$1 Summer Movies
COOKING/CREATIVE CLASSES
Cooksmarts – 14 Day Free Trial
If you’re short on time but still want to make homemade dinners, then check out CookSmarts. You get a weekly meal plan with 4 meals, including recipes, grocery shopping list, and helpful weekend prep ideas.
What I love about CookSmarts is that they have a wide variety of international recipes and the dishes taste like restaurant quality. Best of all, you can try this meal planning service for FREE!
Williams-Sonoma Free Cooking Classes
GLASSES AND PRESCRIPTION SUNGLASSES
I wear glasses exclusively and don’t have contacts. Zenni Optical has made glasses and prescription sunglasses SUPER AFFORDABLE for me and my family!
No more having to shell out $300 for a pair of glasses every 2 years. Instead, the price of a complete pair of glasses start at $6.95!
I know how daunting it may be to try to order glasses online so I made a series of step-by-step guides and videos to walk you through the process. Feel free to email me at fanny[at]livingrichlyonabudget.com with any questions.
- Find Glasses That Will Fit Your Face Shape + How to Buy Online
- Complete Guide to Sunglass Tints – Mirror Finish, Gradient Tint and More
- How to Buy Prescription Sunglasses Online and What the Lenses Are (Video)
- Do You Need Blue Light Blocking Prescription Glasses?
PRINTABLES
Get my Monthly Guide to Grocery Sales to help you know what’s on sale every month.
CLOTHES/SHOPPING
ThredUP – 45% Off and Free Shipping on First Purchase
ThredUp is an online consignment shop that sells baby, boys, girls, maternity, and women’s clothes at affordable prices!
This is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE way to shop for clothes! And it makes me feel like I’m LIVING RICHLY ON A BUDGET!
Why? Because it’s super affordable and that means if I don’t like the clothes after a year or two or if I gain weight and no longer fit them, it’s easier to let go of!
I no longer feel bad about shedding clothes that don’t fit the current “me” and it makes it easier to donate them.
ThredUP has a nice selection of procured, in style clothes in like new condition. I no longer have to dig through racks of clothes in consignment shops or shop sales rack at department stores.
Now, I go on my ThredUP app, search for items that I want to buy, like tops, and it shows me everything in my size. I “like” the clothing items that catch my eye and it goes into my Favorites section. Then later, when there’s a coupon code or I am ready to make a purchase, I check my Favorites section to see what’s still available.
Rakuten is a cash back app and Chrome extension. When you make a purchase in the app or with the Chrome extension, you earn a % back on your purchase from various retailers. Read my guide on How to Use Rakuten to Earn Cash Back.
EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, MUSIC
- Get 5 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for FREE for Prime Members Only, or 3 months for customers without Prime Memberships. Enjoy 5 months of ad-free music and podcasts with unlimited skips.
- After the promotional trial, your subscription will automatically continue at $10.99/month ($9.99/month for Prime customers) plus applicable tax until you cancel.
- Amazon Music Unlimited has deals and offers, top ad-free podcasts, and exclusive content with a catalog of +100 million songs.
- Hear your favorite music like never before with fully immersive, three-dimensional sound.
Audiobooks.com – 3 Free Audiobooks with 30 Day Trial (USA, Canada, and Australia)
- Sign up to start listening to audiobooks and get your first 2 books free, PLUS a bonus book from our VIP selection!
- If you like it, stream or download 2 audiobooks per month for just $14.95. Cancel anytime, no strings attached.
50 Free Children’s Songs (Amazon MP3s)
FOOD
Paris Baguette – Join their rewards program. First reward is buy one get one free pastry.
Panda Express – Get a discount off your first purchase with their rewards app. Then on your birthday and for Chinese New year, you get free items. Every month, there is a different freebie. And earn points for purchases and use them for free entrees.
LIBRARY
Not just books – Check out your local library for borrowing hot spots, Chromebooks, hiking backpack with walking poles, local park parking passes, board games, bikes, access to sewing machines, 3D printers, Glowforge machines, and more! Also, if you work from home, check out their conference rooms for a nice free workspace that’s away from home.
MUSEUMS
If you have SNAP or EBT benefits, check out more than 1,400 museums, aquariums, and zoo’s you can visit. The cost ranges from free to up $5 with your EBT card. Be sure to check the each museum’s website for specific info on how to get your ticket through the Museums for All program. This is a great way to take the kids out to something educational, fun, and to explore a new place!
STREAMING TV SERVICES
Tubi TV has Jem and the Holograms, The Outsiders, The Last Samurai, Scooby Doo, and more. No account is needed but there are ads.
Pluto TV features TV classics like Happy Days, Family Ties, Dynasty, Three’s Company, Mission Impossible, Love Boat, and more in a cable TV style format, where everything is live. No account is needed but there are ads.
ONLINE ESCAPE ROOMS
My family LOVES escape rooms and what better way to practice than to try online escape rooms! These rooms are free to play and we have tried all of these sites.
We love this site with more than 50 online escape rooms. They vary from easy to difficult. The only thing is that you have to watch ads in order to continue playing.
But we love the graphics and the puzzles. And if you need a clue, you can watch the video below.
Enchambered is a local escape room company in California. During the pandemic, they created a bunch on online puzzles and virtual escape rooms.
Scroll down and try out their free ones as they are fun. If you choose, you can check out their paid versions with “pay what you want” pricing. These escape rooms are difficult enough that you would spend a lot of time trying to figure them out.
The following are escape rooms designed by librarians around the US, done on Google docs, and are text based.
- Dogman Escape Room
- Minecraft Escape Room
- Hogwarts Escape Room
- Spy Mission Escape Room
- Oscar’s Stolen Oscar Escape Room
- Alice in Wonderland Escape Room
- Jumanji Escape Room
Check out:
101 Free Things to Do with Kids at Home That Will Keep Them Busy
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Nice list. I especially like the financial ones.