Morning Coffee: Time for some fall housekeeping

The time change today makes it a good time to do things around the house that need to be done regularly: change the batteries on your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and flip your mattress.

If have time to go shopping during the next week, it's a great time to pick up Halloween clearance items. Last year at Target, I bought bags of the small Playdoh containers, and have used them in party favors as well as to give out this year (which parents really appreciated as an alternative to all of that candy). This year, I'm hoping to scoop up some costumes that the boys can use for dramatic play, which they now love.

Use this printable coupon to get a free Antibacterial Hand Gel with any purchase at Bath & Body Works. (Via A Thrifty Mom.)

Freebies 4 Mom has a reminder on how you can get three photo cards from Shutterfly for just 99 cents (the cost of shipping).

Baby Cheapskate has the November Baby Bargain Forecast, which includes the best deals of the season on photo gifts in the second half of the month.

Crystal's story about becoming a Work at Home Mom continues with Part 2.

Bloomalicious is giving away a $100 Starbucks gift card (you have to sign up for their newsletter). Perfect for pumpkin lattés. Ends 11/4.

The Art of Being Mom is giving away 4 $100 gift cards to Sam's Club. Ends 11/11.

Image credit: Kidde Nighthawk Carbon Monoxide Alarm ($20.99) at Amazon.