We’ve stopped in with some relatives for a few days, and it is still raining. I just thought you ought to know.
No matter; the Amazon Friday Sale has always left me feeling warm and dry!
Everyone’s favorite breadmaker—the 2-pound Breadman—is down to just $89.99 today. If you’ve been considering a breadmaker, this is not only the one to get, this is the cheapest it’s been in a while.
I know that for most people, the idea of heating your bath towels in July is somewhere on the list of “Must Do”s between “Yank out all my arm hair one by one” and “Eat something that’s still alive.” But it won’t always be July, and if you’ve ever coveted one of these Warmrails Towel Racks, now is the time to pick it up—today it’s just $120 shipped, nearly half price.
For the past week I’ve been sleeping in a camper. On a camper mattress. Today I am buying this foam mattress topper to put on the mattress, so that I might be willing to go camping again. Ahem. (Last week this topper was still $100. This week it’s $74. Also, I am too old to sleep on a camper mattress.)
Do you love Annie’s mac and cheese the way we do? All of the convenience of a boxed meal, none of the guilt (it’s organic). Today the 12-pack is on sale for just $17, and if you buy via Subscribe & Save you’ll get it for just $14.45 shipped!
Don’t forget to check out today’s Gold Box Deals; today’s deal of the day is an internet tablet, and it’s very shiny. That’s all I’ll say about that, because I really know nothing about tablets. (I know, that was terribly useful.)
Anyway, I hope you have a fabulous Friday and you stay dry.
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8:07 am |
Sorry for being tardy in getting the winners’ post up today, folks. It’s too hard for me to deal with the random number generator and multiple emails while I’m sitting in the truck. We’ve landed at our next stop, though, and I have your winners.
So! There were quite a few of you hoping for a trio of Elin Hilderbrand novels, and five of you are about to be very happy. The winners are: Amy (commenter 235), Tiffany C (commenter 71), Alisa (commenter 146), Candy (commenter 159), and Heather (commenter 198). Congratulations, ladies! Please check your email!
Big thanks to all who played, and special thanks to our friends at Hachette Book Group for hooking us up with all of these great prizes. Reading is fundamental, but free books are awesome.
I’ll be back with the winner of the first round of the GoodNites contest, too, probably tomorrow or the next day. And there’s always another contest coming up!
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4:37 pm |
The current Lightning Deal at Amazon is the Flip Mino 60-minute camcorder bundle for $130 shipped. That’s a great price if you’ve been looking to get the higher-end Flip.
As always, Lightning Deals go quick, so get on it if you’re interested.
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1:39 pm |
A new month means new grocery specials at Amazon, so I was just taking a quick cruise through those.
Has anyone ever tried this Honey Tree honey gel before? I can’t decide if I’m intrigued or horrified—it’s a product that’s “88-90% honey,” with no HFCS or other additives. They’ve added some pectin to make it less runny, is all. It’s “the honey that stays put” and “great for kids.”
My kids looooove honey and also seem virtually incapable of spreading it only on the sandwich in front of them. I find it on the table, the chairs, and the kitchen counters. A honey that stays put is sounding pretty good, actually.
Use coupon code HONEYT32 to take an additional 30% off your purchase, and 12 containers of Honey Gel can be yours for under $14. (It’s not Subscribe & Save eligible, though, so you’ll either need Prime or additional items for Super Saver Shipping to get free shipping.)
Am I delirious from the mountain air and long hours on the road, or is this actually kind of brilliant?
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11:45 am |
Crossing over into July means Want Not has passed a big milestone: This site is now just over three years old! I can’t believe it’s been so long. How to best mark three years? I shall mail each and every one of you a cupcake and a tantrum as soon as possible. Check your mailboxes.
There have been some common refrains here, over that time, and one of them is (as longtime readers know) my love of a well-stocked gift closet. It means you’re prepared for (nearly) anything, that you’ll never have to run out and shop at the last minute, and that you’ll save gobs of money because you’re always getting the best deals.
Lovely Jaime has a gift closet quandary, though:
I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time now, filing away lots of good ideas about gift closets. I haven’t needed to create a huge one yet, as my kids were still little. Earlier this spring, however, when I was shopping for a birthday party, I picked up a few versions of the same doll because they were on clearance & marked pretty low.
It was no big deal to attach a gift receipt to the first doll; we gave the present w/in a week. However, when it came time to give a later doll, a) I couldn’t find the gift receipt (my fault for not taping it on like I usually do), but b) the dolls were from Target, and the gift receipts have expiration dates, and the date would have passed anyway.
So how does one reconcile a gift closet with the fact that some people may not like the gift & wish to exchange it? I know some of this depends on you knowing the recipient, but what if your gift happens to be a duplicate? To go one step further, what if your gift closet is created by online shopping deals and probably can’t be returned by the recipient?
My frugalness is fighting with my etiquetteness, and I’m not sure how to appease them both.
I know you’re on vacation, and certainly don’t expect an answer anytime soon. If ever, cause I suspect this question may be more philosophical than answerable…
I am still on vacation, but I love this question so much I wanted to answer it right away. (more…)
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10:03 am |
I’m always on the lookout for cheap digital frames—you can’t have too many photo displays, in our house—but this Pandigital frame at Buy.com may just be my new favorite. There’s three openings for regular photos along with the digital section. So it’s a collage frame, as well as a digital frame.
And it’s just $29.99 shipped. Tough to beat that!
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9:31 am |
Ordinarily you can get free shipping at Barnes & Noble online the same way you do at Amazon—by purchasing $25+ worth of merchandise. But through this weekend, choose from over a million items at Barnes & Noble eligible for free shipping on just $10+! This is a great promotion if there’s just one or two things you need, and you don’t want to get into filling up your cart just to reach the free shipping amount.
Tons of stuff is on sale, too, and it’s not like it’s hard to find books you want to pick up….
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8:39 am |
You already know I’m a fool for Kiss My Face products; they’re all-natural, smell awesome, and leave your skin soft and happy. (Yes. Happy skin!) And if you’ve never checked out the line, go ahead and get yourself a free sample of shower/bath gel to try.
It’s an anti-stress formula, which means I’m planning to drink it. That’ll work, right?
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7:55 am |
Whoops! Sorry I forgot to reminder you earlier—you have just a few more hours to enter the contest to win a trio of Elin Hilderbrand novels to take to the beach! (No, you don’t have to take them to the beach if you win.) There’s going to be five winners for this one, so your odds of bagging a prize are better than usual.
If you haven’t entered yet, get moving! And make sure to enter on the contest post, not this one. People who enter on reminder posts have been known to develop persistent cough, hair loss, and relentless mocking. Stay safe out there.
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7:48 pm |
There’s nothing my kids like so much as the Scholastic order forms they get from school and can then bring home and use to beg me to buy them hundreds of dollars worth of books. One of life’s great mysteries will always be why—given this devotion—said booklets always arrive home crumpled and stained and clearly having spent some time in the very bottom of the backpack. Hmmmm.
No matter; you can order from the online Scholastic Store any time you want! And through July 13th, 2009, you can use coupon code AFFTRV to take 20% off your order, plus it’ll give you free shipping on orders of $39+.
I mean, I solved my addiction to Scholastic books by getting them to give me a job where I also get free books from them, but I realize that’s not entirely an option for everyone. This is a pretty good alternative.
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2:54 pm |
