Archive for September, 2006
… that taste great together!
(Okay, technically I guess Target is not a taste, but what you do with Target is your own business.)
This week, Target is offering 4 12-packs of Pepsi products for just $10. As if that wasn’t enough, you also get a $5 gift card with purchase.
Sure, they’re hoping to get you in there and then you’ll spend another $50 or $100 on other stuff (not that that’s ever happened to me) (what?) (shut up), but it’s a great deal if you’re into Pepsi.
I favor the diet Pepsi with lime, myself.
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6:15 am |
I don’t know why they’re doing this, and I suppose it doesn’t matter. But today only you can take 40% off at Lane Bryant, online or in-store. Use coupon code 000408738 if shopping online.
There’s lots on sale already, so check it out if this is a store you shop.
(I think they’re on to me; I always check out the accessories when there’s a sale at a place that doesn’t carry my size. No sale accessories today! Boohoo!)
[Edited at 1:20 PM.] Hey! Fashion Bug is doing it, too. Customer Appreciation all around. Woo!
[Edited at 2:44 PM.] One more! Catherine’s is doing it, too! Thanks, Jules!
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12:41 pm |
So in my deal surfing, I often see people confusing Circulon and Calphalon pans, and really, they’re both hard-anodized aluminum and sort of similar, so it’s understandable.
But today I saw someone swearing this was a great deal on Cephalon, and I think that sounds like a brain disorder rather than a good deal on frying pans.
Anyway!
These pans are Circulon, and I am a Circulon devotee. I registered for Circulon when I got married long ago, and many wonderful and rich people bought me my pans. I am still using them. I heart them.
I’m thinking of moving to classic Calphalon (without the teflon coating) when I need to start replacing pieces, but you really can’t beat a coated frying pan for eggs. Or, you know, two of ‘em, for less than what one should cost. With free shipping.
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11:05 pm |
So, I dunno, I have pretty much given up on that whole snailmail thing, myself, but if you still use envelopes and the post office, this might interest you.
Get a custom self-inking address stamper for free. You do have to pay the shipping, which will be $3.79 for the continental U.S.
Why, yes, I am having an extremely thrilling Saturday night. Why do you ask?
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7:18 pm |
MSN is giving away Anthony Bourdain’s newest book, The Nasty Bits, for free. From the description at Amazon Publisher’s Weekly (found at Amazon, though):
In this typically bold effort, Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential), like the fine chef he is, pulls together an entertaining feast from the detritus of his years of cooking and traveling. Arranged around the basic tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami (a Japanese term for a taste the defies description), this scattershot collection of anecdotes puts Bourdain’s brave palate, notorious sense of adventure and fine writing on display. From the horrifying opening passages, where he joins an Arctic family in devouring a freshly slaughtered seal, to a final work of fiction, the text may disappoint those who’ve come to expect more honed kitchen insights from the chef. Surprisingly, though, the less substantive kitchen material Bourdain has to work from only showcases his talent for observation. This book isn’t for the effete foodies Bourdain clearly despises (though they’d do well to read it). He criticizes celebrity chefs, using Rocco DiSpirito as a “cautionary tale,” and commends restaurants that still serve stomach-turning if palate-pleasing dishes, such as New York’s Pierre au Tunnel (now closed), which offered tête de veau, essentially “calf’s face, rolled up and tied with its tongue and thymus gland.” Fans of Bourdain’s hunger for the edge will gleefully consume this never-boring book.
My interest is piqued. Sign up to get yours if yours is, too.
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8:59 am |
It’s time once again to compare our kills and see who won at shopping. I suspect that I won, because of something that I just did, but we’ll just have to see.
This week I received my free Schick Intuition (took so long, I forgot it was coming) and a sample of some hand cream.
I also went ahead and bought everyone new pillows and pillow covers on O-Day (we were in dire need) and the last of them arrived today. I can’t wait to try them out!
My free photo canvas came a couple of days ago, too. My picture was a funny size and I figured they would crop it for me; instead, they made me a custom 8″ x 12″ canvas at no extra charge. That’s awesome customer service, and I will be happy to recommend them to others.
But the crown jewel in my frugal tiara came just this morning at my local Salvation Army thrift store. I dropped off a giant bagful of clothes, first. (This is my new rule; I’m only allowed to shop there if I drop off a bag of stuff. It keeps me from shopping there too much and helps me to declutter at home.) Inside, I browsed for under an hour. My superb deal? Not the $3 boutique pajamas or $2 designer dress for my daughter… not the $1 Old Navy sweater or $1 Gap jeans for my son… not even the $1 Express blazer for me. Nope. Check it out: A brand new, tags-on, 100% cashmere Margaret O’Leary sweater. For $2.99.
I totally win. But if you can top it, I shall bow down to your superb thriftiness.
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1:50 pm |
So I popped up the the Amazon Friday Sale this morning and found myself wondering what exactly people with money are buying, and am I really so very far from the norm, with my frugal ways?
Case in point: Front and center on the Friday Sale page are these shoes
. Now, I’ll grant you that they are cute. Adorable, even. (I’m only slightly put off by the ubiquitous “unknown binding” line under the product name. Huh?) But they’re infant shoes. For $35.89. Which—I gather—is supposed to thrill me, because normally these shoes are $54.95.
This sort of thing just blows my mind. I mean, someone must be buying them. Me, I’m just the sort of cheapskate who says things like “Infant shoes? Seriously? They can’t even walk!”
You want a sale price I can get excited about? How about this Calphalon stock pot for $39.99. Now that is a deal. And won’t be outgrown in three weeks.
Or maybe this Roomba Discovery or the Roomba Scheduler, which, what’s happening here? Is Amazon putting Roombas on every Friday sale? That would be awesome, because I believe that whole “chicken in every pot” thing is so yesterday. Today’s politicians should totally be promising a Roomba in every family room. (And don’t forget coupon code FALLSAVE for another $25 off!)
I’m also seriously considering jumping on the luxury sheets train with these 800 thread count sheets. (Or! I could go whole-hog to these sinful 1000 thread count sheets!) In fact, if I buy two sets, I can use that FALLSAVE coupon… hmmmmm….
And I know I highlighted this before, and I know it’s too much money for a sane person to spend (even if it is a really good deal), but I want one of these.
Happy shopping!
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9:04 am |
Do you remember when I dressed my kids up as cows to get free food?
Yes, I have no shame. But that’s not the point. (And they make cute cows, so you can just shut it.)
Now they’re at it again with the free stuff. Register for a chance at your share of the million nuggets they’re giving away. The first million to register get a coupon for a free large Dr. Pepper, too.
(Why only Dr. Pepper? Why not Coke? Or ginger ale? Is pairing chicken with Dr. Pepper like how you have to have red wine with steak?)
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6:15 am |
Got a big and/or tall man on your shopping list? (Wait, that sounds like you’re at the man store. “Do you have this guy in an extra large? No? How about this one?”) KingSize Direct has a bunch of stuff on clearance right now, as well as a special “cleaning out our closets” section.
Sweeten the deal with a coupon:
$15 off $15+ (expiration unknown): code 1151-02967-368
30% off one item (expires 9/30/06): 1151-01753-368
10% off 1st item, 20% off 2nd item, 30% off 3rd item or 40% off 4th item in purchase (expires 09/30/06): 1151-03619-368
But I think I could be on to something with a warehouse where you can go pick up a bargain man, too.
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12:00 pm |
Hitting Office Depot for a few things this weekend? Check out the available printable coupons before you go.
(That one for 60% off all OD brand DVD, CD and diskette media could even be enough to get me out of my desk chair and down to the store.)
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9:30 am |
