Archive for April, 2008

Go sign up at ArtsCow.com to get 400 (!!) free prints from them.
Is the quality any good? No idea. They’re a new site, and I have no personal experience to share. But I feel confident assuring you that your free prints will be worth every penny you paid for them.
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10:48 am |

As Dawn was kind enough to point out on yesterday’s post, right now you can order a Wii bundle from Circuit City, too. It costs more, obviously ($400, I think), but in addition to the base console—which comes with one remote—you get a second remote, a nunchuck, and your choice of two games from a list of eight choices.
Just another option in case you’re trying to track one down….
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9:18 am |

Nearly 300 of you were vying for the book set in our latest contest, but I can only give the prize to one of you (despite the enormous drifts of pixie dust that seem to be scattered around in here now…).
My trusty random number generator was up the task, and it spit out… number 134, Christina! Congratulations, Christina, and please look for and respond to my email. (I’m generous but I’m not psychic, and I need your mailing address.)
Many thanks to all who played, and very special thanks to the folks at Sourcebooks for donating the prize. If you still want to check out the Fairy Chronicles—and I encourage you to do so—you can order them directly from Sourcebooks or at Amazon
(the price is the same both places, but you can get the free Super Saver Shipping from Amazon if you order enough). It really is a charming little series.
Coming up on Monday is a very special Mother’s Day contest which I predict will be Want Not’s most popular thus far (and that’s saying something—there were over 680 entries in the Lands’ End contest). You won’t want to miss it, trust me!
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7:41 am |

Had your eye on something at Cost Plus World Market? It’s Friends and Family time! Through April 27th, 2008, save 25% online with coupon code FFAPRIL, or just print out this handy-dandy coupon to go shop in-store.
(Thanks, Chris! You’re pretty!) (I like to tell Chris he’s pretty because he’s manly enough to take it.)
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6:34 am |

If you snapped up a Wii earlier—or if you already had one—you may have games on the brain, now. I did a little poking around at Amazon and thought I’d bring the following to your attention:
Super Paper Mario for $39.99 (down from $49.99). Not a huge discount, but the cheapest I’ve seen and a wildly popular and highly-rated game.
High School Musical: Sing It! for $18.99 (down from $49.99). Not very good reviews, truthfully, but maybe good for a die-hard HSM fan?
High School Musical: Sing It! bundle w/ microphone for $39.99 (down from $59.99). Strangely enough, this gets better reviews than the other one, even though it’s the same game. And I’m not sure if you can buy the mic separately so who knows if this is an equivalent deal, but there you go.
Monster Jam for $29.99 (down from $49.99). Great reviews! Looks like just the thing for getting out a little hostility. Hee.
Luxor: Pharaoh’s Challenge for $19.99 (dwn from $39.99). Dude, it’s educational.
And to answer the earlier question… no, I didn’t snag a Wii for myself. I know. I was busy posting it and working on something else and then they were out of stock. Next time….
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2:43 pm |

… (and again, some of you may remember this from last year) Sephora is once again offering their Sun Safety Kit: $25 gets you $87 worth of Sephora products, and 100% of their profits go to the Skin Cancer Foundation.
It’s not quite as smokin’ of a deal as the Allure Box, but the warm fuzzies from it being proceeds for charity might make up for it.
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12:44 pm |

Don’t forget that you have until 11:59 tonight to enter the contest for a set of Fairy Chronicles books! If you haven’t entered yet, what are you waiting for?
Posted by Mir @
11:41 am |

Wanting a Wii? Run to Toys R Us
! In stock right now!
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10:29 am |

(See how I got all hip and lingo-ish, there? What? Oh. Yeah. Okay, I’ll stop.)
Ahem.
Anyway! Hi! Through April 24th, 2008, if you place a $65+ order at Harry and David, you’ll get a free box of their chocolate heart charms (a $35 value)! So you could order goodies for Mom and keep the chocolates for yourself! Or goodies for yourself and give the chocolates to Mom! Or you could give it all to Mom because you’re just that good of a kid. All I’m saying is that it’s probably a little easier to fork over $65 when you’re getting a $35 item for free.
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10:21 am |

The JC Penney Wednesday Deals are up, and there’s some wild shoes and some hotel towels and some other stuff.
Also, coupon code MARSURVY seems to be working for 15% off your total. Just in case you want another $1.50 off those shoes….
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9:10 am |