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Yes, it’s time again—and this time, it’s the end-of-month savings that make this practically free money. Through Halloween, visit Restaurant.com and save 80% on your purchase with coupon code TREATS. That means you can get $25 worth of dining for just $2! That sounds like a perfectly adequate excuse for a night on the town, to me.

(Now, what’s scary is those leftovers I found pushed waaaaaaaayyyy to the back of the fridge. Yikes.)

Good morning! Well, I guess the morning’s nearly over, now, but apparently I am getting lazier in my old age. Sorry about that.

Here’s a few deals to check out as you wander through your weekend….

My daughter informs me that “all the cool kids wear Skechers.” I have informed her that “all the cool kids’ parents love them more than I love her.” Except that right now at 6pm, all Skechers footwear is $24.95 or less, so I get a shot at being cool. (Plenty of other shoes are on sale there, too.) Meanwhile, if Mama needs a new pair of shoes, over at Endless there are multiple specials going on, including 20% off if you buy two or more pairs of boots.

There’s still time to pick up a costume from the DisneyShopping Halloween Boootique, if you’re scrambling. Not that I would know anything about scrambling for costumes. (Ignore this stitchwitchery I have stuck all over my fingers.)

Picking up something at Macy’s this weekend? Ship your $99+ order for free with coupon code 150BDAY.

This weekend only, Best Buy is offering free shipping on $99+, automatically. Feel free to buy me a television. (Hahahaha! Just kidding. I already have a TV. But if you see a Wii Fit….)

Don’t forget that—continuing in the fine, if somewhat confusing, tradition of O-Day actually lasting close to a week—you can still save 7.5% all weekend long at Overstock, simply by going through that there link. (Discount will not apply to media like DVDs and CDs, but will come in very handy on things like furniture and clothing and such.)

Enjoy, and just think about this—it’s just about a month until the entire world loses its mind and enters a shopping frenzy before the holidays. You’re so pretty and smart, you’re going to be just about done by then. Right? Right!

Yeah, um, it’s only a week until Halloween. Now if you don’t find that scary, you’re probably not afraid of anything!

Fortunately, we have the Amazon Friday Sale to comfort us… for today, anyway.

There’s slim pickings, today, but let’s see what we can find.

Okay, I’ll confess: I bought these shoes from last week’s sale. They are incredible (I got the bronze—I’ll bet you didn’t know I have a thing for snakeskin). Not exactly an everyday shoe, but the next time I need to get all fancied up, I’m ready. And they’re $26.69 with an available $10 magazine rebate, so that’s just $8 a shoe! (See Mir justify. Justify, Mir, justify!)

Cookware sets are back in the spotlight—choose from the 9-piece Calphalon hard-anodized set or the 14-piece Cuisinart stainless set for just $129.99.

I won’t pretend to understand this Oster food steamer—I think steaming things on the stovetop isn’t all that hard—but the reviews are great and the price is the lowest I’ve seen it ($25.99).

It’s a floor wax! No, it’s a dessert topping! Hey kids, it’s both! Or, in the case of this 4-in-1 covered plate with dome, it’s a cake holder, it’s a punch bowl, it’s a chip-n-dip, it’s a lawnmower! (Okay, you got me. I made up the last one.) For $19.99, it could be awesome.

Not only is this 18-piece Pyrex food storage set marked down to just under $20, it’s eligible for the 4-for-3 promotion right now.

This lightweight Dirt Devil carpet steamer gets great reviews (most comparing it to a machine three times the cost), and is just $89.99 shipped.

Now even your coffee can be a divisive political statement! Choose from McCain blend or Obama blend! (This would be a pretty funny office gag, actually. Set both varieties out there with the other k-cups and watch the fun unfold!)

I couldn’t resist this one: What do you picture when you think about paying over two grand for a watch? Elegance? Diamonds? A big cartoon shark face? Um. Yeah.

And with that freshly-imprinted on your brain, go recover by perusing the Friday Five—five MP3 albums that are just $5 each, today only.

I’m off to work on Halloween costumes. Because I’m a giver. And because the children are starting to catch on about me not actually being superwoman.