Mac OSX version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) isn’t being released until Friday, but it’s down to $24.99 at Amazon if you want to go ahead and pre-order it now.
On the plus side, that’s a great price.
On the minus side, if you don’t have Prime, you’ll need to add something to your order to get Free Super Saver Shipping. (Really? They couldn’t just make it an even $25?)
Still. Not a bad way to save $5 on something you’ll probably want to get. (Thanks, BB!)
This week at the PBS Store you can take 25% off your purchase with coupon code THANKS25.
There’s tons of stuff on sale already (works on sale items), and if you were swept away by the movie Julie & Julia, they even have plenty of classic Julia Child DVDs available.
Happy shopping!
As I said in the previous post, I will pay full price for organic foods, but that doesn’t mean I always have to. Consider, for example, he current Amazon special on Late July products.
I can’t eat their cookies and crackers (darn wheat…), but my kids love ‘em, and I feel a lot better feeding them this than the standard generic cheese-n-crackers packs the grocery store carries. Through August 30th, 2009, use coupon code LATEJ444 to save 25% off the already-reduced price, plus buy via Subscribe & Save for free shipping and another 15% off.
The end result is lunchbox-friendly snacks you can actually feel good about, at the price of the stuff that’s not, you know, actually food.
I was telling a friend this weekend (before I got sick, and now I’m hoping to type out this tale before the Dayquil wears off…) that I recently walked into Target and paid full price for a new blender. And then I realized that was significant enough to warrant its own post.
Yes, Virginia, sometimes I don’t wait for something to go on sale. I know. Crazy, isn’t it?
In the case of the blender, well, our ancient blender was on its last legs, and my daughter has taken to drinking smoothies on school mornings. Her lunch period is at 10:30 (don’t even get me started on that…) and she says that if she eats anything else at breakfast, she’s not hungry enough at lunch time to eat her lunch, and then she’s starving at the end of the day. So, smoothies it is! I punch up the nutrition by adding salba and spinach to our concoctions of orange juice, yogurt, and frozen fruits. Frozen fruit is hard on a cheap blender, so I knew I needed a decent one rather than one of those $19.99 specials. And I could’ve waited for a sale, but we use it five days a week, and I was worried the blender we were replacing could die at any moment.
So I bought it. For full price. (I got this Oster, both because my research showed it to have great reviews particularly with pulverizing frozen fruit, and because it matches my new stainless kitchen appliances nicely.)
The way I see it, getting as many bargains as I do offsets the occasional time I want/need to “just buy it.” I felt a flutter of guilt and then it passed. The moral of the story is that sometimes it’s okay to “just do it” (provided you can afford it, of course). Other things—off the top of my head—for which I will pay full price, on occasion: Local/organic foods, the perfect bra (sorry guys, but fellow women will understand that one!), and my work computer (because Macs don’t really ever go on sale).
So tell me—what will you pay full price for, regardless of your propensity to find the best deal on everything else?
It’s that time again: Now through the end of August, save 80% on dining certificates from Restaurant.com with coupon code TASTE. That’ll get you $25 worth of dining out for just $2, and they take Paypal, which is the electronic equivalent of your couch cushions. (Well, for me, anyway. I always have a couple of bucks in my Paypal account, don’t you?)
Check and see if there are any participating restaurants in your area. If there are, you’ve been paying too much for date night.
Thanks for your patience, folks—I just received word that the 20% off coupon GPMOMS for 20% off your order at GoPicnic is working properly, now.
(Still loving GoPicnic. We had a lunch emergency this morning, in that the thought of getting off the floor to make my kids lunch made me want to cry. So they took GoMeals and were happy, and I got to go back to bed.)
Posting may be a bit light today—I appear to be dying. (But! It’s not the flu! Just “general yuck,” says my doctor. Thank goodness.)
Here’s a few goodies to tide you over while I languish:
Today at 6pm.com they’ve got deals on Privo, Steve Madden, and—oh how I wanted a pair of these when I was younger—Kangaroos! Awesome.
For those of you who haven’t headed back to school yet, you won’t feel like today’s Amazon Gold Box Deals are too late—they’ve got a slew of school supplies on the cheap.
I think the Target Daily Deals are getting too ritzy for me. A $150 purse? From Target? Maybe it’s the fever, but my mind boggles.
I need a nap, but I’ll be back in a bit. Hopefully.
Looking at something at Old Navy? Right now all orders ship free with coupon code SHIPFREE, regardless of order size.
That’ll stack with a percentage off coupon, too. Spend $75+ and use code SAVE15 for an additional 15% off, or spend $100+ and use code SAVE20 for another 20% off.
Pretty soon they’re going to start paying us to take their clothes. (Okay, maybe not… but I can dream!)
Do you have or know a tweenage girl? Most of the ones I know are obsessed with fashion. It’s all about inventing something new and cool. And I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather my daughter experiment in mix-n-match style on her dolls or in her sketchbook than with her own clothes. (One, I don’t want to finance that habit, and two, often her dolls wear things I probably wouldn’t let her wear.)
So when the Harumika folks came along offering to send me one of their style starter sets, I said sure. It looked like a great way for kids to experiment with inventing outfits without either bankrupting us parents or causing us to have “you’re not leaving the house dressed in THAT” palpitations.
This weekend one lucky Want Not reader is going to win a Harumika Wild One Starter Set, complete with everything your budding fashionista needs to create her own set of outfits for the enclosed miniature dress form. The set is for children ages six and up, but I won’t tell if you find yourself playing with it, too.
Want to win it? First go read the contest rules and regulations, then come back here and leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. Eastern (8:59 p.m. Pacific) on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 to be entered. Winner to be determined by random number generation and runway strut.
Ready? Go!
Planning to do some shopping today? I’ve got you covered.
The featured Target Daily Deal is a 3-pack of LED booklights for just $12.49 shipped. Stocking stuffers!
Have you shopped Justice for the young ladies in your life, lately? I find the prices a bit on the inflated side, but with coupon code 779 you can take 40% off your entire purchase (even sale items), so for the occasional splurge item and bigtime cool-mom points, I’ll confess I do some judicious selecting, there.
Funny, I don’t think it’s too early to think about stocking stuffers, but I sort of refuse to think about Halloween. No, it’s not logical. Heh. But if you’re willing to consider it, right now you can get free shipping when you spend $59+ on Costumes & Accessories at DisneyStore.com. Just use coupon code COSTUME this weekend.
Today’s another Macy’s One Day Sale, with 40% off things like blenders and food processors (among other things). I spotted a few good deals there.
For a limited time, Fashion Bug is offering an additional 40% off clearance merchandise. That means clearance items are up to 70% off, plus you can use coupon code 776294704 for an additional 20% off, or code 776276701 for free shipping on your $75+ order.
Bare Necessities now has a special Outlet Section with savings starting at 40% off retail. Spend $50+ and you’ll get free shipping automatically, too.
And the current Lightning Deal at Amazon is a price break on one of those mosquito elimination systems that hardly ever go on sale. It’s a pricey item, but if you’ve been in the market for one, this may be cheaper than you’ll find it elsewhere. (Of course, Lightning Deals go quick, so get on over there if you’re interested.)
Will there be a contest later? Oh, I think there will. Check back!
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