Archive | February, 2010

Introducing GoodNites Bedtime Theater

I’m absolutely thrilled to be partnering with GoodNites once again to both bring some fabulous prizes to my readers and also raise awareness for a great program they’re running.

What you need to know is that GoodNite has just launched Bedtime Theater, a great place to listen to an audio series staring a boy named Iggy that helps promote a better bedtime. You can also try your hand at writing Iggy’s next adventure, and possibly win $2,500! (Think you can’t write an adventure for him? It’s easy! Along with eight other bloggers, I participated in creating an Iggy story, and it was tons of fun.) Bedtime Theater and all of Iggy’s adventures are designed to show your child that he can have a good day, and a good night, regardless of his particular challenges. (Need to connect with experts and other parents, too? Check out the NiteLite Panel and discussion boards available for bedwetting support.)

I love the positive message here, because—let’s face it—the challenges of growing up to be a happy human don’t end with toilet training. Both of my kids (and heck, even I) struggle with control issues; part of it is nature, I guess, and part of it is having gone through a difficult divorce. We are still celebrating every victory, even the ones that come in the form of “this didn’t go exactly the way I wanted it to but I dealt with it.” Baby steps!

As if all of that wasn’t enough—trusted support resources, a chance to win big on the GoodNites site, a fun audio series to share with your child—let’s make it even more awesome. I’ll be conducting three contests for a Bedtime Theater Kit, each of which contains: a 2GB silver iPod shuffle, a pair of Logitech Speakers (compatible with the iPod), one $25 iTunes gift card, a Brookstone plush cuddle blanket, and a Patagonia tote bag to carry it all.

Want to win the first tote bag o’ goodies? Of course you do! First go review the standard contest rules and regulations, then come on back here and leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. Eastern (that’s 8:59 p.m. Pacific) on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, telling me how you make bedtime special at your house to be entered. For this contest you can get yourself a second entry by tweeting about the contest and leaving me a link to your tweet, too (double your chances). Winner to be determined by random number generation, but don’t worry—if you don’t win this one, you’ll have two more chances to win in the coming weeks, too.

Ready? Go!

Disclaimer: I have partnered with GoodNites® Sleep Pants for the Bedtime Theater program. I have been compensated for my time commitment to the program, which includes developing the Iggy’s Next Adventure story, sharing the program information with my readers, tweeting my blog entry and judging the Iggy’s Next Adventure contest entries. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive sentiments towards the GoodNites® products.

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Saturday deals

A few quick deals before heading out, this morning, but I promise to make it up to you later with a contest. Don’t be mad, baby.

Eddie Bauer is celebrating 90 years today (can you believe it?), and for one day only, coupon code EB90TH will take 30% off most everything.

This weekend is your last chance to shop Shoes.com and use coupon code SHOES20 for 20% off regular prices and CUPID for 15% off items already on sale.

In the meantime, 6pm.com has tons of shoe deals this weekend (as usual) but they’re also having a huge denim event, and have Oakley sunglasses marked down, too.

Love foreign films? Today’s Amazon Gold Box is stuffed with an 8-pack of foreign language DVDs.

And of course there’s another One Day Sale at Macy’s and a big Weekend Sale at Kohls going on, just like every other weekend. Heh.

Must dash; later I’ll return with goodies, and we’ll kiss and make up.

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Friday, keep it down

I have to go in and have breakfast with my son’s class this morning. As you can imagine, the very idea of starting my day with a large group of children has… ummm… caused me to get up early to start my day with the Amazon Friday Sale, instead. Ahem.

You know that the newly-downsized sale has made me sad, what with the fewer offerings, but it’s all okay, Amazon, because today you’re featuring Oskri Organics Honey Granola Bars, and I love those (and I love getting a box of 20 bars on Subscribe & Save for just under $12, too).

Of course, there’s a billion (okay, maybe not a billion) sets of pots and pans for sale, too. And if you need a testosterone boost (and really, who doesn’t?), check out the Gold Box deal—today they have The Undisputed Rocky Collection on Blu-ray for just $38. (I’m not telling you what to do, but Father’s Day will be here eventually, you know. I’m just sayin’.)

If you only buy one thing today? Pick up a set of these Rubbermaid Produce Savers (which are currently about half off). My stepmom introduced me to these and they. are. MAGIC. Never throw away yucky produce again! Love these.

Elsewhere: 6pm.com is singing my song, today. Discounts on Timberland and Tretorn, if you’re looking for shoes, but even better? Up to 75% off Lucky Brand. (Swoooon!)

Over at the Target Daily Deals, I spy a very cute Junior’s top and a nice grill pan, among other things.

I have to go rally the troops (and by “rally the troops” I of course mean “cruelly wake up the kids”), but perhaps this afternoon will bring some more deals….

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Winner of the Jawbone contest

One of you is about to become a total bombshell. I mean, you’re all already devastatingly pretty, of course, but just one of you is about to win a Jawbone ICON Bombshell headset, which will not only make talking on your cell phone a lot easier, it’ll make you look even more fabulous.

Who’s our lucky bombshell? That’s easy—the random number generator has spoken, and it’s commenter 144, SheilaInVA. Congratulations, Sheila! Please check your email!

Big thanks to all who played, and special thanks to the folks at Jawbone and their helpers at OutCast Communications for the extremely generous prize donation.

Didn’t win this time? Don’t be sad! More contests are coming up.

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Drugstore deals

I often forget all about drugstore.com for a while, and then I’m all, “Oh yeah! I love them!” when I realize they’re having a good sale. I don’t know why I space out about them all the time. Possibly because even I cannot get too excited about shopping for toilet paper and razors.

Anyway, right now they’re having their big anniversary sale, with markdowns of up to half off. There’s also the great gifts under $10 section, and—of course—their instant coupons. Lots and lots of goodies to be had, is my point.

Sure, they’re still razors and toilet paper and stuff, but doesn’t this make it a little more fun?

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The secrets of the dailies

The lovely Emily writes:

Well hello there, Mir! I was hoping you could post a list of websites
that offer daily deals. I know that lots of companies are doing this
and I love Target’s but would love to check a few other sites on a
daily basis. Thanks so much

Well, I hate to give away my secrets, but… okay, they’re not really secrets. As it turns out, just about every day one of the things I do for Want Not is take a tour through all of my favorite sites that offer daily deals, and the ones that I think you’ll like best, I go ahead and post. But if you want to do it yourself, that’s cool, too.

Daily deals at Amazon: Every day I check the Gold Box, the Grocery Specials, and the video game deal of the day. When I remember, I also check the MP3 free deals and specials, too.

Sites dedicated to daily deals: That means Woot, Kids.Woot, Thing Fling, Daily Steals, and Tanga.

Daily deals on sites we like: There’s a whole bunch of places that have a daily deal without being a site completely dedicated to daily deals, and I make the rounds through those each day, too. Several of these are going to look very familiar. (*coughcough6pmcoughcough*) They are: The daily specials at 6pm.com, the Target Daily Deals (always free shipping!), the Meijer Daily Steal (this one changes at noon, so sometimes I check it early but forget to check it later, my bad), the LL Bean Daily Markdown, Graveyard Mall‘s Deal of the Day, the Barnes and Noble Deal of the Day, and—as we learned I discovered yesterday—the Fabric.com Deal of the Day. Another thing I do is check the What’s Shakin’ list at Buy.com for recent hot markdowns.

This may not be an exhaustive list. I haven’t had my second cup of coffee, yet. But I think that’s most of my favorites.

I hope that helps, Emily!

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Prettier than bricks on their heads

I keep talking about how putting bricks on my kids’ heads has totally failed to keep them from growing, and it’s always true and yet I’m always surprised. (This weekend my daughter came downstairs in a pair of sweats halfway up her calves and I told her to stop stealing her little brother’s clothes. Turns out they were hers, a pair I just bought last winter.)

Thank goodness there’s new promotions at The Children’s Place so I can stock up on cool clothes at great prices. Through March 7th, 2010, use coupon code C99AA for 15% off your order, and today and tomorrow (February 25th-26th), you can also use code FSFEB2010A for free shipping on your $50+ order.

It’s not as good as finding a way to freeze them as little ones forever, but it’s pretty close.

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Reminder: Jawbone contest

Don’t forget—you have just a few more hours (until just before midnight tonight) to enter the contest to win a Jawbone ICON Bombshell headset!

As always, entries should be made on the contest post. Comments on this post are reserved for discussion of whether or not winter will ever end. Not that I’m complaining. Much.

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Sew right

Are you a quilter? Seamstress? Other person who… ummm… sews stuff? (Okay, you caught me; the extent of my sewing ability stops at reattaching buttons.) You might want to check out the Deal of the Day at fabric.com, because today is Wednesday, and Wednesday means it’s the Wednesday Web Busters.

Sure, it sounds a little painful, but I think they mean it’s special prices on stuff for Wednesday only. I mean, I’m pretty sure.

Shipping on your $35+ order is always free, and a lot of their fabrics certainly look pretty, even though I’d have no idea what to do with them if I bought any….

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Knife, knife baby

The current Amazon Lightning Deal is a sweet block of Wusthof kitchen knives for nearly 70% off. A great one to jump on if you’re in the market for sharp blades.

For cooking, people. If you need them for something else, I don’t want to know.

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