Want Not

Good morning! The sun in shining, and I hear someone got married this morning. Which is an excellent excuse to consider a little shopping, right? Right!

The Amazon Friday Sale continues to be mostly coffee. I am not sure exactly how much coffee Amazon thinks we drink, but the answer appears to be “all of it.” But don’t worry—if you’re not a coffee drinker, they also have a ton of tea on sale. And if you’re not thirsty, don’t forget that this month’s selection of $5 MP3 albums is only available for a couple more days. Get your tunes before the price goes back up!

If you’d like to be Queen (or King) for the day, go shop at Banana Republic; coupon code BRKING30 will take 30% off your purchase today and tomorrow (2 days!), proving that even royalty are sometimes not good at math.

6pm.com is having an 80% off “garage sale” today; I tried to resist, I really did, but c’mon. 80% off? I’m only human.

Over in the Target Daily Deals, they’ve got some basic underwire bras available for 2 for $10 (buy one, get one free). They’re not the most exciting things I’ve ever seen, but $5 is hard to beat.

It looks like today’s special at Graveyard Mall is a 2-pack of cordless grinders (think Dremel, though I’m guessing this is a no-name brand) for $16 shipped. Hard to go wrong at that price point, even if they don’t last forever.

Also keep in mind that most (maybe all, but I’m too lazy to check…) of the Friends & Family deals I posted over the last couple of days are still going on. So there’s plenty of places to get a bargain today, if you’re so inclined.

I thought I posted this yesterday, but apparently I’m imagining things. (In case you’re wondering, I also imagined that I won the lottery and that my kids stopped bickering. It’s good to have dreams.)

Anyway, here you go: Through May 2nd, shop at Macy’s and use coupon code MACYSFF for 25% off most everything (10% off things like electronic and mattresses). Shipping on your $99+ order is always automatically free, too.

Hey, if Macy’s wants me to be part of their family, who am I to say no?

I… am not really sure how stores decide when to have these friends/family sales, or when it was decided that, heck, we’re all friends and family! But somehow all the sales seem to be clustered together this year, and also, everyone’s invited. I have mixed feelings about this.

Nevertheless! If you didn’t get your retail F&F fill yesterday, you might want to visit Bon-Ton today—their Friends & Family sale is in full swing, and through May 1st that means coupon code FRIFAMAPR11 takes 25% off most things (but at least 10% off the rest). Combine those bonus savings with the pre-Mother’s Day Sale already happening, and there’s some real deals to be had.

Spend $50+ and you can try coupon code FREE50THANKU for free shipping, too.

Here’s another good Friends and Family deal for you—through May 2nd, 2011, take 40% off your entire purchase at Timberland with coupon code BFF11.

They sell more than boots, of course, but this is a great chance to get a hefty pair for way less than you’d be spending next winter.

Also, you have to love a company that lets you be their BFF.

In general I am opposed to any store claiming that it’s the “biggest sale of the season,” particularly when it’s a store that has sales all the darn time (*coughcoughKohlscoughcough*). Nevertheless, a sale’s a sale, no matter what they call it.

So sure, I’ll be checking it out over at JC Penney, today. Between the sale and available $10 off $25+ code CANTBEAT it’s entirely possible I’ll find something I need. Er, I mean, that the kids need.

Yeah, that’s the ticket.