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Ready or not, someday we all hope to retire. Go ahead and grab this Kindle book while it’s free to help you start down the path that eventually ends at comfortable retirement rather than working straight into the grave.

You’re welcome!

Here’s something to keep in mind during this season of Lightning Deals and other promotions at Amazon: Keep an eye out for combinable discounts. Like yesterday, when the Video Game Deal of the Day discount actually combined with a B1G1 discount on certain games.

Today, in a couple of minute this 24-pack of Puffs tissues is going to come up in the Lightning Deals. Yeah, not exactly the Christmas present you were looking for, but who doesn’t need tissues? If you decide to go for it, be sure to click through to the product page before purchasing; there’s a $3 coupon available (if you are offered Amazon coupons). Just an extra discount you may be able to combine with whatever the LD price ends up being.

Oh, you already love Groupon—how could you not?—but if you live in one of their major metro areas, it just got a whole lot better.

Introducing Groupon Now, deals you buy and use the same day! Perfect for saving on lunch or whatever you want to save on, spur-of-the-moment. It’s a whole new way to Groupon, and if it’s already live in your area, bookmark it. I predict your wallet will be very glad you did.

Have you been getting your music on over at Amazon lately? Let me help: You can get $2 worth of MP3 downloads for free with coupon code FALLMP3S. Just go enter the code here and then shop for whatever your little music-lovin’ heart desires.

I’m one of those people who never thought about my skin until one day, there was a middle-aged woman staring back at me in the mirror. I have no idea where she came from, but she needed a little help. Ahem. Now I use a complicated combination of products, forever searching for the “one” that will give me back the skin of my youth. (Hint: It doesn’t exist.)

Anyway, one of my current favorite products is Olay Definity Color Recapture, which I think I’ve mentioned here before—it’s basically a tinted moisturizer that also has some nice anti-aging make-you-look-all-dewy-again stuff in it. My skin is pretty sensitive and I wear very little make-up, so for me, this is a perfect compromise between going bare-faced and wearing foundation (which I hate with a passion). Amazon has a decent price on it (about $5 cheaper than I see it at the drugstore), and they have specials occasionally, as well.

Of course, I’m also always looking for a good rescue-my-skin-from-itself-please product to use underneath the Definity, because getting old is horrible. (Well, horrible for your skin. Kind of awesome in other ways.) Today I see that Amazon has Olay Regenerist Daily Regenerating Serum for just $14.44 when you buy via Subscribe & Save, plus there’s a $3 coupon to clip on the page. (That coupon works on a few different products, too, if you don’t want this.) I may try this one out, as I see it listed in the Allure Editors Picks every year and think “I should get some of that,” but then I see something shiny and forget.

Of course, your skin looks perfect just the way it is.