Bump up your Subscribe & Save savings
We’ve reached the part of the month where I’m checking to make sure I have at least 5 Amazon Subscribe & Save items scheduled for next month, so that I get the maximum discount on all of my items. Sometimes I’m one short, and then I go looking for something cheap that I still actually want.
Today’s find: A crazy good price on my favorite Goody hair elastics. These slide-proof elastics actually stay exactly where you put them, and they don’t hurt, either. To get a pack of ’em for just over a buck is a great bargain, plus it bumped me up to savings 20% on the rest of my items.
Just a little deal and recommendation to share. I need more because someone in my house has been stealing mine. You know how you think 10 ponytail holders is more than enough, right up until you can’t find a single one…? Yeah, that.
Stuff dinner out into your stocking
I know the holidays feel like an endless eating orgy, so maybe you’re not thinking about dinner out right now, but eventually January and the rest of the year follows and the flow of cookies abates and you run into an evening where the thought of preparing dinner makes you want to cry. So! Let me help: Hop on over to Restaurant.com now and today you can use coupon code CHEERS for 60% off. That’ll get you $25 of dining for just $4 out of pocket, and you buy it now, thank me next year when you realize you haven’t used it yet and you’re about to eat out on the cheap.
Plus if you buy one for your significant other and use it as a stocking stuffer, you look all thoughtful and stuff, even though they then have to take you out to dinner. Win-win!
More $24 deals
It’s another day of 24 $24 deals over at 6pm.com, just because. (Thanks to alert and pretty reader Char for pointing it out!) In addition, they’ve got their usual crop of sales going, and you can use coupon code 6PME1216131559 for an additional 15% off!
Shipping is always free, and you can still order and get your goodies in time for Christmas.
Not actually ponies
Did you know that My Little Pony now has a line of dolls called Equestria Girls, which is basically a way for the Pony folks to slap horse ears on fashion dolls and brand them alongside the ponies? I mean, I assume that was the deal. They’re kind of cute, though.
Here’s a bunch of price drops on ’em at Amazon:
My Little Pony Equestria Girls Rarity Doll for $7.99
My Little Pony Equestria Girls Celestia Doll and Pony Set for $11.24
My Little Pony Equestria Girls Twilight Sparkle Doll and Pony Set for $11.24
My Little Pony Equestria Girls Rainbow Dash Hairstyling Doll for $11.97
My Little Pony Equestria Girls Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle Figures for $18.74
I’m still kind of confused about the ears, though. Are they girls? Horses? Girlhorses?? Did one of the My Little Ponies have an illicit tryst with a Monster High doll? Toys are confusing.
Finish getting your Christmas on
One of my very favorite places to shop for pretty things I probably don’t need is Cost Plus World Market. So many cute things! And right now you can still get stuff before Christmas, with automatic free shipping on everything holiday-related, plus you can use coupon code VERYMERRY today for an additional 10% off and free shipping on your $50+ order of anything.
They’re also running a “24 Days of Deals” promotion, which today features half-off ornaments. Why wait for the post-holiday rush? Start shopping for next year now, or just round out your collection a little.
Did you know there’s such a thing as a “wine monkey?” There is! Because what’s a bottle of wine without a sock monkey to go over it, right? (That’s in the Stocking Stuffers section, and ships for free. I told you, I love this place.)
It’s time for wacky stocking stuffers!
Happy oh-my-gosh-where-has-December-gone-it’s-nearly-Christmas! That means it’s time for Urban Outfitters to offer an extra 50% off their sale items (discount taken at checkout), along with free shipping.
Mind you, most of the clothing at Urban Outfitters makes an old, crotchety lady such as myself quite… confused. But they have some nice housewares and this is where we tend to buy things like bacon band-aids and such for stockings. (What? Doesn’t everyone?)
They certainly scare me
Look, I don’t quite understand the whole Monster High thing, but there’s plenty I don’t understand, so I’m trying not to judge. They’re… uhhh… zombie Barbies? Sort of? And generally kind of expensive.
With the holiday price drops at Amazon upon us, a ton of these dolls are currently down to their best-ever prices. Just don’t ask me which is better or more coveted or whatever; I have no idea. That said, check these out if you’re in the market:
Ghoul Spirit Frankie Stein Doll for $7.99
Ghoul Spirit Spectra Vondergeist Doll for $9.02
Ghoul Spirit Venus McFlytrap Doll for $9.99
Music Festival Doll Clawdeen Wolf for $7.88
Art Class Draculaura Doll for $9.99
Picture Day Spectra Vondergeist Doll for $8.99
Picture Day Lagoona Blue Doll for $9.99
Picture Day Operetta Doll for $9.99
13 Wishes Lagoona Blue for $8.99
13 Wishes Howleen Wolf for $9.99
Travel Scaris Skelita Calaveras Doll for $9.51
Travel Scaris Clawdeen Wolf Doll for $9.69
Travel Scaris Frankie Stein Doll for $9.99
Ghouls Night Out Doll Spectra Vondergeist for $8.99
New Scaremester Catrine DeMew Fashion Doll for $9.99
Actually, the longer I look at them, the more they kind of grow on me. I totally would’ve played with these when I was a kid. Granted, I was a pretty odd little kid (pretend you’re shocked…), but still.
Loom-a-rama-ding-dong
Here’s another fad my kids missed: rainbow looms. I’m not sure I really understand it, other than that as long as there have been children, there have been trendy bracelets they can make with materials their parents have to buy. That’s about the whole story, right…?
Right now over at Amazon, they’ve got some great rainbow loom deals via a third party seller. If you want a loom with 600 bands, the current price is $9.99, which is pretty good already, but if you also buy this 2,400 piece loom band collection for $6.50 (yowza!) you can apply coupon code NAHZKJYM to get an additional $5 off! (Basically buying the extra bands along with any of the loom kits and using the code gets you half off your selected loom kit. Just make sure that A4C is the seller for both.)
Free shipping, too. These are crazy hot items right now, so if not for your own kid, think donation or gift closet.
Hit the 12/12 sale
Everybody’s favorite, 6pm.com, is having a 12/12 sale. (No, not as cool as last year when it was a 12/12/12 sale, but I guess we can’t expect them to modify the year for us, just the prices.) Check out items priced at $12, $24, or $48 for today only. I’m seeing savings of 90% on some items!
As always, the good stuff will sell out quickly, so shop early if you’re shopping. There’s still time for delivery by Christmas, too.
[Edited to add: A few good deals I’ve seen include High Sierra Fat Boy backpacks (now $12; I paid $25 on sale for my kids’ ones—they are big with lots of pockets), magnetic nail polish gift sets, and Sara’s Prints Christmas jammies for the kids.]
Lalawhat, now?
I… do not quite understand the Lalaloopsy doll craze. And when they became such a huuuuuge thing last holiday season, I thought maybe by this year it would be over. But it’s not! I mean, apparently. Thankfully we are past this stage.
It looks like these dolls tend to retail at around $30, and then the price goes up from there if the particular doll is rare/collectable/coated in platinum. I don’t know. So for all I know, the following dolls aren’t as “good,” but at least they’re relatively cheap. From Amazon:
Charlotte Charades for $8.98
Peanut Big Top for $12.99
Starlight Dot for $13.24
Mango Tiki Wiki for $14.43
Haley Galaxy for $19.19
Mittens Fluff’n Stuff for $21.99
I still think they’re too expensive, but I guess it’s all about perspective. (Hey kids, make sure to ask Mommy and Daddy for a genuine American Girl before asking for a Lalaloopsy!)
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