Sew perfect
If you’ve been waiting for just the right deal on a sewing machine, today could be the day! Amazon’s Gold Box holds the Singer 7258 Stylist Award-Winning 100-Stitch Computerized Free-Arm Sewing Machine today at just $129.99—its lowest price ever.
This machine is a Consumer Digest Best Buy, as well as having an average rating of 4.5 stars with over 340 reviews. I can’t get over the fact that it comes with ten different presser feet. This may be because I’m the person who can always mess up loading the bobbin even in machines that claim their bobbins are foolproof. (What can I say? It’s a gift.) It’s fancy, is what I’m saying, though today’s price is comparable with machines that only do half what this one is capable of.
Time for a big treat at Vera Bradley
Been pining over an expensive item over at Vera Bradley? Today could be the day to snap it up—you can use coupon code FALLTREAT to take $40 off your $150+ purchase, and it even works on sale items. That’s perfect if you’ve been wanting a piece of luggage or multiple items. (You know, I don’t even like this stuff all that much, but how cute is this rolling duffle that’s down to $154? With the coupon it’s just $114, about half the original price.)
Shipping is free on your $75+ order. The code will work through the weekend, but if you’re shopping the sale items, keep in mind that the best deals are likely to sell out.
Lands’ End lures me in again
It’s Friends & Family time at Lands’ End, and of course that means that Discover Card is mysteriously “out” of electronic gift certificates in the Cashback Redemption Center. Hmmmmm. I may cave and place an order anyway, though, because code GRAND with PIN 2055 gives you 30% off everything and free shipping at $50+ (after coupon).
There’s a swimsuit there calling my name. I do love their suits.
Happy teens = happy moms
Go ahead, be a hero to the fashion-conscious teen in your life—right now the clearance at Aeropostale is an extra 40% off when you use coupon code EXTRA40.
Unfortunately, Aero seems to never do free shipping, but with discounts this large, it may be worth paying to ship.
Of course, if you want to be nice, but also want to make a little steam come out of your kid’s ears, buy some stuff for them and then pick up something for yourself, too. Because moms aren’t supposed to wear that kind of stuff. Obviously.
The generic-but-not group gift dilemma
About a month ago, pretty reader Jean sent me the following question, and I was all, “Yes, I would love to tackle that! Stay tuned!” And then I saw something shiny and wandered off. My apologies for taking so long, Jean. Forgive me? Here we go:
Last year was my first year at a new job. In past jobs, we always did a Kris Kringle type of thing so you only had to purchase one gift for one co-worker. Well last Christmas, everyone was giving gifts to everybody! This was not in my budget so I wound up getting cards and a small bag of Lindt chocolates for everyone. It was fine but not super creative.
This year, I have budgeted about $10 per person (not including cards because I bought those at the end of the year sale last year). Any ideas of what I could get coworkers? Most are female and are aged between 30 and 50 (I have one male co-worker in his 40’s). I could go a bit higher per person if need be.
My knee-jerk response to this is abject horror. Times are tough and budgets are tight; I don’t know how many people there are in Jean’s office, but this seems excessive. Yikes. What if you couldn’t afford to participate? (I could go on and on, here. I’ll stop now.)
But with a budget of $10/person, I think you can probably go a few different ways. read more…
Time for a new purse?
The fourth featured boutique on 6pm.com‘s rotating splash screen today is an up-to-70%-off purses shop—a dozen pages of deeply discounted handbags in a variety of styles.
I’m not looking, because I am currently carrying the One True Purse, but if I needed one, this would be a good place to browse.
Woot your way through Tuesday
Whaaaaat? A Woot-Off on a Tuesday?? No, no, I’m not complaining. I can dig it. I’ll just, uh, clear my calendar… so that I have plenty of time to watch the rotating deals happening all day at Woot, Home.Woot, Sport.Woot, the new Tools.Woot, Kids.Woot, and—last, but never least—Wine.Woot (motto: only wine sometimes).
The deals fly fast and furious, some lasting only a few seconds, other lasting a full half-hour. What will you find? There’s no telling. Better keep an eye on it.
Let me save you a trip to the store
Planning on hitting up Walgreens later? Maybe you can order what you need online, get free shipping and extra savings, and save yourself a trip!
Right now they’re offering an additional 15% off sitewide with coupon code 15FALL, and if you spend $25+ your order always ships for free.
Do a search on fleece throw to find some they have on special for 2 for $5 (before coupon)! I’m sure these aren’t the greatest quality in the world, but they’re perfect for the dog, for having an extra in the trunk of the car, for donating… it’s hard to beat the price, after all. And as long as you’re there picking up your contact lens solution or whatever….
If you love to make your kids match…
… then today is the perfect time to shop at Children’s Place for the adorable, coordinating holiday-wear that will be more expensive and picked over by the time you think about it two months from now. (That was a really convoluted sentence. Hopefully you got it.)
Today (Monday, September 23rd) you’ll get free shipping on every order, automatically, plus you can use coupon code U6H923H for an extra 20% off every order, or if you’re ordering $75+, use code T6H923H for an extra 25% off. And yes, they have their holiday dressy clothing in stock, so you can get the dresses for girls and coordinating shirts and ties for boys and all kinds of other Christmas-card-worthy finery.
Unless your rotten kids have grown too big for Children’s Place and too sassy to put up with matching clothes, that is. It’s so weird that my teenagers are unwilling to cram themselves into tiny coordinating sweaters just to please me.
All hail the Goblin King, LEGO-style
If you’re already starting to think about which internal organs you might sell this holiday season to feed your kid’s LEGO addiction, check this out: Right now Target has reduced the price on their LEGO The Hobbit Goblin King Battle set to just $54, and it ships for free. (For reference: it’s still $75 at Amazon.)
This is a highly-rated set and a must for any Hobbit fan who’s also into LEGO.
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