Get K’Nex(ed)
If there are K’Nex on your kiddo’s wish list, get on over to Amazon right now—they’ve got a 400-piece K’Nex value tub for just $12 (free Prime shipping, or eligible for free Super Saver Shipping on $25+).
The next lowest price I’m seeing is $22. For some reason sharp things you step on in the night tend to be awfully expensive, usually. But at this price, maybe you’ll swear less when you step on ’em. (Okay, probably not. But it’s still a good price.)
Just a reminder for next week
My pretties, I don’t know that I’ve told you lately how ravishing you are looking. Your hair is so shiny and I love those shoes.
If you’re a regular ’round here, you know that it’s been kind of a bumpy year for my family. There have been long periods of silence here while we did crisis management, and even since things have “normalized” somewhat, my work time has been cut back quite a bit, and so things haven’t been quite the way they used to be. Throughout it all, I can say with all sincerity that you folks, my regular readers, have been unflaggingly kind and supportive and have really made me feel lucky to know you.
So I know the days of weekly contests kind of fell by the wayside in all of this, but—despite everything else going on—I knew that the week of Thanksgiving (next week!) we absolutely had to have another Big Prize Week. So consider this your heads up that 1) you are all awesome and 2) there will be a fantastic prize every single weekday next week, culminating in a little somethin’ special for Friday that I bought with my own money because I love y’all. As with the Big Prize Weeks of years past, each contest will launch in the morning and end that evening, so make sure you’re checking in every day for your chance to win.
And thank you. I wish I could send every single one of you a puppy.
Heads up, sesquipedalians!
Have a kiddo (or a know-it-all relative) who loves big words? Me, too. So an Indispensible Dictionary of Unusual Words for under $2 is pretty much going to bring us that much closer to Nerd Nirvana. I just grabbed one. (That’s a lie; I bought two. Surely my nerdling will have a birthday party to go to where a fellow sesquipedalian will be delighted by this find as well.)
Free Prime shipping, or a good filler item if you’re trying to get to $25 for free Super Saver Shipping. Don’t be a jobbernowl—get this one before the price goes up. (Clearly the nerdy apple doesn’t fall far from the nerd tree. I make no apologies.)
More deal-of-the-day goodness
Add another store to your daily watch list—Pfaltzgraff is getting in on the fun with a daily deal as they count down to Black Friday.
Today’s deal is nearly 300 items marked down to just $9.99. Plus you can stack coupon code 15NOV12 for another 15% off! Shipping is free on $75+, otherwise it’s a flat $7.95.
I’m seeing plenty of essentials to round our your serveware before the busy holidays, plus there’s plenty of gorgeous goodies that would make great gifts. And at these prices, you hardly need a reason.
Gimme a Woot (or two)
As we come into the final stretch of “not yet holiday season” before we all land face-first in “time to spend all your money on everything” season, I feel the need to reiterate that the Want Not philosophy is to choose your purchases judiciously, then find the best deal. I’ve never been a “just buy it because” kind of person.
That said, Woot has two excellent deals on pricey items today that may be on your wish list. On the main site, they’ve got the Canon EOS Rebel T3 for $400—and that is a brand new unit, not a refurb—while over at Home.Woot they’ve got a refurbished Dyson Ball DC25 for just $250. (For comparison: The camera is $100 less than Amazon’s price, while the vacuum is exactly half off Amazon’s price on a new one.)
Should you make a $400 impulse purchase? Probably not (unless you’re wealthy, in which case I may be available for adoption). But if you were already planning to scope out a deal on a Rebel or a Dyson, today may be your day.
Get your Discovery favorites in a flash
Hey, it’s a flash sale tonight at Discovery Channel Store—through 10:00 Eastern time tonight only, you can use coupon code FLASH to get an extra 20% off and free shipping on your order.
It’s a perfect time to pick up all your favorite Mythbusters gear. Or toys. Or a season of Finding Bigfoot. Whatever. I don’t judge. Whatever you want, just hurry up, because you’ve got less than three hours to scoop up the savings.
[Edited to add: Dude they have a Buster action figure! $10.39 shipped after coupon! Don’t tell my husband. I’m buy it for… someone else. Yeah.]
Special Buy of the Day? Dremel!
I don’t know what it is about Dremels that seem to make all of the men in my life go slack-jawed with tool lust, but I’m guessing they’re magical. Maybe they do the dishes when we’re not looking? I have no idea.
Anyhoo, it looks like—in the spirit of the holiday season—Home Depot has hopped on the deal-of-the-day bandwagon (it’s the big badge in the righthand column on their site), and I just noticed that today’s deal is a Dremel Trio Tool Kit for just $39.97 delivered, today only. (For comparison: It’s currently $55 at Amazon.)
What does it do? Stuff. And things. The product description uses words like pivot, dust extraction, variable-speed, and telescoping foot. So that’s… good? And if you can get it to take on the dishes, even better. Regardless, the price is certainly right if you’re in the market for it.
Fab your lunch
Y’all know I have a deep and abiding love for Fab.com, because they keep coming up with things I didn’t even know I needed. Ha! And with the holidays coming up, they’ve gotten even better—right now their shipping is faster than ever (just a few days, on most items), plus if you spend $75+, your order will ship for free.
They’ve got an Aladdin shop going today that has some really cute lunch container options. Do I need more plastic lunch containers? No. Do I desperately want the recycled lunch set with all of its adorable wee containers made with an average of 95% recycled content? Of course.
(And if you’re not a ginormous dork like me who gets excited about plastic food storage, but are instead a cool hipster, well, they’ve got multiple mustache-themed shops today in honor of Movember. You’re welcome.)
On the first day of Deals…
… Home Decorators Collection gave to me us: 40% off all holiday items today, plus free shipping.
Is it beginning to look at a lot like Christmas? At these prices, absolutely.
One giant Blu-ray set to rule them all
What’s this in today’s Amazon Gold Box? It’s a 15-disc (!!) Blu-ray set of all things Lord of the Rings—extended editions of all three movies, plus commentary and other extras. It’s currently just $43.49 shipped, which is less than half the price I’m seeing anywhere else.
It’s over twenty-six hours of pure geeky goodness, and the best part is that you can do it all at home. Which means there’s no one to give you dirty looks when you find yourself compulsively bellowing, “Myyyyyy presssssshus!!” (Okay, that may just be me, but still.)
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