More beauty savings, at Ulta
Here, to make up the Sephora confusion from yesterday to you, I got you this: It’s also Friends & Family time over at Ulta, with 20% off nearly everything when you use coupon code 18593. Shipping is free on your $50+ order, too.
The code works even on things like CHI flat irons (even the ones already on sale), so if you have a larger-ticket item like that in mind, this may be the time to shop.
I wish for Swedish cuteness
It’s that time of year again—time for the Hanna Andersson Get What You Wish Sale! For the next few weeks, just about everything on the Hanna site is at least 20% off, with some savings reaching the 50% off mark. (I notice the “very güd” prices are untouched, but that’s because… umlauts never go on sale. Obviously.)
Is that still more than I usually spend on clothing for my rotten children? Yes. Yes, it is. But for a nice holiday outfit or other special item, I do occasionally splurge.
Hannas wear like iron, leaving me convinced that Swedish cotton is woven by pixies and imbued with magic. I don’t know how they do it, only that they do. Buy on sale and the kids can wear ’em, pass ’em down, and then you can resell for close to what you paid. Magic!
Thanks, Target
I’m not totally feeling the love today for the Target Daily Deals—nothing there is jumping out at me, really—but guess what! Right now you can use coupon code TGT75HFN to take $5 off any order. So if you want any of those daily deals (which all have free shipping), you’ll get an extra $5 off, too. That makes the women’s shorts there just $5, or the Wahl clipper set just $17, which means it’d pay for itself in just one home haircut.
The code can be used on anything, and some small items (think makeup) have $1 shipping. So if you find something under $5 that you want, pay only shipping. You must be logged in for the coupon to work, and you can only use it once per account. But $5 is $5. I’ll take it.
Can you see me now?
Every now and then we go do something—like look for birds while hiking or go to a sporting event where we’re sitting in the nosebleed section—and the kids want to use the binoculars. But then they complain that they can’t get the focus right or otherwise can’t make them “work.” And by the time we manage to get them set up, whatever they wanted to see has already happened. (Kids are fun!)
So I’m digging the idea of something like these Bushnell Permafocus Binoculars, currently just under $20 and Prime eligible at Amazon. I do think the supposed original price of $75 is inflated, but this is still about half off what they cost anywhere else. And they’re lightweight and require no focusing—perfect for the kids.
This is a little more than I’d usually spend on a stocking stuffer, but I may make an exception.
Treat yourself
While the kids are gearing up to go hunting for mini candy bars, why not get a little treat for yourself? No tricks here, just a coupon for 20% off any one item (even if it’s already on sale) at Sephora. Use code E4QKJ3Z just once per account, so make sure you pick the thing you really want. UPDATE: Many thanks to Mamacita for deducing that this year’s Friends and Family codes are unique, and you need to make with the clicky here and input your email addy to get your individual code. Sorry about that!
Or be prepared to explain to your significant other why he suddenly has an account at Sephora….
Spend the weekend with friends and family
I hope that your weekend is filled with laughter, sunshine, and the excellent company of people you love.
Barring that, I come bearing discounts for anyone who wants to be friends and/or family with their favorite merchants. Because why not!
There’s free shipping on absolutely everything today at Levi’s, plus coupon code FF2011 takes an additional 30% off your order.
If your taste in jeans runs more towards 7 For All Mankind, don’t worry, they want you in the family today, too—just use code 7FAMFF11 for 30% off there, too. (Shipping is free on $150+.)
Never one to be left out, Calvin Klein is hopping on the Friends & Family bandwagon, as well. Code CKFRIENDS2011 gives you—you guessed it—30% off all orders.
If you’d rather save more, though, head to Christopher & Banks—their friends and family get 50% off today with coupon code SAVINGSCB50.
Ahhhh. I love the smell of proprietary discounts in the morning.
3.5 pounds of nice mom points
I know, I know; generally speaking, I stay away from the high-sugar, unnaturally-colored food-like items. But that’s why I get total rock-star, cool-mom points on the rare occasions when I succumb.
Also, I my kids love Sour Patch Kids.
Also, my teen just got her braces off.
Also, why am I justifying this? (Oh, mom guilt. You harsh mistress.) Hey, I just bought 3.5 pounds of Sour Patch Kids from Amazon for just under $7 shipped on Subscribe & Save. I’m thinking… Christmas stockings… car snacks for our holiday drive to see the family… whatever. Sweet and sour nommy goodness from the mom who usually doesn’t buy candy? I foresee a lot of hugs in my future.
Keen and Nike and Born (oh my!)
Two hot shoe tips for you this beautiful Saturday morning:
First, there’s tons of new clearance over at Nike, and you can apply coupon code NIKEZOOM on top of that to save another 25% on your order. Perfect if you have some high-end items in mind, but would rather pay a low-end price.
Second, shipping is still free on all orders at 6pm.com, and two of the features brands today are Born and Keen—two of my favorites, and two brands that are notoriously hard to find on sale. Now please excuse me while I go weep about the Keens I want not being available in my size….
My children are easily brainwashed
I like to bake; I nearly always have some sort of homemade mini-muffins in the freezer, ready for lunchbox snacks. But my children—my poor, deluded children—would of course rather have something in a shiny wrapper, preferably full of HFCS and chocolate, if possible.
I don’t cave on the HFCS part very often, but when I buy them Clif Kid bars they totally think they’re getting away with something, even though they’re organic, have no HFCS, no preservatives, and basically nothing yucky. Every time they go on sale I grab a box or two, and the children go delirious with delight. Like now, Amazon has this 24-pack of Z-Bars for just $9.77 shipped when you buy via Subscribe & Save.
And then, of course, there are more muffins in the freezer for me. So it all works out okay.
Want a Britax? Bag a bonus!
Look; I’m not the sort of person who’s going to tell you that you must buy a Britax to safeguard your kid. There are plenty of cheaper carseats out there that will do the job. (I, myself, never owned a Britax.) That said, plenty of people are willing to shell out the extra money based upon the excellent crash ratings and user satisfaction, and who am I to argue if that’s what you want to spend your money on?
But if you’re going to go Britax, make sure you get a deal. Like, right now, Amazon is offering a free travel cart with any qualifying Britax seat purchase, and that’s a handy item to have if you’re toting that carseat hither and yon. It’s an $80 value, and currently absolutely free if you buy them both together. (Note that some of the seats are marked down, themselves, too, like the Boulevard 70 in Onyx.)
And this is me, not saying a word about the fact that the world’s most expensive carseat can also be fitted with the world’s most expensive hand truck. Mmmph.
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