My vote for world’s best crock pot
I own several crock pots. As in: four. Yes, I own four crock pots, and don’t judge me, because when you’re juggling Thanksgiving dinner on the racks of your oven, I’m enjoying a glass of wine while surrounded by crocks. It works. (Also, I keep one in our camper. And the Little Dipper doesn’t even really count. And why are we arguing about this?)
Last year I threw a “party like it’s 1970” party for my husband’s landmark birthday, and that, of course, meant that I made every crock pot-able food I could think of. It also meant that I ran out of crock pots. So I borrowed one from a friend to supplement mine. It was the Hamilton Beach Set ‘n’ Forget Programmable slow cooker, and I loved it so much, I immediately began talking about buying one for myself after I had to return my friend’s. (In my defense, I only had three crocks, back then.) I was lucky enough to receive it for Christmas and have been singing its praises ever since.
If you only buy one crock pot, this is the one to buy (and at $38, it’s currently at its lowest price on Amazon in a year). It heats consistently, is programmable for whatever considerations you may have (like, if you need to throw food in it in the morning and then be out at work all day, you can program it to switch to “warm” after 8 hours rather than cooking your meal into mush), and the fancy little probe thermometer is just the icing on the cake. Also, the fact that you can clamp the lid shut means this is the crock you’ll take with you to potlucks, and it’ll never slosh food onto the floor of your car, no matter how many sharp corners you take.
Yes, I just raved about a crock pot for three paragraphs. This is not the glamorous life I once pictured for myself, but on the other hand, I make a mean crock of chili, so there’s that.
For your crafty American Girl
Here’s a cute one for your American-Girl-loving gal who doesn’t understand why you have a small coronary every time the catalog arrives. (“No, I think spending more money on doll furniture than I spent on my own bedroom set makes perfect sense, honey. Don’t you roll your eyes at me, young lady!”)
Hop on over to HSN.com and search on american girl kit. There’s four different American Girl craft kits available at a discounted price and with free shipping, right now. She can make her own mirror message board, scarves, or more. These would be great for the gift closet, too!
Make it even better: If you’ve never shopped there before, coupon code C56838 will take 15% off your total order. Sweet.
A cure for the back-to-school shoe blues
You know nothing perks me up like a good shoe deal, so I’m downright joyful right now: The buy one pair, get a second half off sale is on at Famous Footwear, plus you can use coupon code LOCKER11 on top of that to save another 20%!
This is practically saint-sanctioned permission to get yourself a little somethin’ pretty while picking up new gym shoes for the kids, by the way.
Buy 3+ pairs and shipping is free, otherwise it’s a flat $4.50. Of course, with the BOGO deal going on, you need at least four pairs. Obviously.
You know what Wednesday means
Wednesday means Kohls, of course! Did it ever mean anything else?
Everyone can use coupon code POLYKIDS for an extra 15% off your order, and shipping is currently $.99/item or free on your $75+ order.
It’s time to redeem your Kohls Cash from the last shopping period, and the clearance has just been through a fresh round of markdowns, so it’s a great time to shop. Not that there’s ever really a bad time to shop Kohls, but you know what I mean.
The things you find, late at night…
… like, oh, I don’t know, Weatherproof hoodies for under $10 at Amazon. $6.33 for a fleece hoodie? Yes, please.
School starts Monday. I have plenty of time to find uniform-compliant hoodies. Stop looking at me like that.
And for those lunches you’ll be packing…
… this 24-piece Rubbermaid container set is back at Amazon for just $10 shipped (if you have Prime; free Super Saver Shipping eligible, otherwise). I love this set because it’s BPA-free and many of the containers are perfect for packing lunches for my family.
The fact that the lids snap together and even my notoriously plastic-eating cupboard can’t disappear pieces is just a bonus, so far as I’m concerned.
A quick Savings Pledge update
I just wanted to give y’all an update since first asking you last month to take the Savings Pledge with me. If you recall, I invited you to check out the Savings Pledge app on Facebook and consider committing to saving a certain amount of money each week as part of an overall drive by Savings.com to save America 5 billion dollars. This is about setting a personal goal—both in how much you want to save and whether that’s truly money in the bank or earmarked for a specific purchase—but I tried to sweeten the deal a little by offering to use your commitments to influence how much money I would donate to my locate food bank at the end of the year, above and beyond the money I’ve already committed to save.
At the end of July, I counted 68 Want Not readers who let me know they had pledged. I had committed to set aside one cent for every confirmed pledge per online purchase through the end of the year (so, I placed an order with Amazon on July 30th and put $.68 cents aside when I did it). As of today, I’ve only set aside $3.86 in that fund (that’s donations per online purchase, and it changed as the number of pledges changed). I’ve decided to round it up to a full $1 per online purchase I make from now through the end of the year. This is because I am bad at math I’m generous. Or something. Ahem.
How are you doing on your savings pledge? Have you committed? Will you?
Back to school with Piperlime
If you need shoes or backpacks for the kids to get ready for the upcoming school year, today and tomorrow you can save an extra 20% at Piperlime with coupon code KIDSROCK.
You know I don’t normally go in for cutesy backpacks—preferring, instead, utility that lasts—but oh my, there are some adorable options over there if you have littler kids.
Every order ships for free, of course, and there’s free returns as well. Not sure of their shoe size? Go ahead and order a couple pairs and send back the ones that don’t fit. That is probably my favorite part of free ship/free return shopping.
It’s the summer sale at Athleta
I know plenty of us wait patiently for this every year, and it’s finally here—the summer sale at Athleta is on this week! Take an additional 20% off sale items with coupon code SUMMER20.
Athleta makes—in my opinion—the most comfortable workout wear, as well as some really cute bathing suits. They even have “regular” clothes, which I assume have that same level of comfort. (I am slowly accumulating a prized stash of their clothes, through these sales.)
My experience with this sale is that things sell out quickly, so shop early for the best selection. That’s why I waited and did my shopping before I told you told you right away. Ahem.
Giveaway: HP TouchPad tablet computer
Disclosure: I am participating in a compensated campaign in cooperation with HP and Savings.com to bring you this giveaway. As always, despite any payment I receive, opinions expressed within my posts are mine alone, and my honest assessment.
What’s the latest computer craze? Tablets, of course. We take laziness to new heights here in our multi-computer household by not even getting up off the couch to Google random questions—we just reach for whatever computer happens to be lying on the coffee table. (There’s always at least one there.) So I was pretty stoked to try out the new HP TouchPad before coming here to tell you about it and offer you the chance to win one. read more…
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