She loves you, she definitely loves you
Need a Valentine’s Day pick-me-up? Today only, Vera Bradley is offering 50% off the entire “Loves Me” line! Enjoy free shipping on your $100+ order automatically, too.
A lot of the Vera patterns leave me completely cold, but I’ll confess to really digging Loves Me. (Big pink flowers on a navy background, with a splash of orange.) Not that I’m looking, of course. I was just, uh, checking it out for you. Yes.
Put some monkeyshines in their baskets
Alert reader Kristine mailed in to let me know that right now Amazon has a bunch of Curious George DVDs available for just $6.49 apiece, and each one has eight entire episodes! Free Super Saver Shipping on $25+, or free shipping with Prime.
That’s a nice deal even if you weren’t going to tuck one or two into an Easter basket, but what an easy way to fill one up if you were so inclined, right?
Thanks, Kristine! You’re pretty!
Clothing costs are rising
This is a little FYI to just be aware of: Cotton and other fabrics are experiencing a dramatic price increase, which will soon be reflected in clothing prices.
What does this mean for you? Well, it means you may be spending more, even on sale, not because manufacturers are being greedy, but because their costs are on the rise. You—being smart and pretty and frugal, as always—have hopefully been buying ahead on sales and clearance, anyway, but it’s still worth noting that even your socks and undies may be more expensive in the coming months.
This is also a great time to start exploring thrifting as a way to build your wardrobe. If you have the time and patience, often the best deals are the buried gems at your local Goodwill or Salvation Army.
Did someone say chocolate?
Sure, you won’t have it in time to have a Valentine’s Day pig-out, but if you’ve missed the last few Scharffen Berger deals on Amazon, here you go: Right now they have a 24-pack of Semisweet (62% Cacao) 3-ounce Bars available for $20.72 shipped. That’s under a buck a bar for what normally costs about $5/bar!
This is the good stuff, so if you’re happy with Hershey’s or whatever, don’t bother, but if you bake a lot or are just a chocolate connoisseur, this is a heck of a deal.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
It’s a day for love! For romance! For high expectations and crushing disappointment! Whoops, sorry, I was flashing back to my younger days, there. Nowadays Valentine’s Day is a good excuse to give my kids candy. Woo!
It’s also a good time to get a video game deal. (Hey, why not?) Amazon’s hopped on the Hearts Day bandwagon and is offering Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded for the Nintendo DS as their Video Game Deal of the Day. It’s $23 today only, and I have no idea what it’s all about, but it seems to have good reviews.
Just in case you need a little more than candy.
Pamper your pooch
If you, like me, have a very spoiled dog-child, this one is for you:
Today PetCareRx is shipping orders of $35+ for free, plus you can use coupon code VIS123 to take $10 off your $35+ order.
I normally feed my dog Orijen (a grainless, 6-star dog food), but eventually I am going to run out of organs to sell to continue feeding it to her (heh). Today at PetCareRX they have Taste of the Wild Wetlands Formula (also a 6-star rated food) for just $37.99 for for the 30-pound bag. With the coupon and the free shipping, it’s 30 pounds of premium dog food for $28 shipped. (For comparison: The same food is $57 at Amazon.) It looks like all of the Taste of the Wild varieties are marked down, if that one doesn’t appeal to you. Er, to your dog.
Of course, you can use the coupon and the free shipping on other stuff, but I thought that was a pretty smokin’ deal. I mean, not that I wouldn’t pay full price for my precious furball (I do, regularly), but if I can save a little this way, why not?
I love olive oil and I cannot lie
The first time I ordered this two-pack of Zoe Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Amazon, I did it because the price was right. It has since become my very favorite olive oil, though, both because the price if often right and because it just tastes better than the options at my local supermarket. And we use olive oil a lot.
Buy via Subscribe & Save for free shipping and to get 51 ounces for just $13.09 shipped. And then prepare to be ruined for other olive oil.
Saturday deals
Good morning! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the coffee is flowing freely. Woo!
The iPad is a super-nifty device, I have to admit. Some of us re rather more keyboard dependent than others, though. If you got yourself an iPad but find yourself yearning for a matching keyboard, today’s your day: Sellout.Woot has a combo case/bluetooth keyboard for the iPad today for just $45 shipped.
If you need baby food, check out the markdowns on Earth’s Best baby foods at Amazon; many are over half off between the markdowns and the additional 15% off you’ll get when buying via Subscribe & Save. (And yes, making your own baby food is really not that hard. But I did always love having shelf-stable stuff I could toss in the diaper bag or keep in the car, and this stuff is organic. Heck, at these prices, it may even be cheaper than making your own organic food.)
Also at Amazon, check out the assortment of Unilever products available at 30% off when you use 15% off coupon TCR5JU6H combined with Subscribe & Save for another 15% off.
More coming up later, perhaps, but I have to go watch my kid do math. Because we’re at a competition. On a Saturday. That’s just how we (nerds) roll!
It’s a beautiful day for a Friday
Is it just me, or was this week, like, twice as long as normal? Maybe don’t answer that. Thank goodness Friday always makes me feel just fine!
The Amazon Friday Sale is sporting the usual suspects (spoiler: coffee!), and the 16-packs of Plum Organics Peach Mash and Banana Mash are back at just $13 each again, too.
Also at Amazon, they’ve got a huge selection of Buy 1, Get 1 Half Price Video Games, many of which are already on sale. And don’t forget to check out this month’s crop of $5 MP3 albums, particularly if you haven’t spent that MP3 credit we all got earlier this week.
6pm.com is playing my tune, today: deep discounts on Dansko, Born, Clarks, and more! I do get a little excited about those rare Dansko discounts, I admit it.
Need a code? Right now at Eddie Bauer you’ll get free shipping with any non-clearance outerwear purchase and coupon code STAYDRY. Their rainfoil jackets are on sale, so if you’re picking up one of those, you’re getting a deal and free shipping (and if you’re like me, you’ll then pillage the clearance for other stuff and get free shipping on it).
Today’s Deal of the Day at Sears is a 5-piece spinner luggage set for just $70 (65% off). If you don’t want to deal with shipping costs, remember that you can buy online and pick up at your local store.
If you love Oprah—or even if you don’t, heck, I bought an O magazine on a whim one day and totally got sucked in—today’s Mamapedia Deal is a year of O magazine for just $10. But if you’re new to Mamapedia Deals, create an account and coupon code OPRAH5 will take another $5 off, making your year-long subscription just $5! That’s over 80% off the cover price. [Hat tip to Dealicious Finds for this one. Thanks, Jasmine!]
I think it’s time for some more coffee. I’d pour you a cup, too, but it seems like that could get messy what with trying to stuff it through the computer monitor and everything….
A quickie I almost missed!
Sorry about the lateness on this one, not sure how I missed it—you have until just 5:00 p.m. Eastern today (less than an hour!) to shop at Children’s Place and combine free shipping code FSLUNCH with additional 20% off code M3D2011.
New markdowns have just been taken, too, so there’s some great deals to be had. Go quick! 45 minutes left!
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