Get your monkey on
Looking for a cheap new Wii game? Buy.com has Space Chimps for just under $9 shipped. Amazon‘s price is around $11, so it’s not a huge deal (plus the reviews are mixed, and it’s an E10+ game which seems weird given that it’s a kids’ movie), but for a new adventure for not much money it may be worth checking out.
Everybody Jamba!
Do you have a Jamba Juice near you? (You can go here to find out!) If you do, go print out this coupon to entitle you to a buy one, get one free deal through April 25th, 2010.
I have no local Jamba Juice. I am Jambaless. This is sad, as years ago when I lived in California I loved them very much. (Well, I still love them. Just from afar.)
Maybe it’s your kind of bar
Do you like KIND bars? Hey, there’s nothing not to like—hand-made from natural ingredients, part of the sale goes towards peace in the Middle East, they’re full of fiber and gluten-free… and they taste good, too. The only thing I (generally) don’t like is the price: They tend to retail for about $1.50 apiece.
Right now at Amazon, the Walnut and Date KIND bars are marked down to just $7.38 for 8, which means you can get them for $6.27 if you buy via Subscribe & Save (saving yourself another 15% and the shipping).
That still puts them solidly in the snack-I-would-hide-from-the-kids realm, for me, but I’ll happily feed the kids cheaper bars and save these for my own treats. (What? Oh, like you’ve never done that.)
It’s worth 1,000 words, you know
Apparently Mother’s Day is coming. I mean, to me, it’s not time to think about that yet; I have a million other things that are more pressing, but eventually Mother’s Day will be here and I’ll be all “Oh no, I need something for Mother’s Day!”
Know what moms love? Pictures of their grandkids. Thank goodness. Also thank goodness that Vistaprint already has their Mother’s Day Sale on, with half off a variety of photo gifts and free shipping. That makes it easy to knock out an affordable gift she’ll love, and saves you from the last-minute blues.
It also gives you an excuse to whip out those pictures of the kids making horrible faces. You want to make sure to have plenty of those around once the kids get to high school, you know.
Sew awesome
Happy April 12th! On this esteemed day in history, someone… uhhh… did something. I’m sure. And to celebrate, for one day only, Fabric.com is offering an extra 15% off your $50+ purchase with coupon code DOD409! That’s on top of their regular specials, and of course shipping on $35+ is always automatically free.
I see minky fabric is on sale today. Someone go make me a blanky, mmmkay? I could use a nap.
Feast your eyes on fancy digs
If you’re the sort of person who likes to look at what one friend of mine terms “remodeling and home decorating p0rn,” with a sensibility that runs towards modern/minimalist, then you might be interested in the fact that Amazon is currently offering a 1-year subscription to Dwell magazine for just $5. That’s crazy cheap, and gives you ten issues of abodes cooler than yours to gawk at.
Me, I’m happy with my current home style (um, that would be late 20th century clutter), but I do appreciate that Dwell seems to provide most of the inspiration for this site, which is always good for a quick laugh.
They’re back, and still adorable
Every single time 6pm.com has Polliwalks on special for $8 I think two things:
1) Man, those are extremely cute and extremely cheap,
and
2) I wish I still had a child small enough to wear those.
But then I remember that having a child big enough to wear my shoes means I have someone else around to unload the dishwasher, and I feel better.
You go enjoy the Polliwalks, though.
Saturday deals
Gooooood Saturday morning to you! It’s a gorgeous day, here. I’m wishing sunny skies and warmth (no one still has snow, do they?) wherever you are.
Me, I’ve talked my husband into a trip to the outlet mall. I am probably a little more excited than is normal, but I’m okay with that. If you want to shop from home, though, I think we can find you some deals.
Today’s Amazon Gold Box is filled with savings on Oskri Organics, my very favorite kind of granola bar (they’re gluten free!). Prices are slashed, and you can get free shipping and another 15% off by buying via Subscribe & Save, so this is a great time to stock up.
Would you rather bake your own treats? Check out this Kaiser Bakeware Set on sale at Amazon for just $15; that’s less than you’d spend on just the Springform pan! (This is also eligible for the 4-for-3 promotion, just in case you’re doing more shopping.)
The Target Daily Deals include $4 t-shirts for the guys, as well as a bit of a discount on an iPod Touch (though, honestly, for that sort of money I don’t understand why anyone wouldn’t just make the jump to an iPhone).
All weekend at Gap they’re offering all polo shirts at just $15 apiece, and if you have a Gap card you can use coupon code THANKYOU for $10 off your $10+ order! (Also, don’t forget that items from Piperlime ship for free, and if you add a Piperlime item to your order, the whole thing ships for just $7 no matter how much you buy.)
There’s another One Day Sale at Macy’s going on, with lowest prices of the season on all sorts of things. Check out their prices on luggage—huge markdowns right now.
Will that keep you busy for a little while? I think it will. Happy shopping!
Stop: Friday time!
(Not quite as good as Hammer time, but pretty close after a long week.)
The Amazon Friday Sale continues to dwindle without completely disappearing. I keep hoping that one Friday it will be full to bursting with awesome bargains, but I’m starting to suspect they’re just stringing me along. Those jerks.
Nonetheless, they manage to keep me coming back for more with just a few pertinent bargains every week. Like, they have both blackberry and pomegranate Izze marked down to $20 for 24 cans. But you save shipping and 15% when you buy via Subscribe & Save, plus coupon code BEVERAG3 gives you another 15%… so the cost to your door is just $14, or $.58/can. Yes, these are smallish cans, and no, I’m not a fan of single-serving non-nutritive beverages in general… but these are the perfect size for the occasional lunchbox treat without being loaded with artificial yuck (they’re sparkling water and 100% fruit juice).
Meanwhile, the Gold Box deal today is the Panasonic Linear Vortex Nano Arc Foil Shaving System, winner of the “Longest and Most Pretentious Name for an Electric Shaver Ever” award. Aside from the ridiculous name, this is actually the highest-rated electric shaver for men on the market today. Their “retail price” of $250 is silly, of course, but it does usually sell for around $100-$130, so today’s Gold Box price of $90 is a definite deal if you’ve been looking to get one of these.
Drown your whatever-happened-to-the-good-Friday-Sales blues in $5 MP3 album downloads, or check out other daily deals around the ‘net today:
The Target Daily Deals include a cute wrap for $7.50 (hard to go wrong at that price) and an Eddie Bauer bassinet for right around $100. Don’t forget to click through this link to activate an additional $5 off of $50 coupon if you’re spending that much.
Deals today at 6pm.com include Kangaroos (love those!), Hugo Boss, Enzo Angiolini, and more.
The biggest complaint I see from folks about Graveyard Mall is that the shipping is often steep (I agree, by the way). So go shop right now and use coupon code ShipBeforeMay to get 20% off your entire order and free shipping on orders of $25+! Granted, it may take a few weeks to get to you, but it’s hard to beat the price that way. (Also, they’re currently running one of my favorite deals: 5 pounds of pens for $14. make yourself very popular with your kids’ teachers, people.)
I’ll be off volunteering at school for a while today, but hopefully later there will be some more awesome bargain love to spread around. A girl can dream, right?
I wish they were all this simple
Sometimes someone sends me a question and I have no idea what the answer is. Other times—like today—I get to feel like a rock star because I know the answer right away. Yay!
Want Not regular (and pretty lady) Kakaty writes:
Dear Super-shopper Mir,
I’m in need of help. I’m searching for size 4T cotton bike shorts for my daughter in solid colors for her to wear under skirts and dresses. She’s very much a skirt and dress girl but needs to wear something under those skirts and dresses all the time – her choice, not mine. Many skirts on the market have sewn in bloomers which turned her on to the idea of having “pants” under her skirt. Plus I make her several skirts and dresses each summer and while I can sew a simple skirt, I’m not talented enough to sew in bloomers. So, she’s got a wardrobe of perfectly acceptable summer-ish clothes that she refuses to wear (she wore these things all winter with leggings under them).
I’ve searched and searched and all I can find to meet my needs are the solid bike shorts at Hanna Andersson. And while I love me some Hanna’s I would like to get 4-5 pairs and just can’t justify spending $75+ on toddler bike shorts. Not even ones stitched from magical Swedish cotton. And I’ve looked for resales of HAs on ebay with no luck.
I’ve tried to look on-line but other then HA I can’t find what I want. My criteria are: cotton, solid colors, tight fitting (like leggings, only shorts) for under dresses or longer tops, $10 or less per pair. I figure if a master on-line shopper like you can’t find them, then they don’t exist.
Give me a second to adjust my cape… okay. Picture me making a swashbuckling move right here, please. The answer to your question is… Children’s Place. More specifically, these bike shorts at Children’s Place, which come in a veritable rainbow of colors, for just about $7 apiece. They just got these in stock, so if you looked there before and didn’t see them, don’t feel bad. But they’ve pretty much been carrying solid bike shorts for girls every Summer since forever, so I knew they’d have ’em. And yes, they’ll be cheaper at the end of the season, but $7 isn’t bad, and you can use coupon code C4A4A to save another 15% off your order. (Also note: I linked you to the “little girls” option, which goes up to 4T. For fifty cents more you can get them in “big girls” sizes, so when they go on sale later this season, you can go back and buy up a size for next year.)
Alternatively, a see a few cute discounted patterned options over at Crazy 8. But TCP is going to be your best bet, I think.
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