The greatest invention since sliced bread
… is, without a doubt, the portable DVD player.
You don’t agree? Oh, okay. That’s fine. Clearly you’ve never taken a very long trip in a car with siblings. No, that’s fine. You’re entitled to your opinion, of course. As I’m entitled to mine. Which is this: If I’m going to be in the car with my kids for longer than about two hours, you can bet your sweet bippy I’m going to bring the DVD player and buy myself some peace. And I don’t even know what a bippy is. So.
Right now Buy.com is offering the Philips portable 7″ DVD player with dual screens for just $89.99 shipped, which is less than what I paid for my single screen one. Those puppies strap to your car’s headrests for long trips in the car, or they can be hand-held.
Oh, one more thing—get headphones for it, too. You’re welcome.
Oh, baby. . . save a bundle
It’s been a long time since I had to buy diapers, but I’m still not over the trauma of how much money it all cost. Those of you with kids still in diapers, you have my fiscal sympathy.
Check this out, though—right now Amazon is offering a deal on Pampers and Luvs diapers and wipes. First of all, they’re marked down, already. Second, save another 15% with coupon code PMPRSJN9. And third, save another 15% (and get free shipping) if you purchase via Subscribe & Save.
You can stock up and save without even leaving the house. Because—as every parent knows—the only thing worse than having to buy all those diapers is having to baby-wrangle at the store to get ’em.
If you missed the last Dyson deal
Remember back a while ago when Macy’s had the Dyson DC18 Slim vacuum on sale for just $250? They’re doing it again, and you can use coupon code SUMMER to ship it for free, too.
The same machine is currently selling for $469 at Amazon. I’m pretty sure this model is being discontinued, but at that price, who cares? It’s a cheap Dyson. It makes me want to go kick my own vacuum just so that I have an excuse to buy one.
Just kidding. Mostly.
Last day (for this one, anyway)
Okay, we all know that Kohls always has some sort of sale going on, so believe me, I know it’s a little ironic to say that a sale of theirs is about to end. I know. Nevertheless, today is the last day for the current “free shipping on your $75+ order” promotion, after which I guess you have to wait for the next sale. Which probably starts tomorrow. Their Deal of the Day (check the lower righthand side of the main page) is women’s swim separates for $16.99 apiece, too.
Make it better with coupons! If you have a Kohls credit card, use code SAVE15 for an additional 15% off, and stack it with coupon code MVC9728 for free shipping on any size order (both of those end today, too). No Kohls charge? No problem! Use code NEW9249 for 10% off your entire order, anyway.
I still prefer ordering from Kohls online to trying on at the store. Maybe it’s just my local store, but the dressing rooms there are a little scary. This way I order, try on at home, and go return anything I don’t want at the store (where I’m in and out in 10 minutes). So, yes, I’m sucked into every one of these sales. I know.
Hello, lovely
If I were buying shoes today, I probably would’ve clicked over to 6pm.com and seen that all Kate Spade shoes are under $60, today only. And then I probably would’ve lost a chunk of my morning to trying to decide on just one fabulous pair to buy.
But I’m not buying shoes today. Alas.
(Also, I’m still not eating wheat. I am badly deprived on all fronts, y’all. Someone go get some pretty shoes while eating some bread, and then come back here and tell me about it. I have to live vicariously through someone. Consider it an act of kindness!)
Summer = hotdogs
Look; I know hot dogs aren’t exactly health food. I soothe my conscience by buying the beef ones. They’re probably not any healthier, but for whatever reason I feel like maybe they are. I know I’m deluded. No reason to tell me.
My absolute favorite kind of hot dog are the free ones, though. Starting at 9:00 Eastern time (that’s about 10 minutes from now), Oscar Mayer is giving away free beef franks, or at least a coupon for them. Thinking about how I got them for free will, one assumes, keep me from wondering how many bug parts are hidden in there. (You’re welcome!)
Free panic
Swine flu got you down? Well, now that a few weeks have passed and civilization hasn’t collapsed as was previously predicted, maybe not. But you can still get in on the hysteria! How about a free flu facemask? It goes with every outfit, and is a bold fashion statement!
(Okay, I probably wouldn’t use this for… well… probably for anything. But if I was immunocompromised and had to fly, it might be a handy thing to have on the plane. Just saying.)
Replace your holey socks
I generally try to hold out until the beginning of the school year to buy new socks and underwear for the kids, but sometimes—like this year—the holey socks start turning up in the dryer before this school year is even over. And I can hope they’ll just wear sandals for the next three months, or I can break down and buy new socks.
Hmph.
Right now (for a limited time), ship your entire order for $1.99 at Hanes.com, and replace those socks (and pick up whatever else you need) so that you can move on with your day and stop worrying about socks.
Not that I ever worry about socks. Much.
If your home office is more official than mine
Here in my home office, you’ll probably find my breakfast dishes next to the keyboard, and a pile of papers to be filed sitting atop my printer. Ahem. But if your office is a little better organized, and you want a combo laser printer/copier, check out the current lightning deal in the Amazon Gold Box—it’s a Canon imageCLASS D320 Personal Digital Copier and Printer for under $120 shipped. Great reviews, and a decent price for a laser printer alone if you want to get away from inkjets.
And I promise not to set my coffee cup on it while I’m on a call. Um, probably.
Get your history geekdom on
Father’s Day is coming, and I don’t know about the men you love, but the ones I adore all have some weird war history fixation. I suspect it’s attached to the Y chromosome. Anyway, PBS is offering 20% off all history DVDs, which is practically an engraved invitation to finish up any Father’s Day shopping you may need to do.
Plus, if you go through this here link, it activates a coupon for $5 off your $50+ purchase or $10 off your $100+ purchase.
Shipping on $60+ orders is automatically free. Surely you can combine all of these things for a fabulous deal and a multi-hour documentary on something that would put me straight to sleep, no?
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