New month, new grocery deals
Well hello there, April! There’s little I like more than perusing the new crop of grocery deals at Amazon each month, possibly because I am a giant geek. (A giant hungry geek, one assumes.)
Here’s one I’m digging: Right now you can shop Nile Spice cup soups (which are already 31% off), then use coupon code NSOUP555 to save 15%, plus you can save another 15% by buying via Subscribe & Save (remember, you can always cancel your subscription, later). The end result is a dozen cups of soup for $8.66 shipped, or about $.72 per cup.
Listen; I obviously advocate making your own stuff and staying away from prepared foods like these, in general. But sometimes convenience is king, and if you have to go the cup-of-soup route, Nile Spice is all natural, certified organic, and offers lots of meat-free options.
And your uppity tweenage vegetarian can probably make one herself without destroying the kitchen. I’m just projecting sayin’.
Don’t forget your favorite quota restaurant
As much as I love the 60%, 70%, and even 80% off deals for Restaurant.com, the problem is that some restaurants offer only a small quota of certificates each month.
Which means that by the time the huge coupons roll around, they’re all sold out.
Well today is a new month and a new chance to snag those certificates that are always sold out! If you visit Restaurant.com between now and April 6th, 2009, you can use coupon code FIFTY to take 50% off your certificate purchase. That’ll get you a $25 dining certificate for just $5 out of pocket, and… well, look at that—you just paid for your new shoes.
It’s like magic!
To go with your new shoes, of course
Need a new purse to go with your new shoes? Of course you do! And today (April 1sxt, 2009) only, eBags is offering 20% off most everything (some brand exclusions apply).
I don’t know; so far my April Fools Day is working out pretty well. Maybe we should call it April Bargains Day, instead.
I think I’m in love
Okay, I know you’re tired of listening to me wax prosaic about shoes, but there are just so many shoes out there that make my heart sing. I can’t help it.
And today all J41 shoes at just $19.95 at 6pm.com, and I need several of them. They’re adorable. I’ve never even heard of J41 before, but that’s probably only because I cannot afford them at regular price.
But for under $20 a pair? Well, I’ll try to just pick one. Or two. Okay, three, tops. Stop looking at me.
I don’t do April Fools
So don’t be checking the site today for some great joke; I’m not that motivated. But if you need a giggle, do go check Woot! for a great deal.
Okay, back now? Here’s my morning offering, brought to you before coffee, because this is how much I love y’all: If you’ve been looking for a large-screen, high-end GPS unit, today’s your lucky day. Amazon is offering the Magellan Maestro 4250 for $150 with free shipping, or—if you want to save even more—pick up the refurbished version for $120 shipped.
Both have a 4.3″ screen, text-to-speech, take voice commands (so you don’t have to take your eyes off the road), and are Bluetooth capable. If you’re a AAA member you get integrated capabilities for that, too.
Honestly, the only thing that’s missing from this is a “turn off whining children” switch.
Cheap Dyson alert
Amazon’s got the Dyson DC15 vacuum available for $225 shipped. It’s a refurb, but comes with a warranty, etc. Could be the time to grab a Dyson, if you’ve been waiting for a bargain.
Of course, I already have a vacuum. What I need is a deal on someone who will actually take it out of the closet and use it. Alas!
It’s a free e-paper-card
I love e-cards because I am 1) cheap and 2) lazy, and that way I can wait until the last minute, pay nothing, and still let someone know I’m thinking about ’em. (Though, when I write it out like that, I guess I’m not any real prize as a friend or family member….)
Sometimes only a paper card will do, though. What’s a cheap and lazy person to do then?
Easy! Go choose a card at Hallmark, personalize it, and let them mail it for you. Easy! And if you use coupon code TRIAL, it’ll be free, too. (You need to have or create an account to use the code. One freebie per person, offer valid through April 12th, 2009.)
Now all you have to do is remember to do it, and I can’t help you there. Sorry.
Procrastination pays off (again)
Remember when there was a deal on a Dead Sea Minerals gift set at Graveyard Mall? I thought it was a pretty good value at around $35, but I wasn’t ready to spend that much, even still.
Check out Graveyard Mall today: The set is down to just $6.25! These won’t arrive until the end of April, but you can wait a little longer for such an awesome deal, no? Shipping is $5.99, and (as always), the more sets you buy, the cheaper it works out to per set.
These are great gift closet gifts—especially because you can break up the sets and have lots of individual gifts. Don’t worry, it’ll be our little secret.
Night night, sleep tight
My name is Mir, and I’m very passionate about pillows. (“Hi, Mir!”) Not the decorating kind, no—who has time for that kind of frou-frou?—but I’m very serious about getting a good night’s sleep, and so I am similarly devoted to finding the perfect pillow.
For a long time I used a contoured memory foam pillow, and I liked it a lot. I was just trying to remember why I stopped using it, and it seems to me that my husband disliked them (he’s a pillow-scruncher) (I’m so glad we can share these things) and we bought new pillows. Hmmmm. I sort of miss it, though.
If you’ve been considering memory foam for a better night’s sleep, check out this 2-pack of memory foam pillows at Kohls today. They’re marked down to $19.99 for the pair (from $70!), and today’s the last day to ship your entire Kohls order for just $4.99. Kohls card holders can also use code MARMVC for an additional 15% off (that one expires today), and code MVC7926 for free shipping. No Kohls card? You can still use NEW4600 for an extra 10% off.
Enjoy your new pillows!
They say music is linked to math
We all know that playing an instrument is good for our kids, but there’s nothing quite like listening to a kid learn to play the violin. Or flute. Or trumpet. Or… well, anything other than “hot cross buns” on the piano. It’s excruciating.
All of this is to say that Wii Music is today’s Amazon Gold Box Deal at $29.98 shipped (40% off). That’a great price, but it means you get to listen to your kid practice every single instrument in painstaking detail. And then you get to watch the music videos they made of themselves practicing. And then you get to pretend you think they’re awesome, instead of admitting that you had briefly wondered if a cat was being eviscerated in your family room.
But the kids like it, sooo… hey! Where are you going??
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