In case you want Prime for real
If you’re a regular reader here, you’re probably in a free trial of Amazon Prime right now, because you’re pretty that way. And also we’ve talked about it before. But my Prime trial is coming to an end, soon, so I was looking around, trying to decide if I would want to pay for Prime, in the future.
I probably won’t. When it comes right down to it, I’m too cheap.
But if you have gotten so hooked on Prime that you’re thinking of springing for it for real, let me help you out—save $20 courtesy of the Ellen Show. You’ll get a free month’s trial of Prime, plus if you decide to keep it, you’ll pay just $59 for the year instead of $79.
Keep in mind, too, that you can share a Prime membership amongst up to four family members. Family members do not have to have the same address. Just sayin’. (Looks like family members do need to have the same billing address. Shipping address, though….)
LEGOs for the big kids
I always assumed that once your kids reach a certain age, you just give them cash and off they go. But some of my friends with older kids tell me that no, they still expect presents. Big, expensive presents. Rats.
I’ve been cruising the LEGO at Amazon. Some of these are suitable for the older kid in your life. And some of them are definitely toys-for-the-husband candidates. Either way.
It started because I saw that the Star Wars Sandcrawler was marked down to $79.99 (43% off). From there I looked around for more Star Wars deals, and somehow happened upon the Ultimate Collector’s Millenium Falcon, which, hey, if anyone here is actually ponying up $399.99 for a LEGO set, I’d like to let you know that I’m available for adoption. But I point it out because it is $100 off, and if you look at the “Other Buying Choices” you’ll see that people are apparently paying out the wazoo (yes, that’s the technical term) for this set. So I’m mentioning it, and trying not to have a coronary.
Likewise, I don’t suppose anyone’s in the market for the Mindstorms NXT, but $199 isn’t a bad price if you were already planning to get Junior a LEGO robot that looks like it could kill you in your sleep.
Oh, did you want something affordable? Okay. I like the Cruncher Block and Racer X set for $26.63 (33% off) and Grand Prix set for $44.99 (25% off). Nothing here is an absolute killer deal, true, but I’m told LEGO fanatics can be hard to shop for on clearance.
That robot is going to give me nightmares, though.
Winners of the TurboTax contest
Sorry about my flub earlier, folks. This is about the point in December where my brain explodes and leaks out my ears, because—although it’s the most wonderful time of the year—it’s also the most workful time of the year for me. And workful isn’t even a word. Do you see what I’m talking about? Right.
Anyway! I have your TurboTax onesie winners right here, because they’re pretty and they know babies who need to tell the world that they’re cute little tax deductions. Awesome.
The winners are:
Jamie (commenter 37)
Aarika (commenter 59)
Jennifer (commenter 40)
and Jessalyn (commenter 29)
Congratulations to all, and thanks to TurboTax for sending the onesies along. They’re really cute!
Didn’t win this time? Who knows what will be coming up next? I’m not even sure, due to the aforementioned brain leakage… but it’s probably something good….
Call them whatever you want, they’re delicious
I don’t really consider myself a fan of jellybeans… unless we’re talking about Jelly Bellys, and then, oh yes please, I’m a fan of jellybeans.
But… the price. Yeah. There’s that. But sometimes I splurge and get… the Belly Flops from the Jelly Belly Store. They’re perfectly good, just a little strangely shaped. They’re available in the Outlet section.
Of course, if you’re buying for others (read: have some justification to spend the big bucks), there’s plenty of other bonus deals to be had there, right now. Buy three tubs, get a free dispenser bin. Buy $68+ worth of stuff, get a free Cold Stone Ice Cream Parlor Mix Gift Set for free. Buy a single Mix Gift Set and get a bag of Belly Flops for free, or purchase a case of those Mix Gift Sets (6 sets) and you’ll get eight bags of Belly Flops for free! (That’s, what—every teacher gift you need, plus a year’s supply of snacky goodness? Er, I mean, stocking stuffers?)
Any order of $50+ gets free shipping, automatically, too.
And suddenly, I’m hungry….
The wheels on the cars go vroom vroom vroom
On the lookout for some more toys for boys? Perhaps for that youngster who feels a real need for speed?
Amazon toy markdowns to the rescue!
Playskool Wheel Pals 6-pack is down to $6.99 (53% off)
Matchbox Power Scouts Skull Mountain Playset is down to $11.99 (66% off)
Hot Wheels Speed Racer Mach 6 and Battle Rig is down to $7.99 (68% off)
And for the littlest ones, skip the cars and go straight for the Honeybee Hop, both because it’s back down to $9.99 and because it’ll wear ’em out. Nothing makes for a happier Mom than tuckered-out kids.
Daily deals, once again
Gooooood morning! On the hunt for those deals good for today only? I’ve got you covered. There’s nothing worse than missing a great deal (for me, anyway), so make sure you know your options, today!
Pretty… er, handsome reader Tom was kind enough to tip me off to a one-day sale over at Sirius: Today only, get $130 off the purchase of a Stiletto 2. Free shipping, too, and only a 3-month contract required. [Edited to add: Colleen says to use code Sirius15 for another 15% off—you’ll lose the free shipping, but still save a lot more. Thanks, Colleen!]
Today’s Gold Box Deal at Amazon is a 320GB portable hard drive for under $100. Nothing says love like the gift of data storage, people. Nothing. But if you prefer to say “I love you” via violent video games, today’s video game deals at Amazon are markdowns on Far Cry 2 and Tom Clancy’s EndWar.
(And as long as I’m at Amazon, here’s two toy deals I saw this morning that I don’t think I’ve posted before: Get the Bye Bye Baby Chou Chou doll for $11.99—basically an unheard-of low price for a Chou Chou—or score the Batman fanatic in your life the 1:18 1966 TV Series Batmobile for $12.99. Nananananananana Batman! You’re welcome.)
Today’s holiday deal at Endless is 25% off select EMU Australia styles, and on a cold, rainy day like today I have to say that those are looking pretty cozy.
Today’s St. Nick’s Pick at Lands’ End is women’s cashmere sweaters at about a third off. Gentlemen, do seriously consider these if you need to score some brownie points.
Kohls is offering an awesome deal of the day today: Get the Nextar Q4-04 with text-to-speech for just $139.99. (That’s already an awesome deal, because it’s around $171 at Amazon.) It gets even better, though, because there’s an available $20 rebate, and everyone can get free shipping and take 20% off with coupon code SAVETWENTY. That makes it around $112 (plus tax) shipped, or just $92 if you do the rebate!
Deck the halls with cool t-shirts
Pssst… Threadless has just marked down another batch of shirts to just $5 apiece, and now if you order $50+ worth, they’ll ship your order for free, too.
(Not that the free shipping is that big of a deal, of course. The last time I ordered from them, I think my giant box of shirts might’ve cost $6 to ship….)
Ack! Dying from the cuteness!
When my kids were babies, I don’t think Robeez existed. This is because my kids were babies back in the Pleistocene Era. But now all I ever hear is how great Robeez are! They stay on wiggly baby feet! They don’t malform their arches! They cure cancer! (Okay, maybe not that last one.) But I think that’s all made up.
People love Robeez because they’re so stinkin’ cute.
Of course, Robeez are also (usually) ridiculously expensive. But there’s a few designs marked down at Amazon right now: Choose from the gingerbread men or blue snowmen for just $9.17 a pair (68% off). The pink snowmen are on sale, too, for $14.89.
Those gingerbread men are killing me. We definitely did not have those back in the Pleistocene.
Free shipping, big savings
Right now Home Decorators Outlet has expanded their free shipping from rugs to… everything! For a limited time, everything on the site ships for free. Make yourself an even sweeter deal: Use coupon code 8591710 to take $10 off your $50+ order.
I already went on an on about their rugs earlier this week. So I’ll stop. But this is truly one of my favorite online stores—the quality of everything I’ve gotten there has been superb. My problem becomes not buying everything that catches my eye at HDO.
Well, that and not blurting out, “You will never believe what I paid for that!” every time someone compliments something in my house that came from there….
Cast not included
Full disclosure: I won’t be buying one of these. Like, ever. This falls squarely in the “Wow, this looks really cool… for some other family” camp, as we are a family of klutzes. My youngest couldn’t even ride a two-wheeler until he was eight-and-a-half.
That said, if a child in your family wants—and could probably master—one of those ripstick things, have a look: The Wave Original Street Surfing Board is available at Amazon in a plethora of colors. Many of them are over $100, but a handful are in the $50 range. Just look through the colors to find the cheap ones.
And then, Godspeed. My kids will probably be in the garage complaining that they think they sprained their ankles, tripping on some imaginary leaves.
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