Goooooood morning! We are having a fine, fine day here. My son lost a tooth late last night, and the tooth fairy actually remembered to drop by. Ahem. It’s a good morning, is all I’m saying.

Need some deals to scope out this weekend? I’m on it.

In case you haven’t been checking the Daily Deal at Work It, Mom!, I want to make sure you see these two: First, that Restaurant.com is doing 70% off all weekend long with coupon code SAVE, which is really unusual for the middle of the month. Stock up on $25 dining certificates for just $3 each, and you’ll be able to eat out as if the economy isn’t crumbling around our ears! And second, Liz Claiborne is celebrating Columbus Day with an additional 30% off already reduced items—just use coupon code CDAY30 at checkout.

Gearing up for the cold weather? Select outerwear is 30% off at The Children’s Place. (And don’t forget code HAA8 is still working for another 15% off any order.)

I know, it seems impossibly early to start thinking about holiday cards and photo calendars… but it really isn’t. Check out the choices at VistaPrint, most of which are at least 50% off this weekend in their friends and family sale.

Take 20% off your entire purchase at Linens ‘N’ Things, just by going through this here link. It’s like magic!

If you’re looking for some affordable everyday clothing option, Fashion Bug is offering $10 off $50+, $15 off $75+, or $20 off $100+ with coupon code 776236705. If you need plus sizes, head over to Catherines—they’re offering $15 off your $75+ order with coupon code 776725004.

All Halloween candles are already 50% off at Illuminations, if you’re ready to get your spooky on. Save even more: Use coupon code 999201318 for an additional 20% off your order.

I know there was some difficulty the last time I posted one of these, but let’s try again: Ship your Lands’ End order for free through October 16th, 2008, use code WARM and PIN 3785.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Was this a long week, or was it just me…? Maybe it was just me. Anyway, today I’m all sunshine and light, because I’m meeting my husband for lunch. Like a date. Between that and the Amazon Friday Sale, I think it’s going to be an excellent day!

Let’s see what we have today…. I’m already feeling hopeful because I noticed that in the Friday Five they’re offering Miles Davis alongside Nine Inch Nails. Hee.

I’m still willing my Kirby to break so that I have an excuse to buy a Dyson. Sad, I know. But when you can get the refurbished DC14 for $209.99 or a refurbished DC07 for just $199.99, can you really blame me?

Always searching for a holiday gift for that hard-to-buy-for grandparent who really doesn’t need anything? How about a custom photograph throw?

Winter is coming, whether we like it or not. This down alternative blanket (great reviews!) looks so cozy, I think it might significantly impede my ability to get out of bed. Wait—would that be bad? Give me a minute to think about this….

How much do you love Halloween—enough to need a half-dozen skeletons hanging around?

This is a great price on this Pyrex food storage kit. We use ours all the time and I will never go back to plastic; it’s nice to be able to actually see the food in the fridge, and also to not have to throw the container away when I accidentally forget about something and grow my own penicillin. Oops.

$39.99 is a ridiculously good price on a 12-quart Calphalon stock pot. In case you were wondering.

Mmmmm… my favorite tea in the world is on sale again, but just be forewarned that 4 boxes of 160 teabags each is really a lot of tea. The last time I did a deal on it, I ended up giving half of it away, even though I drink a cup or two every day. Just sayin’.

I love this: My daughter has one of these Timex Kids Indiglo watches and loves it—the stretchy band is the only watch we’ve ever found that fits her skinny wrist and isn’t bulky—but what I didn’t know is that Timex covers every kids’ watch with a Protection Plan: Lose it any time within the first year and Timex will replace it for $10, no questions asked. That’s pretty neat.

Go forth and enjoy the day, people. Yay, Friday!

Have some time to kill? You might want to browse the Home and Garden 70%+ markdowns at Amazon. Many of those items are eligible for the 4-for-3 promotion, too.

Just in case you needed something to do.

Here’s a freebie I did over a year ago, which is apparently an ongoing promotion. If you sign up for their newsletter (remember, you should have a “garbage” email account for this sort of thing), Country Bob’s will send you a coupon for a free bottle of all-purpose sauce.

(It sort of tastes like A-1. I liked it.)

Certain states are excluded (apparently Bob is generous but holds a grudge against a few places), but the rest of you, enjoy your sauce!

Back in my day, you bought a digital camera, and it came with a 12 MB card, and you liked it!

And if you didn’t like it, you spent some time online debating between the $30 128 MB card or the $55 256 MB card, and after a while, you made your choice, and then you paid another $8 for shipping on top of that, even though the darned thing weighs, like, an ounce.

Back in my day, it was totally expensive, and we liked it that way.

You kids today—yeah, you!—you’ve gone soft. You’ve got it too easy! Why, you can just go over to Buy.com and pick up a high capacity 4 GB Kingston SD card for $13.99 with free shipping, sure. But you don’t learn anything from it!

Have I ever told you about the time I walked to school in a blizzard…?

Continuing in the thread of “why my children are horribly deprived and what a horrible mother I am,” I refuse to buy my children Heelys. Because I believe that shoes are for walking and roller skates are for skating, and never the twain shall meet. Also, if you’ve met my kids, you understand that some days just walking is challenging enough (heh).

Nevertheless, Heelys are a hot item. These ones (in solid black) are just $20.99. And these are $29.98—not as good of a deal, but they have the requisite amount of pink just in case you’re shopping for a girl.

Just don’t tell my kids I told you about them, mmkay?