I don’t have a category for this
I’m putting it in “Bragging on a deal” because it feels like bragging, but several of you asked me to let you know about this, so here I am letting you know.
Remember that time I went to New York City? Well, the segment I taped with NBC is supposed to air this morning on the Today Show. I was told “during the 10:00 hour, probably around 10:10.”
I’m a little nervous. Will the magic of editing render me eloquent and beautiful? Or twitchy and bizarre? Tune in to find out! The funny part is that I’m volunteering at school today, so I won’t even be home to watch it; I’m taping it to watch later on, when my husband can sit with me and hold my hand and tell me that I did fine, regardless of what fool thing comes flying out of my mouth on national television.
Edited to add: The clip is available here. Six hours of taping, 10 seconds of screen time, edited to make us all look like vapid ninnies. I am taking small comfort in the fact that Kathie Lee whasthername didn’t even know how to pronounce the NBC correspondent’s name.
Free Chipotle for teachers, tonight only
Sorry to be late on this one, but Damsel just tipped me off: Tonight (Tuesday, May 6th, 2008) teachers eat for free at all Chipotle restaurants (find one here):
Bring your ID showing that you are a teacher, administrator or school faculty member to any Chipotle store between 3 and 10 p.m., and you will receive your burritos and tacos for free.
Mmmmm… free tacos. It never occurred to me to get into teaching for the free food!
Pretzelicious!
Hey, I forgot one thing in my previous post about saving money on groceries—I totally scoop up the food deals on Amazon. I get snacks for the kids and such for less, plus it gets delivered right to my door. Score!
I just came across this deal on qualifying Beigel Beigel snacks
Although I’ve taken to making most of our snack food from scratch, I’ve yet to figure out how to make pretzels. This may be an acceptable alternative.
Mindful Money: The conundrum of groceries and gas
I have a confession to make.
Prior to the current financial situation in this country (you know, the whole “we’re not saying the ‘r-word’ therefore it’s not actually that thing that rhymes with concession!”), even as frugal as I generally am, I struggled to avoid falling into one of two extremely un-thrifty habits.
It seemed like I had two modes of operation: Either I went to the grocery store nearly every day, or—if I managed to keep my shopping to just once a week—I was constantly throwing away food that had gone bad before I had a chance to use it up.
Here’s another confession: I’m still struggling to figure out how to avoid doing this, and I do mean struggling. read more…
Build your own empire
Ottoman empire, that is.
I used to think “ottoman” was a funny word. Heck, who am I kidding—I still think “ottoman” is a funny word. But as an adult I’ve come to recognize their utility. Especially when I can store things in them. Or tell a child, “You need to sit on the ottoman so that we old people with bad backs can sit on the actual couches and chairs.”
Anyway, they’ve got a two ottoman set at Amazon for $35.99 shipped, which is kind of a steal just on shipping savings alone. Hide the smaller one in the larger one, or use the larger one for storage (and look, the top flips over to be a tray, which is snazzy). Either way, it’s an efficient, inexpensive way to expand both seating and storage.
These would be particularly good in a kids’ playroom, because it gives extra seating and storage and you won’t have to sweat it if they end up destroyed. (Side note: At what age of the children, exactly, do I get to stop appending “… if they end up destroyed” to every household consideration?)
5 is the magic number
It’s another wacky promotion from DisneyShopping: Through May 7th, 2008, it’s time for Crazy 5! Visit the Disney site for all the fine print, but basically you can use coupon code SHIPFIVE for flat rate $5 shipping, and code TAKE5 to take $5 off certain qualifying items.
Also, certain items are marked down to just $5, and those change daily. It’s crazy!
Two great passions that go great together. . . ?
As some of you know, our trusty grill bit the dust this weekend. (And by “bit the dust” I mean “went up in flames and scared the crap out of me.”) I’m now spending a lot of time browsing grills online, though there is a central disconnect I cannot seem to get past, I’m afraid. You see, I’ve always been able to find a deal on everything I’ve needed. And for some reason I can’t find a big Weber grill for just fifty bucks. Weird!
Anyway, in my scouting I came across this little baby (and later, its charcoal counterpart). I showed them to my husband and he was a little too excited. In fact, I did the mental forehead-slap afterwards—that would probably make an awesome Father’s Day gift for the man who loves both his tools and his bbq.
Every gift closet should have one
My kids are getting to the age where I’m having more trouble stocking the gift closet. They’re getting pickier, plus a lot of their friends already seem to own everything I think is nifty. Hmph.
So you can call me juvenile if you like (you wouldn’t be the first one), but when I saw this remote-control snake at Deep Discount for just $9.89 shipped I knew it would not only be a great staple for many of my kids’ friends, I had a brief but vivid fantasy of putting it on the kitchen floor some morning when breakfast isn’t moving quickly enough for my liking. Heh.
(It is currently out of stock, but can be ordered for future delivery. For reference, the same toy will run you in excess of $20 at Amazon.)
Mom loves music
It’s the last week to shop for Mother’s Day, and I’m just mentioning it in case you hadn’t noticed.
In unrelated news (or is it?), right now there’s an entire array of $4.99 CDs at Best Buy that all ship for free. Just in case you needed some music. Or in case your mom likes music.
Or in case you need something to listen to instead of your mother complaining about how you never get her anything nice for Mother’s Day.
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Nothing says celebrate like some fancy drinks suitable for little paper umbrellas, you know? That’s probably why today’s Woot! is a Hamilton Beach blender for just $24.99 shipped. (Do the comparison: Same blender is over $50 from Amazon.)
Thanks for alerting me, Rachel! Just let me know what time I should be there for margaritas!
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