Some days—when my alarm goes off and it’s still dark outside—it’s very hard to get out of bed. But Fridays are so much easier. Because of the Amazon Friday Sale! (And also possibly because of the knowledge that tomorrow I can sleep in.)

Va va vavoom! If you like these peep-toes by Moda Spana, and are lucky enough to want a color/size combo that’s just $24.89, see if they have ’em in stock over at Zappos where they’re priced at $87.95. After the 110% pricematch guarantee, they’ll be yours for $18.58 shipped.

This Kidde carbon monoxide detector comes with a code for a free Shutterfly photo calendar, so if you were making some of those for holiday gifts, anyway, figure that as an additional $20 savings.

Does the fix-it-yourself-er in your life (maybe you?) have some nice DeWalt tools? You might be interested in a deeply discounted DeWalt NiCad battery pack. I don’t know why it’s good—being someone who, frankly, can cause injury with a tape measure, myself—but it did cause my husband’s eyes to light up.

Please buy this elf hat for your dog. Then please take a picture and email it to me. Hee.

This is intended to be a pen for your pets, but is it bad that the first thing I thought when I saw it is that it’s basically a larger, sturdier Superyard? (Trust me. All the other moms will be all “Wow, where did you get this?”)

Here’s a smoking (get it? get it? smoking? I’ll be here all week!) deal on a Char-Broil Caddie gas grill: At $79 it’s already about half what it costs anywhere else, plus it has free shipping. This is an ideal solution for anyone with limited patio space or if you want an “auxiliary” grill for some reason.

Various outdoor toys for kids made of foam, so that no one loses an eye.

If my daughter woke up to this shockingly pink bike on Christmas morning I suspect Santa would get a thank-you letter containing lots of hearts and exclamation points.

Apparently this is a great price on a CHI flat iron. Personally, I’m only buying it if it comes with someone to do my hair for me, but your mileage may vary.

Here’s the Calphalon stock pot to go with the pieces you picked up in last week‘s sale.

It’s out old friend, the quesadilla maker! Now that you know how much you love yours, you probably want to buy a couple for gifts.

I want to lick this stainless steel french press, a little. It could be the sleek lines and the low price, or it could just be that I need more coffee. Hard to tell.

Happy Friday Saling!

Well, okay, they’re not all just $3, but a lot of them are.

Right now at Amazon they’re offering an instant $5 off on magazine subscriptions, and many of them start at just $8. So you end up with a year of Redbook for $3 or whatever. (Family Fun, which is probably my favorite magazine ever, ends up being under $5.)

Magazines are a great holiday gift for people who don’t need more stuff, too. Just sayin’.

… they’re having a Woot-Off today. Woo! Er, Woot!

(In other news, today’s Thing Fling at the moment is a jumbo indoor/outdoor thermometer at a pretty good price, and those of us who did the mystery fling a little while back have a $3 coupon to use, so perhaps that appeals.)

We must be getting close to the holidays, because it seems like we just had an O-Day sale. Not that I’m complaining, mind you. I loves me some O-Day. Yes I do.

So! From now through November 19th, 2007, take advantage of special O-Day savings at Overstock by clicking through this here link. Doing so will give you 8% off your entire order (media items excluded) and $1 shipping. Viva la O-Day!

[Edited to add: I just noticed that Overstock’s site is full of toys that you can buy to be directly donated to Toys For Tots. That’s easy, cheap good karma.]