We are ALL working mothers
Well, not the guys. They’re not working mothers.
And, um, if you don’t have kids? I guess you’re not a working mother.
But, you know, the rest of us. Anyway, the point is that I really love Working Mother magazine, and now you can get it for under a buck a year. Seriously, an entire year of a great magazine for just $.85. And you can order for up to 3 years. (Also, you can renew your existing subscription, which is what I just did.) They take Paypal, too.
$.99 shipping at Kohl’s
Um, better late than never on this one: through midnight tonight, you can get 99¢ Sitewide Free Shipping at Kohl’s. In addition to it being “Super Saturday” (wow! so super!) there’s a ton of stuff on clearance, and they’re having their big outerwear sale, too, so it may be worth checking out.
Sorry for the late notice. Sometimes that whole life thing gets in the way of the deals. Hmph.
And if you have any money left. . .
… after the Friday sale, maybe you’ve got a hankering for a nice meal out.
Restaurant.com is at it again, offering 60% off their already discounted dining certificates with coupon code SUPER. Offer valid through 1/31/07.
(After plugging Restaurant.com discounts here for months, I finally signed up for their affiliate program. So go buy your certificates through that link, because I need that $.04 commission off of every $25 certificate you get for $4. Soon I shall be rich!)
I love the feeling of frostbite on Friday
That’s a total lie. I don’t love the feeling of frostbite, ever. But at least on a Friday, I know we don’t have to stand outside waiting for the bus the next day. Woo!
Also on Friday, I can put the kids on the bus and then come back inside and comfort myself with my nice soft robe, a cup of really hot tea, and the Amazon Friday Sale.
Today I’d like to hand out some Friday Sale awards, because there are just so many wonderful candidates.
In the No, seriously, what the…? Category, the winner is: this beauty
In the Honestly, why would you spend the money on a CHI when you could have this instead Category, the winner is: this BaByliss flat iron
In the By “Eurobaby” they must mean “lightly gilded with the finest grade platinum on the market” Category, the winner is: this lovely pram
In the I’d really hoped the corset would come back into favor Category, the winner is: this enticing device
In the Ack, I can’t decide how much hand blender I need Category, we have a tie! The winners are the red
In the Hey, look, it’s my pots Category, the winner is: this Circulon set
In the Just in case you’re too lazy to feed your pets Category, the winner is: this contraption
In the All it needs is a basket Category, the winner is: shiny red bicycle
In the They had me at “Robotoolz” Category, the winner is: this laser level
And finally, in the Uh oh, I think I have to buy this Category, the winner is: this shiny breadmaker
Happy Friday, everyone!
Free e-books
Looking for a good book to read… on your computer? Here’s a listing of over three dozen books available for free download under a Creative Commons license.
No gimmicks, no catch. If you like it… well, then, maybe you’ll buy a hard copy (if you’re able) so that the author will make a little money. If you don’t like it, no big loss.
All I know is that it’s making me lust after one of these even more than before.
When in doubt, buy shoes
I’m kidding. Sort of. Not really.
ShoeBuy is at it again, this time with 20% off your total order using coupon code VDAY07. I had seen this and tried to repress it (do I really need more shoes? well, maybe), but then Lauren was pretty enough to remind me about it, and then I thought, heck, maybe you really do need some shoes, and who am I to stand in your way?
Remember, free shipping and free returns, too. Places like ShoeBuy and Zappos have spoiled me for buying shoes online any other way.
Pretty, pretty shoes.
Robot Jones made me post this
I don’t know if you remember that my kids named my Scheduler Roomba “Robot Jones.” Chris, an awesome Want Not reader, took it upon himself to send me his Roomba Red after he decided that it was not up to the task of vanquishing the hairballs his cat was leaving around. The children immediately named the Red “Robot Jane,” and I thought that Robot Jones had found his girlfriend.
The problem is, Robot Jane lives on the second floor. Robot Jones lives on the first floor, and informs me that he’s still lonely.
I don’t know if this is a price mistake or just an insane deal, but Buy.com is selling the Scooba 5900 for just $209.99 with free shipping. (It typically goes for over $300 at Amazon.) This is actually less than $12 off of Buy.com’s regular price for it, which is (obviously) significantly lower than Amazon’s price. And if you really want a laugh, go look it up on the iRobot site.
I’m not saying you should run out and buy one on a whim. But if you’ve been pricing them, this is the deal to grab.
[Robot Jones is a little miffed that I’m not getting one, but when I asked him how much money he’d be contributing, all he offered me was a dust bunny from underneath the couch. So.]
Get back to nature for less
Here’s two grocery deals I spotted at Amazon this morning while I was trying to decide what to have for breakfast. (Oh, like you’ve never done that.)
Get 12 boxes of organic macaroni and cheese
Or—because who wants mac and cheese for breakfast—choose from a variety of all-natural granolas
Maybe you make all this stuff yourself, from scratch, and don’t need these deals. If that’s the case, I commend you. Also, I’m available for adoption, because I want you to be my mommy.
Free directory assistance
I use the internet for most of my phone number look-up needs (Switchboard is my favorite), but sometimes I’m out and about and need someone’s number.
Knowing what you know about me, do you think I’m willing to pay what it costs to call directory assistance on my cell phone? I’ll give you three guesses… and the first two don’t count.
I’ve even been known to call a friend on my cell to ask them to look up a number on the computer for me. (It’s really a wonder my friends speak to me at all, isn’t it?)
But that’s all over, now. Introducing Free 411, which can be dialed from any phone at 1-800-FREE-411. If you dial it from a cell phone, you pay only with airtime (like any other call).
Needless to say, my friends are very excited by my discovery. I cannot imagine why.
(via Extraordinary Mundane)
More on credit cards and building credit
Yesterday’s post on the Dos and Don’ts of credit cards prompted this comment from tennessee gal:
Delurking to ask a question. I am still in college and stumbled across your site through a link, but I love the freebies! I currently have no credit in my name and after trying to get my fiance a cell phone with no credit (they wanted a $1000 deposit), I decided I should get a credit card and use it to buy my gas each month. The point is to keep it simple. Something that I would be purchasing anyway, and I know I can pay off with my current job. My question is this: I’ve heard two different theories. One is that you don’t build credit buy paying off your credit card each month, that you should carry a balance on it. The other is that you should pay it off each month and that does build your credit. I am personally a fan of the second one where I pay it off each month and not carry a balance. I talked to Mom about this and she couldn’t remember how she built credit. And there are so many conflicting articles on the internet about this, I wanted to know your thoughts! I have not picked a card to get yet, so any suggestions you have would be welcome. Please help this college student going on the right track! (and I think I’m supposed to say that you are beautiful and ROCK!)
(That tennessee gal… she’s a quick learner. See how she sucks up to me on her very first question? She’s going places, I can tell.)
So how about it—do you carry a credit card balance simply to “build up” your credit? read more…
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