50% off at Fisher Price and FREE Shipping!

Thanks to our friends at Frugalfriends.com - I just found out about this AMAZING deal. PERFECT for the holiday gifts you need to buy for your little ones.. or little friends. Fisher Price has 50% off sitewide at the moment with code save2011. They have a huge section of "Free Shipping" items - so if you chose an item from that area and apply the code.. WOW! I saw 2 kitchen sets, some play tables, chairs, lots of ride-on toys, some bouncers/swings and other outdoor toys. There's also some little stuff for infants/young babies - I didn't pay much attention to that area.

Now for the fine print - this is a VERY good deal. Often, these kinds of deals are mistakes. If that is indeed the case, they have a few ways to go about it. Sometimes, they will let the orders through. However, come 9:00 when the web guys get in, they will probably discover it and fix it. Meaning, no more sale. Go get your order in now, bc by the time you finish dallying it will be over. Other times, they can cancel your order. It is worth a try, and often, if they do indeed cancel your order, they will send you a 'make good' coupon. We'll see how this goes.

Go ahead to http://www.fisherprice.com/ and check it out. Share the deal with your friends. Post your finds.

Good luck!

New and Improved. Or is it?

While the words "New and Improved" are supposed to conjure up images of positive change, bright glowing good newness, it doesn't do that for me. To me, the words mean "We Failed. And We Fixed It". Lets use Shampoo as an example. We'll pick one that is guaranteed to smooth out all frizzies, tame all unrulyness, and give you sleek tresses like the hair models on all the advertisements for the product. You buy the shampoo. You like it. You do not have model-like hair in a day, but you are satisfied with the results. Fast forward to a year in, just when you're getting used to the product, and you are kinda liking it. You like the smell, the way your hair feels, its nice. On a random shopping trip to purchase some more, you see a very similar looking bottle, slightly differnet design, and "New and Improved - MAX Shine" emblazened across the top. Now either of 2 things can happen. You might have a choice between the "New" and the "Original", or you might ONLY see the "New". Both scenarios are not good.

The company is saying that all this time while they THOUGHT they were offering a fine product, they weren't. They realize it wasn't quite up to par. They failed. You did not get flowing silken tressess. You did not have a shiny long mane. They didn't quite put enough "smoothing protiens" in it or enough "shine enhancing extracts of guava". They failed. Their product was below grade. They fixed it.

You, the customers, suffer. Either you lost your old product (if they are not carrying "original" anymore) or they are charging more for the new one. Why, if it was their mistake, are they correcting it and charging you more for that? They promised great shine, they didn't provide, they now offer "New and Improved MAX Shine" - give it away for free! Offer it at a very low subsidized rate as an apology for all the years you misled your customers into thinking they're getting a great product, when in reality it needed improvement?

There is no "Max Shine" shampoo that I am basing this off of. This particular scenario is fictitious, but feel free to replace the 'shampoo' with something you can relate too. Think Pampers DryMax fiasco, or Head & Shoulders, or insert your favorite product that is now discontinued thanks to a better, upgraded, product. Humph

Just a little food for thought the next time you find your favorite products being replaced with products promising to be better...

FREE Printer at OfficeMax

Just a quick heads up - there's a FREE Printer deal going on now. Basically, you buy it for $100 plus tax on OfficeMax.com. Remember to sign up for MaxPerks (which is free) on their site, prior to purchasing. Its kind of like a rebate but a few weeks later the full $100 will be credited to your MaxPerks account. MaxPerk money can only be used in OfficeMax. I went ahead and bought one. Can't print coupons without a printer eh? ;) I hope in the next few weeks there will be more free deals like this so I can roll my bucks. Go to OfficeMax.com for more details.

Voting troubles...

I need to get this off my chest. Yesterday was voting day here. I can't stand all the rent-a-van's with loudspeakers mounted on top urging folks to go out and vote. a few houses down from me there's an intersection with a red light and all. Which means those blaring vans must stop... and who gets interrupted every other minute? Me. Coupled with the automated phone calls received at the rate of approximately 2 per hour.. its enough to make a person say "I WILL NOT GO OUT AND VOTE. LEAVE ME ALONE". It just felt like every minute of my day was spent listening to the phone ring, and loudspeakers droning messages of people to vote for. Not cool!

FREE Cottonelle wipes for you and a friend!

Cottonelle is giving away a free tub of their moist flushable wipes. Simply go to http://www.getfreshwithafriend.com/ to sign up. They'll send you a coupon by mail. Head over and snag your coupon!

CVS began their serious summer clearance - 90% off. There's not much left but if you have a CVS near you its worth a stop. I picked up a couple beach toys (think indoor sandbox) for 29 cents, some were 39 cents. I was even lucky and found the Zone Interactive Gaming System (a Wii-like thing) for 3.99, regularly 39.99 - supposedly a 70.99 value. Someone will be happy when they get that as a present. Oh I also found Huggies little swimmers diapers for 1.09, regularly 10.99. I picked up a large and a small, the only ones they have. Whatever I don't use I'll give away. At that price.. So go try your luck today. Remember, the final clearance sale started on Sunday.. so that's why most of the stuff is picked over. I walked into the store to see woman with 2-3 shopping carts piled high with stuff, everyone grabbing.

Updates will be slow over the next few weeks due to all the Holidays.. but we'll try to keep you entertained! :)

To be, or Gymboree, that is the question!

There's a great deal going on right now at Gymboree. They are offering 30% off sitewide. There are 20% coupons out there that are stacking with this deal. So get 30% off and an additional 20% off your Gymboree purchase. The coupons for the 20% off can be found as an orange insert in the Parenting Magazine, Parents Magazine, Family Fun Magazine, among others. I've got some extra codes.. first couple people that comment and leave an email address will get a code.

Have a lovely evening!

An interesting deal for many low cost gifts and stuff...

Ok - here's an interesting one. The last few days was more rambling then saving so today we will give you some savings.

Graveyardmall.com has all kinds of goodies on their site. Overstocks - not sure what they actually get and where they get it from, but they sell a mixture of gifts, toys, electronics, home furnishings, etc. They are running an interesting deal now where you get 50% off your order. The catch? Your order ships Sept 17. So if you want something NOW - the deal is not for you. If you want to get a headstart with holiday shopping - the deal IS for you!

A couple items of interest... They have the RadioFlyer inchworm riding toy for 39.99 - so after the coupon, its just $20.  There's also a cool puppet show theater thingy for kids for $49 normally, so now $25. And what I really like - this climbing wall ballpit for $60, so now $30. I'm still deciding if I should spring for that one. I know the kids would like it - I have room for it in the new playroom I built, but do I want to spend that much? I dont' know. There's also lots of small toys and trading cards from like $2-$10 - which become, well I don't need to keep doing the math for you.. $1-$5. Check out the site, find yourself some stuff, enter code shipbyseptember17 and wait for your stuff at the end of September!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!