<p>I went to a Dollar Tree Store and purchased some really nice shaped, stackable bowls for my son to take to college. The product line has mixed reviews online (not the bowls which I could not even find online unless part of a set of dishes). Since he won’t be placing them in a dishwasher, I thought they were a great deal at a dollar per bowl for his needs. Brand is Creativeware. These are heavy in weight so if you need to ship them or are going to carry everything on a plane, I don’t think that they are worth it. If you traveling by car for move in, they are really nice bowls. My son was very happy with these. BTW, I asked my son if he would prefer paper goods or inexpensive plastic and he prefers plastic plates, bowls, etc. I am not going to wrap breakable ceramics, glass, etc. so I did not consider those items.</p>
<p>Dollar Tree also had lots of plates which I did not care for, tumblers looked great but were too large and did not seem to stack well, serving pieces, etc.</p>
<p>Actually, I just found the bowls that I bought online. I knew $1 per bowl was a great deal. I found what looks like the same bowl online for 5.95 per bowl.</p>
<p>I get this [GroupRoundup</a> - A Summary of Local and National Groupon Deals](<a href=“http://grouproundup.com/home/national]GroupRoundup”>Grouproundup.com) in my e-mail every day. It shows groupons for the whole country including on-line ones that anyone can use.</p>
<p>fishymom, keep an eye on the Brooks website - they sometimes have deals on last year’s models (50% off) and free shipping on $75 and up purchases. Also, if you D’s feet are wider, consider men’s Adrenalines (D width vs B for women’s models) - that’s what I get for my wider feet.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately, she is a narrow, so no mens. But the Adrenalines in medium fit her well. I hope this pair is the last I have to buy for a while. She should get shoes as part of her college team uniform.</p>
<p>My good buy of the day: a Maggie London dress at NR. It fits so well that I look like a model, but the best part is that it was only $35. Now I can justify my outrageous shoe purchase. :)</p>
<p>If anyone is into designer fashion bargains, the clearance racks at Nordie’s are now empty, which means the clothes will show up at NR sometime soon, with additional discounts.</p>
<p>I went to a CVS today. They had lots of make-up marked down by 75%. On top of that I had $5 of their CVS bucks that was applied to my purchase (I had to use it for Health and Beauty products, or whatever the dept. is called). I am not sure what I purchased that qualified me for the $5, but something I bought qualified, and I walked out with 3 nice products for $3.</p>
<p>Macys currently has 50% off orig. price on much of their merchandise. I have 20% coupons and a couple for $20 off a $50 purchase. If you don’t have those coupons, if you use a Macys charge card you get additional 15% off on many items as well. There are exclusions and not everything is 50% off the original price, so view their website or flyer for specifics.</p>
<p>i’ve been using the current kohl’s 15 percent off purchases and have found neckties priced 90 percent off. makes the final cost of a $30.00 tie less than $3.00. woo hoo !<br>
thanks for all for posting on this thread. i love a deal !</p>
<p>S got a load of neckties, including several Dior ones for FREE because he cleaned out his grandparents storage room. They had a HUGE pile of ties that no one was using & they told him to go ahead and toss whatever, so he culled those he liked & donated the rest. It is great, since he had been looking for neckties for his new career! :)</p>
<p>Coach outlets…OK…so this isn’t a “bargain”…but they have a lot of bags for between $99-$149 PLUS 30% off at their outlets this weekend for the 4th of July sale.</p>
<p>I went to the last day of the Country Curtains clearance sale in Lee, Ma and got a 20 inch drop twin dust ruffle for $3.20. For those who live near and like Country Curtains…this is an annual sale that starts about Memorial day. The %age off increases the longer the sale goes on (and the merchandise decreases). So…mark your calendars for next year…today was the last day for this year (sorry). </p>
<p>Got my husband two slim Van Heusen shirts…one $11 and the other $13…we’ll see if they are REALLY slim.</p>
<p>Went to JC Penney’s today. The same coupon was available in the store. They were handing them out and had plenty sitting on the counter where I was rung up. I was able to find plenty of discounted items so for less than $55 I got 2 pairs of shorts, 2 pairs of jeans, and 2 shirts! The jeans were originally $50 each, the shorts were orig. $35 each. Thrilled! Thanks Kathiep!</p>
<p>Well, this is technically from a few weeks ago, but I’m just enjoying the results today…</p>
<p>So I was garage saleing with my boyfriend and my mom when my boyfriend spotted a free bin with some broken electronics (“for parts”). He grabbed a laptop and a PSP and figured he would drop them off with our tech savvy friend and see if he could do anything with them.</p>
<p>I had given the laptop somewhere around an hour of charge with a universal power cord that I had for another computer and it took him less than that to find a (very simple) wiring problem. Long story short, I’m sitting here with a somewhat old but very nice laptop that was absolutely FREE. Though I am planning to take said friend out to lunch or send him a giftcard. :)</p>