Just like groupon

 

This new daily deal website, seize the deal,  seems almost identical to groupon, but it has some other cities featured.  Check it out and see what you think!

Remember that if you want to see all of the fun daily deals that I have found:

Just click on daily deals in the topic cloud on the left side, down just a bit and it will bring up all the entries that I have made on that topic!

Be Healthy AND Save Money!

How often do you grab something from the snack machine or convenience store because you didn't plan ahead and , dang it, your hungry?!  A little planning is all it takes!  Keep a little storage of snacks available.  It will keep you from buying something unhealthy and it will keep you from spending the excess amounts on convenience.

I keep granola bars and a bottle of water in my handbag most of the time.  I have a little stash in my desk drawer at work.  If you don't have a desk drawer, maybe you have a cubby or a tool box drawer, or keep it in your car or tote bag...   be creative with your solution!  At work, I keep nuts, granola, pretzels, crackers, packets of tea and lemonade, and even oatmeal packets!  If you have a fridge available, you can keep cheese, yogert, and veggies.  The oatmeal has really been handy when I forget my lunch. 

Bringing your lunch every day saves money and helps you eat healthy too!  Don't forget the fresh fruit and veggies!  Just plan ahead when you go grocery shopping.  Another tip: mark it on your calendar - prepare your week of lunches and snacks on the weekend when you have more time.

All of this works for eating healthy on-the-run too.  Just a little planning can really add up to being more healthy, losing weight, and saving lots of money....

If you save even just 4.00 per day by bringing your lunch and/or not buying snacks....  and you take 2 weeks of vacation...  then  5 weekdays x 50 weeks x 4.00 = a savings of OVER $1000. PER YEAR!

Daily Deals on Household Items!

Here are some more fun daily deals.  If you would like to see more of the daily deals look down on the left column and click on daily deals in the topic cloud.  These are websites that you can check daily, if you like, they feature a new and special deal every day!
Update (2/2015):  Sorry, it appears none of these links are working anymore.

Organize.com's Deal of the Day
Happy Home's Kitchen or Household Item a Day
Wrapable's Daily Deal
Orange Onion's Deal of the Day

Enjoy!

Sporting Daily Deals!

I found some really fun sites for sporting goods.  My youngest son is a huge snowboarder, so I couldn't help but feature these!


Camping, Hiking, and other sports enthusiasts will like Outdoor Daily's Daily Deal
Another Smokin' Deal has a deal a day targeted towards snowboarders and wakeboarders
ProBoardshop has pro deal of the day for snowboarders and wakeboarders
General outdoor gear and boarding gear can be found at 98 Main's deal of the day

Happy Deal Hunting!

For the Guys!! Deal of the Day - TOOLS!

Here are some for the guys, I don't know any that don't like tools!

Great Gift Ideas and Handy Things for the House!

Tooliday's new tool every day

One Tool A Day's site

And one for my oldest son - Automotive Tools!  He is an automotive genius, all I know is he can fix or figure out pretty much anything mechanical! (Sorry, link removed, it appears that tooliday no longer has a separate tool special for automotive - updated 4/5/11)

I even found a great soldering iron for myself on one of these sites, one day! Woo Hoo!

More Crafting Daily Deals!

I have more daily deals for all my Artsy Crafty friends!  Back on February 1, I believe, I wrote about some great daily deal sites and now I've found more!  I will also be having some sporting and general ones coming up.  If you ever want to just see all the Daily Deal postings that I have done, just click on the daily deals link in the topic cloud in the left column.  Also remember when visiting these sites, to right click on the link and then left click on open in new tab, so that you can stay on this page too!
Updated 2/2015 (Some links that no longer work have been removed).

Kindred Creations Deal of the Day

Crazy Scrap's JW Deals

Scrapbook dot com's Featured Deal


Now, how fun is that!?  Enjoy!!

Another Daily Deal! *PROMOTIONS*

As you know, I love these daily deal things!!  Well, here's one that you can't miss if you have a business, non-profit, website, blog, or anything else that you would like to promote!   You need to check out this daily deal type website! They offer a promotional product deal a day, but it is always limited and quickly sold out, so you have to keep checking back! You can also sign up for their advance notification and get emailed one hour in advance of the promotion being posted.  Enjoy!

Valentine's Day - Gift Ideas

I always have more ideas than time!  I have so many things that I want to make....  I just love crafting and arts.  I always want to make things for the people that I love, I feel like the time and love that I put into the things that I make will be conveyed to the recipient.  Here are some fabulous ideas to show your loved one how you feel, some are easy to make, some are a bit more difficult, and some you can purchase.

 

Better Homes and Gardens offers you the directions for this cute card.

This cute book can tell your honey all the wonderful reasons that you love him/her.  It's actually made from a simple one dollar deck of cards!  Check out the tutorial by Kelly at Trans-craft-inental.  

Gifts for you now has many personalized gifts from intimate apparal to coffee mugs.  This is also a great resource for wedding thank you gifts and shower gifts.

It's always a challange to come up with a creative kids valentine project.  

These cute valentines by Family Fun are ingenious. 

And... More...

Top 10 Last Minute Valentine's Day Gifts

Click here for: These cute and practical ideas from about.com are fabulous! 

Daily Deals are FUN!

Even if I never buy anything, Daily Deals are Fun!!  Have you seen these websites?

You can check these websites each day to see what the new bargain is...

Just like you never know what you will find on this blog from day to day, you never know what you will find at a steal of a deal each day on these websites!

So…  Here are some links for some common ones, some not so common, and some specialty ones, and just for added measure, I’ve thrown in some that are weekly deals.

General and Special Daily Deals:
Target’s Daily Deal
Razor Dog Deal’s Deal of the Day (on the right-hand side of the screen)
Daily Deal’s Deal of the Day
Amazon Daily Deals

Ebay’s Daily Deal
Daily Memories Deal

LTD Commodities Deal of the Week (Weekly Deal – Scroll down to the bottom of the page)
REI’s Deal of the Week (Weekly Deal for the Sports Minded)


A Couple Sites that have a “Popularity” list of Daily Deals:
Zero Day Deals (You can click on the top bar to choose daily deals or weekly deals)
Deal Sucker

For my boys (this proves I’m cool!):
The Xbox Live Deal of the Week

For all of my Artsy Friends, who have been waiting ever-so-patiently for me to do something-anything (I promise there is lots more coming!) crafty:

Peachy Cheap’s Today’s Deal

Scrapbook Steal’s Daily Steal

Crafty Steal’s Hot New Steal

All My Memories Steal of the Week (Weekly Deal)


**I do believe this is the most extensive crafting daily deals list I’ve seen anywhere!! ENJOY!!**