Ok, so usually I would leave such a post in the very capable hands of our deal-sniffing friends, but I can't NOT mention a few things to the "group".
First, live.com is a search engine arm of Microsoft and for some reason has seen fit to offer cashback rewards for searching through their site. I found this out when I was scouting out a sweet ebay deal and then got an additional 25% off by going through live.com. It's similar to ebates, or sites like it, but the percentage off is much greater (meaning it won't take forever to earn it) and it includes maybe not more stores, but at least a little different variety. So, I'd strongly encourage anybody who plans on doing any online shopping to sign up for a Microsoft cashback account and get going! Unless you like chasing your toddler down the store aisles. :) It has been fun to find the treasures that NRMy has placed in our basket at checkout.
Ok, Second. Amazon grocery. Seriously. First of all, we love Amazon.com...who doesn't? But after snooping around their grocery "aisles" I have realized that if we didn't have a Costco membership, we could get some very competitive pricing on a whole bunch of stuff, with an added bonus of NOT HAVING TO GO TO COSTCO. A whole host of bulk items can be sent to you automatically in 1, 3, or 6month increments--free shipping and an additional % off the regular Amazon price (which as I mentioned is already competitive to Costco). If you don't feel as though the bulk shopping is your bag than at the very least checkout some other stuff...shipping is free, generally, on any order over $25 so don your sweatpants gleefully and save the going out for fun stuff like park day!!
Also, I have long had disdain for Raley's and their higher prices...I mean, seriously, who pays $2 for generic bleach?!!? C'mon!! Anyway, I may be changing my position...sort of. Their email club offers some pretty snazzy insider deals and coupons on occasion. You haven't won me over completely, Raley's (although the dutch crunch loaf for .99 is a good start!) but I may not speak so ill of you in mixed company.
Lastly, this is for the folks:
1 year ago
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I'm a sucker for Raley's produce. I never get stuck with mushy apples. and if you buy what's on sale it's usually not too overpriced.
haha -- thanks for the plug. we actually mentioned live.com on the blog WAY BACK in the day before it was bought out by Microsoft and was jellyfish.com -- ;) it does offer great deals!
great call on Amazon.com, too -- and sometimes, they do sweet deals like get $25 off when buying $50 or something crazy like that. =) We buy bulk deordorant through them. But we'd never give up on Costco.
And Raley's emails -- I went to Raley's the other night (I agree with Sharon -- the produce is the best, and they also give discounts to people like us who buy more than one milk at a time -- competetive with Costco, on that!) and THEN I came home and looked at my emails. ::kicks self:: I could have gotten a free bouquet of flowers if I'd checked out the coupons!
;) I'll stop blabbing in your comment section, now. Cute kid, by the way! kiss his cheeks for me!
That's funny! I should have figured you were hot the the tip long before I was! :)
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