Sunday's media madness...

Happy Mothers day everyone!  I hope you are all having a fantastic day of it whether you are a mom, a grandmother, wonderful Aunt or a mom to very special four legged children, this is your day, celebrate it.

Today I picked a book called The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers, a long title but well worth checking out.  This book contains stories from a series more than 20 well-known women, including Melissa Gilbert, Candice Bergen, Anjelica Huston, Whoopi Goldberg and Cokie Roberts.  Their touching and sometimes funny stories may remind you of things in your own relationships or give you insight to your own relationships.  This is a great book for anyone, not just moms.  I was able to find it for $9.13 at Walmart, if you need it today I would call the store to make sure they have it in stock, if not they will charge you an additional $1.97 to ship plus your local states sales tax.  If you would like the Kindle version it is available for download from Amazon for only $1.99.

Have a fantastic and fun day everyone!

C.Q.

Thursday's picture perfect deal...

The picture...

Lake Superior will polish anything, even ice during the spring melt.  These ice balls thrown up on the shore look like white rocks and they shine when the sun hits them.  Its an interesting site in the spring when there is a whole shore line that is covered in round ice.

The deal...

Looking for a fun creative idea for Mothers day?  Shutterfly is having a great sale, you can add your photos to a classic photo book or stationary for 30% off, put together a collage poster or a calendar for 50% off or personalise a coffee mug,  a jewelry box or make a silver charm  for 25% off.  Be sure to check out the other items on sale for more savings.  As an added bonus you can get a free Mothers day card just by using code MOMCARD.  Also, with coupon code SHIP30 you will get free shipping on your order over $30.00 until April 28th.  Shutterfly offers free picture storage and you can elect to have your prints sent to you or picked up at CVS, Target or Walgreen's.  If you are a new customer to Shutterfly you will also get 50 free 4x6 prints.

Have a wonderful day everyone,

C.Q.

Thursday's picture perfect deal...

The Picture...

Where I live we have a lot of old buildings that have wonderful architectural detail, this Fleur-De-Lee is from the entrance to the old news papers building.

The Deal...

I recently purchased a new bottle of Burberry Brit Perfume at my local mall and received a free tote with my purchase which was a nice little bonus. However, because I was being reckless and shopping on impulse it cost me. That nice bottle of perfume was $70.00 plus $5.25 tax! So, today's deal is for Fragrancenet, where I have shopped in the past and had great experiences. All the perfumes are new, top shelf designer scents and they are not tester bottles. My $70.00 department purchase would have only been $42.19 + $5.95 shipping if I had waited until I got home to purchase on line. My "free" tote bag actually cost me $27.31. Today only they are offering 15% off your entire order if you use coupon code MOM15 so be sure to check out everything, not just the scents. Fragrancenet also offers free shipping on all orders over $70.00 and there is no sales tax on orders from outside of New York. If you are planning on giving your purchase to someone for Mother's day they will gift wrap your purchase for an additional $3.99.

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone!

C.Q.

At home spa specials...

As Mothers day gets closer folks start looking for a nice pampering gift to give. One idea is to put together a nice spa day basket. This is something I have even done for myself and it is a wonderful revitalizer.

Light a great scented candle, (if you don't already have one Candles to my Door has a ton of different candles from Yankee, Colonial, Beanpod, Woodwick and more and they are all on sale), put on a relaxing sound track (here is a nice free one you can put on your iPod of nature from Musical Relaxation, its a little over 11 minutes so just put it on repeat) and draw a nice fragranced bath. Bath and Body Works has their buy two get one free sale going on both their Aromatherapy products and their True Blue Spa line. When its time to step out of the tub slip on a super plush micro fiber robe for the feel of luxury. Overstock has pink and blue in sizes L to 2X right now for $46.99.

Onto facial care; the Yes to Carrots line is very nice, offering items for Dry, oily and sensitive skin types, and its reasonably priced. Though you can buy direct, you can often find their products on sale at Target, Walgreens, Meijer and Drugstore.com (which has the carrot body spa kit on clearance right now for $12.99 with free shipping on orders over $25.00). What I truly love about this line is that I can read the ingredients list and know what everything is, they also feature a lot of organically grown ingredients.

Nails next; You should maintain regular gaps between applying nail polish allowing the nails to breathe and reducing the possibilities of drying and chipping, but if your planning a night out there are many nice polishes on the market. I usually look for Nail Lacquer, it is a little stronger than just polish and lasts longer, OPI is one of my very favorites and is sold in many salons, I keep an eye out for when my local salon has a sale. If you are prone to dry skin and hangnails the Burt's Bees Cuticle cream is fantastic, it leaves my hands feeling soft and smelling great. I apply this after any polish because it will cause the polish to flake if it is on the nail before hand. Burt's Bees has a sale right now on their Tips and Toes kit regularly $13.00, now its only $8.00. The kit has everything you need to not only take care of your cuticles but your hard working feet as well. They are also giving away a free lip balm with any purchase over $25.00, just use coupon code WELCOME at checkout.

Next comes the make up, when I am looking for new make up I always check the sale page at Sephora, they also throw in free samples and birthday goodies which is always a nice surprise when my package arrives. Another good site is Beauty.com they are offering $10.00 off your next purchase of $60.00 or more, this offer is good through 12/31/2010. The coupon site Red Plum has a printable coupon for $1.00 off any Rimmel London product which can be found at Tartet and Walmart. If you think you need a little lifting and firming Garnier is offering a $2.00 coupon for their new Ultra Lift Pro Gravity Defying cream, just run your mouse over the lower center section and it will show the whole line, the coupon is the bottom link in the group or you can wait for it to come around on their splash page.

Finally comes the perfume, FragranceNet.com has tons of great designer scents at a fraction of the cost, they also have free shipping. If you use coupon code NAM48 you will get an additional 15% off your order. The other frequently used site is Perfume.com and they are offering a similar deal, enter coupon code LOVEMOM and you will get 20% off your order, they offer free shipping on orders over $50.00. I would recommend checking the price of what ever fragrance you like at both sites and seeing which will come out best for you.

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

C.Q.