New Promotion at TGI Friday’s

You many need to pop a diet pill or two before you go.  TGI Friday’s is currently running a promotion to introduce some new salads and sandwiches to their menu.  Not only are all of the NEW salads and sandwiches selling for just $5.00, but so are all of the older ones on the menu.  They say that this is for a limited time only, so stop by soon to take advantage of this!

I tried the new meatball sandwich there last night.  Very tasty.  They now have homemade potato chips to go with this and other items, and I greatly love them!

If you go to Friday’s, be sure to sign up for their Give Me More Stripes loyalty program.  You can sign up online right now, print out your temporary card, and start earning stripes right away.  As a member of this program, you not only earn points, or *stripes* towards free food coupons, but you also get emails about other cool money-saving promotions.  And it is completely free to join!

Yummie!

A couple of crafty bargains!

Sizzix.com has a new coupon deal out now.  From now until March 16, you can buy any 35-die alphabet set for just $34.99.  Just enter coupon code Alpha031009 at checkout to get this special price.  You can see the full selection of these sets HERE.  These retail for up to $149.99, and will likely sell out quickly at this price!

Michaels has finally gotten with the program and has been offering their 40% coupons via email.  You used to only be able to get them if you bought the Sunday paper.  But, as you may have heard, newspapers aren’t doing very well, more people are getting their news from TV and online.  Both A.C. Moore and Joann’s have been sending email coupons to their subscribers for years now; Michaels has only started this within the past six months or so.  I’m very happy about this because we stopped getting the paper completely.

Here is the latest Michaels coupon.  It is good through Saturday, March 14.

And here are a bunch of Joann coupons, for various types of items.  These can be used either in-store or online.

Happy crafty bargain hunting!

I didn’t even know this existed

…but I’m sure glad it does!  This is a wireless keypad that you would use with a laptop.  You just plug that little whosit into a USB port on the laptop, and voila!  You now have a numeric keypad just as there is on a regular desktop keypad!

Last night, I was once again trying to get Mike’s work laptop to connect to the DSL here at home.  I think I’m actually getting somewhere with this never-ending efort…now the laptop is picking up a strong signal from the modem/router that’s connected to my desktop.  Only thing is that it STILL won’t connect to the internet.  Gonna try to find out what I need to do to fix this.  So close, yet still so far…sigh!

Anyhoo, one of the most annoying things about working with the laptop is that it doesn’t have that numeric keypad on the side, only the numbers on top.  On my desktop, I always use the keypad when typing in numbers, to me, it’s so much easier and faster.  It’s very frustrating to not have it on the laptop.

As I said, I had no idea that something like this even existed. So, I wasn’t even looking for such a thing when I went to check out the weekly deals at Buy.com.  But when I saw it, on sale for about ten bucks, to boot…I had to go ahead and order it.  Normally these sell for about fifty bucks, but this one is refurbished, and I was able to order it at a huge saving.  I also got free shipping, too.

This isn’t just for my own convenience when I use the laptop.  Mike uses numbers a lot in his work, and this will make it easier for him, too.  This thing is very compact, he can keep it in one of the pockets in his laptop bag so it will always be handy.

Hey, for ten bucks, it’s hard to go wrong!

I LOVE this TV!

I know I’ve blogged about this cute little TV before.  But I just happened to find it on sale at Buy.com, for an even lower price than I paid for mine.  Go and check out the Haier Hlt71 7″ Portable LCD TV.

Unless you are living under a rock someplace, you know that all over-the-air TV signals must change over from analog to digital as of June 12, 2009.  This was supposed to take place on February 17.  But President Obama wanted to postpone it by a few months, and both the House and the Senate voted in favor of this.  So now, those who have not gotten ready yet still have a few more months in which to do so.

We had long ago taken advantage of the government’s converter box coupon program, which unfortunately has run out of money.  However, you can always purchase a converter box without a coupon, such as this one, through Buy.com.

But I had no way to hook up a converter box to the little portable TV that I take on trips, when we stay at little B&Bs with no in-room TVs.  And besides, who wants to lug the box along?  Anyhoo, I can’t sleep without a TV being on (long story as to why), so I started searching for a reasonably priced portable digital TV.

Most of the ones I found were very expensive.  I decided to keep looking and hold out for a lower price.  I was so thrilled to have found the Haier TV, it was exactly what I was looking for, and at a price that I was willing to spend.  And now Buy.com has it in stock for even less than what I paid for mine in December.

I don’t just use it for trips, I also use it at home, I have it set up on my computer desk so I can watch my shows while I work online.  I’ve had this for about two months now, and I am very pleased with the quality.  The picture is crisp and clear, almost high-definition quality (although this is NOT an HDTV).  It picks up just about all of the available DTV channels that we pick up on our bigger TVs, even with the standard telescoping antenna that comes with it.  The antenna is detachable, in case you need to replace it with a stronger one.

It’s about the size and thickness of a trade paperback book, and it tucks nicely into a large zippered cosmetic bag that I bought for this purpose, along with the power cord and the remote control.  It has a little stand thingy in the back, that flips out when you want the TV to stand up.  It takes up a LOT less space in my suitcase than did the old portable analog TV.  That old TV was just in black & white…this one is color, and the screen is bigger.  Oh, I just love this new technology!

The TV also comes with a rechargeable battery, which charges up while the TV is plugged in and turned on.  You can watch it on the battery for about two hours before it needs to be charged up again.  Very handy for when the power goes out!

So, if getting ready for DTV includes the purchase of a little portable TV, you can’t go wrong with this one.  It works great and the price is right!

Free stamps, ribbon, and paper, oh my!

In today’s mail came my copy of Stampin’ Up’s *Sale-A-Bration* brochure.  This annual event runs from February 1 – March 31.  The brochure contains all of the free products that can be earned during this promotion.  In today’s economy, where we are all looking to save a buck, by clipping coupons, shopping at discount furniture stores and all…who doesn’t like free stuff?

If you order $50 worth of product from Stampin’ Up, you may pick one free item from the brochure.  No limit to the number of fifty-dollarses you can spend, each fifty bucks earns one free item.  All Sale-A-Bration items are limited edition. only available through this special promotion.

You can also earn free product by finding a Demonstrator and hosting a workshop…free item for each $300 that is sold at the workshop.  If you want to become a Demonstrator yourself, well, there is free product giveaways involved with that, too.

If you don’t have a Demonstrator and want one, please visit my friend, Annette Stewart.  From her blog, you can learn more about the promotion, download an onkline copy of the brochure, and place an order online.  If you do order anything from her, please tell her I sent you!