The Johnson family just before they got their bath for the day.
RIVER EXPEDITIONS
$77 for a One-Day, Two-Night Rafting and Camping Trip on the Lower New River from River Expeditions (Up to $155 Value). Location: 900 Broadway Ave., Oak Hill, West Virginia 25901. Certificate Expires Aug 30, 2010. Deal ends Sunday, 7/4.
Click here to order:
RIVER EXPEDITIONS DEAL
WCPN 90.3 FM NPR SOUND OF IDEAS
Listen and view the one hour broadcast this past week on present day deals and the couponing world. Regina Brett from the Cleveland Plain Dealer was the host. The guests included myself and Rachel from http://www.mashupmoms.com. They have cameras in studio so you can see me live. I forgot the cameras were in studio so I’m glad that I didn’t start scratching my behind.
Listen and view the broadcast here:
http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/soi/31228
CLEVELAND FREE ACTIVITIES
Regina Brett from the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote a column about free activities to do in Cleveland. She quoted me in the story. I probably could’ve added – Party with Betty White and the other stars from the new show, Hot in Cleveland, at a local watering hole. I heard she makes great muffins.
Check out the column at:
http://www.cleveland.com/brett/blog/index.ssf/2010/07/northeast_ohio_offers_lots_of.html
RESTAURANT.COM
Get 50% off on restaurant gift certificates. Find $25 certificates for $5 (normally $10). New restaurants include Shula’s 2, Rivals, The Lancer, Blue Fig, A Touch of Italy, Mama Robertos, Coppertop, McNamaras, Wing House, and many more. Around 200 different restaurants in the Northeast Ohio area. Over 15,000 available across the U.S. Great to use when travelling. Get them now when they are still available early in the month.
Use code: SUMMER
Deal ends: 7/6
Click here to order: RESTAURANT.COM 50% OFF DEAL
PHOTOBOOK AMERICA
Today’s Deal: $35 for $115 Worth of Custom-Designed Keepsake Books from Photobook America. Superior-quality materials. Several styles and sizes. Custom-design program. Completed in 5 to 7 days. Certificate Expires Jul 2, 2012.
Click here to order and to check for deals in other cities:
PHOTOBOOK AMERICA DEAL
GABRIEL BROTHERS
Save up to an additional 50% off on already clearance prices. Items from $3 to $9. Be careful about some of the clothes there. Some have holes in them…then again, that might be the style.
DILLARDS
The closeout center is having a sale that goes through July 6th. Everything is up to 70% off. Now also buy-one-get-one free on the entire stocl of men’s sportwear, suits, sportcoats, furnishings, big & tall, ladies’, petites’ & woman sportswear and dresses. Also take an extra 30% off ladies accesories, lingerie, juniors, kids, shoes, and furnishing. If you find an old Orange Julius cup from the defunct mall, they make a great sentimental gift.
BEST DEAL MAGAZINES
Daily Deals:
6/30 – Seventeen 1 Year – $4.39
7/1 – Every Day With Rachael Ray 1 Year – $4.39
7/2 – Elle 1 Year – $4.39
7/3 – Motor Trend 1 Year – $4.39
7/4 – Motorcyclist 1 Year – $4.39
Weekly Deals:
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS
Additional 60% Off
$5.99 for 1 year
Coupon Code: BHGSPEC
SHAPE
Additional 20% Off
$3.75 for 1 year
Coupon Code: WKLYSPEC
Take An Extra 15% Off Most Titles
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100+ Popular Magazines – Just $3.99 with this coupon!
50+ Popular Magazines – Just $5.24 with this coupon!
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BEST DEAL MAGAZINE DEALS
WALGREENS
Additional deals this week with today’s ad:
99 cents after register rewards (deals good through 7/3):
The Natural Dentists Healthy Gums Daily Oral Rinse
Brut/Sure Antiperpirant/Deodorant – use $1 coupon from All You magazine to get it free
Celsius Green Tea
Efferdent – plus use .55 coupon
Prell
Noxema Triple Blade razors – plus use $2 coupon to make money
Men’s Zone 6 BladeRazor
Utility lighter 99 cents with in ad coupon
Free after register rewards:
Crest with Scope or Oral-B Advantage Toothbrush 2 pack – plus use .75 coupon on either to make money
Get 25 film prints get 25 free. Click here to order online:
WALGREENS FILM DEAL
NPR – WCPN 90.3 FM SOUND OF IDEAS
I’ll be on the Sound of Ideas show on WCPN 90.3 FM with host Regina Brett from the PD on Tuesday, June 29th starting at 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM. I bumped into Regina the other week while I was at the PD for a work-related seminar. I was on the show a couple years ago and she wanted to get me back on. So expect to hear about deals and the latest in the world of saving money.
She’s also planning to do a column this Thursday on finding entertainment deals around Cleveland. I shared a ton of ideas with her of which you can find below.
Listen to the Sound of Ideas show live and webcast at: http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/streaming/
CLEVELAND AREA ENTERTAINMENT DEALS
There are a ton of Clevelanders that haven’t seen the great sites and things to do around town. Clevelanders are a frugal lot and love a good deal. I think when Moses Cleaveland landed on the Cuyahoga he picked up a penny he found on the shores of the river.
When travelling downtown some might say parking costs too much, there’s crime, it’s dead, it’s blah, blah, blah. Time to turn the record over and play a different tune. Most of those same people that complain haven’t been around town to see how things are for themselves. And if you look for negative, you’ll find it. Time to bring out the positive.
Here are some low-cost or free entertainment deals around Cleveland:
First off, West-siders get your East-side passport and vice-versa. There a whole new world just minutes away. Explore just like Columbus did in the Pinta, expect go in your Pinto. Chuck your preconceived notions aside, get a map or GPS, and explore. Better yet, have someone from the other side of town show you around. Return them the favor. Or take Lolley the Trolley for a reasonably-priced guided tour of Cleveland.
Many people in the Cleveland area have never visited popular local attractions. Whatever the excuse, it’s time to pay a visit. All are free to visit and are great for just people-watching or seeing the sites. Check out Amish country, Chagrin Falls, Coventry, Mentor Headlands beach, Cleveland Metroparks, West Side Market, Huntington beach, Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath (great for bike riding), Little Italy, etc.
Find Happy hour specials in the Cleveland area at http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/restaurants and http://www.cleveland.com/goingout. Find some freebie food and heavily discounted drink deals on those sites. Catch the happy-hour nightlife around spectacular East 4th and the nightclub West 6th street Warehouse District area for some energy and excitement.
For some old-timers the East 4th area and Prospect brings back memories of wig shops and hookers…not that they go together, but that is what you found in that area way back in the day. If only the gum on the sidewalk could talk. Now it has a lot of fine-dining restaurants, including Lola with Iron Chel Michael Simon as the chef/owner. Pickwick & Frolic with Hilarities is impressive. It looks like Mardi Gras on the street.
The bars in the area should name a drink or appetizer to harken the memories of that time. Perhaps an appropriate name would be fried wigs and ham. All the work staff should dress up in wigs and Prospect historical outfits. Crab specials should dot the menu.
West 6th used to be all suit shops. Now it’s restaurants and nightclubs. It took over for the Flats. Sadly, the east bank of the Flats are no more. It’s being rebuilt now with offices (Ernst & Young’s new digs), condos, hotels, and what may be a set of new restaurants and hotspots. I sure miss those sloppy gyros after a night in the Flats. Half of the gyro ended up on my shoes.
Some restaurants and bars offer free food or heavily-discounted deals. Try http://www.restaurant.com to get discounts at restaurants. This week use a discount code and get up to an additional 80% off on the gift certificate, so a $25 gift certificate can be purchased for $2. The code can be found in the LINKS or DEALS section of http://www.joethecouponguy.com. The summer is great for sitting out on patios at local restaurants. The nonsmoking law had a lot of restaurants investing in great new patios.
The Our Town and All Around coupon book offers discounts to Cleveland area attractions. Buy-one-get-one free deals for the Improv, Hilarities, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Steamship WIlliam G Mather Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Children’s Museum, BOGO rounds of golf coupons at dozens of golf courses, putt-putt, and more.
The Entertainment book, soon to come out with a $10 price for the remaining books (will post the deal on my site when it comes out – currently $15 plus free shipping), has BOGO coupons for Hilarities, swimming admission tickets at local rec centers, batting cages, Holden Arboretum, USS Cod WWII submarine, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Pioneer Waterland, Geauga Lake’s Wildwater Kingdom, Soap Box Derby, and more.
Many destinations offer better pricing using AAA or AARP rates. Ask for senior discounts.
Check hotels, bars, and restaurants for magazines that list events around town. Many have coupons or list deals.
Fireworks are just around the corner. Check you local paper for times and locations. Oohs and ahhs are free.
Groupon and MyEZ Deal have deals of the day. Today, Monday, 6/28, Groupon has a half off ticket for Canton’s Football Hall of Fame. Get an adult admission for half off for the Football Hall of Fame in Canton. Instead of $20, pay $10 for a ticket. When I went there some years ago, what impressed me the most was at how shiny some features got on the heads of the busts. For instance, a player with a prominent nose or chin would get it rubbed often enough that it would shine. Worth the price of admission…
A certificate can be ordered at: HALL OF FAME TICKET DEAL
Free mass bike ride in the Cleveland area:
http://shawnmariani.com/ccm/
The observation deck is now open. Cost is $5. Kids 5 and under are free.
Go to Edgewood Park and fly a kite or enjoy the beach. Picnic there or any other park in the area.
Take a look at some interesting homes in the area. Visit where The Christmas Story was filmed or the boyhood home of one of the Superman creators. Check out LeBron’s mansion in Bath or Shaq’s digs in Macedonia. Just don’t serenade them with a vuvuzela, one of those soccer horns. See what’s left of Millionaires Row.
Stroll through Lakeview cemetary (heard it was real nice – this is on my list – never done it). Look for some prominent Clevelanders buried there.
Attend a gallery opening. They usually offer free refreshments, appetizers, and music. Visit them in Coventry, Little Italy, Tremont, etc. The Tremont ArtWalk offers a free walk through its galleries every second Friday of each month.
Attend a local festival. Most have free concerts and entertainment.
Sign up to Pickwick & Frolic’s web-site to get free tickets to Hilarities Comedy Club and get points for other freebies when purchasing items at http://www.pickwickandfrolic.com/pwclubform.html.
Open-mic night and class-graduation gigs at the Improv offer tickets at $5. Nothing better than watching a brand new comic cut their teeth for the first time, good or bad.
Playhouse Square offers $10 Smart Seats for certain performances. Find the deals at http://www.playhousesquare.org/smartseats.
Ohio’s largest free music festival is held in Painesville every summer with numerous bands. Find info about the concert at http://www.parkpartyinfo.com. This year it’s on July 16-18.
Find free factory tours at http://www.factorytoursusa.com.
One thing that would be neat to do would be to take someone, like your grandparents or parents, that grew up in Cleveland and take them around to the homes they lived in or where they went to school. Bring a video camera and gather in all they have to say. Great memories to have on tape. They’ll love going back to the old haunts. If they say they want to drive to Prospect…time to go home!
Visit the Cleveland Art Museum. Admission is free. Other free local attractions include:
Polka Hall of Fame in Euclid
Kent/Blossom Chamber Players concerts – http://einside.kent.edu/?type=art&id=3491&
International Women’s Air and Space Museum at Burke Lakefront airport
Malley’s Chocolates Tour – http://www.malleys.com/Tours.aspx
Glenn NASA Research Center – http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/events/tours.html
The Great Lakes Science Museum is free on Tuesdays for youth 18 and under with a paying adult. Become a paying member and you can get unlimited free admission along with free admission to over 250 science centers worldwide.
Find free events at local parks – http://www.clemetparks.com, http://www.lakemetroparks.com, or http://.www.nps.gov/cuva. Lake Metroparks Farmpark offers free days each month to Lake county residents.
Find a discounted pass for Cleveland-area attractions such as the Zoo, Botanical Garden, Holden Arboretum, and more at http://www.positivelycleveland.com/pluspass. Other discounts can be found on the page.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo admission is free for Cuyahoga County residents on Mondays. In 2010, admission is half off for attendees on specific Wednesdays for those in surrounding counties of Lake, Lorain, Summit, Portage, Geauga, and Medina. Check their web-site for info: http://www.clemetzoo.com.
Wild Wednesdays
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo offers half-price admission on “Wild Wednesdays” this summer for residents of Lake, Lorain, Summit, Portage, Geauga and Medina counties. The special discount applies to residents of surrounding counties as follows:
July 7: Lake County Day
July 14: Lorain County Day
July 21: Summit County Day
July 28: Portage County Day
August 4: Geauga County Day
August 11: Medina County Day
On Wild Wednesdays, Zoo admission for qualifying residents is half-price all day (includes admission to The RainForest). Out-of-county residents should bring a valid photo ID (with current address) to the Zoo Box Office on the specified day, or bring a current utility bill with another form of photo identification.
Get an Ohio fishing license for $19 and fish some rivers and lakes for perch, walleye, trout. Resident Free Senior Licenses – for Ohio residents born on or before December 31, 1937. Oil-free fishing in Lake Erie!
The state of Ohio offers discounted deals on admission to active and retired military members. Discounts are available for the Football Hall of Fame, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, and many hotels and inns. To find the deals go to http://www.discoverohio.com.
Look for deals at the Rock Hall at http://www.rockhall.com/visit/discounts/. Find merchandise deals on the Rock Hall site too.
Megabus, http://www.megabus.com, offers bus trips for $1 each way from Cleveland to Chicago or Toledo. After the dollar seats sell out they raise the price to the next level and to the next level as those sell out. Best to book the seats when the schedule opens up when the dollar seats become available. Free wifi on the bus. Picks up behind Tower City. Speaking of Tower City, they have great jumping water fountains.
Visit a local winery. Some are in beautiful settings and sell bottles of wine for mostly around $10 to $20. Many have won prestigious awards, including double golds and best-of-show in competitions across the U.S. Markko’s, Harpersfield, Ferrante’s, and St Joseph wineries have excellent wine and not the sweet headache wines from the past. They have planted vinefra grapes for a higher quality wine. Ohio has come a long way when it comes to wine. The Our Town book has a bunch of winery coupons too.
The Lake County Captains minor league baseball team affiliate of the Cleveland Indians offer great giveaways and game specials. Buck night on Monday, Kids eat free on Tuesdays, and Nickel Beer on Thursdays. Check their event calendar at http://www.captainsbaseball.com.
Mondays:
$1 discount on adult tickets
$2 discount on adult tickets with PNC Bank debit/credit card
50-cent hot dogs
$1 fries, popcorn, onion rings, fountain sodas, 10 oz. drafts
Tuesdays:
$2 discount on adult tickets
Kids receive free hot dog, fries & small soda (with paid admission)
2-for-1 hot dogs, fries, onion rings, chips, soft pretzels & popcorn
Cargo Hold merchandise specials
Wednesdays:
For only $18, fans receive a game ticket and all-you-can-eat hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, onion rings, popcorn & chips! *Night Games Only
Thursdays:
Nickel domestic draft beer for one hour before game time*
Half-price draft beer and fountain soda through the seventh inning*
All-You-Can-Eat pizza and wings buffet for only $10, located near the Corona Castaway’s Bar.
$5 military tickets for active and retired military and families with ID presented by Lake County Speedway.
$5 tickets for college students with College ID*
*Night Games Only
And to find the best gas prices around town to get to these destinations, go to http://www.gasbuddy.com. You may find out it’s 30 cents cheaper per gallon in the area you are going to visit.
The city of Cleveland doesn’t ticket for expired meter parking on the weekends. Check parking signs during the week to see when parking on streets is allowed for free. Typically meters are not monitored after 6:00 P.M. (after rush hour). Many other cities operate the same way.
There are plenty more deals out there… explore and let me know what you found.
FREE COUPON TEMPLATES FOR BUSINESSES
Click on the link below for templates to make coupons for your business. I think I may make one for a garage sale, if I have one. Buy one clothing item, get a can of peas free. Or maybe buy my old white undershirt with chirping canaries on the armpits, get a free cup of tap water in a take-home Solo plastic cup.
http://www.office.xerox.com/small-business-templates/coupons/enus.html
CVS
Buy $10 worth, get $5 in extra bucks – Windex & Pledge – $2.50 – use recent $1 coupon and get 4 for $1 total.
Kodak Picture Movie DVD – free after extra bucks
M&M pretzel singles – use BOGO coupon to get both free
WALGREENS
Free after register rewards:
Blistex Fruit Smoothies
Flexitol Blistop
Airplus Ulta Moisturizing Socks for Her
Twizzlers – 2/$1 after $2 register rewards – use $1/3 coupon
Dentyne gum – 3/99 cents after 99 cent coupon in Walgreens store coupon book
Gillette Proglide razor – 89 cents after $4 coupon and $5 register rewards
Crest Pro-health mouthwash – 1 liter – 99 cents after $2 register rewards & $2 coupon
Reach floss or crystal clear toothbrush – free after in ad coupon and recent $1 manufacturers coupon
Stayfree – BOGO – get free after $2 coupon
Xtra detergent – 50 cents after $1 coupon
RITE AID
Crest Sensitive Pro-Health toothpaste – free after rebate
John Frieda hair products – $4 for $20 – get $10 rebate – plus use four $3 coupons
Crest 3D mouthwash – 59 cents after $2 UP reward
OLLIES
15% off everything – through July 5th
ALDIS
Watermelon – $1.99 each
Blueberries – 99 cents/pint
Strawberries – 99 cents/lb
Honeydew – $1.59 each
KMART
Breyers ice cream – $2.50 – plus use .75/2 coupon
Oscar Meyer hot dogs – 99 cents – plus use $1/2 coupon at COUPONS.COM – limit 4 – with $25 additional purchase
Free bread for members of Shop Your Way Rewards program
GIANT EAGLE
Jack Daniels BBQ – free after .75 coupon
Heluva Good dip – 25 cents after .75 coupon
Bic multipurpose lighter BOGO – 99 cents after $1 coupon
Breakstones sour cream – 40 cents after .55 coupon
Ball Park hot dogs – BOGO – plus use .75 coupon to get it nearly free
Hebrew National franks – BOGO – plus use .75 coupon to get it nearly free
Mellita coffee filters – $1 – use $1 or $1/2 coupon to get it free or 50 cents
Reynolds aluminum wrap – $2.50 – use .75 coupon to get it for $1
ACE HARDWARE
Use $5 off $25 purchase coupon in Entertainment book – order at http://tinyurl.com/26mjk83
Be sure to sign up for their Ace Hardware Club card to earn points for additional discounts
Sale – Friday, July 2nd to Monday, July 5th
99 cents: assorted sunglasses, sidewalk chalk, squirt gun, children’s swim goggles, swimming arm bands, beach ball, butterfly net
Two way radio – $4.99 after $10 rebate
Free after rebate:
Soy-based lubricants
Totally Green All purpose cleaner
Organic Automotive Glass cleaner
Jobe’s fertilizer spikes
Turtlewax car wash concentrate – $2.99 after rebate
Homeinsect control – $2. 99 after $4 rebate – limit 2
Weed & grass killer – 99 cents after $2 rebate – limit 2
Bug free backyard spray – $3.99 after $6 rebate
$4.99 after rebate:
Stanley 3 piece pliers set
Stanley Leverlock tape rule 3 pack
Stanley 16 pc cushion grip screwdriver set
Free 5 gallon bucket with $30 purchase
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
Blockbuster – Willoughby Hills
NEWS-HERALD
5 line ad in print and online for 5 days for FREE. List price of item must be less than $1,000. Call 440-951-SOLD or contact classifieds@news-herald.com
PARADE & USA WEEKEND MAGAZINES
Check them for coupons in the weekly magazine
RESTAURANT.COM
Get restaurant gift certificates 80% off! Spend $2 for $25 gift certificates! Use 80% Off coupon code SUMMER on any three of their popular products: Gift Certificates, Dinner of the Month Club, and Gift Cards. Ends 6/30.
Click here to order:
RESTAURANT.COM 80% OFF DEAL
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WCPN 90.3 FM SOUND OF IDEAS SHOW – NPR
I’ll be on the Sound of Ideas show on WCPN 90.3 FM with host Regina Brett from the PD on Tuesday, June 29th starting at 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM. I bumped into Regina the other week while I was at the PD for a work-related seminar. I was on the show a couple years ago and she wanted to get me back on. So expect to hear about deals and the latest in the world of saving money.
She’s also planning to do a column on finding entertainment deals around Cleveland.
Listen to the Sound of Ideas show live and webcast at: http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/streaming/
FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
Get an adult admission for half off for the Football Hall of Fame in Canton. Instead of $20, pay $10 for a ticket. When I went there some years ago, what impressed me the most was at how shiny some features got on the heads of the busts. For instance, a player with a prominent nose or chin would get it rubbed often enough that it would shine. Worth the price of admission…
Click here to order the certificate:
FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME DEAL
GIANT EAGLE
Jack Daniels BBQ – free after .75 coupon
Heluva Good dip – 25 cents after .75 coupon
Bic multi-purpose lighter BOGO – 99 cents after $1 coupon
Breakstones sour cream – 40 cents after .55 coupon
Ball Park hot dogs – BOGO – plus use .75 coupon to get it nearly free
Hebrew National franks – BOGO – plus use .75 coupon to get it nearly free
Mellita coffee filters – $1 – use $1 or $1/2 coupon to get it free or 50 cents
ACE HARDWARE
Use $5 off $25 purchase coupon in Entertainment book
Sale – Friday, July 2nd to Monday, July 5th
Be sure to sign up for their Ace Hardware Club card to earn points for additional discounts
99 cents: assorted sunglasses, sidewalk chalk, squirt gun, childrens swim goggles, swimming arm bands, beach ball, butterfly net
Two way radio – $4.99 after $10 rebate
Free after rebate:
Soy-based lubricants
Totally Green All purpose cleaner
Organic Automotive Glass cleaner
Jobe’s fertilizer spikes
Turtlewax car wash concentrate
Homeinsect control – $299 after $4 rebate – limit 2
Weed & grass killer – 99 cents after $2 rebate – limit 2
Bug free backyard spray – $3.99 after $6 rebate
$4.99 after rebate:
Stanley 3 piece pliers set
Stanley Leverlock tape rule 3 pack
Stanley 16 pc cushion grip screwdriver set
Free 5 gallon bucket with $30 purchase
Joe
http://www.joethecouponguy.com
I’d plant corn on the first forehead furrow, then peas, and maybe zucchini.
BRUEGGERS
$99 for unlimited refills for the rest of 2010 on coffee, tea, or pop. Deal ends July 5th.
DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER
I always wondered what it would be like to ride in the back seat of the car with Dog the Bounty Hunter after being captured by their motley crew using their squirt guns and whiffle ball bats or whatever they use to capture hardened criminals. I could see him telling me how I should get my life together as I broke down. He’d offer me a cigarette to break the ice even though I don’t smoke. I’d ask for a corn cob pipe instead as I find pipe smoke pleasant or maybe I’d ask for a Mentos because they’re chewy and last awhile.
I’d find it odd that he would want to console me even though he nabbed me for jumping bail. Forgiving man, but he also tells you like it is. I’d like to use him as a personal psychologist. I’d jump bail just to have him chat with me about what I need to hear.
But I’d have no idea what he was saying since I’d be fixated on his deeply furrowed wrinkles on his forehead and face. His patch of acne added to the mystery of his face. His face was like a shar pei dog. Lotsa interesting nooks and crannies. I wondered if he’d notice I was staring at his wrinkles. I mean, how could I not look. I’d be thinking I could neatly plant rows of corn or peas in the crevices.
Didja ever look at some anomaly on someone’s face just trying to figure it out while they talked to you. I do that a lot because I notice those kind of things. I’m always thinking of what they could do to fix it and the cost and why they didn’t take care of it sooner. That’s me, always trying to think ahead and trying to improve things.
I’m always checking my face for these type of things. Sometimes I’ll put a nugget with hair in it to see if my friends will even say anything about it. A true friend will acknowledge it out loud…and mine will do it in public.
Back to the Dog. While his uniquely proportioned wife drove the car, to show my appreciation for his help I would tell knock-knock jokes. Those jokes were used for bartering back during the day of the Indians and Cowboys. You could trade beaver and fox pelts for a knee-slapping knock-knock jock. It would be my contribution back to them for helping me out. It would be the least I could do.
SOUTHWEST
Their 39th anniversary special – one way flights for $39 and up.
Click here for their vacation deals:
SOUTHWEST DEALS
RITE AID
Rite Aid is doing a similar program to Walgreen’s Register Rewards and CVS’s Extra Bucks. It’s called the +Up Reward. For instance, if you buy Colgate this week for $2.99 you will get $2 in +UP rewards. Use a $1 coupon and you’ll get the item free.
Free after UP Rewards:
Motrin PM
99 cents after $4 coupon and $5 in rebate: Gillette Fusion Proglide
$25 Transfer Prescription coupon in ad.
WALGREENS
Free after register rewards:
Renu – plus use $2 coupon to make money
Gillette or Old SPice Body Wash – plus use BOGO coupon
Herbal Essence or Aussie Hair Care – plus use $1 coupon to make money
Gillette Fusion Proglide razor – 88 cents after $4 coupon
RepHresh Brilliant pH tampons – 99 cents
FANNIE MAY FINE CHOCOLATES
Buy one get one free coupon in Monday’s Cleveland PD. Coupon good from 6/21 to 6/27. Good on 1 lb Pixies, Mint Meltaways, Trinidads, Buttercreams, & Colonial Assortment. Not good on diets. Your fannie may not be so fine after one too many buttercreams.
AND THE OWNER IS…
EBay owns StubHub.
STUBHUB
Get tickets for events. Find some priced at a discount by people that want to get rid of their tickets.
Click here to find tickets to concerts, games, and event you’d like to see:
STUB HUB TICKETS
HOME DEPOT GARDEN CLUB
Join and get a coupon for buy one perennial plant, get one free. There is also a coupon for $5 off Roudup Extended Control. They send coupons every so often.
Click here to join:
http://www.homedepotgardenclub.com
BRAZILIAN WAX DEAL
Today’s Deal: 51% Off Brazilian Wax at Shumai-Chi. Choose from a Men’s or Women’s Wax. Expires Dec 23, 2010. Limit 1 per person. Valid only for offer purchased. Must be at least 18. By appointment only. 24-hour cancellation policy or Groupon is forfeited. Tax and gratuity not included. Get rid of your Oscar Gamble!
Click here to order:
http://www.groupon.com/r/uu661645
BEST DEAL MAGAZINE
Weekly Deals:
6/23 – Sporting News – 1 Year – $4.39
6/24 – Everyday Food 1 Year – $5.39
6/25 – Marie Claire 1 Year – $4.39
6/26 – Game Informer 1 Year – $5.39
6/27 – Angels on Earth 1 Year – $4.39
Weekly Deals:
AUTOMOBILE – Additional 20% Off – $3.75 for 1 year – Coupon Code: WKLYSPEC
FAMILY FUN – Additional 20% Off – $3.75 for 1 year – Coupon Code: WKLYSPEC
Take An Extra 15% Off Most Titles – Code: PXCJ627 Offer Expires June 27, 2010
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AIR TRAN
AirTran Airways U.S. Flights from $44! Deal ends: 6/29/2010.
Fly to over 60 cities with great low fares from AirTran Airways. Flights are now available with fares as low as $44 one-way to/from destinations all over the country, including the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Aruba and Cancun. No booking fee. Travel anytime between June 15 – November 17th. Some flights may already be sold out at the rates shown below.
Deals – One-Way Price:
Akron (CAK) Boston (BOS) $79
Akron (CAK) New York City (LGA) $79
Allentown (ABE) Atlanta (ATL) $69
Allentown (ABE) Orlando (MCO) $79
Atlantic City (ACY) Dallas (DFW) $94
Atlantic City (ACY) Orlando (MCO) $89
Atlanta (ATL) Boston (BOS) $79
Atlanta (ATL) Charlotte (CLT) $49
Atlanta (ATL) Columbus (CMH) $54
Atlanta (ATL) Dallas (DFW) $84
Atlanta (ATL) Fort Lauderdale (FLL) $69
Atlanta (ATL) Houston (HOU) $79
Atlanta (ATL) Jacksonville (JAX) $49
Atlanta (ATL) New York City (LGA) $84
Atlanta (ATL) Nassau (NAS) $84
Atlanta (ATL) Rochester (ROC) $69
Atlanta (ATL) Tampa (TPA) $69
Atlanta (ATL) Washington (DCA) $79
Baltimore (BWI) Atlanta (ATL) $69
Baltimore (BWI) Charlotte (CLT) $59
Baltimore (BWI) Jacksonville (JAX) $64
Baltimore (BWI) San Juan (SJU) $109
Bloomington (BMI) Atlanta (ATL) $69
Bloomington (BMI) Fort Lauderdale (FLL) $99
Boston (BOS) Baltimore (BWI) $49
Boston (BOS) Miami (MIA) $99
Boston (BOS) Milwaukee (MKE) $79
Bloomington (BMI) Nassau (NAS) $114
Buffalo (BUF) Orlando (MCO) $89
Buffalo (BUF) West Palm Beach (PBI) $83
Buffalo (BUF) Tampa (TPA) $99
Charlotte (CLT) Atlanta (ATL) $49
Charlotte (CLT) Orlando (MCO) $79
Charlotte (CLT) West Palm Beach (PBI) $99
Chicago (MDW) Fort Lauderdale (FLL) $84
Chicago (MDW) Montego Bay (MBJ) $119
Chicago (MDW) Philadelphia (PHL) $92
Chicago (MDW) Tampa (TPA) $81
Dallas (DFW) Atlanta (ATL) $84
Dallas (DFW) Baltimore (BWI) $99
Dallas (DFW) Miami (MIA) $109
Dallas (DFW) Minneapolis (MSP) $100
Dayton (DAY) Nassau (NAS) $114
Grand Rapids (GRR) Orlando (MCO) $84
Grand Rapids (GRR) Tampa (TPA) $74
Jacksonville (JAX) Atlanta (ATL) $49
Jacksonville (JAX) Montego Bay (MBJ) $119
Los Angeles (LAX) Atlanta (ATL) $124
Los Angeles (LAX) Milwaukee (MKE) $114
Lexington (LEX) Fort Lauderdale (FLL) $94
Lexington (LEX) Orlando (MCO) $74
Memphis (MEM) Atlanta (ATL) $49
Memphis (MEM) Miami (MIA) $99
Memphis (MEM) Minneapolis (MSP) $84
Miami (MIA) Columbus (CMH) $94
Miami (MIA) White Plains (HPN) $94
Milwaukee (MKE) Indianapolis (IND) $64
Milwaukee (MKE) New York City (LGA) $79
Minneapolis (MSP) Milwaukee (MKE) $49
Minneapolis (MSP) Nassau (NAS) $149
Minneapolis (MSP) Pittsburgh (PIT) $97
Moline (MLI) Atlanta (ATL) $69
Moline (MLI) Miami (MIA) $99
Moline (MLI) Tampa (TPA) $99
New York City (LGA) Atlanta (ATL) $84
New York City (LGA) Fort Lauderdale (FLL) $99
New York City (LGA) Indianapolis (IND) $84
New York City (LGA) Milwaukee (MKE) $79
New York City (LGA) Pensacola (PNS) $99
New York City (LGA) Tampa (TPA) $96
Orlando (MCO) Grand Rapids (GRR) $84
Orlando (MCO) Nassau (NAS) $44
Orlando (MCO) Philadelphia (PHL) $84
Orlando (MCO) San Antonio (SAT) $89
Philadelphia (PHL) Atlanta (ATL) $69
Philadelphia (PHL) Montego Bay (MBJ) $119
Philadelphia (PHL) West Palm Beach (PBI) $89
Pittsburgh (PIT) Atlanta (ATL) $69
Pittsburgh (PIT) Fort Myers (RSW) $99
Pittsburgh (PIT) St Louis (STL) $99
Portland (PWM) Dallas (DFW) $109
Portland (PWM) Orlando (MCO) $99
Washington (DCA) Atlanta (ATL) $79
Washington (DCA) Tampa (TPA) $84
White Plains (HPN) Orlando (MCO) $89
White Plains (HPN) West Palm Beach (PBI) $94
Wichita (ICT) Atlanta (ATL) $69
Wichita (ICT) New York City (LGA) $99
Wichita (ICT) Portland (PWM) $119
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CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
PURCHASE: By Friday – June 25 (11:59 p.m. Central Time)
DEPART: Saturday – June 26
RETURN Monday or Tuesday – June 28 or 29
Some restrictions, taxes, fees and applicable bag charges apply. Round-trip purchase required. Subject to availability.
Cleveland, OH (CLE) to Green Bay, WI (GRB) – $119
Cleveland, OH (CLE) to Louisville, KY (SDF) – $119
Cleveland, OH (CLE) to Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU) – $119
Cleveland, OH (CLE) to Toronto, ON Canada (YYZ) – $128
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PANERA
They opened a new restaurant in Clayton, MO in which customers are asked to donate what they want for a meal. Doesn’t matter if they pay a penny or $50 for the meal. It’s nonprofit and is named using their former name and is called St. Louis Bread Co. Cares. It’s the same concept as a restaurant called The One World Salt Lake City Restaurant which has operated as such since 2003 and server unprocessed organic food.
A handful of restaurants operate under a nonprofit, create-your-own-price model. You can pay a penny or $100 for your meal. They are One World Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City, Utah, SAME (So All May Eat) Café in Denver, CO, One World Spokane in Spokane, WA, Potager in Arlington, TX, A Better World Café in Highland Park, NJ, St. Louis Bread Company Cares in Clayton, MO (owned by Panera – others to be called Panera Cares), Comfort Café in Denver, CO, and Café 180 in Denver, CO.
CRIME
Property crimes were down 4.9% and violent offenses each declined 5.5% in 2009, much steeper than drops in 2007 and 2008. Murders dropped 7.2%. Amazing, since you’d think crime might increase in a recession. There were many reasons attributed to the drop. Make up your own, but it’s all good.
Also, the number of inmates in city and county jails dropped by 18,000 to 767,600 at the end of June 2009. It’s the first drop since statistics have been compiled by the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 1982.
MORTGAGE RATES
30-year mortgages rates around 4.75%! If your mortgage rates are over 6%, definitely look into refinancing. The lowest rate ever was 4.71% in December 2009, the lowest since Freddie Mac began keeping records in 1971. 15-year rates hit 4.17% in June 2010, the lowest ever. They are hovering around 4.2% now. I refinanced at 4.25% back a few months ago. Can’t beat these rates and they may never be this low again. Back in the early 1980s interest rates were in the 14% to 18% range for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage.
Check mortgage rates at http://www.bankrate.com.
CABLE
Find the best price for cable or satellite TV at http://www.billshrink.com. The site compares the service providers in your area according to your viewing preferences and whether you have an HDTV and DVR.
AT&T
AT&T settled a class-action lawsuit that claimed it delivered DSL data service slower than promised. If AT&T’s records indicate it configured the downstream speed of a user’s DSL service at a slower rate than pro
mised, they are eligible for up to $2.90 a month the service was too slow.
Click here to submit a claim:
https://dslspeedsettlement.com/index.htm
KMART
Daily Deals with $20 purchase:
Wed, 6/23 – Flanders Beef patties – 69 cents/lb – limit 2
Thurs – Jenos Pizza – 49 cents – limit 5
Fri – Lays potato chips – $1.49 – limit 2
Sat – Family Pak ice cream – $1.29 – limit 2
Sun – Fresh Express salad – 49 cents – limit 2
Mon – 7 Up – 49 cents – limit 3
Tues – BarS hot dogs – 49 cents – limit 3
DISCOUNT DRUG MART
Free after rebate – Matrix 3 razor or refill
Banrock Station wine – 12 bottles – $33.89 after $20 rebate ($2.85 bottle)
GIANT EAGLE
Ends Wed 6/23
Airwick motion air fresheners – BOGO – Free after $4 coupon
Pampers Wipes – free after $2 coupon
ALDIS
New store in Mentor across from Great Lakes Mall where Levin Furniture used to be. This weeks ad has a $5 off $30 purchase coupon in it.
Cherries – $1.69/lb
Strawberries – 99 cents/lb
CLEVELAND INDEPENDENTS
Hot off the Press. The Deck Pricing Reduced! With half the year remaining, they’re reducing the price of the 52 deal Deak. Purchase The Deck for $20 (a 67% reduction in price). No special codes required. (Price does not include shipping and handling).
Go to http://www.clevelandindependent.com to order.
RESTAURANT.COM
Get 80% off on restaurant gift certificates. Find $25 certificates for $2 (normally $10).
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Deal ends: 6/24
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