Friday, January 4, 2008

Everyone who knows me knows i like to shop! Especially online. I HATE to pay full price for anything, and rarely do. Thats why i have a hard time at Christmas, i pay full price. I thought i would share with you a few of my favorite websites for finding items at a great price. Click the name of the site to be brought directly there.


  • Zenni Optical. This is where i buy all my eye glasses. I have bought 4 pair in the last year from them and can't complain about anything. I buy the $8.00-12.95 pairs. Shipping is $4.95 and takes around 2 weeks to get them. They ship them in hard plastic cases with glass cleaning clothes inside a box with bubble wrap. I love this place!
  • Lands End Overstock. I always thought Lands End was for old people! The quality of their clothes is amazing. 100% guarantee too! I buy all my swimwear from them. They have a promise it will never fade, stretch or lose its shape, if it does you can return them for a full refund. Check the "On the Counter" section on Saturdays. They post items with deep discounts then. Every other day they mark them down even more. But they sell out almost always before Wednesday.
  • Airfaredig. Okay the website has drastically changed in the last month and i don't really like it. But they use to have daily updates on the cheapest airfare with direct links to purchase it. Hopefully this will come back. But they still have good deals posted on the site.
  • Amazon. I always check Amazon lately. If anything you can get a idea on the price. They have so many people/websites that you can see from a list where you can get it cheapest. Also Amazon has all of its own products it sells Free Shipping if you spend $25.00 or more. I love this!!!!! Towards the bottom of the page it will give you a list of what other people bought who looked to this item, i find cheap things here too.
  • Craigslist. I do check it everyday but its really hit or miss. I did find my babysitter on Craigslist and a few other Hayden things. I have sold Baby items here and get a great price for them. A lot more than a Rummage Sale.
  • When shopping online make sure and search for coupon codes first. Just search the store name and discounts or coupon codes. You will always find at least a free shipping if not some percentage off.
  • Find someplace that gives you Cashback or some type of Rewards. My Credit Cards both do and so does Upromise, which goes into a College Account for Hayden, we have like $30.00 for him, not much but something.
  • Picasa by Google. Its free photo editing and storing. I LOVE this. I do all my photo editing with this FREE program. Its a one time download from Google. I upload all my favorite pictures to my online web albums. I can access this anywhere, anytime on the Internet. Its my piece of mind if something happens to my computer the only thing of value i have on it is my pictures.

So those a just a few of my favorites. I didn't give the address for my favorite site yet! Someday. You can add something to my list if you'd like to leave me a comment. Have a great weekend. Back to work on Monday.