This is an excellent deal if, like me, you really never like to pay full price but have expensive taste.

Most people aren’t aware of it, but Apple sells refurbished products! You get a one-year warranty, and if you want to you can get an extended warranty.

Right now they are selling some refurbished 2GB iPod Nanos, and at a price you rarely see: $99 with Free Shipping.

This deal will save you $50 on a new iPod, and the only downside I can see is that supplies are limited.

You know how it goes. Either the kids have been good and you’d like to get them a special surprise, or they’ve been little devils and you want to get them something to play with so they stay out of your hair.

Either way it goes, I adore getting free shipping on my online purchases.

And right now you can get Free Shipping on a slew of great, well-priced toys at Buy.com. Go check it out and be sure to order the heaviest items they have :)

I’ve posted about Lip Ink before (see that post here), but now they’re an even better deal.

If you’re looking for great cosmetics like lipstick that won’t come off during the day, go check out Lip Ink. Right now their Sample Kit is 25% off — and it was a deal at the regular price!

Every order gets a free lip color valued at $17, and get your order over $100 (go in with some friends!) and you’ll get free shipping too.

If you’ve wanted to try Lip Ink but have hesitated in the past, now is the time to give it a try. I’ve used it and it is great stuff.

Argh, finding someone to take care of your life while you’re away from it can be a real headache!

Are you going away this summer and looking for someone to water your plants? Someone to watch your 7 ferrets? Check out Sittercity and discover what services on the internet are supposed to be like.

And here’s the best part: for the next 2 days you can get 10% off — if that’s not a fantastic excuse to get a babysitter for a spontaneous date night, then I don’t know what is.

To get your Sittercitty discount, just use coupon code GENIE. And go out on the town and go wild! And don’t you dare hum the Rescue Pack song while you’re doing it.

Please note that I could have resisted writing the above title, but I chose not to.

Do you have a Nintendo Wii game system? Then this week’s giveaway is for you.

There’s a new game out that claims to make you smarter, and as you know I’m always one for helping out my readers. Would you like to win your very own copy of Nintendo’s

Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree? This game costs about $50, but entering to win a copy couldn’t be simpler: just leave a comment on this post!

Rules: Enter by Friday, July 20, 2007 5pm Pacific time. Shipping to US and APO and FPO addresses only. In the event that I can’t contact you to get your shipping address, I’ll choose another random recipient.

So leave a comment and let’s do this thing!

My husband and I stood in line at midnight when the 4th book was released, and it was a really fun evening!

But if you’re not going to wait in line this Saturday night, the next best thing is to pre-order “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” online — and if you do it by 9 a.m. Pacific time on July 17, you are guaranteed Release-Date Delivery on July 21.

Tip: J. K. Rowling has announced that 2 main characters will die in this volume, and unless you like having the ending spoiled for you, you’re going to need to read it right when it comes out!

Amazon guarantees that you’ll get their lowest price on this new Harry Potter book no matter when you place your pre-order, so you don’t have to worry about missing out if they drop the price.

And when I was on the Amazon site I also saw this fantastic new item. I think it is only available on Amazon, and it is perfect if you want to give someone an amazing gift.

Are your kids currently too young for these books? Get them this magical trunk of the complete box set Harry Potter and present it to them when they’re old enough.

Apparently I’m on some sort of self-improvement kick, but for my readers not for myself :) Yesterday I tried to help you get a hook-up, and today I’m hoping to help you quit smoking.

If you or someone you know is a smoker and you’re ready to quit, check out the program at Cigarrest.

Their claim is that you will stop smoking in 7 days, and I can’t say one way or another if it is true, but what I do know for sure is that they give you 30 days free, so it is pretty risk-free.

If it works for you it is worth more than money. Although the money you’ll save on smokes will be great too :)

Don’t let my married status fool you, I vividly remember my single days. Sometimes it was really fun to have no one to tie me down and be able to do whatever I wanted.

Other times I really missed having one special person to share the small but important details of every day.

If you’re ready to look for a long-term partner, or you just want to widen the field of possible dates for yourself, now is a great time to have an internet connection.

For a limited time, you can now get 50% off certain memberships at Perfectmatch.com.

Get yourself out there and see what happens!

Today’s deal is Cuisinart’s 21-piece triple riveted knife set made of forged stainless steel for just $70 down from $200! Here’s what you get:

• an 8-inch chef knife
• an 8-inch serrated bread knife
• an 8-inch slicer
• a 7-inch santoku knife
• a 6-inch chef knife
• a 5.5-inch serrated utility knife
• a 5-inch santoku knife
• a 4.5-inch utility knife a 3.5-inch paring knife
• eight 4.5-inch steak knives
• a sharpening steel
• an 8-inch all-purpose household shears
• wooden storage block
• 8 by 11-inch poly cutting board designed especially for chopping, slicing, and mincing meat, poultry, and cheese without sticking or tearing.

A superior 20-piece cutlery set that’s truly a chef’s dream. Made of forged stainless steel, this set includes everything necessary to cut both small and big items.

And you also get to take advantage of Amazon’s Free Shipping on this one.

What’s the catch? Well, this deal is today only and while supplies last, so you need to make up your mind quickly!

I heart iTunes, and they’ve now fixed what was probably my #1 complaint about it.

I would hear a great song on the radio and run to grab it on iTunes. Then a few weeks later I’d hear another song, get it too, and then realize that it was from the same album as the first one.

I’d now spent almost $2 on two songs when I could instead have just bought the entire album for a few dollars more. Grrr! This kept making me angry.

But now iTunes has gotten even smarter and you can get credit for individual song purchases you’ve already made when you go back and decide to just get the whole album.