At BlogHer 13, I had the good fortune of meeting two women who worked at companies that were right up my alley! One is a shopping site that allows you to build a list for shopping and then provides local sale information (and tips from shoppers in your area). The other is a healthy dining option finder. Shopping and healthy dining – they had me at hello!
Find&Save is “your window to local savings.” With this site, you can see local sales in one place, create a list of items you want (and share or keep it secret), get alerts and share your finds using social media. This is a great site for back to school shopping or keeping track of the best deals on things you use all of the time or are searching for the holidays.
Find&Save provides many ways to explore a sales from stores near you (and most items can be purchased online). Some of the cool features are:
- They highlight retailers, categories, items and user-created collections that are popular with the community for you. You can access these deals on tablet, smartphone or laptop.
- You can create lists of retailers and specific items of interest to you. Lists can be saved for in-store viewing on a smartphone, sent to friends or shared with the Find&Save community.
- You can browse popular lists created by other people in your area, too.
- You can get alerts and reminders about expiring sales of interest at retailers you choose
- You can share sale items and lists across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and email. Plus, check out our new Find&Save Facebook app, where you can check out deals in your area right from your Facebook page.
You know I am checking this one out! I will let you know what I find! I can even share my lists on this blog!
Healthy Dining Finder is a great source of information on all things nutrition. Not only do they have healthy options at restaurants by zip code, they have a ton of great nutrition content for healthy diners, parents, people with medical conditions, workplace wellness and MUCH more. I clicked on “I am a Healthy Diner” and received the following links:
- Search for Healthy Dining approved menu choices – Find restaurants from fast food to fine dining with “dietitian-approved” menu choices. Enter your city and state or ZIP code to find restaurants in your area. You can filter by price, cuisine type and more using the advanced search.
- Kids LiveWell – This program, created in collaboration with the National Restaurant Association, identifies dietitian-approved menu choices for kids.
- Sodium Savvy –Sodium Savvy entrées contain no more than 750 mg. sodium; side dishes, appetizers and desserts contain no more than 250 mg. sodium.
- What’s New – Get the latest news, insights and tips from our team in this blog.
- Subscribe to our newsletters You’ll receive news, recipes, tips and reminders about recommended Healthy Dining dishes, along with special offers from participating restaurants.
The blog topics look awesome and this site has a ton of resources and recipes. I can’t wait to check it out in more detail!
I found lots of fun summer deals this week – apparently some folks are doing Christmas in July:
- Check out great local deals from Travelzoo:
- In Chicago, get $60 of wine and apps for 2 people for $25 (not valid Saturday or Sunday – still a good deal!) or 50% off of Circque Shanghai
- In LA, $39 — STK: Cocktails and Apps for 2 in WeHo, Reg. $96 or get half off on brunch and bubbly for 2 at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel
- And many more deals!
- Take an additional 50% off on sale items from C. Wonder with the code HEATWAVE – get an additional 5% cash back with ebates!
- Take an additional 20% off on sale items at Athleta with the code EXTRA20- get an additional 2% cash back with ebates!
- This week, t-shirts from Vistaprint are on sale for just $6 shipped—and just in time for all of your end-of-the-summer events! Whether you still have your family reunion next month or are getting ready for the school year, there’s still time for you to customize your own basic and children’s t-shirts. Save now on 100% preshrunk cotton t-shirts that are personalized for upcoming school year’s array of sports teams, after-school groups, and clubs. Ends 8/2.
- Buy one get one half off and an extra $5 off for back to school at Shoe Carnival! Take $5 off of your purchase of $39.98 or more. Enter SAVE5 at checkout online or bring printed coupon to a store near you! Ends 9/1. Cannot be used on prior purchases, refunds, exchanges or gift card purchases. One coupon per transaction. Offer subject to change without notice. (They have some good running shoe deals!)
- Sign up to receive Alibris newsletters and get $5 off your next purchase of books, music, etc. Great summer book deals of up tp 80% off, too!
- Get 56% off rooftop tickets for Cubs games in August and September from You Swoop.
- Check out great deals at Gilt City get 25% off if you are not a member and sign up – free!
- They have 45% off of a 3 month summer beauty regimen from From the Lab (online) and 50% off of teeth whitening products from Glo Sciences.
- In Chicago now there are great deals on B-12 shots, cocktails at C-View, We’ll Clean Car Wash, spas and more.
- In NYC, save 75% on one day courses from Dale Carnegie, awesome deals at Clay Health Club and Spa in Soho and more
- In LA, save 67 – 80% of gym deals at Gym Box in Brentwood and more
- Lots of great deals in other major metros, too!
- Get up to 40% off of cute, custom labels for kids from Tiny me for signing up for their newsletter! (My SIL has these and loves them!)
- Need some new fitness finds? New customers to Bulubox can get a free box with the code TWEET10 at checkout.
- Hey Runners, enter to win a free entry to the Chicago Half Marathon on September 8th at Running the Windy City
Still Available:
- Get 20% off at Wantable . Wantable is a makeup and jewelry experience with “on-trend, curated boxes” created just for their customers. Answer a few style questions and they’ll recommend a box with full sized products picked by pro makeup and jewelry artists with your style in mind.
- Check out two great deals at Beauty.com:
- Spend $40 at Beauty.com and receive a skin care trio ($34 value) gift with purchase! Offer ends 07.13.2013 or while supplies last.
- $10 off $50 at Beauty.com!
- Hey Chicago runners:
- Enter to win a V.I.P. pass to the Terrapin 5K (on August 8th at Soldier Field) for you and two registered friends by entering on the RAM Racing Facebook page every Tuesday at 2pm CST! Winners are announced 10am the next day with lots of fun ways to win!
- Save $10 on the Crosstown Classic 10K with the code CLASSIC10K
- Register today to save $15 on Hell Run Chicago with code HELLRUN15 through 8/31 or save $12 on the Chicago 10K with code ACTIVE12 through 8/11
- Save 20% site wide on great “eco-elegant” flowers, food and gifts from OrganicBouquet.com. (Click link for 20% off)
That’s all I have for now! Have a great day!
PS. Don’t forget to enter my Liza’s Crunch Granola giveaway!