As an avid online shopper, I was intrigued when Stacy asked if I had tried Slice, an app that was called “an online shopper’s best friend” and “the best iPhone shopping tracker. How did I miss this one? Meet Slice. Slice offers a great way to track and organize your online shopping. With this Android/iPhone app or website, you can easily get all your purchase info on the go. Slice works with many of the top email providers — including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, AOL and iCloud — to find receipts in your inbox and automatically organize your purchases so you can save time, and maybe some money, too.
Slice lets you:
- Track packages and returns.
- Save money with Slice’s Price Drop Alerts – they’ll send you push notifications when one of your items is eligible for a price adjustment so you can recoup the difference.
- Get cash back from a number of merchants.
- Organize all of your purchases and keep track of vouchers for deal sites. All of your receipts are stored so you can easily reach customer service or get information on your purchases.
- Find out your “shopping DNA”. Discover your “Thingerprint™” – your personalized shopping DNA.
- See how much you spend online and on which categories and items. [Ack, I am a bit scared of this one!]
You can get Slice for Android or iPhone and it is free. They also have a bookshelf app for organizing and sharing books. I think I will stick to GoodReads! (Has anyone tried the Slice Bookshelf app?)
Good stuff – I will try it out and let you know what I think! Do you use an app or website like this?
Here is another great “Friend’s Find” – this one comes from Adam. One of Adam’s patients is an Assistant Principal at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep High School in Chicago. Students were looking for service hours and they decided to run the Chicago Marathon for Team World Vision to raise funds to help people in Africa to live a better life.
Here is their press release:
“Last spring all junior and sophomore students were asked, “Who needs service learning hours and who wants to help save lives?” The response was tremendous and inspiring! At Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep 47 students and 2 staff members are currently committed to running the Chicago Marathon this Sunday. The reason we are running is to make an impact in Africa. According to World Vision, $50 will provide clean drinking water for an African for her entire life. They do this through building wells, irrigation canals, water piping systems, rock catchments; providing latrine and hygiene education; and by supplying PUR packets for emergencies. Students will learn from experts, conduct their own research, and present to different audiences concerning the need for clean water in Africa.
Since April 17th, the Brooks Team World Vision has been preparing for the Chicago Marathon taking place October 13, 2013. Brooks College Prep is the first high school team to ever join Team World Vision – the largest non-profit team that runs the Chicago Marathon. Between April and October the team has run a total of 584 miles. That’s 18 more miles than a round trip from Chicago to Detroit! Our team’s fundraising goal is $10,000 which translates into providing clean drinking water for 200 African children! Currently, the team has raised $8,325 toward its goal. You can learn more (and donate) to the team at teamworldvision.org/goto/BrooksHS or visit the school website at http://brookscollegeprep.org/
Be a part of history and support Brooks!”
You can learn more in their promotional video:
What a cool (and challenging) thing to do! The team is close to their goal, but not there yet, so please consider supporting them! I will be out there cheering for them!
I found a lot of great deals (and sweepstakes/giveaways) this week:
- Be in it to win it (sweepstakes)
- Enter to win a Kindle Fire from Virtually Yours and Gator Mommy Giveaways – through 10/24
- CLICK HERE and enter today for your chance to win one of three $108 gift certificates to the be present store from YOGANONYMOUS.
- In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, tarte and YouTube beauty guru, missjenFABULOUS bring you the Pink Wishes Sweepstakes. 10 lucky winners will receive a Pink Wishes set valued at $233 and for each entry a domation will be made to the Young Survival Coalition. Enter HERE.
- Get a head start on the holidays, save 20% of Gear certificates at The Clymb (where your giftees can get great deals on great brands and trips with curated sales.) – If you are not a member of The Clymb, please register here and then come back and click the link for the sale – it is an email deal!
- Get 50% off on everything at J Crew Factory store through Monday 10/14
- This weekend, get an additional 30% off of sale items at Lucy.
- The PopSugar Must Have box was not my fave, but other’s love it. Get $5 off one month with code SQUAD5 or $10 off three months with code SQUAD10.
- This could be fun (limited dates) for Chicago BBQ fans from You Swoop:
- Last day for 20% off Lifebooker Loot (great spa/beauty/fitness deals in major metros!) with code FALLSPECIAL.
- Promote intelligent consumption with Lole Women’s Yellow Label Program, give a coat & get 50$ OFF a new one!
- Gilt City is doing a “best of” sale – act fast! I got $40 for $80 of awesome local artisan groceries at Artizone (Chicago and Dallas only). I also got a deal at Hutch in Lakeview and the have Pure Barre in Chicago, too. What do they have in your city? Go check!
- Check out great gear deals and local/travel deals at Zozi. They have $35 for Cupcake tour for 2 in Chicago – normally $100!
- Need a vacation? Get 15% off on your Luxury Link trip purchase with code FALL15 (plus 3% cash back with ebates) through October 21.
Still Available:
- Get 20% off on your first purchase from Fabletics – the new athletic clothing site from Kate Hudson and the folks at JustFab (Get BOGO on 1st shoe purchase and all shoes $39.95!)/FabKids.
- Get 30% off at Piperlime with code FALL (ends 10/18).
- Check out these October coupons at Whole Foods.
- Print this coupon for buy one get one free sandwiches at Einstein Bagel through 10/15.
- New customers to Modcloth get $20 off of $50 purchase (and $20 shopping credit for each friend they refer, too!).
- Save 20% on purchases from Costume Supercenter ! Find your most amazing Halloween costume yet with more than 20,000 costumes and accessories to choose from and free shipping/free returns! Use promo code HUGE20.
- SpaWeek is coming 10/14 – 10/20 get $50 spa treatments at lots of spas across the country! Click here for locations. Plus, get $10 off on a $50 gift card in honor of spa week – go to the Spa Week home page and click the banner. They also have a bunch of giveaways now, too!
- Chicago ladies (and gents), don’t forget you get $10 off your first service at Pretty Quick with code ericafinds through 11/1.
That’s all for now! Good luck to friends running, readers (and strangers) in the Chicago Marathon and other races this weekend. I will be cheering for many friends including my high school X-C teammate, Melissa, who I have not seen in many years! Can’t wait! Have a great weekend all!
PS. Don’t forget my Lush Nuts giveaway!
