(Update: Expired, but you can still get one sweater and lip gloss.) Victoria’s Secret has a new deal! If you have a VS card you can get this for $12, without one it will be $21. I’m thinking Christmas gifts!

Here’s the deal:

1. Put one of these $12 Crewneck sweaters in your cart.
2. Put one of these , these or these $19 Sweaters in your cart.
3. Use coupon codes SWEATER15: ($15 off your 2nd sweater), RUSH08: (free lip gloss set), VS cardholders only  FA810189  - $10 Off Code (Thanks Rhonda!).

My total was $11.98! 

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Restaurant.com is offering their 80% off discount again! Use online coupon code TREATS to get the discount! Christmas Gift Idea: Print these out on colored card stock and stick them in along with a teacher’s gift or Christmas Card. For $2 each, it’s a steal!

We have come to an era in time where online shopping may be the most convenient way to shop for the best bargain prices. Online stores are now offering specials to attract customers such as free shipping, free return shipping and free gift with purchase. There are many well hidden secrets that come with online shopping.

1. Do an online coupon code search. If you are about to purchase an item on line search first to see if an online coupon is available. For example, if I was going to buy diapers from Target, I would go to Google and type in “Target coupons” or “Target Online Coupons”. The first page will show me the most relevant coupons. I would click on the link where I might find a coupon code that is valid. A few sites that can help you find on line codes are Retail Me Not,  Coupon Mountain and Coupon Cabin . These sites have hundreds of stores listed along with valid coupon codes that you can use online. An example of an online code is a set of numbers and letters such as BUY5 for $5 off a $50 purchase at Shoebuy.com. You can usually put these codes in a special box that indicates “coupon code” when you check out. Former codes could have saved our bargain shopper up to 70% at Coldwater Creek or have gotten us free shipping at Target . Coupon codes can save you a good amount of money for something that you were already going to purchase. Some stores allow more than one online coupon code to be entered during check out. This can save you a generous amount of money and you can use codes to get free promotional items as well. A very popular ladies and teens web site that is know for doing this is Victoria’s Secret . They allow you to enter up to four coupon codes on their website. In the past they have run a deal where we got $10 off, free shipping, free lip gloss and a free tote in the same order. Now that is what I call bargain shopping!

2. Finding clearance prices online: Some stores have a policy that once their sales quota is met, they can now clearance that item for as little as 99 cents! They have already made their goal in sales, because someone else paid the full price. Now you can take advantage of this and purchase an item below the companies initial material cost. Online clearance prices are usually better than in store because most on line stores don’t have to pay to rent a building or pay a large staff. All these are factors that are included in retail store prices.

How to find the online clearance deals?

1. Sign up your email address with your favorite stores on line. Go to your favorite store’s website and add yourself to their email list. They will send you coupons, on line discount codes, sales notices and clearance alerts. These can be very valuable. Tip: Sign up for a separate email account and use this email to sign up online with stores. I opened a free email account such as http://www.hotmail.com/ and I use this account to sign up for stores online. This way I don’t get a lot of spam in my primary e-mail account but I can still scan the free account once a day to locate good deals.

2. Join online bargain web sites to find sizzling clearance deals. There are a few bargain web sites that have been designed to help you find great deals on line. You can sign up for these bargain sites on line. The first one I recommend is this one and you can sign up for alerts through Bloglines . You may want to check out Slick Deals as well. Last year there was a fantastic deal listed on this website to get $10 off any purchase at Norm Thompson . I was able to have free chocolate sent out to my family as Christmas gifts using the code!

Homework for Today- 1. Sign up for an email list from one of your favorite online stores. 2. Sign up for bloglines and add The Bargain Shopper Lady Blog to get instant alerts!

Frugal Tip: Shop for Christmas gifts early to avoid paying high prices at the last minute.

(Originally published February 17, 2007)

Have you ever heard your local radio station talk about a “half price hook up?” If not, you should go on your local radio station’s website and check to see if they have any kind of special deals. My local station has a Half Price Hook Up and another one has someting called “Deals on Demand.” I was able to get a $50 gift certificate for $15 to my local spa! They are usually half price but they were an extra $10 off, (so $25-$10 = $15). Normally I would not go and get a pedicure unless I was given a gift or if it was something special so this was a huge find for me! These would make great teachers gifts, as mine was an authentic gift certificate. For $15, I was able to get a pedicure, an eye brow wax and have a nice few hours out without kids! (Click here to view other shoppers savings this week on Money Saving Mom!)

It was also perfect timing right before my interview with CBS Boston news! (Because my feet and eyebrows needed some attending to before an interview!) The interview went well and they said that it will air sometime before Thanksgiving week when they talk about Black Friday deals. I also got to see my good friend Lauren from high school who lives in the Boston area, because she let us tape the interview at her house! Here is a picture of the two of us and I had the privilege of holding her adorable son!

6pm Shoes (a partner of Zappos.com) is having a huge sale with awesome prices! I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like it and the sizes are going fast!

Amazon is offering a free month trial of Amazon Prime, that’s an upgrade to free two day shipping! This is a really great deal. Amazon.com is rated the #1 shopping site by The Bargain Shopper Lady and you will be seeing a lot of deals for them this Christmas season! (After you sign up you will need to go into your account and change it from automatic renewal to “Do Not Upgrade Automatically” so you won’t be charged the yearly fee when the month ends.) If you shop there often, it might be worth keeping it.

This is a really great idea! You know that old cell phone or iPod that may be hiding in your junk drawer? You can now trade it in for an Amazon gift card! Go here to see how much your cell phone may be worth! Flip Swap will pay for your shipping and you will have a gift card in 7-10 days. Now this is what I call fabulous recycling! (Thanks Lana and iMommies!)