Retro Housewife Survival Guide - Coupons

Just an FYI - In light of the wave of companies that have gone belly-up recently, I am making it my personal mission to make sure certain companies make it through. Not because I own stock in them, I don't - at least not the kind you can buy at Schwab or e-Trade. I am invested in them emotionally.

Sounds silly to some, I know.

Which companies am I talking about?

Sears, Macys, Kodak, Nordstrom, McDonalds, Coca Cola and Saks.

Sears, because they have been around since the 1800s, because who hasn't sat on a Sears Catalog as a child when a regular booster seat wasn't available, because ToughSkins were my favorite pants in the fourth grade and the knees really did hold up.

Macy's - because without Macy's, the Macy's Day Parade would be just the Day Parade, because my Grandfather always took me shopping at Macy's to buy new school clothes when we visited them.

Kodak, because my first camera was a Kodak.

Nordstrom, because they have the best return policy on the planet and always have.

McDonalds & Coca Cola - because nothing says USA like McDonalds and Coca Cola.

Saks, because how can I shop there when I am rich and famous if they aren't there?

RH

Some Sunday Coupons:

1. Sears coupon code: Save EXTRA 15% Off Apparel, Shoes & Accessories MAYFFAP3 From 9am-5pm Sun 5/3 w/ coupon code: MAYFFAP3 From 9am-5pm Sun 5/3
   
   
2. Sears coupon code: Online Only - Save An Extra $20 Off Orders $250 Or More w/ coupon code w/ coupon code: SAVE20 End date: none
   
   
3. Esprit coupon code: 20% off already reduced exclusively online at the ESPRIT - Online Store! Coupon code SUQ3B9US valid 6/21 - 6/28/09!
   
   
4. Maryland Square coupon code (shoes) $20 off a $100 or more order at Maryland Square Promo Code: SPRING20 exp. 5/3.
   
   
5. Old Navy coupon code for free shipping on oldnavy.com coupon code FREE50 ends 4/30.
   
   
6. Kohls coupon code: 15% Off at Kohls.com with coupon code: SAVE15LPS thru 4/28/2009.
   
   
7. Macy's Friends & Family coupon code:
   Take 25% off or 10% off Small Electrics, Personal Care Electrics, Technology, Furniture, Mattresses, and Area Rugs during the Friends & Family Sale at macys.com! Receive Free Shipping on $99 Purchase. Enter coupon code: MACYSFRIEND at checkout. Offer Valid 29-Apr-09 through 4-May-09. (Many more macys coupons here)
   

Amherst vs. Columbia - Anybody Have An Opinion?

This week-end we are headed to the East Coast to check out Columbia University and Amherst College. I am also planning on banging on MIT's door to see how their "Wait List" is progressing - which will pretty much ensure that my daughter doesn't get accepted - so maybe I won't.

In the meantime, I thought I would ask to see whether anybody out in the blogosphere had an opinion on either Columbia or Amherst. I have never been to either, although early on in her college application process I singled out Amherst as a good place for her to go. Why? I liked the name. I also like the fact that it was out in the Massachusetts Pampas in a cocoon-like town, overrun by college students. That spells "safe" in my head.

Thinking about her going to Columbia, which is in Manhattan -on the "Upper West Side" - as I discovered during my ticket booking process- keeps me awake at night. I picture scenes from Law & Order and resolve to absolutely forbid her from setting foot in New York City. At least at 3:00 in the morning. During the day, after the sun has banished all of the Boogie Men, I think about how if it were me in her position, I would be at Columbia in a New York Minute. Hypocrite I am, but I can take care of myself, I think. What is my little girl going to do in NYC? Then I realize what they mean when they talk about cutting the apron strings and letting go. They just don't tell you the apron strings aren't made of cloth, but flesh and blood.

I still instinctively try to hold her hand when we cross the street together. Who is going to hold her hand when she crosses the street in New York City?

On second thought, never mind. Forget I asked that.

Berkeley is starting to look pretty good to me now - Although they have been the least doting of the schools she has been accepted to. Berkeley sent an email and a follow-up letter, but nothing in the way of warm fuzzies for the parents. Not that it matters - I know Berkeley pretty well; both my sisters and my father went there. We spent two summers in Berkeley when I was a kid - which is funny now that I think of it - because I was completely oblivious to the turmoil that must have been raging there at the time (c. 1970). But I digress.

What to do. What to do.

Stupid Stanford.

Any alums out there with some insight?

Sign me, Worried Mother and

RH


The Daily Coupons:

1. Kodak coupon code for Free Shipping Coupon code: AFFSHIP8 - $100 min. order, expires 4/30
   
   
2. Nordstrom coupon:
   Free Estée Lauder gift with your $39.50 purchase. Shop NORDSTROM
   
3. Land's End coupon code: 20% Off until April 20th Enter the Promotion Code APR16 and the PIN 00001107 in the space provided.
   

And Now Some Fun! YOOX Code, Nordstrom Sale, Macys Code, and La Redoute Coupon Code - Life is Good!

So Fashion Fanatics! This is probably not news to you, but all the stores are busy bringing in their Fall lines, so the summer stuff is cheap, cheap, cheap! Some are even discounting the Fall Fashion for a few days! So if we can't afford to see a doctor, at least we can look good! Here are the best sales I have seen so far! Plus, it's Friday, so SMILE!

Yoox Coupon Code for free shipping + Big Sale!

1. Free Standard Shipping this weekend on yoox.com! Register and use weekend@myoox at checkout.

2. UP TO EXTRA 60% OFF SPRING-SUMMER COLLECTIONS ON YOOX.COM

3. Here's another code I just got in an email: ONLY4YOU@YOOX. It is only valid until August 1st and only on these FALL WINTER ARRIVALS ON YOOX.COM

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Nordstrom Anniversary Sale

Don't miss this sale! For example: Stuart Weitzman Sandals (item id: 177495) marked down from $198 to $129 (there are much more sanely priced shoes too) and I checked Zappos.com...they are $198 there... so these are real savings!
Shop 'til you drop!

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Macys was kind enough to send me a nifty coupon for 25% Off Clearance - before everyone else (snicker). Here is the Clearance Section - where the code is good and the code is EXTRA25.

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La Redoute Coupon Code:

Fall Preview Sale - 20% off any item with code LRF20FAV, 7/16-8/5