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As any mom who decides to nurse their baby knows, nursing covers are wonderful when you are not at home and want a little privacy for you (and fewer distractions for your baby). Udder Covers makes some adorable nursing covers and they are having a great deal right now, offering $32 off any order (each nursing cover is $32), so all you have to pay is shipping (flat $8.95)!

Perfect for Baby Shower Gifts!

Just enter: Christmas at checkout for $32 off your order (no matter what you order, you dont have to order a nursing cover).

This code is valid once per transaction, so if you want to purchase more than one, you must do more than one transaction!

Thanks Another Thrifty Mom!

We listen to a lot of music in our house, mostly online with Pandora, but we also have a bunch of CDs as well as some Nursery Rhyme CDs for the little man. With the holidays almost here, I decided to take a look at buying a bit of Holiday Music. We like a little bit of everything (I am a big country fan) so, my top 5 Holiday Music list is quite eclectic.



1. My Christmas by Andrea Bocelli ($8.99 on Amazon)




2. If On A Winter's Night... by Sting ($9.99 on Amazon)





3. December by Chris Botti ($7.99 on Amazon)

If you do not know about the Spa Sally website, here is their deal (straight from their website): SpaSally has convinced NYC's best spas to offer one of their most popular services for just $25 each Tuesday. Yes, $25!!

$25 is a bargain for most spa treatments, but I would recommend that before buying, head over to Yelp.com and see if there are any negative reviews of the place featured. Even though $25 is a bargain for any spa treatment, the last thing you want to deal with is an unprofessional service.

I bought a facial through Spa Sally (at the Serene Max Spa) and it was wonderful!! Even more so because I paid only $25.

This weeks Deal: $25 Facial at La Peau Day Spa. A 30 minute treatment and is usually 50 (50% off). You can upgrade to a Deep Cleansing Facial (75 minutes, usually $85) for $50.

The Holiday Season is here! For the next several weeks, quite a few holiday events will begin, most of them family friendly events. A quick breakdown of some of the highlights are below.

November 23 - Grand Central begins its annual Holiday Fair in Vanderbilt Hall. No better place to escape the cold and enjoy the light show and Holiday Crafts than in Grand Central. Thanks NYCGo!

November 24 - Head over to tree lighting ceremony this Tuesday in the Medieval Sculpture Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and behold a tree surrounded by 18th-century holiday decorations—cherubs and angels hang on the blue spruce, and a detailed Neapolitan Nativity scene spreads out below. Thanks NYCGo!
November 25 - The New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex and Store at Grand Central Terminal is back with its eighth annual Holiday Train Show, featuring a working train layout with Lionel trains running on eight separate loops of track through a 34-foot long miniature New York City scene.
November 25 - While picking up the ingredients for your Thanksgiving feast, stop by Union Square's Holiday

November 27 - Lighting of the South Street Seaport Holiday tree is tonight. This 50-foot tree gets lit up on Old Fulton Street the day after Thanksgiving, accompanied by carolers and a festive atmosphere and is a little more off the beaten path than trying to brave the Rockefeller Center madness.

November 30 - Lincoln Center hosts its tenth Annual Winter's Eve Holiday Festival with the lighting of the tree, performers, street musicians, jugglers, stilt-walkers. The fun begins at 5:30pm. To find out more information and see all the businesses that will be offering discounts during the Festival, check out their site here.

December 2 - The Columbus Circle Holiday Market begins!

December 2 - Gridlock, tourists, and celebrity seekers descend on Rockefeller Center for the annual Christmas tree lighting and accompanying festivities and performances, which begin at 7pm.

I am a sucker for entering giveaways, especially when the prize is something like a $2,ooo Gift Card to Bloomingdales!

Bloomingdales's is hosting the $2,000 Holiday Shopping Sweepstakes for a chance to win a special $2,000 gift card. You can enter through December 31, 2009, no purchase necessary. Good luck!

Thanks Miss Bargainista!

If you are a Beauty Insider at Sephora, you may already know about the free trial sized products you get at check out in-store, freebies and discounts when you order online, and the free lip gloss Birthday Gift. Not a Beauty Insider, you can sign up here.

The Good News, if you are a Beauty Insider, the perks will stay the same, the bad news? The Free Lip Gloss on your Birthday is coming to an end, but will be replaced with another great gift for the next year. You can claim your free lip gloss through November 30 if you forgot to pick it up.

To print your coupon for a Sephora Collection Super Shimmer Lip Gloss Trio, click here.

To order the gift from Sephora.com, use code BDAYGLOSS at checkout. A purchase is necessary online, but not when picked up in-store.

Thanks Miss Bargainista!

Momtrends has a great post about Green and Frugal Guide to Gift Wrapping during the holidays. The post has already made me a big fan of the Personalized Ribbon Site, Namemaker.com.

I was reading more about the Maclaren stroller recall on Motherlode, and came across this article on the US vs. UK reaction to the recall. Maclaren is a UK company, and as the article points out, there was no recall in the UK: "Instead of telling parents to use common sense and keep their kids' fingers away from the hinges, we had to have a massive recall and a lot of mass hysteria."

FrugalRIMama, one of my favorite online coupon and budget-saving sites, has posted a list of Stores that Will Price Match this Black Friday. Be prepared, with local circular in hand, not to mention patience, as a manager will usually get involved at checkout. But, the savings could be worth it...Home Depot, Lowes, Office Depot, Office Max, and Walmart will all be price matching!

Crystal, at Money Saving Mom, has been doing a series on Becoming a Work At Home Mom. This week's installment is on Learning Through Failure. Every mom knows the struggle of working (part-time or full-time, at-home or not) and her posts are a very honest and refreshing reminder of the sacrifices we make for our kids!

Hoping that they do something to stem the rise in University tuition before my kids are college age, the University of California Board of Regents announced they are raising tuition by 32% system-wide. Wow!

Each month, Amazon picks 50 albums to download for only $5. Check out the selection, some of the highlights I saw are Marie Digby, Flight Of The Conchords, The E.N.D.by the Black Eyed Peas, and The Beach Boys Classics. There are a lot of albums to choose, and what a bargain at $5!

Until December 28 you can take advantage of the "Buy 1 Get 1 50% Off" sale on all Melissa & Doug wooden toys and puzzles at Borders (in-store only). This toy brand is great, with many of the puzzles and toys out of wood, so many classics to choose from. Don't forget to use one of the Borders coupons (sometimes as high as 40%). Sign up for Borders Rewards to take advantage. You can only find Melissa and Doug sale in stores, not online!

Freebies 4 Mom is running a giveaway where 2 winners will receive $100 Borders Gift Cards and is where I found out about the Melissa and Doug toy sale.

If you want to check out some of the Melissa and Doug toys on Amazon (where the prices are super reasonable, I found the Melissa & Doug See & Spell game (pictured below for $18.72) that would be great for older kids and a Geometric Stacker ($13.62 and pictured above) for younger kids.
Thanks Freebies for Mom!

You can download Death Cab for Cutie's latest album, Narrow Stairs, for only $2.99, on Amazon.com, today only. Even if you are not a huge Death Cab for Cutie fan, Amazon has a large selection of MP3 albums for $4.99 or less for Sale.