Today's deal on LivingSocial is a good one--half price at the Aveda Institute in Minneapolis. People have been going to Aveda's school for years because of the deals and now they're even better by about 50 percent. You get $60 worth of haircare or skincare services for $30. You don't have to use up the certificate in one visit. The fine print? The cert cannot be used on massage, body treatments or retail products.
Discount 70 in Columbia Heights is having a sidewalk sale through Sunday. Selected summer gifts are an additional 50 percent off, children's socks for a dime, flip flops for $1, pet mats a quarter, gravel paper for birds 23 cents and a BOGO on women's dresses (Buy one, get one 50 percent off). Discount 70 is one of my favorite surplus shops, especially for furniture. It's hit and miss, like any surplus store.
Anyone else been to either of the two DealSmart surplus stores in Mounds View or Little Canada? I went to the Little Canada store earlier this week and was pleasantly surprised. I saw private label stuff from Costco (Kirkland Signature), lots of good deals on packaged foods, and more brands names than I expected. It's worth a stop.
Local stylist Gwen Leeds puts on a great garage sale. Lots of vintage and designer clothes for men and women plus shoes, furniture and household items. Plus sizes too. From 9 to 5 through Saturday at 6109 France Ave. in Edina.
Starting Sunday June 27 at Toys R Us, a bunch of Buy 1, Get 1 50 percent off sales: Crayola outdoor chalk and paint, Star Wars and Transformers figures, playsets and accessories, Hot Wheels cars, playsets and accessories, Playmobil, and Fisher-Price Little People toys.
