Deals | Table for Five

May 19, 2011 By Elizabeth

This post is brought to you by Groupon.de. While driving to pick up Chris from carpool a couple of weeks ago, I listened to a story on NPR about Groupon. I remember when I got the first email telling me about this new site that would let people get an incredible daily Deal on all kinds of products and services, and I didn't really understand how it was going to work. Well as you probably know by now, Groupon is HUGE. According to it's Wikipedia page, Groupon is in more than 150 markets in North America, is in Europe, Asia and South America, and has 35 million registered users! One of the markets that has seen success with Groupon is Germany. Their site has Deals Berlin can't pass up! I can't read German but fortunately, some words are the same in both languages, so I can tell that today's deal has something to do with a 6-course menu at a restaurant. Previous deals appear to have been for three 20 minute sessions with a personal trainer, lingerie, and Botox! Looks like people … [Read more...]

Order Charterâ€™s Ultimate Bundle and get $250 gift card!

November 30, 2008 By Elizabeth

So, I just learned from Wikipedia that tomorrow, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is called "Cyber Monday". It was named that by a division of the National Retail Federation in 2005 after 77% of online retailers reported a large number of sales on that Monday. Research showed that many people went into work that Monday and made purchases online of items they hadn't been able to find during traditional "Black Friday" weekend shopping. You can celebrate Cyber Monday tomorrow in a lot of different ways, including by ordering new cable service from Charter Communications and not only getting a $250 gift card but also being entered to win one of 45 Xbox 360 gaming packages. Visit the Great Offers from Charter page to see all the participating stores, but some of the stores offering the $250 gift card include Home Depot, Kohl's, Macy's, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Shell Gas, Marshall's, K-B Toys and TJ Maxx. That would make for some very fun Christmas shopping or an awesome gift for … [Read more...]