Restaurant.com gift certificates are available at an 80 percent discount this week. $25.00 dollar gift certificates are $2.00 when you use the code: “CLEAR
ANCE. ” Many of the certificates require a minimum food purchase of $35.00 and do not include alcohol.
K and G Fashion superstore is having a Summer Clearance Sale. Men and women’s clothing that was already on sale is now 50 percent off the sale price.
North Georgia Premium Outlets in Dawsonville is having a Labor Day weekend sale. Many of the outlets will have big bargains from Friday to Monday, and some stores like Polo and Guess have already started markdowns.
And the Mommy and Me promotion has returned to the Georgia
Aquarium. For $25.00 one adult and up to four children under five years old can visit the aquarium Monday through Friday through November 12th. That price even includes parking. Without the special pricing a parent and four children would pay $115.00. Visitors who want the Mommy and Me deal must order online at Gaaquarium.org.acb/stores
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My fabulous find this week was a Tahari dress at Filene’s Basement. The store has marked down a lot of summer clothing, and it was only 29.99! I also got Nautica swimsuits with matching shirts for my boys for 9.99 each for next summer.
Here are some other bargains you can find around metro Atlanta this week:
Beginning Monday, the City of Atlanta will host a week-long liquidation sale to empty out City Hall East before it’s sold. There are more than five thousand pieces of furniture including desks, chairs, sofas and bookcases. City Hall East previously housed the Atlanta police department.
Dean Gardens is holding an estate sale on August 28th from 4 to 8pm. The sale will feature furniture, house wares, rugs and more. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sale will benefit the Fragile Kids Foundation. Owner Larry Dean sold his multi-million dollar estate to Filmmaker Tyler Perry. Those who plan to attend should call (770) 951-6115 to RSVP
Now and Again is having its once a year Art Markdown sale. The store is located at 56 East Andrews Drive, Atlanta. The sale is August 21st through 28th.
In the same Buckhead neighborhood, Global Living is closing. The store, which sells home décor from around the world, has items marked down up to 75 percent off of retail.
The Fernbank Museum store sidewalk sale is August 21 and 22nd. Hours on Sunday the 22nd are noon to 5pm. Merchandise is marked down up to 75 percent off of original prices.
Ann Taylor Loft is having a summer clearance sale with some items below $5.00
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DEKA Athletics at 375 Pharr Road in Buckhead is moving to the Around Lenox shopping center next month. The store is having a tent sale with discounts starting at 50 percent off. DEKA carries workout clothes and shoes for women. Hours are Monday through Friday 9:30am to 6pm, and 10am to 6pm Saturday. The store is closed on Sunday. (404)869-9600.
Global Living is closing. The Buckhead furniture and home decor store has marked all merchandise down 20 percent and some items are discounted as much as 70 percent of of original prices. Global Living is located at 3106 early street behind the Buckhead Theater. Hours are Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm and 11am to 4pm Sunday The store is closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
The High Museum of Art is running a half price special Thursday nights from 4pm to 8pm.
Neutrogena has a rebate offer that ends Sunday, July 18th.
If you buy Neutrogena Clinical day cream, night cream or eye cream there is a rebate for your entire purchase price.
Clinical is Neutrogena’s new high priced skin care line that retails for around $40.00. The rebate is not good on the starter kit. Print the rebate form at Neutrogenaclinical.com and $5.00 off coupons at Neutrogena.com under the special offers section. A cash register receipt and UPC code from the package are required to get the rebate check.
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The fourth Saturday of the month is Family Fun day at Centennial Olympic Park. On June 26th the theme is The Great Outdoors, then on July 24th the theme is All Star Sports. Family Fun Day features free performances, games and crafts.
On Saturday, June 26th The Mall of Georgia’s Movies Under The Stars features Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Musical entertainment before the free movie begins at 6:30 pm.
IKEA has free meals for kids from now until July7 5th. No adult purchase is necessary. IKEA serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with a Swedish theme.
The Georgia Aquarium now offers free admission on your birthday. Proof in the form of a valid I.D. or birth certificate is required. 
For tooth grinders, Plackers has a free sample of disposable night guards you can order plackers.com. Shipping and handling is $2.99.
Check It Out Reading is a summer reading program offered jointly by the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers. Kids who register and read five books by get a free ticket to both a Hawks and Thrashers game. (From fieldtripswithsue.com)
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The My Gym Buckhead location is having a Day of Deals on Thursday, June 24th from 1pm to 5pm.
My Gym will offer discounts on classes and birthday parties and will be running other specials as well. Parents can learn more about the classes while kids play in the gym. My Gym is located at 267 West Wieuca Rd. NE, Suite 101, Atlanta, GA 30342
Scoutmob.com has the following deals this week:
Monday: 50% off TAP (Midtown) -
Tuesday: 50% off Wasabi (Castleberry Hill) -�
Wednesday: 50% off Carroll Street Cafe (Cabbagetown)- Thursday: 50% off Coldbrew’s Sports Bar & Grill (Roswell)- Friday: 50% off Demure Clothing (Westside)
Amazon.com has Forbes, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics and others on sale. Some are as low as $4.99 for a one year subscription but subscribers much cancel the subscription after one year or it will automatically be renewed.
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Here a few ideas from Sunday’s What’s on Sale Segment. 
Add your own below!
Finding discounts on golf can be challenging. Halfoffdepot.com currently has a deal at the Charlie Yates Golf Course at Eastlake for $13.50. Diningperks.com offers gift certificates for 50 percent off golf at the Stone Mountain and Indian Creek courses. These deals are for Atlanta but both have varied offers for different cities and offer some great deals!
Big Lots:
Char-Broil Grill $99
Tool Chest 59.99
K and G Superstore
Men’s Designer Suits $79.99
Dockers $19.99
$$Hot Deal$$ Sears:
Spend $50 on Men’s apparel; get $50 Come Back Cash. Come Back Cash is Sears store credit and customers must fill out a mail in rebate form.
Pike Nursery:
Annual Red Tag Sale with some items marked down 70 percent.
Also, select plants and shrubs on sale, buy two get one free.
Tools and home improvement supplies also make good Father’s Day gifts. Home Depot and Lowe’s promise to match each other’s prices as long as you bring in a sale flier that indicates the competitor’s price.
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Restaurant.com is having an 80 percent off Sale. Use Code: FLAG. Most restaurants have minimum purchase rules and charge a gratuity on the full amount of the gift certificate.
The Children’s Place is having a Five Dollar Days sale. Kids’ shorts t-shirts and tank tops for $5.00.
Womanwithin.com is having a 40 percent off sale. The store features plus sized women’s clothing as well as shoes and accessories.
Big Lots: Flip and Jazz video cameras for $25 while supplies last. No rain checks.
Whole Foods Market is having a Fill the Grill Sale. $20 for 8 burgers, buns, cheese, Pasta Salad for 8 and a watermelon.
Spring Showhouse Final Day. Admission for $10.00 with this 11alive.com coupon
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IKEA is offering free breakfast for metro Atlanta moms on Mother’s Day.
Participating T.C.B.Y. stores will have free scoops of frozen yogurt for moms, and Smokey Bones restaurant has free meals for mom with a meal purchase by another member of her party.
Pottery Barn Kids has a Mother’s Day craft event at 2pm. Kids can make tissue paper flowers for their moms.
A new consignment store in Buckhead is seeking high quality gently used clothing for children. Rhubarb and Custard is located at 3625 Roswell Road. It’s open Monday through Saturday. The store has a Drop and Dash feature where consignors can drop off the clothing they want to sell rather than wait till the owner goes through the items to determine which will be accepted.
Thegreenhalf.com has $20 gift certificates to the popular Psycho Sisters Consignment store for $10.00
On Mother’s Day use the code MOM2010 to get 20 percent off a purchase of $50.00 at childrensplace.com. Many items are on sale for $5.00. The offer is not available in The Children’s Place retail stores. (From the Neverpayretailagain.net blog)
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Atlanta has a new source for discounted designer clothing. Nordstrom Rack opened Thursday, April 22nd at the Buckhead Station Shopping Center. It’s located at One Buckhead Loop, Atanta, GA 30326. It’s in the same shopping center that’s home to a great TJ Maxx store that features The Runway, a special section with high end couture bargains.
Just a mile away, Filene’s Basement has a 30 percent off sale that ends Monday, April 26th. Filene’s also carries discounted designer and mid-priced clothing.
Also on sale this week: H&M stores are offering a 20 percent discount on your entire kids clothing purchase when you donate gently used children’s clothing. The promotion runs through April 28th.
Restaurant.com has $25 gift certificates on sale for $2. The checkout code is MEAL.
SCAD Style 2010 begins Monday April 26th. There are dozens of events that are free and open to the public, including lectures on vintage fashion, knitting, crafts and decorating.
Lowe’s Earth Day sale continues through Monday April 26th. Vegetable and Herb plants and seeds are Buy One Get One Free.
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Parents of kids who have been bitten by the Master’s bug can take them for free golf instruction.
Participating PGA Tour Superstores have free golf clinics every Wednesday and Friday at 5:30 pm for kids 6 years old and older. In metro Atlanta, there are locations in Kennesaw, Duluth and Roswell. Call individual stores for more information and to register.
Georgia State Parks also have affordable golf for kids. The Highland Walk course at Victoria Bryant State Park has Junior Golf Clinics on April 10th, May 1st and May 8th from 3 to 5 pm. Clubs are provided. The clinic is $10.00.
The Main Street Hair Salon in Alpharetta is offering free conditioning treatments for a limited time. (Blow dry not included) Call for an appointment. (770) 343-8311
Oprah.com has a free book download. Chapters one and two of David Bach’s book, Start Over and Finish Rich are currently available. Look for Chapter three next month.
April 15th is Tax Day. To ease the pain, participating Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream locations are handing out free slices of Ice Cream Pizza. The concoction resembles pizza but is made out of ice cream. There is a location in Atlanta at 4468 Chamblee Dunwoody Road.
Home Depot has a Do It Herself Workshop on April 15th. Women can learn how to paint using Martha Stewart’s line of paints.
Atlanta.momslikeme.com is hosting a Free Play Date at Kangazoom inflatable play place in Smyrna April 15th. RSVP on Atlanta.momslikeme.com.
Pollen got you down? Mention 11 Alive Ways to Save on any Friday and get a FREE exterior wash at America’s Finest Car Care, 1528 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA.
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Having avoided crime reporting like the plague throughout my reporting career, I had never been inside the Atlanta Police Department’s Property Control Unit until Thursday. It is a warehouse ( in an undisclosed location) packed with televisions, computers, clothing, cell phones, tools and thousands of other items that have been stolen or are being held as evidence in pending court cases. There were even a few ATM’s!
Some of the items are later claimed by their rightful owners but thousands of others are auctioned off on propertyroom.com, a website started by a former police officer in 1999. The site, which is based in California, features items from thousands of law enforcement agencies across the U.S.
Propertyroom.com is similar to EBay but the payment system is different. Those who bid must register a credit card number first and the high bidder’s credit card is automatically billed. The website keeps a portion of the proceeds and returns the rest to the law enforcement agency.
Browsing through the site, I saw some pretty amazing deals on jewelry in particular as well as electronics and tools. But I also felt a little bad; I mean, most of this stuff was stolen from people who, for whatever reason, never got it back. It reminds me of the old “it fell of a truck” type of sale we used to see before internet sales became popular. Still, buying on propertyroom.com is perfectly legal; a judge has to approve each sale. And Lt. Van Hobbs, who oversees the unit, tells me Georgia law prohibits donating evidence items to charity (like the thousands of kids’ bikes stolen each year.)
The stolen property is sold at auction only after it has been in the property unit for 90 days and all attempts to contact the rightful owner have been exhausted, including a public notice in a local newspaper.
Each listing on propertyroom.com indicates the condition of the item. Some fine jewelry pieces even have appraisals. Sales are final in most cases.
Hobbs said if a crime victim spots their own stolen property on propertyroom.com and can prove it, it will be returned to them. The website also has a section where people can register the serial numbers of their computer, television and other household items. That way if their items are stolen and later end up on propertyroom.com the company will match up the serial numbers and return them to the original owner.
I wonder if many of the crime victims whose property is on the site got their insurance money and moved on?
Anyway, buying stolen property is legal and can be a bargain. (Buyer beware obviously) It is a bit icky, perhaps, but I’m tempted to browse and check it out. Before the story airs at 11pm.
What do you think?
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There are plenty of bargains to be found around metro atlanta this week. Too many to count, but here are some of my favorites.
BJ’s Wholesale Club is offering 11Alive viewers a free 60 day pass that can be activated any time before July 5th. BJ’s is the only warehouse club that accepts manufacturer coupons. They also carry clothing lines like Calvin Klein and Nicole Miller. Click here for the 60 day pass. I have always wanted to check it out! I used to belong to another warehouse club but didn’t seem to shop there very often so I didn’t renew my membership.
K&G Fashion Superstore has added some high end lines like Prada, Gucci and Armani priced at up to 70 percent off retail. (From Jessicashops.com) I am sooo there!
Atlanta based Carter’s and Oshkosh children’s retailers are now selling online at carters.com. Discounts are available to those who sign up on their Facebook page.
IKEA has lowered prices on furniture, cookware and hundreds of others items from this same time last year.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s buy one get one free ticket deal ends Sunday, April 4th but through April t 18th there is a Spring Break special: $5 off two tickets, or $10 off on a Value Pass for admission to the Museum and Imax Theatre. Normally Adult tickets are $15 and tickets for children 3-12 are $13. Visitors should ask for the Spring Break Special.
On Monday, Scoutmob will have a downloadable coupon for 50 percent off your entire purchase at Sam Flax Art Supply stores. Maximum discount is $25.00 off of $50.00.
Also this week ,Strawberries are a HUGE bargain at Publix: 4 for $5.00. And look for Easter Candy and baskets to go on sale everywhere! Grab your coupons and stock up! Check expiration dates on the bags and throw some in your freezer. My kids’ Easter baskets were full of clearance candy from Christmas and Valentine’s supplemented with Jelly Beans and Chocolate Bunnies. I spent around $5.00 total. 
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Local companies are celebrating spring with Sweet Treats all over town!
Aunt Kimmie’s Creations in Roswell is offering a free cookie when you buy a beverage and mention 11 Alive Ways to Save. The store is located at 1055 Canton Street in Historic Roswell.
Rita’s Italian Ice locations are offering free Italian ice on Saturday, March 20th. There is a location at Underground Atlanta and many others in the metro area.
Yoforia Yogurt at 3079 Windward Parkway in Alpharetta is also giving away free yogurt Saturday March 20th starting at noon.
And on March 23rd, Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream stores across the country will be celebrating spring with Free Ice Cream Cone Day.
March 23rd is also Free Pastry Day at Starbucks. Customers are required to buy a beverage and print out a coupon on Starbucks.com
Dinnergarden.org is a non profit that gives away free vegetable seeds. Gardeners can sign up for the freebie on the site. That deal comes from AttentionTargetShoppers.com
Kids can learn to make a bird feeder at the Lakeshore Learning Store on Roswell Road in Marietta on Saturday. The store has store has free craft projects for kids most weekends.
For the grownups there’s a Martha Stewart Painting Class at Home Depot on April 15th. It’s is part of the Do It Herself Workshop Series.
Two more weeks remain of free Tax Help at Clayton State University, on March 20th and 27th. The assistance comes from Business school students who have studied the new tax laws. Assistance is available from 9am to 1pm in the School of Business Building. Those seeking assistance must have an income of under $49.000 per year. Taxpayers can also call (678)466-4527.
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For just two days, I wish I could be back in Atlanta.
I’m not homesick, and I’m certainly not tired of Vancouver. There’s just something big going on Monday and Tuesday that I wish I could see with my own eyes.
Back in December I received a wonderful opportunity to follow a young local woman named Courtney as she flew to Los Angeles to meet an older man named Scott — a man whose lived she had saved a year earlier.
Scott was battling leukemia, had undergone chemotherapy, and had been placed on the bone marrow registry. Out of the 13 million people on the registry, Courtney was the only perfect match.
She donated, and she saved Scott’s life. On the weekend I followed them in December, Courtney and Scott got to meet each other for the first time.
Tonight on 11Alive News at 11:00, you’ll be able to see their story.
I learned so much from talking with and watching these two, but I think more than anything I came away with a renewed belief in what we as individuals can accomplish. I mean, Courtney’s bone marrow donation was a relatively simple process — much easier than the invasive surgeries of the past — and in taking part, she may have added years to Scott’s life. It’s inspiring because it’s so easy, and you can’t tell me one person can’t make a legitimate difference when you see the effects of what she did.
Courtney, meanwhile, continues to make a difference. Since her own donation, she has become extremely active in expanding the bone marrow registry list; she has organized several bone marrow drives, one of which will take place this Tuesday at Discover Mills Mall. I encourage you to attend and, more importantly, sign up; I have done it, and I only hope that one day I can be someone’s else perfect match and give the same gift that Courtney gave to Scott.
And in the meantime, I hope you get as much out of watching their story as I got from doing it.
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One of my former co-workers in Buffalo is very fond of the following expression when someone leaves for an extended period of time: “This isn’t goodbye; it’s more like, ‘See ya later’!”
(I actually think she stole this from an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air – go to 3:35 in the clip – but that’s besides the point …)
Anyway, it’s with that sentiment that I thought about what I am going to miss while in Vancouver for the Olympics. It’s not “Goodbye” to Atlanta for sure; it’s only a three-week “See ya later”, which means the things I’m going to miss are more impulse-based than anything else. If I was leaving for good, I’d talk about the people and the greenery and the wide variety of neighborhoods in Atlanta. But I’ll see all these things — and people — again pretty shortly.
In the meantime, here are the Top 5 Things I’ll Miss About Atlanta during these three “See ya later” weeks (assuming I have time to miss anything, what with how busy we’re going to be out there …):
5. The Hawks — Full disclosure here: I am an NBA nut and a Hawks season ticket holder. While I’m gone, one of the hottest teams in the NBA will take on the Heat, the Mavericks, and three other opponents at the Highlight Factory. The only upside? The March/April schedule is even better, with the Lakers, Spurs, and Cavs all coming to Atlanta.
And, of course, at least I’m not missing the playoffs …
4. Waffle House — Perhaps this is a strange choice to see for Atlanta lifers (or those who live in the suburbs), but I have been hooked on The House ever since I moved here ten months ago. It’s a great, tasty stop when you’re on the go, and I’ll miss it, even while enjoying the sure-to-be tremendous cuisine in Vancouver.
3. 11Alive — Yes, score one for the home team here. Let’s just say this … without giving too much away, we have some great stories lined up for February and during the Olympics.
(OK, enough shilling … moving on …)
2. The DeKalb Farmers Market — It’s one of the area’s hidden gems (if you can call a place constantly swamped with customers a hidden gem). Talk about Olympic-like: I have never seen so many foods from so many different cities and nations under one roof. I’ll miss this place immensely.
And the #1 thing I’ll miss about Atlanta while I’m gone:
1. The people! — OK, I know I said I’d only mention the people in more of a “good-bye” setting, but I must include them here. Take it from someone who’s spent most of his life in the North — Southern hospitality is beautiful and very real, and I have appreciated the warm welcome I have received throughout my first year here in Atlanta. I’ll miss it for the coming three weeks … but I’ll be back.
This will be my last entry before departing … see you in Vancouver!
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