Richmond Bargains

Today’s RVA Deals post on RVANews is about buying bread at the Dollar Tree, and here are a few of my non-grocery Dollar Tree favorites:
Greeting cards (2 for $1)
Gift bags
Pregnancy tests
Diaper disposal bags
Multi-purpose lighters
Seasonal decorations & party supplies
How about you?

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Frosties and animals, two of my most favorite things From the SPCA blog:
For the second year in a row, our wonderful adoption partner Wendy’s has launched their key tag fundraising campaign to benefit the Richmond SPCA. Participating Wendy’s locations and our Lora Robins Gift Shop are selling $1 key tags good for [...]

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Thanks Rachel for passing this along!
Make your appointment now for Spa Days next week, March 8-14. $50 treatments (such as facials, manicures/pedicures, and Swedish massages) are available at a number of local spas, including Nesbit, La Bella Donna, Face Works, Ava’s, and Aura at Hilton.
There is also a similar Spa Week coming up April [...]

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I’ve mentioned my Valentine’s Day views before, but for the Richmond romantics…

Whole Foods is offering twenty-four 40cm roses for $19.99. (Most grocery stores have only a dozen for that price) Choose your color and let us wrap them for you when you arrive. Color selection will vary by store.
Segway of Richmond is offering a Valentine’s [...]

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Peoples Income Tax will offer a 50% discount on tax preparation fees to individual taxpayers who lost their jobs during 2009 and are still unemployed at the time the tax services are provided. The Unemployment Discount will be available at all Peoples Income Tax locations through March 31, 2010.
People’s also offers $25 tax prep for [...]

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In this week’s edition of RVA Deals over on on RVA News, I’m tackling how to get the best deals at Ellwood Thompson’s (plus the usual top picks). Feel free to weigh in!
In other local discussion, Jason (RVAFoodie) has a post lamenting the lack of affordable eateries in year-end “top restaurant” lists, and offers a [...]

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If you don’t know about Richmond Good Life, allow me to introduce you.
Yes, the first time you visit you will feel visually assaulted; there is a ton of information. But it’s a wonderful resource for all things RVA, and I’d like to highlight the “Used, Free & Cheap Stuff” page. It includes lots of great [...]

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Buy one full price ticket ($40), get one free for Barksdale Theatre’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on Wednesday November 25th at 8pm. Presented at Barksdale Theatre at Willow Lawn.
This tuneful, offbeat Tony Award-winning musical is a bonafide crowd pleaser that’s chock-full of overachievers’ angst, bizarre and multi-syllabic words, romance and cliff [...]

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Now through December 15th, purchase two Segway tour gift certificates for the price of one, from Segway of Richmond.

(Thanks Jonah for this tip!)
And just in time for basketball season & Christmas, Virginia Book Company, VCU’s independent bookstore, is offering 20% off all VCU logo-ed merchandise in the store. The sale includes hoodies, t-shirts, pants, cups, [...]

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Exciting news! I finally set up Richmond Bargain’s Facebook Fan page last Monday, and I’d like to invite everyone to check it out (if you haven’t already)! Posts from the blog will show up on it, as well as random, last-minute deals I don’t always have time to write up in detail.
And I’ve never officially [...]

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