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Gas in Your Car, Tacos on the House

dailysugar — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Eat

Fill up your car and your tummy. Bring a gas receipt into any Jack in the Box location today and get two free tacos! Seriously, it's that easy.

Go Green

Still hurting from prices at the pump? Carbonrally.com is daring you to live greener. The site posts easy, short-term challenges to help reduce your carbon footprint, from cutting down on printing to taking quicker showers.

Save

Be a shoo-in for style this Summer. Shop the Piperlime Summer Sale and get up to 40 percent off footwear from Frye, Giuseppe Zanotti, Delman, and more.

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W Hotels Get Lofty

dailysugar — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Loft living hits the road. From the company that brought us W Hotels comes a new urban-chic chain called Aloft. Locations are popping up worldwide, and if you book two nights at any of the new hotels until Dec. 31, you'll get 20 percent off your room rate. Feel free to leave your toiletries at home; each room is stocked with Bliss Spa goodies.

Save

Just ask Project Runway judge Michael Kors: Finding great deals will always be in. Shop the Michael Kors online Private Sale and score big savings on ready-to-wear clothes, shoes, handbags, and accessories. The hardest part will be making room in your closet.

Tune In

Hip hop over to your TV and watch live performances by Alicia Keys, Kayne, Usher, Chris Brown, Rihanna, and more on tonight's BET Awards at 8 p.m. ET.

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Cartier Spreads the Love

dailysugar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Smile

Follow the golden rule. The just-launched 2008 Cartier Love Charity Bracelet can be yours for $995. Sounds pricey for a simple cord bracelet with two linked gold rings, but a hefty $200 from each sale is donated to Action Against Hunger.

Watch

Whatever's clever. Get Smart hits theaters tonight. Who can resist having Steve Carell crack us up on the big screen again? Up for a double feature? Depending on your date, you could opt for The Love Guru or Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, which are also opening this weekend.

Save

Start the first day of Summer in style. Shop the BCBG Summer Sale and get up to 70 percent off dresses, shorts, bathing suits, and more. Compliments on your hot new outfit? Free of charge.

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Try a Personal Shopper on for Size

dailysugar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Shop

Get VIP treatment without spending the big bucks. Anthropologie has introduced free personal shopping to many of its stores nationwide. Call to see if the location near you is offering the fabulous new service as well as to make an appointment so that your stylist can start pulling clothes for you today.

Tune In

Here comes the fun. The season two premiere of Live from Abbey Road (tonight at 10 p.m. EST/PDT on the Sundance Channel) offers us an intimate look at Mary J. Blige, Dashboard Confessional, and more as they rehearse and perform in the iconic studio used by The Beatles and Pink Floyd.

Save

Grin and bare it. Get 20 percent off all Bare Escentuals products during the Friends and Family Sale from now until Sunday. Enter the coupon code FRIEND8 during checkout online or print out the coupon for shopping in stores.

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A Scentsational Way to Go Green

dailysugar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Go Green

Saving the planet, one scent at a time. Bring in any empty perfume bottles to Bond No. 9 or Saks Fifth Avenue stores and they'll recycle it for you; it will get sanitized, refurbished, refilled, and decorated for someone else's use. As a reward for your good deed, you'll get a free refillable pocket spray ($40 value) with any new Bond No. 9 purchase.

Shop

A spade we heart. From now until June 20th, get up to 60 percent off Kate Spade handbags, small leather goods, and shoes during the Private Sale. It's online only, so start clicking.

Sing Along

Forget slow, fast and steady wins the race. Stay Positive, The Hold Steady's latest album has just been released on iTunes, a full month before it drops in stores. Download it today and you'll be impressing your friends by the weekend.

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Big Deals on Big Designers at Saks

dailysugar — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Shop

Time to hit the Sak. Get up to 60 percent off high-end goods during Saks's designer sale. Be sure to check out the shoes for some amazing deals on killer kicks from Marc Jacobs, Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, and more. Sale ends on July 9 on saks.com and in stores.

Sing Along

Make room on your iPod. Coldplay's latest album, Viva La Vida, drops today. If the single is any hint at how the album will sound, we're already hooked. Buy it in stores or on iTunes.

Surf

Love Google but fantasize about better ways to find things online? The latest in search engines, Searchme, allows us to scroll through web pages using images, just like we flip through music on our iPhones. It makes the Internet hunt a lot more fun, not to mention addictive.

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Two Sales, Two Stores, Too Cool

dailysugar — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Shop

Great sales think alike! Bloomingdales is having its Buy More, Save More private sale until tomorrow. Spending a few extra bucks will get you up to 40 percent off all purchases, including items already marked down. Prefer to simply save more? Neiman's Last Call online sale offers an additional 20 percent off all clearance items. Both sales are online only and end June 12.

Surf

Now your phone can act as your personal assistant too. Just visit Jott.com and register for a free account. When you need to remember something, call the provided number to leave yourself a message. From there, it'll transcribe your voice mail and shoot you an email with your reminder, pronto.

Tune In

May the best chef win. Tonight marks the season finale of Top Chef season four. While we're sad to see the show go, we're dying to see who wins the sought-after spot at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen this weekend: Richard, Stephanie, or Lisa?

Get Celebrity Threads For Half the Price

dailysugar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0700

Shop

Shop like the stars but for half price. Ron Herman's Summer Sale has officially begun — yay! The popular West Coast boutique is offering 50 percent off shoes, tops, jackets, jewelry, and more. Don't live in the West? The sale is available in stores and online.

Look ma, no hands. Just in time for the July 1 headset law to go into effect for drivers in California, FreeHeadset.org is giving away free cell phone and BlackBerry headsets to everyone! All you have to do is pay the flat rate ($3.94) for shipping. Safe driving.

Sing Along

Forget teenage riot; this is a caffeine riot. Sonic Youth's latest album, Hits Are For Squares, drops today. Each track on this compilation of Sonic Youth classics was handpicked by friends of the band, including Portia De Rossi, Beck, Chloe Sevigny, and Eddie Vedder. The massively cool mix will be sold exclusively at Starbucks in NY, LA, Chicago, SF, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, and DC. You can also buy it online.

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Designer Bags at Half Price? Yes Please!

dailysugar — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:15:17 -0700

Shop

Everyone loves a designer bag, but not everyone loves the price tag that comes along with it. Bag Borrow or Steal, a site that allows members to rent high-end accessories, is now hosting its Semi-Annual Outlet Sale. It's not often we're able to get up to 50 percent off gently or never worn designer handbags and jewelry from Fendi, Balenciaga, YSL, and more, so enjoy the sale while it lasts.

Surf

Starbucks has figured out a way to get us even more addicted — they’re now offering free Wi-Fi service! To get your free two hours a day, all you have to do is register online for the Starbucks Card Rewards program and use the card at least once a month. That's a pretty easy feat for those of us who stop in once a day — at least.

Tune In

Swingtown, an alluring new show about — you guessed it — swingers, premieres tonight on CBS at 10 p.m. EDT/PDT. The reviews have been good thusfar, and we're always looking for a show to latch onto during the Summer, so it's worth checking out. If you do tune in, then pay attention to the soundtrack, courtesy of Liz Phair.

Chase Harry Winston, Score Barneys Deals, Get Lost

dailysugar — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:27:38 -0700

Study

Move over Prada! Harry Winston is turning heads, and pages, now. Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada, is at it again with Chasing Harry Winston, which hits stores this week. The novel follows three NYC friends on a quest to change their lives through love, dating, and sex. Sounds a little familiar, I know, but Weisberger won us over with Prada, so it's worth checking out.

Shop

Get 40 percent off designer duds from Christian Louboutin, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Diane Von Furstenberg, and others with the Barneys private sale. There are even a few selections from the beauty department! As if a Barneys sale was not enough, you'll also get free shipping on all orders until June 9. Speaking of free shipping: Neiman Marcus is offering free shipping too. Just enter the code NMSHIP at checkout.

Watch

Tonight marks the season finale of Lost. While it is sad to see the show go again, there are a lot of unanswered questions that we're hoping to get answered tonight. You may want to set your TiVo: The finale is two hours long.