Frugal Finds (4/24/09): Listen to your literature with free audio book mp3 downloads

The Blawgirl crawls the Interwebz to find steals and deals for the frugal law student and the competitive bargain shopper. Find a new Frugal Finds 11:30 (ish) p.m. PST every Monday through Saturday! Also, each post is updated as I come across items. You’re welcome.

Gadgets and Gear:

• $550 notebook. Dell Home has the Dell Inspiron 15 Pentium Dual-Core 2GHz 15.6″ Widescreen Notebook in pacific blue for $549 plus $29 for shipping. (via DealNews)
• $550 notebook. Dell Small Business has the Dell Latitude E5500 Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz 15.4″ Widescreen Notebook for $551 with free shipping via the directions at DealNews.
• $560 notebook. Lenovo has its Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz 15.4″ Widescreen Notebook for $619, but coupon code “USPWEEKEND” brings the price to $557.10 with free shipping. (via DealNews)
• $566 notebook. Lenovo has the Lenovo IdeaPad Y430 Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz 14.1″ Widescreen Notebook for $629 but coupon code “USPWEEKEND” brings the price down to $566.10 with free shipping. (via DealNews)
• $600 notebook. CompUSA has the Gateway T-6859U Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 2GHz 14.1″ Widescreen Notebook for $599.99 (Orig. price: $749.99) plus $1.99 for shipping. (via DealNews)
• $650 notebook. Dell Small Business has the Dell Vostro 2510 Core 2 Duo 2GHz 15.4″ Widescreen Notebook in cherry red for $649 with free shipping. (via DealNews)
• $20 laser mouse. Staples has the Logitech RX1500 Corded Laser Mouse for $19.99 (Orig. price: $39.99) with $9.95 for shipping. (via DealNews)
• $50 notebook case. eBags.com has the Mango Tango Brocade Notebook Case in red, turquoise or green for $54.99, but coupon code “EMMOM9″ brings the price to $49.49 with free shipping. (via DealNews)
• $80 task chair. Staples has its Staples Merced Leather Task Chair in brown for $79.99 (Orig. price: $99.99) with free shipping. (via DealNews)
• $80 bookcase. Target has the Dolce Dark Walnut Folding Bookcase for $79.99, but coupon code “BF3FH36T” brings the price to $74.99 with free shipping. (via DealNews)

Entertainment:

• Free classic audio books. If you’re one who likes to listen to your books rather than read them, you might want to check out Free Classic Audio Books, a website that gives out … get ready for it … free classic audio books. Among the titles available, you can download recordings of Jane Austen’s “Emma” and Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island”. (via Frugal Freebies)
• Free puppy love. Garmin, via Audible.com has downloads of John Grogan’s “Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog” audiobook for free. iTunes has the mp3 for $16.95. (via DealNews)
• Free short stories. Barnes & Noble offers downloads of nine MP3 audiobooks for free. You have your choices of titles from stories by Kurt Vonnegut, Louis L’Amour, Mark Twain, Alice Munro and more.

Odds and Ends:

• $15 shoes. 6pm.com has many styles of Chinese Laundry women’s shoes for $14.95 each with $6.95 for shipping. (via DealNews)
• Free crazy chicken. On April 28 until 8 p.m., participating El Pollo Loco Restaurants will offer a free Taste the Fire meal. This deal comes with one flame-grilled chicken leg, one flame-grilled chicken thigh, two tortillas, and fresh sals. You’d be loco not to take it. (via DealNews)

Blawgirl PSA: While listening to a book is a valid option, I’m pretty old school when it comes to my reads. Take a look, it’s in a book! And that reminds me of this, one of my favorite shows as a kid!

Photo: dalydose / Flickr

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