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Get a free Root Beer Float any time between 8 p.m. and midnight today at participating Sonic Drive-Ins. Find your nearest location here. (via DealNews) If you want a more adult version of the classic summertime drink, check out this recipe for a Root Beer Floatini. Yey, summer! (Drink responsibly!)
A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.
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Amazon.com’s MP3 store has tons of deals on albums and individual MP3 downloads.
The Blawgirl’s free download picks: “Dorchester Hotel” from The Sounds’ new album Crossing the Rubicon; “Born on a day the sun didn’t rise” from Black Moth Super Rainbow’s new album Eating Us; “Led to the sea” from Jenny Owen Youngs’ new album Transmitter Failure; the “Six Degrees Indian Music Sampler”
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Looking for a way to show others how clever you are without coming out and saying it because, dood, that would make you sound like a douchebag?
Check out Threadless Tees, which has a selection of shirts that go for $5 each, including the gem on the left, which resonates with me for some reason.
A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.
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Don’t have a lot of money to throw at the movie theaters this summer? Check these deals out!
Free or $1 movies this summer! DealNews put together an awesome list of movie theaters offering free or $1 movies on select showings (mostly family-friendly movies) throughout the summer. Find more deals inside!
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Get up to 80 percent off at Urban Outfitters! Stock up on threads and accessories for the summer and school year! Urban Outfitters cuts up to 80 percent off 120 items as part of its latest sale. That puts all prices at $4.99 or less. Shipping starts at $6, or get free shipping on orders of $150 or more. Sales tax is added where applicable. Deal ends May 31. (via DealNews)
The Blawgirl’s picks? Try the Kimchi Blue Gauze Plaid Smocked Bottom Top for
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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:
$467 notebook. Lenovo has its Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz 15.4″ Widescreen Notebook for $466.65 (Was: $635) with free shipping
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If you read this blog last Saturday, you know that the Blawgirl and the Boyfriend were going to head to Las Vegas to take a little post- and pre- 1L trip: He’s just finished his first year, and I’m getting ready to start in August.
As current and future students who will have tons of debt to pay off at the end of our three-year stints, we don’t have a lot of money to play with. As they say, “If you live like a lawyer while you’re a student, you’re going to live like a student
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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.
If you’re a fan of martial arts movies, Buy.com has a great deal on the Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection on DVD. For $11, you get five of Lee’s movies!
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The Boyfriend’s first year of law school is over, and soon it will be my turn to take the first-year plunge. But before I dive in and before he starts his summer internships, Boyfriend figured it would be a good idea to take a trip like we’ve done almost every summer we’ve been together.
Last year, when we both had jobs, we went for a week to Negril, Jamaica!
This year, with one of us in school and another getting ready to start, we don’t have the luxury of steady paychecks, so we had to look into more affordable options. That means Vegas, baby!
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Find some awesome deals on music today!
You can pick up the new Green Day album, 21st Century Breakdown at Amazon.com’s MP3 store for $4.99!
If free is what you’re looking for, Coldplay is offering free downloads of its 9-track album Left Right Left Right Left as a “thank you” to their fans through their Web site. The album features live recordings of some of Coldplay’s most memorable songs, including “Clocks” and “Viva la Vida”.
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