July 2010

It’s August and back-to-school sales are in full-tilt. Visa Canada reports that Canadians plan to spend an average of $621 on back-to-school shopping this year, much of it online. Mother of a Deal shares a few tips on how to make your back-to-school shopping trip, whether online or at a bricks and mortar location, an A+ success.

This weekend only, take an extra 20% off men's and women's Summer sale items online and in-store at Roots Canada. This deal ends August 3, 2010 at 10am ET. Some conditions apply. Shipping is a reasonable $4.50 for purchases under $100, and FREE for more than $100. I loved checking out this deal - their Fall collection is photographed in my home province of Newfoundland and Labrador and looks stunning.

The perk of being from the typewriter era was that I never told my mom, “I reeeallly need to have one!” There was no way I was lugging that back and forth to school - up hill both ways and through four feet of snow. Times are a changin’ though and it seems everyone “needs” a laptop/notebook/netbook for school. With back-to-school deals already popping up, we thought we’d put together the skinny on a few laptop deals.