A reader named Marsha wrote in about steep savings at a restaurant where I recently found a Lincoln Lunch: "Julia - My girlfriend and I went to Follow Your Heart for lunch with our coupon from the Entertainment Book. We each had a dinner entree (spanacopita with rice, salad or soup) and took half of it to go because of the large portion. It cost each of us $7+ change plus the tip." Before the $9 off coupon the tab was $26, including tax. That's savings of about 30%!

Marsha happens to be selling the coupon books, good thru Nov 2008, for $20. It is a charitable contribution because proceeds benefit the USC Norris Cancer Center, Marsha said. Email Marsha at prideofla@sbcglobal.net if you are interested. The books have coupons for restaurants, movies, retailers, and more. You can buy them directly from Entertainment Book for $25 plus $1 shipping.

What the heck is Spanakopita?

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A friendly reader emailed me with this fun idea: sharing reader success stories using discounts found on the Bargain Hunter blog. Conveniently for me, she provided the first one! She writes..."I was just thinking how excited I am that I used your 30% off Footlocker.com coupon to get a pair of my favorite running shoes (already sale priced at $70 so got them for $49). Just in time cuz my old pair is worn out. The shoes arrived with a coupon for 20% off a $100 order from Eastbay.com. Eastbay had my favorite running shoes on sale for $49.99 and I bought 2 pairs and saved 20%. Even with the expensive shipping, the shoes came out to $45 per pair! Thus, I got 3 pairs of my favorite running shoes (which are being discontinued; so,
I'm happy to stock up) for $140--not bad considering the regular price is $109 per pair! All thanks to your blog :)"

Thinking about this sweet deal makes me as happy as eating chocolate. Thanks for sharing, Kristin. If you have a good bargain story email me at julia.scott@dailynews.com

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