Restaurant.com Big Sale!!

For those of you who have never done this ---- this is a huge way to save some money AND live the good life…..

You’ll be going out to eat at a nice restaurant and saving enough money that it isn’t a budget buster. 

Right now (for two more days) www.restaurant.com is offering gift certificates at 90% off.  Yes, you read that right --- no you don’t need new glasses --- 90% off. 

Here’s how they work --- they’re not a straight-forward gift certificate ---

You buy a $25 GC at Restaurant.com for a particular restaurant (they have a ton of them to choose from --- just enter your zipcode and check it out).  Enter the code :NINETY and you’ll pay just $2.50

At the restaurant, you’ll need to spend $35 in order to use the GC --- So you’ll gt $35 worth of food and drink for a grand total of $12.50 plus tip (remember to tip on the original total of $35 please --- the waitress shouldn’t be punished for the bargain that you’re getting)

Boston Market: Teacher Discount

Yay, Boston Market!! This fall, Boston Market is showing their appreciation for teachers by offering a special discount for teachers and school staff! (I think somebody at Boston Market must have a teacher in the family --- dinner can get a little tenuous during August and September, now can’t it teachers? 

Now through September 30, 2009, all teachers and school staff can receive special discounts by presenting their valid school identification at their local Boston Market location. Nice – be sure to say “thank you”. 

B1G1 Free any meal purchase on weekends

20% off meals and catering during the week.

You can get more details in the official Boston Market Teacher/Staff Appreciation Flyer here. 

Free Restaurant.com certificates

This is a terrific idea for the holidays. I'm planning on using some to thank important people like the bus driver, the crossing guard, and the guy that plows the driveway (thankfully not yet this year!!). These are people for whom I am very thankful, but my budget doesn't always allow me to do something nice to express that appreciation. That's exactly what Restaurant.com's feed it forward program is all about.
Restaurant.com’s Feed It Forward™ will donate $30 million in free restaurant gift certificates – over 30 days – and allow you to treat friends, family, and colleagues —anyone deserving—to savings on a great meal out. When you Feed It Forward™, you have the opportunity, every day for 30 days, to enrich lives by giving the gift of meals and memories. Now until Christmas, you simply choose whom to give to, and they will take care of the rest. They'll email those people redemption codes for free $10 certificates to the restaurant of their choice (from the kajillions of Restaurant.com participants -- We had no trouble finding several that appealed to us!) And then, the gift goes on!! Each person that receives a gift through the giving site can help Feed it Forward™, by giving free restaurant gift certificates to others. How can you lose?? So, click here (if you didn't already follow the link above) and start dreaming up deserving friends and loved ones. You can tell them that you think they're grand. And they'll think you're grand right back.