Looking to Load up your Ipod with some pop artist holiday tunes?  Check out these great FREE  Downloads on Amazon.  Each day a different artist has a featured FREE song.  Today’s featured song is “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”.

PS I have a new affiliation with Amazon so if you happen to purchase anything while on Amazon I get a few pennies in my amazon bank.  Thank you for supporting broke bloggers.

If you are like me this year I am doing all of my holiday shopping online and avoiding the mall scene.  I have discovered several new discounted sites in my web surfing.  Ebags is one of my recent finds.  Ebags is the ultimate bag destination for purses, backpacks, sport duffels, travel accessories, laptop bags and more. They are always having great sale inlcuding Up to 50% Off Big Buddha Handbags at eBags.com! Hurry, Sale ends 12/9/09!.  Don’t miss the Bhuddha Top 10 list of the most popular bags where I found this fabulous purple purse (comes in several other colors) for $50!

What are your favorite discounted online shopping sites.  Please share and post a comment below.

*** BargainsinBuckhead Disclaimer.  As many of you have probably noticed I now am featuring advertisements on the website.  The FTC would like me tell you that we affiliated with these companies and will get small kickbacks usually pennies sometimes a dollar for any purchases made.  Thank you for your support in helping us monetize B&B to help us pay to our monthly hosting fee for this site and continue to spend time bargain  hunting for you.  Love, Anna & Claire

If you are still bummed out that you didn’t win the Bargains In Buckhead Christmas Tree Giveaway, I have another great promotion to share with you.   This deal is only valid today!  Purchase a $40 gift card online and it will be valued at $80 to apply towards a Big Johns Christmas Tree!   Big Johns has several locations throughout Atlanta, so you won’t want to miss this great deal.  Brought to you by your Buckhead Bargainers and Buckhead Realtors.

Buckhead/Main Location   (MOVED)
102 W. Paces Fery Road, N.W. (Across from 103 West, next to the St. Regis)
Phone: 404-261-3292; FAX: 404-816-5470 (OFF

I went on to mathgoodies.com to select a random winner from our 17 participants in the Christmas Tree contest.  And the winner is #10 which is Christopher.   Christopher will be winning a 9ft Christmas Tree of his choice from Tradition Trees.

 Christopher be on the lookout for an email from bargainsinbuckhead@gmail.com for more details.   And thank you everyone for participating in our contest we look forward to hosting more contests and giveaways in the future so stay tuned.

This program will generate a random number between two numbers of your choice.

I was excited to see that Rise from www.reciperise.com featured my “Fancy Corn” on her recipe blog,  so decided I would share it will all of our bargain fans since it is tasty, easy and of course a bargain. 

**Use as much corn as you want for this recipe and use  ingredients for each cob***

one corn deshucked

splash of red or white wine

1 sprig of rosemary

dash of salt and pepper

1 teaspoon of olive oil

tinfoil

paper towel

Place one piece of tinfoil down and lay the paper towel on top of the tin foil.  Splash red or white win on top of the paper towel.  Place deshucked corn on top of the paper towel.  Drizzle olive oil on the corn and a dash of salt and pepper.  Lay one sprig of rosemary on corn and wrap up the corn in paper towel and tin foil.  Place corn on the grill for about 10-15 minutes.  You really will not burn the corn if you go for 15 minutes. Enjoy!

Posted By:  Anna Stephens Dorsey Alston Realtors email:annastephens@dorseyalston.com

This week at BiB we have endeavored to make your first weekend in June a great cultural kickoff to the summer!  Go get your Shakespeare-on one day at Renn Fest, and spend the next in Virginia-Highlands.  Voted the “Best Neighborhood Festival” in Creative Loafing and consistently revered by art professionals as one of the best artists’ markets in the southeast, Summerfest is a great event for the entire family.  Make sure you stick around and explore the unique shopping and eclectic dining throughout the Virginia-Highland neighborhood.  Summerfest celebrates the beginning of summer with diverse arts, great food, live musical performances and much more.  The festival takes place along Virginia Avenue, in the heart of historic Virginia-Highland, and best of all, ITS FREE!!!!  BUT, these fun weekends take a lot of hard work from Civic Association, so please give a donation, cheap can still be classy  

Saturday, June 6, 2009, 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Artist Market closes at 6:30 p.m.)
Sunday, June 7, 2009, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Did you know that a child’s shoe size will change every 6 months for 4-6 year olds, every 4 months for 2 ½-4 year olds, and every 2-3 months for those kids 2 ½ and younger?  Wow that is a lot of shoes!  Not to worry Bargains In Buckhead to the recession rescue. Sprong Children’s Shoes is now hosting a major Sping/ Summer Sale and discounting all of your favorite brands 40%!.  New Balance, Keen, Teva, Polo, Keds, Nina, Nike and more 40% Off!

Sprong, owned by two Buckhead Business Moms, offers a very kid friendly environment that you and your kids will enjoy.  My nieces and nephews think it is a special treat to get to go to Sprong to ride the mechanical pony and if they are lucky they are treated to a free lollipop. They are open Monday-Saturday 10AM-5PM and located in the round building at 375 Pharr Road. You can call them at (404) 846-8506.

As Eco-Brokers, we are always looking for way to stay green.  While we know that using energy efficient products in your home will save you money, its the day to day green and organic products that can be pricey. 

After taking an Organic Urban Farming/Gardening class last week, I was excited about this planet-friendly lifestyle, but a little disillusioned by its not-so-wallet-friendly drawbacks.  Plus, I decided a compost fertilized vegetable garden might be a little aggressive for my townhouse; BUT, I refused to accept defeat on the buying organic front.  So, I enlisted the help of my mom, the Super-Save-Since-Before-it-was-chic, who was able to find these 2 very useful websites: http://www.mambosprouts.com/ and http://stonyfield.com/.  Let us know if you have any good green money saving techniques!

Looking for some fun free entertainment tomorrow?  Check out the Arts in the Gardens event at Skyland Trail.   Pefect place to go with the little ones or on your own to pick up a new piece of art. This is an annual event with presentations of visual and performing arts saluting the successful recovery of individuals with mental illness. AITG celebrates mental health month by giving consumers of mental health services the opportunity to display their art in order to educate the general public about mental illness and reduce stigma. Arts in the Garden is open to the public with NO ADMISSION CHARGE.

Come experience workshops, demonstrations, exhibits, performances, plant and art sales, silent auction, story telling, and mental health education. For additional information, please contact Chas Strong at 678-686-5912 or email cstrong @skylandtrail.org.  Skyland Trail is located on 1903 North Druid Hills Rd and this event will be from 9AM-3PM Friday May, 1.