Community Corner
Frugal Family Finds: The "Deal With It" Edition
When life is an endless slew of practices, meetings and microwaved food, take a deep breath and deal with it the Frugal Family Finds a way—with discounts to make life easier.
1. J. Jill—Oakbrook
The Deal: Apples are overrated, share the teachers discount with your favorite educators and you can both class up your wardrobe. J.Jill offers educators 15% off full-priced styles every day in stores with a valid teacher’s ID. Need some bonus points? Educators can schedule a one-on-one styling session and to save 20% on all full-priced styles and invited friends and colleagues can save 15%. Don’t be tardy for the sweepstakes. Enter by Friday in stores for the chance for teachers to win a $500 gift card and $1000 for the classroom. Some restrictions may apply.
Offer Good: Limited time promotion. Contest ends Sept. 30.
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2. FOHTY—Wheaton
The Deal: Your weekly casserole needs a reprieve. Turn to the taste makers and bakers with the text friendly name FOHTY (From Our House To Yours) to dish up a meal that’s tasty, convenient, hearty and well-priced. The Bon Appetit Management Company at Wheaton College offers a Wednesday weekly dinner for four for $20.60 plus tax to be picked up at Sam’s Café between 3 and 6 p.m. Register for the weekly email at From.our.house.to.yours@wheaton.edu
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Offer Good: For a limited schedule
3. Wheaton Public Library—Wheaton
The Deal: Kindle, Smartphone and eBook readers rejoice- the WPL now offers thousands of bestsellers available for checkout for up to two weeks from the eMediaLibrary. To check out FREE eBooks you must have a current Wheaton Library card and a PIN to use the collection.
Offer Good: No expiration
4. Wildfire—Oakbrook
The Deal: When you can’t get enough Spaten and schnitzel, Wildfire gives you another chance with four courses of German-inspired food paired with an Oktoberfest brew. For $45 you’ll get Pierogi with Hofbrau Oktoberfest, Veal Schnitzel with Bell’s Oktoberfest and Apple Spice Tart with Spaten Oktoberfest, and more. A guest speaker will discuss the history of Oktoberfest and its beer and cuisine.
To RSVP contact Brad Wermager at 773-398-6960.
Offer Good: Oct. 10
5. AT&T—Online
The Deal: Stay current with new Apps from AT&T. Wonder why all those black and white squiggly squares are appearing on signs, billboards and advertisements? Download the AT&T Code Scanner app and you can scan the squiggly squares for price comparison, special offers, info and downloads. You can even create a squiggly square of your own at att.com/createacode. Take elevator music to the next level by playing a sound of your choice while your callers wait for you to answer with the AT&T Ringback Tones App.
Offer Good: Currently available
