Free Krispy Kreme in SoCal on January 16

This just popped into my in-box from Krispy Kreme. There are so many treats to enjoy this weekend!

Come celebrate our 10 sweet years in Southern California. Visit one of our stores on January 16, 2010 and receive one free doughnut of your choosing all day long! Participating locations include:

• 4760 Los Coyotes Diagnol in Long Beach
• 1199 W. Artesia Boulevard in Gardena
• 4034 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles
• 4485 Mills Circle in Ontario
• 330 City Drive South in Orange
• 1548 Azusa Avenue in City of Industry
• 1521 North Victory Place in Burbank
• 4180 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in San Diego
• 25802 El Paseo Avenue in Mission Viejo
• 1231 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica
• 2305 Otay Lakes Road Suite 206 in Chula Vista

Happy Hour & Dinner Deals at Mirabelle on Sunset

I love finding a good deal at a good restaurant. I recently learned about not one, but two special deals available throughout 2010 at Mirabelle on Sunset (West Hollywood). I haven't visited yet myself, so if you beat me to it, please let me know about your experience. Here are the details:

Monday through Friday, enjoy happy hour from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Happy hour includes $5 martinis, house wines priced from $3.50-$5, a selection of imported oysters for $1.50 each, and an array of half-priced appetizers such as Ahi Tuna Tartar, Pizza Margarita, Crispy Atlantic Calamari and more.

Every night this year, Mirabelle is offering a special 1971 menu (in honor of its founding year) featuring a three-course meal for $19.71. Choices include a Mirabelle Chopped Salad, Caesar Salad, or Classic Crab Bisque for the first course, Angel Hair Pasta, Chicken Dijon, or Hangar Steak for the second course, and a variety of ice cream flavors for the dessert course.

Make sure you also check out the upcoming Restaurant Week LA. For two weeks (Jan. 24-29 and Jan. 31 - Feb. 5), you can enjoy restaurant deals all around town!

LA Restaurant Week: Jan. 24-29 & Jan. 31-Feb. 5

Restaurant Week is one of my favorite "events" of the year. Tons of LA restaurants offer 3-course lunches and dinners at a fixed price. This year, you can enjoy Restaurant Week for two full weeks! January 24-29, 2010 and January 31-February 5, 2010.

I try to use the week to visit new restaurants and return to places I love. The most popular restaurants book up quickly, so I recommend that you call for reservations soon at any place you're interested in visiting.

Click here to see the full list of participating restaurants. There's a guide for the prix fix cost at each spot. Below are the price ranges.

$        Deluxe Dining: $16 (Lunch) $26 (Dinner)
$$      Premier Dining: $22 (Lunch) $34 (Dinner)
$$$    Fine Dining: $28 (Lunch) $44 (Dinner)

I highly recommend that you consider having dinner during Restaurant Week at Piccolo in Venice. It's a small, charming Italian place that's completely off the beaten path. The food is delicious and the dining experience is excellent. Portions are not huge, but a 3-course dinner for $44 is a steal here.

Free Drinks at Coffee Bean on 1/14, 4-7pm

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is hosting another FREE open house drink giveaway. On Thursday, January 14 between 4-7pm, stop by a participating Coffee Bean to get a free 12 oz Heritage Drink. This includes Cafe Mocha, Sunrise Ice Blended and Berry'd Treasure Ice Blended drinks.

According to the fine print on the invite, most Coffee Bean stores in LA should be participating. Exclusions include store-within-a-store locations (Ralph's, military bases, campuses, and airports).

Remember you can also take advantage of the buy 1, get 1 free deal on drinks at Peet's Coffee through January 18. Get your coupon and more information here.

$25 Gift Certificates for $2 at Restaurant.com, Thru 1/19

Restaurant.com's 80% off deal is back! Here are the details:

Purchase a $25 gift certificate for $2 when you enter the code INDULGE at checkout, by January 19, 2010.

If you're not yet familiar with Restaurant.com, read my previous post here. Many restaurants in LA participate on the site, and sales like this are a great way to enjoy a nice discount on your next eating out experience.

Fan Noah's Bagels on Facebook For a Free Bagel

A good bagel with cream cheese is such a satisfying breakfast. Now, you can enjoy one for free.

Fan Noah's Bagels on Facebook and you'll receive a coupon good for 1 Free Bagel & Schmear. The coupon is good through January 18, 2010. Click here to head to the Noah's Bagels page.

To find the Noah's Bagels near you, click here. There are a number of locations around LA.

Thanks, Miss Bargainista, for the tip!

Free Garden Body Scrub at Victoria's Secret With Any Beauty Purchase

I find Victoria's Secret items to be a little pricey, but their sales and coupons offer generous discounts. So I usually wait until a sale, couple that with coupons I've stashed, and then I load up on items at a steep discount.

Victoria's Secret is offering a coupon that's worth printing. Receive a free full-size Garden Body Scrub with any beauty purchase (no expiration date on the coupon!). That works out nicely if you use the coupon soon because there are huge sales going on in-stores right now (that's right, it's the semi-annual sale). Many of last season's items are marked down by half (or more) in both the beauty and lingerie areas.

Click here to get your free Garden Body Scrub coupon.

Try Wii Fit Plus, Get a $15 Target Gift Card

Target and Wii are running a pretty cool promotion this month at three LA-area Target stores. Stop by the Target event tent to try Wii Fit Plus and get a $15 Target Gift Card for free, while supplies last.

Participating locations and dates/times are below.

January 16-17, 2010 / 10am - 5pm
Thousand Oaks Target
2705 Teller Road

January 23-24, 2010 / 10am - 5pm
Burbank Target
1800 W. Empire Avenue

January 30-31, 2010 / 10am - 5pm
Valencia Target
24425 Magic Mountain Pkwy

$1 Oatmeal at Jamba Juice on Wednesdays, Thru 2/3/2010

Jamba Juice's $1 oatmeal deal is back, and this time it's being offered every Wednesday - January 13, 2010 through February 3, 2010. No coupon necessary. (All other days of the week, Jamba Juice's slow cooked oatmeal is $2.95.)

You can top off your steel-cut oatmeal with freshly cut bananas, blueberries, blackberries, apple cinnamon and brown sugar, or berry cherry pecan.

Click here to find the Jamba Juice near you.

Buy One Drink, Get One Free at Peet's Thru 1/18

Peet's Coffee & Tea is offering its Buy One, Get One Free offer again! Purchase one drink for yourself, and get one for a friend for free. You'll need to print out this coupon. It expires January 18, 2010.

Kids drinks, juices and bottled drinks are excluded.

I love discounted coffee!

Free Bowling at AMF Lanes

When you sign up for the AMF eClub (free to join, it's basically just adding yourself to their mailing list), you'll receive a coupon good for one free game of bowling for each member of your group up to 10 people. Shoe rental is not included in the offer, so you will have to pay for that. The coupon must be used within 30 days of when you join the eClub, so time your sign-up appropriately.

I signed up for the AMF eClub yesterday and received my coupon via email within 24 hours.

Click here to sign up.

AMF has tons of locations in the LA area, and beyond. Click here to find the location near you.

Free Yoga & Dance Classes, Sunday 1/10

Your Neighborhood Studio (in Culver City) is hosting an open house this Sunday from 2-6:30 p.m. The Open House includes 18 free 30-minute sample classes throughout the afternoon. Here's the schedule:

2pm - Contemporary Jazz
2pm - Urban Hip Hop
2:30pm - Tap
2:30pm - Booiaka
3pm - Soul Dancing
3pm - Modern
3:30pm - Samba/Brazilian Body
3:30pm - Broadway
4pm - Street Jazz
4pm - Contemporary Lyrical
4:30pm - Zumba (Alfredo)
4:30pm - Hip Hop
5pm - Bollywood
5pm Burlesque
5:30pm - Basic Ballet
5:30pm - Primal Yoga
6:00pm - Intermediate Ballet
6:00pm - Cardio Ballet

For more information about each class, click here to view the schedule.

If you're in the market to find a new dance or yoga studio for the new year, free sample classes are a great way to test out this location. The Open House classes are first-come, first-serve, so you might try to arrive a little early to make sure there's enough space for the session you're most interested to attend.

If you decide to attend regularly, the prices are definitely affordable. All 1 hour dance/fitness classes are $12 and 1 1/2 hour yoga classes are $14. You can also buy a Limited Monthly pass to get 20 classes a month for $150 (only $7.50 a class).