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Reviews

Store review: Wonder Hostess bread Bakery Outlet

March 5, 2010
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There’s a (relatively) new bakery outlet in town: the Wonder Bread outlet on Galley Rd, between Powers and Murray.  I’m having a hard time pulling up an address that I’m confident is the correct one, but I do know that it was on Galley between Powers and Murry on the north side of the road [...]

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Grocery store review: Save-A-Lot

February 19, 2010
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Awhile back Save-A-Lot contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in receiving a gift card and checking out the local Save-A-Lot store and sharing with you what I thought!  I finally had opportunity to go a couple of weeks ago and wanted to share my thoughts and pictures with you.
The Colorado Springs Save-A-Lot is [...]

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Thrift store review: Goodwill Outlet

February 12, 2010
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When we had the Goodwill color tag rotation guessing game awhile back, some of you were suprised to learn that there’s a Goodwill Outlet right here in the Springs!  They moved locations a couple of years ago, and I’d been to their old one on Platte but not their new location on El Paso, and [...]

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Thrift Store Review: Sunrise Church Thrift Store

February 5, 2010
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Time to continue our quest to visit every thrift store in Colorado Springs!  This time we’ll take a look at the thrift store that’s run by Sunrise Church at the corner of Woodmen and Rangewood.

This thrift store is run by Sunrise Church and is open Thursday through Saturday.  Finally, I actually remembered to go when [...]

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New store opening next week: Lillian’s Shoppe

January 28, 2010
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Recently a reader, Kelli, emailed to let me know that she is opening a new “occasional” shop here in the Springs and wanted to know if I’d like to come take a sneak peek and see what it’s all about!  So, this week I had the chance to stop in and preview the store and [...]

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Nifty Thrifty Review: Goodwill Retail Center on South Circle

December 11, 2009
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Whenever I step into the Goodwill Retail Center on South Circle, I feel like I’m walking into JCPenney.  Seriously.  If you’re new to thrift store shopping, this is where I’d recommend you start.  It’s clean, it’s loaded with merchandise, there’s a great little teenage boutique called Threads inside – what more could you ask for?!

How about [...]

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Nifty Thrifty Review: Arc Thrift Store on Austin Bluffs

December 4, 2009
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This is the second of a series of reviews I’m unofficially calling “The Quest to Visit and Review Every Thrift and Consignment Store in Colorado Springs”. These reviews are unsolicited and non-compensated.  Read all the thrift store reviews here.

I stopped into the Arc Thrift Store on Austin Bluffs Parkway a few weeks ago, and the [...]

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Nifty Thrifty Review: 2nd Chance Shop

November 19, 2009
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If you’re a fan of Springs Bargains on Facebook, you may have seen that I’m on a mission to visit every single thrift and consignment store in Colorado Springs.  Think I can do it?!  I’m not giving myself a time limit, so it may take awhile, but I’m determined!
And with each stop I make, I’m [...]

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Pick your own produce!

October 6, 2009

Recently I heard from Suzi about Apple Valley Orchard in Penrose (about 45 minutes south of the Springs on Highway 115:
We have always gone to Happy Apple Farm in the past, but when we looked them up on the web we noticed that they had a limited variety of apples.  We always enjoyed the atmosphere [...]

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Tastecasting Review: R&R Coffee Cafe

October 5, 2009

This past weekend was the first tasting for the Colorado Springs Tastecasting team!  (In brief, Tastecasting is “word of mouth marketing”.  A team of social media savvy people are invited to a complimentary tasting in exchange for publicity via a variety of social media networks.)   We had the opportunity to taste a slice of [...]

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Mountain View Bed and Breakfast: a review

July 23, 2009

There are two main criteria I use when deciding what deals to post here: one, it has to be a good deal, and two, it has to be relevant to a good number of people.   That’s why I don’t post sales like buy-one-get-one-25%-off at the Store That Sells Shoes In One Size Only and [...]

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Reader Review: Salon Professional Academy

May 26, 2009

Reader Melissa gets her hair cut and colored for a steal of a deal at the Salon Professional Academy, and she graciously wrote a very detailed review to share here on SpringsBargains.com:
I heard on the radio that the average woman spends $70,000 in her lifetime on haircuts, color, styling products, and so on. That surprised [...]

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Been to Rancho Liborio?

March 17, 2009

Rancho Liborio is a relatively new grocery store on south Circle Drive.   It’s actually part of a chain that has locations in California, Nevada, and Colorado.  It’s really pretty fun to shop at, with bright colors and decorations and a full service meat and fish counter.   My kiddos like to look at the [...]

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Asian Pacific Market

February 3, 2009

Have you been to the Asian Pacific Market on Platte Avenue? It’s the largest Asian market in the area, and believe me, it’s huge – 20,000 square feet!

A large selection of teas…

…and more types of sauces than you’ve ever seen before. Oyster sauce?  Check. Hoisin Sauce?  Check.  Fish sauce? [...]

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Super Savings Saturday: Discovering Extreme Bargains

December 13, 2008

We passed by what I thought looked like a scratch-and-dent grocery store on Platte Avenue the other day, and I knew I had to come back to check it out!  I found out that Extreme Bargains actually has three locations in the Springs: 3190 North Stone Avenue, 2727 Palmer Park, and the location I [...]

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