Thursday, April 30, 2009

Yard Sale Treasure Map Website

This website, Yard Sale Treasure Map, takes all the garage sale listings from Craigslist in the area you specify and uses Google maps to map them all out for you. I can't wait to try it out. I wish there was a way to get the sales off the News Gazette, but it only does Craigslist. Anyway, I figure it's still a great way to find out which garage sales are near each other, so I don't have to map them myself.

Posted by: Catherine Cromar, catcromar@gmail.com

the BEST hair cutting place in town!

I wanted to tell you of this amazing find for all those who are tired of the choppy wal-mart haircuts and need a professional!

There's a salon off of Cunningham Avenue that is called "The Color Exchange." I believe the owner is Stacy, and she hand picks only a select few of her graduating students to work with her, so they are ONLY the very best in the hair cutting business.

I went in only because my brother, mother in law and husband all raved about her god advice, wonderful time getting their hair cut, and had people work on their hair that clearly knew what they were doing. Stacy is a complete sweetheart and gave me some free shampoo samples to try for my horrible greasy hair problem. If one worked she said she would order some in for me. If none didn't work we would try more samples. How much nicer can you get? She catered to my needs to cut off a certain amount of hair, and told me what I could do better to maintain long hair. It's a wonderful place and I can vouch by me and all my family that they know what they're doing, and for a VERY reasonable price.

The coolest thing about their place is they have a very trendy consignment shop IN the salon, with tons of things like cool clothing, dvd's, gorgeous jewelery, shoes and home decor. I have bought as well as brought goodies there because I thought it was very cool. It's a nice place to look around while waiting as well as after your haircut.

The last thing they have is a massage table in a very zen-like room, and you can get massages as well there.

I just wanted to share this with you because I always find it difficult to get a professional hair stylist for a reasonable price. I've had many a stylist chop my hair off and had bad haricuts before Stacy. I hope you guys enjoy her as much as I did.

Here is the address:

1206 N Cunningham Ave
Urbana, IL 61802

It's by Domino's Pizza and El Toro's, kind of in a slightly hidden location (It's a treasure find!)

They charge 15$ a haircut (shampoo included), male or female, and they are open until 7pm and closed on Mondays.

HOORAY FOR NEW HAIR!

Laura Cunningham

Piano Sale

We have exciting news! Excellent values on Yamaha Grand, Vertical Acoustic Pianos or Yamaha Clavinovas for your home, church, or school.

Thanks to the University Piano Loan Program between Samuel Music, Yamaha Corporation of America, and University of Illinois, the music department enjoys the benefits of new Yamaha grand pianos, professional vertical pianos, and Clavinova™ digital pianos. As we near the end of the academic year, these acoustic and digital pianos along with a broad selection of new and used pianos and clavinovas are now being made available for purchase at substantial discounts.

There is a great selection of instruments ranging from Yamaha Grand Pianos, Professional Upright Acoustic Pianos, and Yamaha Clavinova Digital Pianos. All are being sold at reduced prices – “Great Savings.” All have new Yamaha manufacturer’s warranty!


The Yamaha pianos and clavinovas will be sold on a first come, first served basis.

You can ensure the best selection by calling and scheduling your appointment to come to the School of Music on campus, located at 1114 W Nevada Street.

Thursday, May 7th, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Friday, May 8th, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Appointments are necessary if you wish to come at this time.

To schedule your appointment, please call our University Piano Appointment line (toll-free)… 1-888-742-6632.

If you are contemplating the purchase of a Grand Piano, Vertical Acoustic Piano, or Digital Piano, or know someone who is, this is a wonderful opportunity to purchase a life time quality instrument and support the University of Illinois as well. Your support of this event enables Samuel Music/Yamaha to continue to provide new Yamaha instruments on a free yearly loan basis to the U of I School of Music.

Thank you for your interest and support!

Brought to you by Sharon McFarland

Deals

Hi everyone,

Welcome to our bargain blog for the Champaign area. If you have a great deal to share or anything related, feel free to post. Thanks!

Rachel