Shopping Deal Madness!

I've been doing this compulsive thing every morning, where I casually guess how many emails I'll have when I check my Blackberry. Then I go through and delete spam and all of the shopping deal emails that don't interest me. I'm usually left with 2-3 "real emails" from the over 25-40 originals. I'm meticulous about unsubscribing from junk/spammy sites so this afternoon, with one uneventful day to waste, I went to seek out all of the shopping deal sites I'm subscribed to and considered which I actually care to keep around. It's my spring er "winter" cleaning. This is what I found:

I-Ella.com: It's a super website geared toward buying, selling and BORROWING of high end, vintage or one-of-a-kind clothing or accessories. It's especially cool because they donate a portion of their transaction fees to great causes every time and their stuff is really fantastic. I like to peruse just for eye candy. I hope to one day have closets that are worthy of this site to share. It's an "invitation-only" site, so leave me your email address if you want to "get in."
Theater at Madison Square Garden Insider: Who knows if these are actually deals or just pretend deals to get  deal suckers, like me, to buy things, but it's still a nice reminder of what's playing at the Garden every week. 

Groupon: Duh. If you're not on groupon, you're just not with it. I'm even subscribed to the Rio Grande Valley groupon site. It's not nearly as exciting and the numbers are always so low. In fact, sometimes the deal doesn't even go through because not enough people purchase it. That would never happen in New York, thank goodness!
Contiki: Weekly emails on fun vacations for cheap. The site is geared toward 18-35 yr old travelers, so most of their bargains look quite appealing. Some not so much.

Rue Lala: Great men's and women's selection of goodies. I also enjoy their email layout and this could be one possible reason I favor them over some others. But isn't that what good design is for? Yes. I thought so.
Beauty Blitz: Fun site with new beauty products and contests to win things. Yay to winning things!
Beyond The Rack: Nordstrom's discount super-store! Skamps insists the men's selection is so pitiful that he wouldn't be paid to remove something from their racks. Women's selection is pretty sweet. I've gotten some great event and work dresses there as well as some kick ass MK heels for sweet prices here.
Sephora Beauty Insider: Not exclusive at all, but they offer lots of samples and goodies when you sign up/shop based on a point system ($1= 1pt). Some of my favorite lip gloss is from their registration kit :)
Ideeli: A very good selection of designer stuff for decent prices. They also offer less high-end stuff too like American Apparel and their items are less often sold out as I tend to find like Gilt Groupe.
Daily Candy: I used to like this site a lot until they started sending out "dedicated emails" that were basically just paid advertisements for random companies. Still, fun and unique sales throughout the city. They also have a travel/weekend email which is nice.
Living Social: This one is by far my favorite. I don't know why. Perhaps it's because they always offer bowling packages, and I like to bowl. Also, if you get 3 of your friends to also buy the same package, yours is free. It really just doesn't get any better. Also, they have random days where they give you a bonus package if you use your Visa credit card. All around applause for the best deals. did I mention I purchased a pole dancing class (5 classes) for only $35??!
Gilt Groupe: Also a great site to peruse designer clothes, shoes and accessories. They're one of the older sites so they have a lot of customers that have preferred notifications on sales. This means that if you don't frequently order, you tend to find that the sales are almost always sold out of the sweet pieces or your size. GRR. "Members Only" but you can request it or give me your email addy :) Great men's selection too.
Top Button: Decent site that sends weekly emails about sales and events online. I don't know why I feel this way, but I don't think it gets me. This may be one I need to whittle out of my immense herd of sales sites...
Urban Daddy: I like this site a lot because they announce fun new bars and restaurants that open in the city. They also send emails with sweet Groupon-like deals
Valpak: I don't know how I got on their listserv as I will be unsubscribing, but they have a lot of domestic discounts, like carpet cleaning and dentist recommendations? haha.

This is all I could muster up for now. I'm sure there's a few more lost in different email addresses. Now tell me your favorites if they're not here!!