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Custom shirts and sushi: Here's the best deals for this week on Mercer Island and online

Here are some great deals on items that may help your family's bottom line, from dress shirts to vitamin pills and spy cameras.

1)    is having a sale on custom-made shirts, buy 5 shirts, get the 6th free, and though the minimum shirt purchase is usually set at 4 per customer, this week, it’s only 2. Shirts range from $119-$300 per shirt. Good until Feb. 28

2)    is having a “Buy One, Get One,” (also called BOGO) sale, with all Gold Seal vitamins and supplements, from $2.99-49.99, on a buy one, get one free sale. L’Oreal Cosmetics are buy one, get one 50 percent off, and they range in price from $4.99-$14.99. A gallon of 2 percent milk is on sale for $1.99, and three 12-pack cans of Coca-Cola will only set you back $13.00. Good until Feb. 18.

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3)    Hungry? has some delicious deals, with two lunch specials of tempura curry with rice and miso soup for $8.95, and a spicy tuna roll, shrimp tempura and miso soup for $9.95. The dinner special is salmon stir-fry for $9.95, or the tsunami roll, which contains shrimp tempura, seared salmon and avocado for $11.50. Good until Feb. 18.

4)    Learn the art of making chocolate covered strawberries with Chef Abby at (retirement community) at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 18, for free! Call 206-236-0502 to reserve your place.

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5)    Go with some “ooh and ahh” clearance items at Overstock.com’s redline deals, such as a Zon sunlight desk lamp for $29.99 or a cool super-spy DGX 8 gigabyte video camera pen for $24.99. Good through Feb.18.

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