Rent a maid

Thanks to Michelle Witt for passing along this deal: $15.00 buys you $100 worth of Molly Maid services. But then husbands miss the joy of running the vacuum!

Cincinnati Museum Center for free

Each summer the Cincinnati Museum Center (which includes natural history, Cincinnati history and children's museums) has free Friday events. And this year, you can also get access to the traveling exhibit America I AM. There are two left for this summer, 8/27 and 9/17. While the museums are free from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., you still must pay for parking. Thanks to Lisa Profitt for mentioning this event!

Restaurant.com deals

Kristin Bird supplies a new coupon code for Restaurant.com (this link takes you to Cincinnati listings, but you might want to adjust the mile radius) to save 80% on their dining certificates. The code CLEARANCE ends August 31.

Esther Price... CHOCOLATE!

So if you're not already subscribed to Groupon.com for the Cincinnati area, you might want to sign up today. Now. 5 minutes ago. Today's deal is $20 worth of Esther Price chocolates (at either Cincinnati-area store) for $10.

The coupon does expire on October 1, but I see no reason not to celebrate Valentine's Day a few months early. Or Christmas. Or Thanksgiving. Even Hanukkah. And didn't Ramadan just begin? (Although I guess that would mean you have to eat the chocolate at night...)

You do have to sign up to get this deal, and you'll then receive daily emails (Monday through Friday) with coupon offers. Call me crazy, but that's a small price to pay for chocolate...

Restaurant.com

You can save 80% at Restaurant.com by entering the word big at checkout. You can get a $25 gift certificate for $2. It says the offer ends Monday 8/16 so act fast.

Cheap symphony tickets

The Cincinnati Symphony is offering some $10 tickets -- see here for more info.

Free fries

Thanks to Jodi Marshall for passing along an opportunity: free Penn Station fries (which my 3-year-old declares to be the world's best) on Wednesday, 8/18. See here for the info.

Free sticky notes

Thanks to Steve Harms, we can all get some free sticky notes! Hooray!

Free Shakespeare

Thanks to Josh Avery for pointing to this: the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company offers free performances via Shakespeare in the Park! There's still time to catch a performance of either Hamlet or A Midsummer Night's Dream.