These are the things our readers went nuts for last month. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA TODAY's newsroom and any business incentives. When the dog days of summer arrive and the temperature rises, prices across a ton of retailers tend to drop. There's also Prime Day of course, one of the biggest shopping holidays of the year, when Amazon slashes their prices across the board in an attempt to compete with Black Friday sales. Nordstrom happens to use a similar technique to get ahead of the end-of-summer sales curve with their massive Nordstrom Anniversary sale, which features discounts on a ton of fashion, beauty, and home products.

If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA Today's newsroom and any business incentives. Look, guys--I don't want to alarm you, but we're kind of in the middle of a savings bonanza right now. From Prime Day to Madewell's Very Rare sale, there are tons of retailers competing to gain your hard-earned bucks right now. And while usually I'm the type of shopper who gets horrified at the thought of spending more than $100 on something unless it's absolutely essential, even I'm getting in on the action (which should tell you something).

There are almost too many amazing ways to save this weekend. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA Today's newsroom and any business incentives. Amazon Prime Day starts in less than two days, but you don't have to wait until midnight (PST) on Sunday to find incredible discounts, nor do you need to shop just on Amazon. It turns out there are a lot of deals on Amazon and sales at other major retailers already available that are actually totally worth it.

These great deals are the perfect way to jumpstart your weekend. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA Today's newsroom and any business incentives. There are so many reasons to get pumped that the weekend has finally arrived. All the great deals you can grab on everything from the latest fashion and beauty products to meat thermometers and more.