Shopping in Boerne

Riffling through racks of not-quite-right apparel can make you want to bury old family photos in a grade-school park. Today’s Groupon solves your clothing conundrums with a well-edited selection of stylish wares: for $50, you’ll get $100 worth of eclectic designer apparel and accessories at downtown boutique Shiki.

Forget fad-based fashions like snap bracelets or fanny packs, and invest in timeless pieces with today’s side deal. For $30, you’ll get $60 worth of handcrafted jewelry from Limbo Jewelry Design.

Though cigars were originally invented to celebrate the invention of the cigar, it can be used today to celebrate any occasion, up to and including "being alive and enjoying a fine cigar." For $10, today’s side deal gets you $20 worth of cigars from around the world at Fumée Cigar Lounge in Cedar Park. You may also use your Groupon in Fumée’s café. Menu items include cappuccino ($3), hookah ($10/hour), or if you just need a mixer to wet your smoky throat, Italian soda or Red Bull ($3). Fumée is open seven days a week.

The addition of cameras to every electronic device, when combined with certain occasions (your wedding day, New Year's Eve, baby's first marathon), can lead to a poorly chosen outfit haunting you to your grave. Prevent repeat cringing with today's stylish side deal. For $49, you'll get $100 worth of boutique fashion at Peyton's Place, the Citysearch winner for the 2009 Best Boutique in Austin award. Peyton's Place is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. The shop validates parking for the City Hall lot.

Resist the urge to conceal expanding tummies with unsightly sacks and establish sartorial values early on with today's Groupon. For $39, you'll get $90 worth of baby and maternity merchandise at Bloom, a maternity store that carries a raspberry-jelly vat's worth of baby clothes and baby gifts for babies.

Now that you've finished celebrating New Year's in Paris, you'll need a way to preserve all that art you "borrowed" from the Louvre. Today's Groupon gets you $100 worth of custom framing at Fastframe for $40. Fastframe will frame pretty much anything, having once framed a 13-foot anaconda skin—use up to three Groupons per order if you need to frame larger items such as Soviet-era propaganda murals, conceptual art installations, and annoying little brothers.