The Sewing Mom

The election is over, now we can focus on the upcoming holidays.  No more political ads to suffer through, now it’s time to be bombarded with all the ads telling us what we want for holiday presents!  Truthfully, I’m not really looking forward to this holiday season, mainly because our household is certainly feeling the effects of the declining economy in our household. I was planning on using the money I earned from my part time job to buy our holiday gifts, but, I was laid off. My husband’s company canceled all bonuses for last quarter and, more than likely this quarter as well. So, as it turns out, we really aren’t going to have the extra money to buy all the extra gifts that we usually have under the tree.

With the economy being the way it is, I’m definitely going to be looking for the best bargains and bargain hunting includes discount coupons for all of my holiday shopping. I really do plan on using coupons for everything I buy. I all ready save money with grocery coupons, so why not save money with store coupons for holiday gift items? My daughter is hoping to get a couple of new Wii games and maybe a new camera and some other small electronics. I’ve got a coupon for Target that I can use for anything on my daughter’s wish list making my job much easier.

Strategic and well planned holiday shopping on my part will lead to a happy Christmas morning for everyone in my house!  How about you, will you be spending less this holiday season?