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?

Last week I spent several hours online trying to find a round trip airfare for my mom who needed immediate flights for departure. We were both on our computers searching the web for the best deal and, after a long morning of searching, we did manage to find her good flights at reasonable fairs. I think she was even able to use a Travelocity promotion code to get an even better deal, so, I think she did all right.

I find that I’m always looking for coupons to use both online and in stores. I can use www.savings.com to find pretty much any coupon available. I’ve found and used grocery coupons, free item coupons and free shipping codes. Today I even managed to find an electronics coupon that I used to buy a pair of micro-sd cards for mine and my daughter’s cell phones. She’s going to be so happy!

I read some place that if you’re buying something from an online retailer and, at checkout, there is a place to type in a “promotion code”, then more than likely there is a promotion code available, it’s all a matter of finding it. If you do a search for a coupon, it will bring probably bring up hundreds of sites, many of them are outdated or expired. If you want current coupons and coupon codes, use www.savings.com

There’s really never been a better time to use coupons, after all, who doesn’t like saving money?

Whenever Easter falls in the month of March, my internal calendar is all screwed up! I know it’s coming, but am I ready? NO!

Every year since my daughter was born, I’ve created a special little Easter basket for her. The centerpiece is always a solid chocolate bunny (of course I also get one for my husband, the chocoholic). Have I done that yet? NO!

I’ve just been so incredibly busy that I haven’t had time to even think about it, so today, in a rare moment of quiet time, I headed over to Coupon Chief and searched for online chocolate stores! Guess what? I found a few and found coupons to use for my online shopping experience!

I’m starting with Dan's Chocolate's Coupons and will see what their chocolate bunny selection looks like. They have some of the best chocolates! When I lived near Chicago, one of my students was a nephew of Dan himself! Occasionally, he would bring in chocolates to share, yum!

If Dan’s doesn’t happen to sell the solid chocolate bunnies (our personal favorite), I’m going to check out ChocolateSource.com coupons to see what they have. Or, maybe, I’ll just have to order from both! Having the coupons makes it so much more affordable.

So, have you done your Easter shopping yet?