$5 off a $25 Purchase at Amazon!

You can get $5 off a $25 purchase on Amazon when you answer the question "When will you start your Black Friday Week shopping?" and share it on your Facebook wall!  The credit is good today through Wednesday.

I wouldn't hesitate to grab the credit though, as there are probably a limited number.

To start, just click here, answer the question and hit share on Facebook.  It will prompt you to log in to your Amazon account if you aren't already. 

With all the great deals they are offering this week, this is will make a great deal even better!

Thanks, Couponing to Disney!

5 Things You Can Do Today to Make Your Life Easier on Thanksgiving

 

Whether you are hosting or traveling for Thanksgiving, there are things you can do ahead of time to make your life a lot easier on Thursday! 

If you're traveling:

1. Figure out what everyone is wearing and launder and press anything that needs it
2. Call the host to find out what you can bring - make a plan to make or purchase that item
3. Tomorrow morning, take note of your morning routine and write down anything you'll need to pack (don't forget items like cotton balls for make up remover, etc)
4. Pack any toys/car games to occupy children during travel
5. If you're doing Black Friday shopping, make sure you have everything you need together (coupons, hat, gloves, etc)

If you're hosting:

1. Figure out what everyone is wearing and launder and press anything that needs it
2. Take out your table cloth and napkins and press them, then hang them on a hanger
3. Thoroughly clean any room that can be kept off limits until Thursday (ex: your bedroom, a dining room you don't eat regularly in)
4. Take out all of your serving pieces and label which foods are going in which dish
5. Make a list of everything that needs to be done Thursday morning (timing of foods, last minute vacuuming, etc)

These short lists probably only just start to touch on everything that can be done a few days ahead of time.  Thursday morning you'll be so happy that you have less on your plate! 

Black Friday Shopping

I'm not big on Black Friday shopping out in the crowds.  Some people live for it though!  I think in some instances it sounds like fun.  For example, our local outlet mall has Christmas Carolers and other festive activities going on.  That actually sounds fun.  Walmart on the other hand - does not sound like fun to me.  Not even a little bit. 

I say all that to say this - most (not all) of the Black Friday deals are also available online as well as in the stores.  Items will still sell out pretty quickly online, but if you log on right when a sale is slated to start, you have a pretty good chance of snagging the item you want.

As I've said, I'm not heading out to the stores, so I figure if I get the deal online, great, if not, I wasn't going to get it in the store either... because I wasn't going!

Something else to keep in mind is that many retailers are trying to draw customers in all week, so they are running different deals all week long.  You may see some really low prices even before Thanksgiving!  For example, Amazon has a whole Black Friday week special this week!  Each day, new great deals!

If you want to do some online Black Friday shopping, here are some good resources for you:

- Amazon

- My Frugal Adventures

- Couponing to Disney

- Hip 2 Save

The three bloggers I mentioned above will be firing out deals all day long - most of which will be online deals. 

Good luck - I hope you score some awesome deals!

Snapfish: Buy 1, Get 2 Free Photobooks and Calendars

Snapfish is offering 2 free photobooks when you buy 1 through 11/20/12.  The same is being offered for their photo calendars! 

For the photo book offer, use the code TREATUBOOK at check out.  For the photo calendar offer, use the code TREATUCAL at check out. 

The 8x8 photo book (my personal favorite size) starts at $19.99 for 20 pages.  Shipping will probably run around $10.  So for $30, you have 3 photo books - only $10 each!  That's a wonderful price for photo books!

The photo calendars look to be priced the same and shipping should be about the same, so it would be about $10 per photo calendar.  I would say it's a better deal for the photo books.  But not a terrible price for the calendars.

70% Off Holiday Cards at Cardstore Again!

 

 

So I'm starting to see a pattern here with Cardstore - a few days of 70% off, a one day sale then back to the 70% off.  Not that I'm complaining - their 70% off deal is pretty awesome!  And it's back!  You can get 70% off your holiday cards at Cardstore through 11/20/12.

 

And to make Cardstore even more awesome, if you put your addresses in, Cardstore will send your cards out for you and they'll even pay your postage!  That's another huge savings!

 

I used Cardstore for my holiday cards last year and I was really pleased with their quality.  I also received a few in the mail recently from a one-day promotion they had a few weeks ago and again, I'm really impressed with their quality!

 

Just click on the picture above to get started!

Free Christmas Fun: Watch Santa Feed His Reindeer!

This may be one of the cutest things ever!  Every day until Christmas at 11am, 6pm and 9pm EST, you can watch Santa come out and feed his reindeer.  You can log on at any time to just watch a live feed of the reindeer if you want, too!

What a fun, free Christmas activity to do with your kids!

Thanks, Couponing to Disney!

Do You Elf on the Shelf?

Does your family have an Elf?  As in an Elf on the Shelf?  We adopted our Elf two years ago and it's become a really fun tradition!

Elf on the Shelf sells for $29.95 in most stores and I've rarely seen it go any lower than that.  Keep your eye out for specials on it where you may get a gift card back when you buy it (ex: on Black Friday, Target is selling it for $29.95 with a $5 gift card back).  That's usually the only type of deal I've seen on it.  So yes, it's a one time investment, but then you have it for years of fun!  And now you can choose if your Elf is a boy or a girl!

The Elf arrives right after Thanksgiving (ours usually comes the Saturday after) and stays throughout the entire Christmas season.  There is a really cute book that comes with it that explains why the Elf is there, not to touch him and how he relates the children's behavior back to Santa.  Seriously, it's adorable. 

The key is to move your Elf every day because each night he flies back to Santa to tell him what your child did that day and when he returns, he never comes back in the same spot.  In the past two years, our Elf has shown up in different places each day, but that's it, he hasn't done anything too tricky or sneaky.  However, if you look around on Pinterest, you'll find tons of ideas on cool things you can do with your Elf!  People are so creative!  Click HERE and HERE for two different sites I found with really creative and funny ideas. 

So whether you decide to make the investment this year, or if you've already made the investment, Elf on the Shelf is a really fun way (and free, if you already have it!) to infuse some extra magic in to this already magical season!