Holiday Shopping: Tips and Savings

Three things make my holiday shopping stress-free (as stress-free as Caroline gets – I am a stress-ish person by nature) -> on-line shopping (avoids store line-ups), practical giving (boring I know) and deal-getting (I can clip a coupon with the best of them).

Here are a few tips which I hope will help make your holiday shopping easier…

Shop On-Line: Why lug kids in and out of car seats – through over-populated stores – to the inevitable meltdown at the cashier (theirs and most-likely=…mine)! Bah humbug. Shopping online during nap time reduces my stress, impulse buying and carbon emissions. Take advantage of on-line perks like free shipping and free gift wrapping (I do!)

Practical Giving: Give toys which kids will play with and love. Instead of getting my toddler boy a bevy (great word “bevy) of stuff for Christmas – I have asked gift-givers to simply add to his collection of Wheelies. Why? Because Wheelies are his favourite toy. Wheelies make him happy. Adding to his collection – may seem small – but it will keep him after tens upon tens of minutes (which is a really long time for a toddler!) lining them up, moving them around, lining them up again. Practical giving makes life easier.

Related: Celebrate & Save goes on until 12/31/12 (but you can only get the coupons until November 30th!!) So hurry and grab them here: https://www.websaver.ca/en_ca/portal/mattel/?utm_source=fisher_price&utm_medium=eblast&utm_campaign=celebrate_and_save

Save: Now is the time to redeem points, rewards, coupons, and deals can help you make holiday shopping more cost-effective. And they add up too – so remember to collect and use.

TIP: Keep your reward card numbers on a file in your computer – then you can easily copy and paste them to redeem while you are on-line shopping.