Has anyone else realized Christmas is less than two weeks away? I am almost ready as far as shopping goes. Still wrapping a little each night. I find that shopping mostly online really is the most convenient way and can be the most cost effective-especially if you live in a rural area and drive a gas guzzler like I do!
Here are a few ways I shop online and save $$$:
~I think I have ordered everything online that I need to, but I have seriously considered signing up for Amazon Prime. I think we would make our money back in the year for a couple of reasons. For one thing, I order some of our harder to find organic products on there. Also, I have a Kindle, so I would be able to read a free book every month, around a $5 value each month. Also, if you've ever shopped with three small kids, you understand the appeal of shopping online from the comfort of your home!
I'm still debating on it, but I thought if I joined right now, I could do the rest of my shopping online, AND get next year's shopping done with the free two-day shipping since I normally do the majority of my shopping in October/November. That's the way my
~If you don't do Amazon Prime, you can still get free shipping with a $35 order (just recently changed from $25 to $35-pooh!). I do this all the time. It's not the fastest shipping but if you plan ahead it's great. I think Amazon is my favorite site to order from!
~Use the "Retail Me Not" app or website to get coupon codes for just about any website/store before you order! There are coupons out there for most everything.
~If you shop Kohls, their website has a ton of things on it that you can't find in the store. You can also sometimes get free shipping, and there are usually percent off coupons to be had!
~Walmart ships free to their store-I have done this a bunch of times and it works great. You can also find things online that you may not find in store. You do have to go pick it up, but I ordered our heavy swing set that way and didn't pay shipping! It's hard to find swing sets in stores sometimes, there usually isn't a big selection like online. This worked great for us!
~Walmart also has free shipping on $35 or more order. I JUST realized this after another mom pointed it out on her blog. She bought regular grocery items on there! I am SO going to try that! I checked different stuff and you can buy about anything online from them- all your non-perishables like sugar, tea bags, noodles.....anything you can think of, and you can even get the Great Value brand. It may seem silly to some, but Walmart is 15-20 minutes from me and if I go in with 3 kids it is considerably harder. They don't ask for stuff, but it's just the logistics of loading and unloading everybody plus groceries.
~I signed up for Ebates, to earn money back from online purchases. I have not really tried it yet but if it's worthwhile, I'll post more on it later.
That's really all I shop online for now- everything is from Amazon, Kohls, or Walmart. I did order some Christmas items from Northern Tool and they shipped to their store for free.
Another thing I like about Amazon is they will keep stuff in my cart, even if I don't buy it. You can click "Save for Later" and you don't have to go back and look the item up again. I have a few books for Henry's birthday waiting right now to be ordered. It's the little things like this that make me happy!
I highly recommend shopping online. :-) It will help you keep your sanity if you are a mother of little ones. An added bonus-they get excited to see the mailman or UPS man coming down the drive. They all know us oh-so-well!
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