Kaley, Author at Cha-Ching on a Shoestring™

Amazon: Canon EOS Rebel T5 SLR Camera Bundle for $399 Shipped

November 27th, 2015 By Kaley
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Canon EOS Rebel T5 Digital SLR Camera Black Friday Deal 2015

Canon EOS Rebel T5 SLR Camera Bundle Black Friday Deal 2015

Looking for a Black Friday deal on a Canon EOS Rebel T5 Digital SLR Camera? Amazon has the Canon EOS Rebel T5 Digital SLR Camera bundled with an 18-55mm and a 75-300mm Lens for $399 shipped (reg. $749) – which matches Best Buy’s Black Friday price and is the lowest price we’ve seen on Amazon.

About the bundle:

18 megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor with DIGIC 4 image processor
3-inch LCD TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor for easy viewing and sharing
EOS 1080p full HD movie mode helps you capture brilliant results
Features include continuous shooting up to 3fps, Scene Intelligent Auto mode, creative filers, built-in flash and feature guide
Comes with EF-S 18-55mm IS II standard zoom lens, EF 75-300mm telephoto zoom lens with f/4-5.6 maximum aperture and bag

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Amazon: Nest Learning Thermostat for $249.99 plus Get $50 Amazon Gift Card (Best Price)

November 27th, 2015 By Kaley
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Amazon Black Friday Nest Learning Thermostat Deal 2015

Amazon is matching Best Buy’s Black Friday deal for the Nest Learning Thermostat, 3rd Generation. Get it for $249.99 shipped plus get a $50 Amazon gift card with purchase.

Hurry – this offer likely won’t last long!

About the Nest Thermostat:

$50 Amazon.com Gift Card included in the bundle
Auto-Schedule. No more programming. With auto-schedule, Nest learns from you and programs itself
Auto-Away. Don’t heat or cool an empty home. Auto-away adjusts the temperature after you leave
Remote control. With the Nest app, you can change the temperature, check energy history and get an alert if your home is too hot or cold

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5 Super-Fun Christmas Doodles Gift-Wrap Ideas

November 27th, 2015 By Kaley
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Christmas Doodles Gift Wrap

Idea #1 Joy to the World

In a recent Christmas post, I explained that I had been motivated by The Merry Little Christmas Project to simplify Christmas 2015.

For me, Christmas offers a season of creative outlet, so I knew I would have to simplify my December-long crafting mania. So instead of–per usual–attempting to make each wrapped gift a work of art, I decided to wrap all my gifts in kraft paper or brown paper bags. But here comes the fun part: even though I don’t have a speck of artistic ability, I would decorate them with quick and easy Christmas doodles.

And what fun I’ve had.

Gift Wrap Christmas Doodles Idea #2 Merry Christmas colored-pencil sketch on a lunch bag

My daughter, son-in-law, and their six oh-how-I-miss-them children live in Kansas–many hundreds of miles away from our New York home. Each year my daughter shops for me on Amazon; I then place the order (using my Prime free shipping) and have the gifts sent directly to their Kansas address. A great idea, but I have always felt a bit sad that I don’t get to wrap the gifts.

This year I decided to create the wrapping paper at home using paper bags so Desiree could just slip the gifts into the bags along with some tissue paper, attach the decorative sketch, and there it is–a personal touch from Grandma.

Since the bags are flat it is easy to send them via USPS.

Gift Wrap Christmas Doodles Idea #3 For this sketch I used colored pencils and drew right on the bag.

DIY Christmas Wrap Dangles Idea #4 I sketched these stars onto a grocery bag.

Christmas Doodles Nativity Idea #5 I love the simplicity of this nativity; I made a tag to adorn the simple Dollar Store kraft-paper wrapping.

And the quiet simplicity of this sketch is almost breath-taking.

I also sketched it directly on a grocery bag. No artistic skill required, just lots of love.

Bit by bit I have made an assortment of doodled paper bags to have ready to grab for last-minute gifts. [Flat bags take up so little space.]

So there you have it: five super-fun Christmas Doodles gift-wrap ideas!

And in the words of beloved Tiny Tim: May God bless us one and all!

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Want to join us on our mission to choose the LESS instead of the STRESS this Christmas season? You can grab your own copy of The Merry Little Christmas Project here.

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For those of you who haven’t met her, the Dollar Store Diva happens to be my Mom who has a special power. She can transform Dollar Store and other inexpensive finds into super fun gifts and crafts that would brighten anyone’s day!

Amazon: Acer Chromebook, 11.6-Inch just $94.99 Shipped! (Best Price)

November 27th, 2015 By Kaley
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Acer Chromebook Black Friday Deals 2015

Best Acer Chromebook Black Friday Deal 2015

Update: This offer has ended.

Looking for the best Black Friday deal on an Acer Chromebook? Amazon just dropped the price on the Acer Chromebook, 11.6-Inch with Intel Celeron to just $94.99 shipped – reg. $169.99! This beats the best Black Friday price and is by the far the lowest price we’ve ever seen on Amazon.

About the Acer Chromebook:

Intel Celeron 2.16 GHz Processor
2 GB DDR3L SDRAM
Can open/edit MS Office files using free embedded QuickOffice editor or Google Docs, and can download Microsoft Office Online (an online version of Microsoft Office) for free. Cannot install standard MS Office software.
16 GB Solid-State Drive (SSD); No CD or DVD drive
11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixels, LED-lit Screen
Chrome Operating System; Moonstone White

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Black Friday Tiny Prints Deal: FREE Set of Address Labels!

November 27th, 2015 By Kaley
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Tiny Prints Black Friday Deal 2015

This Black Friday only (11/27), Tiny Prints is offering one FREE set of Address Labels (reg. $8) using the code 1127DEAL at checkout, while supplies last.

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Restaurant.com Black Friday Deal: $25 Gift Certificates for $4!

November 27th, 2015 By Kaley
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Restaurant.com Black Friday Deal 2015

Restaurant.com is offering a Black Friday offer today and tomorrow only (11/27-11/18). Get $25 gift certificates for only $4 when you enter code BLACK at check-out.

If you have never used Restaurant.com, it is a great way to save money on thousands of restaurants across the nation. Most restaurants require you to purchase a certain dollar amount of food or a certain number of entrees in order to use the certificate. I still consider it a great deal. Plus, the gift certificates do not expire, so you can buy now to save on future restaurant visits.

Click here to find out what restaurants are available in your area.

Lowest Price! Amazon: Kindle Fire, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB just $34.99 (reg. $49.99!)

November 26th, 2015 By Kaley
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Amazon Black Friday Deal for a Kindle Fire 7″ 2015

Here’s another Amazon Black Friday Kindle deal for you and it’s a hot one! Amazon has the Kindle Fire, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB marked down to the lowest it’s ever been priced — just $34.99 – Reg. $49.99. Limit 2 per account.

About the Kindle Fire 7″:

Beautiful 7″ IPS display (171 ppi / 1024 x 600) and fast 1.3 GHz quad-core processor. Rear and front-facing cameras.
All-new Amazon Underground, a one-of-a-kind app store experience where over $10,000 in apps, games and even in-app items are actually free – including extra lives, unlocked levels, unlimited add-on packs and more
Enjoy more than 38 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, apps and games
8 GB of internal storage. Free unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos taken with Fire devices. Add a microSD card for up to 128 GB of additional storage.
Updated user interface – Fire OS 5 designed for quick access to your apps and content plus personalized recommendations that make it easy to discover new favorites
Up to 7 hours of reading, surfing the web, watching videos, and listening to music
Stay connected with fast web browsing, email, and calendar support

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Amazon: Razor RipStik Ripster just $29.99 (reg. $64.99!)

November 26th, 2015 By Kaley
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Amazon has the highly rated Razor RipStik Ripster in blue for just $29.99. This is the lowest price we’ve seen it on Amazon since last Christmas.

Hurry – it won’t last long!

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