Living Large on a Limited Budget
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I was so excited when I saw Andrea’s post about the Pampers Gifts to Grow program since I just encouraged you all to sign up for it in my earlier post today.
Apparently the Pampers Gifts to Grow program is getting a makeover! Check out some of the program changes coming mid-December:
I have to guess that Pampers is feeling the heat from the very popular Huggies Rewards program. And that’s fine by me!
Andrea also posted several new codes. I have posted some of these before, but in case you are new to the program, here’s all of them:
GROWWITHVILLAGE
XKCMYXFVD96VXVK
JUSTBECAUSE2009
WELCOMEBONUS089
JOINTHEFUNGTG09
STARTEARNINGNOW
THRIFTYMOMMYGTG
OHAMANDAAWGTG08
WELCOME2GTG0809
Thanks, Mommy Snacks!
Update: I’ve now created a series called The Cha-Ching! Christmas Club: Seven Days to Christmas Savings. You can check out each step here:
Day 1: Cha-Ching! Christmas Club: Seven Days to Saving
Day 2: Let the Prep Begin!
Day 3: Making the Most of Freebies
Day 4: Show Me the Money!
Day 5: Saving with Surveys
Day 6: Shopping Strategies
Day 7: Let the Planning Begin!
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I just want to let you all know how much I’ve enjoyed sharing my “How I Plan to Spend Less than $50 on Christmas” series with you all. Thanks for all of your interest and encouraging comments!
I’ve discovered that this series has been a great way to help me keep track of my Christmas spending. I would say that right now I have a little over half of my Christmas shopping done and I still haven’t touched that $50. By using rebates, rewards programs, great deals, and Swag Bucks, I am well on my way to an under $50 Christmas!
I understand that an under $50 budget make me sound like “Grinch” is my middle name. However, I am actually going to be able to be more generous this year than in years past. Because I am planning ahead and have these great resources, there is much more room for generosity! I may be spending less than $50, but I am giving more than ever!
Here is what I want to do to help you do the same for Christmas next year. I am officially inviting you to join the “Cha-Ching! Christmas Club”. It’s similar to a Christmas Club you may join at your bank in that you’ll be setting money aside for Christmas. The difference is that you need NO money to become a member and every cent you earn will be free money!!
Listed below are all of the resources that have helped me slash my Christmas budget this year plus a few more that have been recommended to me by others.
I recommend joining as many of them as possible and then setting aside all of your earnings from them for Christmas next year. I think you will be amazed by next Christmas at how much money you will save simply by planning ahead.
It may take a few minutes to sign up for each of these and then you may need to set aside a few minutes a day to keep up with them. But in this case, time really does = money!
Note: You may want to check out my Intro to Making Free Money Online post if you are new to all of this!
Rewards Programs:
Other Ideas:
Leave me a comment if you decide to use some of these to start saving for Christmas next year, ok? I’d love to see who’s joined the club!
It’s a new month and that means new Upromise eCoupons! There are a whole bunch of great new eCoupons, including Huggies, Beech-Nut, Charmin and more!
Simply log-in to your Upromise account or sign up here. Then click on eCoupons in the left sidebar to activate them. If you are new to Upromise, you will also need to add your store cards to get started.
Here are a couple of great coupon match-ups that I noticed:
Buy 1 No Yolks Egg White Pasta, save $0.75 for college
$.75/1 No Yolks pasta printable
Cheap to free pasta after coupon and Upromise deposit!
Buy any 1 Fisher Chef’s Naturals Baking Nuts 4oz or larger, save $0.55 for college.
$1/1 Fisher product printable
Save $1.55 after coupon and Upromise deposit!
Not familiar with Upromise? Read more here.
I have added new codes to my Huggies Rewards Codes database (highlighted in red) thanks to Freebies 4 Mom and More than Cents.
They are worth 11 points, which could allow you to play 11 Instant Win games or enter some Sweeps at Enjoy The Ride Rewards. Have you checked out the new videos and poll to earn you more points as well? The interactive game is back, but requires 5 points to play.
Not familiar with Huggies Enjoy The Ride Rewards? Read more here.
It appears that there is a new code in the Special Offers section. Although it says that it expires 11/19/09, it worked for me today. My guess is that it expires 11/26/09.
Just click on the home page in your Swag Bucks account and then ‘Special Offers’ on the left sidebar. On the right you’ll see a blue box titled ‘No Obligation Offers’. Click on that and then skip through each of the ads they show you.
At the end, you’ll receive a Swag Bucks code.
You can sign up here if you don’t have an account yet. Click here to read all about my deep love for Swag Bucks.
Have you checked out the ‘Special Offers’ section on Swagbucks? Just click on the home page in your Swag Bucks account and then ‘Special Offers’ on the left sidebar. On the right you’ll see a blue box titled ‘No Obligation Offers’. Click on that and then skip through each of the ads they show you.
At the end, you’ll receive a Swag Buck code that is good through TODAY 11/19/09. Hurry on over!
You can sign up here if you don’t have an account yet. Click here to read all about my deep love for Swag Bucks.
I saw this and had to post it because my family did the same deal last year for another car. (Ummm…can’t even remember what kind of car it was. Is that bad?)
Right now if you visit a participating Cadillac dealserhip and test drive one of their vehicles between September 7 and December 31, 2009, you can get a $50 American Express gift card.
Simply register here. You will then receive an e-mail directing you to your closest participating dealer. (You can go here and click on ‘Participating Dealerships’ at the top of the page to see if there is one near you.) After the test drive, ask the dealer to add their dealer validation code at Cadillactestdriveonline.com and send it in. It appears that this offer has been taken down. I will let you know if it comes back!
It took several months for our gift card to arrive last year, but it finally did. How’s that for an excuse to drive a Cadillac?