Comments on: One down, 5 to go and loving it

By: Cara

Cara — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:46:05 +0000

I love this giveaway just for the delicious tid-bits on how to save creatively! It’s almost as fun as $30 to Target!
Well my latest money saving discovery is price-adjusting! I went shopping at a retail store before black Friday and purchased a lot of my Christmas gifts (some at full price…shame), but then went back on black Friday (not early and not in a rush) and handed the cashier my receipt, asked for a price adjustment, and walked away with $80 back!!! What a rush… Most stores do this within a two week window, and for necessities sometimes coupons and sales don’t coordinate. This way you can have a back up. It’s great.
Anyway, I am local with a 1.5 yr old and one due in April… I would love, no seriously LOVE, not to go to Sears again!!! My daughter is freaked out by those people.
Thanks Jodi!

By: Amiee

Amiee — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:48:28 +0000

I have been shopping a lot at stores that let you use 2 coupons per item, like TARGET, Walgreens, CVS, etc. I also have been going to Super Cuts to get FREE haircuts and my hair colored!!!

By: sarah

sarah — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:43:11 +0000

My husband and I are both cheap to begin with but we’re still cutting back…eating home more, no sibling Christmas gifts, second hand shopping, combining little errands into one bigger trip and stocking up on things when it’s on sale. At one time my hubby bought 40 boxes of raisin bran because it was a good deal. Good thing we like the stuff.
We’re local and a photo shoot would be fun

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:08:46 +0000

I have been making it my slight obsession to cut back this holiday season. I have 5 children and to even get them the bare minimum for the holidays can add up quick. I have been using the envelope system which helps to keep our budget on track. My newest addiction is searching slickdeals.net before I buy ANYTHING. I have found amazing deals on items. I have also been taking advantage of purchases that come with a gift card. We bought an i-pod and got a $15.00 gift card, so then turned around and bought another gift with that. Today I used a free $5.00 gift card to famous footwear and got a “free” pair of slippers, I used a free $10.00 gift card at Penneys and got a free pair of pants, and I also used a free $10.00 Vic Decret gift card and got lotion for my mother-in-law. 3 gifts free…now that is a good day!
I would LOVE the Target gift card to buy my stocking stuffers that I talked about yesterday, and we are also local and would take the photo shoot as well. Although 5 kids, that might be tricky!

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:06:55 +0000

Cutting back… we cut back on food this month by eating at other people’s houses! ha ha. Drawing names this year was a really good idea as well. Dog isn’t getting any gifts. I like this whole cutting back business anyway because I hate it when it’s all about presents and not about Jesus and family and what really matters in life. But I do like presents! Especially when they are wrapped and you get to wonder for a little while!

By: lindsey

lindsey — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:22:33 +0000

ohhh target…loved the disclaimer at the end of your post.
i’ve been hitting up the second hand stores lately. i found a great used book store where i bought a great hostess present for our holiday party — for (get this) under $2 — but she doesn’t have to know that.
also, i’m a music lover, and as convenient as it is to click and download music at 99 cents at the itunes store, it definitely adds up. i was in need of some new music so i hit up a buy/sell/trade/used/new music store and got a fabulous natalie merchant cd for two dollars. that’s eleven songs for the price of 2. wooohoo!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:14:15 +0000

I’m not local, but would love to be, how nice of you to offer the photo shoots and congrats to those who win those!
We’ve been cutting back in a number of ways this year. We drew names with the adults in the family and each of us is just buying for one person rather than buying gifts for everyone. I’ve done a lot of my shopping online where I’ve been able to find great prices and many times free shipping. This saves me the time it would take to go out shopping and the gas money.
We’re eating out less and watching movies at home from Netflix rather than going to the theatre. (Though with 3 under 3 who could go to the movies anyway?)

By: Donielle @ Raising Peanuts

Donielle @ Raising Peanuts — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:11:10 +0000

A photo shoot?! Seriously?! Awesome!!!
Hmm, cutting back….. we’re getting pretty crazy over here too. All the gifts I’ve bought for my little guy have come from thrift stores, craigslist or have been at least 50% off AND I had a coupon! For our everyday stuff, we don’t go out near as much, we don’t drive as much (luckily gas prices are coming down!) and we plain ‘ol stay home most of the time. We also don’t have any extras like cable or cell phones. DSL is my only tech-y luxury.
And to save for the things we’ll need for the new baby – I’ve been selling stuff I no longer use on e-bay and craigslist.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:24:52 +0000

Not sure how creative we are this year as opposed to last year. Last year I made my mother-in-law ornaments and that was about as creative as I can be. I did talk my siblings into not exchanging gifts this year with all the kids but that was more sneaky than creative. I guess this year we’re just limiting the number of gifts for the girls because, really, neither of them need any more “stuff”.
Of course I would love the Target gift card but I would REALLY love the photo shoot!!

By: shannon

shannon — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:21:09 +0000

I do many things to save money. My favorite is using coupons from Coke Rewards to buy my diet coke, another thing I do is use target coupons along with manufactor coupons. I stockpile on things when I can get them for free or cheap. It is amazing how much money I save, I also blog about it so I can help others!