Dashing through the snow, In a one horse open sleigh….. The holidays are less than 55 days away! Yikes! In the near future you are going to find so many deals on toys and books and clothes and EVERYTHING! The marketing tactic for many vendors is to feature one toy or item in DEEP discount – usually 40 to 75% off. They figure this brings in the traffic to their web site once the buzz hits Facebook and Twitter and then they pray that you’ll order way more than that 1 item when on their site. Well – we’re trying to save money here on Family Frugal Fun so we’re only going to order that one item. It will be super important to check back about twice a day for fast FREE giveaway items like the FREE Renuzit air freshener I just posted, or the FREE 2011 Calendars (many are now all gone) and for other sale items.
An Example – A Vendor on say Amazon (or Toys R Us etc) will offer a toy for a 65% discount and they are willing to sell 10,000 of those toys at that price. That is why shopping frugally between now and the holidays will be important – So you can get the best deal when many of the deal are time sensitive! We research chat forums, Facebook, Twitter and everything in between to find these deals but when they are gone – well they’re gone. Be prepared to act fast and have fun. The time is going to fly by!
My favorite gift that I’m working on with all of the readers at Family Frugal Fun are the Christmas Personal Care items Baskets. I’ll have a photo of one up soon. I’m getting nice Christmas themed baskets from Michael’s (with coupon of course) and filling them with great FREE items I’ve obtained with my coupons. They’ll have everything in them from toothpaste and toothbrush to shampoo and lotion and dental floss. People really like the gift baskets and the items inside are so useful – it’s fun to make and give away. Stay tuned – let me know if you have questions and fasten the seat belt on your one horse open sleigh! Hey!
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