Save with Swagbucks and $50 VISA Gift Card Giveaway

I love using Swagbucks! You can earn great gift cards by shopping, answering surveys and signing up for offers. It's free and fun. You can even get points for searching for things you already are looking up. They even have a tool bar to make it easier. Earning gift cards and saving money is really important to my family. It really adds up.

Swagbucks has a great promotion!

It's easy! Just register for SwagBucks, if you are already a member just Log in!
Swagbucks  the web’s largest rewards site, would
like to scare up some savings for your Halloween shopping needs this
month with up to 14% cash back from some of your favorite retailers
including Groupon, Target, costume specialty retailers and  any of
those listed here:

Swagbucks, the web’s largest rewards site, would
like to scare up some savings for your Halloween shopping needs this
month with up to 14% cash back from some of your favorite retailers
including Groupon, Target, BuyCostumes.com, Costume Supercenter,
Living Social and much more.

To help celebrate this promotion, Sheilacakes readers can win a $50 Visa gift
card just for entering on this post and answering the following
question: “What do you – or your kids – want to dress up as for
Halloween this year?”

This giveaway will end October 24th at 11:59pm ET.

Good Luck!!

Tips to Save on Cyber Monday and an Amazon.com Giftcard Giveaway

It’s almost time for the best sales of the year. I don’t participate in Black Friday. I think it is ridiculous, the crowds and the insanity just to save money. I went once and never again. It was not fun to me at all.  I worked at Bath and Bodyworks one year on Black Friday, and I wanted to walk out. I do however like Cyber Monday, because I can save money and shop online in my pajamas. I don’t have to wait in lines or deal with massive amounts of people. I remember the one Black Friday I went shopping the line was at the back of the store. Since I love to save money when I shop online, I thought I would share some ways to save money during Cyber Monday Sales.  That way you can really stretch your bucks and get more.

Shop around. If you want something particular, check out a few different sites. See where you can get the best deals.

Use coupon codes. I always use them when I can when I shop, but there are usually extra special coupon codes for Cyber Monday. I really like Coupons.com Coupon codes because they have a great variety and I don’t have to spend time looking at different sites.

Don’t get sucked in to minimum free shipping deals. If you aren’t planning on buying $50 worth of stuff, don’t buy $50 worth of stuff to save $5 dollars. Spend the amount you are planning and pay shipping if you have to spend a lot more than you planned on.  While you are saving but you have to spend more than you want to save a little.

Avoid impulse buys. Don’t buy something because it is on sale, if you don’t need it or if it’s not on your loved one’s list.  Trust me I have done this before.  Some of those things I have never used.

Stick to your lists. I know that it’s always fun to give some surprises. I used to put on my list to Santa and some surprises, but think if this is something they would really enjoy.

Stick to your budget, don’t go hog wild because it is cheap. All of those cheap purchases add up quickly.  Ever gone to the dollar store and picked out items and next thing you know you owe thirty dollars?  Me too.

You can enter to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card to help you with your holiday shopping.  Please use the Raffle Copter Form below

 

This Giveaway is provided by Coupons.com

Help me Decide on the Perfect Cocktail Dress

I am definitely a jeans and t-shirt type of girl. Sometimes I get invited to events where my jeans and t-shirts are not acceptable. Then I start on my mission to find a nice cocktail dress to wear.  Honestly, a clothes shopping is not one of my favorite things to do.  I have never really liked it. I remember when my mom and sister would go on shopping trips I would go stay with my grandma. I would just ask my mom and sister to pick out some clothes for me.  I was usually liked the clothes so it worked out for me.  Now that I am an adult, I no longer have that luxury and have to find my own clothes.  I prefer to shop on online because I have an active seven year old that doesn’t like to go shopping.  He doesn’t like going with me to try on clothes.  I don’t blame him, I was the same way.  

I have a few events that I will need a cocktail dress for coming up. So, I have started looking around. I have done the last minute shopping the weekend before and I feel like I had settled because I just don’t have enough time to go to six different stores. When I had to buy dresses for a conference I attended it was awful because I waited until the last minute.  I did the same thing with shoes. I hate those shoes. I wore them once before casting them off as never again.  Now that I have some advance notice I have began my search. It’s not a bad idea to have a few really nice dresses in your closet for the spur of the moment event.  I found a website called Dressfirst and I am really impressed with their selection of dresses.  I am a pretty picky shopper so the variety is awesome.

I really like the SheathSweetheart Short/Mini Chiffon Lace Cocktail Dress. It is great for Florida weather.  I would order it in sage, since that is my favorite color. 

I also really like the EmpireV-neck Short/Mini Chiffon Cocktail Dress With Beading Sequins.  

I am torn, I would like to own them both. Which one should I buy first? I look forward to your thoughts.

Earn Money by Becoming a #PersonalShopper with Shop Your Way

This is a sponsored post. I am a Sears blogger, though all opinions are my own.

I have been a member of Shop Your Way for a while now. You can earn points that add up to cash just by shopping at Sears and Kmart.  It’s really easy to sign up and the best part is it’s free. It’s really easy to sign up and the best part is it’s free. You don’t have to worry about a membership fee. They don’t spam you with emails. You just shop and earn.  You can earn points on anything.  They started a program called Personal Shopper.  Yes ladies, those childhood dreams of shopping for others and getting paid have come true.  You can pick out items you like, you think certain family and friends would like and they get points and you get cash!  I think it would be a great idea, with the holidays coming up, to use your personal shopper page as a wish list too.  So, you earn and the gifts you want and Aunt Erma, doesn’t have to guess what you want and you end up with yet another sweater with some fuzzy cuddly creature on it.  Don’t forget about your kids too.  I am constantly asked what Noah wants for Christmas or his birthday. We all sit here online and share with our family and friends products we love, and products they would love so it’s silly not to get paid for it.  

This is how the Personal Shopper program works:

Set up your store front, and fill it with items you love and items you think others will love too.  Sale items would be great too. This is great if you have friends with no fashion sense what so ever. It’s like dress up.  Really though it is for all kinds of things. Clothes, electronics, movies, even groceries.  If you have friends with babies, recommend diapers. I had a friend of mine, who is going to have a new grandbaby ask me to recommend products for her to buy. 

Give out your personal invitation code to friends, family and neighbors.  You can email them, tweet them, and post via Facebook. If you blog use your blog, especially if you like to talk about products.  Keep posting your finds so when you find new stuff you alert your clients. Not everyone remembers to check every day so, little reminder posts on Facebook would work.

I know some people are leery to sign up for things like this. It’s important that you give them their benefits too.  What’s in it for them?

When your clients shop, they earn points that they can later redeem to reduce the cost of their next purchase

Clients earn 10 points on every dollar spent on qualifying purchases at Sears, Lands’ End, Kmart and mygofer.com

1,000 points = $1 to redeem in store or online

No minimum Points level is required for redemption

Redeem your points on next purchase.

So like I said it is a win win situation! 

 
I am exclusively inviting you all to sign up to be a Personal Shopper.