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Looking towards Christmas

July 1st, 2008 at 01:35 am

Thinking ahead. I currently have $377.84 in my Christmas savings.

I will be putting $15.00/mo from July to December into the fund. ($90.00 total)

Right now, I have 4,611 points in a MyPoints account. Once I get the total to 4900, I will use my balance to get $25.00 and $10.00 gift cards to stores that I shop at each Christmas.

Also, I'm utilizing my Amazon.com rewards cc. I'll be putting my gas, grocery, and cable budget on the card, pay it off immediately. With my current rewards balance and those charges, I will have enough rewards points to get a $25.00 gift certificate to Amazon by the end of August.

So, the plan is that I'll be working with $527.84. I plan on making up a gift list soon and will be looking for good bargains.

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4 Responses to “Looking towards Christmas”

  1. fruitbowlk Says:
    July 1st, 2008 at 01:42 am 1214872930
    1214872930

    We start x-mas in Oct.

  2. creditcardfree Says:
    July 1st, 2008 at 02:03 am 1214874196
    1214874196

    I don't start until November. I'm impressed how you are using points to accumulate cash. I should probably do this with our debit card rewards...I'll think about it.

  3. sillyoleme Says:
    July 1st, 2008 at 02:23 am 1214875428
    1214875428

    You have motivated me to start looking for cheap Christmas gifts now! I always hate the stress of trying to remember everyone, figure out what they want, and come up with the money for it in December!

  4. pretty cheap jewelry Says:
    July 1st, 2008 at 03:14 pm 1214921683
    1214921683

    I have loads of tips, please allow me to bombard you!

    First off the handmade site
    Text is http://www.Etsy.com and Link is
    http://www.Etsy.com has hundreds of thousands of inexpensive, unique items (I have a shop there). Do searches for items like 'soap', toy and sort by price.

    Next, if you are handy, make stuff!

    -Do you sew? Make purses/totes/reusable lunch bags and fill with a few items from the 99c store.

    -Fill lidded jars with cookie/soup/rice mixes (I have a step by step on my blog in the homemade category).

    Check my blog for more ideas or privately message me for the links.

    Smart for planning early!!

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