Christmas

Christmas purchases for home.

2009-11-25T11:00:00.000-08:00

Who doesn't like to buy some items for home during the holiday season. After the black Friday, every store started sale.
Bed Bath and Beyond is giving free shipping for purchases over $100. They are not forgetting the Canadians either. Get a coupon for 20% on any single item with this printable coupon from bargainmoose.
Home depot Canada has printable coupons here to save $10 instantly with over $50 purchases.
If you like to get some coupons for the post cereals, http://www.mahalo.com/post-cereal-coupons will help you out.
Every one like a teddy bear. I know I like one. I have a couple of small bears. I love this page about Christmas Bears.

Alcohol is an important part of Christmas parties. There are many good recipes in http://allrecipes.com/howto/christmas-drinks/detail.aspx. I have seen many eggnog recipes there.

If you like Tasters choice coffee, they will give you printable coupons if you sign up using the email address.
So stock up on items and have fun!!
Also, winter is the time to enjoy the hotchoclate drinks. My favorite drink follows.
1 cup of boiling water
1 teaspoon of Hot chocolate mix
1/2 teaspoon of instant coffee powder
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon powder.
I mix all the dry ingredients to the boiling water. It will take you to the heavens!!!

Christmas Music

2009-11-19T13:33:00.000-08:00

Music is an important part of Christmas. Want to listen to the new Christmas themed album A Christmas Celebration by Celtic women? Why not read this before buying the album?
You just want to down load some free Christmas music, check this out. If you want to listen to indie rock for the holidays, here is Vedera
If you are going to give music as a gift to your teen age kids, ask what their favorites are and which particular music player they want. Of course, let them know your budget and if the item is pricer than you budget, let them contribute to the purchase or find another gift.
Also, there are the classic Christmas songs you were growing up with. Here is a list of Mahalo Favorites
Also you can try the web radio to have free music.
Also, I have information for Canadian singers, Nelly Furtado, Bryan Adams as well as Michael Buble. In the featured video section you can watch some of my choices.

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Homemade Christmas gifts

2009-11-18T12:40:00.000-08:00

Homemade Christmas gifts are in for this year. Thanks to the economy! We are forced to come up with creative Christmas gift ideas. What will we do when there is not enough money but plenty of time? Then we will be depending on our creative juices to make the "wow" factor for the family and friends.
I found a great idea to make Homemade Mistletoe Bouquet here.
Another ide is to make a recipe book to give as a gift. You can make all your family's favorite recipes in a book by printing them as a book. It is going to be a great gift to be cherished for years to come. Be generous in decorating the book.
Why not make the gift baskets by yourself? http://homeparents.about.com/cs/christmas/a/basket.htm has a good home made basket.
Making crochet scarves are easy and fun. Use the chunky yarns to finish them faster. Baking is always great. If you don't like to do the extra work, make a dry cookie mix and pack them nicely with the recipe.
Also, if you need to buy a lot of greeting cards, Hallmark has the offer for Save 30%, when you spent $30 with the promo code Holiday 30.
If you like to buy different flavors of Coffee mate, you will get $1 off with these printable coupons.
Joining JCpenny reward points is a good way to save $10.
I hope you will come back to see more ideas and coupons for the Christmas.

Economic Christmas

2009-11-17T11:42:00.000-08:00

Do you think this coming Christmas is going to be tough because of the money problems? Why not celebrate it in a recessionistic way? When you don't have work, you have lot of time in your hand. Make a good use of it by trying your hands on the crafts. This year, try giving them handmade/homemade gifts as much as you can. If you are good in knitting or crocheting, try that. Card making is easier than you think. Why not try your hands on it? Try to reduce spending on gift wrapping by choosing the green methods. You can use your good but not used for a while scarves to wrap the gifts. Why not use some old maps and use colored yarn to tie it? Put the gifts in reusable shopping bags instead of the gift bags. The wine can be given in a brown bag decorated with crayons or crayolas.
Here is a way to make your Greetings card with your own pictures, free. Use the coupon code from this website to get 50 free prints of your choice from Fuji films see here. You can order different photo cards. Make sure to use the coupon code "freebies4mom-1109". You need to type it, instead of copying and pasting. The coupon code is good till November 21/2009.
Try creating a "Favors coupon" book for the people close to you. For example, you can give a free baby sitting for a couple with young kids. Make sure you put it on the coupon book which days you will be available.
Start making a list of the people you need to give gifts to. Then have budget for each person. Now you are ready for gift hunting. When the gift for a person is made, cut that name from the list. That way, you will not make more gifts for one person and you won’t forget anybody either.

It is middle of November.Prepare for Holidays.

2009-11-12T12:22:00.000-08:00

It is the middle of November. The TV ads are all about the Christmas. You may be started to feel about the upcoming season.
If you are a crafter, it is time to start thinking about it. I don't have much people to give gifts this year. I am thinking about making few scarves and donating them.
Ok. Now back to Christmas gifts.
The things to do are:
Start a list of people you need to give gifts.
Then have notes about the gift ideas
There are websites to help you figure out the prices
Here are some links for you to check out
RedEnvelope: Unique Gift Ideas
Cheer for the Christmas
Top picks of the gift Guru
Hope you have got some ideas. If you are going to knit or crochet, or doing yarn crafts, check this page for yarn coupons, before spending money on yarns
http://www.greenstreetgifts.com/ offers free shipping for all their books. So please have a look and enjoy the offer.
If you like to have handmade items, don't forget Etsy and Artfire
Enjoy the season!!