Tips on How to Save Money For Christmas Gifts For Kids & Last
Minute Chistmas Gifts
By Ruzica Milevska

Running low on cash to complete shopping for Christmas Gifts
for your kids, and hoping that you’ll have money to pick up the
last minute Christmas gifts you need?

Many things in life that are “Free” are overlooked or ignored.
As people of habit we tend to do the same things over and over
again. We shop at the same stores. We buy the same products. We
shop out of need rather than planning. We are in a rush and shop
without taking advantage of bargains and sales.

At the grocery store we shop for what is in our heads or on the
shopping list after work, and then go home and prepare dinner.
We ignore the free weekly sales brochure at the entrance of the
store. We buy the same brand name of soup without comparing
prices of soups in the same area. We buy bread and mayonnaise
for sandwiches that will go with the soup.

So what did you miss? You missed a lot of savings that would
provide you with EXTRA MONEY for shopping for Christmas gifts.
If you would have picked up the weekly sales brochure at the
entrance, you might have seen that Campbell’s Chucky Soup was on
sale….Buy 2 Get 3 Free. So instead of buying your regular brand
of soup at approximately the same price with no sale you could
have SAVED MONEY.

You also may have found that instead of the loaf of bread that
you normally purchase which was not on sale, you could have
purchased a Brownberry 100% Wheat Bread and got ONE FREE (this
also is a healthy made bread). As for the Mayonnaise, you could
have just grabbed any jar including Hellman’s. You overlooked
the fact that one of the jars of Hellman’s offered for the same
price included "FREE 33% More mayonnaise" …10 ounces for free.

Hopefully when you shop you carry the store’s loyalty card that
not only provides you with additional savings on other products
throughout the store, but provides savings to you and your
wallet on every visit. There was also a page of grocery
breakfast items that were on sale and adding another $1.00 off
each product when you bought any five of these named products
for an additional savings of $5.00.

On Mondays, Dominicks/Safeway offers a rotisserie chicken for
$5.00 and on Friday a pizza with one additional topping for
$6.99 (you can even call and order it in advance, and have it
ready when you arrive). This means more savings each time you
shop with your loyalty card and that saved money can keep you
shopping for your last minute Christmas gifts.

If you really took advantage of the sales on the soup, the
bread, and the breakfast items by buying in bulk, you saved
money not only this trip but also on your future grocery trips.
On a recent trip to Dominicks/Safeway I took advantage of these
sales, and filled my cupboard with 10 cans of soup (6 free) and
4 loaves of bread for my freezer and 5 breakfast items that
included juice, sausages, coffee. Before swiping my loyalty card
at the cash register, the total was $53.01. After swiping the
card, the total was $19.62 which represented a savings of 63%.
Dollar wise the savings amounted to $33.39.

Remember the Christmas gifts for your kids or last minute
Christmas gifts needed to be purchased. This savings of $33.39
might make the difference for you and your loved ones. Feel free
to take advantage of one of my many tips on how to save money
this Christmas Shopping Season, and enjoy a good hot cup of
coffee with toast and sausages for breakfast, and soup and a
sandwich for lunch knowing that you got everyone on your list a
personalized Christmas gift.

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