Day 1: Cha-Ching! Christmas Club: Seven Days to Saving
Day 2: Let the Prep Begin!
Day 3: Making the Most of Freebies
So now that we’ve got you all prepped for your Christmas Savings Adventure, let’s get onto the good stuff!
Repeat after me: “Freebies are my Friend!”
One of my favorite (and easiest!) ways to save on Christmas is by taking advantage of all the fantastic freebies that come across the internet each day. In fact, you may never have to buy another stocking stuffer again! Here is just a sampling of some of the freebies that have made their way into my mailbox recently:
Zebra pen
Full-sized bag of coffee and travel mug
Coupon for FREE Pringles, FREE wipes, FREE Advil and more!
Travel sized bottles of lotion
Stationery
Travel sized toothpaste
Woman’s Day and Martha Stewart Living issues (FREE subscriptions!)
And that was just in the last week or two! Imagine the dent you could make in Christmas spending if you set these little goodies aside all year!
Now I’m going to let you in on a little secret. If you have not signed up for Roboform yet, it might just become your new best friend. It is a web form filler software that will automatically fill in all those sign up forms with just the click of a button. It has been a fantastic time saver for me.
Click here to learn more about it. Download it for free here. (Roboform Pro costs money, so stick with the free stuff!)
Since most freebies are time sensitive, I also recommend following me on Facebook or Twitter or subscribing to this site in a reader, so you get instant alerts when new freebies are available. Some of my least favorite words to type are “This offer has now ended.” 
I want ALL of you to get in on these great offers!
Here’s another little secret: One of my top savings resources this year was REBATES. Throughout the year, as I took advantage of various rebates, I tracked the money that I received in my Christmas Club Savings Tracker and tucked it away for Christmas. I’ve saved hundreds of dollars this way!
You can check out the rebates that I’ve posted recently here. (Be sure to double check the dates on them!) Yet another way to take advantage of ‘free money’!
Next step? Start snagging those freebies and rebates! You can check out my most recently posted freebies here. Then stick around–I’ll have plenty more goodies for you to stick into those cute little stockings!!
Other freebie sites to sign up with:
AllYou.com: Sign up for their Sweepstakes, Giveaways & Free Samples newsletter to receive an email alert for their daily free samples.
Vocalpoint: Vocalpoint is my all-time favorite freebie site. From time to time they even often offer full-sized freebies!
Next up: Learn about how to make the most of rewards sites! Come back tomorrow for Day 4 of our Seven Days to Christmas Savings!
do I have to sign up or give u my mailing address
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kaleyehret Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:32 am
Hi, Nancy!
You don’t need to give me your mailing address for anything. If you want to sign up for freebies, you can just click through the links in the posts to sign up for them at the sites where they are available.
If you are referring to signing up for the Cha-Ching! Christmas Club, there’s no need to do that either. The Christmas Club is more an idea than an actual club. The idea is to use ‘Free Money’ sites and rewards programs to help you set aside money for Christmas throughout the year.
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I was wondering do you have any problems with getting a virus on your computer? I would love to do all the downloads and such that you talk about? My friend who’s husband is a computer tech has scared me of downloading printers, tool bars and such. We have a security program running all the time. Thanks
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kaleyehret Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
My advice is to do nothing that you feel uncomfortable about, Kristen. I think that if you are doing anything online there is always a risk.
I have heard similar things about downloading toolbars, so I have backed off on that. I don’t claim to be a tech person though so I am hesitant to make any claims on anything else. I do know that people print coupons all the time with no issues though! But again…only do what you are comfortable with!
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Kristen Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
I understand, and never ment to put you on the spot, just wanted to see if anyone had any problems. I agree that lots of people have the printers installed and don’t have any problems. its one of those things were you want to but dont want to at the same time. Thanks
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kaleyehret Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
No problem, Kristen! You didn’t put me on the spot! I am just hesitant to make any claims with my limited knowledge of these things.
If anyone else has any further insights on this, feel free to share!