Shop Now, Save Later

Hi All! It's been a long time since I've posted anything on this blog, but with the holiday season quickly approaching I thought it was high time I stop by and leave a nice little shopping tip to help you out with as you begin to hit the stores in search of bargains and other exciting discoveries.

Today's tip is focused on taking advantage of store's layaway programs. Many stores such as Walmart, Target and K-Mart offer you the convenience of putting your purchases on hold within the store for a small deposit fee. Then, over the next few weeks, you pay a set amount towards the overall purchase until the items are all paid off. At this point, you will then receive your deposit back.

If for some reason you find that you cannot keep up with your payment plan, the items will be returned to the floor for others to purchase and after a inconvenience fee (and/or the deposit) is taken out, you will receive back all of your payments you've thus far made in full.

Now every store's layout plans vary, so I warn you to check out the exact payment plans, deposit and any additional fees you may have to suffer before taking advantage of your store's layaway. However, with the economy struggling this season, it just might pay to take advantage of this shopping opportunity.

As an additional tip towards savings, consider shopping for bigger ticket items while they're being offered at special sale prices. You then have the opportunity to put them away on hold for a lower price then you might get if you wait till the last minute to make your purchase.

Happy shopping!

Tis the Season to Shop

Hi, I'm Daszzle from Something to Smile About! And now for the awkward "new blog" introduction:

It's been a goal of mine for quite a while to turn my random ramblings into something more concentrated, even something that could help others. While I definitely wouldn't call this blog "saving the world," I do hope it makes your gift shopping just a little bit easier.

In the future you can look forward to:

• Gift Ideas for your sister, mother, brother, father, great aunt Lucy, and that weird neighbor next door
• Holiday gift ideas (think Christmas, Valentines Day, and even Easter)
• Unique gift ideas (Green gifts, support your local artist gifts, personalized gifts, etc.)
• Hard to think of gift ideas (gifts for those you haven't met, wedding gifts, baby shower gifts, etc.)

While I can't promise not to make this a little bit of a ramble every now and then (it is what I do best). I can offer my services as a condolence prize:

Hit me with it folks. Send me your gifting problems and I'll send my solutions your way, most likely in a post or as a comment on your own blog.

The holidays are upon us, and I'm ready to shop!