Happy Friday, Friends!
Hope you had a great week and are looking forward to a lot of family time next week over the Thanksgiving holiday!
I’m getting really excited for all of the festivities, delicious food, and of course reflecting on everything I’m grateful for 🙂
We are going to my parents house for Thanksgiving that I think there are going to be around 17 of us total, so it should be a fun time! What are your Thanksgiving plans? Let me know in the comments below!
Here are some of my favorites from this past week:
1. A few of my favorite blog posts
Gratitude Photo Scavenger Hunt from Let’s Get Together –> I love this for a fun activity the whole family can do together on Thanksgiving Day!!
4 Things Your Children Absolutely Do Not Need from For Every Mom
2. A $50.11 check I got from Ebates
Ebates is an awesome cash back program that I use to get cash back on my online purchases. I’ve been using it for about two years now and have already received over $215 in cash back for online purchases I would have made regardless. It’s completely free to use, and literally only takes an additional 5 seconds to go through the Ebates site to get the cash back instead of just going straight to the retailer’s site. I was so excited when I saw I got over $50 cash back — it was easy money!
I thought I would share with you all in case you’re planning on doing any online holiday shopping this year, since this is a super simple way to save yourself some money!
If you sign up for an Ebates account through my referral link, you can also receive a free $10 gift card to either Target, Walmart, Macy’s, or Kohl’s 🙂 woot woot!
3. Penny Hoarder’s Black Friday Portal
If you are into getting deals on Black Friday, The Penny Hoarder blog just launched a new portal to share Black Friday deals and will have an around-the-clock live blog for 48 hours (starting at 3 p.m. on 11/25, ending at 3 p.m. 11/27) where readers can ask anything they want about Black Friday!
So if you have questions about store hours, where to find the best TV deal, if a particular store has a coupon they are offering, etc., you can save yourself some time and energy in finding the answer yourself and just head on over to the Penny Hoarder’s Black Friday Portal to have an expert on their team tell you the answer 🙂 I’m not a huge Black Friday shopper, but I feel like this is such an awesome and easy way to find the best deals if you’re into that!
4. This deal for 4×6 photo books for only $1
I thought these 4×6 photo books were a super cute Christmas gift idea for loved ones, and a great deal too.
This might be a really cute gift to give grandparents a nice little photo book of their grand kids or to give your spouse some photos to remind them of all the awesome memories you’ve created together this year.
Simply click the image below to take advantage of this deal before it expires on 11/23 (S&H is $2.99, but I still think that’s an awesome price!)
5. Inspiring Quote
Recent Posts on Embracing Simple
- 17 Tips for Living a Healthier Life
- 7 Ways to Simplify the Holiday Season
- 4 Frugal Ways to Pamper Yourself Every Week
Hope you all have a lovely weekend!
XO Christina
[Top photo source: Ashley Ella Design]
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Hello! I need to sign up for Ebates!! Seems like a great deal! I also need to start purchasing more things on line. At work, we were talking about Christmas shopping and everyone thought I was nuts that I do basically 100% of my shopping in stores hahaha. Perhaps this will be the year I change that! 🙂
It really is a great deal Sarah, I love it! Haha and yes, get on that online shopping. I feel like it makes my life so much easier 🙂
I’ve always been sceptical about sites like ebates. Even though you receive cash back, does it open you up to spam or telemarketing campaigns?
Hi Debra! I haven’t found that to be the case, but if you are worried about it then I would maybe make a new email address to use when you sign up that is dedicated only to Ebates so that you don’t have to worry about potential spam issues affecting your everyday email account. I personally haven’t dealt with that in using them, but I realize that’s always a risk you take anytime you sign up for something like that I suppose!
I still have yet to even try Ebates. It’s been on my to-do list. I have Swagbucks though and I like the laid back ways to earn extra points to get gift cards.
I use Swagbucks too Chonce! I go back and forth between the two, but I find myself leaning more towards Ebates these days just because it’s actual cash and not gift cards. (Although gift cards are always awesome too!!)
We all go to my husband’s granny’s house for Thanksgiving. Everyone usually brings some food item. I also bring a traditional pie my grandmother makes for my family’s side Thanksgiving. They live 7 hrs away so we can’t get there much. So I like to bring a reminder of them, too 🙂 We’re also putting our Christmas tree up next week, woo hoo!!
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!
That sounds like a wonderful get-together Jeniece! I’m bringing Pecan Pie and a broccoli cheese casserole that I’m super excited about 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving to you!!
I LOVE Ebates! I used to forget about it all the time but I need to remember this year.
Definitely! Make that most of that online holiday shopping 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving to you, friend! And I will be avoiding the mall next weekend as well! 😉
Glad to be in good company Daisy! 🙂
I should try ebates. Have you tried ibotta? I downloaded the app to my phone it’s pretty cool and super easy.
Hi Jackie! I downloaded the Ibotta app once but then never used it – I should look into it again. Thanks for the reminder!
Am I the only one who has problems with the grey text on white? I am seeing it a lot and sorry, but once you hit the 40’s and 50’s you REALLY appreciate larger fonts and more contrast. Thanks for “listening”.
Hi Patty! I’m so glad you said something, the grey text on my site has actually been bothering me for quite some time myself and I’ve been wanting to update it but kept putting it on the back burner because no one else ever mentioned anything about it to me and I thought it was just me 🙂
I may only be in my 20s, but I appreciate a larger font and more contrast too. I just updated my font color to be more of a black instead of the grey and am working on making more change in the very near future to improve the readability of my site. Thanks so much for taking the time to say something, I always appreciate feedback!
Woah, 17 in the family? That’s so awesome. I have a very small family. I’m sure you’ll have a great time! 🙂
It’s all extended family Peter 🙂 I just have one brother, so we have a very small family unit too. Once you add aunts, uncles, cousins, and my in-laws, we have a nice sized group though. Happy Thanksgiving to you!!