Helping Christmas Cost Less: Part 1

I know we just finished Christmas and many of you haven’t even finished paying all your Christmas bills yet. But I urge you to start planning now for December. By using a few tricks, I was able to give very nice gifts this year and we spent 60% less than we did the year before.

Over the next few Fridays, I’m going to share some ideas that you can start now to help offset the cost of Christmas later.

First tip: Swagbucks

I was able to buy several people’s gifts this year by cashing in my Swagbucks for Amazon.com gift cards. Plus, many recipients received nicer gifts than I normally would have purchased.

What is Swagbucks?
Swagbucks is a search engine designed to help you earn digital dollars called Swagbucks. These bucks can be redeemed for merchandise and gift cards. They come in varying denominations, the most common being 1,2,3,4,5 and 10. Each time you search you have the opportunity to win one of these bucks. You won’t win one every time you search but you will win them fairly often.

The way to increase your earnings is to use Swagbucks every time you search. I downloaded the toolbar and use it as my primary resource. Also, Friday is MEGA Swagbucks day. This means your odds of winning a higher denomination buck are much higher. The most I’ve ever won was 5 in one search but my coworker won 20 once!

By using Swagbucks regularly you should easily win enough bucks to earn a $5 Amazon gift card each month.

Amount Saved for Christmas: $50 (10 months (Feb-Nov) x $5)

Sign up with Swagbucks here or read more about Swagbucks.

Happy Saving!