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Cash back for shopping online

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I just came across yet another site that offers cash back to consumers when they make purchases online. It sounds like a great idea. Now if I just had some money to spend so that I could get some cash back. LOL

Ebates has even been discussed on CNN and has been called a “No-Brainer”. There are more than 800 name brand stores for you to shop from. Stores such as Circuit City, Office Depot, Barnes & Noble, and Target plus many more. You must become a registered member in order to use the Ebates site but it’s completely free as there is no cost for membership.

The site is an online shopping portal, where members save at least 5% on each purchase they make at participating online stores. They can even save up to 25% at some stores. Savy shoppers can browse through the stores and find the best deals with the latest online coupons. The next time that I need to do some online shopping I’ll be visiting Ebates and hopefully I’ll get lucky and find some of the 25% of deals.





My friends and their recent baby boom

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I can’t believe how many of my friends have had babies in the last year or who are expecting very soon. Two have had baby boys and one a baby girl. Since we are a group and tend to have the same friends among us I think I’d better start looking for unique baby gifts for the girls and their newborns.

I was looking at a website called the Corner Stork, and I discovered that they have some very nice and creative Baby Gift Baskets. I’m happy that I discovered this website it’s just full of baby boy gifts and baby girl gifts. I think I could spend a few hours on the site browsing around and picking out my favorites.

I think that I like the Cashmere soft elegant gift selection – pastel duck as a choice for a couple who hasn’t had their baby yet. Almost everyone has duck decorations or toys for their babies and because this gift collections comes in a lovely yellow it would be suitable for a boy or girl baby.

They have a really cute gift for baby boys called the Harley Davidson 4 piece boys born to ride gift set. It comes in a soft baby blue and it has a sleeper, bib, doo rag and blanket inside. Hmm a Doo Rag for a baby boy, now that’s unique. LOL

A gift that I’d get for a very special little girl might be the Moses Basket Deluxe (Princess) – It’s just full of things for a newborn baby girl. The gift basket includes a bumper liner, a foam mattress pad, removable hood all of which make a lovely layette. Inside the layette you’ll find a 100% cotton gown, undergarment, hat, booties, quilted changing pad, 3 receiving blankets, a lamb cuddly, bear and moon soft toys and a 8 terry washcloths. Sounds like it’s a basket with just about everything a new parent might need for a newborn.

If you like the sound of the gifts that I’ve described you must visit the Corner Stork baby gift online store. I’m certain that you’ll find some great baby gift baskets for your friends or relatives that are expecting, or who have just had, a baby.

Illustrated name personalized gift

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I found a very interesting site for those of you who might have a young child or perhaps a friend who has just had a baby. The website is called Illustrate My Name and they create personalised baby gifts. One of my good friends in Vancouver just had a baby boy and I’m seriously thinking of getting her baby one of these very special personalized gifts.

Illustrate my name creates personalized illustrations for children’s names. The products they make would make lovely birthday gifts, Christening gifts, and new baby gifts.

How does it work? You can have the child’s name illustrated in a theme of your choosing. You could pick a princess, seaside adventure, traditional toys and more. Each personalized gift is prepared individually and includes the specified name illustrated in your chosen theme for each letter of the name. The meaning and Country of origin of the name statement can be added as well.

The final print can be mounted and framed, or shipped without a frame. All of the illustrations are signed by the artist. Items sold and shipped in the UK take between 4 to 7 days, while orders outside the UK take approximately 14 days.

So does that sound good? Well how would you like to get one of these personalized illustrations FREE? THIS IS FOR THE UK ONLY.

Illustrate my name is doing a promotion where they will give away a free piece of personalized illustrated name art – excluding the frame – to the first 100 bloggers who blog about the site in a positive way. If you decide to enter into this promo (must be in UK) you need to write a post about Illustrate my name that includes a link back to the site www.illustratemyname.com with one of these two anchor text lines- “Unique Baby Gift” or “Personalized Baby Gift”.

In your post you can tell others about this UK only promotion by writing a line in your post similar to this one – “Illustrate My Name is giving away 100 free personalized name art pictures to the first people that blog about the site and includes a link and the correct anchor text”. If you decide to blog about Illustrate My Name please send an email to chris(@)illustratemyname.com that includes your blog url, and the link to the specific post in which you wrote your post about the company. You should also include your address and the child’s name and theme that they you would like to have made up into a print should you be one of the first 100 bloggers to have written about Illustrate my Name.

My Store

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Did anyone notice my store yet? The link to it is at the top of the left sidebar.

It’s one of those AMAZON stores, and I filled the store with just about every product that Amazon carries.

I was hoping that perhaps, if some of my visitors already shop at Amazon if you might do some of your shopping through my Amazon store? I’ll get a small commission and you’ll be helping me earn a little bit of money- which I need since I’m not working due to my illness.

I’d really appreciate it if you would use my store if you are going to shop at Amazon anyway. Please, please please? You’ll get the products you want for a good price and you’ll be helping out a bloggin friend at the same time.

Thanks!

Gift Idea – Tassimo Hot beverage Machine

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Hey folks, if you are trying to decide what to get your loved ones for the holidays this year I think I might have just found a really nice idea.

The product that I found is the Tassimo Hot Beverage Machine and it’s made by Braun. I think it’s an amazing idea.

We all know how popular coffee shops like Starbucks and Tim Hortons are these days right? Heck, sometimes my husband goes out to the store to pick something up and he brings home a Tim Hortons coffee for me. I love it when he does this, but it’s not like we don’t have coffee and a coffee maker right here at home. Still, I love the taste of their coffee so I don’t complain.

Now, back to the Tassimo Hot beverage machine – you can make ALL of your favorite drinks in this machine, perfectly, and in the end it they should be just as tasty as the ones at your favorite coffee shop and cheaper too. Plus there is no mess or coffee grounds to deal with when you use this machine- which might be part of the draw of going to a coffee shop for a drink since you don’t have to clean up after yourself there either do you?

The tassimo uses pre-measured T-Discs sealed to protect the flavor inside. You simply place the T-Disk that you want into the machine and the Tassimo beverage maker reads the instructions for that particular disk and makes you the perfect beverage every time. You can even adjust each cup to your taste by simply pressing a button on the machine.

The T-Discs come with pre-measured amounts of Twinings Earl Grey Tea, Gevalia and European brands of coffee, real milk for cappuccinos and lattes, and Suchards hot chocolate.

The Tassimo Hot Beverage Machine sounds great to me and it’s on sale right now too. Just follow the links on this page to find out more about the product and pricing.

Oh I’d love to get one of these if any of you have put me on your shopping list.

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