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Postage and Shipping for Your Business From Home

Many years ago, I lived in a tiny town in central Illinois where there was not home mail delivery. Everyone in town would go the small post office to collect their mail or send out letters and packages. Most of us just walked to the post office since the town was that small and there wasn’t even really parking for postal patrons. Of course, there were always a few farmers who had to mail big packages, but most of us just did our shipping and mailing on a small scale, in person, at the counter in the cramped little office … Continue reading →

Don’t Forget Your Coupon Codes

If you buy anything online, make sure that you take advantage of coupon codes to get the best deals. Here is your guide to what these coupon codes are, how you can use them and where to get them. What are coupon codes? Coupon codes are usually a combination of letters and numbers that can be used when you are in the online shopping cart or checking out with your online purchases. Usually they are issued by the store to either reward loyal shoppers or entice new ones. Coupon codes can be used for anything from free shipping to percentages … Continue reading →

Find Bargains Online

Finding bargains online while enjoying your time in your pj’s with a cup of coffee, is getting increasingly easier with all of the great sites for frugal living and deals that keep cropping up. Our own Deals Forum and Deals Blog is the jackpot of resources, but I did find a few other places to look for some real bargains. Sunday Saver is one of my favorite resources to save money on groceries and food. They collect the Sunday ads and sales circulars and compile them all together and available in one spot. You can just flip through and see … Continue reading →

Online Holiday Gift Planner

Take advantage of technology to plan your holiday gift giving. No more scribbled paper lists or just winging it. Thanks to this website, you can create wish lists, set budgets, track your spending and more. The information is all very organized into easy to read groups, and this online tool does all of the calculations for you, so you won’t even need that calculator. It is easy to adjust your budget as needed, so you won’t wind up paying more for gifts than you can afford. You can see at a glance how much you are spending. The holiday gift … Continue reading →

Virtual Gifts Is a Million Dollar Industry

When your holiday shopping, have you ever considered a virtual gifts? These items can’t be held, touched, smelled, although they can be posted on web pages, such as Facebook or used in virtual worlds, such as Second Life. The only thing real about these virtual presents is the fact that they cost actual money. And despite the idea of paying something for nothing, virtual gifts are a hot commodity. Users are shelling out millions of dollars for the privilege of giving virtual gifts. People are becoming more open to buying things that don’t really exist. On Facebook, for example, virtual … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving for Kids Online

Thanksgiving comes in just a few more days. Have you begun making your preparations? While you are taking care of all of your last minute cooking tasks or during that long drive to the relatives, it is nice to have some great Thanksgiving activities to keep the kids occupied and enjoying the time leading up to the holidays. We’ve found quite a few on the Internet, from Thanksgiving craft ideas to Thanksgiving games and puzzles that you can print out. Take advantage of your computer and printer to provide the kids with all of these Thanksgiving activities for free. DLTK … Continue reading →

Send A Letter to Santa Online

Kids today don’t have to bother writing out their letters by hand anymore. Nor do they need to seal and address an envelop or drop it into the mail. Santa is a modern guy and has a host of elves manning his web and e-mail station. Sometimes the big guy will get right back to you, but other times he just might be a bit busy to reply, although I am told that he reads every letter he gets. Here are some of the places you can go online to send and sometimes receive letters from Santa. Don’t forget to … Continue reading →

Netflix Offers $1 Million Prize

What happens when the number one DVD rental company isn’t happy with being twice as popular? The company decides to sponsor a contest for improvment. The movie rental virtual store Netflk uses a complicated system of algorithms and other software coding to offer recommendations of new movies to its customers, based on preferences and what those customers have rented in the past. But Netfliks wants to gain even more market share by improving upon that system, and the DVD giant is offering a $1 million prize to anyone who could improve upon that system by at least 10 percent. Thousands … Continue reading →

Holiday Music on the Web

What if you could have an endless supply of great holiday music all day long without once ever having to change a CD or cue up a playlist? Thanks to the Internet, you can! There are several websites that stream in music to fill your home with the festivities of the season. I have to confess that I have been playing Christmas music here in our home since this past weekend. But it really isn’t all of my fault. I blame it all on my friend, Laura, who told me about this favorite website called AccuRadio. And right now, AccuRadio … Continue reading →

Eddie Bauer Stackable 60 Percent Plus 20 Percent Off

Do you remember Veteran’s Day and Veteran’s Day sales? These sales used to be a huge deal for retail stores. Now, it seems, these sales are usually skipped over as Christmas sales begin weeks and weeks before Thanksgiving. Well Eddie Bauer is one of those stores that is still honoring the Veteran’s Day sale. This is a good thing, since I have a gift card to use that I have been saving since my anniversary. it is my husband’s way of saying that I need to take care of myself and enjoy some nice clothes, as I did before the … Continue reading →