Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas

Posted by kim on December 23, 2009

Still have a few people on your list not checked off? Here’s some options….

If you can’t be “home” for Christmas, why not Send Flowers?
I guarantee Mom and Grandma will love them!

Christmas Flowers & Gifts starting at $19.99 with Same-Day Delivery from 1-800-Flowers

15% off Teleflora.com through our link Fresh Flowers Hand Delivered Daily

You can never go wrong with Gift Certificates!

GiftCertificates.com Hundreds of Gift Certificates! Email or Print Out a SuperCertificate that they can redeem at ANY of the Hundreds of Stores Listed!

Amazon.com Gift Certificates Available Immediately in denominations of $5 – $5000! Redeemable for millions of items – the ideal gift. Customizable with a personal message. Email a gift card, Print a personalized gift card on your own printer or Send a gift card by mail.

iTunes Gift Certificates can be delivered instantly via email, or printed directly from your computer for the perfect stocking stuffer, especially if someone is getting an iPod for Christmas.

Extra 80% off Restaurant Gift Certificates! Code: SANTA exp 12/25 Get a $25 gift certificate to a local restaurant for as little as $2 and $10 gift certificates for 60¢! Great Gift Idea! Or go out to eat tonight! Thousands of participating restaurants across the country.

Be Sure to always Check out our Restaurant Printables Page for Coupons before heading out to eat!

Save Time by Ordering Online & Picking up Purchase Instore! Great way to avoid the crowded aisles of other last-minute shoppers!

Buy Online from BestBuy.com and Pick-up at Best Buy Store You’ll save on the shipping fees when you pick-up in-stock items at your neighborhood store by 3 pm local store time on 12/24

More Store offering Free Instore Shipping

Magazines Make Great Gifts! If the merchant doesn’t offer a printable certificate, Print Out One Here or send a Free Magazine e-Card! Or even buy a single issue at the store with a note saying more issues are to come! My picks:

All You Magazine $20 for 24 issues (I love this magazine!)

Elle Magazine 1-year Subscription only $5.95! Save 87%!

Extra $5 off Discounted Magazine Subscriptions at Amazon!
Disney Family Fun & SPIN only $4.95!  Parents Magazine and Fast Company only $4.97! Maxim and Horse Illustrated only $5! And many more…

You can Even Get FREE Magazine Subscriptions (the recipient doesn’t have to know it you got them FREE!)

FREE Holiday eCards! Save postage and just let ‘em know you are thinking of them!

Free Christmas eCards from Blue Mountain

Free Personalized Christmas Scrapbooks from Smilebox Choose from hundreds of designs. Add your photos, videos, words, and music. Email, blog, or print it.

If you do still plan on sending out cards via Snail Mail (better late then never), Receive FREE Postage from Stamps.com! I just mailed out my photo cards that I picked up from Walmart yesterday (shown below).

I’ve found that the best gifts of all are not monetary. Offer to help a shut-in. Make cookies* for the neighbors. Go visit elders in the nursing home. Smile at a stranger. Pray for Peace.

*Fast and ooh, so good… Oreo Balls Recipe
Crush a package of Oreos (I used Great Value brand, just as good) Mix with a block of cream cheese (electric mixer works best). Chill enough to form balls. Chill balls again after forming (or freeze).  Dip in melted vanilla almond bark. Done!

Fun (and Free) Online Christmas Stuff

Free Santa Letter Print out this personalized letter from Santa. Imagine the excitement when they read just how much Santa knows about them.

Send a personalized video from Santa (really cool):
http://portablenorthpole.tv/home/
My daughter, Macy first made one for Tatym. Then my boyfriend made one for me. I laughed so hard that I cried!

Track Santa’s Journey with official NORAD Santa Tracking Radar
http://www.noradsanta.org

Be Sure to Check out our Homepage for some more HOT HOT Deals (but sorry, no guarantees for Christmas delivery).

Any bets on if I’ll receive my order from Payless in time?

Here’s Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy NewYear from my family to yours! Kim & the Kids

Toshiba Satellite Laptop for College

Posted by kim on May 20, 2009

My son moved to Omaha today to work for the summer before moving to Lincoln in the fall to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  He is going to stay with his grandma who lives in Omaha. He’s only been gone an hour, and the thought of him being gone makes me miss him already. I think it’s the whole “my son is now an adult” syndrome kicking in. 

We decided that he would use some of his graduation money to invest in a new laptop for college. Of course, I did my research for the best bang for the buck, and came up with the  Toshiba – Satellite Laptop with Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T3400 for only $399.99 from Best Buy…

I browsed several techie forums, as those contributors not only know more about computer specs than me, but they also know a good deal when they find it! This laptop features everything that my son will need and more….

Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor T3400 
667MHz frontside bus, 1MB L2 cache and 2.16GHz processor speed.
2GB PC6400 DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB
Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support 
15.4″ WXGA TFT-LCD widescreen display
250GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
128MB – 1342MB dynamically allocated shared memory.
Built-in stereo speakers.
4-in-1 bridge media adapter
3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports
Built-in Atheros high-speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g)
Built-in 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition operating system
Toshiba DVD Player and Disc Creator Software Included
Microsoft Office Professional is only a 60-day trial version, but when we toured the UNL campus, our tour guide said that students are able to buy Microsoft Software at a deep, deep discount at the campus bookstore.

We ordered the Toshiba Satellite Laptop online last night from BestBuy.com.  We chose the instore pick up option, as there is a Best Buy in Omaha that he can pick it up from today.  That not only saved shipping costs ($24.99 standard cost), but shipping time as well!

Good luck Taylor, I love you!

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