How I was frugal this Christmas and no one had a clue!

I became extra frugal this holiday season but seemed as if I spent lavishly to my recipients.

• Throughout the 2011 year, I took every opportunity to collect Shoppers Drug Mart points and redeem during bonus (and mega) redemption days. I picked up a Wii console and fit game / USB sticks / earbuds, Dior, Givenchy, Million and Beckham cologne & perfume sets. I also collected free $10 Tim's gift cards for having spent the minimum of $50 (on items I would have normally purchased).
• I also earn points from Swagbucks and redeemed for Starbucks gift cards, books, USB charging cables for ipods and a self gift of a latte machine.
• I sold items on ebay and etsy to earn paypal funds and inturn shop on ebay for clothing to gift
• Shopping at Sobey's when they offer great bonus points (ie, kraft dinner for $1.99 earning 300 pts per box) allows me to earn points quickly. I redeem at the $50 level and made gift baskets of jams, teas, mineral water, coffee, crackers, cookies, chocolates, peanuts, almonds and honey.

I ordered this latte hot-drink maker for FREE !!!

Thanks to swagbucks, I obtained points that I redeemed for cash to amazon.ca. In the past, I redeemed for $10 Starbucks gift cards that I will be using as Xmas gifts but this time I decided to gift myself! I love latte's and buying them outside of the house is pricey so this decision was easy to make. It is currently onsale on amazon for $37.28 and is eligible for free shipping. With the tax added on, this was still a completely free order. I'm so anxious to receive this!

Wow, 26 swagbucks for a quick search question !

What a great way to begin the morning with 26 swagbucks just for an internet search. Tomorrow is mega bucks Friday so I'd love to see what gets handed out then! This is getting me closer to earning another $5 amazon.ca gift card. They are accumulating fast!

More freebies today: amazon gift cards

Today I received my third amazon.ca gift card for $5 from swagbucks. Account holders are able to collect up to $25 in amazon.ca gift cards per month so I'm well on my way to achieving that again this month. Gift cards are electronic and need to be uploaded to my amazon.ca account. Best part is that they are stackable!

I received another Starbucks $10 gift card for free !

Love the word FREE !!!
Swagbucks is a site that promotes daily deals and has their own search engine. You earn "swagbucks" from various sources on their site and when you accumulate a certain amount of swagbucks, you can redeem for gift cards. I received today my 3rd Starbucks gift card loaded with $10 which will make a great stocking stuffer! Thank you swagbucks!!