Tis the season!
The Megalomaniac Mommy is now accepting submissions for the 2011 Holiday Gift Guide.
Please use the form below to let us know about your product. Please provide a description of the product and if possible a link to where the product may be viewed online and we will be happy to review the item and consider you for inclusion in the gift guide. Once a decision is made we will email you to follow up. We are also accepting products for giveaways as well at this time. Our gift guide is currently up and accessible to the public and new items are being added daily.
We look forward to working with you.
1. PLAN AHEAD!!
-This is a must! I like to plan my holiday shopping in advance to make sure I get the best deal on everything. 2. ASK FOR LISTS EARLY
-Again, another must do when shopping for others to ensure you get the item on the list and again, score the best deal on it! 3. LOOK ONLINE FOR ITEMS FIRST
-Prior to hitting any of the stores, I like to compare prices of items online. By doing this I can often get more items, score free shipping and locate a coupon/promo code to use for additional savings. 4. USE LAYAWAY IF POSSIBLE
-There are a few stores that have brought layaway back for the holidays. This is another great tool for those who need more time to pay on items. 5. DON’T BE AFRAID TO SHOP AROUND
-Again, I am a saver. I absolutely hate to overpay on anything and if I can use a coupon, I will every time! 6. HAVE THE LITTLE ONES MAKE PERSONAL/HOMEMADE GIFTS FOR GRANDPARENTS & OTHER LOVED ONES
-For me, the homemade gifts are always my favorite and the ones I will always cherish! 7. PERSONALIZE HOLIDAY CARDS
-Over the past few years, I have become a fan of sending out cards with cute family photos with a personal message on each, these are also our favorite cards to receive! I like to order our festive Christmas cards online since there are so many options available and I do it early enough in the season to ensure that I receive them early enough and get them mailed out in time! 8. PLAN YOUR MENU IN ADVANCE & CHECK YOUR SHOPPING LIST TWICE
-I remember many, many times my mom had to send someone to the store the night before a holiday or the morning of to pick up those few items that got skipped on the list. 9. KEEP A LIST OF EVERYTHING YOU BOUGHT, WHO IT IS FOR, AND WHERE YOU STASHED IT
-I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!!! My mom is notorious for buying gifts early in the year and stashing them around the house, forgetting where she put them and giving them to you a week or two after the holiday! 10. SAVE THE RECEIPTS FOR EVERYTHING YOU BUY EVEN IF YOU HAVE A GIFT RECEIPT!!
-Gift receipts have a tendency to get lost, mixed up etc. It is best to keep the original receipt on hand when giving a gift in case a return or exchange needs to be made.
Disclaimer: I wrote this blog post while participating in the Storkie holiday blogging program. I received compensation for my participation. All opinions are 100% mine.
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I’ve thought long and hard about the gifts I’ve given to others over the years. There are the homemade gifts I gave to my mom as a child, the awesome things my children asked for non-stop, the gift I gave my husband that brought him back to his childhood….the list goes on and on and on. After all of this thinking, I decided to go with the gift that I gave to my cousin, Anna Tyrone, for her birthday one year.
My cousin Anna is a writer. It is the one thing she loves to do more than anything. She does it all the time and always has. She has filled notebook after notebook after notebook. These days, she does blog but she still enjoys putting pen to paper more.
For her birthday in 2009, I gave her a gift bag filled with 10 or 15 of her favorite composition notebooks and a package of her favorite pens.
She was beyond thrilled! Since that day, she is constantly telling me it was the best gift ever!
I admit, Anna is a hard person to shop for. There are at least two things she owns that I know she loves more than life itself….her Chuck Taylor shoes and her coveted iPod Classic.
When buying her gift that year, I could have purchased a gift card for her to buy some music or bought her another pair of shoes. Instead, I went with what I knew….the girls loves to write and needs a place to do it!
Needless to say, I was very happy when I saw the smile on her face when she opened her gift!
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