Julie's Journal
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How is your holiday shopping going? Are you able to get something for everyone on your list? Times are tough right now so shopping at T.J. Maxx and Marshalls is the best way to stretch your budget to include everyone on your shopping list. They carry the latest brand-name toys to electronics, beauty products, gourmet food and entertaining essentials–they are one-stop shops for all your holiday needs.
Do you need a little help getting in the holiday spirit this year? How about a little Carol-oke! One lucky person will win a $5,000 shopping spree – just for singing their favorite Holiday Carol! Check out the specially created YouTube Caroling Channel. There, you can select from one of three carols, create your own “Carol-oke” video and upload for entry into the contest. Additionally, for each off-price “Carol-oke” video that is uploaded, a charity donation will be made.
I have two (2) $25.00 gift cards (one for T.J. Maxx and one for Marshalls) to giveaway on my blog. That’s two (2) winners! Just follow the instructions below to enter to win.
T.J. Maxx & Marshalls $25 Gift Card Giveaway
Each one of the following is worth one entry into the giveaway – make sure to leave comments so I can include each thing you do!
MANDATORY FOR CONTEST ENTRY
- Sign up to receive the T.J. Maxx newsletter by email. (top right hand corner of their web site).
- Sign up to receive the Marshalls newsletter by email. (top left hand corner of their web site).
EXTRA CONTEST ENTRY
- Follow @T.J. Maxx on Twitter.
- Follow @Marshalls on Twitter.
- Follow @JustJulie on Twitter. (I follow back!)
- Subscribe to receive Julie’s Journal in your email
- Tweet: Enter to win T.J. Maxx & Marshalls $25 Gift Cards on JuliesJournal.com http://bit.ly/4UAg2L
Contest ends Sunday December 27, 2009 at 12:00 noon PST. I will choose two random winner from all the entries and notify you by email. You have 48 hours to respond. First responder will get their choice between the T.J. Maxx $25 gift card or the Marshalls $25 gift card. Second responder will get the remaining one. I did not receive any compensation for this post. Special thanks to T.J. Maxx and Marshalls for sponsoring this giveaway.
This post was sponsored by Kmart. All the opinions are mine.
Do you remember the days of the Bluelight specials at Kmart? I remember being a kid and getting excited when I saw the cart come around the store with the flashing blue light and the loud speaker saying “Attention Kmart Shoppers.” HA!
Kmart has sure come a long way since then, especially with the opening of the Super K’s. Once our Super K opened here, I rarely ever shop at Walmart anymore. Super K just blows them away in my opinion. They have a better selection, and the stores are kept much more clean!
Starting tomorrow, on August 1st, Kmart is bringing back the Bluelight Specials for one day only. You can get special offers throughout the day on everything from patio furniture, to grills, to jewelry… all at the Kmart Bluelight Specials prices! In fact, there will be over 40 great Bluelight Specials throughout the whole day. But remember it’s only going on TOMORROW so make sure to add Kmart to your list of places to go while out doing your errands.
Make sure to follow follow @kmartdealsnnews on Twitter for all the latest Kmart deals and specials.
I still have a hard time getting over the fact that Sears is not just appliances and tools. They have been that place for those two things since my childhood, and it’s hard to change that view in my mind.
I went shopping there during the holiday season and I was pleasantly surprised at all the other things they had their besides appliances and tools. From a really nice bedding section, to a branded kids clothing section from Hanna Montana and other Disney brands. Plus the company is really embracing new media so they are doing really well in re-programming my brain, and updating their image.
For instance from now until April 18th, Sears is having a 75-80% off original prices on all their fall and winter apparel. I found these Camis from $7.98-$3.98 on sale and what a great price to stock up on them! I wear them a lot under shirts and blouses.
Other items on sale:
- Layered Vest Blouse for $5.99
- Yarn Dye Cuffed Crop Pants for $5.99
- Layered Mini Skirt for $5.99
- Long Slim Pants for $5.99
So as you can see, they do carry some trendy fashions at very affordable prices and at 75-80% off original prices you can really save a bundle.
I had 451 entries into my Sears – Don’t Just Give A Gift Grant A Wish contest on my blog. It’s been the best contest outcome that I’ve had here on Julie’s Journal and a lot of fun.
I had a great time reading all the things that people would buy if they won the $100 Sears gift card, and now comes to time to grant someones wish! Ted Murphy from IZEA made the winner announcement on TedTube just a few minutes ago, and you can watch the show here.
Were you the winner? You’ll have to watch TedTube to find out!
JUST KIDDING!!! (But you should watch it, he’s a funny guy)
The winner of my Sears $100 gift card is…Jeanette Malan and she said she would buy the Kodak 9.2MP Digital Camera, EasyShare C913 – Pink Sears item# 00353288000!
CONGRTULATIONS! I will be contacting you through the email you entered on your comment.
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Once again I have to share with you the greatest weekly deal on Buy.com. This week I bring you a Philips PowerSquid 5-Outlets Surge Suppressor for a super great price of $22.33!
We currently own about 3 or 4 of these now and they are way better than a regular power strip. The number one reason I like them is that it fits all my electronic devices no matter how large the plug is.
When I use just a regular power strip there is always one or two plugs that I can’t use because of the size of plugs on my printer, or cell phone power adapter. These plugs spread out and allow me to plug in all my stuff on one squid.
Features:
- Input Voltage – 125 V AC
- Output Voltage – 125 V AC
- Power Cord/Cable – 3 ft
- Receptacles – 5
- Weight – 1.55 lb
- Surge Energy Rating – 1080J
- Current – 15A Line Current
Make sure to check out the Weekly Deal sale on Buy.com every week. They have great deals on all kinds of electronic items like external hard drives, USB flash drives, GPS units, and hi-def digital camcorders. They even feature diamond necklaces, DVD’s and software, and cool things like this.
[tags]Buy.com, electronics, weekly deals, sale[/tags]
