New Thing: Cyber Monday

(This post is a few weeks late...)

I am always at work on Cyber Monday.  They kind of frown on teachers spending all day at their computer scouring the Internet for good shopping deals, and as a result I have never participated in the Cyber Monday frenzy.

Until this year.

I started at 4:00 AM. (I have a newborn, folks.  My day starts early.)  Motherhood.com was having a sale on nursing bras - buy 3 get 1 free.  Since I have one good one that I just wash over and over again, I went for the deal.  My total came to $74.96 and shipping was free with a purchase of $75 or more (of course).  Shipping was $6, so I found a $6 item I didn't need but could definitely use, which effectively bumped my price up.  The total was $88.18.  A lot of money, but not too bad when you consider I got 4 good nursing bras.  Score!  And when they were delivered, they came with $20 off on a Shutterfly purchase.  Sweet.

 Next up was Amazon.  Kindle Fires were $129.  That's great, but I have a Nook.  Rick got me one last school year, and I do love it.  But I don't love the price of books.  If I had known better, I would have gotten an Kindle to start with because Amazon runs promos all the time - free books, discounted books, etc.  B&N does not do this. :(  But there was still no way I could justify getting a Kindle.  But a great deal, all the same!

Then I found a super-awesome freebie from Greencupboards.com - a free $10 credit + free 2 day shipping!  I scored two bottles of laundry detergent and two candles COMPLETELY FREE!  Whoohoo!  And they are all environmentally friendly and stuff.  Sweet.

This summer Gigi bought Charlie a pair of crocs and they were everyone's favorite shoe - cute, comfy, and matched everything.  So when Crocs.com was having a sale, I jumped on it.  They were running a BOGO with free shipping so I ordered some shoes for Charlie for next year.  So stoked about these!  My total was $31.34.  Not what I would normally spend on shoes, but I was getting a little crazed.  I probably wouldn't do it again.

My last stop was Shutterfly.com.  Using some promotional codes and coupons, I scored 60 adorable photo Christmas cards for less than $15.  That's less than $.25/card.  Not as good as last year's deal, but still pretty good.  I did have to get two different styles, so I went with these two:

This deal wasn't as good as the one I scored last year, but I was happy with it.

And the best deal of the day: Rick decided to buy me a Kindle for Christmas.  I told him about the deal and he said it would be his Christmas gift to me.   I was ecstatic.  I was able to sell my Nook for $85 too!

Yay for Cyber Sales.