So it has been some time since we have had a giveaway here on our site. Well, now is the time! We are getting ready to start a new monthly theme and this theme is all about Thrifty Christmas, but it is going to be starting in mid-October and last until mid-December.
This will be really fun as we are going to share a little bit of everything to help you have a smooth, beautiful, memorable and thrifty Christmas season. To do that, we are going to share Do-It-Yourself Christmas presents, downloads to help you plan and make the process smoother, recipes, articles and a gift section that will be gifts as super deals from $15 and under and over $15 categories – but all of which are deeply discounted and great values.
We will share more in some later articles, but we did want to mention that when we were paying off our $100,000 in consumer debt, we still had wonderful and sweet Christmases, just for a very thrifty price tag. Believe it or not, but our gift budget was $10 per person and very little on the food, decor and events throughout the rest of the season. We will share later what we spend now and ideas on how to set and stick to a Christmas budget, but for now, we want to get this Thrifty Christmas Party started by giving away cold hard cash! $300 of it in fact!
What we thought would be the best to try and bless several for this $300 cash giveaway and so with that – six winners will each get $50 in cash! This giveaway is during the rest of October, and so you will receive your $50 cash in the first part of November to help contribute to your thrifty holiday plans.
The cool part here is that you will be able to enter everyday as well for extra entries and to better your chances of winning!
Here’s how you can get extra entries everyday:
- By sharing our site in your social circles and let others know about our site and our monthly themes, savings and posts we offer.
- By helping others in need as well by voting for a Charity in The Give for that charity to win $50,000.
Here’s how #2 Works – We shared a couple of week’s ago how a charity that we are not affiliated with, but that we love and that we chosen to provide some financial support from proceeds from our site here is The Morning Center. In short, this is a charity that provides free maternity care to mothers and their babies and they currently operate “mobile units” to allow underprivileged women to receive free first-class care on-site. This is a beautiful and wonderful way to give to these women. Well, The Morning Center has even bigger plans to build and operate actual brick and mortar maternity hospitals too and they are raising funds now to build the first one. The had an opportunity to join a $50,000 charity giveaway from Cutivate Wines. With that, it is the season of giving and so while we are giving 6 people $50 cash, we encourage you to vote for a charity in The Give (you have to be 21 or older to vote in The Give) and by doing so, we will give you an extra entry in our cash giveaway for each day that you vote.
What a win-win situation! You have another chance towards winning cash and you can help a charity win $50,000 for free just by clicking to vote.
Does this sound fun?!
So here’s the details on how to enter for one of six $50 cash prizes!
So, let’s get this giveaway going. We will be offering this through Wednesday, October 31st 2012 at 11:59 p.m. MST. We have a few ways to enter – but with our form below it will be quick and painless to enter! We will be using Radomizer.org to choose the winner at random.
Share how you would spend your $50 (required)
We really want to hear how you would spend your $50 prize by leaving a comment below on this post. Would you save it, would you use it to go towards Christmas? Would you take the family out for a nice dinner? There is no wrong answer, just a fun way to hear from each of you!
Vote for a charity in The Give (daily – optional)
Our favorite charity, The Morning Center, is part of The Give, but we want to encourage you to vote for a charity in The Give and you can vote everyday, which means another entry here everyday too! You can head to Cultivate Wines The Give site HERE to vote with a simple click.
Share our site in your social circles and with your friends (daily – optional)
Each day that you share our site with others by sending or posting links to our site, you can get another entry into our cash giveaway. We want to spread the word about our message and we are asking for your help and rewarding you for doing so!
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Once you have done any of the following things, just quickly fill-out this form. You will fill out this form for your daily entries too! It is really simple!
Please fill out this form to enter through Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 11:59 pm PST!
The giveaway will run through October 31, 2012 at 11:59 pm PST. The winners will be selected randomly and notified via email. Must be 18+ to enter and reside in the United States. This promotion is in NO way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. The information collected is utilized for entry into this giveaway only. Comments left on Facebook, Twitter or other posts will not be counted as an entry to this giveaway. Please note this giveaway is sponsored solely by The Thrifty Couple. The cash prizes will be awarded via PayPal and we will be paying the fees associated with it so that the winners receive the full cash prize. If you do not have a PayPal account, we will award a gift card to Amazon or Walmart instead.
If you can’t view the form in this reader, please click the following to view the form and enter!
Be watching for our Thrifty Christmas Theme to start on Monday, October 15th through Monday, December 24th for all things Thrifty Christmas related and free downloads too! We look forward to sharing with you more this season!
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Tina
I think I would put it towards gifts for my kids
Linden
I would use it to buy baking supplies to make fancy breads to give as gifts, along with a jar of my homemade plum butter. (Costs less than buying other gifts.)
Renee B.
I would use it to be able to make a bigger charitable contribution to local charities this year – going through a divorce has changed by budget drastically and I can’t give as much as I used to.
Gloria Burchyett
I would donate it to a dog rescue group that allowed me to adopt one precious Poodle when I had no money to pay them. Every Christmas I give to that person and this would just be a little extra for them.
Cindy
I would use it to buy birthday presents.
Julie Wood
What I would do with this $50 dollars is I would buy my son a Christmas present! I am unemployed again! And this money would get me a few awesome items for him!
Jennifer M
If I won, the money would help towards Christmas gifts for my 4 kids. 🙂
Katie L
I would probably would use it to buy groceries
gwen
I would use it towards next month’s rent because I am unemployed and looking for work. I’m not quite in the holiday way yet. But i will be
sara
I would use the money towards Christmas since my husband recently lost his job.
Jennifer E.
I would use the $50 towards Christmas since money is really tight right now.
Christina
I would love to win to spend on my daughter for the holidays!
alecia
I would put it toward groceries. This time of year money is tight. 🙂
Denise Wilson
Taking the family out to dinner sounds nice!!
patty
I would use the money to take my family out to dinner on Christmas eve.
Tracy
I would spend it on my family 🙂
Jennifer Mays
I would use it to buy Christmas presents for my kiddos!!
Lynda
I would use the money to help others!
Brenda H
I would love to have this cash to put in my kids savings accounts. It seems there is never any “extra” to give to them.
Sarah
Can always use more gift money!!
Trisha B
I would use it to buy neccesities.
Judith
I would use it to help my daughter and her family – my son-in-law has been out of work for a long time.
Farrah Shumway
I would use it towards Christmas gifts for our 5 kids 🙂
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Gina Bean
I think I would buy my husband and myself a new bedding set. We have been paying off a lot of our debt snowball through Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover plan. It’s not that we wouldn’t have enough to buy it, but I haven’t made it a priority because we are so “gazelle intense”. I would treat us for doing so well!
Christy Pogue
I would use the $50 by either putting it towards one of the Christmas vendor shows I’ll be working, or taking advantage of some of the wonderful sales that I’m already starting to see not only for Christmas gifts but also Thanksgiving & Christmas family meals.
Terri
I’d use the money for gas when I drive to pick up my son from college for the holidays, either Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Sherri
I will buy christmas presents for my kids.
annette woll
I would put it towards holiday food
Candice
I would put it towards food and presents.
eastbaymom
I would add it to my Christmas fund. It’s small right now, so it would be helpful!
Brenda H
Would love to add this to my kids savings account!
Kortney Picker
I would probably save the $50 until I found something that was a great deal for one of our family members for Christmas, yes we actually have started out Christmas shopping 🙂
colleen boudreau
I’d use it for Christmas gifts.
Cecilia C
I’d use the $50 to feed my adoptable menagerie of cats! And they’d all get catnip treats, too! 😀
Amanda S
I love you guys!!! I would spend this on some additional supplies for our adoption, clearance baby clothes and items most likely 🙂 Thanks so much for all you both do!
Gloria Burchyett
Donate to my favorite animal shelter
Chandra
I would use the money for Christmas as well as a present or two for needy children.
nancy
Christmas gifts- specifically towards a train ticket for father-in-law 🙂
Deb
I’d use it to buy some nice heavy yarn.Some of the gal’s at the senior center collect yarn for knitting mittens and caps and scarves for family’s that need cold weather gear. I look at yard sales all summer for yarn and normally get a pretty decent amount, but sadly, was very thin pickin’s this summer.
Kathy T
I would use it to help with the trip to see my first grandbaby born in early Dec.
Tara
I will probably buy food or put it in savings for a rainy day.
Nataly Carbonell
I’d definitely save it towards holidays; Thanksgiving because there is usually a lot of expenses and this will really help me save money 🙂
Cindy
No one I can think of that couldn’t use xtra money now-a-days! thanks.
Leslie
I will add this to my Christmas budget!
Camilla Wilson
I would use the money for presents.
Jamie
I would use it toward Christmas gifts. My kids keep asking when they can start making their Christmas lists 🙂
Debbie P
We’re tight on money right now, so I’d put it towards groceries.
Gloria Burchyett
Donate to an animal shelter