Fall just started. The weather forecast finally has 70's for every day this next week. I wore my first scarf of the season this weekend. If I wasn't 36 weeks pregnant, I would have broken out the boots too. My girls and I made pumpkin shaped sugar cookies last week. On tap for this week are some apple recipes and of course more pumpkin goodies!!! We decorated our porch this weekend with pumpkins and mums and a hay bale. We have plans to go to the pumpkin patch later this week as a family.
Fall is here, and I am so excited!!! This is my favorite time of the year.
Well, I do like the Christmas season too....
BUT, I like to enjoy fall FIRST!
Why, then, am I going to blog about "Cash for Christmas?!"
Because I am a planner and like to be prepared and ready for what is coming. I like to have my dates on the calendar, all the details worked out, and everything beyond ready. (As I type, I am watching a news story on Black Friday prices, so apparently other people do too....)
I also like to be financially responsible. I am a frugal person by nature. Spending money, especially mine, is hard for me. I don't mind getting practical things, but you better believe even then I look for the best bargain I can find. We hit the thrift stores, the sales racks, the clearance aisles before looking anywhere else!
So, when I am told to make a list of things I want for Christmas, I have a hard time. I don't really NEED anything. I have more than enough already. And I feel guilty for asking someone to get me MORE when there are people in this world, right next door perhaps, who go without the basics on a regular basis.
I also have a difficult time making gift lists for my two girls. We have MORE than enough toys, clothes, books, and anything and everything else who can imagine. I know there are kids out there with so much less, and again I feel guilty asking people to get MORE for my girls.
I enjoy getting things for others, though. I like seeing the joy on their faces when they open a present. I like being able to bless others, in big and small ways and everything in between.
That's the primary reason I am excited about the Christmas Cash Bonuses It Works has announced recently!
We always pay cash for our Christmas presents -- we put aside $25 into a special Gift Savings Account every month and use that money for birthday, anniversary, and Christmas presents throughout the year. We set a limit on how much we can spend when we buy gifts for people. We try to be as financially responsible and reasonable as possible, even as we seek to make Christmas special and fun.
Thankfully, this year we already have all the money we need for our Christmas presents set aside. In years past, we have had NO money for Christmas and were desperate to figure out how to get gifts for our family members and our two small girls.
So, this year, when I found out about the Cash for Christmas bonuses I will be able to earn from It Works, I got excited about how we can use that $500-$3,000 to bless others! We can adopt a family and make sure THEY have gifts for Christmas. We can do some special holiday activities and invite friends to join us at no cost to them. I don't know what all we can or will do with the money, but I am sure God will show us! He's really good at that!
Maybe, you're thinking it's nice that we have all our money saved for Christmas already and wish you could say the same for your family. Maybe, you're in the same place we were a couple of years ago and worried how you are even going to have money to buy presents for your children or have a special meal.
I don't know your present situation. I just know that I want to share this opportunity to earn Cash for Christmas with everyone I can. You can use the money to pay for your own family's Christmas or to bless others or both. It's YOUR money!!!
I just want to show you how to earn these Christmas bonuses and help you get the cash in your pocket.
I know the holiday season is fun, but it can also be stressful. I would like to help eliminate as much of that stress as possible. Because, let's be honest....finances and money can lead to tension and headaches and sleepless nights.
If earning some extra cash for Christmas sounds at all good to you, just let me know!! We can talk, and I will tell you everything you need to know to earn $500 (and more) in time for the holidays!
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