Brookstone > $10 off orders of $100 or more  | Coupon Code: AF10WIN 

Dick’s Sporting Goods > 15% off your order

ThingsRemembered.com > 20% off your order  | Coupon Code: 20WINNER

ZIRH Men’s Shaving & Skincare > $5 off $45 or more  | Coupon Code: ZWINNER

For me, Father’s Day is always a hard holiday to shop for. I want to get my husband and my father something special but I don’t necessarily want to go all out like I would for their birthdays or Christmas. Finding a gift that shows my appreciation and love, while not going overboard, is tough. And if figuring out what gift to get them wasn’t hard enough, the holiday falls in the summer. This means that the kids are either home and I have to take them shopping with me, or I am busy shuttling them around to camps and friends houses. Even if I knew exactly what I want I don’t have the time to go get it anyway. This year I decided to go online to make my shopping easier and me saner!

I can look up a site like Brookstone.com which gives me great Father’s Day gift ideas and then they ship them right to my front door; everything can be done in 20 minutes between softball and karate classes. For my father, I got a variety of things for his barbeque grill. He has complained lately that he can’t get the grill as clean as he would like because of his arthritis so the Motorized Grill Cleaning Brush was a no brainer and to finish things off I got him a grill mounted light so he can grill whenever he wants. I couldn’t resist the Green Bay Packers propane tank cover. So much for not going overboard, but the gifts were from the whole family and Brookstone was giving $10 off orders of a $100 or more with code “AF10WIN”!

Now that my father was taken care of I needed to make sure that each of the kids had something to give their father. My youngest daughter had made a crafts project at camp that she was going to give him but this still left my older son and daughter, who had deemed crafts projects dumb, without gifts. Since my son had requested that his gift be a “guy” gift, and my husband had snapped his fishing rod the summer before when he was trying to reel in the “big one;” I surfed over to DicksSportingGoods.com to find a replacement. It was my lucky day because they were offering 15% off on all of their orders. My brother and son assured me that the Shakespeare Ugly Stik freshwater rod was the way to go, so that was one more gift off of my list.

Even though she doesn’t do craft projects anymore my daughter still likes people to know that gifts are from her. That is why I headed to ThingsRemembered.com where you can personalize just about anything. This year she and I found a Golf Bag pen set that she could personalize any way she wanted. We knew that it would look just right next to his golf ball paperweight. The best part was that I got 20% off my order when I used Promotion Code “20WINNER”, and my order was gift wrapped and sent with a personal note right to our door.

My Dad and the kids were taken care of, but now came the hard part, finding something from me to my husband. Lately he has been complaining that his razor burn is pretty harsh but he can’t find a shaving cream that helps, so he has started to grow a beard. I’m not a big fan of the beard but since shaving is painful I haven’t complained. But I have been looking for alternatives. One of my girlfriends recommended that I try ZIRH facial products because her husband loves them and they are great for sensitive skin. I ordered ZIRH’s Starter Kit and got $5 off my order with Coupon Code “ZWINNER”. Hopefully Father’s day will bring an end to the beard and the razor burn. My father’s day shopping has never been easier or more stress free.

Happy Shopping!

Every month has important dates on the calendar. There always seems to be another a holiday, birthday, anniversary or other special occasion to keep you on your gift giving toes!  What is the savvy online shopper to do?

Many online retailers offer personalization options to you can add to your order. Personalizing your gift gives it special charm.  For example, at www.apple.com you can request free engraving on any iPod.  Many sites also have services, such as gift wrapping, to make your gift as beautiful as the recipient.

Other sites, like Target.com and Amazon.com, let you create “wish lists.” Wish lists are electronic lists, similar to bridal registries, which allow you to drop helpful hints to potential gift givers. Many retailers will even send emails containing your loved one’s wish lists to you, the gift giver. These lists are useful for an event such as birthdays, holidays, weddings, and baby showers.  A wish list is not only help gift givers know what to buy someone, but wish lists are also an easy way of selecting a present your loved one is sure to like. 

Shopping with online promotions can be especially fun because of the unique, and often quirky, selection of items that you can find.  The global market is at your fingertips with a click of a mouse, not the click of your car seatbelt.  With a store’s location no longer a restriction, the only limitation of online shopping is your imagination.  Shopping online allows you to find a rare gift that you couldn’t necessarily find in a store, and often at sale prices.  Unique items, coupled with internet-only savings, make for a great online gift giving experience.

Give someone a gift that they deserve, but don’t forget to give yourself a little savings, too!