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I’ve been shopping QVC for years, especially for holiday decor and gifts. I’ve discovered some of my favorite new-to-me brands on QVC and I’m excited to share them with you today.

Gifts for Women

I live in Florida so I only need a winter jacket for about 2-3 weeks a year. The problem was, I hadn’t owned one in years. I saw Cuddl Duds Sherpa Wrap Front Jacket and knew I needed it. Mine is a few years old so it is slightly different than this one but I LOVE it. I’m excited that it might get cold enough for me to wear it a few days later this week! If you are looking for a cute, comfortable, and warm jacket this is it!

The other fashion brand that has become a favorite is Anybody. I have a few of their tops, and want some bottoms! Anybody says they are loungewear that lets you relax anytime, anywhere, and that statement is so true. Anybody is good looking comfort clothes for hanging out at home or out running errands, Anybody is perfect, especially for busy moms. I have the Anybody Cozy Knit Rib Swing Top and the Anybody Cozy Knit printed Cargo Wide Leg Pant on my Christmas wish list!

Shop QVC for Gifts for Teens

Even here in sunny Florida, UGG boots are all the rage. These Koolaburra by UGG Suede Bow Short Boots would be a very welcomed gift for any teen girl.

Everyone needs a reliable Power Bank and HALO is the brand to get. This HALO 15,000mAh Power Bank with Apple, Micro, and USB-C cables is the perfect gift for anyone who owns a smartphone. This can charge up to 3 devices simultaneously! Never be caught with a dead battery again. It’s 5.5″ x 2.85″ x .88″ so it fits easily in a purse or pocket and it only weighs 0.739 lbs making it great or travel or everyday use.

Family Gifts

If you can’t gather in person with family this holiday season, do the next best thing, gather virtually. The set of 2 Facebook Portal 10.1″ Smart Display allows to you “be there” when you can’t be there. Amazon Alexa is built in as well so you get the bonus of having Portal also be your Alexa voice control unit for playing music, controlling your smart home, adding items to your shopping list and more. This set of 2 Portals means you can keep one for yourself and send one to the loved one you want to see more often.

Here is another gift for the whole family to enjoy. The ChargeHub X7 Signature Charging Station has 7 USB ports to allow the whole family to charge their devices as needed. no more fighting over the charging cable!

Here is a game the whole family can play, Bounce Battle! Bounce Battle is the easy to learn and quick to play battle game of strategy, skill, and chance! Choose your color, pick your battle, and bounce ping pong balls into the game cube to win.

Why I Shop QVC for the Holidays

In addition to great prices and an amazing selection of gifts, I shop QVC for the Holidays because they often offer special deals like free shipping or 5 easy pays which allows you to pay over time with no interest, which can come in handy while holiday shopping.

In case you didn’t know, you don’t HAVE to watch QVC to order from QVC. Yes, there are limited time offers and specials which are easiest to find out about while watching TV, but you can shop QVC.com anytime. I hope you will Shop QVC for the Holidays this year.

You can enter to win a $100 QVC E-Gift Card! The giveaway starts on Monday, November 30th at 12:00 AM PT and ends on Wednesday, December 2nd at 11:59 PM PT so go enter now! Good Luck!

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Digital Folio  is a FREE comparison-shopping app that finds and tracks price savings for you! It provides real-time pricing updates and comparisons on a wide variety of products. (Current product categories include Computer Printers, Personal Audio Players, Camcorders, Children’s Car Seats, Point ’n Shoot Cameras, Televisions, Computers, Blu-Ray Players, Refrigerators, Microwaves,Washers, Dryers, and Dishwashers. New categories always in the works!) Since you download the app to your IE or Fire Fox browser, the Digital Folio intelligent shopping list is always with you as you shop across the Web.  Adding products to your list from five of the top online retailer websites (Amazon, BestBuy, Sears, Target, Walmart) is as easy as drag ’n drop. The real-time price comparisons happen instantly, giving you price updates across each of these major retailers as you shop the Web and the prices of your saved items automatically update, even when you’re offline. You can even manage group shopping with shared lists which allows you to share your list or registry with friends and family so everyone can co-shop and compare in real time. Digital Folio is more than just a revolutionary intelligent shopping list. It compares a product—or an entire retailer listing page—in seconds, saving you hours of time normally spent visiting multiple sites. Plus it’s much more!

To kick-off the holiday shopping season we will be having the #DigitalFolio Twitter Party with Resourceful Mommy Tuesday, November 8, 8-9pm EST. Follow @ResourcefulMom and @DigitalFolio and participate in the party to be eligible to win one of six (6) $25 Target gift cards or the one (1) Grand Prize $100 Target gift card! Before the party, make sure you download the Digital Folio App into your browser, you never know what kind of questions @ResourcefulMom is going to ask, so you want to be familiar with it before the party. Also, on Wednesday, November 15, all registered Digital Folio users will be eligible to win a $200 Target gift card that will be awarded by Digital Folio a week after the party !

So right now…

1. Mark your calendar for 8-9pm EST Tuesday November 8th for the #DigitalFolio Twitter Party
2. Download Digital Folio into either Internet Explorer or Fire Fox
3. Play with the app for a few minutes looking at  Computer Printers, Personal Audio Players, Camcorders, Children’s Car Seats, Point ’n Shoot Cameras, Televisions, Computers, Blu-Ray Players, Refrigerators, Microwaves,Washers, Dryers, or Dishwashers.
4. Leave me a comment that you have indeed downloaded the app and what your first impressions are.

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This post brought to you by Pier 1 Imports. All opinions are 100% mine.

One of my favorite stores to shop in for gifts is Pier 1. They have gifts that are unique, beautiful, quirky and fun. This year I am trying to be more creative in my gift giving so perusing the Pier 1 website has sparked a lot of creative thoughts…and added some ideas to my Christmas wish list!

We go all out when it comes to decorating our home for Christmas. I have a large snowman collection and I would love to add some of the adorable Pier 1 snowmen to my collection. If you are panning on doing some holiday entertaining Pier 1 has something for every decorating style. I have some favorites in each of their holiday collections: Christmas Couture-think Paris meets North Pole, Yuletide Treasures-Classic Santas and Snowmen, Gilded Forest-earthy, Flights of Fantasy-exotic colors, feathers and sequins, Merry & Bright-Christmas cheer!

Pier 1 has some great gifts that the ladies in my family will love! Beaded candleholders, eco-friendly totes, animal print compacts, jewelry-the ideas are endless. Pier 1 has great stocking stuffers too! Lots of fun, whimsical items are under $5 each.

Pier 1 is giving back to the community this holiday season by partnering with Toys for Tots. During November and December you can drop off an unwrapped toy or make a cash donation at your local store. Also, if you “like” Pier 1 on Facebook they will donate $1 to Toys for Tots.

I’m off to do more shopping at Pier 1!

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What are your favorite online shopping portals and stores? Share them with me in the comments. Happy Shopping!

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“With the economy still slow and many Americans on a strict budget, retailers are going to be offering a lot of great deals this holiday season,” said Luke Knowles, co-founder of Coupon Sherpa, a comprehensive resource where consumers can find online coupons, printable coupons and grocery coupons along with a free, downloadable iPhone application that provides access to mobile coupons. Ask Coupon Sherpa is the site’s blog that publishes money-saving tips. “Black Friday is an ideal time to take advantage of deep discounts.”

Among the tips in the Ask Coupon Sherpa article about Black Friday are:

Buy the newspaper: There’s a reason the Thanksgiving Day newspaper is the fattest newspaper of the year. Advertisers annually stuff this paper with coupons and circulars advertising their best sales. You can increase your savings with online coupons. Just make sure they can be used in combination with in-store sales or newspaper coupons.

Do your research: If you have your eye on a particular item, surf the price-comparison Web sites and record the prices for reference while shopping. Don’t forget to add any fees to the price. Some stores allow you to place an order online for in-store pickup the next day. You’ll still want to hit that store pretty early, however, and bring your printed-out receipt as sales clerks may not focus on filling online orders when pressed by throngs of shoppers.

Develop a game-day plan: Draw up your shopping list and establish your priorities before you hit the stores. Decide which stores you want to shop and in what order.

Are all parts included? Is the sale item stripped down or sold with all necessary parts? For example, some stores will low-ball the price on a computer printer but not include a printer cartridge, which can run to a pretty hefty figure. As a matter of fact, you should always check the price of printer cartridges before buying a printer. A $50 printer isn’t a great deal when the cartridges cost $50 each and run out quickly.

Hitch a ride: Parking on Black Friday is a nightmare and can waste precious time. This is one instance, however, when biking or taking the bus doesn’t make sense as your arms will be weighed down with packages at the end of the day. Ask a friend or relative to drop you off and pick you up.

Stick to your list and budget: In the tumult of Black Friday, it’s easy to wander off target, so make sure you stick to your list. And NO personal shopping. Wait for post-Christmas sales to treat yourself.

Coupon Sherpa is a comprehensive resource where consumers can find accurate and up-to-date online coupons, printable coupons and grocery coupons along with a free, downloadable iPhone application that provides access to mobile coupons. With the iPhone application, consumers can present the coupons (on their mobile devices) to the respective store’s cashier and receive the applicable discount. Merchants can post an unlimited amount of coupons on the application for free. For more information, visit www.couponsherpa.com.

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CyberMonday.com is well organized and easily searchable to help you find just what you are looking for. They even have a link in their navigation bar to all of the free shipping offers available on the site. Online retailers are reporting that approximately 57% of them are offering free shipping on all orders while 80% of online retailers will offer some sort of free shipping offer (may include a minimum purchase requirement).

Between now and CyberMonday you have the chance to win amazing gift cards from major retailers just by following @shopcybermonday on Twitter and becoming a fan on Facebook. On November 30th CyberMonday.com will be offering special “Deal of the Hour” items that are only 1 hour specials so make sure that you are checking back regularly to get all of the great deals.

I know on the past a lot of us have done all of our comparing early in the shopping season and then waited for the last minute deals. According to the National Retail Federation, a lot of merchants ordered less inventory this year due to the poor economy so they expect popular items to sell out quickly and for there to be fewer last minute baragins for the consumers.

Happy Shopping!

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1. Look for the “S” in security
   Make sure the sites you are shopping from are secure and have “https:” in the URL.  The “s” ensures security.
2. Stay current on security software
   One option is AVG free.
3. Think before you link. Use a link scanner tool to make sure you aren’t linking to infected websites. There is one included in AVG free or you can add the free AVG link scanner to your computer.
4. Keep your private information private. Use a separate e-mail account just for shopping. Keep the e-mail box cleaned out, print your confirmation e-mails.
5. Mix up your passwords Every account should have its own password. I know this is a hassle but it is for your own protection. Write them down and keep them in a secure location.

Some other online shopping safety tips:

• Don’t shop from your cellphone, the transactions aren’t as secure as your home computer. Use the phone for research but not purchasing.
• Help elderly family members keep their computers safe. Take a few minutes and make sure they have the latest anti-virus, link scanner and firewall on their computer. This age group are often targets for online scam artists, phishing schemes and identity theft.
• Credit cards are much more secure than debit cards when used online. (I don’t use credit cards, I shop with my Paypal debit card as it is easy to manage my account and my spending.)

Take action today to make sure your computer’s security software is up-to-date. Get more Cyber Security Services with AGB Investigative for your peace of mind. Tomorrow I will be sharing where to find great deals online this holiday season.

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