Autumn Decorations at Target

Fall is swiftly coming and some of us are happy to embrace it.  What better way to celebrate autumn than decorating your home for it?  It might seem costly to decorate for the fall, but a few simple decorations can add a lot of warmth and an autumn feel to your home.

Right now, Target has a number of fall decorations in the dollar section.  Many items are $1, but some are $2.50.  You pick through an assortment of autumn decorations, such as owls, scarecrows, pumpkins, and other fall related items.  You can also choose from Halloween decorations like glitter jack-o-latterns, ghost, and ghoul items.  There are even Halloween pens and pencils.

If you are interested in spending a bit more money for nicer items, Target is fully stocked with other autumn decorations, Halloween items, and even some Thanksgiving supplies.  Some of those items are on sale already, so you can start to buy now!  Get ready for the fall and make you home look beautiful.

Earn Extra Money on Zazzle

If you are creative, now is the time to join Zazzle.com.  If you have artwork, great photography, or can even just think of some clever catch phrases, you should join Zazzle.

The basic concept is you upload your own images to the site.  You can then add your images to an assortment of items from Zazzle.  You can choose from a number of items like:

Postcards
Greeting cards
Mouse pads
Keychains
T-shirts
Kindle cases
Tote bags
Mugs
Magnets
And much more!

Once you design the product, you simply press the "Post for Sale" button.  Then when customers search for a particular product, they can find your work and buy it from Zazzle.  Zazzle creates it and ships it for you.  You simply get some of the royalty from it.  It is really that easy!

Check out my own store that is relatively new: Jeannieinabottle on Zazzle.  It is easy to join by scrolling to the bottom of the screen.  On the bottom left, you have the option to "Sell Your Design" or "Become an Associate."  If you don't want to create products, but you want to earn money by promoting someone else's stuff, you can do that as an associate.  What a great way to make extra cash!

Laptop for $249.99 at Target

If you need a new laptop, you are probably not going to find a better deal than the one at Target this week.  Starting today, Sunday August 5th, a Gateway laptop that is regularly priced at $379.99 is now only $249.99.  Obviously, this is an exceptional deal.

Apparently, the Target near me received so many phone calls, the workers expected a small mob to show up on Sunday.  I happened to be in the store on Saturday night looking at the sad two laptops sitting in the case.  I made an important decision on Sunday morning.  Ordering online is a way better idea than getting in a fist fight over the only two Gateway laptops sitting in a display case.

So if you need a new laptop, you can visit your local Target to see if they have any in stock.  Chances are, they don't.  In this situation, Target is not issuing rainchecks or substitutions.  I feel like the best bargain of all is staying home and ordering the laptop online.  Sometimes it is worth paying the shipping cost instead of being trampled at 8 AM on a Sunday morning to fight over a laptop.