{"id":4216,"date":"2011-11-29T10:08:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T10:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=4216"},"modified":"2019-01-04T09:54:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T09:54:16","slug":"hows-your-christmas-shopping-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/hows-your-christmas-shopping-going\/","title":{"rendered":"How&#8217;s Your Christmas Shopping going?"},"content":{"rendered":"How\u2019s your Christmas shopping going? According to the papers record numbers of us took a sneaky break from work yesterday at 10am to Christmas shop online. Known as Cyber Monday, this was the day that online Christmas shopping surged with spending reaching \u00a3300,000 a minute at lunchtime alone.\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"iwin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/iwin1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"180\" \/>\r\n\r\nI know this is true because I was one of the Cyber Monday shoppers. I woke up yesterday morning and suddenly realised I hadn\u2019t bought a single present and so had to do something fast. Two hours later I had bought half my gifts, driven I hate to admit by which of my favourite stores was giving the most money off (three of them in case you\u2019re wondering).\r\n\r\nI&#8217;m aware I sound like the Grinch but it doesn\u2019t bother me if someone gets a deal on a gift for me. In fact I applaud it in this economic climate. Better still\u00a0many of the shops\/sites are actually extending their deals into the week. So if like me, you\u2019re seriously lagging behind in the shopping stakes spread the word and have a sneaky look online in your lunch hour.\r\n\r\nAnd thanks to everyone who wrote to me last week when I wrote about online shopping. Many Facebook-ed me more really good online tips for shopping which I&#8217;m going to share with you now:\r\n\r\n1. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/view\/specialoffers.aspx\">discount shopping codes<\/a> to see what extra deals you can get before you shop online.\r\n\r\n2. Sign up for newsletters on sites as they usually offer you extra deals like 15% off at this time of year.\r\n\r\n3. Use comparison sites to see where gifts, toys clothes are cheaper <strong>but<\/strong> also go to the stores to see if there are any extras like free delivery.\r\n\r\n4. If\u00a0 you&#8217;re buying from the US, factor in customs charges which the site you&#8217;re buying from has no control over.\r\n\r\n5. If a deal sounds too good to be true. 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