Some of you probably get a rush from Black Friday shopping, no? You love the people, the hustle and bustle of it all.

Not this cowgirl. Not even close.

I much prefer my sheets and blankets over getting a 2:00am lighting deal.

But you must know by now how much of a sucker I am for good deals. And you know I’ll get ‘em. Just not standing in line at the store.

One important part of my game of coupons/saving money is online shopping.

I’ve preached about shopathome.com/ebates.com/upromise.com for awhile now. If you’ve never listened before, please listen now.

You will save anywhere from 3%-15% more on your online shopping if you go through these sites. Additionally if you use a cash back credit card you’ll save even more.

Let me give you an example:

Before I make any online purchases I look at shopathome, ebates and upromise. Upromise almost always has 5% cash back, but depending on the promotions sometimes the other two beat out upromise (not usually, but sometimes).

{All the click through sites will send you a check in the mail. You always have the option on Upromise to put your cashback into a 529 savings account for your babies among other savings options. The savings isn’t instant like a coupon, so if you’re into instant gratification this is an exercise in patience}.

So let’s say that upromise has the highest cashback at 5%. If I use my upromise credit card I get another 5% back. So, automatically I’ve saved 10%.

Recently I’ve been shopping a lot at Lowes due to our ongoing basement remodel. Those details are a whole ‘nother Oprah. We’ve managed to save thousands of dollars by simply using coupons and going through click through sites (listed above).

For example, let’s say that I want to buy paint.

I need ceiling paint, primer and wall colors. So, I go to Lowes and pick out all my colors. I, then, go home use a click through site at 5% to get to Lowes.com through Shopathome.com. From there I put all the paint that I want into my cart. Then I use my cashback credit card in addition to using a 10% off coupon from Lowes (if you do not have any you can buy them for a few dollars apiece on ebay).

Let’s say my entire paint order is $500.

With the click through site I save $25.

With the Lowes coupon I save $50.

With my cash back credit card I save another $25.

In addition to saving a total of 20%, I can call Lowes and tell them I’ll pick up  my paint at a certain time and it will be ready for me when I arrive. With no waiting.

Not bad, eh.

So anyway, if you’re not using click through sites you are a crazy person. Seriously.

Please listen to me. I am a true shopper and a cheapskate at the exact same time!

Here are the links!

Shopathome.com

Ebates.com

Upromise.com

Over the past year I’ve literally gotten back over $500 from these sites just by going to the site first and clicking through to my internet destination. Easy Peasy!

Enjoy!