Using Points for Christmas Shopping? Now's the Time to Order.

I remember one Christmas my mom used green stamps (remember those?) to get all our Christmas presents. Genius!

If you've been racking up rewards points, there are a few ways to use them to get extra mileage when Christmas shopping.
1) You could order an actual gift from the rewards catalog, like the bumble bee shaped flashlight I just ordered for my little one.
2) You could order a gift card to give as a gift.
3) You could order a magazine subscription as a gift.
4) You could order a gift card that you use to do your Christmas shopping.

However you slice it, getting those rewards can take as much as 6-8 weeks! So, now's the time to order because the 8 week mark puts the calendar near Thanksgiving (yikes!). Putting off an order will leave you with no time to try to resolve any issues if things don't arrive in 6-8 weeks. And if you're planning to shop with your gift card, you want to get it in enough time to hunt up the best deals, and Black Friday.

The one exception to all this being a gift magazine subscription. Order those in mid-October so issues don't start arriving before the holidays. Your gift might start arriving with the December issue, but more likely, with the January one.

Double My Coke Rewards Points

If you've got Reward Codes from Coca-Cola products and you been putting off entering them... DO IT TODAY!

Why? Today only, you'll earn double points for all My Coke Rewards Codes you redeem.  There's nothing additional to do.

I've never seen Coke offer double points, so take advantage if you can.

L'Oreal Gold Rewards = Free Hair Dye

If your a user of L'Oreal at-home hair color, you'll love L'Oreal's new program, "L'Oreal Gold Rewards." Boxes of hair color will now come printed with a code (a la Pampers rewards codes) which can be entered here. After 5 boxes, you'll receive a 6th box of hair color free.