Sears/Lands End/Kmart: $50 Gift Card Giveaway! (2 winners)

This was supposed to be a video post (my first), but you know what happens when anyone points a camera at me or just PLANS to point a camera at me?  I get a big honkin’ zit on my face.  And since I never claimed to be anything but vain, we’ve got a text post for you!

Anyway…..

About 2 weeks ago, I was contacted by the people at Sears asking me if I wanted to try out their new gift cards.  What is so great about their gift cards?  They can be used interchangeably!  If you get a gift card from Sears?  It can be used at Sears, Lands End AND Kmart (both online and “real stores”).

So what was my challenge?  To see how many gifts I could buy for $200!

And here’s what I got (note:  if you are related to me and participating in the family pollyanna, you might want to stop reading right now):

First stop was Sears

Clothes:  We have always managed to get great deals in children’s clothes at Sears.  We picked up a few “princess PJs” for my daughter, grabbed her from under the rack and were on our way to the next department.

Tools:  and here is where a fight ensued as my husband decided that he needed that shiny thingamajig (sorry to be so technical).  After I explained to him that this was a Christmas shopping trip and not a “let’s get more shiny thingamajigs that will collect dust but look pretty in the toolbox” trip  I won!

Holiday:  I know that this was supposed to be for gifts, but I couldn’t resist…..we grabbed a few decorations for the tree and were off again.

Kitchen:  I wanted to get an AeroGarden.  A fight ensued as my husband explained to me that this was a Christmas shopping trip and not a “let’s get more shiny thingamajigs that will collect dust but look pretty in the kitchen” trip.  I lost!

The next stop was Lands End (which is actually a section in my Sears)

It was here that I hit the jackpot!  By this time, the kids were driving everyone within a 100 foot radius crazy, so my husband took the kids to the car while I spent time browsing for gifts.  I was able to get both of my (adult) nephews a polar fleece shirt and coordinating turtleneck for ridiculously low prices.  I was also able to snag a cozy navy sweater and shirt for my mother’s boyfriend.  And since I was doing so well with shopping, I grabbed a few shirts for me as well.

So after buying 10 pieces of clothing at Lands End, 2 nightgowns for my daughter and a few decorations, how much did I have left on the gift card?  $45!

Off to Kmart:

I was feeling a little guilty about being given such an extravagant gift card from Sears, so I hit the Buy 2 Get One Free Sale on Playskool toys at Kmart.  Armed with the coupons from Coupons.com, I picked up an obscene amount of Toys and then dropped them off at a Toys For Tots drop-off.

So would you like to see how many deals you can get at Sears, Lands End or Kmart?  Well, I have TWO $50 gift cards to give away!

To enter this giveaway:

1. Leave a comment letting me know what you would buy if you were the winner.

2.  Subscribe to my feed via Reader or email subscription to get all of the deals that I post and leave a comment that you have subscribed.  If you already subscribe (thank you!), leave a separate comment letting me know. 

3.  Promote this giveaway.  If you have a blog, write a post about this giveaway and leave a separate comment with a link.  If you don’t have a blog, you can Tweet (and make sure that you are following me on Twitter!) about this giveaway and leave a comment letting me know that!  You can post a link to this giveaway on your Facebook page or favorite forum!  For each one of these that you do, leave a separate comment for another chance to win!

This giveaway will reamin open until 8:00pm on Tuesday December 15th  at which time I will pick 2 winners using random.org and notify the winners by email

Good luck!

Full Disclosure:  I was given a gift card by Sears.  The words and experiences are completely mine!