Cyber Monday Deals for 2011
Cyber Monday is here, which means there are tons of great deals online. Check out a few of the best:
Living Social
- $15 for $30 at Threadless
- $15 For $30 Worth Of Magazine Subscriptions PLUS FREE Shipping
- For $25, Get A $50 Hotel Gift Card From TheHotelCard.com
- $25 Standard Size Dormia Memory Foam Contour Pillow Plus FREE Shipping ($89 Value)
- Spend $50 and Receive 2 Movie Tix, A Free $50 Restaurant.com Gift Card, and $25 Sears Gift Card
- $18 for Ultimate Sesame Street Book and CD Collection and FREE Shipping, worth $58
- $11 For A 40 Oz. Pumpkin Or Chocolate Cheesecake From Desserts Of Distinction, worth $22!
- $20 for 2 complete nail collections, worth $40
- $7 for a foldable waterbottle (worth $19.99)
- $45 for a Sena Black Leather Folio Case for iPad
worth $99 - $185 for a Google Android 8″ Tablet, worth $572
- $59 for a Gong Rong Fa 4.3inch Touchscreen Car GPS Navigator, worth $115
- $65 for a Vivikai HD-868 12.0Mega Pixels 3inch TFT LCD Professional Digital Video Camcorder (worth $85)
- $15 Gets You A One-Year Membership To CouponWarehouse.com (Worth $99!)
- $449 Gets You A New HP ProBook 6445B Notebook PC (Worth $1,300!)
- $29 For A Shirt, DVD, And Sticker Pack From Nitro Circus, A $53 Value!
- $12 for a cell phone charging rack, worth $30 & FREE SHIPPING
- 70% Off 40 AAA Or AA GP Ultra Plus Alkaline Batteries
- $25 for $50 toward Crystal Braclets on starjewels.com
Other Deals
- $2 for most $25 Restaurant.com Gift Certificates! Use code: DEAL at checkout now thru 11/30/11.
- CVS save $15 on a $60 order and get free shipping with the code CYBERMONDAY and get 30% off your next purchase.
- 20 Free Holiday Cards + Free Shipping at Vistaprint
- Holiday Value Pack – Save 30%, 50%, or get it free at KodakGallery.com
- 35% off batteries at Alice.com
- 20% off everything online at World Market and get free shipping on orders over $150
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Don’t forget to shop online through Ebates, Shop at Home or Upromise to get cash back on your purchases.
Student Loan Update: Sallie Mae Drops My Monthly Payment Again
The past two months have been a bit of a challenge for me in the money department. Money hasn’t be tight or anything, but moving all of my money from one bank to the other is time consuming and confusing, especially for someone like me who is meticulous about keeping a balanced checking account. Because it was all sort of overwhelming, I didn’t make an extra payments towards my student loans since I was in the middle of moving money around between different accounts.
I successfully change my Sallie Mae autodebit to my new checking account and once my October payment amount was successfully deducted, I didn’t think much about it again.
Today I went to log in to my account to set up my extra payment for November and I was greeted with a little surprise.

Sallie Mae dropped my monthly payment amount again and I never got the email notification for it. Finally, I am under $1000 for my monthly payment. This is great because I was so close to my goal the last time Sallie Mae dropped my payment in July.
I really hope to give my student loans a good ass kicking over the next few months. It’s likely I’ll get a bonus in December and I should be due a tax refund next spring, so that’s extra money that will be funneled straight to savings and student loans.
Another thing that will help me in my fight against Sallie Mae: I recently got a Upromise credit card which I’m using for all of my day-to-day purchases (and don’t worry, I pay it off every month before I’m charged any interest). I get varying percentages back depending on my purchases, which goes straight to my student loans (quarterly).
Considering I started with 6 digit debt, this will be a long battle, but every reduction in monthly payment is the nice little boost that reminds me I’m just a little bit closer to being debt free.
I'm a 20-something living in the big expensive city of Chicago. I'm post-college and bouncing between underemployment and unemployment, while trying my best to be thrifty, save money, pay off my 6 digit student loan debt, and still have fun and enjoy life. I live with my boyfriend, a rabbit, and a chinchilla.