JCPenney – Your Holiday Shopping Destination

It’s been a long time since I’ve shopped in a department store. This is mostly because I hate crowds, and department stores are always at malls. But, now that I am gainfully unemployed, I’ve realized that malls aren’t crowded during the day. Who knew? So just as I was thinking I should take advantage of the empty malls, BlogHer and JCPenney gave me a $300 e-gift card. YEAH. THREE HUNDRED SMACKERS! Don’t hate the player, baby.

Armed with my e-cards, my mom, Madeline and I hit the JCPenney in my hometown. I had a list of people I wanted to buy Christmas presents for, but nothing in particular in mind. And, yeah, can you believe that I went Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving?! I totally broke my own rules. We entered by the kids section, so we wandered up and down the aisles. I found two cute Christmas dresses for Madeline, a shirt for my nephew, a onesie for my friend’s newborn, and cool pants and a hoodie for my older nephew. There was a lot of selection and the women who worked in the section were really nice and helpful.

After I had the kids done, we wandered around the store to see what else there was. I never realized that JCPenney sold toys, electronics, and gadgets. My mom and I fiddled around with the idea of getting everyone toys, but practicality won out. Darn practicality.

My husband has been lamenting the destruction of our blender for months now, so I knew I needed to pick him up a new one. On our way to the housewares section, I passed men’s athletic wear and picked him up some track pants and a sweatshirt for him. Now he can make himself a smoothie after working out! (Mike would like all of you to STOP LAUGHING, he does SO work out…sometimes.)

I seriously felt like I was on a game show. I bought pillows, a silverware set, a blender, and there were still lots of other things I would have loved to buy. But I still got TONS of loot for $300:

Why? Because JCPenney has insane deals. I didn’t buy a single one of those items at full price. EVEN THE 80 PIECE SERVING SET! When it was all said and done, my mom and I actually commented on how hard it was to spend $300 at JCPenney since everything was on sale.

My e-cards were printed on regular paper from my printer, so I was a little uncertain how they would be received by the cashiers. The first cashier I came on wasn’t sure how to ring up my purchase with the e-card, but luckily her supervisor was there. The supervisor then took the opportunity to show all the cashiers in the area how to use an e-card. I helped them learn!

Holiday shopping is always a pain, but JCPenney made my experience pleasant and easy! Whoo JCPenney!

Want to win your own $300 shopping spree? You’re in luck! BlogHer and JCPenney are giving away a $300 gift card each week for the next five weeks! Just go here to enter!

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