Thrifty and Thoughtful
I used to cringe and get butterflies in my stomach every time a holiday rolled around. Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Birthdays, Thank You cards, every month there’s a reason to give a card, a gift, or something!
Before we cut our expenses, I was “Queen of Cards.” I loved reading cards and trying to find the perfect one. But between paying $1-$4 per card, per person, every month, it became another added expense. Lucky for frugal folks, holidays also means DEALS!
Don’t Pay For Cards!
Like pantry items…stock up on greeting cards!
- Blank cards
- Thank You Cards
- Generic Birthday
- Holidays (Mother’s Day comes every year, instead of ONE buy FIVE when there’s a good deal!)
Because of Mother’s Day coming up there have been many card deals. And here’s a tip: Father’s Day is right around the corner, so if you missed the deals this week…they’ll be popping up again shortly! 
Current Online Card Deals
- Hallmark.com
- Must Buy 3 cards. ANY 3
- Search cards from priced lowest to highest.
- Pick the 3 cheapest cards you can find, add to cart and use the promo code: SAVE3
- Try the deal HERE
- Shipping is $.99. $.33/card shipped!
- Cardstore.com
- This is the ad BUT add the code LUVMOM at checkout for any free Mother’s Day card!
- =$0, FREE card!
- Treat.com
- If you don’t make the May8th deadline, just get the card sent to you, and keep it for next year!
- Use code: FREETREAT, pay postage
- =$.49 for a shipped card!
And if that’s not enough, print this awesome $3 off 3 Hallmark Cards for CVS!
There are always card deals, and I encourage you to catch as many as you can and add it to your stockpile! I’m ready this week for Teacher’s Appreciation, Mother’s Day and a birthday next week!
Hi! I'm Isra, aka The Frugalette. I took my family from fancy to frugal in 3 years, with 3 kids and 1 income, oh and found the meaning of life too! To read more about my fancy life gone frugal, 
Oh my goodness! So many excellent card deals – thank you VERY much for sharing. I hadn't really thought about stocking up in advance, but that's a good tip
Awesome job on the coupons, BTW. I just started to ease myself back into it last week, so we'll see how it goes!
Thanks for sharing this information. I always like to keep a stock of cards around. You never know when you're going to need one!
WOW! Such cool ideas! My bf's family are big cards fans so this wil be a neat, original and different idea to what we usually. Thank you so much for the nice post!
Happy to join your blog from the FB community… looking forward to your posts! Hope you can visit mine and join as well!
S.O.S. Mom
My gramma used to have a huge card stockpile. I thought she was a little nutty at the time but wow cards are ridiculously expensive!
Your grandma is a smart woman!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I just started buying cards at the Dollar store but you can't beat some of the deals you found.
I know where I am getting my Mother's Day cards for this week. I better get them right now before I forget. Thanks!
Great article at the perfect time! It's crazy how expensive cards can be, but no more!
Appreciate your sharing.