Back To School Shopping With My RBC Rewards #RBCRewards101
It’s-back to-school season and that means a whole list of new expenses for mom and dad. It truly doesn’t matter the age of your child, as long as their in school this time of year is expensive! My daughter Ava, who attends pre-school three days a week even needs to bring certain items to school at the beginning of the year. Besides that, being a growing three year old she is basically needs new clothes each season.
As a parent, I know these are normal expenses, but when I’m doing my back-to-school shopping I try to save as much as possible. One secret of mine, is to take advantage of the reward points I earn with my RBC visa card. I tend to be one of those people who charges everything to my credit card and then pay it back at the end of the month. That’s why I love being a RBC rewards member, because I earn at least 1 RBC Reward point per dollar spent when using my card. It’s unbelievable how fast the rewards build up! The reward points can redeemed at RBCrewards.com for merchandise through the reward eMall, gift cards and Best Buy/ Future Shop products.
This back-to-school season, I chose to redeem my reward points for a Visa Gift card. Once I received the card, I waited till the GAP had a huge sale and then I went on a little shopping spree! I bought Ava an entire fall wardrobe and I didn’t have to put a dime down. Taking advantage of my RBC Reward point, definitely helped stretch my back- to-school budget.
Have you started your Back to School To Do list yet? Check RBCrewards.com and see the variety of stores to shop at online through the site. You can even earn extra points by shopping through the reward eMALL.
To give you more inspiration on how to use your RBC Reward points, RBC has also created a ‘how-to’ video. Check out the videos here!
Giveaway
In celebration of back-to-school, RBC Rewards is giving one lucky reader of Celeb Baby Laundry one $25 gift card to either Target, Esso, Indigo or Best Buy.
You may enter to win across multiple blogs, but can only win on one. You must be 18, and live in Canada (excluding QC).
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Winner will receive their prize 4-6 weeks after the contest closes.
Disclosure: I am part of the RBC Rewards Back to School Blogger Campaign with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
I still need to pick up dividers and indoor shoes
Oh we still need the backpack, shoes, socks, boxers, and a fall coat!
new shoes and clothes
Need new back to school clothing.
When I was returning to school, I needed to purchase new binders every year.
Need to shop for new back to school clothing.
I still need indoor shoes for my Son…I keep waiting looking for a sale!
on my list is still a calculator, geometry set and some binders. I have picked up the rest of my sons supplies
We need runners, a jacket & crayons
For back to school, we need new runners and hoodies for my son.
need to get shoes
How cool that you can earn gift cards! Those always come in handy!
Well I think I am almost done finally. But the girls are always growing so I could probably use some more pairs of jeans. Target has some very good prices on them.
I love reward programs that help stretch my dollar! Back to school shopping can be a big drain on the cash flow so any perks or help is nice!
I need to purchase shoes, a jacket, pens, possible a new lunch bag.
Sounds like a great idea. I should do these and get least get rewarded for my purchases.
That card is a great idea. Back to school shopping can be so expensive!
We are done with shopping other then a possible sketch pad for art if it is needed.
Back to school is so expensive and they don’t even use half the stuff we are required to buy. But it’s for the kids.
I’d like to get my daughter new shoes and some cute new outfits for school.
My son started a new school that requires uniforms, so we’ve been wiped out by that. We need EVERYTHING else! LOL! Notebooks, pens, pencils, headphones… etc.
I need to get fall clothes! We have enough clothes until the colder weather starts heading this way!
We still have to get glue sticks and scissors. We’ll wait to get the supply list Tuesday, to make sure we’ve got everything the teacher requested.
I so need to get this! I would love to go on a mini shopping spree to get the kids some more back to school clothes with the rewards.
I hadn’t heard of this reward program. It looks very useful and easy to use.
I love this contest and it is open to Canadians…yay! I need to get my kids a few more binders,.
We are getting ready to start school in another couple weeks … home school. We’re starting later than everyone else but I was glad to have a little more time before we had to. 🙂 I do need to make a list though of things we need to pick up.
I think its awesome for them to offer this giveaway – totally perfect for those getting back to school!