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Burlington Coat Factory $100 Challenge (and GIVEAWAY of course!)

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“A man can walk into Burlington Coat Factory with $645 and walk out a king.”
– Michael Scott, The Office, 12/4/08

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All of my regular readers (i.e. those of you who AREN’T just here to win a contest) know that I’m uh, um, cheap frugal. So at Christmas time, I always moan and groan in a very Scrooge-like way about all the money I am going to have to shell out for presents. Watching the sale papers for weeks for that EXACT gift to go on sale can be a bit tiresome. So, I was excited when the folks at Burlington Coat Factory offered me a $100 gift card and challenged me to see HOW MUCH I could get for $100. Woohoo!! This is MY KIND of challenge, people! At first I was all, “Yay, free $100! Now I don’t have to spend so much out-of-pocket on my dumb wonderful family!” But that only lasted for about thirty seconds. You see, my friend Andrea had told me just the day before about a family she met a couple of weeks ago that has three children, (one of whom is seriously ill) and not much else. I knew in my heart that I should take the Burlington $100 Challenge to see how much $100 would buy this family for Christmas. So, Saturday my BFF Luanne and I went to Burlington and had a BLAST shopping for them! It was difficult because Burlington has SO MUCH to choose from. The parents needed clothes and the kids (ages 5, 4 and 2) needed toys and it took us forever to pick things out because the selection of both clothes and toys was incredible! But after MUCH deliberation, here is what we picked out!

Two nice shirts for dad ($16.99 and $9.99) and a sweater and a fleece for mom (both $9.99)

shirts for adults

A CARS Mega-blocks set for the five-year-old ($16.99), a Cinderella Princess doll for the for-year-old ($10.99) and the V-Tech Discovery Nursery Farm for the two-year-old ($19.99).

toys for kiddos

Grand Total = $95.93 (before tax)

All that for less than $100!! And I was able to get it all conveniently in the same store, without even entering a mall! Yahooo! Thanks Burlington Coat Factory!

Allright, now you’ve seen what I can do with a $100 Burlington Coat Factory gift card – help give a Merry Christmas to a family who badly needs it. Burlington Coat Factory and Mommin’ It Up are giving FIVE of you, dear readers, the chance to do the same thing! We wanna see how much YOU can get at Burlington Coat Factory for $100!! Because we want you to have plenty of time to shop, this is going to be a SHORT giveaway. I will close comments and draw the five winners of the $100 gift card at 8 a.m. this Friday, December 12th. Then I will mail you your gift cards lickety-split so you can get to shoppin’!

There are a couple of rules to this contest (made by ME, not Burlington Coat Factory).
1) Don’t enter this contest if you do not have a Burlington Coat Factory nearby that you can shop at. Please give someone who can use it for Christmas the chance to do so.
2) If you win, and you have a blog, you will need to post your $100 Challenge shopping trip on your blog and let me know so I can link to it!
3) If you win and you don’t have a blog, you will need to email me a picture or description (or BOTH) of your $100 challenge shopping trip and I will post it here.
4) You do not HAVE to use your $100 gift card to give back to someone else, but I highly encourage you to do so! Think of what you can do to show someone in need what Christmas is all about this year! That being said, if winning this for your family is what you need, by all means use it as you see fit.

Ok – all you have to do to enter is leave a comment! One per person! Random number generator will pick the five winners! Happy entering!

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152 Replies to “Burlington Coat Factory $100 Challenge (and GIVEAWAY of course!)”

  1. What a great “pay it forward” idea. I am certain that God will show me exactly whom to spend it on if I win. And I will enjoy every minute of posting it on my blog!

  3. What a wonderful giveaway…you did great with the challenge too. I would love to have the opportunity to shop that way for my family. This would be the perfect year for it too as our finances are completely limited…thanks for the opportunity to try!!!!
    -barbarabaker
    Merry Christmas everyone!!!

  4. Our church has partnered with a local ministry for the holidays and I know they could use any items from something like this. Thanks for offering!

  7. Thanks for the opportunity! I enjoy shopping at Burlington’s. This will definitely help with my Christmas list.

  9. Oh, I would love to take this challenge! Count me in! There’s a BCF not far from here. I got my daughter’s crib there actually a few years back. 🙂

  10. With 5 kids and only one of us working and one in school I think we would be getting winter coats for the kids. Love all your stories and pics always make me smile. Thanks Jess

  12. Fun, I like bargain shopping! I would get some stuff for my first child due next year, and some for the local shelter.

  14. We have friends whose father lost his job two months ago. The kids are the same ages as ours and our family would LOVE to shop for them at Burlington Coat Factory! What a great idea!

  15. I would love to win this and shop for a friend. The dad lost his job a few weeks ago, they already moved in with family and have said they won’t be buying any Christmas presents this year.

  17. My daughter just came home with a leaf off the giving tree at school and I would love to be able to tell her to pick several more! I didn’t think I would be able to give very much back this year but this would go a long way to helping me do just that!

  19. This would be such a blessing to our family. Our daughter needs a coat and my husband is getting laid off on the 31st. Thanks for offering this.

  22. I’d love the challenge to see what I could do at BCF. We have a newly single new Mom at our church and I would love to be able to do something nice for the new baby. I’m sooo jelous that I never get to buy anything for little girls.

  23. This is my first time so hope that I’m doing this right. Burlington is great…good deals and good brands. I would use some of the GC to get some nice church shoes for my nephew. He needs a nice pair for his poem at church.

  24. What a great giveaway! I love Burlington Coat Factory and always go there to buy my DD her dancing tights (at $3.99 a pair they are the cheapest place around!) If I was to win the GC I would use it to pick up some toys for the Toys for Tots bin, it’s been pretty empty everytime I go by it.

  25. I’ll take it! There’s a BFC about 5 miles from my house, and a Christmas family in need at our church!

  26. I’m in!!! I definatley know some folks who could use a blessing at Christmas… I heart my Burlington!!!

    Thanks for the opportunity!!

  32. I’m going shopping next week sometime and there is a Burlington Coat Factory close by! My daughter is going through a tough time right now and I would love to buy her four kids something with this gift card! Thanks for the chance!

  33. We have adopted two families from a local homeless shelter, and would love to be able to adopt another family! This would give us the ability to do just that, and it would be a fun challenge!

  34. Every year my children enjoy shopping for the foster children my brother and sister-in-law care for. Even though they know these children may only be in their care for a short period of time, they take pride in knowing that they helped make their holiday in a strange place a little brighter.

  35. oh my gosh, A Burlington Coat Factory just opened here last month.
    Please please pick me mr. random generator!

  38. First, I have a Burlington Coat Factory within 2 miles of my home, and, second, I plan to use this card to give back. I sit on the Board of Directors for Girls Inc. and we have several girls in our program in need – especially during the holiday season. I’m thinking new coats! Thanks.

  42. My daugher and son-in-law have been helping a mom & 3 boys for several years. I know they will do something for Christmas but I also know theirown giving budget is tighter. This would help them provide even more. Oh —–yes there is a BCF in Dayton. Merry Christmas

  43. Oh, I already have the perfect family picked out for this!!

    Thanks so much for this awesome giveaway and the challenge for the winner! And I have BCF on the way home from work!

  45. I love Burlington. And the Baby Depot is where I have shopping for items for my sis-in-law who is register there. Her son, is due in March, and Burkington has all the cutest things for him. We can’t wait til he arrives so we can spoil him rotten. This givewaway will make a nice shower gift for her. I can’t wait to see if I win!

  46. Is it bad to say I’ve never been in a Burlington? But if Michael Scott and Jenny recommend it, it might be worth a shot!

    We’re buying Christmas gifts for a needy family through our house church this year. I think I’d take $20 to buy something for my impossibly hard-to-buy-for husband, and spend the other 80 on them.

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