Reel Mama: Give the gift of savings to your family’s budget this holiday season with Kmart’s free layaway

This is a sponsored post, I am a Kmart Layaway blogger, though all opinions are my own.

Last year, when we moved into our first home, I was excited about the potential of our new patio. My first priority: new patio furniture to host our backyard barbecues! I found a good sale at one of the big retailers, but when some unplanned expenses came up, we decided to wait on the big purchase until the following month. Unfortunately by that time, the furniture was not only no longer on sale, but out of stock.

If only I had known about the fantastic free layaway program at Kmart. Placing an item on layaway can make all the difference for your family’s budget. With the holidays coming up, it’s the perfect way to plan ahead on holiday gifts, especially for the larger gifts you plan on giving. Kmart has always offered layaway and from now until November 17 is waiving its layaway fees! Kmart will also honor sale prices with its layaway program, as long as it was marked down within the previous seven days. These are things you just won’t find at the other large retailers.

I've already got my eye on several items I'm planning on placing on layaway this holiday season. The Sony portable DVD player will be perfect for my daughter on those long plane rides we'll be having during the holiday travel season. My husband is a big reader, and so he's going to love the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color. My parents are going to love the Giinii All-in-One True Video Picture Frame, perfect for displaying digital photos of their granddaughter!

Right now Kmart is launching its Kmart's Big Layaway Giveaway: though 11/17/12, Kmart will be giving away a great prize to one lucky layaway customer at each store (NO PURCHASE NECESSARY). What a gift winning would be to any family's budget, including my own!