Working carers are extremely time poor and sometimes finding the time and energy to do the Christmas shopping may seem an impossible task.

Between your work responsibilities and then rushing home to be a carer, there is precious little time to go browsing through the shops.

So this year we have tapped into the wealth of information provided by members of www.simplesavings.com to bring you the very best online shopping sites we can find.

You can browse online at a time to suit yourself and forget about crowds and parking problems, or being tempted by things that you don’t really need and ending up spending more than you planned.

With the Aussie dollar so strong against the US dollar, buying from overseas sites is a good option, too.

So, try out some of these sites for gift ideas.

Art
Red Bubble
www.redbubble.com

Vintage Venus
www.vintagevenus.com.au

Storybook Children's Art
www.storybookchildrensart.com.au

Books
Social Club Books
www.scb.com.au

Book Depository
www.bookdepository.co.uk

Amazon
www.amazon.com

Fishpond
www.fishpond.com.au

Better World
www.betterworldbooks.com

Charity
Tear
www.usefulgifts.org/viewall/

Clothing
Rivers
www.rivers.com.au

Cosmetics
Strawberry Net
www.strawberrynet.com
 
Sephora
www.sephora.com
need to use a freight forwarder

Entertainment
Big W Entertainment
www.bigwentertainment.com.au

Experiences
Red Balloon Days
www.redballoon.com.au

Handmade
Etsy
www.etsy.com

Made It
www.madeit.com.au

Homewares
Peters of Kensington
www.petersofkensington.com.au

Victoria's Basement
www.victoriasbasement.com.au

Kids Clothes
Pumpkin Patch
www.pumpkinpatch.com.au

Lingerie (plus size)
Lisa's Lacies
www.lisaslacies.com.au

Bella Forma
www.bellaforma.com.au

Magazine Subscriptions
iSubscribe
www.isubscribe.com.au

Mag Shop
www.magshop.com.au

Photos
Snapfish
www.snapfish.com

Stationery
NoteMaker
www.notemaker.com.au

Kikki K
www.kikki-k.com.au

Smiggle
www.smiggle.com.au

Toys
Toot Toot Toys
www.toottoottoys.com.au

Various 
Deals Direct 
www.dealsdirect.com.au

eBay
www.ebay.com.au

Deals Extreme
www.dealextreme.com
based in Hong Kong - wide range

D Store
www.dstore.com.au

Overstock Outlet
www.oo.com.au

Oztion
www.oztion.com.au

BIGShop
www.bigshop.com.au

Crazy Sales
www.crazysales.com.au

Always On Sale
www.alwaysonsale.com.au
 
Big Brown Box
www.bigbrownbox.com.au

Cool Things
www.coolthings.com.au

Grays Online
www.graysonline.com.au

Music & DVDs

Sanity
http://www.sanity.com.au/

‘Green’ products

Neco Smart Green Living
www.neco.com.au

Personalised kids stuff/family gifts/homewares

Identity Direct
www.identitydirect.com.au

Cool gadgets

Deals Extreme
www.dealextreme.com

Computers and laptops

MLN mobile, laptops and notebooks
http://www.mln.com.au

Just a tip - ALWAYS search Google for coupon codes before you go through checkout on any website. You may find at least one code such as free shipping or x% off, so you don’t have to pay the full checkout price.

Find all the bargains in one place from a number of different websites including the "one day limited stock" type websites
http://dealdump.com.au/

This is not a shopping website but has links to all kinds of different shopping websites and gives advice about safe practices when shopping online.
http://www.shopsafe.com.au/