cami_reardon

I wrapped them all last weekend. YEAH!!

Holy Moly!! Great deal!!!

Okay so this is gonna sound weird, but the BEST deal I got was our dinner for Christmas eve. >12 lb Prime Rib (GC from mom for my family's restauraunt who will precook and all I have to do is heat to finish the cooking for 1 hr!!) >10 lbs Baked potatoes (coupon for produce 1.00 wyb salad dressing) >4 - 1lb bags of small carrots to make Candied Carrots (coupon for produce 1.00 wyb salad dressing and on sale for .99 per bag!) >4 pkgs Salad (1/1 coupons for Fresh express and sale for 1.00 per 16 oz bag) >6 kinds of Ken's Salad Dressings (free coupons that were in paper for 16 oz size and a trade with a friend) >3 pkgs Bakery fresh rolls (coupons for 1/1 any bread product - winetags) Apple, Cherry, pumpkin and Chocolate pie from bakery (coupons for 2.00/any pie and a sale for Mrs. Smiths' at 3/5.00) >> For appetizers: >4 hickory farms beef logs (coupons to get for free from ebay - just had to have these!! :clapping: ) >4 pkgs crumbled kraft cheese (coupons for 1/1 any package and sale for 3/5) >10 pkgs Rocher candy (b1g1f coupons plus sale of 2 3ct pkgs for 1.00!! from my favorite local grocery store here!) >Crackers (cpns for 1.00/1 any keebler crackers plus sale 2/4) >Veggie tray with Ranch dip (coupons for produce wyb salad dressing and had the dip mixes so just had to buy sour cream) >4 lbs sour cream (free coupons from ebay!! I just had to bid on them! ) Drinks: > 6 - 2ltrs of diet coke (b3g1f coupons) > 6 - 2 ltrs sprite (b3g1f coupons) > iced tea (have this in bag form so I will make brewed refridgerator tea) >Coffee (again, have this) > Lemonade (have this one too) Grand total spent: 27.79!!!! This is gonna feed 14 people! I'm so excited about it *S* I actually get to host Christmas eve and serve SUPER food for less than 30.00!! OMG!! OHHHHH and the left overs will be to die for! *L* :giggle: :gd_orange :gd_orange :gd_orange

Oooooooh! I really love this sale!! I've gotta mark this one down. Thanks!! :gd_pineap

I keep them in our walk in closet until I wrap them, but when I wrap them, I put a CODE on each package that stands for this child or that. Like this year, I used the opposite names that they would have been named if they had been the opposite sex, then just put the first letter of that name on the package. Kevin = A for Ashley Chelsea = T for Timothy Nikolas = M for Molly Dawn = B for Benjamin Hubby (John) = L for Love the other daughter is not here at home, so hers and the son-in-law just have their own name on them. It works. And they never come to this site, so it doesn't matter that I post it all here. :g_laughin

Our lines weren't bad at all. I went two times (two different Walmarts). At the first one I just walked in and got my stuff and at the second, I had to wait for one person. Not bad at all. :gd_pineap

check out my post in Gotta Talk Lounge. I really need advice. Thanks, cami

I know it will sound corny, but I want TIME. Actually, I asked my children, son-in-law and grandchildren to take the time to drive 200 miles each to have a family picture taken for me. My oldest lives 400 miles from home so I asked the kids here to set it up and meet her and the family half way to have a family picture taken for me. So I asked for time from each of my children and grandchildren, time devoted to doing something specifically for the benefit of MOM AND DAD. They say they are going to do it... we'll see.

OHG! I didn't see this. Can you point me to the rebate PLEASE?!

I know some people on another board I visit were trading them to each other. I never got any of them though. I sure wish I would have. With the teenagers and even the grandkids getting so much older now, it would have helped a bunch. I didn't know you could send away for them though. I'll have to do some of that next year. Thanks for the tip!!

My Walmart has them at 10.00 still. No Doodle monsters though. Good luck!!

I went after work on Friday and got a doodlebear for 10.00. I went to a total of 7 Walmarts here in search of 2 carebears and 1 cabbage patch doll, but could not find one. I was really bummed! I'm glad someone was able to get one after the fact. If anyone would be willing to go and get me these things, I could mail out a money order for the cost plus the shipping. *****HUGE SIGH****

Yep, that's the ad I got in Omaha, Nebraska ads too. I don't feel quite so bad about missing BF sales now because one of my main things was the 149.00 computer there. But it does really stink!!

Youngest daughter's last day was Tuesday at school. My last day of work was today, but I have to work BF so that's not really anything big.

I went to KMart last Sunday and got my oldest daughter a black hills gold watch on sale. Retail $170.00 - 70% off = 51.00. Not a bad deal! I was really please with that. I did not make it there today, but I am going tomorrow. Our stores are dingy too, but I tolerate that for the deals i can dig up. I just watch what I buy and check everything out really well before I make a final decision.