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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.

Little over 2 hours here. I'm excited to go to Kmart, Big Lots and my MIL. She's a great cook and won't let any of us bring anything. YUMMY!

Too funny! I'm gonna have to go out there sometime before they close and see what's available. I have to work BF (mandatory OT thanks to some stupid thief!) so I have to do all my weekend shopping between tonight and Sunday without the Blitz sales! UGH! Can you tell I'm a little bitter??

I saw that thread about CompUSA, and I have written down the ones so far. Thanks so much for the help! Are there any others that we know of?? :clapping:

Okay, I have been officialy notified that I have mandatory OT on BF!! UGH! So I now need to know what stores will be having sales that last through Saturday. I thought that it would be nice to have it all compiled into one thread so that it's easy to find and identify. Please list any you notice here. Thanks !!

Brad, Please consider legal action. If the people that have been wronged over the years by this journalist - I am using this term liberally in this case - (if I remember correctly, one of the posts states that they have made fun of him for years) had all spoken up, journalists everywhere would benefit. Not only would the media outlets realize that they will be watched and will have to be prepared to answer for their own wrongdoings, but they will also have to be prepared to answer for their employees verbally, financially and legally. These employees have a great amount of power. They can slander someone, even by association, without a second thought. This could lead to better editing procedures and tougher choices of who may or may not be able to provide information to the public on more important matters (such as the war or 9/11 or what have you). Don't get me wrong, there are a great number of journalists that do an exceptional job of checking their information and supporting their conclusions, but in the end that is all it becomes. Their own conclusion. If a reporter could make a good case that the sky is green and support it with unsubstantiated facts, you would be surprised at what happened in the subsequent weeks. *S* I do not have my degree as of yet, but I am a senior print journalism major. I served as the editor of my high school paper for four year, my college paper for two years and served on the county paper here for four years. I still do part time work for a local paper. If I had put together an article like this one, not only would I need to have the proof available for the editor, I would have needed to meet with Legal prior to printing the story and my full name would have appeared. Someday, I will find the time to finish my degree but that's not the point here. The point is that this journalist, the editor, the publisher/production manager, and the station dropped the ball on their verification process and the site has suffered from Libelous Remarks that are TOTALLY not true. He has accused you of breaking the Truth In Advertising clause and this in itself could lead to legal action. Not by any of us that know you and your site, but by some flybynight that decides to jump the bandwagon. That is punishable by law and compensation could be a result, at the least it deserves a written retraction as well as an on-air retraction. Please do not let them get away with this as it will only lead to them doing the same to someone else in the future. Okay, off my soapbox now. *L* :gd_soapbo

I didn't get to see the show, but WOW that list is amazing!! And it's good that she gave out to those who gave of themselves to help others. Nice to see.

I think this one's the cutest I've seen in a long time! I love the bears anyway and the penguins are adorable too!!

Haven't heard for sure yet. Son #1 says yes, son #2 says no. So I've got no clue *L*

Bath and Body Works usually has some really great prices on BF. Not sure if it's morning hours only or all day as I'm usually there when they start to open (with the exception of last year - bummer!).

They just did a BF story and told people to come to GD for a sneak peek of the ads. They even put the web addy up at the bottom of the screen for about 30 seconds!! :lolrun: :lolrun: