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A friend whose husband is a department manager at our local Walmart said Wednesday...so fingers crossed that I will see it in the morning on here

I was able to get swapforce for the PS3 from my closest Walmart about 945 after getting my daughter on the bus, but they were out of disney infinity...ran to another Walmart after my daughters funrun fundraiser and grabbed the last disney infinity for the xbox360... Would have preferred PS3 since the kids are more familiar with the controller but oh well. My son has been asking for it for months and daddy keeps saying no...half price makes it a go

I haven't heard what time they are opening but I know the local mall is opening at midnight...I need more bras too so it's perfect timing...

This is a card that came in the mail when I got a coupon for free hip hungers and $10 off a bra. The back says its comparable value is $99 and it includes beauty must haves

Walmart 299 iPad mini w/$100 gift card 63 14 pairs of kids pjs (4.50 each) 39 skylanders swapforce 29 storage ottoman 69 men's bike 25 kids twin bed set 39 Disney infinity game 200 kids pjs (44 pairs) to donate Target 15 trouble, clue, sorry 15 two monster high dolls 50 non stick cookware 80 soda stream w/25 gift card 50 xbox live gift cards (5 at $10 each) Build a bear 15 two sock monkeys 12 sock monkey outfits

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and all of our gifts were wrapped growing up, unless they were too big to wrap. I've continued with the tradition with my kids. Nothing in the stocking is wrapped, and any big gifts (this year a train table for DD4 and the little Honda ATV for DS1 cuz DH is a honda guy) aren't wrapped. Santa gets his own paper though. In previous years it's always been something cutesy and girly, and Santa was always kind enough to leave the leftover for mommy to use the next year. This year, DD4's will be girly and cutesy, but DS1 will be gender neutral paper because I didn't think to pick up any boy paper last year after Christmas (I was under the impression that the 20+ rolls I have would be enough..not thinking that it was almost all girly!) Now, usually there's only one or two gifts for each that aren't from Santa. We've asked family to not send Christmas gifts because we want to use christmas as a time where are kids GIVE gifts to people they love rather than them thinking about the gifts they will recieve. The few family members that still do send gifts know that we hold everything until their birthday. And some send us giftcards because they budget for two gift giving periods a year and don't want to accidently forget two of the grandkids at Christmas time...so they know we use it to buy extra birthday stuff for the kids or to buy new clothes when it's needed.

DD4's list has changed slightly every time we've seen Santa this year (we see him multiple times a year because I'm good friends with the people at the set...worked there for two years myself before I had DS1) Last year DD4 (3 at the time) through us for a MAJOR loop though. We had put off pictures with Santa because I was 9 months pregnant and really didn't want to do it twice if the lil guy was born before Christmas. We were so good last year, had everything DD wanted, and then Christmas eve we take DD and DS (who was only 4 days old at the time) to see Santa and DD asks for a TRAIN! That was the first we'd heard about her wanting a train, and DH and I looked at each other like 'oh no, what do we do?' There was NO WAY I was going to try to go shopping on Christmas Eve for a big gift like that, especially since we had both kids with us and nowhere to hide it. So this year, what's the first thing DD asks Santa for? A train. We figured since DS will be able to get a few years out of it when she's done with it, it's worth the expense. Since then, she has added a barbie to the list (which Santa actually gave her at a Christmas party!) and she asked him if he'd bring her more pjs and a new toothbrush (Santa always brings PJs and a toothbrush in our house...as well as new toothpaste and socks) Of course, two days ago, DD tells Santa she wants a RAT (as in zhu zhu hamster). I bought one for a friend because she couldn't find them and I happened to run across one and DD saw it. And, even though she has now added it to her list, I still gave it to my friend because I'd told her I would. Of course, I'm sure it would keep DD4, DS1, and the dog entertained for hours!

I didn't get one, but I saw that at the Walmart I shopped at. I only remember because they were on top of the pallet that had the guitars in it and everybody kept asking if we knew where the guitars were. I used it as my landmark for other customers. Of course, the walmart I went had employees that were letting you grab what you wanted before 5 (with an exception of the big ticket items of course) but you couldn't ring out until 5.

Wow elena sounds like my TRU this morning! Except, we didn't have any actual fights break out, but management was worried it would happen so they called the cops to prevent it. We were in and out of the line from 930 til 1130 (we were going back and forth to my friends house making cocoa for the 10 people we were with and then also for the four or five right behind us) and at 1130 it was getting bad! Our line went across the front of the store, down the side, then headed towards the street (fortunately it was a dead end), crossed the street and was halfway to the mall! We were still more than 100 people back (my guess would have been close to 125 in front of us) and we were still able to get the zhu zhu tickets. TRU didn't open their doors until about 1215, but we were in our car on the way to walmart by 1am anyways (with EVERYTHING we wanted!!!)

This morning was CRAZY. A friend of mine took her daughter and a bunch of her daughter's friends to TRU last night (I think they were all juniors in high school, with a few that may have been in their early 20s). Friend and I kept leaving and coming back with hot chocolate and snacks and we shared with the people around us so they were find with us coming and going. Line was crazy long by 1130 and people were starting to call the store to complain to the managers that other people were attempting to jump in line at the front. Management came out and handle out tickets for things, police showed up about 1145 and the TRU management made an announcement that they wouldn't open until it was orderly outside. Took the police nearly 30 minutes to get everyone out of the parking lot that was near the front of the store. Sadly, I was only there for three items but I was able to get all three (Fisher Price medical set for DD4, the Mega Bloks Smart Piano for DS1 and one for a birthday gift too). Managed to get a zhu zhu figuring DD4 would probably love it (or it would freak her out and I'd love her reaction LOL). Was in the parking lot headed to Walmart by 1. Got to Walmart about 130, I saw three or four people pass me speeding and get pulled over so i stayed right at the speed limit. At Walmart we started walking around to see where everything was when we found the digital photo frames and and employee was telling other people to go ahead and grab one, so I did too. Saw where the PJs were and then headed to the toy department. Managed to find where most of the toys were when an employee came over to ask if he could help us (like 2 or 230am) and we said we were just waiting til 5 to get everything. He said to go ahead and get whatever we can without opening the pallets so my friend loaded up her cart with toys (she has 5 kids all under 10) and I grabbed the Leapster Laugh and Learn Table or whatever it is. Managed to get the container of Mega Bloks even though it was still covered in cardboard (my friend saw it in someone else's cart and told the empoyee that if that person could have it already then so would she and the employee just moved out of her way!) I also got 3 sets of girl's pjs, 2 girls hoodies, 4 sets of infant pjs, Madagascar 2, and then a Leapster game and the new Tinkerbell movie to price match the Target ad. After I picked up all the black friday sales stuff, it was only about 4 and so I went over to the food section and grabbed a few 12 packs of soda and a case of water for DS1's birthday party in a few weeks (slowly picking stuff up so it's not as much of a shock to our wallet when it comes to the last minute) Was in line at the register at 450 and in my car by 505! Headed to Target and was in the store by 520. Still had the one movie Walmart didn't have (Sex And the City..for my FIL) and the Cars Shake and Go cars (for DS1 and DD4). Store was out of the crockpots (for MIL because she was watching DD4 for us this morning!). Cash register line was crazy because they had THREE of them, but people were nice and the line was moving pretty quickly. The only thing that I didn't get was the Cricut, but that was mainly because DH and I had discussed it earlier in the week and decided against it right now but that maybe in a few months once things are settled with an insurance claim

It says "Be the one of the first 100 guests...to get the hottest toy of the year on Nov 26 at midnight. In-store only. One per household" Sounds like TRU will have 100 zhu zhu, not that they will be giving them away to the first 100 people in line. Definately not something that's on my list anyways...

emilygracesmom~they remodeled our store this summer too! I honestly like the new look with the aisles being clear and uncluttered. I know at my local walmart, I saw them restocking a bunch of pjs that were priced at 5.00 and looked like they might be the 3.00 ones, they had taken a section in the kids department and used the shelves on the wall for them. I haven't been in a few days but I'm hoping my store will have things in logical places unlike last year. Last year they had the PJs in MULTIPLE places throughout the store, almost like they were trying to find a place for them and just dropped them wherever (I'm talking full pallets in multiple places so not like customers just moved them) So stores that have had the new remodel may have more logical places since the article I read a while back about the remodel mentioned part of it was nothing in the aisle ways because they are trying to make it more consumer friendly. Looks like I'll be running over there after taking DD4 to preschool this morning

I wasn't able to pull it up with the link posted, just took me to my facebook home page...but when I searched in the facebook search box for toys r us it came up. Nothing I'm really impressed with. Free crayons and play food are the only things I see that even have a small spark of interest

It was in mine as well. Also got the Dollar General Thanksgiving Day Ad today. Honestly though, it makes sense as to why GottaDeal was originally given permission to post it tomorrow, considering it wouldn't be released earlier then they had released it.

thanksgiving day...we subscribe to Sunday only but still get the Thanksgiving and Christmas papers. Walmart's ad was in today's paper though...and I saw the Thanksgiving Day ad for Dollar General in today's paper as well.