bribri25

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. [emoji3511]

So true. Mine is the very very old obsolete model that you can't do any of the cool new things. It's good for the standard cartridges, but nothing with custom creativity. So, eventually I'll need a new one, too. I used it enough to justify buying the original but have only used it once in the last 5 years, so probably just more waiting for me.

Well, now I'm 8.33% of the way there

1. Amazon, but it's always so hard to find the best deals. 2. Yeah. Menards; in store only. The rest are probably completely online. 3. I miss Black Friday being on Friday.

The days of December are already flying by. Work is busy, shopping still left to do, projects to finish. Happy Holidays.

Started with Menards at 930. Store was pretty empty, comparatively. No waiting to check out; everything in plenty of stock. Then to Joann. I only needed 1 item but couldn't get curbside pickup working so decided to see how the crowd was. Checkout was 3 people deep so I went for it. Got sidetracked by B1G3free Wrapping Paper, snagged. Needed poster board along with the mini clothespins I was after. By the time I got back to to front, the line was 12 people long. Ugh (it was 35 people long by the time I checked out...so still not bad). Still waited 25 minutes to check out. Nixed home depot and harbor freight from my stop list. Got gasoline and eggs and went home.

The store was a ghost town compared to previous years. I went at 930am and was able to get everyone on my list, and more. Plenty of everything left in stock.

Yeah, I think it's so much harder this year because most of the sales have already started, have an online retail option, and people want to get shopping done when they can. If there's no plan to get anything at Menards until after all the other shopping is done, there may not be a need (though, there's always a need for something there).

36/25. Partly cloudy. That's pretty good for us. Probably because they know I'm not planning to go out this year.... except maybe Menards.

That would be awesome; having early morning deep discounts on the day after Thanksgiving. They should call it...... "Black Friday"

[emoji51] Is that a sign we're spending too much at Amazon?

I just noticed this when I went to browse Amazon.com that if you buy items shipped & sold by Amazon.com and use your Discover Cashback Bonus to pay for the item, they take an extra 30% off. Limit of $30 benefit ($100 in products), but that's quite a hefty discount to save your $30 along the way.

I forgot they even had a sale [emoji849]

I'm not convinced there will be any physical copy of any ad...

Can you really blame any retailer? They are all doing the same thing.

Thanks, Brad. Might finally get an Orbital sander. Was looking at a belt sander, but this might do. I'll have to compare with other store brand names (not seeing other ads with one on sale). The hex key set is always useful. Maybe paint sprayer for air compressor.

Best Busy has a few in their BF sale live now.

Menard, BB, Harbor Freight, Joann & Michael's

Wow. They made the photos and print large enough so it would take up 2 full pages. Impressive. [emoji849]

Definitely gone as we knew it. But, still evolving. I so miss making a plan and going to the stores early on Friday. However, I have also enjoyed shopping more online and spending less money because there's less deals [emoji854]

I'm back again.

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#1 Remember these things called DVD? #2 5:21am; Target done. Now what? #3 Camping out for BF is a thing of the past.

I agree that sales throughout November will again be a thing. Not my favorite, but my investment in BF continues to diminish.

You managed to post with a few days to spare; I'm catching the last 28 hours in the month [emoji51]