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*Edit: I think the link is dead. :-\ It's called Engravable Stainless Steel Pocket Watch from J.C. Penney. I found this... and feel a bit better about it as it is stainless steel and has engraving option, too. Suggestions? http://www.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?Grptyp=PRD&ItemId=16954bd&cmOrigId=167234e&cmTypeFlag=RichRel&cmCatID=searchresults

I'm glad you brought that up. I just read that they are gold-tone and silver-tone. From what I've read, that means they aren't even plated with real gold or silver, just dipped in paint. Is this true? If so, I don't think this is worth $80. :-(

This is the first time my Mom has ever really asked for anything for Christmas. She's really stoic and hardly ever lets her wants become audible to others because she wants everyone else to get what they want. So now that I know this is what she wants, I want it to be nice. I found something from Zales that I do think is nice and not cheap, but I'm not a jewelry expert and have never bought anything like this for anyone before. This pocket/pendant watch comes in silver and gold. I cannot post the links on here because I don't have enough posts, but it's called: Ladies' Personalized Silver-Tone Pocket Clip Watch (8 Characters) from the Zales website. Is this a good item for the price?? I don't want to buy my Mom junk for the one time she actually asked for something on Christmas! Also, you can have it engraved... which I think is nice, too. I'm also confused on that, as well. First name or initials? Any help would be great! It is also available for free shipping and the Cyber Monday discount.

This was my first true Black Friday experience. I've been to Black Friday twice before this year, but was just a teenager and not really buying anything with my own money. I had to work Thursday and Friday night, so I brought my laptop to work to shop online. Wednesday night I bought a 42 inch 1080p TV for $299 from Newegg for my parents. This purchase was easy and no problems at all. I bought the TV at about 11 pm and went back to the website at 3 AM and they were all sold out. Thursday night I mainly shopped online at Wal-Mart. This was extremely frustrating. They would not give a specific time of when their items would be available to purchase. On their Facebook page they just kept saying "early Friday morning", which is so subjective and not helpful. I started checking at 11 PM (central time here) and checked on the hour until 2 AM. Actually, I think their sale started at about 1:50 AM, which is quite odd. I got everything in my cart, but when I went to check out I received multiple error messages. I didn't freak out too bad though because people on the Wal-Mart forum on here were receiving the same error messages. I had to repeat the checkout process multiple times and by the time I got done, I had lost several items out of my cart. I managed to check out with the $5.97 pajamas, $49 digital camera, $5 camera case, $19 shop vac, and the $36 Bissell vacuum cleaner. I wanted the $2 waffle maker, $9 crock pot, $6.88 sheets, and $1.88 towels. The towels were never available online for me to purchase. I went back to the website Friday night and the crockpot and sheets were available again, so I grabbed those up. On Friday night I ordered a couple of things from J.C. Penney. I got a $9.88 waffle maker that was originally $60, which I think is better deal than the $2 Wal-Mart one (for me) because I had been wanting a waffle maker before the sale. It's one of those flip/rotating ones made of stainless steel. I bought $8 hand towels for $3.48, $20 slippers for $14, and $26 pajamas for $8.88. Not sure if I got the very best deals available, but I feel pretty good about my purchases. I don't mind spending a little more to not have to deal with the crowds, rudeness, and all that goes with it.