msomnipotent

I kind of miss the Norelco one with Santa sledding down the hills on a shaver. I haven't seen it for eons and liked it as a kid.

I like the Build-A-Bear idea. I was in there recently and the prices were a lot lower than what I expected. I'm going to take my daughter there for her first birthday (Feb 28th! how time flies!). I would also forget about any scrapbooking things. She can get whatever she wants at a discount if she already works at a scrapbooking store. You can get a nice bottle of champagne (ok, sparkling wine) or a really nice bottle of wine for under $20. You might even be able to get a pair of champagne flutes or wine goblets on sale to go with the bottle. Hand lotions and smelly soaps are always nice. Or gourmet, organic, fair trade, only harvested on a sunny day, carried by a non-whipped donkey, blah blah blah pound of coffee or tea with some mugs would be nice. Or a gift certificate for a manicure at a local salon.

Yes. It goes with the territory. I have never shoved anyone or anything like that, and yet I still manage to get what I want. I wish the mean people would realize that.

A lot of stores are now just giving the last sale price of the item, even if it wasn't the price paid on the gift receipt. How nice of them, isn't it??? And so convenient considering there isn't a price on the receipt. I wish people would return my gift if they do not like it. I get phone calls from family members in July asking if I still have the receipt because they just opened the box and it didn't work, or something crazy like that. Or they have the nerve to re-gift it to me. As if I wouldn't know. It's just a waste of my money. And it isn't like I buy purple and green sweaters two sizes too big. I put a lot of thought into my gifts.

We used to when we were first married. We have it sorted out now. My family for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and my side's B-days, Easter, Christmas Eve, and most birthdays. We switch for the 4th of July and stay at home for Halloween and New Year's Eve. Too many nuts out on those days to go anywhere.

I tip the newspaper guy a fiver. He would get more, but I get several papers wet, and even more go missing. He only gets it because he sticks a card with his name and address in the paper right after Thanksgiving. My mailman might get a tip this year. The mistakes have been drastically reduced from last year, but mail still goes missing and I had to pay a late fee on a credit card because it was never delivered. The garbage men have forgotten to pick up my trash so many times this year that they can just kiss it.

My husband is considered a self-employed contractor, so he sits there and watches everyone get their bonus. I feel for him. But he does get to go to the holiday party and they have raffles there. Come to think of it, he might not even be entered in the raffles. He has never won anything.

It would just be a treat for my nutty dog. I don't know what I'm going to do when my daughter is older. The dog gets the food no matter where I leave it. I think she must be part mountain goat.

I had such a bad experience with BB and their so-called "price matching"!!! I was trying to buy a digital camera, and shopped BB first. The guy said, "Oh, I'm sure we have the best price around on this, but we do price match if you find it cheaper anywhere else." So we found several websites that were much cheaper and brought it back to him. "Oh no, we don't pm online stores.". So I looked at every store within 5 miles of BB and found the same thing more than $100 cheaper at Costco. I went back to BB only to hear, "We only pm our competitors' prices and we don't consider Costco our competitor.". Neither do I. There is no competition between the two in my book. I gave up on getting those stupid BB points, bought the camera at Costco, and let the BB card expire. The jerk wasted most of my day with his lies.

I'll be back. I never miss an opportunity to brag about my shopping skills!

Who needs a restaurant when I usually have enough leftovers sitting in the fridge to last a week!

I knew it!!! I bought one of those animal hampers for $13 and now it will be $6!!! And I used to avoid shopping at Menards because their spokesman was so creepy, but they don't use him anymore.

Isn't the coupon good until Nov 19th but the gift card is good until Dec 31?

Thanks so much. I will run out there Sat to check the computers.

Thanks! I forgot to buy more to make up the difference with the discount, and I ended up with $6 in total. Now I have to go buy more for the $50 gift card!

There will be the same amount of people, but buying less. And instead of them normally spending $800 on a computer for Christmas, they are going to be fighting me for the doorbuster. There might even be more people since money is tight for most people now. They would plan to buy things on sale instead of waiting until the last minute and possibly paying full price.

Aqua Doodle? It's on sale in one of the scanned ads. Probably Target.

If the things you really need to buy are on sale on BF and they wind up costing more than $300, you would be saving money by putting it on the card provided you don't pay a lot in interest. But prioritize what you want. I have learned that instead of saying how much I need, I say what I need to buy and then say how much it costs. Oh course he knows I am not asking him for money, I'm telling him what I am buying! And it really isn't the amount of money you spend on Christmas. It's being happy with what you have and who you are with. I am not happier now during the holidays than I was when we were broke.

I'm surprised they were willing to give her 2 gift cards. Our coupons clearly state only one per customer. Maybe they have different rules for different regions.

I don't know a lot of Christmas carols. I really like the Burl Ives version of "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas". I also sing along with "Feliz Navidad". Ohhh, now it's going to be stuck in my head!!!

It depends on the price of the gift. If it is more than the norm for our gifts, I will discreetly ask them if I can have the upc code once they make sure the item works. I just give them the rebate form if it's less.

I shop for myself. I quit buying people gifts because I have to give everyone the same amount and there are a lot of people to buy for. Plus, there is a lot of competition for what is on the kid's lists. You would think it was BF when the wish lists are emailed to everyone!

I always do. I shop for the decorations, especially nutcrackers.

It's not the holiday season until I hear the cell phone commercial with the guy that shouts, "Happy Holidays from the Harrisons!!" or whatever the last name is. He has to say it really fast because he doesn't have enough minutes. I guess you have to watch it to appreciate it.

I have a 4 year old nephew. He asked for Hot Wheel play sets, some karate kickboxing thing, remote controlled cars, toy tools (Home Depot brand at Amazon has some nice ones) and a robot dog. Just some ideas for you.