HanShotFirst

Same here on buying the store brand staples so I don't earn much, if any at all. I'm disappointed they are doing this but I don't think it will be a huge loss for me.

ugh.....sigh. I always go over but this year i just can't. I'm looking to have a budget of $50, maybe $60 on the big three that I must buy. I'm still going to try to do Angel Tree gifts buy maybe only one Angel this year instead of 2 or 3. Trying to budget for an outdoor wireless camera/doorbell for myself. Otherwise I need nothing else and I certainly don't need another durn Koh's throw.

This is precisely why I end up ordering more than I want then I get them and they are all so cute I end up keeping them!!!! ARGH! Darn you Kohl's Print all they way! LOL

tracy, I fixed my mom her very own stocking one year and her reaction was priceless! I should do that again.

Oh lord. I have started repeating to myself that I do not need another throw.

Thanks! I certainly don't need another monthly bill.

I'm considering a video doorbell or wireless camera for my front door. In this day and age I hate not having a peephole in my door. I need to do some research because I need it to be simple to install and simple to use. I'm not the most handy gal around but I do have tools. LOL.

Christmas with the Kranks, Christmas Vacation, Elf, 4 Christmases, Jim Carrey's The Grinch. I think it's time to dig them out of the back of the Entertainment Center cabinet!

With this, it's officially BF season in my book!

Opening one gift (always PJ's) on Christmas Eve at the grandparents' house and all the cousings posing for a pic in front of the tree with out new PJ's on. Never failed that one of us was crying (or angry the older we got) in the picture! LOL Making homemade sugar cookies and decorating them. We still make the cookies but no longer decorate them. We just ice them as we eat them straight from the tub of icing.

Yippee!!!

Wah ha ha!!!!! Well I guess that explains my love for all thing Star Wars (at the least the original 3) since I was addicted to soap operas as a kid/teen, Days of Our Lives being #1 on my list. I wanted to marry Bo Brady. Victor Kiriakis in his best Vader voice...….."Bo, I am your father"

1. My most wanted gift this year was going to be the Echo Spot but I didn't want to wait that long to get it so I bought one on Prime Day. I love it more than my Dots and use it as my alarm clock. Love the "start my day" feature. 2. The current #1 wish list item is now a new nook Glowlight. My current nook is old and doesn't have a built in reading light so it's way past time for an upgrade. I'm an avid reader and use my nook just as much as reading an actual book. So I'm asking for that combined with a B&N gift card to buy books. 3. Two years ago I asked for some wireless earbuds. Never had much of a need for them but now since upgrading my iPhone I no longer have a earbud jack so they will finally be a necessity. Along the same lines, we gave my elderly father some wireless over-the-ear headphones so he could watch videos on YouTube without disturbing the entire house.

OK. I must know where he got these!!! I need these in my life! I tried to find the Harry Potter ones last year at Target and could never find them or order them.

I have a lot of brainstorming to do as I have no clue for gifts this year! It's starting to make me nervous too because by now I usually at least have ideas for everyone....

The only place I pay via store app is at Target. It's so easy with the RedCard because mine is a debit attached to my checking account. One scan of one barcode on the Target app does any coupons you added to your wallet, any Cartwheel discounts and your RedCard payment. I'll never do this at Walmart because I'm always paying a different way there.

100% agree with all of this! I don't want to use a credit card just to grocery shop every time. I do use my Walmart credit card when I use Grocery Pickup though because they do give you a 3% statement credit when you do, or at least they used to. I hate the app too. Half the time my receipts wont scan. I've just about stopped using Savings Catcher anyway because I rarely get anything back anymore.

Right?! I have an extra day off from work this week, it’s not so hot today so I’m in the mood for fall decorations! Happening tomorrow! I’m so excited to see all the sub forums and contests again!

Yay for the shirts and the zipper pouches!

Ha! I love seeing those shipping containers! My Dad was a trucker and retired from Walmart Distribution many years ago but he still tells stories of hauling all the BF merchandise around the area. I think he secretly loved it though. LOL

I love the frenzy. I don’t need much this year or so I say! I said the same thing last year too and went waaaay over budget and loved every minute of it. I blame my sister having to work on the actual Black Friday so I spent thanksgiving with her and I blew up the town going to stores I normally don’t have access to during that weekend.

Come on Harbor Freight! LOL!

I love those emails! My birthday is in December so double love them!

September.......pumpkin spice is taking over the world already. Not that I care mind you. I’m sick of the hot weather and even sicker of my summer clothes. College football starts today in these parts and my beloved Razorbacks are destined for failure again this season. Except for baseball, track&field and sometimes gymnastics it’s heartbreaking to be a Hog sports fan. Still, I carry on “woo pig sooie-ing. LOL

I hear ya! I would love to have it done but I'm petrified of the actual procedure. My sister had it done 10 years ago and has never looked back but I can't seem to work up enough nerve, even though my vision is HORRIBLE. She says she remembers seeing a bright red light then everything went black and I'm like "ok, that'll do. I'm good". LOL Plus I don't have an extra couple of $grand laying around to spend.