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my bf is absolutely CONVINCED he wants an IBM laptop now. arghhhhhhh he said he's heard too many dell horror stories. i wonder how many of these are attributed to user error.

ooh. tempting. damnit. CA i have to pay sales tax though.

FLOOZ! i so remember flooz!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO only in chicago, in LA they're 9.94.

heck if you're near a fry's, get a friend that works there to buy it for you. it's cat5, so they're not going to care if he buys a few hundred feet. the markup is insane on cables.

ooh. i might have to get quiznos tomorrow.

i won the digital camera at my company's raffle at our xmas party. it was a samsung 4mp with no optical zoom, and i found out it cost about 150 bucks. it's an interesting economy camera. 16mb internal memory.

last time i did that they hassled me about it. i was like "i ddin't receive it" and they verified my address on file had indeed changed.

i wouldn't have bought the candy canes, but i sure as heck would have bought the chocolate.

i think i'm going to hit the outlets this weekend to see what clothes they have from winter out on clearance. scored some massive deals last year.

i didn't check out the christmas deals... but i did see they're starting to put valentine's day stuff out already.

DARN i should have gone to walmart - i need a new hair dryer. the one i use now has little puffs of smoke every now and then when i use it.

7) PROFIT!!!!!!!

do you still have copies of EVERYTHING? (i.e. the rebate form itself, your receipt, and the UPC?) if you have the rebate form, there should be a website, address or phone number that you can contact to check on the status of your rebate. some rebates can take more than 2 months. if your rebate said 4-6 weeks, there is also the possibility it is held up in the millions of holiday letters being sent out. also, check your mail carefully. not all rebates come in an envelope with a check. some staples rebates i got came as a post card that i deposited directly into my accounts. who is the HD Manufacturer? officemax should have some kind of system to track rebates - i know for a staples one i had, i could view the status online and when i never received it, they simply voided the first sent, and sent another.

i'd stock up on christmas supplies, but i don't even know where i'll be living next christmas, so i don't want to load up on a lot of things that'd be a pain to move.

i used to work at circuit city. we saw a little gaggle of teenagers one day, so one of the other CSR's (i worked upfront in customer service) started discreetly tailing them. she must have been distracted by another customer or something because then i see two teenage boys, walking up to the front, one with an xbox in each hand, the other with a ps2 in each hand, security tags still attached. i see them heading towards the door and i'm like "guys you have to come over here to get those taken off" and they BOLT for the exit. two guys take off after them (we're not supposed to take off after anyone, ever) and manage to get the xboxes back, but the ps2's were gone. i called the manager on duty up to the front to let her know. idiots. THAT'S BLATANT.

always with contacts, i'd say get a fitting and if you have insurance, buy at least whatever your insurance will cover. shady places selling you contacts without a prescription worries me. when i first got my contacts i had on acuvue 2's and i discovered they were too small for my eyes, which is why i use the biomedics now. my doctor is nice enough to give me a contact prescription which i filled with him and wrote out a prescription for glasses also.

i unfortunately use biomedics 55, which costco currently does not carry. thankfully i have vision insurance, so that paid for half a year, and the other half i paid for up front with a 30 dollar MIR. my total cost would be 80 dollars for the contacts, and 10.00 for the exam. i've used 1800contacts in the past, and found everything to work very well. sorry it didn't work out for you. price doesn't fluctuate that much whenever i looked. i liked 1800 contacts because you can return unused lenses (YAY!) to exchange for your new prescription. not sure if anyone else has that.

JANUARY. major sales usually last that month. at least last year, i hit the outlets hard in january, and then again in feb or march, when they're clearing out the winter season items and trying to make way for spring.

well just my family alone is at least 100, but i kept a strict 20 per person budget because of limited funds. same goes for close friends. the only person i semi splurged on was the BF, because he wanted this box set of a korean drama and well, THOSE THINGS AREN'T CHEAP! (and the english subtitles are horrible... engrish to the max.)

very tempted to do that when i go home later. i need to root around our storage unit for construction paper. i still intend to make michael jordan a santa hat.

1998 honda civic lx. i want it to keep on ticking for as LOOOOOOONG as possible. i have 82,000 miles on it now. :)

YEEEEEEEEES. i finished over the weekend while my car was being oil changed. i swear shopping was easier when you didn't have to worry about parking. i rode the bus down to third street promenade in santa monica (nice outdoor mall) and the bus dropped me off back in front of the honda dealer.

sent out on t he VERY last day i could (i had two that had to be postmarked within 14 days of the purchase date, whew.) the rest i sent out that day. now i wait. i should let my parents know not to throw out my mail. i sent all the rebates to my parent's house since i don't trust LA mail

well... you could do like i did today and actually go into their store and be greeted by one of their shirtless models, which perturbed me.