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So I was just down on the porch, in the freezing cold, so desperate to finish putting up my lights before christmas comes that i was in my hoodie, pj pants, & slippers, & while trying to not staple-gun myself, i bent over in a funny way & rrrrrrrip, there goes the area of my pjs so, if anyone wants to share some story about the time they fell off a ladder or something, do it here & let us share your pain

haha the squirrel! i love that movie!!

anyone know when the sale starts?

1-800-flowers.com has a 10% off gift baskets special thru the 23rd, use code BASKET

highway robbery, stupid electronics stores

as a matter of fact i'm watching a&e's biography: santa claus, from which i just learned about the tradition of the feast of st. nicholas..apparently church leaders werent too happy about him being more popular with little kids than jesus, so they created a similar 'character,' kris kringle, who did what st. nick did, but on christmas, & it was a combination of these 2 figures that became santa claus in the 1800s

thanks :) it's a real monster, we could barely get it up the stairs - i'll take another pic after it's totally decorated

they just opened one near my favorite mall, i cant wait to go! :)

if anyone's interested, here is a picture of what $35 will get you around here (yes, it's my tree, not done decorating but you get an idea of how big & full it is - ceiling is 9ft) http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b159/plumsiren/tree3.jpg

i know when we give to the shelter by where my parents work they generally ask for things like socks, slippers, toiletries, etc, & we usually also give something extra like a board game (chess or checkers) too

just got ours from home depot today, prices were $25-$50 for regular-size trees we got a 9ft fir i believe for $35...the ones for $30 are the most popular walmart here tho had them for $18-32, & local places average about $30-40

oh no it goes on for quite a while, at least a week im pretty sure, maybe 2?

outlets are usually in big malls, but are sometimes stand-alone stores by themselves or grouped together...for example here in new jersey there's a mall called jersey gardens which is about half-outlets & half regular stores, & towns like secaucus & flemington are big tourist destinations because they have multiple groupings of stand-alone stores with everything from hanes to coach you can do a search for local ones, the big chains have locations all over (like banana republic, ralph lauren, kenneth cole, etc) merchandise is usually from previous seasons, & the markdowns can be slight or major, depending on what they have & when it's from

good question...well i grabbed one of the samsung dvdrs on bf for my parents to give me for xmas, & i have a list of some stuff on amazon, but i think my top 2 things are an upgrade to a dvr from the regular digital cable i have now, & the new ralph lauren perfume called pure turquoise (smells awesome!) mostly tho it's hard for me to think of stuff for myself, i def put most of my brain power into scouting out gifts for others

awesome, gotta stop at walgreens tomorrow

they usually have most of them online too, & you can search by size & style

ebay - some are $1000+, but i saw a few that were around 300...this isnt something you're gonna find a great deal on - people are desperate to get one at any price

plenty left for me, but no schools of interest - if anyone rechecks this in the future can you post if penn state goes lower than $18? thanks!

same here, i'll send it as soon as i do tho

im shocked they did that bc as far as i know the new ones weren't part of the bf sale...u got an awesome deal!

whoa that's a great deal - if you have info on other bargains, please, share! :)

wow, that's awesome, esp the total % off at kohls!

ooo ending today or starting tomorrow?

the longest yard has to be new, the others it doesnt matter thanks a lot :)

woo hoo, i got to submit my rebate online! now if only i could actually use the thing! (my parents are giving it to me for xmas, so no touchie till then )