Rockfordmom

don't forget all the low quality cheap stuff that breaks right away you won't be able to plan on getting ahead of time

A lot of stores seem to be clearancing out their Hannah Montana stuff lately, don't know why. HS musical is either they are getting rid of the stuff from 1 & 2 before 3 comes out or putting out stuff for #3 before it comes out which is in a couple of weeks I think. I don't think stores put out their BF stuff a month ahead of time.

I think usually when they offer you a lower price for an item that is currently for sale for a higher price that it is because it was for sale at one time for $10, and unless you have a receipt they do not know if you (or whoever bought it) paid $10 for it or $29, and that is why they only offer you $10. All stores do this if you don't have a receipt, some won't even accept returns or exchanges anymore without a receipt. OP - you could try a different Target or donate it at Christmas time to toys for tots

For kids? I played on that site for weeks and weeks when my kids weren't on in. We've kind of laid off it for a while now.

In the past I was able to get a few hours of sleep but if Kohls opens at 3 I probably won't sleep all night, I thought 4 am was bad enough.

Kohls does put up their signs ahead of time sometimes and if the signs are up the do have to honor the prices, so it is possible...

See now I'm not thrilled with Barbie dolls the way they are perfect little bodies and blonde, um... no one really looks like that. I'm not always thrilled with the Bratz clothes (I swear one of them has thong underwear) and all the makeup, but I like that they are ethnic and have different colored hair and their bodies aren't as well endowed as Barbies. And I hate the Barbie shoes, always getting lost and smashed... Bratz shoes are much better. My daughter has (too many) both Barbies & Bratz. And now back to Target discussions...

I bought a bunch of the Bratz dolls when they were 75% off at Target earlier this year (they make awesome birthday presents for all the birthday parties that my daughter has been invited to) and I just saw the exact same dolls for $19.99 at Walmart the other day.

I haven't gotten diapers in a while but it sounds like a good price. Check at the store next time you go to get an idea of the prices. If you mail in coupons how much longer would it take? The hospital usually sends you home with some & you could pick up a small pack to use in the meantime if they didn't come in time.

I thought that I was the only one

no but did you try to go on their website & sign up for their email list? they don't come very often though, in their catalogs there's sometimes a sale on some things but not much

does it have to be a chi? go to sally beauty supply and they helped me pick one out & it wasn't a chi after they went over what was good about different ones & it was less than $50 and I've used it about every day for over a year now

I think that Walgreens has them now for $7.99

Remember you may possibly be standing in a line (or 2) to pay for over half an hour? How would your child handle that, how does he handle long grocery store lines? There's no family or friends or neighbors that you can ask now to watch your son?

Big Jim Slade, has BB had a $200 computer in the past? mysticmage, can your brother build a computer and have you thought about trying www.newegg.com? you can usually build one cheaper than you can buy one already built and you wouldn't have to wait in a line. you have enough time that you could start checking & buying what you need now as it goes on sale.

You will be surprised at the amount of Christmas presents that you end up getting from there! They will have toys & small electronics & things for your home and kitchen & blankets & candles & chocolates & wrapping paper & dvd's... There's a few things they will run out of that morning but a lot of the stuff they will have in stock for a couple days.

Every employee knows where every item in that ad is, and if they can't remember then they find out for you. That plus them having a lot of stock of the sale items, I wish more stores would be like them. Now for the line outside, they need to follow what other stores do & get some type of system going outside before they open because of the amount of people that rush their doors when they open.

do you know if you can make 2 books and get one of them free? or is it 2 copies of the same book? I have tons of pictures from our disney vacation plus all of the pictures that I dumped off the cameras before we went...

They need to stop trying to sell protection plans on big-ticket items on BF! Or get you to subscribe to Dish Network. The lines are long enough without having to wait for someone to fill out paperwork. How about they print up fliers beforehand with all the info and let you take them home and do it online later instead of BF.

and for most of the stuff they have tons of it in stock, they even re-stock some of the stuff when they run out, that's one place I never miss

I've actually seen stores let 6 year olds "purchase" things, the parents hand the kids the $$.

Great idea!

Can you build one or do you know someone that can for you? You can get the individual parts for under $500 and build it yourself from newegg.com. And like Marc said, if Office Max or Office Depot or Staples have one in their ad paper there aren't as many people there as there are at Target or Kohls or Best Buy so it would be easier to get.

I think it's off your total purchase but it's only good until 10 am or something like that.

I do like the Dollar Stuff idea, you'd only spend $5 plus tax on all 5 of them! She gives your kids junk and you let her tell you that you have to buy separate gifts and you listen to her? She can't tell you what you can or can not buy for her kids! When she says that did you tell her that you want only new things for your kids?