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I do mine really simple. I rub butter all over the skin, then just salt and pepper it. I put it in one of the roasting bags and before I seal it up I stuff it full of ice cubes. As the ice melts it kinda steams the turkey and it always comes out so moist!

I also think I would buy them each two gift cards. Maybe one $50 Disney giftcard and then the rest on a visa. I wouldn't put it all on a Disney gift card since they can only spend it at Disney and I know you guys are going to other places too.

I think you should order them all a set of Mickey ears! They will definately get the hint that way! I am wrapping up my girls disney pin lanyards and pinning on a note that says Surprise we are going to Disney World tomorrow! If we were going before Christmas I would bring them ears back with me.

Nothing exciting at all. So far I find no reason to get up early and go. I will still go shop but not at 4 am, I will wait til a decent 6am LOL!

Aero will have amazing deals closer to christmas, Hollister usually does too. Last year got both my girls $65 hollister hoodies for $20 each a few days before Christmas. Old Navy has a great black friday sale, Justice usually does the buy 1 get 1 that day too. Sign up for all the stores emails and they send you good coupons and early sale notices all the time. My dds both wear lots of name brands but I will only buy if its really cheap.

I just bought 6 sets to start my collection! I actually went in to Macys and asked if they would match the online sale and they did, so I got to bring mine home and no shipping! Dh couldnt believe the deal!

I hide mine in the storage shed. I clean out a corner, lay down plastic and sit out storage bins. Then as I shop I just toss them in the bins, when I need to wrap I bring in a bin at a time and wrap it all and put it back in the bin and back out in the shed. Christmas Eve dh just carries all the bins in. Works great, plus the shed padlocks and only I have the key so no one can peek. Last year dh got real creative, I wanted a new vacuum that picks up dog hair so he got one and had been keeping it in his trunk. 4 days before christmas he hit a deer right by his office so he put the vacuum in the office before the tow truck came. I had to take him to and from work until they fixed his car which was after christmas. On Christmas Eve he asked me to open the trunk so he could bring home a stack of empty boxes to "put trash in". On Christmas morning after we opened presents he brought in that stack of "empty" boxes. He had cut out all the bottoms and slid them down over the vacumm then put the lid on top, I had no idea that there was a vacuum in there!

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Thank you so much! I have been not so patiently waiting for free shipping! I used it to order a new doll and outfit this morning for my youngest dd!

If we travel, it will be Chicago, if I can convince dh to stay home than Marion/Carbondale, IL

I keep watching but havent found any yet. My youngest wants another doll with earrings and a cell phone plus only half the other stuff in the catalog!

I have one from walmart that looks like a hospital bedside rolling table but tilts. It pulls up to the bed or couch and raises or lowers depending on what you want. I have a 17 in laptop and have room for a mouse/pad. One end of the table stays level so you can put a drink or papers. I love it, dh and I both have one and I think they only cost $35. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9135250 It looks alot like this one but we got a cheaper version in the store.

Only you would still have last years Big Book. What else are you hiding?

Thanks for posting this, I already bought guess who extra for 18.99 so I will return it and get one at Target!

I have a Kodak Easy Share and love it. I resisted buying a digital because I thought it would be too confusing for me. Found one on clearance and love it! So easy to use, menus are simple, pictures are great! My brother, sister and sister in law all have one too and they also love it! Easy to use, and easy to upload and share pics too!

I typically wrap as I buy the presents. However I dont use gift tags, "Santa" writes my kids names on each gift with a marker. My mom started this years ago when my brother was born, before that all the presents under the tree without tags were from Santa to me. So when my brother came along my mom started using the markers to write our names, usually there are small doodles of stars and stuff too. Its actually really cute and easy for the kids to find their presents. Tawnya

Last year GBA were on sale for $50, I went early to try and get 3 of them. A lady in line by me told me that if you have it on layaway then all you have to do is make a payment on your layaway that morning and it will change the price automatically. I passed her later on my way out and she said it worked for her. So maybe worth a try. Tawnya