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Oh thank you! I was already getting overwhelmed thinking about and trying to keep up with all the different schedules.

I wasn't planning on getting any throws, since I'm making blankets for everyone, But my daughter said last week she still wanted one, and I get her one every year. (She got her handmade blanket for her birthday last week instead of Christmas) I don't really love any of the throws this year though, so I havent decided which one I'll get. I think they are past when they'd put out new designs, so I guess this is it.

Besides the usual candy and gift cards and other little things, I also try to put accessories for their bigger gifts in the stocking. (We do stockings last). Model or gaming miniature sets: paints, exacto knives, brushes Turntable: cleaning supplies Game console: case, game, memory card Or little things related to their interest: cool dice, nice mechanical pencil, small tools When the kids were smaller, I sometimes would have so much little stuff, especially for my daughter, that I would end up putting it into a gift bag and putting it under the tree! She doesn't live at home now and doesn't have a stocking, but I still fill her a gift bag. A couple years ago when she got to that bag, she exclaimed "Oh it's my stocking!"

I'm about to go look through again, now that it's not 5am and I'm not in the middle of a tropical storm going over my head! I do remember seeing a few things that caught my interest. Like the Samsung Galaxy watch 3 and the new Live buds. I got my requisite flash drives and batteries in the last preview sale.

Oh my, 144 pages! I do love how it's organized, makes it easy to find what you are looking for.

Oh. Lots of things in here I want. Batteries, garbage can, work platform, faucets, mop, extension cords, rugs... I'm so much fun! Too bad (or good thing!) The fridge I want isn't listed. It will probably be on sale though anyway.

I've got a big inflatable dragon, and that's pretty crazy for me, and my neighborhood. This year a gingerbread couple will be joining him, and that's going to be about all that will fit in the yard!

I usually buy kohls throws every year, but this year I am making blankets for everyone, plus I dont really love any of the designs that are out so far. I may buy a few to donate. I used to always buy kitty litter from Petsmart, but last year they raised the price, and I just didn't feel like going out. I probably won't go this year either. I used to ways get wrapping paper, clothes detergent, toilet paper, iTunes cards, and a few other things from Walgreens, but they cut back on a lot of their sales. I do always get batteries from Home Depot, and mama buys us all poinsettias while we are there. I bought batteries last week from Best Buy during their non-black Friday sale, so I may not be buying any of the usual this year. But that's okay. I feel like we have all the things anyway.

Mechanical pencil. This would be a great gift for an artist, writer, engineer, or math major. I got one for my youngest who is an engineering major. https://www.amazon.com/rOtring-Barrel-Mechanical-Pencil-1904443/dp/B00AZWYUA4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=rotring+600&qid=1602767932&sprefix=rotr&sr=8-3

I also only read the forums. I tried the discord thing, but it was a little overwhelming for me.

I'm giving my 5yo grandson Tinker Toys. I remember being around that age and building big creations with them. They look a lot different than when I was a kid though! https://www.amazon.com/Tinkertoy-Adventures-Building-Set-Ages/dp/B07PPPRX7D/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=tinker+toys&qid=1602121554&sprefix=tinker+toys&sr=8-16

Yep, same. I think I'm just not ready to really shop yet. I did get a couple toys that were on sale and got the $15KC. But then now I have to find something to spend it on!

Oh wow, thank you.

Oh good idea to think ahead. I already have some of the Betty Crocker pouch cookie mix, sugar and chocolate chip, as I bought some during the early summer thinking while I was home I'd be all baking-motherly and makes lots of cookies. Yeah... I also still have ingredients for Nestlé Tollhouse cookies. So we'll have those simple cookies for sure. My major dessert I make is buckeyes. I have a couple bags of powdered sugar already, but better grab some more in case. And something I made a couple years ago and ended up being a big hit with the youngest was cool whip cookies. So those are now a must. He doesn't eat buckeyes, so this gives him another thing to eat. That's probably enough. But I actually have a surplus of flour (Kroger: all purpose flour isn't the same as bread flour!), so I should try and find one more thing that requires that. Maybe spritz cookies.

Same as all the above. I don’t ever have a budget, I just get things that are needed/wanted if they are a good deal. Thankfully we weren't effected too much money wise, just had to pay son's half of the rent a couple months while he was home and not at school working. Also, I have no lists or ideas yet. And neither does anyone else. We're just not ready yet. But I guess we'll see what deals start popping up, and as usual, that will probably start dictating what everyone "needs".

Oh nice!

Making blankets now Everyone will get blankets I'll still buy Kohl's throws

Happy October! We are to start our second round of clustered family birthdays. 5 between now and Thanksgiving. So I will welcome the Oct 13-14 deals, I may can grab some birthday presents. We are having friends over for dinner tomorrow, first time we've gotten together since February. So that will be nice. But first, gotta clean my house! No one has been over since January. And my plan to decorate for fall this weekend, just got pushed forward to tonight.

As far as shopping... I hadn't been doing much in store shopping even before March. And I've done the majority of my BF shopping online except for a trip to Persmart for several years already. So I dont really plan to go out, but that's not really a change for me.

I'll decorate for fall during this week or this coming weekend. Then Halloween a couple weeks later. I always start Christmas decorating the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving, and I expect to do the same this year.

Thanks! So it does look like some stores were allowing pre-orders with the All Access. A couple places I went to only said the Nov Release date for that plan, so I didn't look much harder. I was so confused with that plan, I didn't understand what I was doing. When I go Xbox.com and click on Pre-order for the Series X, it takes me to the splash screen I was going to earlier with all the different retailers to go through. When I click pre-order for the Series S, it's just sold out on their site. Thanks for checking that for me though! I think I understand better what we should have done today. We'll get it later. It really is okay though. We don't need it right now. Just this week he's pre-ordered the Quest 2, bought a new ($500) router for it, a ($200) extender for the router, plus today received the pre-order for the new 12" Samsung tablet, 2 cases, the Samsung Live earbud things, and a new $100 mobile controller to use with the tablet. He's okay, don't feel sorry for him. He can wait for the Xbox! (And given the choice he'd choose Quest over the Xbox.) But, I am going to order me some new Thirty-One bags so I don't feel left out!!

I actually did not, because, drama. My husband wanted to do the All Access, because it has a (slight) discount on Game Pass included. But it doesn't look like that was available with pre-orders. Not that we could figure out anyway. He was in a work call so I couldn't ask him things, so I finally decided to just *get* it with with my RedCard and get it over with (which he had told me not to do). This was about 15 minutes after, and I got it in my cart, but was unable to check out. So that was sad. But he was okay with that, because until this morning he wasn't planning to get it anyway.

So looks like I'm pre-ordering an Xbox Series X this morning. Last night it was said we were not, but this morning minds were changed. Yay.

Received my pins too! So pretty and sparkly! Thanks Brad!