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Guess what?! I just found out tonight that there is no college tuition payment due in November! Last year's school was July-Oct, then Nov-Feb, so no break in payments. This new school is Dec-Mar. Yay! So that's another $1k I can spend (not that I plan to, but I don't have to stress or worry now). Yay!!

I would really like the ornament bird feeder. I wanted them last year too. The bird seed is a good price as well. But our True Value just isn't very convenient. Maybe this year I'll venture out in that (opposite) direction. Edit Oh. Or not. What I thought was True Value is actually Ace. So looks like I don't have one within a reasonable distance. Guess I'll try shopping online

Oh sadness!! So sorry!

I've not done Swagbucks, but maybe I'll add it to my list for next year. Currently I do MyPoints and Bing Rewards, and have $35 ready to redeem in MyPoints, and about $40 for Bing. I'll most likely get Amazon for both, or maybe Target on one. I'll wait a few more weeks before redeeming for them, or I'll spend it in something else I'm sure! I just do the simple bare minimum in MyPoints, I don't watch the nCrave videos, and very rarely answer surveys. I also do mot of my shopping here through Gotta Deal, as BoPeep mentioned above. And lately I've also gotten lazy with Bing, and just do my daily tasks there and not complete my searches.

Alright guys, so I am suddenly buying all the things. It's like October 1, a switch turned on and said Okay start buying! Which I guess is good so I'm spreading it out, but I can't buy it all at once now either! And most is for my grandson, who isn't going to need this much stuff! At least his birthday is 6 weeks after Christmas, so I can hold off giving him some things, and still use Christmas deals. So far this past week I took advantage of the Michael's 40% off online purchase coupon, Kohl's Columbus Day sale (20%+20%), and then last night, I found the Target Lego promo, $10GC with $50. So I got that in 20 minutes before Target midnight. And I was happy because one of the sets I got, I *almost* bought at Kohl's earlier in the night for more. So yay for that. I have 3 birthdays to buy for this month though, so I need to not buy anymore Christmas until those are done. And until I get my Thirty One order placed for this month. At least I've made some progress though!

The blanket I started making last weekend... I got about 8" in, and I think I hate it and I'm going to take it apart and start over. But, one of the dollhouse sites started a Columbus Day Sale today, so I got a stable kit ordered. First step to being able to build it is to have the kit, so no excuse now for that. And Michael's had a 40% online purchase coupon earlier in the week, so got several dinos and dragons ordered. Making progress, despite having to take the blanket apart.

I'd love a kitchen island as well... And place to put it! Think I can find a deal on space?!

I think you've thought of everything already! Great ideas. Looking forward to seeing what others come up with.

Started knitting the blanket. Already worried it's going to be too short across. I make things so hard and stressful on myself.

October, yay. I'll open my Halloween cats blanket from Kohl's today. And open up the bags of candy corn. I've made a list of all the things I want to knit. It's pretty ambitious. And it includes a blanket for my grandson, so that's a task in itself. I also have decided I want to build him a miniature stable and paint a wooden castle. I better get started on something!

I think an Oculus Rift will probably make it on the wish list. Would love to get that about $300 (25% off). But realistically, I can't imagine it'd go below $350. Probably not even that, but I can hope.

I've been using wireless chargers for my (Windows) phones for a few years. I love them. We have them in a few places throughout the house, and one on my desk at work. They work great. We happened across a special several years ago at the AT&T store on the official Nokia chargers, and bought several then. They still are going great. I believe they have "fast charge" wireless ones now, but I haven't used those. We all obsessively charge our phone here so that's not needed often. And that's easier when you can just lay it down on the charger. Now, with all that said... When I got a new phone in February it didn't have wireless charging, and that was the saddest thing ever.

Just bought the first Christmas present! Well, not counting the thing I pre-ordered from ThinkGeek in June that still doesn't have an actual shipping date. Son wants the Switch Pro controller, but in Splatoon colors, and it's discontinued. I've been watching it fluctuate by more than $20 since May, and tonight it dropped to the lowest I've seen it since I started watching. Yay!

In both my stores it's by the customer service desk. The idea being that if you go into the store, and they don't have what you are looking for, then they'll ship it to you! Great idea really. But I always forget. I hate going to the store though (I just hate going anywhere really and that shopping center has a lot of traffic around it), but I also hate paying shipping, so I was very thankful mama was there! I also sent her my Kohl's Cash, so that was used!

You could also do "Cuddle up with a book" package. Blanket, books, bookstore gift card... Or even a kindle or fire and Amazon card. Mama went to the store today and ordered the Halloween cats blanket for me, from the kiosk, and got free shipping. Hooray!

Well, I get paid on Dec 20, so most of my Christmas shopping will have to come out of the check I receive Thanksgiving week. Unless I can get some started during October. So that's maybe $1500ish total for all shopping. But... My amazing parents have decided to give me and my sister and 4 step-siblings $500 each. (this is in addition to the gifts they'll give everyone.) Everyone else has already got theirs, but I said I wanted mine for BF shopping! Last year they did the same, and I used it for our vacation the week before Christmas.

I got my son's Switch on eBay, it was a pretty good price for the bundle, and eBay had a one day coupon for I think 15% off, so that made it a nice deal. So that would definitely be something to look out for, rather than a sale. Game systems just don't get marked down much. And like riven3d said, maybe a bundle deal, in the form of a gift card or free controller or game or something.

Well, you never know when you will need an emergency gift! So it's good to be prepared.

Hehe!! Sale starts Wednesday. I got $10 KC yesterday, so I guess that's what I'll be spending it on. I also started looking at the St Nicholas Square throw blankets. Those aren't as plush, but still nice. And they have a gingerbread design... On a blue background! That matches all my "stuff". Then I did the usual search on 'gingerbread'. And now I have 4 gingerbread items in my cart. In September. Trying to convince myself I don't need to buy them yet, they will be on sale again before they are relevant.

I got next week's Kohl's flyer in the mail today, for their "Lowest Prices of the Season" Sale. And THE throws are in there, $9.99! Not quite BF price, but good if you want to make sure you get your favorite style. Or, the black Halloween cats. Just sayin'.

I bought a something last year (nest maybe) and then realized that it had a monthly subscription. So that's one thing you'll want to look at.

The socks came from Amazon, of course! AND they have kids sizes too. I'll be getting those for my grandson. The ones I have are women's, yesterday's were pink BB-8! But I'm pretty positive they also have men's. I've always liked Star Wars. I'm not a huge junkie, but I do like it. Daddy took me to see the very first one when I was about 4 or 5. In the 4th grade, I had an Empire Strikes Back lunchbox. One of my 3 kids likes it. The others are "meh".

So, for my birthday, my husband got me Star Wars 12 Days of Socks! You open one a day, like an advent calendar. But I am not waiting until Christmas, I'm opening them now! I was so excited, and my family (especially my mama) thought I was nuts.

I dont have any ideas either. My boys are getting older, and it gets harder each year. But usually I have some direction and at least know the big gift. They do usually start giving me ideas eventually, and then there's too much stuff! Grandson will be almost 4 this year, so THAT'S going to be fun!

I am too, and I'd wait too. But... I didn't pass that to them evidently!!